Mt. SAC Cross-Country Invitational
Friday-Saturday, October 19-20, 2007 @ Mt. San Antonio College - Walnut, CA - 2.91 miles

***DAY TWO HIGHLIGHTS***
 
Photos by Bill Leung
Saugus girls break course record, averaging 17:55 to run 89:34! Murrieta Valley boys win sweeps in 77:51!

VIDEOS:   Saugus girls team discussess its new course record at Mt. SAC!
Saugus Coach Rene Paragas talks about record effort and plans for postseason 2007
Dana Hills coach Tim Butler talks about team's late-season rise and the tough road getting there

DAY 2 GIRLS RECAP STORY: Saugus makes a splash & sets the course record!
DAY 2 BOYS RECAP STORY: Murrieta Valley avoids the whirlpool and remains #1!
Two day compilation - top 20 per grade lists

Race-By-Race Entries (103 high school races over two days) Meet Time Schedule (first varsity race is Friday, 1:42 p.m.) U.S. Regionally Ranked Teams Entered Six States Represented Race-By-Race Results Race Videos and Interviews Photo Albums: Bill Leung, Eric Wolfe Friday Recap Stories: Boys  Girls 2006 Meet coverage

Cali's Jordan Hasay (16:42) and Arizona's Jim Walmsley (14:57) were weekend's fastest!

