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Eureka Boys Romp at Viking;

Antioch Girls On a Roll

 Well, the season is in full swing and we are already in the throes of

the league seasons.  It is amazing how quickly a season can get

underway.  The first spate of invitationals have come around, and the

once-dark picture is becoming clearer.  Not all the teams have been

visible, and not all the teams have fielded their best squads, so these

rankings still contain a large amount of guesswoork. But that’s what

makes it interesting, eh?  Read on for the current version of the state

of NCS cross country.



Division I (1533 +)

Boys:

1. Mission San Jose

2. Ygnacio Valley

3. College Park

4. Livermore

5.  Castro Valley

possible: James Logan, Alameda



Mission is still very solid. They have Micah Strom (1st MV Invite, 8th

DLS/Car) upfront and Jeff Squires (6th MV, 14 DLS/Car) right behind

him.  Ygnacio Valley brings Anthony Lopez (3rd MV, 2nd DLS/Car) and also

the hot frosh Abdullah  Jamali (23 DLS/Car).   College Park finished 4th

at its own Ed Sias Invite, behind Chris Espinosa and Justin Patute. They

came back with a good team 10th at the huge DLS/Car Invite. Livermore

has been busy in the pre-season: 8th at MV, 5th at Ed Sais, and 21st at

DLS/Car.  Castro Valley leads off with Alex Cardiasmenos (7th MV, 6th

Viking Opener) with  middling team finishes: 10th MV, 6th Viking

Opener.  Alameda runs behind Nathan Brassmassery (16th MV, 13th

DLS/Car).

 

 



Girls:

1. Santa Rosa

2. Mission San Jose

3. Livermore

4. College Park

5. Castro Valley



Santa Rosa went to Ohio for the Tifflin Cross Country Carnival, the

second largest high school invitation in the US behind Mt SAC.  The

Panthers got 10th in the sweepstakes race, even with their #5 girl

sick.  They  recovered  to grab an impressive 1st (by team time) at the

Viking opener  with the pack running of Anna Shaver, Jackie Prange and

Lindsy Johnson up front.  Mission battles the soccer bug on weekends,

but was impressive in getting 3rd at the MV Invite, a point behind

University and barely ahead of Carondelet.  Jaime Mangiardi and Hagu

Soloman lead the Warriors.  Livermore has defending D-II champ Dyani

Jones (12th MV, 19th Ed Sais, 3rd DLS/Car rapidly getting into elite

shape)  The Cowboys (they need a need mascot for the girls) have also

improved the team finish:  7th MV, 7th Ed Sias,  6th  DLS/Car.  College

Park started with a moderate 8th place at its home Ed Sias Invite, and

followed up with 8th at DLS/Car.  Castro Valley has Courtney Stewart

(17th MV,  13th Viking Opener).  The Trojans improved from 12th MV to

5th Viking Opener.



Division II (1217-1532)

Boys:

1. Eureka

2. De La Salle

3. Montgomery

4. Amador Valley

5. San Leandro

still lurking: Ukiah



Eureka opened up with a very impressive Viking Opener performance.  With

soph Shaun Lyle leading the way, they packed 8 guys within a minute over

3 races.  De La Salle has demonstrated it can hang with the best,

showing off its own tight pack with a narrow loss to Jesuit at the MV

Invite and a solid 1st at its own DLS/Car Invite.  Devin Callister has

emerged as the Spartan leader (9th MV opener, 7th DLS/Car).  Montgomery

was a solid 3rd at the Ed Sias Invite, and follwed with another 3rd (on

team time) at its own Viking Opener.  Twins Jon (12th Ed Sias, 20th

Viking) and Zac (15th Ed Sias, 16th Viking) Fitch lead the Vikings along

with  hot frosh Regan Masi (19th Viking).  Amador looks stronger with

every outing.  4th at MV, the Dons came back with  4th at DLS/Car.  D.J.

Chapman (26th MV, 17th DLS/Car) and Jason Oswalt (15th MV) lead for

them.  San Leandro did well grabbing 9th at the DLS/Car with Efeson

Yosief finishing 4th,  even with state meet veteran Zach Ardell-Smith

fading with a case of strep throat.  Ukiah has yet to emerge from the

northland, but did beat Dublin in the small Ukiah Invite two weeks ago.



