Rankings Day

• Statewide Teams - XCAnalyzer - Updated
• Southern Section - Rich Gonzalez
• Sac Joaquin Section - Ray Hausler
• Central Section - Aggie Contreras
• San Diego - Girls Div I - Girls Overall - Boys Overall - Guy Singer
• Harrier Magazine - National and State
• Collegiate - NCAA Div I - II - III - NAIA - NCAA Women's Div I Analysis

Southern Section CC Advisory Minutes - Jay Stepp

Newspaper Links - Mohamed Trafeh (Duarte) 17:53 at Mt. SAC as frosh 2 years ago - 2002 ???? About a dozen articles!!!

More Pictures - Cameron Potter at Cowchip - Super Review of the Day's Action - Page 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - Tim Nelson sets record at Nevada Union - Link to Pictures of action!!

Ruth Graham (Gunn, Palo Alto) big winner at Iolani Invitational in Hawaii Saturday (John Dye photo)!!! - Californians do super job at competition with big "DyeStat" Live coverage - Check Links below for the "up-close" action!!!

Orange High School Coaches at Hawaii's Iolani Invitational from Hawaii - Ruth Graham (Gunn, Palo Alto) and Montgomery (Santa Rosa) Team Take Titles!!! - Montgomery takes nationally ranked Eisenhower (Yakima, Washington) on 6th runner scoring rule!!! - Orange nipped by Auburn (Washington) 52-60 in Boys Team contest (Montomgery 5th) - Francisco Guerra (Orange) strong third overall - - Click for live coverage!!! - Preview (top California Squads and Indviduals attend!!! RESULTS FROM HAWAII - IOLANI INVITE - Varsity Boys - Varsity Open - Girls Varsity - Girls Varsity Open - UCLA sweeps both Collegiate races Jon Rankin (former Monte Vista HS, Spring Valley) (1st in Men) and Jenna Timinsky (former San Dieguito Academy, Torrey Pines) (7th overall) lead the Bruins!!! - Men's Results - Women's Results

Photo sequence of Girls Varsity Race from Hawaii - Ruth Graham the winner - Montgomery team winners over #23 Ranked in U.S. Eisenhower (Yakima, Washington) on sixth runner tie-breaker!!! DyeStat live coverage!!! Quotes - Girls Varsity Race - Read What Ruth Graham had to say and Montgomery Coach Josh Dorris had to comment on the great Hawaii effort!!! Varsity Boys Photo Sequence - Orange's Francisco Guerra leads early - KC Cody and Matt Fitch (Montgomery) finish strong!!! - Quotes - Francisco Guerra of Orange and Coach Don Burnette (Orange) talk about the race!!!

Philip Reid (Rio Mesa) day's quickest at Mt. Carmel (George Green) - Arizona's McGregor twins roll along (in the shades) at Mt. Carmel - Emily day's quickest at 15:25 - (Right) Lindsay Allen (College Park) burns course at De la Salle/Carondelet adidas Invite (CJ Stern photo)

Melissa Grelli (Presentation, San Jose) purrs along to #4 ever at Cowchip Classic with 18:04 win (Joe Hartman photo) - Michael Hadden 14:25 Jr race win at Woodbridge (Erik Pedersen photo) - More Woodbridge - Cowchip - Sunny Hills - Mt. Carmel - Photos Loaded

Weekend's Action

Rosemead Invitational (SS) - Efren Tirado (West Covina) at 15:39 and Dayla Taman (Walnut) 19:59 had the day's quickest individual clockings in this flat campus course that features some good right turns on a variety of surfaces. Don Bosco Tech (Rosemead) had the day's quickest Boys' time, with an 81:38 top five clocking over improving Arroyo (El Monte) 82:14 and West Covina 83:34. Diamond Ranch had the quickest Girls' team clocking, a 103:14, with Arroyo 103:23, and back to Walnut at 106:25. - Results