Race #62	Boys Super Sweepstakes	Revised: Murr Val 110 (77:51), Vista Murr. 126 (78:10); Walmsley (AZ) 14:57
Race #63	Boys Team Sweepstakes	Dana Hills (68) 79:03, Newp Harb 112 (79:45); Garrett Seawell (Woodcreek) 15:09
Race #64	Boys Individual Sweepstakes	Corona 99 (80:07); Madera 164 (82:04); Jonathan Shawel (Troy) 15:01
Race #53	Boys Varsity Division I	Yucaipa 80 (81:11), Esperanza 104 (81:54); Jack Leng (Castro Valley) 15:17
Race #54	Boys Varsity Division I	Knight 105 (82:13), Catalina Footh, AZ 107 (82:13); Chris Schwartz (Foothill) 15:18
Race #55	Boys Varsity Division I	Saugus 104 (81:51); Burroughs-Bur 118 (82:00); Michael Machado (NMC) 15:28
Race #56	Boys Varsity Division I	El Toro 80 (80:09), Valencia-Pl. 114 (80:30); Talal Khan (Valencia) 15:10
Race #57	Boys Varsity Division I	Redlands E. Valley 83 (81:15), Monte Vista 84 (81:30); Nate Mesta (Tucson) 15:41
Race #59	Boys Jr. Varsity Div I/II	Dana Hills 51 (81:34), Trabuco Hills 92 (82:58); Ryan Valdes (Dana Hills) 15:55
Race #43	Boys Jr. Varsity Division I	Dana Hills 35 (85:52), Yucaipa 59 (85:59); Bryant Shook (Yucaipa) 16:36
Race #44	Boys Jr. Varsity Division I	Non-scoring race; Curtis Miller (Catalina Foothills, AZ) 16:46
Race #45	Boys Jr. Varsity Division I	Non-scoring race; Anthony Heredia (Lakewood) 16:50
Race #72	Boys Sophomore Division I	Royal 41 (85:16), Fountain Valley 78 (87:03); Kevin Joerger (1000 Oaks) 16:07
Race #73	Boys Sophomore Division I	Valencia-Pl 47 (88:44); Canyon-CC 69 (89:56); J.J. Solarzano (Granada Hills) 16:36
Race #74	Boys Sophomore Division I	El Toro 50 (88:56), Redlands East Valley 70 (89:01); A.J. Licon (Alta Loma) 16:31
Race #75	Boys Sophomore Division I	Dana Hills 52 (89:28), Esperanza 53 (89:24); Grayson Hough (Davis) 17:10
Race #65	Boys Freshmen Division I	Long Beach Poly 59 (88:46), Canyon-CC 67 (89:23); Luis Morales (Ftn Vall) 16:48
Race #66	Boys Freshmen Division I	Dana Hlls 72 (90:41), Great Oak 123 (92:03); Rex Woodbury (Catalina Foot) 16:57
Race #67	Boys Freshmen Division I	Marina 51 (87:32), Ventura 78 (89:40); Karl Baranov (Marina) 16:27
Race #68	Boys Freshmen Division I	Esperanza 43 (91:42), Burbank 96 (95:21) Matt Rchards (El Camino-SD) 17:24
Race #61	Girls SuperSweepstakes	Saugus 62 (89:34-COURSE RECORD), Torrey Pines 114 (92:03); Jordan Hasay (Mission Prep) 16:42-#4 all-time; Jessica Tonn (Xavier Prep) 17:05
Race #60	Girls Indiv. Sweepstakes	Dana Hills 116 (93:48); Redlands 118 (93:50); Sierra Vega (Chaparral) 17:29
Race #49	Girls Varsity Division I	Canyon-CC 97 (98:28), University 131 (99:51); Andrea Guerra (Loara) 18:42
Race #50	Girls Varsity Division I	Aliso Niguel 97 (97:08), Santiago-Corona 121 (98:08); Kirsten Allan (Aliso) 18:29
Race #51	Girls Varsity Division I	El Rancho 76 (96:26); Escondido 135 (98:20); Crystal Esparza (Beyer) 18:07
Race #52	Girls Varsity Division I	Fntn Valley 56 (93:12), Capo. Valley 143 (95:46); Katy Andrews (LCC) 18:02
Race #58	Girls Jr. Varsity Division I/II	Saugus 24 (95:37), Trabuco Hills 66 (99:01); Ashley Stewart (Saugus) 18:45
Race #46	Girls Jr. Varsity Division I	Non-scoring race; Kristina Lamb (Fountain Valley) 20:11
Race #47	Girls Jr. Varsity Division I	Non-scoring race; Heather Wilson (Esperanza) 20:17
Race #48	Girls Jr. Varsity Division I	Non-scoring race; Christina Cain (Capistrano Valley) 20:21
Race #77	Girls Sophomore Division I	Fntn Vall 38 (103:36), Esperanza 58 (106:10); Emma McHatten (Buchanan) 19:46
Race #78	Girls Sophomore Division I	Yucaipa 71 (117:00), Long Bch Poly 79 (118:36); Dariani Salvador (Alisal) 20:37
Race #79	Girls Sophomore Division I	Great Oak 22 (102:37), Aliso Niguel 62 (107:41); Samant Morabe (Great Oak) 19:52
Race #69	Girls Freshmen Division I	Great Oak 56 (105:27), Fountain Valley 64 (105:17); Carmille Garcia (FV) 18:15
Race #70	Girls Freshmen Division I	Buchanan 107 (107:41); Also Niguel 108 (107:17); Macy Bricks (Buchanan) 19:36
Race #71	Girls Freshmen Division I	Dana Hills 41 (110:08), Long B. Poly 66 (112:32); Crystal Kolen (West Hills) 20:43
DIVISION II RESULTS
Race #80	Boys Varsity Division II	Mountain View 91 (82:00), Buena 97 (82:55); Garrett Rowe (Mtn View) 15:24
Race #81	Boys Varsity Division II	Westlake 100 (84:26), Beckman 128 (85:25); Travis Hallanan (Paso Robles) 15:47
Race #82	Boys Varsity Division II	Torrance 70 (85:00), Camarillo 75 (85:10); Brant Jones (Centennial-Bak) 16:12
Race #83	Boys Varsity Division II	Mira Costa 78 (82:48), Whitter 103 (83:16); Chris Haworth (Kennedy-Sac) 15:34
Race #100	Boys Jr. Varsity Division II
Race #101	Boys Jr. Varsity Division II
Race #95	Boys Sophomore Division II	Whittier 71 (91:40), Oak Ridge 86 (92:21); Brian Russell (North Torrance) 17:00
Race #96	Boys Sophomore Division II	Westlake 67 (90:33), Camarillo 98 (92:47); Nick Lin (Troy) 17:23
Race #97	Boys Sophomore Division II	De La Salle 22 (85:52), Brea Olinda 72 (90:35); Tyler Gates (De La Salle) 16:42
Race #88	Boys Freshmen Division II	Simi Valley 77 (92:01), Pacifica-GG 124 (94:06); Jon Blanton (Troy) 16:31
Race #89	Boys Freshmen Division II	North Torrance 32 (88:46), Westlake 58 (89:47); Robert Potter (Villa Park) 17:24
Race #90	Boys Freshmen Division II	Loyola 19 88:23, Buena 77 (94:22); Noel Mollinedo (Loyola) 17:25
Race #84	Girls Varsity Divison II	Mira Costa 47 (96:46), Mountain View 72 (98:14); Vanessa Hancock (Brea) 18:21
Race #85	Girl Varsity Division II	Newp. Harb. 30 (97:48); Redondo 91 (103:51); Krista Drechsler (Santa Barb.) 18:14
Race #86	Girls Varsity Division II	Westlake 55 (102:28); Presentation 56 (102:16) rebecca Warmack (Irvington) 19:28
Race #87	Girls Varsity Division II	Newbury Park 38 (99:38), San Marco-SB 113(104:29); Jenny Mallen (NewP) 18:38
Race #102	Girls Jr. Varsity Division II
Race #103	Girls Jr. Varsity Division II
Race #98	Girls Sophomore Division II	Westlake 73 (115:41), Saddleback 84 (116:39); Adriana Ramos (Elsinore) 19:48
Race #99	Girls Sophomore Division II
Race #92	Girls Freshmen Division II	Dos Pueblos 39 (106:06); Mira Costa 88 (111:02); Angela Sandoval (Elsinore) 20:09
Race #93	Girls Freshmen Division II	Santa Barbara 68 (116:31), Northwood 73 (118:20); Jamie Peng (Temple City) 21:18

