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Big College Championships Summary!

"Road to the State Meet"
Fresno weather (rain is now forecast) - State Meet Bulletin

State Meet Entrants - Div I - II -III - IV - V

"Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner"


Photo by Robert Meyers
Mohamed Trafeh (Duarte) heads up Reservoir Hill near the end of his 14:28 CR equalling run
Robert Meyers photo
Looking ahead - Foot Locker competition? - Colorado's Ryan Deak 8:51 3200 on track this weekend
featured a 59.7 final 400 - Florida's Jenny Barringer 10:18.84 3200

San Diego Section
Claire Rethmeier (San Pasqual) 15:28 course record
Wagnew and Swier romp to big Boys wins
San Pasqual Girls snappy 27 points Div II -
La Jolla Country Day Div IV Team Sweep Boys & Girls
Results
El Camino (Oceanside) closes out big local season - now on to state! (Tom Kloos/Guy Singer)

Los Angeles City Section

San Pedro Team Sweep - Taieb-Brahim & Hartel individual titles for Birmingham
Results

Dynamite Girls Div II leaders roll along. - Jake Schmitt sub 16 very impressive!! (Dave Waco)

Results

Craig Stern's Album of Meet Photos

  • Boys Div I - De la Salle rolls - Yosef Ghebray 15:46 for a 33-second win
  • Girls Div I - Monte Vista 44-58 over Deer Valley behind Emily McGregor 19:51
  • Boys Div II - College Park - Scott Bauhs (San Ramon Valley) 16:01 romp
  • Girls Div II - College Park - Lindsey Allen (CP) 18:16
  • Boys Div III - Campo 47-53 over Miramonte - Jake Schmitt (Redw) 15:55
  • Girls Div III - Miramonte 39-Campolindo 45 - Vera Ross (Campo) 18:39
  • Boys Div IV - Piedmont 70-89 over Newman - John Figueiredo (Arcata) 16:10
  • Girls Div IV - Piedmont 51 - Katelyn Calvelli (Drake) 19:09
  • Boys Div V- Uni 33 - Aaron Megazzi (Ferndale) 16:33
  • Girls Div V - Uni 28 - Grace Hunter (Uni) 20:10


CIF-SS "Road To The State Meet" Section

CIF-Southern Section Finals
Mo' Better Times = 14:28 !


Bill Leung's outstanding collage of new Mt. SAC course co-recordholder
Mohamed Trafeh of Duarte, whose 14:28 matched Ryan Hall's clocking

Results (Dave Casper photo albums added for each race - Top finisher Albums - Top 20-25 for all races now added - Kirby Lee Photo Album from Meet - New - B Leung Photos)

Trafeh ties Ryan Hall's course record (14:28)!
Sultana (92:02) and Ventura (92:52) girls peak best - again!

  • Division I Boys: "Stuck in Fast Gear" -
  • Don Lugo runs 77:35, but its plenty enough to beat Royal, Ranch; Brandon Bethke wins in 14:56
  • Division II Boys: "Running Brave(s)" -
  • St. John Bosco wins first title in school history. Five others within 14 points. Tuz wins in 14:47.
  • Division III Boys: "SLO Is Fast; All Second To Nunn" -
  • San Luis Obispo runs 79:46 to win crown. Burroughs also very strong. Nunn wins in 14:58.
  • Division IV Boys: "Mo' Better Times; Oak Park begins second season"
  • Trafeh closes well to match Hall's course record 14:28; Oak Park ready for McFarland, Carmel.
  • Division V Boys: "Santa Clara dominates the field"
  • Crew runs stunning 82:01, while foes hit problems; Santa Clara's Arredondo wins big in 15:14.
  • Division I Girls: "Ventura's Cougars (92:52) Claw To The Top!"
  • Cougars showpreseason national ranking was deserved - Hart frosh Russell wins in 17:37.
  • Division II Girls: "Sultana's Supergirls Are Back!"
  • Sultans now own top 3 SAC team times. Cypress Torres pops a 17:49.
  • Division III Girls: "Santa Margarita flattens the heavyweights."
  • A season of D3 dominance for the Eagles. Flacks flies to 2003 CIF-SS best 17:29.
  • Division IV Girls: "Oak Park still can't find its match!"
  • Eagles win by three minutes! St. Paul 's Magdaleno (18:04) holds off Lutheran super frosh Turner.
  • Division V Girls: "Woodcrest Christian wins going away"
  • 100:10 team time a D5 best, with Brentwood's Tani Brown leading in 19:03.

 


Photo courtesy of Kirby Lee
Lindsay Flacks' 17:29 and Mark Matusak's 14:47 good for Divisional Titles


San Francisco Section
Lincoln Boys (24) and Lowell Girls (15) lead the action
Mark Chen and Anna Li lead the action at the Polo Grounds

Oakland Section Finals
Oakland Boys In 7th Heaven;
Skyline girls looked up to yet again

Castlemont's Sparks wins, but Dileo sparks Oakland boys to 7th straight crown
Skyline girls hold down 6 of top 10 spots to claim victory, advance to state.

