2007 Central Section Finals Preview Girls
Doug Speck - Editor DyeStatCal
Thursday, November 8th, 2007 @ Woodward Park (Fresno)
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photos Joe Hartman and Mark Smith
Jordan Hasay and frosh star Annie Mooney for Mission Prep

2007 Central Section Cross Country Preview
Thursday, November 8th, 2007 @ Woodward Park

Girls Div 5 11:30 a.m.

2006 Team Results:
DIV V GIRLS 5K
1. 24 Mission Prep - San Luis Obispo (20:45 1:43:44)
2. 53 Central Valley Christian - Visalia (22:21 1:51:45)
3. 59 Coast Union - Cambria (22:42 1:53:27)
4. 106 Bakersfield Christian High (26:59 2:14:53)
5. 138 Tranquillity High (30:00 2:30:00)

2007 Top Returneees: (2006 Finalists with grades and times in Finals)
1 1 Jordan Hasay Mission Prep - San Luis Obispo So 17:40 5:42 406
3 3 Chelsey Wilgenburg Central Valley Christian - Visalia Jr 20:37 6:39 182
5 5 Amanda Ford Mission Prep - San Luis Obispo So 21:35 411
6 6 Leah Fynaut Central Valley Christian - Visalia Jr 21:46 7:02 183
7 7 Patricia Mooney Mission Prep - San Luis Obispo Fr 22:23 7:14 410
10 10 Megan Meyeus Coast Union - Cambria So 22:40 7:19 566
11 11 Paige Czarnecki Mission Prep - San Luis Obispo Jr 22:41 7:19 412
13 13 Lauren Erdelyi Coast Union - Cambria So 22:58 7:25 571
14 14 Tess Watson Coast Union - Cambria Fr 23:00 7:26 568
15 15 Heidi Witschi Central Valley Christian - Visalia So 23:10 7:29 185

Some great competition will start the day off here in Division V, with the young lady who finished off the spring track season as the nations top prep distance runner, Jordan Hasay (Mission Prep, San Luis Obispo) hoping to lead her team to a repeat title. With the emergence of frosh star Annie Mooney, who will try to hold off Central Valley Chrisian’s Chelsey Wilgenburg, Mission will hope to roll to another championship, with CVC enough talent to keep the San Luis Obispo area defending champs honest. Clovis North, newest of the direction named institutions in that town, has Jennifer Nakamura, who will run well under 20:00 here today.

Division 4 Girls 12:00 noon

photo by Larry Gonzales
Defending Team Champs Exeter hope to repeat

2006 Team Results
1. 54 Exeter Union High (22:29 1:52:24)
2. 59 San Joaquin Memorial - Fresno (22:35 1:52:55)
3. 79 Woodlake High (23:24 1:56:57)
4. 90 Garces Memorial High - Bakersfield (24:00 1:59:57)
5. 141 Corcoran High (24:53 2:04:25)

2007 Top Returnees (2006 Finalists with grades and times in the finals)
1 1 Allison Gonzales Exeter Union High Jr 20:23 6:35 529
3 Ruby Lara McFarland High Fr 20:55 6:45 579
4 3 Shelby Sutton Exeter Union High Fr 21:12 6:51 535
5 4 Melinda Magee Taft High Jr 21:24 6:55 368
6 5 Erin Orme San Joaquin Memorial - Fresno So 21:35 6:58 112
8 7 Zuly Garcia Woodlake High Fr 22:08 7:09 157
9 Amber Santos Kingsburg High Jr 22:15 7:11 34
11 9 Kara Hayes Exeter Union High So 22:30 7:16 531
12 10 Nicole Thomas Corcoran High Jr 22:42 7:20 772
13 Sylvia Reyes Avenal High So 23:18 7:31 279

The second Girls contest this morning will feature some spirited competition for the championships, with two-time defending champion (and 5th as a frosh three years back), Exeter's Allison Gonzales, hoping to finish a sterling local career here at noon.  Gonzales and Shelby Sutton (4th last fall here) hope to lead the Exeter team to a title once again, with a group of squads, each led by some strong front runners hoping to snare the championship. San Joaquin Memorial was a close second last year, with sixth placer Erin Orme strong this Fall, upstart Firebaugh showing up with a revitalized line-up, with Linda Ramos and Patricia Martinez quick improving frosh, and McFarland, with 2006 third placer Ruby Lara and frosh Corina Garcia heading a comebacking squad who has moved up the rankings ladder this Fall. Melinda Magee (Taft) was top five here last year.

Division 1 Girls 1:30 p.m.

photo Clovis HS
Meghan Marvin and Saylah Barserian of Clovis HS

2006 Team Results
1. 18 Buchanan High - Clovis (18:52 1:34:16)
2. 75 Madera High (19:55 1:39:35)
3. 96 Clovis East High (20:14 1:41:10)
4. 98 Centennial - Bakersfield (20:14 1:41:07)
5. 151 Clovis West High - Fresno (21:00 1:44:56)

2007 Top Returnees (from 2006 Finals with grades and times in the finals)
2 2 Cathryn Saylor Buchanan High - Clovis So 18:47 6:04 23
3 3 Sue Choi Buchanan High - Clovis So 18:59 6:08 24
4 4 Chelsea Jensen Buchanan High - Clovis Fr 19:00 6:08 25
5 5 Carina Mendoza Madera High Fr 19:17 6:14 8
6 6 Candace Carlson North High - Bakersfield So 19:24 6:16 314
7 7 Alisha Brown Madera High Fr 19:25 6:16 9
9 9 Chloe Allen Clovis West High - Fresno So 19:39 6:21 431
11 11 Megan Bernard Buchanan High - Clovis Jr 19:47 6:23 27
12 12 Monica Morley Centennial - Bakersfield Jr 19:52 6:25 487
13 13 Emily Hamilton Clovis East High So 19:53 6:25 501

