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SJS, LA City & SS Divisional Rankings (10/10)
UC Riverside Reunion with "kids" on the course!
Newslinks around State  
NTN Weekly Boys/Girls recap

"I'm in 14:19 shape..."

Photo by Rich Gonzalez
El Camino HS senior A.J. Acosta, seen Tuesday
posing with the Serrano HS girls XC team after the
Mt. SAC Inv. press conference at the ESPN Zone, declared himself fit and ready to break the 14:28 Mt. SAC course record, stating he was in 14:19 shape!

'The Swoosh' is in town!

The Nike Cross-Country truck stopped at Valencia HS on
Wednesday, making a presentation on Nike footwear, opening interactive displays, giving away free pairs of Nike shoes
to lucky winners, as well as giving out free Nike XC pee-chees
and decals and hosting a post-practice barbecue to feed every
runner in the program! Daily stops at Fountain Valley, El Toro,
Anaheim, and Los Alamitos are scheduled in the next week!

Jenny Kenyon hired as T&F Asst at UCSB
Joe Hartman: German Fernandez/Riverbank team

State Team Rankings Looking ahead to Fresno!


Clovis photo album
241 pictures!

Newest Results
High Schools!


Colleges
UNLV-Wom,
Triton/UCSD-Az St


Latest Rankings
NTN United States
NTN California
State Divisional
State Sectional

Coaches Openings
Westminster (SS) T/F
Whitney (Sac J) Wts
Rancho Verde - Pl Vlt

Alta Loma,
Carondolet T&F


New Week!

Bay League Meet #2
Tuesday, October 11th, 2005 @ Polliwog Park, Manhattan Beach (SS) - 3 miles
Scanlan/Murphy lead the Mira Costa Wins!
 
Photos courtesy of Kirsten O'Hara
Mira Costa's Bryce Scanlan stalks South Torrance's Andy Ferrara near the finish (left) and
"MiCo's" Kevyn Murphy races away from good Bay League rivals in the girls race!


Mira Costa proves rude hosts with double league win in meet #2 - Bryce Scanlan
Leads MicoHi Boys to snappy 29 point total with 15:39 win - Frosh Kevyn Murphy
continues to roll with 17:12 win with team 33-54 (Peninsula)-57 (West Torrance)
win!

Results - Nice local story on Kevyn Murphy (Mira Costa)


One of Southern California's fine all-around sports schools, Mira Costa
has a fine set of Varsity Cross-Country squads - Congrats
Coach Renee Williams-Smith! (Kirsten O'Hara photo)


Ocean League Meet #2
Tuesday, October 11th, 2005 @ Kenneth Hahn Park (SS) (3 miles)
Santa Monica Boys - Beverly Hills Girls!
Max Goldman leads Boys contest with 17:00 win - Diana Sandoval
(Hawthorne) 20:41 Girls win!

Results


Golden League Meet #2
Wednesday, October 12th, 2005 @ Polona Vista Soccer Center (SS) (5k)
Brienna Morris (QH)/Josh Housinger (Highl)!
Morris wins over Caitlin Fitzgerald (Highland) 19:02-19:12 with Housinger
a 16:27-16:33 win over Ivan Garcia (Lancaster)!

Individual Results


Desert Valley League Meet #2
Wednesday, October 12th, 2005 @ La Quinta HS (SS) (3 Mi?)
Indio Sweep of DVL!
   
Jimmy Hawkins - Indio Pack - Susana Salazar (Photos Becky Baker-Indio HS)

Jimmy Hawkins (Palm Desert) Boys winner 17:27- Susana Salazar (Palm Springs)
girls titlest at  21:43- 97 degree day!!

Results


Pacific League Meet #2
Wednesday, October 12th, 2005 @ Verdugo Park (SS) (5k)
Arcadia takes Boys/Crescenta Valley Girls !
 
Crescenta Valley Girls Leaders - Nathan Sellers leads Arcadia's Paul Beckwith

Nathan Sellers (CV) takes Boys' contest, CV shows fine depth in Girls!
Results forthcoming
Varsity Race Video


LAST WEEK
Clovis Invitational

Saturday, October 8th, 2005 @ Woodward Park (5000m)
CdM Girls 36 pts!! 91:21 Course Record!
17:24 - 18:10 - 18:14 - 18:33 - 19:00

This ranks as the best ever California team performance in history by early October!
A bsolutely stunning! Almost every performance on the Woodward Park All-Time List
from November (state meet) or December (Kinney Regionals, as FootLocker used
to be called). Congratulations to Coach Bill Sumner and the team on an 18:16 average!
Buchanan places second with 66 points (93:58, among top dozen all-time teams)!
Marie Lawrence (Reno) at 17:19 and Annie St Geme (CdM) at 17:24 up front!
Jesuit beats shorthanded Royal boys, 94-99; Royal's Michael
Cybulski wins his first
cross-country race ever, beating Clovis' Mikel Thomas, 15:20-15:22. Mission Prep
frosh standout Jordan Hasay wins Small Schools race going away in 17:36 (ties #4 frosh AT)
UPDATED WOODWARD PARK ALL-TIME LIST THROUGH THIS WEEKEND


photo by Mike Diamond
Great trio appraches 2 miles - Kosinski - St. Geme - Saylor



  Erik Pedersen's album!

Varsity Results Report -

WOODWARD PARK ALL-TIME GIRLS TEAM TIME LIST
1 - Corona del Mar 2005 91:22
2. Sultana 2002 91:53
3. College Park, Pleasant Hill 2003 92:23
4. Sultana, Hesperia 2003 92:34
5. Ventura 2004 92:44
6. Murrieta Valley, Murrieta 2002 92:59
7. Peninsula 2000 93:04


photo by Mike Diamond
Oak Ridge - Boys Medium Varsity Winners

LAST WEEK'S STATEWIDE RECAP


Dana Hills in Hawaii - Super Island Trip for Program - thanks Maureen Norris
Album


Colleges

UNLV Women's Invite
Concordia 41 - CSLA 47 - CS San Marcos 51

Triton Invitational UCSD
Men - Women
UC Irvine takes MDiv I - UCSD MDiv2
Univ Indiana/Purdue WDiv 1 - UCSD WDiv2

Arizona State Invitational
Results
Big Pre-NCAA Meet next weekend
big guns resting

LINK TO COLLEGE SUMMARY WEEKEND OF 10/1/05


DyeStatCal Athletes of the Week October 3-7, 2005
Two youngsters step up to the plate - 9th and 10th graders honored this week!
Joe Hartman has added a segment on German Fernandez of Riverbank - amazing athlete!!

Super soph German Fernandez (Riverbank)
Joe Hartman photo


Jenny Kenyon - former Newbury Park HS/Univ Oregon
Hired as Track & Field Assistant at UCSB
Interview with the newest addition to Gaucho Staff!!


Something about this "running gets in the blood!"
Three members of the UCR 1977-1980 squad get together with
their children, who also do the harrier sport at the Hemet Invitational!
Mike Mueller (UCR), Kendra Mueller (Hemet HS/Jr.), Steve Alvarez (UCR),
Camila Alvarez (North HS/So.), Mark Westfall (Riverside Poly HS/Sr.),
Tom Westfall (UCR), Morgan Westfall (Poly HS/Fr.)

photo by Norma McGarrey (Mike's sister!)

 

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