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Div 1-2 Sweeps:
Boys Team
How
the race was run | What they said | The
Finish
1. Poly Long Beach 113
2. Loyola 135
3. Dana Hills 152
4. Canyon 171
5. Murrieta Valley 175
6. Rubidoux 189
7. Royal 198
8. Crescenta Valley 229
9. Don Lugo 250
10. Temecula Valley 263
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1. Troy Werner, Canyon sr 14:59
2. Antonio Jimenez, Rubidoux sr 15:04
3. Mark Matusak, Loyola so 15:08
4. Blake Schlotzhauer, Centennial NV 15:08
5. Ben Reed, Catalina Foothills AZ 15:11
6. Chris Snyder, Crescenta Valley 15:11
7. Tim Hearst, Royal sr 15:13
8. Brand Babiracki, Dana Hills sr 15:13
9. David Torrence, Loyola sr 15:14
10. Tyler Kastorff, Dana Hills 15:17 |
How
the race was run
Poly Long Beach had no one in the top 10, but packed in their five scorers
in a 26-second spread between 13th to 36th to win the trophy.
Troy Werner, winning
his first varsity race
for the talent-rich Canyon squad, leads after one mile
Action at the turn
toward Poop-Out hill
What
they said
by Doug Speck
Troy Werner (Canyon, Canyon Country) - Race winner in his first Varsity
race win ever (remember he is in a super program through the years), with
two frosh/soph wins two years ago. Quite an interesting resume.
His comments on the race: "Coming off the switchbacks I was in about
10th place. Running up poop-out I started to catch people and felt that
I could do it. This is my first Varsity race win ever. I won two races
two years ago at the Frosh/Soph level, but this is my first Varsity level
race win ever!"
Coach George Wright
On the team's race and this team, "We have never had a team that
has been such a good pack. Today, as a group we were a bit concerned as
we were in the third back of the race at the start, but they moved up
very strong starting with Poop-out and over Reservoir. The pack was the
main difference between us and Loyola, as we put six in front of their
fourth I believe. I believe the gap today was 26 or 27 seconds."
Strategy coming in: "We warned people about getting out too hard
today, be careful on the first mile. All our training is geared around
getting up the hills so we can run the downhills, and we ran the downhills
pretty good today. We had no particular strategy about where we needed
to be placewise, but worked on some general areas on racing. I think we
are better than we are ranked nationally, I think 23rd, with the best
team in California probably better than we are placed at the moment."
About this team, "The majority of this team are seniors. There are
five or six usually on the Varsity. They are mature and have been together
longer, and are close friendship wise and have very common goals. They
did great work this summer, and they did it together. The teams in the
past have been spread out gradewise more."
On retirement from coaching this year, "It ties into my retirement
from teaching. With the seniors we have, I decided to go out with them,
as original plans were to retire last year from coaching. I have a good
assistant coach, and a good frosh class, so the time is right."
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