***WEEKEND
RECAP***
Rancho
Cotate Invitational
From Cole To Diamond; Taylor Also Sparkles
In Debut
Photos by
Margaret Gallagher and Jim Taylor
St.
Helena HS senior Brian Cole wins boys race in 14:01; Super frosh Jacque
Taylor
(Casa Grande) wins in 16:22. Petaluma boys/Maria Carrillo girls run very
well.
| Warmup: Season-opening
non-scoring affair for North Coast Section teams. |
| Race Facts: St.
Helena's Brian Cole was sick at last year's state finals in Fresno,
so he remained under the radar. But a 4:16.86 for 1600m in track
signaled his inevitable ascent. Cole was challenged here by Montgomery's
Blake McDowall, who reportedly was helping press the pace early.
Cole won by six seconds over McDowall, with Petaluma's Sterling
Lockert not far behind. On the girls' side, Casa Grande frosh Jacque
Taylor, who has has plenty of success with the Santa Rosa Express
club team in recent years, won as freshmen went 1-2 in the race.
The course was 2.75 miles. |
| Warmdowns: Although
it was a non-scoring meet, computing the results on our own has
Petaluma's boys edging Maria Carrillo, 51-56. That's no surprise
to the Pumas, who've been respectfully acknow-ledging "P-Town's"
improvements in recent seasons. On the girls' side, Maria Carrillo
would have out-scored runner-up Santa Rosa, 49-70. Maria Carrillo
moves to Division III this year. St. Helena's Cole moves to Division
V - just barely. The cutoff is 499 students. St. Helena's enrollment?
Yep, 499. |
Official
Meet Results
Toro Teambuilder
Invitational
NMC Boys 'Pack' A Real Punch
To Win Opener
 
Photos sent from Toro
Teambuilder
Warmup: Season
opener on popular course - this year's finals at Toro Park. |
| Race Facts: Boys
- Ivan Bojorquez of Los Banos the individual winner at 16:53,
with
North Monterey County undoubtedly under orders to "pack" run,
cruising in with the top five all within one second of 8th
placer Francisco Cornejo (11th 17:42) for the team win at 45
over Seaside's 50. Sam Smiley (love the name, instant
"favorite athlete!") (Notre Dame, Belmont) took the Girls'
contest at 19:39, with NMC the next five with runner-up Stephanie
Pritchard (20:24) leading the crew--the 1-5 NMC pack here
gapped all of 20 seconds! If pack running was the daily
goal give an "A" grade to the NMC program. |
| Warmdowns: After
a brutally warm summer for many inland just a short distance
from the beaches, it was probably great to get down near the
ocean. With North Monterey County's strong tradition
the troops will be turned loose down the road and we
will see how truly strong the teams here are. Keep an
eye out for the young Monterey HS duo of Jake Arveson and James
Caress, who went 1-2 in the Frosh/Soph Boys contest with good
17:35 and 17:36 clockings. |
Results
Siskiyou
Warm-Up Invitational
Changing Of The Guard In Northern Section?
Photos by
Steve Nesheim
Results
from race on 2.4-mile course Photo
Album
Warmup: With
the "Mount" in the background (Shasta that is) runners have
to be inspired each year at this beautiful competition! Great
Girls' group back up north with pleasant surprise for the
win there.
|
| Race Facts: Mt.
Shasta had veteran leader Austin Fritzke head off to the Air
Force Academy, but took 1-2-3 here, led by Cory Coppin (13:58
over 2.4 miles). On the ladies' side it was Lizzy Gruber
(Reding Adventist) who surprised with her 15:49 Meet Record
win by over 30 seconds over State Div V second placer Natalie
Sojka (Mt. Shasta). Snappy group back for Mt. Shasta,
with five in the top sixteen, with team leader Katie Fritzke
off any course this weekend. |
| Warmdowns: Lizzy
Gruber 6th in Section in Track over 3200m in the spring at
11:53, and did not show up in Section CC Results last Fall,
so run here shows another star in the Section's galaxy on the
Girls' side! Most of the local teams head to Stanford
in a couple of weeks so it will be a good test to build for. Katie
Fritzke (MS) usually heads down to Granite Bay Invite this
weekend, but was not in those results. |
Granite
Bay Invitational
Davis Teams Rack Up A Few Big Victims
In Week #1
 
