Week
1 Schedule
High
School Schedule
9/02/05– Siskiyou Warm-up @ Mt.
Shasta HS/Shastice Park (NS) - Northern Section -
2004 Coverage
9/02/05 - Wolf Pack Invitational
(West Hills HS, Santee) - (SD) - hot San Diego by-grade action - 2004
Coverage
9/02/05
- Rancho Cotate Invitational - (NCS) - 4 pm - 2.75 mi races - NCS action
featured Maria Carrillo 04 - 2004
9/03/05 - Granite Bay/ASICS
Invitational - (SJS) - Willow Hills Reservoir, Folsom HS - Hot Sac Joaquin
Action - 2004
9/03/05 - Toro Teambuilder
Invitational (CCS) - CCS Affair -
9/03/05 - Vaquero Stampede - Lindo Lakes (SD)
- More San Diego Action - 2004
Coverage - Meet
Preview
9/03/05 - Dinuba Invitational - (CE) - Central Section Action - 2004
Coverage
College
Schedule
9/04/05
- Cal State Fullerton Season Opener - Craig Park -
Info - Men's
Entries - Women's
Entries
Fast Times Brew At Rancho Cotate
File photos courtesy of Maria Carrillo XC & Joe Hartman
Season opener has Michael Brew rocket up meet's all-time list,
Kristen Sanzari wins as Maria Carrillo sweeps
Keeping It All In The Family
Natalie and Matt Sojka from Mt. Shasta win races at "Siskiyou Warm-up" - Joe Hartman photos
As Mt. Shasta's Fritzke siblings rest out, Sojka siblings
set meet record at Siskiyou Warm-Up; Foothill girls roll!
Natalie Sojka purrs along with beautiful Mt. Shasta in the background
Start of Girls race (Steve Nesheim photos)
"The Traditional Powerhouses
Are Poised Yet Again!"
Photos courtesy of Joe Hartman (left) and College Park
Cross-Country
Seen above racing ahead of since-graduated
All-American Laef Barnes of Washington
i n the 2004 Stanford Invitational, De La Salle senior Tom Cox (#730)
leads the top NCS
boys team into 2005. At right, College Park will attempt to twirl the
magic yet again,
seeking a third consecutive CIF-State crown -- this time at the Division
I level!
Marc Laszlo's Preseason Rankings/Previews: Boys
Girls
"The
2005 Storylines Within An Ever-Improving Section..."
Who will win the NMC-Los Gatos B Div II contest!
- Strong Aptos Girls Drop to Div II!
St. Francis-Willow Glen-SI Battle Boys Div III! - St F-Cupertino-SI
Girls Div III!
San Lorenzo Valley - Half Moon Bay Strong Girls Div IV Squads!
King's Academy and Castilleja another titanic Girls Div V struggle!
Ben Sitler (St. Francis - Joe Hartman photo) - Cobbi Jones (Live Oak
- Margaret Gallgher photo)
underclass star Marcos Corona (Willow Glen -
Hank Lawson photo) - San Lorenzo Valley Girls (Donna Dye photo)
Doug Speck's
Central Coast Section Preview/Rankings
Northern Section
Everybody's Back!! - Top Six Boys and Top Seven Girls from 2004 Section Meet!!
2005 Should be a cooker!!!
Joe Hartman caught the 1-4 finishers from 2004 Section Meet (left)
Fritzke-Atkins-Kirschman-Hodgkinson
with all back!!
Austin Fritzke and Cesar Silva (middle) will battle once again
Brent Handa ended second in Section and is highly rated Statewide Div V!!
(Joe Hartman photos)
Doug Speck's Northern Section Preview
"The Precocious Young
Women Are Taking Over... Quickly!"
Photos courtesy of Doug Speck (left), Jim Saylor
(center) and Clovis Cross-Country (right)
Age-group super phenom Jordan
Hasay (left) and her 4:28.61 PR for 1500m won't be the only super
frosh on the Central Section scene this year. Cathryn Saylor (right
in center photo), 9th-grade sister
to All-American Lauren Saylor, helps give Buchanan a super frosh class!
Cathryn ran 5:16 for
1600m as an 8th grader, which was faster than Lauren ran at the age!
At right, Clovis' Mikel
Thomas aims for a state individual crown in Division II, where the team
also seeks a section title!
Dustin
Beauchamp's Preseason Rankings/Preview!