Girls:

1. Antioch

2. Montgomery

3. Clayton Valley\

4. Monte Vista

5. San Ramon Valley

poised on the verge:

Amador Valley



Antioch is clearly the best girls team in the section until proven

otherwise.  They munched on Madera, the Central Section power at the

Contra Loma Classic,  pounded Granada (the DLS/Car winner) at the Ed

Sias Invite, took national power Foothill of Redding to thelimit before

losing by 7 points (even though Antioch had a 20 second team time

advantage), and thrashed Lincoln of Stockton at the Frogtown Invite at

Angel’s Camp.  This is the same Lincoln that has lost only once this

year, to perennial state and national power Yucaipa at the Lowell

Invite.  This Antioch powerhouse is led by super soph Janie Nolan, who

has only lost once this year, to two-time national finalist Sarah Bei of

Montgomery.  If the Panthers can maintain health, they will be a real

power at the State Meet.  Montgomery is a special team also, with Bei a

national factor. Some publications even pick her as the top returning

girl nationally.  She’s very fast.  Sara Bashall, the fine #2, is very

fast also.  The Vikings also have solid backup and are always a force. 

They split their squad at the Ed Sais Invite, going incomplete in the 

var but  finishing 1st and 7thin var and 1st and 2nd in the GFS. 

Without Bei (twisted ankle) they still finished 3rd aon team time at

their own Viking opener.  Clayton Valley is off to a slow start (for

them) this year, finishing a modest 4th at Ed Sias and improving to 3rd

at the DLS/Car.  With their proven veterans, they can only improve and

will  be a serious force later.  Monte Vista has  the known quantity of

Susan Chan (8th MV, 6th DLS/Car) but now has a team to back her up.  The

Mustangs took 9th at MV but 5th at DLS/Car.  San Ramon has the Katies,

Lee and Murphy, and a swarm of green behind them.  The Wolves were 6th

at MV and 12th at DLS/Car.  Amador is a solid team that runs behind

Marcie Silva ( 9th MV, 13th DLS/Car).  The Dons have finished 8th at MV

and 14th at DLS/Car.



Division III (908-1216)

Boys:

1. Redwood

2. Granada

3. Maria Carillo

4. Acalanes

5. Santa Rosa



The Giants of Redwood came off their easy Stinson Relays win  ( a 5 x

1.6 race on the beach) to lead the rest of the pack behind Eureka at the

Viking Opener.  Chris Johnson (4th Viking) leads a close pack.  Granada

has been taking some lumps early, finishing 2nd at Ed Sias behind

Bellarmine but  only 6th at the DLS/Car.  Still, the Matadors are very

solid, with Chris Eggers (5th Ed Sias, 6th DLS/Car) their leader.  Maria

Carillo has hot soph Jordan Kinley (1st Viking) storming through the

early season and finished 7th on team time at the Viking opener. 

Acalanes stands out from the rest of D-III by virtue of its 6th place at

Ed Sias.  Santa Rosa merits consideration on the basis of its 8th place

(team time) at the Viking Opener.



Girls:

1. Granada

2. Carondelet

3. Maria Carillo

4. Analy

5. Foothill



Granada is a proven state power, and  has been living up to its billing

so far.  Antioch got them at Ed Sais, but the Matadors took a definitive

1st at DLS/Car.  Julia Fischer (5th Ed Sias, 7th DLS/Car) and Sarah

Alaei (6th Ed Sias, 9th DLS/Car) lead a very good pack.  Carondelet

doesn’t take long to reload.  The arrival of frosh Jennifer Randazzo

along with a strong FS group puts the Cougars back into the picture. 

Randazzo (14 MV, 11 DLS/Car) led them to 3rd at MV and a very strong 2nd

at DLS/Car. Maria Carillo has an exceptional lead duo in Jenny  Aldridge

(1st Viking) and Ashlee Drady (9th Viking).  They took a team 2nd at

Viking behind Santa Rosa. Analy popped up with a large team and a team

time 6th at the Viking Opener.  Foothill has the leading duo of Megan

Newton (1st MV) and Jenny Esser (5th MV, 21 DLS/Car).  They took  a

team  11th at MV.

 

 



Division IV (401-907)

Boys:

1. Dublin

2. Piedmont

3. St. Mary’s

4. Moreau Catholic

5. Campolindo

perhaps it would be wise to notice: Willits

deliberately avoiding attention: Arcata



This may well be Dublin’s year.  They have a fine trio up front of 

Marcos Gomez (2nd Ukiah, 12 DLS/Car), John Harper (3rd Ukiah, 16

DLS/Car) and Franciscon  Gomez (5th Ukiah).  They finished a team 8th at

DLS/Car. Piedmont has a top runner in Tom Phelps (5th DLS/Car) and the

Highlanders took 11th overall.  St. Mary’s  showed up on the screen with

an 18th place finish at DLs/Car.  Moreau Catholic  has Chris Lanese (3rd

DLS/Car) up front and finished 19th overall.  Campolindo came inwith a

22nd place at DLS/Car. Willits was the best of the wee schools at the

Viking Opener. Arcata goes up to Oregon to wallop small schools early on

until they show up in section results.  They’ll be in contention.



