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Nike Nationals a Blast -- Cold, though
Cole, Carter, Ami, Nicole, Aurora, Danny, Mike, Ben And Cole pose on the awards stand afer their warmup.
Nike Cross Country Nationals
Saturday, December 2, 2011 Portland, Oregon
Community race:
(139 finishers)
7. Danny Stalters 16:41 PR 1:24
49. Carter Mackey 18:12
58. Cole Fraser 18:31
62. Michael Valeriani 18:40 PR :39
85. Ben Swanson 19:36
95. Nicole Anthony 20:37
98. Ami Boucher 20:47 PR 1:49
112. Caitlyn Mundrane 22:13
115. Aurora Bailey 22:25
Team Scores:
1. Woodlands 29
2. North Spokane 55
3. Seattle Roberts 61
4. Castro Valley 122
5. Stillwater 141
6. Deer Park 163
7. 97070 215
8. Bozeman 230
9. East Aurora 243
10. Bemus 250
11. QES 279
12. Cascade 354
The trip was almost the whole adventure in itself. A busy itinerary saw the bustle of the departure flight, shuttles to the rental car and the hotel, and the late dinner in a strange town. That was just Day One. After an early wake-up, and a mandatory study hall, we were off to the course for the exposure to the big meet atmosphere and a new course. By this time the integration of the Northgate and Castro Valley athletes into a single CV Track Club was complete.
The festivities continued with the college visit, the relaxing at the mall, and the cozy dinner at a very nice Italian restaurant. Race day came early, and after breakfast we were off to the races. After a bit of a computer snafu, we ran well in a fast race and then hung around to watch the best of the nation tussle in a pair of very exciting races.
There was even a family/friend angel to the evetn. Coach Brewer’ son was along as a driver, Nicole’s mom accompanyied us a a lady chaperone, Ami’s grandparetns and aunt and uncle stopped by to see the races, and CVHS running alum Carolyn Gilchriese bussed up from Eugene to pal with Aurora.
And to top it off, a sedate flight back was made notable by a chance visit from the UC Berkeley track coaches who were very solicitous of our team.
The races were slightly complicated by the fact that half the team was not on the entry list, and we had to get them in on late status. Then the meet administration couldn’t get them into the official results, and that affected the scoring. Coach Brewer has rescored the meet to include all of the CV Track Club athletes.
As for the race itself: the weather conditions were a cozy 34 degrees at race time. Even though cold, it was not raining or snowing, so the conditions were deemed the best yet for this race. Danny took advantage to go out hard, hang on, and grab himself a medal at this season-culminating race. Carter showed a lot of spark for a freshman. Cole and Mike were a tandem a bit after that. Ben was still trying to be consistent after missing most of the season through injury.
Nicole showed her aggressive running style which held up for her to be the 13th girl in the race (which was a boy-girl combined race). Amy was only 10 seconds behind her. Caitlyn had a sore toe swell up during the race, and held on to finish, with Aurora striding in just behind her.
Race analysis shows some very good results. Danny would have been on 21 of the 22 teams in the championship race on the basis of time.
Nicole would have been on 14 of the 22 girls’ teams in the championship race. Ami would have been on 10 of those teams. And Caitlyn and Aurora, both with subdued efforts, still managed to run fast enough to have been able to be on 2 of those teams. Once again our runners have proved that they can run with the best from across the country.
Danny Improves At State Meet
Coach Brewer and Coach Royce pose with Danny and Cole on the rock
Danny Stalters At State !!!
Danny Stalters carried the Northgate season to the very end with his second straight appearance at the State Meet.. This is the third straight year that the Broncos have been represented at the highest level of California competition, and we look to extend that streak as far as we can.
Dan had to endure a false start, and the second attempt found him squeezed further back than he wanted. Still, he worked his way up and hit at or near his target marks at the one and two mile marks. With a strong surge near the end, he ended up 35th out of 208 runners in Division III. His time of 16:05 is a 29 second improvement over last year’s race here.
Danny ends his 2011 campaign with a slew of school records, including Bronco all-time bests on the Castle Rock course, the Mt. SAC course, and the Hayward High course. And of course, he was the Northgate’s first individual league champion since Rolf Kvalvik in 1995.
