"THE
ROAD TO STATE!"
CIF-State Cross-Country Championships
Saturday, November 26, 2005 @ Woodward Park, Fresno
photo by Joe Hartman
Talk About Support!!! - Thousand Oaks Fans Go Wild
- Ladies respond with Div I win!!!
photo by Rich Gonzalez
Girls Division III -
Results revised from original (teams 9-10-11-12 scoring)
Corona del Mar - 47 (91:57) - Annie St. Geme (CdM) 17:20 - 8:30 a.m.
Morning Starts off with two of state history's greatest smaller school teams ever as
CdM 47 (91:57) and Oak Park 53 (93:13 #10 AT on course) blaze - Annie St. Geme
races away to 17:20 win with Mo Huber (Acalanes) next at 18:13
Race Video - Annie St. Geme interview with Rich Gonzalez - Kirby Lee Photo Album
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photos by Rich Gonzalez and Kirby Lee
Girls Division IV
San Lorenzo Valley 90 (97:04) - Maritza Garcia (Riverbank) 18:14 - 9:05 a.m.
Steady San Lorenzo Valley under Coach Rob Collins takes another title - 90 (97:04) over
Orange Lutheran 97 (97:29) and Half Moon Bay 132 (99:19) - Maritza Garcia (Riverbank)
finishes storybook season with win over SLV's Taylor Johnson 18:14-18:20 with Amanda Moreno
(Escalon) third at 18:32
Race Video - Maritza Garcia interview with Rich Gonzalez - Kirby Lee Photo Album
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photos by Rich Gonzalez
and Kirby Lee
Boys Division III
Michael Coe 15:04 - Barstow with 80 (80:46) - 9:40 a.m.
Barstow very strong once again (5th runner in before anyone else's 4th in race)
80 (80:46) to rival Cabrillo 117 (80:37) and St. Ignatius (SF) 161 (81:57) - up
front Michael Coe (Cabrillo) races away to win 15:04-15:29 over Ben Sitler
Race Video - Michael Coe interview with Rich Gonzalez - Kirby Lee Photo Album
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photos by Kirby Lee
Boys Division IV
Piedmont - 96 (83:08) German Fernandez (Riverbank) 15:14 - 10:10 a.m.
Piedmont impressive with 96 (83:03) win over Big Bear 120 (83:14), with Laguna Beach
3rd 134 (84:16) - Star is born as
smooth striding soph German Fernandez (Riverbank) races to
15:14 win over Chad Hall (Big Bear) 15:51
Race Video - Kirby Lee photo Album
photos by Rich Gonzalez and Kirby Lee
Girls Division V
Mt. Shasta 56 (98:45) - Jordan Hasay (MCP) 17:11 - 10:40 a.m.
Mt. Shasta 56 (98:35) and Crystal Springs Uplands 81 (100:52) fine runs to win
over Chadwick 113 (101:58) with Jordan Hasay (Mission College Prep) 17:11 racing
away for big win over Natalie Sojka (Mt. Shasta) 18:49 -
Race Video
- Kirby Lee Photo Album
photos by Rich Gonzalez and Kirby Lee
Boys Divison I
Royal - 24 pts - 78:11 Team Time #3 All-Time - AJ Acosta 15:15 - 11:15 a.m.
Royal slams the door early with a stunning performance scoring 24 in the course's
#3 All-Time (#2 Californian) Team time ever at 78:11 - El Toro 133 (81:00) and
surprising Arcadia 169 (81:48) next - AJ Acosta (El Camino, Oceanside) 15:15
winner over steady Nathan Sellers (Crescenta Valley) 15:18 with Diego Mercado
taking spill and mile and a quarter
Race Video - Interview AJ Acosta with Rich Gonzalez - Kirby Lee photo Album
photo by John Pfeil
Boys Division I Start at State 2005!!
photos by Rich Gonzalez and Kirby Lee
Girls Division II
Aptos Team Winners - 150 (96:40) - Kauren Tarver (Serrano) 17:36 - 11:45 a.m.
