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More Newspaper Coverage for this weekend's meets...
2007-11-12 23:41:00 CCS Meet•CCS Finals "bittersweet" for cross country boys (Palo Alto HS)•MacQuitty, Rowe finish in another dramatic race•Bor bears down to win section title•Bor runs away with record breaking win•Aptos boys win first section title, several qualify for state championship•Estrada captures CCS crown•Twice as nice for Alisal's EstradaSJS Meet•Local runners move on•Merced's Browning going to State•County kids storm sectional•Just short of trip to state (Vanden HS)You have one more day to continue voting on the top CCS XC program (combined boys and girls). I apologize to the St. Francis team for not including them in the poll. I didn't see the combined results of the CCS meet until I had completed the poll. They boys had the 3rd fastest time overall and the girls had the 7th fastest time overall. They should definitely be considered.More to come... More About: Newspaper , Coverage
Final NCS Rankings coming up this week...
2007-11-12 07:55:00 If you have any input in any of the NCS divisional races, please feel free to add a comment below.Great SJS and CCS battles yesterday as we head into the final week before the state meet.Are there any teams and/or individuals still under the radar at this point in the season? What individuals and teams from Northern California will have the biggest impact at the state meet? More About: Final , Week
CCS Top 5 Individuals in each Division
2007-11-11 08:21:00 Newspaper links for CCS meet•"Energized" Bor outruns field (SF Chronicle)•Carlmont tops CCS meet again (Daily News)Division I BoysDiego Estrada (Alisal)Brad Surh (Carlmont), Austin Logie (Carlmont), Darius Terry (PH)and Clifford Crum (Milpitas) (finishing in middle picture)Division I GirlsJustine Fedronic (Carlmont)Kathleen Miller (Gilroy), Mary Rhoades (Carlmont), Jennifer Clarke (Oak Grove)and Jean Feng (Monta Vista)Division II BoysPhilip MacQuitty (Palo Alto)Garrett Rowe (Mt. View), Vince Rodriguez (Santa Clara), Dylan Shawhan (Los Gatos)and Michael Johnson (Los Gatos)Division II GirlsStephanie Barnett (Leland)Shelby Golan (St. Francis), Allegra Mayer (Gunn), Claudia Barnett (Leland)and Mary Reynolds (Mt. View)Division III BoysGambileg Bor (Jefferson)Mohammed Abdalla (Willow Glen), Lance Wolfsmith (Sobrato), Rylan Hunt (Aptos)and Nohe Lema (Willow Glen)Division III GirlsRachel Hinds (St. Ignatius)Katy Daly (St. Ignatius), Rebecca Habtamu (Prospect), Marissa Ferrante (Aptos)an... More About: Individuals
CCS Results, Pictures and Meet Summary...
2007-11-11 02:19:00 You can find results at Hank Lawson's site at the following link:2007 CCS Complete Results Fastest Individual Times of the DayGambileg Bor 14:56 (Jefferson HS)/Stephanie Barnett 17:32(Leland HS)Division I Boys1st Place-Carlmont High School2nd Place-Bellarmine High SchoolDivision II BoysSt. Francis High School2nd Place-Los Gatos High SchoolDivision III Boys1st Place-Aptos High School2nd Place-St. Ignatius BoysDivision IV Boys1st Place-King City High School2nd Place-Palma High SchoolDivision V Boys1st Place-Anzar High School2nd Place-Redwood Christian High SchoolDivision I Girls1st Place-Carlmont High School2nd Place-Salina High SchoolSorry, no pic!Division II Girls1st Place-Mt. View High School2nd Place-Presentation High SchoolDivision III Girls1st Place-St. Ignatius High School2nd Place-Aptos High SchooDivision IV Girls1st Place-Carmel High School2nd Place-Valley Christian SJ High SchoolDivision V Girls1st Place-Castilleja High School2nd Place-Woodside Priory High SchoolMore picture... More About: Pictures , Meet , Summary
NBL Results are in thanks to Press Democrat
2007-11-10 04:14:00 •NBL Finals 11/9/07Sweep for Maria Carrillo. Individual victories to the Pumas as well with Nathan Huckeba and Lauren Curtin each earning their first league titles.•2007 NBL final story: Carillo all the way More About: Press , Results , Democrat , Hank
SJS and CCS course maps courtesy of Walt Lange
2007-11-10 02:33:00 SJS and CCS Finals are tomorrow. You can view maps of the courses linked below thanks to Jesuit coach Walt Lange.SJS (Willow Hills course) click to enlargeCCS (Crystal Springs course) click to enlarge More About: Maps
SJS Predictions thanks to Joe Hartman, panel and dyestatcal.com...