Lowell (San Francisco) Invitational - Bay Area action has Grace Davis (Modesto) Uribe twin duo (Oscar 14:14 and Miguel 14:15) cruise along ahead of Boys' pack leading squad to impressive win with 63 points - Ciara Viehweg (St. Ignatius, San Francisco) continues super season - 16:38 20 second win over Villa Park trio, with Jordan McCarthy leading VP which scored very low 35 point total (18 team race) - results and pictures

Sunny Hills Invitational (SS) - Early report from Jason Watanabe - Sultana unveiled super frosh Danielle Vanela (18:35 race winner), with the High Desert School and improved Glendora taking the overall Boys titles Large Schools - Corona del Mar swept Boys/Girls Small Schools Team Titles - Claire Kim (Sunny Hills) 18:18 and Anne Gustafson (Brea Olinda) 18:26 race winners in day's quickest Girls' Times - Sean Defillipo (Glendora) 15:39 and Nick Chen (Valley Christian, Cerritos) 15:51 quickest Boys times in Sr Boys race - Jonathan Batres (St. John Bosco) impressive 16:18 frosh race winner - Early Results with great pictures by Jason Watanabe - More Sunny Hills Photos -

Nevada Union/ASICS Invitational - Sac Joaquin - Good action, with Tim Nelson (Liberty, Redding) destroying the his own old Meet Record (16:01) with a 15:24 (!) run!! Reno took the Boys title with 51 points - Girls - Rachel Bryan (Laguna Creek, Elk Grove) addes to the record day with a stunning 18:11 win (old CR 19:16) over Natalie White (Oak Ridge, El Dorado Hills) 18:23, with Collier Lawrence (Reno) 18:34 and Shelby Leland (Ukiah) also under the old record!! Reno swept the titles with a 44point total on this side! - Results - Varsities and Record run Pictures Tim Nelson - Frosh/Soph

Ojai Invitational - Lake Casitas (Ojai) - Kyle Ivie (Burbank) 15:59 and State 800m runner-up Duane Solomon (Cabrillo, Lompoc) 16:00 win Large and Small School Boys contests respectively - Hawaii transfer Tiare Ferguson (San Marcos, Santa Barbara) 19:07 Large Schools win, with Bessie Hatch (Thacher, Ojai) 19:20 winner in Small Schools - Results - Large School Varsities - Small Schools

Mt. Carmel/Movin Shoes Invite - San Diego Balboa Park - Phillip Reid (Rio Mesa, Oxnard) 14:58.4 quickest of Day on Boys' side, with Troy Swier 15:04.1 in another contest - Emily McGregor (Mountain View, Az) fastest Girl of Day at 15:25 - Claire Rethmeier (San Pasqual) 15:36 to win her contest - Results - Boys Div II - Girls Div II - Boys Div I - Girls Div I - Photos of Winners - Page One - Two - Three - Four

Cowchip Classic (Novato) - NCS - Jesuit takes Boys Team Title with 49 points in Golden Chip Race (81:09 team time 16:13 ave) - Dan Napieralski (Oakmont) winner - they were second as team (73 - 82:10) - Melissa Grelli (Presentation, San Jose) takes Girls Golden Chip Race 18:05 - Phyllis Blanchard (Rancho Cotate, Rohnert Park) 18:06 Varsity Girls winner - St. Francis (Sacramento) takes Maria Carrillo (Santa Rosa) Girls Golden Chip contest 73-84 (St. Fr 98:28 - 19:42 ave) - Results - Boys - Girls - Great Joe Hartman Photos - Page One - Two - More Pictures - Cameron Potter at Cowchip - Super Review of the Day's Action - Page 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8