Aptos from CCS handles Southern crowd with 150 (96:40) with Newport Harbor 161 (96:22) and
Ventura 162 (97:17) - Kauren Tarver (Serrano) repeat winner 17:36 with Christine Babcock
(Woodbridge) 17:38 and frosh Kevyn Murphy (Mira Costa) 17:50
Race Video - Kirby Lee photo Album
photo by Kirby Lee
Boys Div V
Woodcrest Christian 48 (84:11) - Austin Fritzke (Mt. Shasta) 15:56 - 12:20 p.m.
Woodcrest Christian 48 (84:11) continues domination with Flintridge Prep 125 (86:51) and Mt.
Shasta 125 (85:52-6th runner rule) next - Austin Fritzke (Mt. Shasta) becomes another repeat winner
with 15:56 clocking over Robbie Knorr (Valley
Christian-Dublin) 16:08.
Race Video - Kirby Lee Photo Album
photos by Kirby Lee
Girls Division I
Thousand Oaks 103 (94:25) - Shannon Murakami (Saugus) 17:43 - 12:50 p.m.
Thousand Oaks sends the leaders out and comes back 103 (94:25) winners - Buchanan 136 (95:53)
next with Fountain Valley 139 (94:29) in very tough division! - Shannon Murakami (Saugus)
winner 17:43 over Katy Andrews (La Costa Canyon) 17:50.
Race Video - Kirby Lee Photo Album
photos by Rich Gonzalez and Kirby Lee
Boys Division
II
Jesuit - 59 - 81:05 Team Time - 8th State Title!!
- 1:25 pm.
Jesuit magnificent through the
wind and dust here - Marauders top five finish nearly 30 places
before anyone else's #4 in 59 (81:05) win over Clovis 143 (82:01) and
Los Gatos 203 (83:35)
Riley Booker (University City, SD) looks sharp in 15:27 win over Mikel
Thomas (Clovis) 15:29
Race Video
- Kirby Lee Photo Album
Craig
Stern's album
State Meet Preview Area
Week Leading up to the State Meet
photos by Rich Gonzalez
Friday out at the course!! - Camplinodo NCS power - Rocklin from the Sac Joaquin!!
photos by Rich Gonzalez
Scott Harris and the Los Osos crew! - Hal Harkness, Dean Crowley, & Bob McGuire helping the CIF
Forecast is changing!!
It'll be cold!
Weather
Watch Saturday's
highs in the mid-50s!
CIF-State
Meet Bulletin -- official details regarding the meet!
Woodward
Park updated all-time records sheet
CIF-State Divisional
Team Rankings (11/24)
DyeStatCal
State Championships Preview
State Championships
Press Release
Our Pre-Race Boys/Girls
Meet Analysis!
***** STATE MEET HISTORY! *****
Revisiting
the 2000 State Cross-Country Meet! - 1990 Good Affair also!!
photos by Kirby Lee and Elane Rosenfeld
Romping along in 1990 were Deena Drossin
(Agoura-2004 Olympic Bronze Medalist)
Louie Quintana (Arroyo Grande HS, now the Arizona St. coach) never lost
that Fall!
CIF-State
Championships Predictions
Division V - Defendings champs (Fritzkes) return, but will be
hard-pressed to defend as a dominant newcomer on the girls' side
and a deep boys' field will challenge!
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Division
IV - Super group of girls will battle! Chad Hall, Erick Garcia
and German Fernandez
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Division
III - St. Geme leads best team, and what
about that Coe vs. Sitler showdown?!
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Division II - Tarver leads super Girls group - Boys great contest coming up!!
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Division I - Acosta vs. "Team Mercado" again Boys - Saylor hopes for team/individual wins!!
photo by Bill Leung
Nation's #1 ranked team - Corona del
Mar has a neat look of
anticipation as they ready to go under 90 minutes at Southern Section!
They will be in action Division III at the State meet!
photo by Joe Hartman
Does Jordan Hasay lead the most talented frosh
female class ever?
Read Mike Kennedy's summary of that crew in Section competitions
Those
Fabulous Frosh Ladies - Mike Kennedy charts a special class!
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