 

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***DAY ONE HIGHLIGHTS***
(Weather topped out at 90 degrees at 4 p.m. on Friday!)
Barstow boys (79:19) drop the bomb on DIII competition! James Attarian is easily
the day's fastest at 14:59! Corona del Mar girls win big while Healdsburg star
Sarah Sumpter 'debuts' at Mt. SAC in 17:27! Woodcrest Chr boys win D5 in 81:50!
Non-seeded North Monterey County JV faster than 'JV national champions' heat winner!
4,704 finishers in Day One with Large Schools action plus Jordan Hasay set for Day Two!
Boys Story: Domination is Name of the Game  
Girls Story: Sumpter Sizzles Through Heat Wave
  
Photos by Rich Gonzalez
James Attarian (left) of Dublin and Sarah Sumpter of Healdsburg proved to be
the class of the field in opening-day action at Mt. SAC. Attarian beat Nevada's
Bryan Tibaduiza by 30 seconds to win the Division III Sweepstakes Race in 14:59,
the fastest time of the day. Sumpter, running Mt. SAC for the first time, blazed
to a meet-best 17:27 to win going away in a Division IV non-sweeps contest.

      
Photos by Rich Gonzalez
Barstow's Anthony Solis (far left) and Isaac Chavez (far right), San Jose Valley Christian's Jennifer Bergman
(second from left) and the Corona del Mar duo of Allison Damon and Shelby Buckley all starred on Friday.

BOYS PREVIEW:  SuperSweeps is stacked! Also, 74% of the state-ranked teams are in action!
GIRLS PREVIEW: Saugus and Carondelet to meet for the only time on the CIF calendar!

FRIDAY'S TOP 10's
	Boys Team Times	Fastest Boys of the Day	Girls Team Times	Fastest Girls of the Day
1.	Barstow 79:19	James Attarian (Dublin) 14:59	Corona del Mar 97:24	Sarah Sumpter (Healdsburg) 17:27
2.	Galena, NV 80:41	Bryan Tibaduiza (Galena) 15:19	Irvine 100:07	Jennifer Bergman (Valley Chr) 17:57
3.	Palos Verdes 81:30	Anthony Solis (Barstow) 15:25	Maranatha 100:45	Hannah Henson (Rio Rico) 18:12
4.	Cabrillo-Lom 81:30	Isaac Chavez (Barstow) 15:33	Rio Rico, AZ 101:00	Samm Hamilton (Half Moon Bay) 18:34
5.	Woodcrest Chr. 81:50	Nate Beach (Acalanes) 15:37	Palos Verdes 101:05	Allison Damon (Corona del Mar) 18:35
6.	Rio Rico, AZ 81:52	Trent Perez (Servite) 15:39	Mt. Shasta 101:06	Michelle Johnson (West Valley-Cot) 18:46
7.	McFarland 82:26	Jeremy Grace (Dublin) 15:40	Santa Margarita 101:18	Amber Collier (Woodcrest Chr.) 18:51
8.	Flintridge Prep 82:53	Charles Maginnis (Notre Dame) 15:42	Del Oro 101:29	Katarina Ratkowiak (Yucca Valley) 18:53
9.	Acalanes 82:58	Joshua Schelling (Galena) 15:45	Woodcrest Chr 102:20	Bridget O'Keefe (Santa Margarita) 18:53
10.	Hopi, AZ 83:09	Miguel Ortiz (Cabrillo) 15:50	Reno, NV 102:55	Breean Collier (Woodcrest Chr.) 18:56

