Central
Section Championships
Thursday, November 8th, 2007 @ Woodward Park - Fresno
Buchanan boys post 79:23
smoker! Hasay's 17:26 nabs 3rd straight CIF title!
Allison Gonzales also wins her third consecutive CIF crown!
Photos byDoug Speck
Beautiful
Day at
Woodward Park
Section
Finals Bulletin - Girls
Preview - Boys Preview
Mike Kennedy Summaries, Doug Speck
photos/video (coming)
Boys: Div 1 - Div
II - Div III - Div
IV - Div V
Girls: Div I - Div
II - Div III - Div IV - Div V
All Results one text file
11:00 – Division
4 Boys - Full
Results - Short
Race Video (need
broadband)
David Sanchez (Farmersville) and the rest of the Boys Div IV Top
5 - Race Album
McFarland repeated as Section
champion with just 26 points and a gap of just 20 seconds and a team
time of 83:15. Avenal was second with 61 points and Parlier was third
with 91 points. All three advance to the State meet. Senior David
Sanchez of Farmersville, who was fourth last year, led right from
the start and was never challenged, running splits of 4:45 and 10:10
en route to at time of 16:13. Earlier this year he had run 15:57 at
the Clovis Invitational, but that was in the very competitive Sweepstakes
race. McFarland took second and third with Alfonso Cisneros at 16:24
and Eddie Garcia at 16:33 as the Cougars had five runners in the top
10 scoring places.
11:30 – Division
5 Girls - Full
Results - Short
Race Video - Jordan Hasay Interview
Jordan Hasay (Mission Prep) and the rest of the Girls D5 Top 5 -
Race Album
Junior Jordan Hasay of Mission College
Prep (San Luis Obispo) won her third straight Section title with
a time of 17:26
in a race that closely resembled her Clovis Invitational Sweepstakes
race she won in 17:23 five weeks earlier. She was totally unpressed in
running splits of 5:21 and 11:08. Finishing second in 18:59 was
freshman Annie Mooney also of Mission Prep, which repeated as section
champions with 24 points and a time of 102:04. Also qualifying
for State were Central Valley Christian (Visalia) in second with
34 points and Bakersfield Christian in third with 88 points.
12:00 – Division
4 Girls - Full
Results - Short
Race Video - Allison Gonzales Video Interview
Allison Gonzales (Exeter) and the rest of the Girls D4 Top 5 - Race
Album
Senior Allison Gonzales of Exeter won her third consecutive
individual Section title at 19:48, after finishing fifth as freshman.
The win did not come easy for Gonzales as Ruby Lara of McFarland
was right with her at the mile in 5:50 before Gonzales pulled
away to reach two miles in 12:23. Lara was second at 20:04. Exeter
was able to pack three finishers in the top five and repeat as team
champions with 37 points and a team time of 107:52. San Joaquin Memorial
(Fresno) also qualified for state with 66 points.
12:30 – Division
5 Boys - Full
Results - Short Race Video
Ben Siquieros (Mission Prep) and the rest of the D5 Top 5 - Race Album
Central Valley Christian (Visalia),
with five runners in the top 15, was the easy winner with 38 points
and a team time of
92:52. Tranquility was the second qualifier to state with 55 points.
Senior Ben Siquieros of Mission College Prep (San Luis Obispo), second
last year in 17:39, was content to remain in second place through
a 5:13 mile before taking the lead and passing two miles in 11:08
on the way to a winning effort of 17:04. Francisco Parra of Tranquility
was second in 17:38.
1:30 – Division
1 Girls - Full
Results - Short Video
Meghan Marvin (Clovis) and the rest of the Girls D1 Top 5 - Race
Album
Buchanan
(Clovis) was not quite as good as it was last year when it won the
title with 18 points but it used the same
tactics—a real close grouping—to defend its title with
51 points. The Bears finished 8-9-10-11-13 with a gap of just 28
seconds. Clovis East with 76 points and Clovis with 88 points
also advanced to State. Clovis was the Division II champion in 2006.
Sophomore
Meghan Marvin of Clovis, the defending Division II champion at 18:43,
was the individual winner in 18:26. Marvin was with a pack of six
at the mile passed in 5:37 but took command by two miles, passed
in 11:45. Teammate Saylah Berserian, also a sophomore, was second
at 18:45.