Northgate bests on the Woodward Oark course (California state meet site):
1 Will Melton 15:57 2009
2 Danny Stalters 16:05 2011
3 Mike Wickman 16:33 2004
4 Danny Stalters 16:34 2010
5 Blake Anderson 16:46 1989
6 Rolf Kvalvik 16:47 1994
7 Rolf Kvalvik 16:53 1995
8 Chris Macluso 16:57 1989
9 Jake Cunningham 17:03 2004
10 Matt Coviello 17:04 1989
11 Vince Durant 17:04 2004
Danny does not end his season here, as he and a few other Bronco runners will team up with some athletes from our “buddy” team, Castro Valley, and run in Portland next weekend in the Nike Team Nationals.
A little team comparisons: Danny would have been no less than 3rd on all of the scoring teams in the race. That means he would have made the top 5 of all the top teams in Division III in California. Compared to Division I (the fastest race of the day) Danny would still have made the top 7 of all the teams there. That means that he would have been a member of the very fastest teams in the entire state. Not a bad way to end the official cross country season.
Danny To State Again ! ! -- Caitlyn Almost There !
Caitlyn scoots in with a school record on this course.
2nd year in a row
Danny Off To State ! !
Danny Stalters led the Bronco charge today with a top 10 finish and qualified as an individual to the State Championships for the second year running. The boys’ varsity place 11th in Division III.
Danny has been one of the top Division III runners all year, and this race established those credentials emphatically. Even though he was 9th in his division, his time of 15:30 was 14th fastest overall of all the divisions out of a total of 676 runners. He also continued to etch his name in the Northgate record books and is now the top Bronco runner on this course as well, taking down Michael Wickman’s standard of 15:42 set in 2004.
The boys’ team ran a team time of 83:54, which was off the coaching expectations a bit. Stil, it is the fourth fastest Bronco team time ever on this course. We also were the 29th fastest team of the 97 boys teams that competedc today.
Joel turned out to be our # 2 boy today with a very consistent effort. His senior season has been characterized by his reliable performances. James made a surge early in the race but was unable to hold it through the last half mile. Still, he had a sizeable PR from last year. Jake gave us a glimpse of the future with a very nice freshman time. He ran 5 seconds faster than Danny did his freshman year here. Ben made the most of his varsity opportunity by moving up to be our 5th man with a very determined effort. Mike continued his season-long trend of up-and-down races, and this was not his best effort. Cole caught a a cramp mid-way through the race and it slowed him to a crawl the last half.
Division III Boys Results
(152 finishers)
9. Danny Stalters 15:30 PR :30
59. Joel Sumner 16:53
62. Jake Egley 16:58
63. James Sheehy 16:58 PR 1:29
87. Ben Molad 17:35
106. Mike Valeriani 18:17
145. Cole Fraser 20:26
Team Scores:
1. Campolindo 63
2. Piner 82
3. Miramonte 105
4. Redwood 133
5. Bishop O’Dowd 136
6. Las Lomas 183
7. Acalanes 213
8. Tamalpais 220
9. Sonoma Valley 228
10. Albany 278
11. Northgate 280
12. Alhambra 333
13. Petaluma 342
14. Eureka 360
15. Ygnacio Valley 436
16. Dublin 459
17. Novato 496
18. Analy 534
19. Concord 580
20. Tennyson 595
21. Rancho Cotate 597
22. Encinal 600
23. JFK Fremont 626
Caitlyn Sets School Record
Caitlyn Mundrane led the Bronco effort today with a school record on the Hayward course. The Northgate team finished 10th in the Division III race. For her efforts, Caitlyn still came up one sport short from qualifying to the State Meet.
The Bronco girls ran a team time of 102:34, which is a sizeable improvement over last year and the fastest Northgate team time on this course since 2004. The team finished 10th on a field of 16 teams.
Leading up to the race, Caitlyn and Ami both knew that they had a chance at a State Meet spot if theywere able to run in the top 15 of the race. However, they also knew that the Division III race was the fastest race of the day, given the caliber of the teams involved.
Ami and Caitlyn both went out well, but found themselves positioned in the 20’s as the race went along. Both of them made good pushes to get closer to the margin necessary. Ami fell off the pace a bit entering the 3rd mile, while Cailtyn continued to nibble at the front pack. Eventually she was involved in a great finish sprint in the last 100 meters and came up 2 seconds short. Ami raced in a bit back.
Meanwhile, Meredith was involved in her own race in the top 3rd of the race and holding her own well. The pace was substantially quicker than any other race she’s been in, and she held on to finish in a quick time for a freshman. Kelsey showed off her new level of confidence as she attached the course well. Alex had a muted effort today. Rachel and Kayla, both promoted from JV’s for this race, were right behind Alex at the end.
