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DyeStatCalElite Performance Cutoffs (Boys/Girls)
Based on Top 100 marks in 'common' events and Top 50 marks in 'uncommon' event from 2006 season.
100m	200m	400m	800m	1500m	1600m	3000m	3200m
11.08/12.60	22.37/25.70	50.03/58.40	1:58.22/2:20.00	4:05.5/4:52.00	4:23.67/5:12.00	9:00/10:40	9:38.23/11:25.00
110/100m HH	300m IH/LH	4x100	4x200	4x400	4x800	4x1600	Shuttle Hurd
15.33/15.90	40.24/47.00	43.34/50.00	1:32.64/1:48.00	3:27.20/4:06.00	8:22.31/10:10.00	18:53/23:00	1:10.00/1:10.00
Sprint Med	Distance Medl	High Jump	Pole Vault	Long Jump	Triple Jump	Shot Put	Discus Throw
3:45.00/4:30.00	10:54.60/13:10.00	6-3.00/5-2.0	13-6.00/10-2.00	21-8.25/17-0.00	43-9.25/35-6.00	50-10/36-6	153-11/118-00

Rancho Verde Relays of Champions
Saturday, March 10 @ Rancho Verde HS

Southern Section

(MORENO VALLEY, Ca.) -- It all came together, just as meet director Chris Drescher always envisioned it would.
And while it remains the early season's best-kept secret, it may not be for long.
      "It" is the Rancho Verde Relays of Champions, an Inland Empire-based Southern Section invitational that is gaining momentum on its registration page as quickly as it unleashes speed on the track.
       With top programs such as Rancho Cucamonga, Murrieta Valley, St. Mary's Academy, Vista Murrieta, and host Rancho Verde serving as headliners, the ROC elevated its game in 2007 to evolve as perhaps the premier early-season meet in the Southland with an emphasis on the speed-based events, but plenty of opportunity for fun for all.
      "Verrrry pleased," gushed Drescher when asked his reaction to this year's affair. "People sometimes don't realize that to get into the big later meets like Arcadia, Stanford, Mt. SAC, etc. you have to run well to qualify and the chances to run fast as far and far between," explained Drescher. "That's what we're becoming - a place to run fast early so you get a chance to run real fast later."
      As previewed, the hot races at the ROC were the dashes, with Rancho Verde proving as talented hosts in ripping a state-leading 46.61 in the girls' short relay. A few minutes earlier, Vista Murrieta rocketed to a state-leading 1:02.92 in the regulation (see below) boys' shuttle hurdles relay. In the boys' short relay, Rancho Cucamonga continued its early-season excellence with a nifty 42.19 clocking that saw it win by more than a full second on the watch!
      Rancho Verde's girls speedsters came right back in the 4-by-deuce, clocking 1:39.72 to handily down powerful St. Mary's Academy. Fast times also spilled onto the track in the long relays as a collection of the region's top programs merged to push each other to fine performances.
      In stressing the importance of teamwork with off-season training fresh on the mind, the field events were contested in "relays" fashion as well, with the top mark from each of three athletes from each school accumulated to determine team placing.
       Attention to detail was key to the meet.
       Unlike the majority of invitationals on the California calendar, the ROC meet actually runs regulation shuttle hurdle relay races, with four boys runners each going 110 meters at the high hurdles distance or four girls doing the same over 100 meters; many meets run shorter distances or at varying heights, usually negating those marks for qualifying purposes at the later meets. It might seem a minor revision by the ROC meet staff, but the effect becomes magnified when those teams earn coveted shuttle hurdles berths in the major meets later on.
       Additionally, the meet featured the rarely run 8x100-meter and 8x200-meter relay races for each gender.
       "I call those the 'Coaches Say Thank You To Your Athletes' races," quipped Drescher. "There are often a lot of kids on track teams and sometimes they have no chance to qualify for the weekend invitational because on space constraints. These races give coaches a chance to let those kids who wouldn't normally be in the meet to get to run. It's a way of coaches saying thank you to those kids that stay committed, show up for off-season practice, work hard despite not being the star of the team. I've quickly learned that coaches really like these relays."
       While the Rancho Verde meet boasted several top programs, it almost netted a national superpower when Long Beach Wilson expressed interest reportedly early on before deciding not to attend. "That would have been another huge name," said Drescher. "Maybe next year. They're always welcome."
        So is anyone else wishing to run real fast!