McFarland Christmas Run
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Every other year it seems to rain on this race but this year it did not. The day got started with the mile run which includes a dog/master division. McFarland's Francisco Nava and Mimsey won in a time of 5:06. Mimsey has won the event before and just had puppies recently. Brianna Valles was the first female in 7:09.
In the 2 mile, former Arvin High and current CSUB runner Juan Calderon ran 10:01 for the win, Gabby Diaz was the fastest female in a time of 11:29. In the 4 mile, Anna Frank was in the lead going into the last mile before being caught by McFarland sophomore Erik Garcia.
Anna Frank (photo) coaches at Highland and just had a baby this year. She ran 22:44 and crushed the female record which was in the 24 minute range. Garcia ran 22:40 only a few weeks after running in the state cross country meet and completing a 30 mile training run.