The San Luis Obispo boys and girls squads swept the varsity team titles (the San Luis Obispo junior varsity squads won, too) and Bakersfield Centennial senior Shane Sparks won the boys race in a near photo finish at the fifth annual Waller Goose Chase cross country invitational Saturday.

Sparks (with some contact) edged runner-up Marcus Napoli, a Nipomo junior, in 14 minutes 59.8 seconds to Napoli's 14:59.9.

Bakersfield Highland junior Liliana Monsibais was the runaway winner in 18:06.50 in the girls varsity race. All four races Saturday took place on the same 5K course at Waller Park.

Sparks caught and (narrowly) passed Napoli in the last several meters then threw out his arm as Napoli tried to pass.

"It felt like he was cutting in front of me, and I had to do something to just make

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