Girls:

1. Bishop O’Dowd

2. Miramonte

3. Moreau Catholic

4. Piedmont

5. Novato

skulking in the periphery: Camplindo and St. Mary’s and Arcata



This is a very balanced division, with any of 6 or 7 teams capabl;e of

pulling out a top finish at any time.  Bishop O’Dowd showcases a very

tight interchangeable pack with no real front-runners, and emerged with

a 10th place finish at DLS/Car, after a split-squad 13th at MV,  to top

the D-IV candidates.  Miramonte came from 10th at Ed Sais to place 15th

at DLS/Car.  Moreau Catholic had 6th at DLS/CAa, while Piedmont and

Campolindo were 17th and 18th.  Novato took  1st at  the Stinson Beach

Relays, and then came back to grab 8th at the Viking Opener.  St. Mary’s

has top runner Bridget Duffy (4th DLS/Car) but ran incomplete there.

Arcata can be a threat but they hide well in the early season



Division V (1-400)

Boys:

1. University

2. St. Joseph’s

3. Branson

4. Lick-Wilmerding

5. College Prep

This is always the hardest division to call.  Most of these tiny schools

don’t show up at invitationals, and scurry around in their league meets

until the end of the season.   University has been running incomplete at

invitationals, but has soph Sean Drake (18th MV, 20th DLs/Car).  St.

Joe’s  ran well in a 3-way scrimmage against San Leandro and Alameda. 

Branson  is still unknown, but traditionally good.  Lick took its licks

at the Lowell Invite, finishing 22nd in a deep and talented field. 

College Prep came out to run the MV Invite, and finished 16th in a fast

race.    .



Girls:

1. Unversity

2. Lick-Wilmerding

3. Convent

4. Head Royce

5. Berean Christian



University is always for real.  Aliza Cohen, 3rd at MV, crushed the

field at the DLS/CAR for the individual win.  The Red Devils were 2nd at

MV, but faded quite a bit to finish 9th at DLS/Car.  I suspect

absenteeism of some sort.   Lick-Wilmerding had a solid showing at 10th

in the Lowell Invite, with Lillian Gardiner running well in 11th.

Convent  was 21st at DLS/Car, right ahead of Head Royce at 22nd.  Head

Royce does have Clara Horowitz, who was the surprise of the meet in 2nd

place individually. Berean Christian is just starting up a program and

took 27th at DLS/Car.



Overall:

Boys:

1. Eureka

2. De La Salle

3. Redwood

4. Mission San Jose

5. Amador Val;ley

6. Granada

7. Ygnacio Valley

8. Dublin

9. San Leandro

10. College park



Girls:

1. Antioch

2. Montgomery

3. Santa Rosa

4. University

5. Granada

6. Mission San Jose

7. Carondelet

8. Clayton Valley

9. Monte Vista

10. Maria Carillo



Enrollment

Divisions

 Well, we finally got all the teams manuevered to the extent that they

can  move around in the various divisions.  The final upshot is that

Division I is now full, with  some D-II and even D-III teams moving up

to fill the division.  There was a slight glitch as the Santa Rosa girls

opted up to D-I from D-III, but the NCS office plopped them in D-II by

mistake. So, yes they are in D-1, but the official NCS website currently

has them in D-II. The final 1999 cross country divisions are as follows:



(P) = Petition to higher division         

(S) = Single Gender Schools enrollment figures are double

(B) = Boys only

(G) = Girls only

 

 DIVISION I (1533 and more) 

ALAMEDA, 1230 (P)(B)(G)  

ANTIOCH, 1468 (P) (B)  

BERKELEY,2444 

CASTRO VALLEY,1560 

COLLEGE PARK, 1326 (P)(B)(G) 

DEER VALLEY, 1877 

 HAYWARD, 1366 (P) (B)(G) 

LIVERMORE, 1309 (P) (B)(G) 

JAMES LOGAN, 2909 

 MISSION SAN JOSE, 1629

 PINOLE VALLEY, 1589 

SAN LEANDRO, 1447 (P)(G)

SANTA ROSA, 1070 (P) (G) 

YGNACIO VALLEY, 1141(P)(B)(G)

 

DIVISION II (1217-1532) 

ALAMEDA, 1230 

AMADOR VALLEY, 1366 

ANTIOCH, 1468 (G)  

BENICIA, 1295  

CALIFORNIA,1350

CLAYTON VALLEY, 1396 

COLLEGE PARK, 1326 

DE LA SALLE, 1324 (S) 

EUREKA, 1349 

HAYWARD, 1366 

LIVERMORE, 1309 

MONTE VISTA, 1488 

MONTGOMERY, 1251 

MT. EDEN, 1525 

NEWARK MEMORIAL, 1413

PITTSBURG, 1512 

RANCHO COTATE,1347 

SAN LEANDRO, 1447 (B) 

