Mt. SAC Invitational Oct. 20-21, 2006 Mt San Antonio College, Walnut CA a DyeStat Featured Meet with on-site coverage by Doug Speck, Rich Gonzalez, Kirsten O'Hara, and John & Donna Dye . |
Prior Years
DyeStat has been at Mt. SAC since 1998 and Doug Speck goes back further than that.
2005 - 2004 - 2003 - 2002 - 2001 - 2000 - 1999 - 1998
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fastest girl of 1986 Mt. SAC - Kira Jorgensen  photo by Don Gosney |
fastest boy -- Marc Davis  photo by Marc Davis |
2005 on DyeStat - Course records for Diego Mercado 14:24 and Royal Simi Valley boys 76:22 - #2 all time for Marie Lawrence 16:29 - Jordan Hasay makes up for Stanford - Anne St. Geme leads US#1 Corona del Mar.
Marie Lawrence  |
from left, Michael Cybulski of Royal, A.J. Acosta, and the Mercado brothers  photos by John Dye |
Corona del Mar's front three  |
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2004 on DyeStat -
In the Boys Team Race, Royal Simi Valley 92 (10 13 15 23 31)
won as expected over five California top 10 teams. Don
Lugo's Fitsum Tesfa (14:43)
was a 14-second winner over A. J. Acosta of
El Camino. And in the Boys Individual Race, El Toro sr Brandon
Bethke put his name high on the all-time
Mt. SAC list with a 14:30 win, just 2 seconds off the record shared by Ryan Hall (2000)
and Mohammed Trafeh (2003).
Loyola sr Mark Matusak was
second in 14:43, 10 seconds slower than his time here last year. In the
Girls Team Race, Murrieta Valley 122 (11 23 24 28 36) was
a 16-point winner over Ayala (7 20 29 39 43), with Canyon next
at 153 (12 16 27 45 53). Highland jr Alyssa
Craft won
the most thrilling individual race of the meet in 17:41 over Buchanan
soph Lauren Saylor (17:42).
And in the Girls Individual Race, Reno NV soph Marie
Lawrence (16:48) won
by 15 seconds over Gunn Palo Alto CA sr Tori
Tyler (17:03)
and Corona CA jr Alma Escobar (17:24).
Highland jr Alyssa Craft (R) catches Buchanan soph
Lauren
Saylor (below left) in
the very last stride of the most thrilling finish
of the day. Royal's
lead runner
Dylan Jaedtke (below right)
photos by John Dye
2003 on DyeStat - Loyola jr Mark Matusak gets the lead from Duarte sr Mohamed Trafeh late in the Division 1/2 Boys Individual Sweepstakes on top of Reservoir Hill and goes on to run the fastest time of the day (14:33). Matusak set a new record for a junior at Mt. SAC and tied 2002 winner Tim Nelson for third fastest ever at Mt. SAC (Ryan Hall 14:28 in 2001 and Jeff Nelson 14:32 in 1978). Winners of the Div 1-2 Team championships were Don Lugo CA boys and Murrieta Valley CA girls.
photo by Eric Pederson
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2002 on DyeStat - Tim Nelson 14:33, Rachel Bryan 17:08, Sultana girls, Poly boys excel. |
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| 2001 on DyeStat - Amber Trotter 16:16 smashes course record in a highlight of her magical season that led to the Foot Locker national championship. Yong-Sung Leal 14:43 is fastest boy. Canyon boys, Esperanza girls are top teams. The ordeal of Mt. SAC's hilly, winding course shows even in the faces of the winners. |
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Amber Trotter  photos by John Dye |
Yong-Sung Leal  |
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2000 on DyeStat - Anita Siraki 16:39 breaks Julia Stamps' 1995 course record. J. J. Duke 14:56. Poly Long Beach boys, Buchanan girls.
photo by John Dye |
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1999 on DyeStat - Sara Bei, Josh Spiker, San Lorenzo Valley girls, Don Lugo boys have fastest times
photo by John Dye |
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1998 on DyeStat - Sara Bei, Alfonso Leon, Long Beach Poly boys, University SF girls win top honors
right, Three future superstars make their way up Poop Out Hill -- Sara Bei leads Sara Gorton AZ and Lauren Fleshman CA. photo by John Dye |
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