ONTARIO — Going in as the overwhelming favorites was not going to cause Santiago senior Braelyn Combe or King senior Maximo Zavaleta to falter.

Combe won the Brenda Martinez girls sweepstakes and Zavaleta won the Jeff Swigart boys sweepstakes Saturday at the Fleet Feet Inland Empire Challenge at Cucamonga-Guasti Regional Park. The meet only includes schools from Riverside and San Bernardino counties.

This marks the fifth straight year a Santiago girl has won the sweepstakes at the meet, with Combe following four-time champion Rylee Blade.

“It’s cool. I had full confidence in my team that even if I didn’t race, I had full faith that one of my teammates would challenge for the win,” Combe said. “I just feel we’re a deep team like that and I believe in them.”

Combe won in 16 minutes, 21.5

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