From Div II 2006
1 1 Meghan Marvin Clovis High Fr 18:43 6:03 850
2 2 Tawnie Kroll Clovis High So 18:52 6:05 848
3 3 Brittany Hodges Clovis High Fr 19:15 6:13 851

Buchanan ruled the roost last year with a near perfect score at this level, with a good race here taking home another championship team award. The squad gapped within 40 seconds 1-7 behind Chelsea Janzen at 19:28 in what looked like a controlled TRAC League Finals effort here on the Woodward course. From down south, a steadily improving Stockdale squad, led by very capable Ashley Nolasco, hopes to challenge the other Clovis area groups and Madera. Emily Hamilton led a solid trio under 20:00 for Clovis East at Woodward in the TRAC Finals runner-up effort to Buchanan, with TRAC third placers Clovis able to score very, very low off 2006 Section Div II Champ Meghan Marvin and Saylah Barserian, with hopes all of the rest of the talented squad is out on the course this day. Clovis West edged Madera on the sixth runner rule for fourth in the TRAC League meet, with Chloe Allen (CW) and Carina Mendoza (Madera) fine individual team leaders for those groups. Super frosh Lyndsie Etherton has had a fine Fall and will be competitive up front in this field as one of the state’s fine first year runners for Bullard, with Allyssa Mejia (Reedley) a fine second to Etherton in the CMAC League meet.

Div 2 Girls - 2:30 p.m.

photo by Andy Noise
Centennial Girls hope to take home a title

2006 Team Results
1. 16 Clovis High (19:17 1:36:21)
2. 93 Edison High - Fresno (21:21 1:46:43)
3. 124 Golden West High - Visalia (21:54 1:49:29)
4. 131 Foothill High - Bakersfield (22:03 1:50:12)
5. 174 Ridgeview High - Bakersfield (22:16 1:51:19)

2007 Returnees (from 2006 Finals with grades and times in the finals)
9 9 Katie Pettis Porterville High Jr 20:24 6:35 333
12 12 Courtney Gooch Edison High - Fresno Jr 20:51 6:44 85
14 14 Erica Wooten Golden West High - Visalia Jr 21:04 6:48 515
15 15 Jesserie Soto Sanger High So 21:11 6:50 127
16 Breanna Diaz Delano High Jr 21:24 6:55 720
18 17 Mia Vinton Sanger High So 21:32 6:57 128
19 18 Michelle Huff Golden West High - Visalia Fr 21:34 6:58 517
20 19 Brittany Cruz Hoover High - Fresno Sr 21:37 6:59 168
21 20 Miki Cruz Edison High - Fresno Jr 21:46 7:01 86

Defending Champ Clovis is up to Division I. Centennial (Bakersfield) is coming off a strong and very competitive South West Yosemite League meet where they put three well under 20:00 at Hart Park in Bakersfield behind Ashlee Thomas. Golden West was 27 in the West Yosemite League Meet, with Crystal Gonzalez taking that race and four other teammates in the top eight. The battle between the two should be worth watching. Top ten finisher Katie Pettis (Porterville), improved Breanna Diaz (Delano), could be joined by Ellie Aguilera (Lemoore) and Molly Pahkamaa (El Diamante) near the front individually.

Division 3 Girls - 3:30 p.m.

   
photos by Ernest Velarde (two left) and Andy Noise (rt)
Elizabeth Wittenberg and Cassandra Salazar (Shafter) should battle
with Frontier of Bakersfield star Hallie Meadows

2006 Team Results
1. 37 Shafter High School (21:22 1:46:49)
2. 77 Yosemite High - Oakhurst (22:17 1:51:22)
3. 89 El Diamonte - Visalia (22:32 1:52:40)
4. 97 Tulare Union High (22:44 1:53:36)
5. 114 Wasco High (22:57 1:54:45)

2007 Returnees (from 2006 Finals with grades and times in the finals)
1 1 Elizabeth Wittenberg Shafter High School So 20:17 6:33 460
2 2 Cassandra Salazar Shafter High School Jr 20:32 6:38 459
3 3 Julianne Warmerdam Yosemite High - Oakhurst Jr 20:47 6:43 873
5 5 Kelsi Woytovich Yosemite High - Oakhurst Fr 21:26 6:55 874
7 7 Hannah Helpio El Diamonte - Visalia So 21:32 6:57 691
9 9 Ashley Tallon Tulare Union High Fr 21:40 7:00 56
10 10 Mica Kral Tulare Union High Fr 21:43 7:01 59
12 12 Nicole Rodriguez Mt. Whitney High - Visalia So 21:57 7:05 474
14 14 Molly Pahkamaa El Diamonte - Visalia Fr 22:04 7:08 692
15 Maleny Rodriguez Hanford High So 22:07 7:08 659

Tulare HS is blessed with the soph Tallon twins, Ashley and Haley, up front, with the squad gapping 1-5 within a minute of sub-20 minute star here at Woodward, Ashley, in their East Yosemite League Finals romp. Yosemite (Oakhurst) has Julie Warmerdam at close to 20:00 here this fall at Woodward, leading the next 1-5 group on paper. Shafter will score very, very low off 2006 Divisional runner-up Cassandra Salazar and champ Elizabeth Wittenberg, with its rear scorers hoping to close the gap a bit here today. Madera South and Mt. Whitney appear quite close on paper heading into the championship run. Hallie Meadows from Frontier, a two year old school in Bakersfield, will run here and could take home the school's first section individual title in the sport.

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