2007-11-09 07:51:00 SJS Finals this Saturday at Willow Hills (Folsom)•Girls Preview•Boys Preview More About: Predictions , Panel , Predict , Hank , Hartman
CCS Predictions thanks to Walt Vanzant
2007-11-09 07:12:00 Great link posted on Hank Lawson's website by stat extraordinaire Walt Vanzant. What if everybody ran their best time at CCS this coming Saturday? Here is what the results would look like for all divisions.•CCS Guesstimates More About: Predictions , Predict
CMC Results are in...
2007-11-09 06:59:00 Thanks to Jim Crowhurst and the Santa Rosa Press Democrat•CMC Results (at Spring Lake 3.05 miles)•CMC runners square off at Spring Lake
MVAL Results are in...
2007-11-09 06:28:00 Varsity Boys (Course was reported to be 3.3 miles) Place Name School Time Pace1 MARTIN MWANGI NEWARK MEM 18:20:00 5:33:202 BEN RICH WASHINGTON 18:36:00 5:38:113 RAN DHILLON WASHINGTON 18:46:00 5:41:134 JEFFREY UGTO AMERICAN 18:49:00 5:42:075 KRISH PATEL WASHINGTON 19:01:00 5:45:456 DAVID BRODY AMERICAN 19:03:00 5:46:227 ROBERT GUSTAS IRVINGTON 19:05:00 5:46:588 SEAN CAMPBELL WASHINGTON 19:08:00 5:47:539 EDRIAN LUNA WASHINGTON 19:11:00 5:48:4710 HECTOR HERNANDEZ LOGAN 19:12:00 5:49:0511 AGUSTIN BORJON NEWARK MEM 19:14:00 5:49:4212 MIGUEL RIVAS LOGAN 19:22:00 5:52:0713 EVAN DANKIEWIAZ MISSION SJ 19:30:00 5:54:3314 DAVID MARTIN IRVINGTON 19:35:00 5:56:0415 BELAL MOGADDEDI LOGAN 19:36:00 5:56:2216 AKSHAR KACHHIA AMERICAN 19:36:00 5:56:2217 GURSHAN SINGH WASHINGTON 19:38:00 ... More About: Results
Newspaper Coverage of League Championship Meets
2007-11-08 19:34:00 DFAL story from Contra Costa Times' Phil Jensen•Attarian's slow start erased by big finish•Scoreboard Cross Country (Top 20 varsity finishers)SCL story from Santa Rosa Press Democrat's Bob Padecky•Spring Lake run dominant; runner humble•SCL Final Results (great time comparisons to past runners/teams) More About: Championship , League , Newspaper , Coverage , Champ
NCS Results for MCAL, DFAL and SCL...
2007-11-08 05:00:00 Here are links to the MCAL, SCL, and DFAL finals. NCS is going to be VERY interesting with many competitive races.From MCAL and Jason Jacobson (San Rafael HS Coach)The meet was held today -- Wednesday, November 7, 2007 -- at Indian Valley College in Novato, California.The course is 3.1 miles and is very hilly.Conditions were perfect today ... mild temperature and no wind.On the Varsity Boys, Erik Olson of Novato ran away from the field from the gun. A very impressive Sophomore, he simply decimated the field. It was a great battle between Redwood and Tamalpais for the team title, with Tamalpais showing some incredible depth and great pack running to literally run away with the team title (49 points), with Redwood following in second place (78 points).On the Varsity Girls, Mickey Davis and Kelsey Ripp, both seniors of San Rafael, led wire to wire. Mickey was the eventual winner, followed by Kelsey and a strong finishing Theresa Devine of Marin Catholic (a sophomore). Redwood was ... More About: Results
Nice article about the Crystal Springs Course Record...