We had lots of movement on the Northgate record list for this course. The team time was the fastest in nearly a decade. Caitlyn, Ami, and Kayla all had PR’s. Caitlyn, Ami, and Meredith all made the top-10 list for our record book. And we only had one senior on the team today.
Division III Girls Results
(113 finishers)
17. Cailtyn Mundrane 18:54 PR 1:35
34. Ami Boucher 19:37 PR 2:22
42. Meredith Peterson 19:50
75. Kelsey Bowman 21:17
102. Alex Mora 22:55
103. Rachel Doolittle 23:02
105. Kayla Scalise 23:08 PR :15
Team scores:
1. Campolindo 26
2. Acalanes 51
3. Las Lomas 112
4. Redwood 152
5. Bsihop O’Dowd 156
6. PIner 199
7. Tamalpais 233
8. Petaluma 239
9. Miramonte 251
10. Northgate 270
11. Novato 278
12. Alhambra 281
13. Albany 312
14. Analy 334
15. Dublin 385
16. Rancho Cotate 405
Boys Team times, NCS MOC Hayward course:
2011 83:54 11/23 D-III
2010 83:29 8/23 D-III
2009 82:58 10/22 D-III
2008 84:23 11/20 D-III
2007 88:23 12/19 D-III
2007 89:51 Farmer Invite
2006 94:01 11/17 D-III
2005 89:45 13/19 D-II
2004 82:10 1/23 D-II
2003 Ukiah 6/15 D-III
2002 84:44 9/17 D-III
2001 86:04 5/12 D-III
2000 Ukiah 5/12 D-III
1999 93:45 5/16 D-III
1998 Newhall 10/19 D-III
Top 12 individual times:
1. Danny Stalters 15:30 2011
2. Mike Wickman 15:42 2004
3. Will Melton 15:43 2009
4. Dan Walton 16:01 2008
5. NIck Sears 16:03 2002
6. Chad Whttingtion 16:13 2009
7 Ryan Niese 16:22 2010
8. Jake Cunningham 16:26 2004
9. Marcus Johnson 16:27 2001
10. Dustin Blodgett 16:33 2004
11. Vince Durant 16:37 2004
12. Mike Valeriani 16:47 2010
Notes:
1. Danny’s time was 14th fastest overall. It was also the 4th fastest junior time.
2. The team time was 29th out of 97 teams.
3. Ian Frazier went down with a stress fracture in his foot in early October. We essentially lost our # 3 man at that time. Jake and Cole were brought up from the Frosh-Soph late in the season and had to encounter a steep learning curve. We had a lot movement in our varsity picture this season, and still were able to maintain an above-average program. Good work, boys.
4. Jake was the 14th fastest freshmann the race.
Girls’ Team times, NCS MOC Hayward course:
2011 102:34 10/16 D-III
2010 104:10 10/19 D-III
2009 109:26 13/16 D-III
2008 111:46 15/16 D-III
2007 112:27 16/16 D-III
2007 116:10 Farmer Invite
2006 106:19 9/15 D-III
2005 103:26 6/14 D-II
2004 98:49 4/24 D-II
2003 Ukiah 6?11 D-III
2002 97:26 2/18 D-II
2001 99:52 3/13 D-III
2000 Ukiah 8/14 D-III
1999 127:11 14/14 D-III 1998 Newhall 15/17 D-III
Top 12 Individuals:
1. Caitlyn Mundrane 18:54 2011
2. Jaqui Trenkwalder 19:17 2002
3. Jenny Perham 19:20 2004
3. Brooke Bergeson 19:20 2006
5. Kelley Cureton 19:24 2004
6. Megan Carp 19:28 2001
7. Andrea Bocenegra 19:37 2002
7. Ami Boucher 19:37 2011
9. Jesica Carpenter 19:44 2010
10. Meredith Peterson 19:50 2011
11. Hennessey MIller 19:53 2004
12. Kaitlyn Shanky 20:09 2004
Notes:
1. Caitlyn was truly the “heart-break” kid today. She was the 5th individual in the race, but she did not finish in the top 16 runners which is the cut-off mark for Division III.
2. Caitlyn was the 43rd fastes runner out of 556 finishers today.
3. Our team time placed us 35th out of 78 teams competing today.
4. The Northgate ladies are returning all but one of today’s runners, and the future looks bright.
Looking Ahead:
1. Danny will be running in Fresno this coming Saturday. His race starts at 1:30 in Woodward Park. He hopes to improve on his time from last year, and move up on that Northgate list as well.
