Saugus girls, Canyon boys take overall sweepstakes titles at Staub/Barnes

To no one's surprise, the Saugus girls' cross country team captured the overall sweepstakes title Saturday at the 41st annual Staub/Barnes Invitational at Crescenta Valley Park, an award given to the program with the fastest combined time from all seven varsity runners, five JV runners and five sophomore runners.

But the boys' sweepstakes title didn't go to defending Foothill League champion Saugus or Div. I power Corona, but rather Canyon of Canyon Country.

Canyon produced a combined mark of 299 minutes, 38 seconds from its 17 runners, ahead of Corona's 299:49. Saugus would've been a leading candidate for the sweepstakes title, but the Centurions had only four JV athletes compete, thus making them ineligible for consideration.

Canyon still holds the boys' sweepstakes record of 290:04, set in 2002.

By winning the team titles in all four races, the Saugus girls were an easy choice for the sweepstakes title, clocking a combined mark of 338:55, breaking the meet's sweepstakes record of 344:33 set by Canyon in 2003.