2007-11-07 20:48:00 From Dave Kiefer of the San Jose Mercury News. Dave interviews several athletes and coaches about Mitch Kingery's course record which has stood since 1973 (34 YEARS!). You can find the article at the following link:•Crystal clear: Course record tough to breakWhile Kingery might be best known as the Crystal Springs course record holder, he also ran a 2:23:47 marathon as a SOPHOMORE in high school.Here is a great link I found courtesy of Clint Cummins which is an unofficial Mitch Kingery timeline of his high school races:Mitch Kingery - informal high school timelineThe prodigious racing and times are amazing! More About: Article , Nice , Record , Cord
2007 MCAL Cross Country Results
2007-11-07 16:57:00 2007 MCAL Cross Country ChampionshipsIndian Valley College, Novato, California3.1 MilesWednesday November 7, 2007VARSITY BOYSTeam Scores1. Tamalpais (49)2. Redwood (78)3. San Rafael (105)4. Novato (119)5. Drake (120)6. Justin Siena (123)7. Branson (174)8. Marin Catholic (208)9. San Marin (224)10. Terra Linda (247)Individual Results 1. 16:49: Erik Olson (10) Novato2. 17:13: Cory Rand (11) Tamalpais3. 17:21: Steven Iglehart (11) Branson4. 17:23: Peter Kissin (11) Redwood5. 17:49: Alec Govi (11) Marin Catholic6. 17:52: Brian Hernandez (11) San Rafael)7. 17:54 Patrick Moore (12) Drake8. 17:56: Dan Milechman (9) Tamalpais9. 17:59: Cody Chapman (12) Tamalpais10. 18:04: Kalen Rago (11) Tamalpais11. 18:10: Reed Bunnell (10) Redwood12. 18:13: Thomas Oliver (12) Drake13. 18:14: Mark Bretan (12) Novato14. 18:16: Alex Sterling (11) Redwood15. 18:18: Kevin Cardey (11) Justin Siena16. 18:23: Austin Hyatt (10) Justin Siena17. 18:23: John Masychek (11) Justin Siena18. 18:24: Tyler Bronstein (12) San... More About: Cross Country
NBL, CMC and SCL Information courtesy of the Press Democrat
2007-11-07 02:34:00 Check out the following links full of time schedules, course records, history etc. of the NBL, CMC and SCL Finals thanks to Jim Crowhurst of the Santa Rosa Press Democrat .•NBL Finals (North Bay League)•CMC Finals (Coastal Mountain Conference)•SCL Finals (Sonoma County League)NCS League Finals This Week11/7/07 CMC Championship @ Spring Lake Park, Santa Rosa11/7/07 DFAL Championship @ Shadow Cliffs Park, Pleasanton11/7/07 MCAL Championship @ Indian Valley College, Novato11/7/07 SCL Championship @ Spring Lake Park, Santa Rosa11/8/07 MVAL Championship @ Coyote Hills, Fremont11/9/07 NBL Champioinship @ Spring Lake Park, Santa Rosa11/10/07 HAAL Championship @ Hayward HS, HaywardI need results for all of the above meets so once you get them or know of a link to the results, please send them to albertjcaruana@gmail.comPredictions? More About: Information , The Press
Experts, coaches sound off on eating disorders
2007-11-06 20:47:00 Check out the following newspaper article from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. It's an important read for athletes and coaches about the many misconceptions of runners (mostly female) and eating disorders.•Experts , coaches sound off on eating disordersIf you have anything you would like to add regarding this topic, please feel free to comment below.For more information regarding nutrition and athletes, check out an earlier article I posted at the following link:Nutritional advice for athletes More About: Sound , Eating Disorders , Disorders , Eating
2007 HAAL Cross Country Preview by Peter Brewer