2. Several of our runners have elected to run in the Nike Nationals in Portland December 3. This is the third year we have taken a club team to this race to experience the top level of our sport. Stay tuned for results.
3. Winter running is here. To stay in shape, runners need to continue running 4-5 days a week. “Time off” from the cross country season does not mean time off from running, but rather time off from competing. The mental rest is as important as the physical rest.
4. Winter running is not based on miles or on quickness. Instead, it is based on duration. Runners need to run at least 35 minutes non-stop each day. Some of you can do 45 or 55 minutes a day without stopping. “Without stopping” means no stretching breaks, no water breaks, no potty breaks.
5. Track starts the 2nd week of February.
6. Here is the All-Time Bronco list for the State Meet course:
1 Will Melton 15:57 2009
2 Mike Wickman 16:33 2004
3 Danny Stalters 16:34 2010
4 Anderson, Blake 16:46 1989
5 Rolf Kvalvik 16:47 1994
6 Rolf Kvalvik 16:53 1995
7 Macluso, Chris 16:57 1989
8 Jake Cunningham 17:03 2004
9 Coviello, Matt 17:04 1989
10 Vince Durant 17:04 2004
Final DVAL Standings
These are the final DVAL standings. Please excuse the lack of formatting. HTML is not kind to word-processing settings, and the formatting options here are crude at best.
Dual Meets DVAL Finals Final Overall Standings
GFS GFS GFS
1 College Park 6-0 1 College Park 16 1 College Park
2 Northgate 5-1 2 Northgate 44 2 Northgate
3 Berean 0-6 3 Berean incomplete 3 (tie) Berean
3 Clayton 0-6 3 Mt. Diablo Incomplete 3 (tie) Mt. Diablo
3 Concord 0-6 3 Ygnacio Valley incomplete 3 (tie) Ygnacio Valley
3 Mt. Diablo 0-6 3 Clayton Valley no team 3 (tie) Clayton Valley
3 Ygnacio Valley 0-6 3 Concord no team 3 (tie) Concord
GJV GJV GJV
1 College Park 6-0 1 College Park 24 1 College Park
2 Clayton Valley 5-1 2 Clayton Valley 31 2 Clayton Valley
3 Northgate 4-2 3 Northgate 68 3 Northgate
4 Berean 0-6 4 Berean incomplete 4 (tie) Berean
4 Concord 0-6 4 Mt. Diablo Incomplete 4 (tie) Concord
4 Mt. Diablo 0-6 4 Concord no team 4 (tie) Mt. Diablo
4 Ygnacio Valley 0-6 4 Ygnacio Valley no team 4 (tie) Ygnacio Valley
GV GV GV
1 College Park 6-0 1 College Park 34 1 College Park
2 Clayton Valley 5-1 2 Clayton Valley 39 2 Clayton Valley
3 Northgate 4-2 3 Northgate 51 3 Northgate
4 Berean 1-5 4 Berean 120 4 Berean
5 Concord 0-6 5 Concord incomplete 5 (tie) Concord
5 Mt. Diablo 0-6 5 Mt. Diablo no team 5 (tie) Mt. Diablo
5 Ygnacio Valley 0-6 5 Ygnacio Valley no team 5 (tie) Ygnacio Valley
BFS BFS BFS
1 Northgate 6-0 1 College Park 22 1 (tie) College Park
2 College Park 5-1 2 Northgate 42 1 (tie) Northgate
3 Clayton Valley 4-2 3 Clayton Valley 52 3 Clayton Valley
4 Berean 0-6 4 Berean incomplete 4 (tie) Berean
4 Concord 0-6 4 Mt.Diablo incomplete 4 (tie) Concord
4 Mt. Diablo 0-6 4 Ygnacio Valley incomplete 4 (tie) Mt. Diablo
4 Ygnacio Valley 0-6 4 Concord incomplete 4 (tie) Ygnacio Valley
4
BJV BJV BJV
1 Northgate 6-0 1 Clayton Valley 35 1 (tie) Clayton Valley
2 College Park 5-1 2 College Park 49 1 (tie) College Park
3 Clayton Valley 4-2 3 Northgate 55 1 (tie) Northgate
4 Berean 2-4 4 Berean 85 4 Berean
4 Concord 2-4 5 Concord 118 5 Concord
6 Mt. Diablo 0-6 6 Mt. Diablo incomplete 6 (tie) Mt. Diablo
6 Ygnacio Valley 0-6 6 Ygnacio Valley incomplete 6 (tie) Ygnacio Valley
BV BV BV
1 Northgate 6-0 1 Northgate 36 1 Northgate
