California Team Rankings - September 18 Rankings by Marc Bloom and Rich Gonzalez; distributed by NSSF Saugus girls crush Seaside course; Dana Hills boys await first major action.
Last week's ranking in parenthesis. BT=bubble team NR=not ranked
BOYS
GIRLS
1.Dana Hills [1] No major meet
2.Buchanan [2] Top 5 harriers run sub-10:00 2-mile avge for lopsided Kingsburg Inv win
3.Vista Murrieta [5] Fast times and tight pack while short-handed in Laguna Hills Inv win
4.Loyola-L.A. [3] Wins Great Cow Run by more than 3 minutes with 57-second spread
5.El Toro [BT] Runs 37-second spread in by-grade races at Laguna Hills meet
6.Barstow [4] No major meet
7.Petaluma [6] Fast times and 30-second spread to win Ed Sias Inv small-schools race
8.Jesuit [10] No major meet
9.Murrieta Valley [NR] Takes 3rd on team time whole short-handed at Fastback Shootout
10.Rancho Buena Vista [NR] Wins Las Vegas Inv by 22 points in tough conditions
Cut: Royal [7], El Rancho [8], Davis [9]
Bubble teams alphabetically: Arcadia, Campolindo, Corona, Davis, El Rancho, Foothill-SA, Mountain View, Rancho Cucamonga, Redondo Union, Royal, Saugus, Thousand Oaks, Trabuco Hills, Upland
1.Saugus [1] Crushes last year’s course record by 1:45 to win Seaside Inv 3-miler in 87:36 (17:31 avge)
2.Dana Hills [2] Wins merged scoring by 70 points with 64-second spread at Laguna Hills Inv
3.Trabuco Hills [3] 3rd at Seaside meet, behind Saugus “A” and “B” teams
4.Chino Hills [6] 2nd in merged scoring in by-grade Laguna Hills Inv with 33-second spread
5.Murrieta Valley [BT] Team time winner in Fastback Shootout 2-miler
6.Torrey Pines [4] Merged score winner at Bronco Roundup but gap after solid front 4
7.Carondelet [BT] Solid winner in 2-miler on tough course at Ed Sias Inv
8.Rancho Buena Vista [10] Wins Las Vegas Inv by 33 points
9.Fountain Valley [5] 2nd at Las Vegas Inv while short-handed
10.Mira Costa [BT] 3rd in merged scoring at Laguna Hills meet
Cut: Esperanza [7], Foothill-SA [8], Carlmont [9]
Bubble teams alphabetically: Campolindo, Canyon-Anah, Capistrano Valley, Carlmont, Clovis, Corona, Corona del Mar, Crescenta Valley, Davis, Esperanza, Foothill-SA, Mountain View, Newport Harbor, Oak Park, Orange Lutheran, Redlands, Simi Valley, St. Ignatius, Tesoro, South Hills, West Ranch