2007-11-06 03:31:00 Boys:Final Dual Meet standings:1. Arroyo 7-12. Castro Valley 6-22. Hayward 6-24. Bishop O’Dowd 5-34. Moreau Catholic 5-36. San Leandro 3-57. Mt. Eden 2-68. Tennyson 1-79. San Lorenzo 0-8 Arroyo is in the driver’s seat for the overall league title, as they would have to slip to 3rd in the finals to lose out. This would be their first HAAL boys’ title since 1962, and their highest finish since a 2nd place in 1990. Castro Valley appears to be the favorite for the finals race itself. Jack Leng and James Fazzio have been the solid 1-2 finishers in all of the center meets. Arroyo’s Thomas brothers Daniel and Derek have been the HAAL’s 3-4 runners all year right behind Castro Valley’s 1-2. Castro Valley counters with sophomore Tom Ashby and freshman Ben Eversole, and Arroyo answers right back with seniors Martin Miller and Rick Medierios. Castro Valley’s rotating 5th man (senior Joel Becker and freshman Anthony Martore) seem to have the advantage over Arroyo’s 5th m... More About: Country , Preview , Cross , Peter , Cross Country
Northern California XC Newspaper Coverage
2007-11-04 21:44:00 High School•Scenic end to cross country season (More H-DNC coverage)•Kislyuk accelerates to EBAL title•Liberty's Landrum kicks it up•Roger wins BCL Championship (scroll down)•Gunn's Evans has head start to fast finishes in cross countryCollege•NCAA Division II Cross Country West Regional: Chico State looking for berths at national meet•Two ladies making their marks in Pacific history: Micaela Kraus•More links to come... More About: California , Northern California , Northern , Newspaper , Coverage
NorCal XC League Action heating up...
2007-11-03 18:09:00 Check out results, pictures and meet summaries of several league races from the CCS, NCS and Oakland Section below. More to come this weekend. If you have any pictures or would like to contribute a report from your league final, please send to albertjcaruana@gmail.com.Northern California rankings and predictions will be posted next weekend following all the league finals. I will also have rankings heading into the section finals of CCS, SJS, NCS, NS, Oakland and San Francisco.Any thoughts on any of these sections, please comment below.Results from the BCL East and the H-DNC have been added below. More About: Action , League , Heating
BCL East Race Summary and Results...
2007-11-03 18:00:00 BCL EAST LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULTS AND RACE SUMMARYNOVEMBER 2, 20072.6 MILES AT JOAQUIN MILLER PARK, OAKLANDBy Steve Gregg of Head RoyceSenior Victor Ho from Chinese Christian took advantage of almost perfect running conditions to break the course record on the short but difficult Joaquin Miller Park course. His time of 14:32 broke the old record of 14:38 set by Ken Akiha of Head-Royce in 2003. Victor is a definite contender for a top ten finish in the boys Division V race at state.College Prep won the boys team title with 32 points, closely followed by Berean Christian with 39 points. Both teams are expected to easily qualify for state, especially now that boys Division V now qualifies five teams to state from the NCS Championships, instead of the previous four.Head-Royce’s number one runner took a very hard fall halfway through the race and limped home in 39th place, putting an early end to what would have been a very tight team battle with Chinese Christian for 3rd place.... More About: Results , Race , East , Summary
H-DNC Results...
2007-11-03 17:59:00 Individual Varsity Winners: Hank Carl (South Fork) and Allie Maher (Arcata)(Photos courtesy of The Eureka Reporter)H-DNC Cross Country League Championship Results Saturday, Nov. 3 at Patrick’s PointGirls' Team ResultsArcata 25Eureka 47Fortuna 57McKinleyville 102Individual Results1. Allie Maher (A) 19:472. Montana Larson (A) 19:553. Nochella Ozard (F) 20:194. Anya Ritter (A) 20:365. Kira Tangney (A) 20:536. Imogene Carson (E) 21:067. Brook Marino (E) 22:108. Gwyndolyn Ozard (F) 22:379. Haley Collins (E) 22:4310. Kate Inhthapatha (M) 23:0511. Jocelind Fox (E) 23:1112. Hvong Hoang (E) 23:1813. Kim Dimsmore (F) 23:2914. Lola Figueiredo (A) 23:5015. Holly McLaughlin (E) 23:5916. Jasmin Ly (NPA) 23:5917. Tessa Opalach (A) 24:1318. Madison Kausen (F) 24:1919. Maia Colyar (E) 24:2720. Breann Winters (F) 24:3121. Zara Gastineau (F) 24:3922. Maya Bl...
