Hartnell’s Conference Streak Ends in Nail-Biter Against De Anza

Hartnell’s Conference Streak Ends in Nail-Biter Against De Anza
Results
October 29, 2025

Dating back to 2007, the only team to dethrone the Hartnell College women at the Coast Conference Cross Country Championship has been the women of De Anza College. The Mountain Lions have recorded team victories in 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012 and then went 10 years to 2022 before winning another conference title. In a one point decision in 2025, De Anza College would add their sixth team title since the old Golden Gate Conference converted to the current Coast Conference. Hartnell's streak of conference team titles for the women would end at two.

With just two full scoring teams in the women's 3 mile race, the team title came down to host Hartnell College, winner of ten of the last eleven conference titles, and De Anza College. On the strong running of sophomores Siena Pignataro in third place (18:35) and Corinne Thelen in fourth place (18:57), the Mountain Lions placed two before host Hartnell's Gabriela Cardenas (19:13) crossed in sixth. De Anza would add Romy Keissling in eighth (20:06) before Deisy Gracida Gabriel (20:20) would finish in ninth place. Hartnell would try to close the scoring gap with Crystal Madrigal (20:31) in tenth, Jenna Partida in eleventh (20:37) and Karen Perez in twelfth (20:48). It would be Nathaly Bernal of De Anza running a 50 second personal best at Toro Park that would push the Mountain Lions one place ahead with her 20:57 time in thirteenth. Despite having its first five scorers all in before De Anza College, the two team scoring favored the Mountain Lions who would complete their scoring with Erika Pham (22:26) in eighteenth. The final score had De Anza 28 points to Hartnell with 29 points. This was De Anza's first victory of Hartnell this season as both head into next week's Northern California Championship at Woodward Park.

 All full teams will advance to next week's Northern California Championship at Woodward Park. This the first time since 1989 that both the Norcal and State Championship will be held consecutively at Woodward Park.