DFAL Championships
Saturday, November 6, 2004 @ Hidden Valley Park (NCS) 3.04 miles

Photo courtesy of Chuck Woolridge

Campolindo Boys Team - Ed Katibah Photo

       The Varsity Girl's race featured defending state champions Miramonte (D3) and College Park (D2), as well as state ranked Campolindo, Northgate and Acalanes.
       At the mile mark, Mo Huber (Acalanes) led Jenny Bergren (Miramonte) and Brianna Larson (Las Lomas), while Nicole Pennes (College Park) followed the trio about 10 meters back. About 15 meters behind her, Catherine Murillo (Campolindo) and Drusia Dickson (Acalanes) were
positioned between College Park's Kelsey Dallara and Eugenie Foote, with Lizzy Eskildsen of College Park making a move to separate from the majority of the field in 11th place.
       The team competition through the first mile was difficult to read beyond College Park's solid front four, as Campolindo, Miramonte, and Northgate appeared to have numbers in the second pack. Miramonte's core of Diana Chernikova, Lauren Finzer and Lindsay Chan sat behind Jenny Perham of Northgate in this group.
       Through the second mile Huber continued to lead with Larson glued to her heels. Pennes caught the leaders at about 1.5 miles while Bergren faded. Meanwhile, Foote began a charge from 9th place in the middle mile, overtaking Bergren at the two mile mark to move into fourth. In the final mile Murillo, and teammate Marie Casabonne, as well as Perham, also moved up into the top ten. Miramonte's Chan appeared to struggle. Team competition appeared to have College Park leading with a strong four while Campolindo moved three in front of Miramonte's second runner.
       At the base of "Finale Hill" with 600m to go Huber and Pennes ran shoulder to shoulder. Larson dropped to fourth place as Foote crested the hill into third.
       Huber held off Pennes through the finish, which included a nasty stretch of slush and mud from the week's rains. The rest of the course, which primarily traverses dirt trail, was tacky with only an
occasional mud slick. Times on the course were about 10 to 20 seconds slower than would normally be expected due to these conditions.
       The Boy's race featured a runaway effort by Campolindo's Chris Vizcaino. Darting to the front in the first half mile, he never looked back. By the mile mark he had opened a gap of 50m on the field.
       Daryl Zalan (Miramonte) and Matt LoForte (Alhambra) headed up the chase group, with the next pack another 20m behind. Miramonte looked good early with five athletes in the top twelve. Again, the second mile of the Hidden Valley Park course provided a shake up of the top ten. Michael Wickman (Northgate) and Jeff Smith (College Park) moved up from 8th and 12th at the mile respectively while Daniel Mejia (Miramonte) and Alex Love (Acalanes) faded.
       Vizcaino had little trouble though, continuing to build his lead through the finish. -Chuck Woolridge, College Park High School

Diablo Foothill Athletic League (NCS)
League Championships
Hidden Valley Park, Martinez
3.04 miles

2004 DFAL CHAMPIONSHIP VARSITY GIRLS RESULTS
Pl Name School Time
1 Mo Huber ACALANES 1905
2 Nicole Pennes COLLEGE PARK 1908
3 Eugenie Foote COLLEGE PARK 1924
4 Brianna Larson LAS LOMAS 1931
5 Jenny Bergren MIRAMONTE 1943
6 Catherine Murillo CAMPOLINDO 1950
7 Jenny Perham NORTHGATE 1954
8 Lizzy Eskildsen COLLEGE PARK 1957
9 Kelsey Dallara COLLEGE PARK 1957
10 Marie Casabonne CAMPOLINDO 2004
11 Laurie Finnegan CAMPOLINDO 2004
12 Lauren Finzer MIRAMONTE 2009
13 Kelly Cureton NORTHGATE 2010
14 Diana Chernikova MIRAMONTE 2012
15 Drusia Dickson ACALANES 2032
16 Lindsey Watson CAMPOLINDO 2032
17 Alyson Finley COLLEGE PARK 2040
18 Grace Peck MIRAMONTE 2046
19 Lindsay Chan MIRAMONTE 2048
20 Emily Mraovich CONCORD 2102
21 Hennessy Miller NORTHGATE 2102
22 Stephanie Hadsell COLLEGE PARK 2109
23 Rachel Haislet CAMPOLINDO 2113
24 Catherin Durrant NORTHGATE 2114
25 Brooke Bergesen NORTHGATE 2115
26 Jennifer Overell CAMPOLINDO 2118
27 Kaitlyn Sharkey NORTHGATE 2118
28 Christine Pulford CAMPOLINDO 2125
29 Kelsey Casey MIRAMONTE 2141
30 Katie Maltester COLLEGE PARK 2153
31 Becca Lorenzana ACALANES 2204
32 Katie Soe NORTHGATE 2214
33 Mariko Kellogg ACALANES 2233
34 Kristen Marchus ACALANES 2228
35 Laura Peirano LAS LOMAS 2232
36 Kelsey Pecherer MIRAMONTE 2236
37 Dara Dickson ACALANES 2250
38 Shannon Manuel ALHAMBRA 2256
39 Avani Mody CONCORD 2259
40 Jessica Amog LAS LOMAS 2306
41 Elizabeth Gorrell ALHAMBRA 2311
42 Sophia Snavely ALHAMBRA 2316
43 Beth Pate DUBLIN 2318
44 Katie Vo LAS LOMAS 2326
45 Sam Iaquinto CONCORD 2335
46 Jennifer Winters ALHAMBRA 2340
47 Maria Zamora ALHAMBRA 2342
48 Patricia Morales ALHAMBRA 2347
49 Sossi Hanoian LAS LOMAS 2349
50 Nora Pallotta ALHAMBRA 2447
51 Alyssa Andrews ALHAMBRA 2456
52 Alison Cooksey CONCORD 2458
53 Briana Ruiz CONCORD 2523
54 Tara Dortzbach CONCORD 2534
55 Becca Bird LAS LOMAS 2625
56 Molly Concord CONCORD 2627
57 Heather Quinlan CONCORD 2755
58 Kelsey Bellows LAS LOMAS 2802