BCL West Pictures, Summary and Results
2007-11-03 05:45:00 On a beautiful day in the city of San Francisco, the BCL West cross country final took place once again at Lindley Meadow, Golden Gate Park. The league final is run on a deceptively slow 5K course that is not very hilly but the footing throughout most of the course leaves many runners wondering why their times are not faster.Following the 4 league races (Girls' JV, Boys' JV, Girls' Varsity and Boys' Varsity), the University Red Devils came away with 3 team victories and a 3rd place finish in the Varsity Girls' race behind Crystal Springs Uplands and Marin Academy, who had the individual victor in Alesandra Roger. Teammate Lucy McCullough finished 2nd place, three seconds behind her teammate, after she passed through the 2 mile marker in 4th place.The first three girls' teams, who are seen pictured below, are all ranked in the top 10 at state. They will all be battling for the NCS crown in two weeks along with College Prep from the BCL East. This could be the most competiti... More About: Pictures , Results , Summary
BSAL Final Meet Summary by St. Mary's runner Matt Duffy
2007-11-02 19:02:00 The BSAL championships took place at Point Pinole Regional Park in Richmond. It is nestled between the Richmond country club, the Richmond Juvenile department and the bay. The course is one big three mile loop mostly on loose gravel, acorns and twigs that have fallen from the Eucalyptus trees up above. It was a 5k course and was the first time the 5k layout has been used in a championship meet. The Saint Mary's teams had a duel meet versus Berkeley HS and Salesian HS on October 4th, on a 2.9 mile layout which was also the site of the 2004 BSAL cross country championships. The meet is very flat with only a few hills including a very gradual hill that spectators can see from the final straightaway and as runners appear over the hill with a little less then half a mile left the spectators in the crowd try to decipher which school the runner is from before they see them come onto the final straightaway for the finish.For the Saint Mary's High School Cross Country teams, Thursday was a... More About: Runner , Final , Meet , Matt , Summary
PAL Meet Pictures and Meet Summary
2007-11-02 04:41:00 On the warmest day of the week for competition at the Crystal Springs Course, the PAL held their league championship on Thursday. Both Carlmont Varsity teams easily outdistanced their competition as the boys (pictured below) scored 23 while the girls (also pictured below) all filed in behind the individual winner from Half Moon Bay to score 20 points.For a great meet summary check out the following article from the San Mateo Times:Jefferson's Bor wins second straight titleIndividual Varsity WinnersGambileg Bor (Jefferson) 15:15/Sammy Hamilton (Half Moon Bay) 18:03Results are posted at the following link: Lynbrook Website LinkBoys charging out after start.Boys 2-5 following Bor: Surh (Carl.), Filipcik (Wood.), Logie (Carl.), Lee (Carl.)Girls racing downhill after start.Girls 2-5 following Hamilton: Pascale (Carl.), Rhoades (Carl.), Abinader (Carl.), Cottong (Carl.)Two more articles from local papers:Bor wins PAL cross country title againScotts use PALs as cross country workout More About: Pictures , Meet , Summary
Skyline Boys set Joaquin Miller Park Course Record
2007-11-02 03:09:00 The Skyline High School Titans boys team time of 92:36 at the Joaquin Miller Park Course in Oakland was exactly 2 minutes faster than the previous record of 94:36 set by Piedmont High School in 1995. That time is the best any team from any league has ever run at Joaquin Miller Park, including the great teams from Piedmont and Bishop O’Dowd High School in the 1990s and from Oakland High School in the more recent past. Senior Sean Purcell (18:13) earned his second victory of the year, close behind were fellow seniors Andrew Sylvester (18:15), Ryan Purcell (18:17) and Chase Wilson (18:18), and rounding out the historic team were junior Cameron Kohles (19:33) and seniors Jose Vazquez (19:53) and Steven Chu (20:21).For complete results and more pictures, check ourwebsite at:www.skylinecrosscountry.comChristopher Luke WilliamsSkyline High School More About: Record , Boys
Great Meet Summary and Pictures from Jim Crowhurst
2007-11-01 21:43:00 Check out the newspaper coverage at the link below by the Santa Rosa Press Democrat's Jim Crow hurst at the Maria Carrillo, Montgomery and Ukiah meet on the Ukiah HS Cross Country Course.Carrillo extends streak to 63 More About: Pictures , Great , Meet , Summary
Jennifer Bergman of Valley Christian, SJ runs 17:25 at Crystal Springs toda
2007-11-01 02:17:00 Another great race on the course but this time it's in the Varsity Girls' division as 3 of the top runners in California battled for the WCAL individual crown. In the end it was Valley Christian 's Jennifer Bergman defeating her two St. Ignatius opponents (Katy Daly and Rachel Hinds) to record the fastest time on the course this year. Her time of 17:25 also makes her the 13th fastest high school girl to ever run the course! Daly also established a personal record by 5 seconds with her 17:42 effort while Hinds became the 6th fastest freshman on the course with her 17:56.All results are posted on www.lynbrooksports.com2nd through 5th: Daly, Hinds, Callaway and Vargo (both Presentation)The St. Ignatius girls won the girl's competition with 44 edging Presentation at 53.Below: SI at the start. Leaders at 1st Mile in 5:39. Bergman and Daly went through 2nd Mile in 11:34.Picture on the right is with about 900m. to go.Bellarmine won the Varsity Boys with 45 points with St. Ignatius... More About: Crystal , Runs
SCVAL Championship pictures with more on the way...
