Stanford Invitational
Saturday, September 29th, 2007 @ Palo Alto
German Fernandez and the Bishton Twins are lightning quick!
Oregon teams steal the thunder in seeded race showdowns!
Rancho Buena Vista headlines the Golden Staters!
Spencer Allen, Margaret Gallagher, Rich Gonzalez, Joe Hartman, Mike Kennedy & Doug Speck on-site coverage

 
Photos by Rich Gonzalez
Riverbank's German Fernandez (#2839) and Mountain Ridge of Arizona's Nadya Bishton (#2078)
were fastest at Stanford, where Oregon schools Crater (boys) and Jesuit (girls) won the team battles.
Meet story: German takes it to the 'Bank!

     
Spencer Allen Albums - BD1 - GD1 - BD2 - GD2 - Boys Seed - Girls Seed

     
Margaret Gallagher's huge 200-plus picture album!

     
Joe Hartman's albums by division! 
Girls Seeded   Girls Div 1  Boys Div 2   Boys/Girls Div 3   Division 4 Boys/Girls      Division 5 Boys/Girls

Meet Story: German Takes It To The 'Bank!"
Rich's Final Analysis/ 'Stat Nuts' Store
Race Videos -- Boys: Sweeps  D1  D2  D3  D4  D5   Girls: Sweeps  D1  D2  D3  D4  D5
Race Photos: Margaret Gallagher #1   Spencer Allen    Rich Gonzalez    Joe Hartman
Interviews:  German Fernandez (fastest boy)    Nadya Bishton (fastest girl)
California State Divisional Rankings
Meet Schedule
Race-By-Race Entries (22-page .pdf file)

More videos, interviews, photos and notes/recap coming!
Thanks to Sean Laughlin/Bob Rush of RecordTiming for the results!

VIDEO, MINI-SUMMARIES, RESULTS, WINNER PIX!