Woodbridge Invite Action - Pasciuto (Murrieta Valley) 17:31 - Beth Nickless (Fountain Valley) 17:33 - Murrieta Girls 91:19 top team time - Michael Hadden (Woodbridge) 14:25 - Babey Wagnew (Helix) 14:28 - LB Poly busts out 77:51 - Murrieta 77:55 Team Times Boys- Results - Top 100 Boys - Top 100 Girls - Teams - Boys Overall Team Times - Girls Overall Team Times - Div's Div I Boys Results - Div I Girls Results - Div II Boys Results - Div II Girls Results - Div III Boys Results - Div III Girls Results - Div IV Boys Results - Div IV Girls Results - Photos Div I-II - Erik Pedersen - Page One - Two - Three

UC Riverside - Julius Gidabuday (Runner's High) individual men's winner 24:31.8, with Cal Coast nipping Utah State on Men's side 44-45, with Cal Poly (SLO) next at 70. Melissa Correa (Track West) took Women's 5K contest at 18:10.9, with Utah State nipping her club team 70-73. - Results

UC Davis Open - Adidas Transport TC with 27 led the Men's race with Nate Bowen (Nike Farm) the individual winner at 24:37.5 for 8k (5 miles roughly). UC Davis men with 39 led the Collegiate teams. UCD Women's team winners with 44 oints over Cal State Stanislaus's 72, with Teresa McWalters (Impala TC) 17:54.2 winner over Rachel Cook (Reebok Aggies) 17:56.8. - Results

De la Salle/Carondelet adidas - NCS - Interesting cross-area race on Boys' side, with local power San Ramon Valley (Danville) proving itself "for real' with big win over National small school power McFarland, with Dallin Rosdahl (SRV) the Boys' individual winner in a great race with Mitchelle Steves (College Park, Pleasant Hill), with Rosdahl 15:43.1 and Steves 15:43.8! Mullen Prep (Denver) scored a miniscule 27 points (99:54 19:58 ave) to win the Girls contest, with Lindsay Allen (College Park) the individual win with a fine 18:48 run. Mullen was 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 7th, and 10th for its scorers. Results

San Joaquin League Meet (SJAA) - Sac Joaquin Section - Lincoln (Stockton) Boys, led by Martin Jellin (15:53) and Jeff Lease (15:56) go 1-2-3 to dominate, with Tokay (Lodi) Girls, with Karlyn Neiland a near minute winner (19:28), dominating that half of the affair - Results and Pictures

Saratoga Invitational (CCS) - A dominating front park of Fremont (Sunnyvale) helped their squad to a win here with 48 points and a 55:33 team time (11:06 average for 5) on this two mile course at Saratoga HS. Soph Alicia Follmar of the hosts cotninued her super fall with a run that turned out to be the fourth fastest ever on this course of 12:16.5! The Lynwood (San Jose) Girls, with 5 of the top nine, dominated the seven school affair with an impressive 20 points total!! - Results and photos

Capital Athletic League - Sac Joaquin - Casa Roble Girls led by winner McAlister in their 47 point victory - Del Campo Boys (30 point win) led by Chris Hart - Results

Ventura College Invitational (from a week ago) - Glendale's Ivan Alvarado and Pilar Delgado individual winners - Pasadena (Men) and Ventura (Women) take team titles - Results/Summary Story

Delta League Meet (Sac Joaquin) - Austin Ramos leads Jesuit to 17 point victory - Natasha LaBeaud (Folsom) helps team nip St. Francis 44-45 in great match-up - Results and Photos

South Bay Challenge - Super Torrance HS sponsored affair has West Torrance (Boys) and Peninsula (haven't skipped a beat Girls) take Team Time contests - Jose Gonzalez (Narbonne, Harbor City) Boys winner 15:29 - Olga Aulet-Leon (Peninsula) took the Girls race at 18:22 - Results and Pictures from Bill Leung

Phil Ryan Invitational - San Marino's Lacy Park - Arcadia took both team titles with Josh Lopez (Arcadia) a 16:10 Boys winner and Priscilla Cruz (Bishop Amat) surviving course meanderings on the way to a 19:06 victory - Results and Pictures