2 College Park 5-1 2 Clayton Valley 44 2 (tie) Clayton Valley
3 Clayton Valley 4-2 3 College Park 56 2 (tie) College Park
4 Berean 3-3 4 Ygnacio Valley 99 4 (tie) Berean
5 Ygnacio Valley 2-4 5 Berean 115 4 (tie) Ygnacio Valley
6 Concord 1-5 6 Concord 159 6 Concord
7 Mt. Diablo 0-6 7 Mt. Diablo no team 7 Mt. Diablo
DVAL Champisonship History
DVAL Championships History
year site distance individual winner time team champion
Boys’ Frosh-Soph
2008 Hidden Valley 2.0 miles Cooper Shanks (College Park) 11:16 College Park
2009 Ian Frazier (Northgate) 11:55 Northgate
2010 Parker Marson (College Park) 11:33 College Park & Northgate
2011 Shane McKenzie (College Park) 11:39 College Park & Northgate
Boys’ Junior Varsity
2008 Hidden Valley 2.0 miles Adrian Cervantes (College Park) 11:28 College Park
2009 Josh Hesell (College Park) 12:15 College Park
2010 Arnie Hermes (Northgate) 11:20 College Park
2011 Ben Molad (Northgate) 11:42 Clayton & College Park & Northgate
Boys’ Varsity
2008 Hidden Valley 3.0 miles Nathaneal Litwiller (Clayton Valley) 15:27 College Park
2009 Jeff Bickert (College Park) 15:57 College Park
2010 Jeff Bickert (College Park) 15:34 College Park
2011 Danny Stalters (Northgate 16:06 Northgate
Girls’ Frosh-Soph
2008 Hidden Valley 2.0 miles Jessica Reed (College Park) 13:59 College Park
2009 Parisa Broomand (College Park) 13:50 College Park
2010 Dana Pine (Northgate) 14:43 Northgate
2011 Isabella Romero (Ygnacio Valley) 14:21 College Park
Girls’ Junior Varsity
2008 Hidden Valley 2.0 miles Sunny Partington (College Park) 14:13 College Park
2009 Laura Chase (Clayton Valley) 15:06 College Park
2010 Victoria Miguel (College Park) 14:17 College Park & Clayton & Northgate
2011 Emma Arlen (College Park) 13:39 College Park
Girls’ Varsity
2008 Hidden Valley 3.0 miles Alycia Cridebring (College Park) 19:10 College Park
2009 Alexandra Tate (Clayton Valley) 19:17 College Park
2010 Alexandra Tate (Clayton Valley) 19:22 College Park
2011 Kendall Stuscavage (College Park) 19:30 College Park
Complete Results DVAL Championships
DVAL Cross Country Championship
@ Hidden Valley Park, Martinez Friday, November 4, 2011
Boys’ Frosh-Soph -- 2.0 miles
1. College Park 22
2. Northgate 42
3. Clayton Valley 52
1 11:39 Shane McKenzie College Park
2 11:43 Adi Ramesh Rao Northgate
3 12:01 Andrew Locke Northgate
4 12:02 Sam Givens Clayton Valley
5 12:02 Drew McDonald College Park
6 12:10 Alexander King College Park
7 12:13 Douglas Strange College Park
8 12:17 Dmitriy Petrovykh Northgate
9 12:19 Josh Rosen Clayton Valley
10 12:23 Paul Ramstad College Park
11 12:40 Alberto Chang Clayton Valley
12 12:42 Jared Bricklin Northgate
13 12:51 Domanic Glenn Clayton Valley
14 12:12 Kevin Mahlman Clayton Valley
15 12:56 Brandon Clement Clayton Valley
16 13:06 YAIR ARREOLA Ygnacio Valley
17 13:06 Ryan Nakatsuka Northgate
18 13:12 Andrew Stone College Park
19 13:17 Ronan Braun College Park
20 13:21 Ben Swanson Northgate
21 13:30 Leo Andrade Northgate
Boys’ Junior Varsity
1. Clayton Valley 35
2. College Park 49
3. Northgate 55
4. Berean Christian 85
5. Concord 118
1 11:42 Ben Molad Northgate
2 11:49 Mitchell Hoopes College Park
3 11:53 Mitch Peevler Clayton Valley
4 11:56 Ryan Freel Ygnacio Valley
5 12:00 Kyle Roe Clayton Valley
6 12:03 Ted Hall Clayton Valley
7 12:07 Chris Aylard Berean
8 12:17 Gabe Spangenberg College Park
9 12:18 Landon Blodgett Northgate