Varsity Girls Team Scores:
College Park 39
Campolindo 66
Miramonte 68
Northgate 90
Acalanes 114
Las Lomas 170
Alhambra 202
Concord 204

2004 DFAL CHAMPIONSHIP VARSITY BOYS RESULTS
Pl Name School Time
1 Chris Viscaino CAMPOLINDO 1611
2 Matt Loforte ALHAMBRA 1626
3 Michael Wickman NORTHGATE 1635
4 David Penskar MIRAMONTE 1638
5 Jeff Smith COLLEGE PARK 1642
6 Daryl Zalan MIRAMONTE 1652
7 Michael Sutyak ACALANES 1653
8 Tyler Pines CAMPOLINDO 1655
9 Emerson Powell CAMPOLINDO 1658
10 Carl Swanson ALHAMBRA 1700
11 Torrey Olson CAMPOLINDO 1705
12 Jake Cunningham NORTHGATE 1709
13 Andy Peabody COLLEGE PARK 1711
14 Juan Gomez DUBLIN 1718
15 Daniel Mejia MIRAMONTE 1722
16 Phil Niedziuiedz MIRAMONTE 1729
17 Sandy Spicer MIRAMONTE 1729
18 Justin Delessert COLLEGE PARK 1730
19 Tom Akita CAMPOLINDO 1731
20 James Mcgurk MIRAMONTE 1732
21 Michael Dorsey NORTHGATE 1739
22 Vincent Durant NORTHGATE 1741
23 Kevin Yoshimoto COLLEGE PARK 1743
24 Jay Tagliereni LAS LOMAS 1746
25 Kevin Ota COLLEGE PARK 1746
26 Dustin Blodgett NORTHGATE 1749
27 Mike Gherini MIRAMONTE 1749
28 Scott Snow MIRAMONTE 1759
29 Jed Hubbard CAMPOLINDO 1801
30 Alex Love ACALANES 1804
31 Greg Drosky LAS LOMAS 1812
32 Justin Garcia CONCORD 1812
33 Wesley Dayton ALHAMBRA 1814
34 Andrew Adams CONCORD 1818
35 Francisco Cordero COLLEGE PARK 1819
36 Jimmy Medeiros COLLEGE PARK 1826
37 Andrew Sheehan LAS LOMAS 1829
38 James Blattler ALHAMBRA 1834
39 Ryon Lawson ACALANES 1838
40 John Riehlman ALHAMBRA 1840
41 Rob Wills ALHAMBRA 1845
42 Nick Swanson NORTHGATE 1852
43 Isaac Rose NORTHGATE 1854
44 Matthew Cooper ACALANES 1901
45 Jordan Dekker CONCORD 1906
46 Casey Pierson LAS LOMAS 1909
47 Zack Davis LAS LOMAS 1920
48 Erik Peters ACALANES 1922
49 Carlos Medina NORTHGATE 1926
50 Amit Pande DUBLIN 1928
51 Robert Veasey ALHAMBRA 1939
52 Nathan Munz LAS LOMAS 1952
53 Jeff Tagliareni LAS LOMAS 2013
54 Grant Hardy LAS LOMAS 2045
55 Adam Kendall DUBLIN 2056
56 Kevin Butler CONCORD 2106
57 Kevin Lowder CONCORD 2117
58 Doug Soon DUBLIN 2127
59 Shea Phillips CONCORD 2211
60 Steven Williamson DUBLIN 2214
61 Greg Scillitani DUBLIN 2251
62 Daniel Rino CONCORD 2255
63 Tyler Clayton DUBLIN 2258
64 Carlos Velasco CONCORD 2308

Varsity Boys Team Scores:
Campolindo 48
Miramonte 58
Northgate 83
College Park 84
Alhambra 120
Acalanes 152
Las Lomas 179
Concord 214
Dublin 226