Joaquin Miller Course All-Time Lists




Sac-Joaquin Section Finals
Nevada Union boys, Davis girls split D1 battles
Jesuit, Del Oro, Hughson, Vacaville boys also win crowns. Wihtol's 16:14 is best
Granite Bay, Placer, Riverbank, Elliot girls win titles! Bryan's 18:31 leads


Photo courtesy of Joe Hartman
Del Oro girls display beaming smiles after earning state-meet berth

Joe Hartman's Outstanding Photo Album Series! 

Album 1  Album 2   Album 3  Album 4  Album 5  Album 6 
Album 7
Album 8 Album 9 Album 10  Album 11 Album 12 - Album 13
Placer and Girls D3 Album by Bill Vaughan --- Photo Album by Joy Elson

Central Coast Section Finals
North Monterey Cty. boys answer call, beat #1 St. Francis
Milpitas girls edge Monte Viste, 50-52, in D1 title thriller
San Benito (D1), Carlmont (D2), NMC (D3), Carmel (D4), Valley Chr. (D5) win boys
Milpitas (D1), Aptos (D2), St. Ignatius (D3), San Lor. Val. (D4), Castilleja win girls

Check out the stunning CCS photo albums, courtesy of Margaret Gallagher



CIF-Northern Section Finals
Pleasant Valley girls - 98:15 course record (31-second gap)
Pleasant Valley (84:02) boys nip Enterprise (84:16), 76-80
Shasta senior Rudy Martinez (15:45), Mt. Shasta frosh Katie Fritzke (19:06) fastest.
Ill Lindsey Kirschman gives it a try but drops out - her team wins her division.

CIF-Central Section Finals
Buchanan (D1) girls outlast Madera to run down the title
Madera (D1) boys just barely squeak by for championship
Clovis East (D2), Shafter (D3), Templeton (D4), Mission Prep (D5) win girls races.
Tulare Western (D2), Shafter (D3), McFarland (D4), Mission Prep (D5) win for boys.
Centennial's Brittany Grimes (18:10, Madera's Benny Madrigal (15:55) day's fastest


College signings

Claire Rethmeier to UCLA -  Jolanda Diego to UCLA
Chad Smith to UC Berkeley - Liza Pasciuto to Colorado
Rashaad Nunnally to UC Berkeley - Melissa Grelli to Georgetown
Alex Dunn to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo - Troy Swier to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Lauren Mulkey to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo - Phyllis Blanchard to Cal Poly SLO
Lionel Larry to University of Southern Cal - Jasmine Lee to University of Southern Cal
Shalonda Solomon to U. of South Carolina - Steven Conrad to UC Berkeley
Stephen Murvin to Cal State Fullerton - Melissa Yunghans to Stanford
Rachel Bryan to Tulane - Kim Conley to UC Davis - Taylor Searls (Bishops) to Duke
Caitlin Chock to Richmond - Lindsay Allen to Stanford
Erica Sahli to San Jose State - Chad Dunn to UCLA
Ryan Allen to UC Riverside - Mohamed Trafeh to U. of Arizona
Elizabeth Woepse to UCLA - Joseph Lopez (LB Poly) to Glendale JC - Ryan Allen (Yucaipa) to UCR
Sean Carey to UC Berkeley -
Erica Sahli (Villa Park) to San Jose State
Jessica Onyepenuka (Az) World Youth 100 Champ to USC
Ed Cornell (Burroughs, Ridgecrest) here at World Youth Champs - DT
Cal State Long Beach

Foot Locker West Region Update
 
Shadrack Kiptoo and Zoe Nelson
are the West Region favorites!
Boys   Girls


Colleges Section

NCAA Div I

STANFORD AMAZES!
Men 24 points - Ryan Hall 2nd - Team - Indiv
Ritz the winner - Ryan Super 2nd - 24 points
Women - Farm over BYU - Bei 3rd - Team - Individ
Stanford 120-BYU 128

California Connection in Div I

  • NCAA Div II - MEN - Golden Staters roll for champs Adams St.
Celedonio Rodriguez (Elsie Allen HS, Santa Rosa) - Matt Levassiur (Katella HS, Anaheim) - Mohamed Aden (Kearney HS-Mesa JC) go 1-7-8 to lead Adams St to title; Chico State Men 4th - Cal Poly/Pom 11th - UCSD 15th
WOMEN - Chico 4th - UCSD 16th - CS Stanislaus 21st
  • NAIA - Men - Team - Indivi - San Marcos 4th - Azusa Pacific 6th - Concordia 23rd -
Joseph Keino (Alliant Univ) 2nd - Brian Baker (Beaumont HS/Biola) 15th (as frosh)
Women: Team - Indiv - San Marcos, 3rd; Azusa Pacific, 6th; Biola, 11th; Pt Loma, 12th - Concordia 14th - Briana Carstensen (AP) 3rd - CS SM's Cara Rumple (5th) & Jenni Bair (8th)
  • Community College State
Men - OCC 34 points- Humberto Rojas (ex-Estanica HS) 20:17 leads 1-3-4 OCC up front
Women (down page)- Ava Jones (ex-La Habra HS) leads OCC to 46 point total and big win
  • NCAA Div III - Men- Women- Angela Jacquez (Claremont Mudd Scripps) 25th
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