10 12:24 Levi Nortone Berean
11 12:26 Andrew Daley Clayton Valley
12 12:35 Aaron Sisneros Northgate
13 12:38 Alex McDonald College Park
14 12:40 Edgar Yap College Park
15 12:41 Carlos Guerrero Clayton Valley
16 12:44 Ryan McClure College Park
17 12:47 Carter Russell Northgate
18 12:52 Daniuel Houlston Ygnacio Valley
19 12:53 Trevor River Concord
20 12:58 Zach Kendall Concord
21 13:00 MIke Lin Northgate
22 13:07 Andrew Kneppers Northgate
23 13:09 Andrew Peacock Berean
24 13:07 Mathew Tara Concord
25 13:18 Juan Cordero College Park
26 13:19 Luke Nortone Berean
27 13:20 Chris Coyle Northgate
28 13:20 Joaquin Barrios Northgate
29 13:24 Chris O’Connell Clayton Valley
30 13:25 Kimo Llacuna Northgate
31 13:26 Albert Zarzoza College Park
32 13:27 Eric Pedersen Clayton Valley
33 13:28 Daniel Kerr Clayton Valley
34 13:36 Russell Mundy Berean
35 13:37 Anthony Baker Berean
36 13:38 Mikey McMurdo Clayton Valley
37 13:40 Mark Bachofer College Park
38 13:45 Austin Silva Berean
39 13:55 Chris Brancaccio Northgate
40 13:56 Travis Cramer Northgate
41 14:03 Steven Lizzargo Northgate
42 14:04 Mike Carroll Northgate
43 14:06 Daniel Chan College Park
44 15:12 Brendan O'Donaghue College Park
45 15:12 Ramiro Ramirez Concord
46 15:45 Robert Spark College Park
47 16:03 Jesus Sanchez Mt. Diablo
48 17:19 Kevin Billiter Concord
49 17:29 Peter Mills Northgate
50 18:37 Sean Malloy Mt. Diablo
Boys’ Varsity
1. Northgate 36
2. Clayton Valley 44
3. College Park 56
4. Ygnacio Valley 99
5. Berean Christian 115
6. Concord 159
1 16:06 Dan Stalters Northgate
2 16:28 Danny Condon Clayton Valley
3 16:32 Parker Marson College Park
4 16:49 Aaron Gardner Clayton Valley
5 16:58 Nathaniel Comar College Park
6 17:10 Mike Valeriani Northgate
7 17:12 James Sheehy Northgate
8 17:15 JONATHAN SOLIS Ygnacio Valley
9 17:16 Quinten McLane Clayton Valley
10 17:23 Joel Sumner Northgate
11 17:23 Matt McCoy Clayton Valley
12 17:24 Cole Fraser Northgate
13 17:25 Ben Ho Berean
14 17:31 ANDREW BUSCEMI Ygnacio Valley
15 17:35 Dillon Yasutake College Park
16 17:37 TJ Tamura College Park
17 17:40 Ryota Johnson College Park
18 17:42 Kyle Metz Clayton Valley
19 17:42 Tobin Bolter Berean
20 17:42 NICK FRIEL Ygnacio Valley
21 17:46 Ross Deniston Berean
22 17:50 Spencer Christensen Clayton Valley
23 17:59 Parker Burr Concord
24 18:12 Jaskaranjit Singh College Park
25 18:15 Jacob Egley Northgate
26 18:17 BARRON ZIELINSKI Ygnacio Valley
27 18:25 Ronnie Trost Concord
28 18:30 Connor Stephens Northgate
29 18:40 Ben Linzey Clayton Valley
30 18:48 Kevin Graham Berean
31 18:54 NICK GOMEZ Ygnacio Valley
32 18:55 Levi Tillie Berean
33 18:57 Justin Tomas Berean
34 16:02 Colin Rivett Concord
35 19:05 Eric Windt Berean
36 19:13 ITZAK BELECHE Ygnacio Valley
37 19:17 Eric Lambert Concord
38 19:41 Tayler Kendall Concord
39 20:24 Jordan Gregory Concord
40 22:42 Emil Chan College Park
Girls’ Frosh-Soph
1. College Park 16
2. Northgate 44
1 14:21 Isabella Romero Ygnacio Valley
2 14:33 Emily Dowey College Park
3 14:51 Jaquelyn Medina College Park
4 14:51 Selina Saliba College Park
5 15:24 Monica Willemz College Park
6 15:48 Brittany Swystun Northgate
7 15:59 Sofia Elizondo College Park
8 16:00 Desireé Choe Northgate
9 16:10 RORY TANK Ygnacio Valley
10 16:13 Marianna Kneppers Northgate
11 16:14 Jade Wacker Mt. Diablo
12 17:05 Daphne Call College Park
13 17:15 Jennifer Ly Ygnacio Valley