Race-By-Race Results
DIVISION III
Race #32	Boys Sweeps	Barstow 56 (79:19), Galena, NV 110 (80:41); James Attarian (Dublin) 14:59
Race #10	Varsity Boys	St. Francis-MV 68 (85:59), Cathedral 131 (88:54); Phil Pompei (St. Francis-MV) 16:13
Race #11	Varsity Boys	Mt. Whitney 98 (86:56), La Quinta-West. 158 (88:13), Dustin Fay (Rim of the World) 15:56
Race  #28	Jr. Varsity	Palos Verdes 23 (89:24), Santa Margarita 52 (90:35); A.J. Kanczel (Barstow) 17:03
Race  #1	Jr. Varsity	Non-scoring race; Daniel Cedeno (Covina) 17:14
Race #7	Sophomore Boys	Eastside 39 (91:26), Bishop Montgomery 102 (96:28); Mark Blattler (Alhambra-Mart) 16:36
Race #8	Sophomore Boys	Cabrillo-Lom 73 (94:42), Atascadero 119 (97:08); John Hernandez (Cabrillo) 17:37
Race #3	Freshmen Boys	La Canada 33 (93:03); Cathedral , San Diego 80 (97:34); Sean Leddie (La Canadaa) 17:48
Race #4	Freshmen Boys	Cabrillo-Lom 48 (96:31); Servite 52 (96:28); Martin Santillan (Barstow) 18:21
Race #31	Girls Sweeps	Corona del Mar 49 (97:24), Irvine 98 (100:07); Allison Damon (CdM) 18:35
Race #12	Varsity Girls	Laguna Hills 58 (103:18), South Tahoe 67 (102:16); Kelsey Smith (South Tahoe) 18:58;
Race #13	Varsity Girls	Segerstrom 44 (103:17), St. Francis-MV 71 (105:29); Gabriela Ponce (Bolsa Grande) 19:03
Race #27	Jr. Varsity Girls	Corona Del Mar 19 (110:14), St. Lucy's 50 (114:13); Marisa Cummings (Corona del Mar) 21:15
Race #2	Jr. Varsity Girls	Non-scoring race; Jennifer Kaehms (Dublin) 21:23
Race #9	Sophomore Girls	Oak Park 55 (113:22), Corona del Mar 64 (114:49); Ashley Fabing (Lompoc) 20:58
Race #5	Freshmen Girls	Oak Park 53 (110:47), San Luis Obispo 60 (112:03), Ava Kent (Orange Lutheran) 20:02
DIVISION IV AND V
Race #34	Boys Sweeps  IV	McFarland 32 (82:26), Maranatha 91 (85:46); Chris Okano (Harvard-Westlake) 15:54
Race #36	Boys Sweeps V	Woodcrest Chr. 51 (81:50); Flintridge Prep 70 (82:53); Nathan Chellman (Sage Ridge, NV) 15:51
Race #21	Varsity Boys	Berean Christian 66 (90:03), Whittier Christian 144 (94:12); Isaiah Klassen (Scottsdale Chr) 16:26
Race #22	Varsity Boys	Avenal 45 (97:25), Paraclete 70 (98:23); Kenny Smith (Willits) 19:14
Race #23	Varsity Boys	Junipero Serra 101(89:44), Parlier 129 (90:08), Charles Maginnis (Notre Dame-SO) 15:42
Race #30	Jr. Varsity Boys	Maranatha 42 (95:00), Flintridge Prep 60 (97:18), Michael Knight (Maranatha) 17:59
Race #37	Jr. Varsity Boys	North Monterey County 28 (92:42), Pasadena Poly 70 (96:53); Alexis Romero (NMC) 17:44
Race #18	Sophomore Boys	McFarland 26 (92:15), Laguna Beach 41 (95:29); Eduardo Bautista (McFarland) 17:01
Race #19	Sophomore Boys	Bret Harte 34 (93:34), Valley Christian-SJ 46 (96:38); Matt Airola (Bret Harte) 16:46
Race #14	Freshmen Boys	Laguna Beach 36 (99:18), Los Angeles Baptist 51 (99:12); Francisco Nava (McFarland) 17:20
Race #15	Freshmen Boys	Maranatha 35 (98:23), Nordhoff 64 (104:21); Briggs Deardorff  (Carpinteria) 18:01
Race #33	Girls Sweeps IV	Maranatha 62 (100:45), Rio Rico, AZ 88 (101:00); Jennifer Bergman (Valley Chr.-SJ) 17:57
Race #35	Girls Sweeps V	Mt. Shasta 50 (101:06), Woodcrest Chr. 65 (102:20); Amber Collier (Woodcr. Chr.) 18:51
Race #24	Varsity Girls	Louisville 56 (107:19), Harvard/Westlake 64 (107:49); Sabria Lopez (Sacred Heart) 19:51
Race #25	Varsity Girls	Paraclete 122 (106:02), West Valley-Cottonwood 141 (104:49); Sarah Sumpter (Healdsburg) 17:27
Race #26	Varsity Girls	Templeton 62 (107:34), Notre Dame Acad 108 (111:34); Danielle VanDeSande (Marlb) 19:36
Race #29	Jr. Varsity Girls	Hopi, AZ 27 (115:03), Junipero Serra 41 (115:24); Rachel Rutkowski (Junipero Serra) 20:46
Race #38	Jr. Varsity Girls	Lousivllle 49 (113:56), Flintridhe SH 74 (118:04); Emily Honn (Westridge) 21:33
Race #20	Sophomore Girls	Nordhoff 75 (124:17), Desert Christian-Lan 78 (124:40); Corina Garcia (McFarland) 21:10
Race #16	Freshmen Girls	St. Joseph-SM 28 (116:06), San Juan Hills 58 (122:49); Cristina Garcia (Oaks Christian) 20:54

