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DyeStatCal State Championships Preview
State Championships Press Release
Our Pre-Race Boys/Girls Analysis!

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CIF State XC -- Div I Predictions -all 5 listed now!
1990 State Meet History Added - another good one!!
State November 23rd Rankings
Fab Frosh Females - Summary

2006 Track & Field State At-Large Standards!
NTN California Region weekly recap!

NCAA Division I Championships!
California alum fare well!
 
Colorado's Liza Pasciuto and UCLA's Austin Ramos! NCAA Division I results!
2005 CIF-STATE XC CHAMPIONSHIPS!
Saturday, November 26 @ Woodward Park


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CIF FINALS RESULTS
San Diego Section
Southern Section
North Coast Section
Central Coast Section
Central Section
San Francisco Section
Oakland Section
Sac-Joaquin Section
Los Angeles City Section
Northern Section

Coaches Openings


"THE ROAD TO STATE!"


CIF-State Cross-Country Championships
Saturday, November 26, 2005 @ Woodward Park, Fresno

Forecast is changing!! It'll be cold!
Weather Watch  Saturday's highs in the mid-50s!

CIF-State Meet Bulletin  -- official details regarding the meet!

Woodward Park updated all-time records sheet

Final State November 23rd rankings team by division


photo by Joe Hartman
Does Jordan Hasay lead the most talented frosh female class ever?
Read Mike Kennedy's summary of that crew in Section competitions
Those Fabulous Frosh Ladies - Mike Kennedy charts a special class!!


*****  STATE MEET HISTORY! *****

 
Revisiting the 2000 State Cross-Country Meet! - 1990 Good Affair also!!

 
photos by Kirby Lee and Elane Rosenfeld

Romping along in 1990 were Deena Drossin (Agoura-2004 Olympic Silver Medalist)
Louie Quintana (Arroyo Grande) never lost that Fall!! - now Arizona State Coach!!

CIF-State Championships Predictions

  • Division V - Defendings champs (Fritzkes) return, but will be hard-pressed to defend as a dominant newcomer on the girls' side and a deep boys' field will challenge!
  • Division IV - Super group of girls will battle! Chad Hall, Erick Garcia and German Fernandez
  • Division III - St. Geme leads best team, and what about that Coe vs. Sitler showdown?!
  • Division II - Tarver leads super Girls group - Boys great contest coming up!!
  • Division I - Acosta vs. "Team Mercado" again Boys - Saylor hopes for team/individual wins!!

November 23rd State Rankings Team - Team Predictions coming!

     
photos by Doug Speck and Joe Hartman
Dyanmite trio Girls Div II - Tarver - Blue - Kosinski!!

     
photos by George Green - Ernest Velarde/Bill Cockerman progracegroup.com - Joe Hartman - Doug Speck
Four Boys Section Champs look especially tough Boys Div II - Riley Booker - Mikel Thomas
Matthew Petrillo - Ted Price - some super running coming up this weekend!!

   
photos by Joe Hartman
Acosta vs. "Team Mercado" Boys Div I Highlight!!


photo by Joe Hartman
Buchanan's Lauren Saylor will try to hold off a talented pack
and lead her team to a win in Girls Div I!!


photo by Bill Leung
Nation's #1 ranked team - Corona del Mar has a neat look of
anticipation as they ready to go under 90 minutes at Southern Section!!
They will be in action Division III at the State meet!!


photo by Kirby Lee

Heck of a year!! Sitting at home from tough Southern Section Division II
Stephanie Felix (La Mirada)
Why not open up a can of worms with "at-large" individuals!!




Southern Section Finals -
Saturday, November 19th, 2005 @ Mt. SAC (2.91 miles)
Super Morning at Mt. SAC!! - Corona del Mar Girls start
day with 89:42 Team Time (record for the ages!!!) Day purrs
along from there in super style!!!

