ONTARIO — Woodcrest Christian senior Eyan Turk seemed to be on his way to winning three titles at the Fleet Feet Inland Empire Challenge, because after finishing second as a freshman, he took home the title as a sophomore. Woodcrest Christian’s Eyan Turk and King’s Maximo Zavaleta lead the Jeff Swigart Boys Sweepstakes at the Inland Empire Challenge cross country meet at Cucamonga-Guasti Regional Park in Ontario on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024. (Photo by Milka Soko, Contributing Photographer) King’s Maximo Zavaleta finishes second the Jeff Swigart Boys Sweepstakes with a time of 14:33.8 at the Inland Empire Challenge cross country meet at Cucamonga-Guasti Regional Park in Ontario on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024. (Photo by Milka Soko, Contributing Photographer) Woodcrest Christian’s Eyan Turk wins the Jeff Swigart Boys Sweepstakes with a time of 14:23.9 at the Inland Empire Challenge cross country meet at Cucamonga-Guasti Regional Park in Ontario on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024. (Photo by Milka Soko, Contributing Photographer) Riverside Poly’s Micah Chandler and Owen Weems finish fifth (15:06.3) and eight (15:08.9) respectively at the Jeff Swigart Boys Sweepstakes at the Inland Empire Challenge cross country meet at Cucamonga-Guasti Regional Park in Ontario on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024. (Photo by Milka Soko, Contributing Photographer) Chino Hills’ Gavin De La Fuente, (right) runs at the Jeff Swigart Boys Sweepstakes at the Inland Empire Challenge cross country meet at Cucamonga-Guasti Regional Park in Ontario on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024. (Photo by Milka Soko, Contributing Photographer) King’s Logan Carlson (right) runs at the Jeff Swigart Boys Sweepstakes at the Inland Empire Challenge cross country meet at Cucamonga-Guasti Regional Park in Ontario on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024. (Photo by Milka Soko, Contributing Photographer) Roosevelt’s Luke Lopez and Ayala’s Bryson Caganap run at the Jeff Swigart Boys Sweepstakes at the Inland Empire Challenge cross country meet at Cucamonga-Guasti Regional Park in Ontario on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024. (Photo by Milka Soko, Contributing Photographer) King’s Bradley Quezada pushes trying to pass Ayala’s Bryson Caganap at the Jeff Swigart Boys Sweepstakes during the Inland Empire Challenge cross country meet at Cucamonga-Guasti Regional Park in Ontario on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024. (Photo by Milka Soko, Contributing Photographer) King’s Bradley Quezada at the Jeff Swigart Boys Sweepstakes during the Inland Empire Challenge cross country meet at Cucamonga-Guasti Regional Park in Ontario on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024. (Photo by Milka Soko, Contributing Photographer) King’s Bradley Quezada and Ayala’s Bryson Caganap finish fourth (15:00.2) and third (14:59.3) at the Jeff Swigart Boys Sweepstakes during the Inland Empire Challenge cross country meet at Cucamonga-Guasti Regional Park in Ontario on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024. (Photo by Milka Soko, Contributing Photographer) Woodcrest Christian’s Eyan Turk and King’s Maximo Zavaleta lead at the beginning of the Jeff Swigart Boys Sweepstakes at the Inland Empire Challenge cross country meet at Cucamonga-Guasti Regional Park in Ontario on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024. (Photo by Milka Soko, Contributing Photographer) Woodcrest Christian’s Eyan Turk and King’s Maximo Zavaleta lead at the beginning of the Jeff Swigart Boys Sweepstakes at the Inland Empire Challenge cross country meet at Cucamonga-Guasti Regional Park in Ontario on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024. (Photo by Milka Soko, Contributing Photographer) The start of the Jeff Swigart Boys Sweepstakes during the Inland Empire Challenge cross country meet at Cucamonga-Guasti Regional Park in Ontario on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024. (Photo by Milka Soko, Contributing Photographer) A reflection on the pond at the Jeff Swigart Boys Sweepstakes during the Inland Empire Challenge cross country meet at Cucamonga-Guasti Regional Park in Ontario on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024. (Photo by Milka Soko, Contributing Photographer) King’s Logan Carlson finishes tenth (15:14.6) at the Jeff Swigart Boys Sweepstakes at the Inland