Over the years, Mt. SAC has seen a handful of additions and renovations to its facilities.
This shifts the style of the course, how the race develops and where runners can anticipate an incoming move from an opponent.
The distance, however, has always been kept at 3-miles, regardless of the changes on the course. Throughout the years, many runners have made their way through the switchbacks, up Reservoir Hill and down the Airstrip.
In 2014, Austin Tamagno of Brea Olinda took down a 4-year old record by 0.80 seconds. It has been almost a decade since Tamagno's 14:23.20 performance, and since then, only two other athletes have dipped under the 14:25.00 minute mark.
Phillip Rocha of Arcadia and Kenan Pala of Francis Parker are the two other athletes that have come close to Tamagno's record, running 14:24.00 and 14:24.90, respectively.
An interesting detail is that both Rocha and Pala placed second at the Foot Locker West Regional and both placed runner-...
