Sierra and Ripon high schools are each sending two runners to the state meet after they earning their spots Saturday in the Sac-Joaquin Section Championships.

Anna Dittman of Sierra is the lone repeat qualifier of the bunch, and she’ll be joined by fellow Timberwolf Sebastian Paterson in Fresno. Ripon will be represented by Sophia Jung and Carmelo Rodriguez.

The section meet took place at Willow Hills Reservoir Community Park in Folsom.

Sierra competed in Division II, the most competitive of the five races. The girls team placed 10th out of 10 teams despite Dittman’s top-10 finish. The top 10 placers in each race earn individual medals.

Dittman placed ninth overall in 19 minutes, 28.1 seconds. A maximum of five individuals, who must place in the top 16, and the top four teams in the division advance, and Dittman got through as the final individual qualifier. Last season, as a sophomore, she took eighth in the Division III competition, finishing in 19:13.3.

Following Dittman for the T’wolves were Abigail Fraser (36th, 21:21.3), Alyssa Rodriguez (56th, 22:22.7), Rachel Chandler (67th, 23:14.3) and Khamylle Bollengier (72nd, 24:12.2).

Sierra’s boys did not field a team at the section meet but had two individuals.

Paterson was the top male competitor from the area with a time of f16:09.9, good for sixth place. Max Perez ended up in 38th place in 17:22.8.

In Division III, East Union had solid performances from its three individuals — sophomores Elijah Galvan (45th, 18:25.0) and Prince Chweya (51st, 18:39.9), and senior Alysia Sinclair (35th, 21:59.6).

The Lathrop girls team came in seventh out of 10 in Division III. Scoring for the Spartans were Morgan Emery (25th, 21:26.7), Monserrath Santillan (42nd, 22:23.9), Mackenzie Collins (50th, 23:17.2), Jennifer Ramos (57th, 24:32.1) and Aleah Villarreal (61st, 25:08.9).

Ripon’s Rodriguez, a sophomore, took sixth in Division IV, clocking in at 16:53.2. As a team, Ripon took eighth place. Only the top two Division IV teams advance, and five out of the top 12 move on individual.

Luke Hartley (34th, 18:05.6), Lucas De Vera (35th, 18:06.5), Milan Chun (49th, 18:28.0) and Thomas Jacklich (61st, 19:08.8) were Ripon’s other scoring contributors.

In Division IV girls, three teams and five individuals in the top 14 move on.

Jung spearheaded Ripon’s seventh-place girls team, taking sixth individually in 20:24.1.A pair of freshman, Ava Marrone (51st, 23:27.8) and Grace Suarez (54th, 23:33.9) were among Ripon’s top five, along with Paige Thomas (49th, 23:25.3) and Ashourina Gonzalez (59th, 24:07.1).

Ripon Christian had three underclassmen compete in Division V girls — Elizabeth Rich (25th, 24:34.8), Grace Baker (30th, 25:14.1) and Charlotte Graef (39th, 26:49.1).

The state meet is on Saturday, Nov. 28 at Woodward Park in Fresno.