ALL-ORANGE COUNTY GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY TEAM FOR 2025
ATHLETE OF THE YEAR
Summer Wilson, Irvine, Senior
Irvine senior Summer Wilson had a record-setting season.
Wilson set a CIF State Championships record with her winning time of 16 minutes, 20 seconds over the 5,000-meters course at Woodward Park, which has hosted the CIF State meet since its inception in 1987.
She won the CIF Southern Section Division 2 race in the CIF Southern Section Championships in November with a time of 15:14.50 on the “rain course” at Mt. San Antonio College. That is the best time for any high school girl in national cross country history for a 3-mile course.
Wilson also set the course record at Irvine Regional Park with her winning time of 15:47.3 on the 3-mile course for the Orange County Championships in October.
Wilson was proud of all of her achievements, especially the state meet record.
“Being a state champion was a huge goal for me,” Wilson said. “But also breaking the state record and the course record was special.”
She competed in the Nike Cross Nationals in Oregon earlier this month. Her 23rd-place finish in 17:49.70 on a 5,000-meter course was not the greatest finish of her senior year, but qualifying for that national event was a major accomplishment.
Wilson will continue her high school running endeavors in the spring with the track and field season. She was a CIF Southern Section champion last season in the 3,200 meters. Wilson finished seventh in that event at last season’s CIF State Championships.
Next fall she will attend Duke University, which has been a lifelong goal.
“As a kid I envisioned myself attending Duke,” said Wilson, who has a 4.42 grade-point on a weighted scale. “I’ve always wanted to go to a strong academic school.”
Wilson went into this season ready to pursue her huge goals, including pursuing the CIF State finals record of 16:25 set by Sadie Englehardt of Ventura in 2024, a record Wilson broke by an impressive margin.
“It comes down to talent but mostly how hard you’re willing to work,” Wilson said. “I feel like I came in super dedicated. This year meant a lot to me.”
COACH OF THE YEAR
Chase Frazier, JSerra
Chase Frazier led JSerra to CIF State and CIF Southern Section championships this season. The Lions also won the Woodbridge Invitational team championship, the first Orange County girls team to accomplish that.
JSerra became only the second Orange County school to win a CIF Southern Section girls country championship for the fifth season in a row. (Corona del Mar is the other county school to do so.)
Frazier, 40, completed his fifth season as JSerra’s girls cross country coach. He also coaches the school’s boys cross country team, which also won a CIF-SS title this season.
ALL-COUNTY FIRST TEAM
Emma Alba, Beckman, So.
Millie Bayles, Trabuco Hills, Sr.
Taryn Coulston, Santa Margarita, Jr.
Anna Desormeau, Trabuco Hills, Sr.
Carol Dye, Santa Margarita, Jr.
Maya Pawlowicz, JSerra, Fr.
Monserrat Santillan-Silva, Century, Sr.
Lilly Schroeder, El Toro, So.
Brooklyn Tennant, JSerra, Fr.
Summer Wilson, Irvine, Sr.
ALL-COUNTY SECOND TEAM
Ava Crocker, El Toro, So.
Amber Dazey, Tesoro, Sr.
Mackenzie Forrest, Tesoro, Sr.
Reese Holley, JSerra, Jr.
Sedona Sweginnis, San Clemente, Jr.
Alahna Thomas, Santa Margarita, Sr.
Skylar Watts, Trabuco Hills, Sr.
Gweneth Williams, El Toro, Jr.
Kate Woodside, Esperanza, Sr.
Isabella Wrobleski, Yorba Linda, Jr.