2:00 – Division
3 Boys - Full
Results - Short Video
Justin Vilhauer (Redwood) and other Boys D3 Top finishers - Race
Album
Last
week in the West Yosemite League Mt. Whitney (Visalia) received
a real scare from Redwood (Visalia),
winning by just two
points, 43-45. But that was not the case today at Mt. Whitney used
a tight pack to scored 44 points and defeat Madera South, which
finished second with 91, and Redwood, which was third with 98.
Mt. Whitney
and Madera South advanced to State. Mt. Whitney was 4-5-8-13-14
with a 37-second gap and a time of 86:29. Mt. Whitney’s top
finisher was junior Cole Younger at 16:49. Continuing to improve
was freshman
Justin Vilhauer of Redwood, who was the individual winner in 16:30.
Junior Tony Rodriguez of Washington (Fresno), with best of just
4:41 for 1,600 and 10:24 for 3,200 in track, was second in 16:41
and junior
Scott Isaac of Redwood was third at 16:47.
2:30 – Division
2 Girls - Full
Results - Short Video
Brianna Diaz (Delano) and the rest of the Girls D2 Top 5 - Race Album
Centennial
(Bakersfield), continuing a meet theme of closely grouped runners
resulting in team championships, place its top five
runners between fourth and 10th, scoring 31 points to defeat Golden
West (Visalia), with 63 and Highland (Bakersfield), with 114. All
three teams advance to the State meet. Centennial gapped just 31
seconds and had a team time of 107:05. Allysa Mejia of Reedley
was the leader at the mile in 5:52 but was overtaken at two miles
by individual entrant senior Brianna Diaz, who went on to win in
19:38. Mejia was second at 20:04 and Crystal Gonzalez of Golden West
was third at 20:11.
3:00 – Division
1 Boys - Full Results -
Short Video
Chris Schwartz (Foothill, Bakersfield) and the rest of the Boys D1
Top 5 - Race Album
After the TRAC League finals (Clovis area plus Madera)
there may have been some doubt as to who the best team was with Buchanan
(Clovis) winning by just six points over Clovis East and Madera. But
there was no doubt which team was the best after Thursday. Buchanan,
which finished second last year, placed four in the top seven and
gapped just 46 seconds to score 34 points and a team time of 79:23. Clovis East was second with 74 points followed by Clovis
West with 84 and Madera with 98. The first three teams qualified
for State. Junior Chris Schwartz of Foothill (Bakersfield), who was
the Division II champion in 2006, seems to do just enough to win.
He led a small group of three runners past the mile in 4:47 and opened
up about a 10 meter gap by two miles, passed in 10:03. However, there
was a closely grouped chase pack of four runners that included: Andrew
Campbell of Clovis West, Jonathan Sanchez and Heath Reedy of Buchanan
and Orea Isai of Madera. In the end, Schwartz just held off Sanchez,
15:31 to 15:33, with Campbell third and Heath fourth, both at 15:41.
3:30 – Division
3 Girls - Full Results - Short Video
Cassandra Salazar (Shafter) and the rest of the Girls D3 Top 5 -
Race Album
Shafter repeated at Division champions but it was not nearly
as easy as it was in 2006 when it won by 40 points with a score
of 37 points. This year Shafter scored 62 points to hold off Yosemite
(Oakhurst) at 73 and Madera with 93. Shafter and Yosemite advanced
to State. The Generals were pace by the one-two finish of senior
Cassandra
Salazar, at 19:43, and junior Elizabeth Wittenberg, at 19:53. Both
runners were in the top three the entire way. Salazar led a one mile
in 5:55.
4:00 – Division
2 Boys - Full Results - Short Race Video
Brant Jones (Centennial) and
the rest of the Boys D2 Top 5 - Race Album
Centennial
(Bakersfield) used a one-three finish to edge Highland (Bakersfield),
52-59, to win the team title. Both
teams qualified for State. Golden West (Visalia) was third
with 85 points. Marc Hernandez of Edison (Fresno) had the
early lead at the mile (5:02) but by the two-mile
mark (10:31), Brant Jones of Centennial had a
very small lead over Oscar Fuentes of East (Bakersfield),
Allen Aguirre of Tulare Western and Arturo Ramirez of Centennial.
Jones and Fuentes battled for the final mile with Jones
prevailing, 16:31 to 16:39. Ramirez of Centennial was third
at 16.49.
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