Bill Leung photo collage of SS winners!
Great "Starting Line" Album from Bill Leung

Southern Section Video of Finals Races (NEED BROADBAND)
Girls Div III - Girls Div IV - Boys Div III - Boys Div IV - Girls Div V
Boys Div I - Girls Div II - Boys Div V - Girls Div I - Boys Div II

Southern Section Finals (updated/reformatted)

  • In Race order (above across top left to right and across bottom same left to right) and below:
  • Girls Div III - Annie St. Geme leads nation's #1 Ranked Corona del Mar team to 89:42 and 22
    points with Oak Park 47 and 92:54 in second (teams took top seven places in good race!!)
  • Girls Div IV - Jacqueline turner leads Orange Lutheran 45 (96:09)
  • Boys Div III - Michael Coe (Cabrillo) blasts day's quickest at 14:47 with Barstow super 45 (78:09) win
  • Boys Div IV - Chad Hall (Big Bear) 14:58 leads his team to great effort - 38 (81:05)
  • Girls Div V - Ashleigh Pratt (Woodcrest Christian) 18:49 win with Flintridge Prep over Chadwick on the  6th runner rule!
  • Boys Div I - Diego (14:55) and Danny (14:56) Mercado chased by surprising Nathan Sellers (Crescenta Valley) 14:59, with Royal 86 (78:13 without one of top scorers) - day was getting a bit warmer by this time
  • Girls Div II - Kauren Tarver (Serrano) 17:25 win with Newport Harbor taking tight division 96 (94:28)
  • Boys Div V - Tim Burdett (15:55) and Kody Peterson (16:13) lead Woodcrest Christian 50 (83:57)
  • Girls Div I - Christy Adamyk (Glendora) 17:30 well paced effort with Fountain Valley 68 (92:53)
  • Boys Div II - Ted Price (Camarillo) 15:13 gutty effort with Valencia 115 (81:22) for win

 

     
Bill Foley's CIF-SS Divisional Finals 71-picture Album!

     
photos by Kirby Lee
Sam Melton led Barstow to super Div III 78:09 run!! - Nathan Sellers (Crescenta Valley) state's
most improved runner? (14:59 behind Mercado's as day heated up) - Chad Hall (Big Bear) another
who had his team back up his 14:58 win with sterling squad performance Div IV (81:05) - Courtney
Lightfoot (Oak Park right) led one of State history's great Div III Girls teams to a 92:54 runner-
up effort with her 18:04 for second (CdM one of nation's great teams ever 89:42 winners!!)
Kirby Lee Album of CIF SS finals - Kirby Lee Album #2 (added Tue 11/22)

As Mike Kennedy of Track & Field News said about CdM's effort:
"Now There is a Record that is going to last for a while!!!

   
Photo credits (l-to-r) Dave Casper, Bill Leung. Dave Casper
Torrance star Kent Morikawa outleans El Modena's Curtis Aukshunas at the line for second and third
place (both 15:24) SS Boys Division II. The Mercado twins of West Covina are in "lock step" (right down
to the hair bounce) on the way to state! At right, the p
hoto of the Division V girls tie for 5th place between
Kathryn Iwata (Flintridge Prep) left and Kelly Owen (Chadwick). The photo timer determined it as a tie at
the line and the two teams tied at 69, with Flintridge Prep winning via the 6th runner tiebreaker rule!



North Coast Section Finals
Saturday, November 19th, 2005 @ Hayward HS (NCS) 3 miles
Great Day at Hayward - D I - De La Salle (B) College Park (G)
Maria Carrillo Sweep Div II - III - Campolindo (B)
Miramonte (G) - IV - Piedmont (B) - Arcata (G)
V - SF University (B) - Crystal Springs Uplands (G)!
 
photos by Craig Stern
Ariel Wright and Ben Gutierrez roll through the Hayward HS Course

Ranked Teams do great job at Hayward HS - De la Salle (B) 79:36 day's quickest
Boys Group - Miramonte 93:28 leads Girls - O'Dowd's Ben Gutierrez 15:12 and
Ariel Wright 17:36 lead the days' competitors - off to Fresno now for honors!!!