Monticello Empire League Meet #1 - Fairfield - Great team competitions had the Vacaville Girls victorious with 49 points over Davis (52) and Benicia (57), with Tina Firouz (Benicia) impressive 18:47 winner. Boys' side had traditional power Davis a winner over Vacaville 43-50, with Wolhan Ovalle (Vacaville) winning at 16:07. - Results

Metro League - Sac Joaquin Section - Nevada Union takes Boys contest with Matt Freitas individual winner. Woodland takes Girls contest, with Woodland's Meagan Cearley individual winner - Summary Tri-Way Meet - Irvine Park (SS) - Valencia nips Santa Margarita and Edison (Huntington Beach) in high quality meet at Irvine Park - Robles (Valencia) individual winner - Results

Deena Drossin (ASICS TC/Agoura HS/Univ Arkansas) - International Star - One of the World's Best - at Woodbridge Invitational this Saturday 9/21 to sign autographs - Interview

Cross-Country in Hawaii - Dyestat on site Coverage coming up 9/21!!!

• Week's Schedule
• High School
• Wed 9/18
• Monticello Empire League Meet #1 - Rockville Hills Park - Fairfield (SJ) - Results
• Contra Loma Classic V - Contra Loma Park - Antioch (NCS)
• Rim of World Invitational - Lake Arrowhead - (SS)
• Phil Ryan Invitational - Lacy Park (San Marino) (SS) - Results/Pictures
• South Bay Cup - Torrance HS sponsored (SS) - Meet Info - Results/Pictures
• Metro League - Sac Joaquin Section - Summary and Results full now
• Tri-Way - Irvine Park - Results
• Thursday 9/19
• Saratoga Center Meet - Saratoga HS (CCS) - Results
• Friday 9/20
• Sanger Invitational - Avocado Lake (CE)
• Saturday 9/21
• Iolani Invitational - Hawaii - Link to DyeStat Live Coverage
• Woodbridge/Rotary Invitational - Irvine (SS) - Meet Info - Results - Top 100 Boys - Top 100 Girls - Teams - Boys Overall Team Times - Girls Overall Team Times - Div's Div I Boys Results - Div I Girls Results - Div II Boys Results - Div II Girls Results - Div III Boys Results - Div III Girls Results - Div IV Boys Results - Div IV Girls Results - Photos Div I-II - Erik Pedersen - Page One - Two - Three
• Nevada Union/ASICS Invitational - Grass Valley (SJ) - Meet Information - Meet Preview - Results - Varsities - includes Tim Nelson record run pictures - F/S's
• Cowchip Classic - Novato (NCS) - Meet Information - Results - Boys - Girls - Great Joe Hartman Photos - Page One - Two- Cameron Potter at Cowchip - Super Review of the Day's Action - Page 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8
• Lowell Invitational - San Francsico (SF) - Meet Info includes Maps - Results and pictures
• Ojai Invitational - Ojai (SS) - Meet Info - Results - Large School Varsities - Small School Varsities
• Mt. Carmel/Movin Shoes Invitational (SD) - Meet Info - Results Div II Boys - Div II Girls - Div I Boys - Div I Girls - Photos of Winners - Page One - Two - Three - Four
• De la Salle/Carondelet adidas Invitational - Concord - (NCS) - Results
• Rosemead Invitational - (SS) - Preview
• Chieftain Classic - Toro Park (Palma HS) (CCS)
• Wildcat Invitational - Watsonville (CCS)
• Sunny Hills Invitational - Fullerton (Craig Park) (SS) - Meet Info - Early Report and pictures - More Sunny Hills Photos -
• Community College
• Fri 9/19 -
• Diablo Valley Viking Invitational - Meet Information
• Sat 9/21
• Shasta Invitational -
• Two Rivers Running Camp (West Valley)
• Delta Mustang Stampede (Delta)
• College/University
• Riverside Invitational (UCR) - Results and pictures Bill Leung
• UC Davis Invitational - Results

  Sub 4-Minute Milers - California has the most - where did they go to high school? - Finally have the schools of all (thanks to Daniel Bell of AAF library for finishing it off!!! Okay, which section had the most sub-4 minute milers? (okay it was Southern Section with nearly 600 schools - I would hope so, but who was second!!! - check above link to go to the list and number per section).