Photos
by Joe Hartman
Results
Joe
Hartman's Granite Bay Inv girls album - Boys
Fr/So - Boys Varsity
  
photos by Joe Hartman
Brendan Gregg to the Boys' contest, leading his Davis team (middle)
over Jesuit (rt)
Warmup: A
much anticipated opening weekend highlight statewide each
year, GB again drew
a super cast, with a bit of a local and regional sense of
things with Central Section powers often heading north.
|
| Race Facts: Davis
HS came to run, with the State's top "team" (Boys/Girls) performance
of the weekend with two team titles here. Brendan Gregg
(D) led the Boys to their 51-55 win over Jesuit, which typically
leaves a star or three out of the race here, with his 17:02.5
run. Chelsea Reilly (D) won the Girls' contest at 20:27.0,
with the Blue Devil Girls' squad 77-86 winners over a feisty
St. Francis group. |
| Warmdowns: Alex
Kosinski (Oak Ridge) is nursing a sore foot, with Marie Lawrence
(Reno), last year's winner not appearing this year - so much for
that contest of a couple of the nation's best! Good wins by
Davis, with the Jesuit (#2 Statewide NTN rankings) and Madera (#9
NTN State ranked) Boys very talented groups assured of doing some
real damage down the road. St. Francis ladies a pleasant effort
as they will battle Division II this year it appears. |
Wolfpack
Invitational
Results from
2.1 and 1.6 mile races
Warmup: Annual
Friday season opener in San Diego starts So Cal multi-school
action with a splash, always some top runners/teams showing
up.
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| Race Facts: Girls
- #19 Ranked in the US Torrey Pines came out charging, as the
squad had four within 33 seconds of soph "fastest of day" race
winner Erin Gillingham (8:54),
with Erin 4:57.31 for 1600m last spring in track. Tony
Bareno (Valhalla) quickest of day on Boys' side with 10:37
win over rival Muluken Beressa (Monte Vista) 10:44. |
| Warmdowns: Torrey
Pines ladies certainly hope this high-powered start will help
fuel them to good efforts through the Fresno State meet and
then as a club on to Portland and the Nike Team Nationals
meet. There
will be some titanic local contests for TP with rival La Costa
Canyon to keep their local attention. Rancho Buena Vista
Boys 57:29 by our math through 5 on this short course, with
Rancho Bernardo good pack at 58:26, and Torrey Pines/Steele
Canyon some good up-front running. |
Vaquero Stampede
Photos by Anthony Garcia
Full
results Coach
Anthony Garcia's Album of Race Winners
Warmup: San
Diego action for the first Saturday of the season here,
with some good folks out on the course once again.
|
| Race Facts: Mac
Fleet (University City), 1:55.72 and 4:25 for a mile last spring
as a ninth grader, raced the #2 Frosh/Soph time ever of 8:07
on the course to start the day off Boys D1 Fr/So, with 4:13
1600 star Austin Jett (Eastlake) 10:29 to take the Boys DI
Jr/Sr contest
(CR 10:05
Jason Finch Granite Hills 1998) over Eric Avila (Bonita Vista)
10:34. 2:15.08 800 runner
Sarah Vitug (Univ City) 9:18 GD1 winner over Andrea Jacobs
(Vista) on Girls' side (CR 8:54 Claire Rethemeier 2003). El
Cap's Kyle Phipps (10:56) and Stephanie Cook (9:57) took the
D2 Jr/Sr contests, with EC's Katie Martin 9:58 in the GD2
Fr/So. |
| Warmdowns: Austin
Jett certainly one of the tallest elite level runners in state
history (wonder if he can dunk?). Unofficial quick score
(remember Fr/So boys different distance here) had BD1 Var Eastlake
54-Fallbrook 62. El Cap 22 point total BD2 Var. Combining
the two Ladies' contests had GD1 Uni City 49;35, Fallbrook
50:45, and Vista 50:46 in the team time 1-5 department, with
El Capitan 53:15 team time combined Var/Fr/So GD2. Months
to go before we sleep so plenty of time for improvement by
all. |
Additional Multi-Team HS Meets
Del
Campo boys and Colfax girls win in midweek SJS triangular
Castro
Valley scrimmage
Collegiate
Action
Cal State Fullerton, San Francisco, &
Humboldt Invitationals
Jessup and UCSB Duals + around nation (Morreale, Kessen, etc.)
Mira Costa HS alum Laura Mickelson (left, now at Loyola
Marymount) won the
Cal State Fullerton Invitational by nearly a minute. Middle, San Jose
State's
Tiffany Hall (formerly of Vacaville HS) used a fine kick to win at the
USF Invitational.
Escalon's Amanda Moreno (rt), now frosh at Univ Nevada/Reno
won her first college race!
Result
Summaries
UCLA
sweeps UC Riverside in season opener
Both programs are young but very promising!
Results
and 59-picture album
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