Empire Challenge cross country meet at Cucamonga-Guasti Regional Park in Ontario on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024. (Photo by Milka Soko, Contributing Photographer) Rancho Cucamonga’s Nolan Koopman runs at the Jeff Swigart Boys Sweepstakes at the Inland Empire Challenge cross country meet at Cucamonga-Guasti Regional Park in Ontario on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024. (Photo by Milka Soko, Contributing Photographer) Roosevelt’s Luke Lopez (right) finishes sixth (15:06.6) at the Jeff Swigart Boys Sweepstakes at the Inland Empire Challenge cross country meet at Cucamonga-Guasti Regional Park in Ontario on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024. (Photo by Milka Soko, Contributing Photographer) Riverside Poly’s Owen Weems finishes eight (15:08.9) at the Jeff Swigart Boys Sweepstakes at the Inland Empire Challenge cross country meet at Cucamonga-Guasti Regional Park in Ontario on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024. (Photo by Milka Soko, Contributing Photographer) Chino Hills’ Gavin De La Fuente finishes 24th (15:45.2) at the Jeff Swigart Boys Sweepstakes at the Inland Empire Challenge cross country meet at Cucamonga-Guasti Regional Park in Ontario on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024. (Photo by Milka Soko, Contributing Photographer) Show Caption1 of 19Woodcrest Christian’s Eyan Turk and King’s Maximo Zavaleta lead the Jeff Swigart Boys Sweepstakes at the Inland Empire Challenge cross country meet at Cucamonga-Guasti Regional Park in Ontario on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024. (Photo by Milka Soko, Contributing Photographer) Expand The dream of three titles was dashed last year when he was defeated by King sophomore Maximo Zavaleta. Saturday at Cucamonga-Guasti Regional Park, Turk earned the consolation prize of two titles when he out-kicked Zavaleta 14:23.9 to 14:33.9 in the Jeff Swigart sweepstakes race. Both runners had faster times in the race last year. “Last year I was trying to go for a PR to win it,” Turk said. “Maximo is a really great runner, really smart. What he did (last year) was sit on my hip, which is a pretty good strategy, which is why he was able to overtake me. This year, I tried to take his own trick and use it against him.” Zavaleta did lead his team to a sweepstakes team title with 54 points, to edge out Ayala (73) and Riverside Poly (82). King had four finishers in the top 10. “Last year, there wasn’t much expectation for me,” Zavaleta said. “I hung back, then went for it. This year, I tried to do the same, because I don’t really like to push it. You could tell it was a tactical race by the times we came in for the first mile and the second mile. The last 1200, he just separated from me on the grass. He played that very well.” Turk and Zavaleta were virtually tied after two miles, but Turk ran a 4:35.3 to a 4:45.5 for Zavaleta. It was the second straight year King won the boys team title and the fourth straight year a Riverside County school won the boys team title in the event, which includes only schools from Riverside and San Bernardino counties and dates back to 2001. King became the fifth school to repeat as boys champions, joining Don Lugo (2003-04), Rancho Cucamonga (2009-11), Roosevelt (2016-17) and Santiago (2021-22). Related Articles High School Sports | CIF-SS girls flag football playoff pairings: First-round matchups High School Sports | Temecula Valley girls volleyball team tabbed for CIF Southern Section Division 1 playoffs High School Sports | Western Christian, Roosevelt flag football teams make Division 1 cut for inaugural CIF-SS playoffs High School Sports | Dane Weber leads Chaparral football team to victory over Norco High School Sports | Centennial football team knocks off Murrieta Valley in showdown of top Inland teams The third-place finisher was Ayala’s Bryson Caganap (14:59.3), who was the first freshman to finish that high in the race since Turk in 2021. “I was expecting to run faster, but it’s hard to get a grip on all the terrain,” Caganap said. “I took it out really fast, then dropped on the second mile. But I passed up a few guys on mile three and I’m proud of that.” Caganap said he believes he learned something about the course, which is fairly flat but has a variety of surfaces, including grass, dirt and pavement. “I know that it’s not an easy course to run. The terrain is difficult and I’ll take that into consideration next year,” Caganap said.