  World Cup - Madrid, Spain - Day 1 - Track, yes one more International level meet - this important, as it is the meet that will be held in Los Angeles in 2006 - interesting concept - each major area of world one athlete per event, host nation allowed one - two day meet - finals only - should be good for fans - Marion Jones 2002 finishes undefeated (wow - what a year for former Rio Mesa and Thousand Oaks HS Star!!!) - Day 1 2002 World Cup Gail Devers leads US Charge to Fourth Place on Women's - Men's Second to Africa - Day 2 2002 World Cup

  Passing of Bob Hayes - felt by many to be the greatest sprinter in World History - just died day or two ago in Florida

  Uribe Twins from Grace Davis HS in Modesto - What's it like to have a twin on the same team - Some Interesting answers in an interview with the Sac Joaquin Stars

  KC Cody (Montgomery, Santa Rosa) talks about his running

  Ciara Viehweg (St. Ignatius, San Francisco) talks about her Ed Sias Race - DyeStatCal Prep Athlete of Week and her latest race!!!

  Note on 10/12/02 Inland Challenge - Inland Empire super affair Southern Section

HUGE TRACK ANNOUCEMENT - LA AREA TO HOST WORLD CUP 2006!!!

DyeStatCal Athletes and Coaches of the Week!!! - Athletes should not be too much of a surprise when you review the results of the last couple of weekend! Coaches, well, it is kind of a part-history thing, so read about two of California's best! DyeStatCal Athletes of Week - DyeStatCal Coaches of Week

USA Fall Cross-Country Championships - Sierra College (Rocklin) - Important Meet Announcement - Joe Rubio - Link to announcement

Deena Drossin at Woodbridge Invite to sign autographs!!! - former Agoura three-time State Cross-Country Champ (87-89-90) and now World Record Holder and Olympic level star for ASICS will be at the 9/21 Woodbridge Invite to sign autographs - below the Agoura/University of Arkansas/ASICS star in road action!!! (photo ASICS)

Around the Pac-10 Cross-Country - Arizona - Men - Women - Arizona State University - UC Berekeley - UCLA - Men - Women - Univ Oregon - Men - Women - Stanford - Univ Washington - Men - Women - Washington State - USC - Women

Dyestatcal Prep Athlete and Coaches of the Week - Honoring those fine runners and coaches from the Golden State each week!!!

• Prep Athletes of the Week 9/9 - 9/13/02
• - Tim Nelson (Liberty Christian) - Ciara Viehweg (St. Ignatius, SF)

• Prep Coaches of the Week 9/9 - 9/13/02
• - Boys - Walt Lange (Jesuit, Sacramento) - Girls - Pat King (San Pasqual, Escondido)

MORE CROSS COUNTRY PREVIEWS!!!

Foot Locker Favorites - John Dye prognosticates on the Foot Locker Western Favorites come December - Link to Preview

Foot Locker Western Preview/Outlook - Mike Kennedy Checks out the West!!!

XC Analyzer and the State - Baker's Dozen Individuals - Statewide Teams (Updated) - State Individuals Ranked 9/20

• Area Rankings - Southern Section - Rich Gonzalez
• San Diego Section Boys- Guy Singer
• Central Coast Section - from Hank Lawson

NCAA Division I Ranks - Men - Women - Stanford, UCLA, Cal Poly SLO, UC Santa Barbara get a call!!!

Newspaper Links - Ink on our sport around the State!!! - 15 articles linked today statewide (everything from West Valley HS in Cottonwood to San Diego - Check out new Girls Coach at Peninsula - looks like program in good hands!!!)

• Weekend Summaries of Season - 9/5-7 - 9/12-14
• Weekly Honors - Athletes - Coaches

CALIFORNIA MESSAGE BOARD - TALK OUR SPORTS!!!

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