Girls Seeded Race Video  Results In midweek email, Mtn. Ridge Coach Don Tate indicated his top girls were ready to run. Were they ever! Twins Nadya and Nastia Bishton from Arizona sizzled to go 1-2 (way ahead of all others) in the featured race. Jesuit of Portland (OR) won the team battle, but rising Rancho Buena Vista (five frosh!) was a surprising second over Torrey Pines in a great battle between San Diego schools.	Girls Division I Race Video  Results We are only presuming that Carlmont asked to bypass the seeded race because Coach Jeff Gilkey's team certainly belongs with the best. They win by nearly 100 points over Orange County squad Capis- trano Valley and El Toro. Bullard frosh Lyndsie Ether- ton (18:26) comes on to beat Carlmont's Justine Fedronic (18:31) and Mary Rhoades (18:34) for individual honors. Six CIF sections are in Top 10.	Girls Division II Race Video   Results Woodcreek of the SJS and Cypress of the SS were the top performers among those seeking to move into the state rankings. Woodcreek had three non-seniors finish in the Top 20 to emerge as a team of the future! Cypress was led by three sophomores and a junior! Stephany Uriostegui was an impressive 25-second winner over Agoura's Erin Baird and much-improved senior Shelby Golan of St. Francis-Mtn. View!	Girls Division III Race Video  Results So far, it figures to be a three-team battle for the state title. All three finally came together here with Orange Lutheran edging Oak Park by two points for the win while Corona del Mar (missing two varsity runners) was back a ways in third. Nevada gem Kelsey Smith won by seven seconds over CdM's Shelby Buckley, with  Aptos' Marissa Ferrante 3rd.
Girls Division IV Race Video  Results She spent the summertime logging anywhere between 70-100 miles a week (!) and still carries 70-80 mpw load as Sarah Sumpter (Healdsburg) motors to 45-second win. Oaks Christian tops St. Mary's in fine team showdown that also has nice breakthrough by Flintridge Sacred Heart	Girls Division V Race Video  Results Oh my what a team battle as St. Mary's of Oregon comes in to claim the win while College Prep nicks Crystal Springs Uplands in battle of NCS powers! Marin Academy placed fourth, partly thanks to Alesandra Roger as the girl with the winning smile also had her second straight Stanford win. NCS very strong!	Boys Seeded Race Video   Results Riverbank's German Fernandez forces the pace and wins going away in 14:42, easily the fastest time of the day, on his way to being among all-time CA best! Teamwise, favored Crater of OR defeats pretty good field of CA teams, with Rancho Buenva Vista and Clovis East continuing fine seasons. Most went true to form.	Boys Division I Race Video  Results Nip-and-tuck battles here as NCS power Amador Valley steps us to edge Grace Davis bu 4 for the win. Carlmont of the CCS holds off vastly improved El Toro (SS) for third. Race-winner was Brett Walters of Sultana, who beat Brad Surh of Carlmont by 15 seconds. Sultana's Kyle Gallagher was third in the non-seeded race.
Boys Division II Race Video   Results Galena of Nevada came back across state lines to kick some more California butt! First they beat SJS power Woodcreek; this time they handled NCS power De La Salle. Up front, it was Bryan Tibaduiza of Galena that beat 10th-grade star Philip MacQuitty of hometown favorite Palo Alto by 7 seconds for the race win.	Boys Division III Race Video   Results There's not much to do in the tiny town of Dublin except maybe run... and that's exactly what James Attarian did plenty of this past summer. With his fitness sharp, Attarian beat a very tough Nate Beach (Acalanes) to win top honors by 15 seconds. Oak Park ran sensationally well at this level |to handily spank Orange Lutheran in sending a message statewide!	Boys Division IV Race Video  Results Fresh off its win in a very fun trip to Hawaii last weekend, St. Mary's of Berkeley showed no signs of wear with a tough 6-point win over Oaks Christian in an early forecast for statewide podium positions. Carmel looked good in 3rd! St. Mary's senior Matt Duffy won here for a 2nd straight year, posting an 18-second win over Palma's Tyre Johnson (CCS).	Boys Division V Race Video  Results Third-ranked College Prep didn't have too much wiggle room as 6th-ranked Berean Christian and 7th-ranked Oakwood School both finished within 26 points in a fine three-team battle. Oakwood's Aric Van Halen won after gaining a big early lead, clocking 15:59, an outstanding time at this level as he stamped himself as the favorite for year-end D5 honors.
Race videos by Doug Speck; Mini summaries by Rich Gonzalez; Photos by Margaret Gallagher & Rich Gonzalez

Seeded Boys    German Fernandez (Riverbank) smokes to 14:42 Seeded Race romp! Crater (OR) wins team battle
Rancho Buena Vista (San Diego) 2nd in boys sweeps!   Race video
D1 Boys    Amador Valley wins as does Sultana's Brett Walters (15:37).   Race video
D2 Boys   Galena of Nevada wins with Bryan Tibaduiza (Galena) (15:34) winner.   Race video
D3 Boys   Oak Park handles challenge; James Attarian captures title (15:22).   Race video
D4 Boys   Matt Duffy (15:40) leads St. Mary's to win!  Race video
D5 Boys   Oak Park handles challenge; James Attarian (15:22).   Race video
JV Boys D1
JV Boys D2
JV Boys 3, 4 & 5
Combined Divisions Boys Results


Seeded Girls  Arizona twins Nadya/Nastia Bishton (17:29/17:31) sizzle for girls! Jesuit (OR) win race!
Rancho Buena Vista (San Diego) 2nd in girls sweeps!   Race video
D1 Girls    Carlmont girls win easily; would have been top 6 in seeded.  Race video
D2 Girls    Atwater's Stephany Uriostegui and Woodcreek emerge as winners.  Race video
D3 Girls   Orange  Luth. wins over Oak Park; CdM was third; Kelsey Smith (So. Lake Tahoe), 18:21.  Race video
D4 Girls    Oaks Chr. wins by 5; Sumpter (Healdsburg) 17:50.   Race video
D5 Girls    St. Mary's (OR) wins; Alessandra Roger (MA).   Race video
JV Girls 1 & 2
JV Girls 3, 4, & 5
Combined Divisions Girls Results

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