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Woodward Park All-Time Lists!

Read about Division III state favorite Jake Schmitt

Prediction contest, All-CIF NCS, All-CIF SS Boys/Girls Teams
CIF-State Team Ranks  Boys/Girls State individual rankings,
National Rankings, Robert Meyers Photo Albums,
Erik Pedersen Album 1 & 2, Foot Locker West Boys/Girls!

NCAA Championships have heavy California flavor
Also check college area below for more NCAA D2 pics added Thanksgiving morning.

 
Great NCAA Championships photos by lensmaster Victor Sailer, with left image capturing
the race to the finish by eventual champ Dathan Ritzenhein of Colorado and Ryan Hall
(Big Bear HS) of Stanford. At right, Sara Bei (Montgomery HS, Santa Rosa) en route to
All-American placing! Both California natives led Stanford to team titles!
More Victor Sailer pictures coming! See more NCAA coverage at bottom of page!

"Road to the State Meet"

Fresno weather (newest forecast is for rain again!) - State Meet Bulletin

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

"Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner"


Photo by Robert Meyers
Blurring the scenery as he runs by - Mohamed Trafeh (Duarte) another super Robert Meyers
photo chronicling Trafeh's 14:28 CR equalling run
Robert Meyers photo album on Trafeh's run - "feel the burn last picture!"

Looking ahead - - Colorado's Ryan Deak 8:51 3200 on track - Florida's Jenny Barringer 10:18.84 3200

Marc Bloom's latest national rankings!


Photo courtesy of Robert Meyers

Guess who's creeping up the boys poll??? Yep, Don Lugo now in Top 10!

Six California teams (four girls/two boys) in the Harrier national rankings!
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

San Diego Girl MVP'S! - El Camino - Mariana Monasi, Clairemont - Eva Garcia Mayers, San Pasqual - Claire Rethmeier, El Camino - Sariah St. Laurent (Guy Singer) - SD Photo Album

The El Camino duo repeated their 1-3 finish from last year in the very tough division one girls race to lead their team to their first CIF Title in 20 years. Claire Rethmeier broke the course record, of course! Clairemont frosh Eva Garcia - Mayers who has been injured for over a month and wasn't supposed to run. Decided to run at the last minute to insure their teams 1st state meet appearance in school history !

Los Angeles City Section

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

New - Dave Waco's Album of NCS championship photos

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!

 

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
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 - Travis Hobbs to Bakersfield College
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
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, R) DT to CS Long Beach
Gus Gibbs (Tamalpais)  to City College of San Francisco - Duncan Brown (Talampais) to City College SF
Joel Cota (Indio) middle distance star signs with UC Riverside
Coach Irv Ray gets a talented one! 1:54.9 800 - 4:14.50 1600

 

Colleges Section
NCAA Div I - On TV in December

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

College Championship Link Area - Div II - III - NAIA - St Comm College

Celedonio Rodriguez - NCAA Div II Champ - California connection - is it the water?

Handsome crews! - Fans go all-out at Nat'ls! - Photo Album D2 Nat'ls

More NCAA Division II nationals pics added Thanksgiving morning!
Album 2  Album 3

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