"Flying Across the
Trails in the City Of Angels"
Photos courtesy of Niles Sundstrom
Gabriel Guzman (left) leads a
vastly improving Monroe team in quest of the
upsetting Birmingham for the L.A. City Section title while Birmingham's
Emmaline Hartel (#722 in right photo) strives to lead her team to the
crown!
Bruce Thomson's
Preseason Rankings/Preview!
"Jesuit Super-Engine
Is Revving! Davis Ladies Keep rising!"
Photos courtesy of Jesuit Cross-Country (left) and Davis
Cross-Country
Fresh off a school record performance
at the annual "Meeting of the Marauders" that bettered
the previous standard set by a sensational 1994 team considered among
the finest in state history,
Jesuit's boys team (left) is primed for yet another SJS title and perhaps
a trip to NTN! Powerful
Davis High (right) keeps inching up the ladder of hierarchy to knock
off the heavyweights!
Joe Hartman's
Preseason Girls Rankings/Preview!
Sac
Joaquin Section - Willow Hills course
"New
Year, Same Oakland High Recipe: Just Win, Baby!"
Photo by Craig Stern
Thomas Dileo of Oakland HS is
among the rising stars to watch in 2005!
He also was the big winner at the final Joaquin Miller Fun Run of the
summer!
Rich
Gonzalez' Preview!
Lowell Teams Remain The Force!
Rich
Gonzalez' Brief Section Outlook
"A Ventura County Dynasty?"
Ventura girls & Royal boys seek 5
combined titles in 3 years!
Photos courtesy of Bill Leung (top) and Dave Casper (bottom)
Ventura County now seems poised
for a repeat sweep at state
as Ventura's girls are reloading nicely and Royal's boys are
oozing with hungry talent and also eyeing a return to NTN!
Individual
"Watch Lists" for State Divisions!
(Fritzke
- Sojka photos Joe Hartman)
Super
frosh Jordan Hasay (Mission College Prep) makes it tough for Katie Fritzke
to repeat, with Natalie Sojka (right) also from Mt. Shasta, the 2004
runner-up
Check
the Listing!
Yasmine
White interview
Jasmine White's Second Sport
World
Triathlon Champ Action for NCS Div IV Star
18:39 to win So Cal Roadrunners Mt.
SAC Race
Christy Adamyk of Glendora HS - 85 degree day!
Results
Good Fresno area Running Sat 8/27 led
by Mikel Thomas (unat/Clovis HS)
who won Fresno State Univ Watermelon run - Lauren Saylor won "Cross-City"
Road race at 10:26
Summary
"FootLocker
West Hot 100"
A DyeStatCal exlusive!
Photo
by Robert Meyers
We've had very good success predicting
the FL West qualifiers over the years
and are amped up for another season of interstate prognosticating. From
the
household names like Acosta, to the rising stars such as Klotz and Cybulski,
to our darkhorse national megathreat picks such as Stoutenburgh, we'll
kick off
the FootLocker march with our "Hot 100" FootLocker West Region
boys picks!
Check back for our thorough inventory of the top talent from the Western
states!
Colleges
Women's
Recruiting Wars!
UC Berkeley's mens program
cleaned up during the early signing period
to hold off a late flurry of commitments by Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
in
heading the state. An analysis of the womens' recruiting class will
be next!
UC
Berkeley tabbed as top mens' recruiting class in the state!
SIGNING NEWS
Photo by Doug Speck
Brysun Stately, who equalled the nation's
#5 all-time prep mark and the state's all-time
prep mark with her seasonal best of 13-06 will be vaulting for the USC
Trojans!
Brysun
Stately (Cordova) to USC; Liza
Hitchner (Half Moon Bay) to UC Santa Barbara;
David Berman, Oak Park to Dartmouth College, Ken Brook, Oak Park
to Arizona State
Danielle Dabney (Fountain Valley) to Cal State Stanislaus
Please
email us any signings!
Gretchen
Corrales (you may remember her as Gretchen Lohr)
is named new women's distance coach at Cal State LA
Gretchen
fills us in on her successful running/coaching career
TRACK
& FIELD
Brussels - Belgium
Bekele sets 10k world record in 26:17.53; Demus
rips a superb 53.61 in 400mH
Summary/Results
Summer
State Track & Field Meet Video Review
Relive some of the
great action from the 2005 State Meet!
8/28 - Girls 200 meter dash - Khrystal Carter
wins over competitive field!
8/28 - Boys 200 meter dash - Jamere Holland completes a super sprint
double!
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