9th Annual La Canada-Flintridge
All-City Meet
Thursday, September 9, 2004 @ Hahamongna Park

Flintridge Prep girls break La Canada's
8-year stranglehold on local title!
Flintridge Prep's McLean wins unprecedented third consecutive boys' title!

Thanks to Erik "E.B." Boal for the following summary/results!

       Flintridge Prep's girls (No. 1 in CIF, No. 2 in the state in Division V) ended La Canada's 8-year run as team champions, beating the Spartans, 25-46, with Flintridge Sacred Heart (No. 4 in CIF, No. 8 in the state in Division IV) being hurt by the absence of 2 varsity runners finishing 3rd with 65.
       La Canada's duo of junior Lindsay Mayer (20:37.84) and sophomore Morgan Sheppard (20:56.10) looked strong from the start, quickly distancing themselves from Flintridge Prep's pack, but after that it was all Rebels, as Mike Roffina's squad took the next six spots, as well as 10th, led by senior Hannah Vaughan's 3rd-place finish (21:20.73).
Flintridge Prep's packing was impressive, as they had 79 seconds between 1 and 5, with sophomore Lauren Von Der Ahe (first high school cross-country meet) taking 4th in 21:44.73.
       Flintridge Prep's win also ended La Canada's run of more than 120 consecutive regular-season meet victories, which includes nine straight undefeated Rio Hondo Leaugue titles. My unofficial count is 127 since they lost to Pasadena Poly in a nonleague dual meet in 1995, but I'm going to have to double check before swearing to it.
       Still, Mayer's victory was the seventh by a La Canada female in the 9-year history of the meet and fourth in a row, with Nicole Bonino being the only back-to-back champion in 1998 and 1999. Senior Christina Snider was the top finisher for Flintridge Sacred Heart, taking 9th in 23:02.14
       On the boys' side, Flintridge Prep senior Tom McLean became the first athlete in meet history to win three straight titles, distancing himself from the field to post an easy 59-second win in 16:45.31. His victory also highlighted the third straight and fifth overall team title for the Rebels (No. 1 in CIF and state in Division V), who defeated St. Francis, 32-43. La Canada was third with 48.
       Tony Myint supported McLean, taking 2nd in 17:44.32, before a pair of St. Francis runners and three La Canada runners came in, taking advantage of the absence of Flintridge Prep's Gus Zoell (tendinitis in his knee) and Tom Adams (away visiting colleges), who would have most likely placed in the top 5.
       Thomas Flynn (8th, 18:25.30), Nik Miller (10th, 18:40.12) and Jeff Russell (11th, 18:43.56) rounded out the scoring effort for the Rebels. Peter Grace (3rd, 17:53.02) was the top finisher for St. Francis and Ben Frandsen (5th, 18:08.44) led the Spartans.

GIRLS’ VARSITY RESULTS                                   TEAM RESULTS
1. Lindsay Mayer (La Canada) 20:37.84                        1. Flintridge Prep 25
2. Morgan Sheppard (La Canada) 20:56.10                   2. La Canada 46
3. Hannah Vaughan (Flintridge Prep) 21:20.73               3. FSHA 65
4. Lauren Von Der Ahe (Flintridge Prep) 21:44.73
5. Sarah Peterson (Flintridge Prep) 21:58.42
6. Ciara Gonzalez (Flintridge Prep) 22:24.21
7. Melody Aaron (Flintridge Prep) 22:29.20
8. Renee Chang (Flintridge Prep) 22:46.20
9. Christina Snider (FSHA) 23:02.14
10. Kate Yandell (Flintridge Prep) 23:21.02
11. Kim Carlson (FSHA) 23:32.11
12. Laura Male (La Canada) 23:36.53
13. Becca Graves (FSHA) 23:58.37
14. Caroline Johnston (FSHA) 24:02.44
15. Mandy Hermann (La Canada) 24:22.37
16. Erika Lennon (La Canada) 24:26.89
17. Vanessa Yu (La Canada) 24:38.00
18. Lillian Edwards (FSHA) 25:22.95
19. Meagan Brown (FSHA) 25:46.59
20. Esther Hwang (La Canada) 26:14.70
21. Alex Lipari (FSHA) 26:55.97