2007-10-31 01:29:00 Great race between Philip MacQuitty of Palo Alto and Garrett Rowe of Mt. View.Both runners timed in 15:12 with MacQuitty just edging Rowe at the line.Both are SOPHOMORE runners!Here are the rest of the individual winners.Jackie Evans, Gunn (left), Michael Johnson, LG (middle) and Michaela Townsend, LG (right)Team race (El Camino) just as close as Palo Alto pulled the upset over Mt. View and Santa Clara with 48 points. Mt. View and Santa Clara both scored 53 with Mt. View gaining the 6th man tiebreaker.You can find results on www.lynbrooksports.comClick SCVAL links.Los Gatos Boys take the DAL title with 31 points packing 6 in the top 15!As for their warm-up gear???Gunn Girls' win tight battle with Mt. View 30 to 36. Two of the best in CCS!Los Gatos girls' pack it in as they finish with 5 in the top 11 and score 39 points.More individual pictures on the way... More About: Pictures , Championship , Hampi , Pions , Champ
BVAL Championship Meet at Crystal Springs Course
2007-10-30 17:40:00 On a chilly Monday afternoon, the Blossom Valley Athletic League (BVAL) kicked off championship week at the Crystal Springs Course. The league is comprised of three separate divisions (Mt. Hamilton(A), Santa Theresa(B) and West Valley(C). All three divisions compete on the same day at the league final to determine the qualifiers for Central Coast Section (CCS) which will take place on Saturday, May 10. With 24 total teams, the teams in the top 50% advance as well as the top 9 individuals not on those teams.The six races that took place included the girls and boys' reserve races, girls' junior varsity, boys' frosh/soph and the two varsity races. The girls varsity race pitted Stephanie Barnett of Leland against Rebecca Habatmu of Prospect (formerly of Roseville). Barnett and her younger sister, Claudia, stormed out to an early lead as they jetted down the downhill start. Habatmu caught the older Barnett during the flat part of the first mile and ran side by side heading towar... More About: Championship , Meet , Hampi , Pions
Catching up with Mt. View Coach Evan Smith
More articles from this author:2007-10-29 16:00:00 For those people that follow the national scene, Mt. View HS in Utah is synonymous with success including 3 national championships each in cross country and track and field. Over the past few seasons, our own Mt. View HS in California has emerged as one of the top cross country teams in their league, the Central Coast Section and Northern California. Below is an email interview I did with Mt. View coach Evan Smith before he took his team down to the Mt. SAC Invitational where the boys' team recorded the fastest team time in CCS running 82:00 while the girls recorded the 2nd fastest team time (behind Carlmont HS) running 98:14. With the majority of both teams being underclassmen, Mt. View HS is definitely a team to watch for this season and beyond.1) Describe your background in running and how you got involved with the sport of Cross Country/Track and Field.I started doing 5k races with my dad around the age of 12. I remember it was a big deal for me the first time I beat him. ... More About: Coach 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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