SAN RAMON VALLEY, 1381 

UKIAH, 1356



 DIVISION III (908-1216) 

ACALANES, 977 

ANALY, 953 

ARROYO ,1177 

CARONDELET, 1188 (S) 

CASA GRANDE, 1133 

CONCORD, 1120 

DE ANZA, 1121

EL CERRITO,1067 

ELSIE ALLEN, 975 

ENCINAL, 951 

FOOTHILL, 1091 

GRANADA, 1161 

IRVINGTON, 1130  J

J.F. KENNEDY -FREMONT, 1006 

LAS LOMAS, 1074 

LIBERTY, 1170 

MARIA CARRRILLO,978 

NORTHGATE, 1078 

PETALUMA, 1069 

PINER, 1121 

REDWOOD, 948

RICHMOND, 1127 

SAN LORENZO, 1026 

SANTA ROSA, 1070 (B) 

SONOMA VALLEY, 1098 

TENNYSON, 1119 

WASHINGTON,1147 

YGNACIO VALLEY, 1141

 

DIVISION IV (401-907)

ALBANY, 685 

ALHAMBRA,846 

AMERICAN, 879 

ARCATA,799 

BISHOP O'DOWD, 805 

CAMPOLINDO,718 

CARDINAL NEWMAN,650 (S) 

DEL NORTE, 901

DUBLIN, 718 

EL MOLINO, 881 

FORT BRAGG, 481 

FORTUNA, 836 

FREEDOM, 767 

HEALDSBURG, 759 

HOLY NAMES, 416 (S) 

J.F. KENNEDY -RICHMOND, 650

KELSEYVILLE, 490 

LOWER LAKE, 485 

MARIN CATHOLIC, 551 

MCKINLEYVILLE, 579 

MIRAMONTE, 859 

MOREAU CATHOLIC, 902 

MT. DIABLO,829 

NOVATO, 806 

PIEDMONT, 666

SAN MARIN, 742 

SAN RAFAEL,631 

SIR FRANCIS DRAKE, 682 

ST. MARY'S, 462 

TAMALPAIS, 668 

TERRA LINDA, 734 

URSULINE, 572 (S) 

WILLITS, 475 

WINDSOR, 528 

 

 

 

 



DIVISION V (400 and fewer) 

ANDERSON VALLEY, 137 

ATHENIAN SCHOOL, 198 

BEACON, 36 

BENTLEY, 10 

BEREAN CHRISTIAN, 279 

BRANSON SCHOOL, 239 

BRIDGEMONT, 49 

CALIF. SCHOOL/DEAF, 173 

CALISTOGA JR/SR, 177 

CHINESE CHRISTIAN, 96 

CLEAR LAKE, 339 

CLOVERDALE, 352 

COLLEGE PREP, 246 

CONTRA COSTA CHRISTIAN,101 

CONVENT, 300 (S) 

CRYSTAL SPGS/UPLANDS,181 

DEEP VALLEY CHRISTIAN, 69 

DREW, 140 

EMERY, 206 

FERNDALE, 113 

FRENCH AMERICAN, 150 

GEYSERVILLE, 94 

HEAD-ROYCE, 233 

HOOPA VALLEY, 236 

LAYTONVILLE, 136 

LICK-WILMERDING, 274 

LEGGETT,22 

LYCEE FRANCAIS,67 

MARIN ACADEMY, 271

MATTOLE TRIPPLE JCT., 35 

MENDOCINO, 251 

 MIDDLETOWN, 346 

NORTH BAY MARIN, 61 

PESCADERO, 77 

POINT ARENA, 152 

POTTER VALLEY, 79 

RINCON VALLEY CHR., 116 

ROUND VALLEY, 86 

SALESIAN, 350 

SAN DOMENICO, 107 

S.F. UNIVERSITY, 296

SANTA ROSA CHRISTIAN, 92 

SOUTH FORK, 307 

SOUTHERN TRINITY, 42 

ST. BERNARD, 165 

ST. ELIZABETH, 183 

ST. JOSEPH NOTRE DAME, 400 

ST. VINCENT, 288 

TOMALES, 207 

UPPER LAKE, 236 

URBAN, 176



 

 Note: The CBED enrollment figures to be used for schools in cross

country are those figures certified by the school principal in October

of the previous year. If a school incurs a gain/loss on enrollment of a

minimum of fifteen percent in the current year, the current year CBED

enrollment figures shall be used in place of the prior year. What this

means is that at the end of October these figures go under review and if

there is an increase that shifts a team up, and that increase is over

15%, that team will be reassigned for the MOC race.



 



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