WALNUT — The Division 1 championship race is rarely easy, and Santiago senior Braelyn Combe already knew that.

Santiago’s Braelyn Combe nears the finish line in first place in the CIF Southern Section Division 1 Girls Cross Country Championships at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut on November 22, 2025. (Photo by Miguel Vasconcellos, Contributing Photographer)

But she experienced it first hand Saturday.

Combe’s comeback win in the final 300 meters, and Claremont’s team title in Division 2 were two of the many highlights for Inland girls at the CIF Southern Section cross country championships at Mt. San Antonio College.

It was the first CIF-SS title for the senior Arkansas-bound Combe, and the second individual title for Santiago in the last three years, following Rylee Blade’s win in 2

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