 

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          Boys: CA #1 Loyola, #2 Murrieta Valley, #4 Buchanan,  #5 Trabuco Hills, #7 Rancho Buena Vista, #9 El Rancho in SuperSweeps
                    CA #3 Dana Hills and #8 Woodcreek in Team Sweeps
                    CA #6 Valencia will run in non-seeded race
                    CA #10 Ventura will not compete
                    SW#9 Rio Rico, AZ
        Girls: CA #1 Saugus, #2 Carondelet, #4 Trabuco Hills, #8 Torrey Pines, #9 Crescenta Valley and #10 Murrieta Valley, NW Region #7
                         West Valley and SW Region #6 Xavier Prep and #8 O'Connor in SuperSweeps
                CA #3, #5 and #7 in Individual Sweeps at 9:25 a.m.
                     CA #6 in unseeded race at 8:11 a.m.

 

         Alaska: West Valley
         Arizona: Catalina Foothills, Chandler, Hopi, Horizon, O'Connor, Rio Rico, Scottsdale Chr., Sunnyside, Tucson, Xavier Prep
         California: Over 500 teams!
         Florida: Winter Park
         Nevada: Boulder City, Faith Lutheran, Galena, Reno, Sage Ridge, Secta, Silverado
         Oregon: St. Mary's

 

Photo by Joe Hartman
New Mexico's Matt Tebo (near) and Big Bear of California's Chad Hall (to his left) come out
charging in the SuperSweepstakes Race at last year's Mt. SAC Cross-Country Invitational.
Approximately 15,500 high school runners from varius states will compete this Friday and Saturday
on the nation's most traveled HS course. Nearly 14,000 HS runners toured this meet in 2006.

Photo by Bill Leung
Mission Prep junior Jordan Hasay (blue/white top) leads
a strong pack of runners through Mt. SAC in 2006.