North Coast Section Predictions
Section Finals - Saturday, November 17th, 2007 @ Hayward HS
Albert Caruana

This year's North Coast Section (NCS) meet appears to be one of the most competitive in recent memory. For every clear favorite like the Carondelet girls in the Division II race, you have 8 teams battling for 2 state meet berths in the boys' Division I field, 4 teams with a legitimate shot for the boys' Division III crown and 4 teams vying for the girls' Division V title.
This year's races will once again take place on the Hayward Course. You can view the map of the course at the following link courtesy of the Miramonte XC website:
http://home.comcast.net/~matsrunning1/XC/hayward.JPG

You can also find a historical list of the top 10 times run for each division on this course at the following link:
http://cifncs.org/sports/cross_country/files/boysgirlsall-timeHayward.pdf

The following lists are my best attempts at predicting the finishes for this Saturday's final. Compared to last year pre-meet rankings, this year's predictions were far more difficult. The depth and parity in each division should make for some very exciting races.

Division I
Girls - (Top 2 teams advance to state meet):
1. Castro Valley
2. College Park
3. Granada
4. California
5. Monte Vista

Boys – (Top 2 teams advance to state meet):
1. Amador Valley
2. Monte Vista
3. Deer Valley
4. College Park
5. Castro Valley

Division II
Girls - (Top 3 teams advance to state meet):
1. Carondelet
2. Livermore
3. Casa Grande
4. Montgomery
5. Santa Rosa

Boys - (Top 3 teams advance to state meet):
1. Petaluma
2. De La Salle
3. Washington
4. Santa Rosa
5. Montgomery

Division III
Girls - (Top 4 teams advance to state meet):
1. Campolindo
2. Maria Carrillo
3. Acalanes
4. Las Lomas
5. Redwood

Boys - (Top 4 teams advance to state meet):
1. Campolindo
2. Maria Carrillo
3. Acalanes
4. Las Lomas
5. Tamalpais

Division IV
Girls - (Top 3 teams advance to state meet):
1. St. Mary's Berkeley
2. Arcata
3. Piedmont
4. San Rafael
5. Moreau Catholic

Boys - (Top 3 teams advance to state meet):
1. St. Mary's Berkeley
2. Moreau Catholic
3. San Rafael
4. Sir Francis Drake
5. Arcata

Division V
Girls - (Top 4 teams advance to state meet):
1. Crystal Springs Uplands
2. College Prep
3. Marin Academy
4. University
5. Lick Wilmerding

Boys - (Top 5 teams advance to state meet):
1. University
2. College Prep
3. Berean Christian
4. South Fork
5. Lick Wilmerding
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Albert Caruana
Cross Country Express
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