14 17:18 Kirsten Ortman Berean Christian
15 17:23 Maddie McCormick Berean Christian
16 17:35 Brittany Pew Ygnacio Valley
17 17:49 Tanya Arora Northgate
18 18:47 Ali Doster College Park
19 18:57 Daniela Calderon Berean Christian
20 19:00 Brittany Knapp College Park
21 19:14 Juliana Vaticano Northgate
22 21:43 Suzannah Thomas College Park
23 25:00 Joanne Mercado Northgate
Girls’ Junior Varsity
1. College Park 24
2. Clayton Valley 31
3. Northgate 68
1 13:39 Emma Arlen College Park
2 13:40 Daniella Lombardi College Park
3 14:08 Riley Travers Clayton Valley
4 14:17 Lauren Wardle Clayton Valley
5 14:22 Kayla Click College Park
6 14:37 Christi Kelley Clayton Valley
7 14:45 Melissa Garcia College Park
8 15:03 Rebecca Reeder Clayton Valley
9 15:12 Amanda Baker College Park
10 15:27 Ningning Hu Clayton Valley
11 15:33 Kayla Scalise Northgate
12 15:48 Megan Machek Northgate
13 15:49 Montana Dewberry Northgate
14 15:52 Sarai Mitchell Berean Christian
15 15:58 Kimberly Martinez Clayton Valley
16 16:06 Rachel Doolittle Northgate
17 16:09 Megan Thomas Berean Christian
18 16:17 Kara Lowry College Park
19 16:18 Mackenzie Roberts Northgate
20 16:32 Morgan Vlakancic College Park
21 16:34 Chase McNamera College Park
22 16:41 Crystal Hayes Berean Christian
23 16:54 Olivia Jackson Mt. Diablo
24 16:56 Yadira Ramirez Clayton Valley
25 17:00 Samantha St. Germain College Park
26 17:07 Bernice Montoya Mt. Diablo
27 17:30 Olivia Arnold Northgate
28 17:47 Janelle Spark College Park
29 17:53 Natasha jackson College Park
30 17:56 Trisha Rodriguez Clayton Vallety
31 18:45 Dezsiree Gubisch-Datu Mt. Diablo
32 18:48 Anna Nicole Morosco Mt. Diablo
33 19:03 Leslie Bridges Northgate
34 19:45 Gabrielle Guerrero College Park
35 21:40 Samantha Carcamo College Park
Girls’ Varsity
1. College Park 34
2. Clayton Valley 39
3. Northgate 51
4. Berean Christian 120
1 19:30 Kendall Stuscavage College Park
2 19:42 Caitlyn Mundrane Northgate
3 19:57 Alexandra Tate Clayton Valley
4 20:09 Emma Schoenstein Clayton Valley
5 20:23 Jessica Alfonzo Northgate
6 20:29 Kazune Shidara College Park
7 20:36 Amelia Lowry College Park
8 20:42 Caitlin Schillings College Park
9 20:43 Rachel Preeg Clayton Valley
10 20:52 Kyra Ortiz Clayton Valley
11 20:57 Meredith Peterson Northgate
12 20:59 Parisa Broomand College Park
13 21:21 Megan Mayhew Clayton Valley
14 21:34 Mariana Perez College Park
15 21:44 Victoria Miguel College Park
16 21:49 Christina Nguyen Concord
17 21:59 Alex Mora Northgate
18 22:07 Kelsey Bowman Northgate
19 22:19 Sara Chavez Clayton Valley
20 22:19 Peyton Cherry Northgate
21 22:23 Kelsey Fagerlin Clayton Valley
22 22:44 Lizzy Pintarch Berean
23 22:53 Gianna Nardi Berean
24 24:00 Ellie Malott Berean
25 24:21 Rose Hernandez Berean
26 24:36 Noemi Nesta Berean
27 25:26 Sylvana Marquina Berean
DVAL Cross Country Championship
@ Hidden Valley Park, Martinez Friday, November 4, 2011
Boys' Varsity Dethrones College Park; Danny Individual Winner; All GV make All-Leageu teams
DVAL Finals
@ HIdden Valley Park, Martinez
Friday, November 4, 2011
This was a very good day for Bronco cross country. We came away with an outright championship, two shared championships, two individual champions, and 15 All-League spots. There were some injuries that impacted the team picture, but Coach Anderson was able to shuffle the deck to put full teams on the line, and the resultinglineups worked just fine.