MEET HISTORY – INDIVIDUAL CHAMPS      TEAM CHAMPS
1996 Melissa McPherson (FSHA)                              La Canada
1997 Christina Ellis (La Canada)                                 La Canada
1998 Nicole Bonino (La Canada)                               La Canada
1999 Nicole Bonino (La Canada)                               La Canada
2000 Katy Thornton (FSHA)                                     La Canada
2001 Emily Farr (La Canada)                                     La Canada
2002 Tara Sharma (La Canada)                                 La Canada
2003 Stephanie Lee (La Canada)                               La Canada
2004 Lindsay Mayer (La Canada)                              Flintridge Prep

BOYS’ VARSITY RESULTS                           TEAM RESULTS
1. Tom McLean (Flintridge Prep) 16:45.31          1. Flintridge Prep 32
2. Tony Myint (Flintridge Prep) 17:44.32             2. St. Francis 43
3. Peter Grace (St. Francis) 17:53.02                  3. La Canada 48
4. J.P. Thies (St. Francis) 17:56.42
5. Ben Frandsen (La Canada) 18:08.44
6. Austin Facer (La Canada) 18:09.15
7. Chris Bruegge (La Canada) 18:14.97
8. Thomas Flynn (Flintridge Prep) 18:25.30
9. John Kidde (St. Francis) 18:39.80
10. Nik Miller (Flintridge Prep) 18:40.12
11. Jeff Russell (Flintridge Prep) 18:43.56
12. Michael Arnold (St. Francis) 18:45.87
13. Paul Park (La Canada) 18:55.29
14. Matt Kleinert (Flintridge Prep) 18:55.72
15. Brian Gilb (St. Francis) 18:57.69
16. Matt McCluggage (Flintridge Prep) 19:08.70
17. Jake Matthews (La Canada) 19:16.93
18. John Callow (La Canada) 19:41.18
19. Joseph Lam (La Canada) 20:52.46

MEET HISTORY – INDIVIDUAL CHAMPS     TEAM CHAMPS
1996 Philip Young (La Canada)                                 St. Francis
1997 Doug Hall (Flintridge Prep)                               Flintridge Prep
1998 Jeff Arnold (St. Francis)                                   La Canada
1999 Jeff Arnold (St. Francis)                                   La Canada
2000 Jon Essen (La Canada)                                    Flintridge Prep
2001 Taylor Frame (La Canada)                               St. Francis
2002 Tom McLean (Flintridge Prep)                         Flintridge Prep
2003 Tom McLean (Flintridge Prep)                         Flintridge Prep
2004 Tom McLean (Flintridge Prep)                         Flintridge Prep

GIRLS’ JUNIOR VARSITY RESULTS             TEAM RESULTS
1. Amanda Peterson (Flintridge Prep) 23:26.26        1. Flintridge Prep 16
2. Skye Aaron (Flintridge Prep) 23:30.58                 2. FSHA 53
3. Kathryn Mata (Flintridge Prep) 23:31.50              3. La Canada 64
4. Meredith Kirchheimer (Flint. Prep) 25:21.32
5. Joyce Chen (La Canada) 25:46.34
6. Emily Southwell (Flintridge Prep) 25:52.35
7. Kendra Osburn (La Canada) 25:52.68
8. Clarisa Valdez (FSHA) 26:01.88
9. Lisa Tartaglio (FSHA) 26:02.11
10. Debbie Cho (Flintridge Prep) 26:29.42

BOYS’ JUNIOR VARSITY RESULTS               TEAM RESULTS
1. Spencer Nelson (St. Francis) 18:44.59                 1. St. Francis 21
2. Travis Sabaitis (St. Francis) 19:09.77                   2. Flintridge Prep 48
3. Luke Ponnett (St. Francis) 19:17.59                     3. La Canada 59
4. Chris Walker (La Canada) 19:36.12
5. Kyle Chapman (Flintridge Prep) 19:40.59
6. Miles Brewington (St. Francis) 19:43.42
7. Jim Gilbert (La Canada) 19:55.93
8. James Woolley (Flintridge Prep) 19:57.28
9. Haley Joel Osment (Flintridge Prep) 20:01.23
10. James Juma (St. Francis) 20:09.01

Pre-season Foot Locker West "Hot 100" selection Tom McLean
is still among the most under-rated harriers in the Southland thanks
to competing in Division V, but the talented senior aims to continue
leading his Flintridge Prep teammates to more team success in 2004!