Results

       
photos by Beverly Zalan
Chris Vizcaino (Campolindo) BD4 - Mark Ceraldi (Piedmont) BD4 - Andrea Amhof (SF University) GD5 -
Mo Huber (Acalanes) GD3 were some of the NCS Stars D3-4-5 - More photos on way
Beverly Zalan photo album of above and others D3-4-5 05 NCS


Girls Division V Champs - Crystal Springs Uplands - NCS

 
photos by Carol Penskar
Lamorinda area teams 1-2-4 Girls Div III - Miramonte - Campolindo - Acalanes!!
Miramonte Champs strike a pose!!



San Diego Section Finals
Saturday, November 12th 2005 @ Balboa Park 3.04 miles (B) 2.75 mi (G)
     
George Green's Photo Album of the Ten Divisional Champions!



photo by Dana Friehauf
Torrey Pines Girls Div I Champs with Coach Brent Thorne and
team secret weapon - "Biff the Shark"


Scott Sanders' album of La Jolla Country Day in action!

AJ Acosta (El Camino, Oceanside) warms up for another battle with Mercados next
week with 15:36 run - Katy Andrews takes Girls DI 16:23 (2.75 mi) but Torrey Pines
takes big showdown led by frosh Erin Gillingham in 2nd at 16:28- Riley Booker
(Uni City) 15:55 D2 - with Kyle Suarez (St. Augustine) also under 16 at 15:57 in Div III
Results
    Finals Program (George Green)

  
photos from the Bareno Family
Boys Division II and Boys Division III Lead Packs - San Diego Finals!


LA City Section Finals
Saturday, November 19th, 2005 @ Pierce College (LA) 3.0 miles
 
Photos by Niles Sundstrom
City Champs Calise and Hartel (Emmaline's 7th individual title ties her with
Valerie Flores (San Pedro) for Section CC/T&F Record - Track still to go!!

Steve Calise (San Pedro) takes Boys contest with Monroe
team Champs - Emmaline Hartel leads Birmingham Girls win!
Results City Finals - (revised & updated Tuesday afternoon)

A City Section Prelims Results!  



Oakland Section Finals
Wednesday, November 16, 2005 @ Joaquin Miller Park
Oakland HS Pulls The Deuce!
Frontrunners Thomas DiLeo (boys) and Jessica Phuong (girls)
help lead Oakland HS teams to a sweep of the section titles!
Results



San Francisco Section Finals
Wednesday, November 16th, 2005 @ Polo Fields GG Park (3.1 miles)
Dawit Melsak (Int'l Studies) 17:03 win - Lincoln Boys Team!
Anna Li (21:02) leads Lowell girls to annual win!!

Results
 
Central Coast Section Finals
Saturday, November 12th, 2005 @ Crystal Springs (2.95 miles)

   
Photos by Margaret Gallagher
Ben Sitler of St. Francis (15:03) and Jen Bergmann of Valley Chr. (17:53)
record top times of the day while Carlmont teams sweeps Division I!

Full Results      Margaret's Gallagher Album of Winners!

CIF Central Section Championships
Thursday, November 10, 2005 @ Woodward Park, Fresno

   
Mikel Thomas (Clovis) 15:33 to take Boys Div II - Lauren Saylor leads Buchanan Girls
to 26 points (95:08) with 18:00 Div I win - Jordan Hasay cranks frosh CR 17:02 Div V Win!
Jordan Course Frosh Record!! Madera, Clovis, McFarland Boys Teams Hot-Hot-Hot!

SECTION FINALS Division I-II RESULTS
SECTION FINALS Division III-IV-V RESULTS

Central Section Finals pictures by ProRaceGroup!

Central Section Grand Masters Meet
Results from the state meet tune-up (11/17) at Woodward Park!


  
CIF Northern Section Championships
Thursday, November 10, 2005 @ West Valley HS (Cottonwood)

 
photos by Joe Hartman
Hannah Dillard (Chico) leads first half-dozen all under-class stars in her 18:11 win!
Austin Fritzke (Mt. Shasta) closes down super local career with Section repeat!

  He was 16:06 last year, 15:35 this year (#4 AT on the Course!).
Varsity Girls - Hannah! Hannah! - Hannah Dillard 1st, Hannah Hodgkinson 2nd.
Hannah's 18:16 is #2 AT on the West Valley course!

Michelle Johnson (3rd place) first of 3 No Sect 9th-grade ladies to make Top 10.
Results

   
photos by Joe Hartman
Hannah Dillard rolls along in front! - Hodgkinson-Johnson 2-3 - Girls Album

   
Joe Hartman's boys album!


CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Championships
Friday, November 11, 2005 @ Willow Hill Reservoir
Davis sweeps the Division I titles!
 
Clayton Halliday's photos of the victorious Davis teams!

Joe Hartman's SJS Finals Division I Album!
Joe Hartman's Division II Photo Album
Joe Hartman's D4 and D5 Boys/Girls Album
Joe Hartman's D3 Boys/girls Album

D1 Boys: Davis wins 3-way battle over Fairfield & Sheldon, 48-60-71!
D2 Boys: Jesuit continues domination in 32-58 win over frontrunning Rocklin!
D3 Boys: Del Campo pulls out 68-74 thriller over Del Oro!
D4 Boys: Colfax has 7 of the top 20 scorers in 40-point runaway!
D5 Boys: Jim Eliot hasd 5 in the Top 10 to win with just 25 points!

D1 Girls: Just like the boys, davis prevails in a 3-team thriller over Fairfield & Modesto!
D2 Girls: Ponderosa (72) edges out both Oak Ridge (72) and Vacaville (79)!
D3 Girls: St. Francis (42) holds off Union Mine (49) and Del Oro (56) in low-scoring battle!
D4 Girls: Riverbank scores just 43 points in deep race with 5 teams under 100 points!
D5 Girls: Jim Eliot completes D5 sweep with win over Big Valley Christian!

OFFICIAL RESULTS!~
Girls Finals Stats - Top Overall and By Grade - Joe Hartman

JOE HARTMAN'S STAT HIGHLIGHTS~!

2005-2006 Collegiate Commitments
Lindsey Kirschman signs with University of Washington
Enterprise of Redding star with amazing range heads north in Pac-10!



Whitney Blue signs to ASU!

MOST RECENT UPDATES
Lindsey Kirschman (mid dist Enterprise, Red) to Uni Wash; Christine Jowaiszas (distances-Portland, Or) to Univ San Franc;
Laurel Kleiber (distances-Plymouth, Wi) to Univ San Francisco; Ryan Shuler (pole vault - Granite Bay-SJS) to UC Berkeley;
Kimyon Broom (hurdles - Serra, Gardena-SS) to UC Berkeley; Carter, Dominique (sprints - Oakland Tech) to Alcorn State
Annaliza Rizo (XC - Vacaville-SJS) to San Jose State; Amanda Carlucci (XC - Mission Viejo-SS) to San Jose State
Chris Hart (XC - American River Comm. College) to San Jose State; Janie James (sprints - Helix-SDS) to San Diego State
Whitney Blue (distances - Newport Harbor) to Arizona State; Sarah Lady (throws - Arroyo Grande) to UC Irvine

Full 2005-2006 Signees Index       Please email us with additional signings!


Colleges

NCAA Division II National Championships
Saturday, November 19 @ Prado Dam in Chino
Results - Men
- Chico State 3rd - Cal Poly Pomona 14th
Women - Chico State 4th - UC San Diego 7th

State Community College Championships
Saturday, November 19 @
Woodward Park - Fresno (4 miles)
Results - Men - LA Trade Tech winner
Women - Orange Coast takes it again

NCAA Division I College Championships
Monday, November
21st @ Terre Haute, Indiana
Can Golden State-led Duke women hold off Stanford (Az St/Colo top teams feature our folks!!)
Men - Wisconsin favored over Arkansas and Billy Nelson (Taft HS) led Colorado
Meet Site - Shannon Rowbury (Duke via Sacred Heart Cathedral HS) Interview
Grote's irreverent Men's Choices for Nationals -

LINK TO COLLEGE SUMMARY OF 11/12 WEEKEND



National USATF Club Championshps
Saturday, November 19th, 2005 @ Rochester, New York

Local Club with a number of former So Cal prep Stars defend
their National Championship last weekend!!

Release on the Club Championship
Club Web-Site

College Signings
Newslinks
High School Team Websites
Coach Openings


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