Girls’ Frosh-Soph
Team Scores:
1. College Park 16
2. Northgate 44
2.0 miles
(23 finshers)
6. Brittany Swystun 15:48 PR :28 ALL-DVAL GFS
8. Desireé Choe 16:00 PR :26
10. Marianna Kneppers 16:13
17. Tanya Arora 17:49
21. Julianna Vaticano 19:19 PR :21
23. Joanne Mercado 25:00
did not run:
Catalina Hetherington
Dezarina Bernales
The DVAL is not strong in this division, and by virtue of having a team we were assured of no less than 2nd place. Brittany raced very well to earn a top spot and a medal. Desireé has come back well from her injury, and Marianna got a top-10 spot. Tanya was a bit off her best, and Juliana and Jonane rounded out the squad.
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Brittany powers to an All-DVAL spot.
Boys’ Frosh-Soph
Team Scores
1. College Park 22
2. Northgate 42
3. Clayton Valley 52
2.0 miles
(47 finishers)
2. Adi Ramesh Rao 11:43 PR :25 ALL-DVAL BFS
4. Andrew Locke 12:01 PR :06 ALL-DVAL BFS
9. Dmitriy Petrovykh 12:17 PR :59
14. Jared Bricklin 12:42 PR :18
19. Ryan Nakatsuka 13:06 PR :16
22. Ben Swanson 13:21
24. Zac Machek 13:30 PR :31
30. Michael Anderson 13:54 PR :54
35. Ross Khorsandi 14:25
36. James Harringotn 14:26 PR :22
43. Danile O’Laughlin 16:12 PR :04
did not run:
Mathew Coyle
Nathan MIlls
Noah Rinehart
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Adi takes 2nd!
We had sewn up the dual meet title early in the year, but today College Park was on fire on their own home course. It didn’t help that injuries had prompted varsity promotions to Cole and Jake, so perhaps it was no real surprise that we took a loss here. Still, we share the overall 2011 DVAL title.
Adi had his hands full with the varsity drop-down from College Park, and couldn’t quite haul him in. Andrew did noble battle with the Mt. Diablo boy, who is their #1 varsity runner. Dmitiry had a large PR but was eked out by a cluster of CP runners. Jared and Ryan gave spirited chase. Ben, only a few days off of a prolonged injury absence, did not have the gas for a top performance today. Zac was right behind him. Michael, Ross and James formed a nice pack. Daniel squeezed out another PR.
The slew of PR’s tell the tale. Our boys ran very hard today, and came away with a well-earned co-championship. Tthis makes three in a row for the BFS.
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Kayla was the Bronco leader for the GJV.
Girls’ Junior Varsity
Team Scores
1. College Park 24
2. Clayton Valley 31
3. Northgate 68
2.0 miles
(35 finishers)
11. Kayla Scalsie 15:35
12. Megan Maychek 15:48 PR :52
13. Montana Dewberry 15:49 PR :33
16. Rachel Doolittle 16:06
19. Mackenzie Roberts 16:18 PR :07
27. Olivia Arnold 17:30
33. Leslie Bridges 19:03
Once again we had to face the packs of College Park and Clayton Valley. We had a smattering of PR’s, and the girls were game, but our opponents had too much firepower for us today.
Kayla led the charge, and finished just outside the top 10 as our lead runner. Megan, Montana, Rachel, and Mackenzie all rolled in as a pack. Olivia and Leslie tortted in a bit back.
Boys’ Junior Varsity
Team Scores:
1. Clayton Valley 35
2. College Park 49
3. Northgate 55
4. Berean Christian 85
5. Concord 118
2.0 miles
(50 finishers)
1. Ben Molad 11:42 PR :19 ALL-DVAL BJV
9. Landon Blodgett 12:18 PR 1:11
12. Aaron Sisneros 12:35 PR :27
17. Carter Russell 12:47
21. Mike Lin 13:00 PR :37
22. Andrew Kneppers 13:07 PR :19
27. Chris Coyle 13:20
28. Marco Vaticano 13:20
30. Kimo Llacuna 13:25
39. Chris Brancaccio 13:53
40. Travis Cramer 13:56
41. Steven Lizzarago 14:03
42. Mike Carroll 14:04
49. Peter Mills 17:29 PR 1:18
did not run
Michael Beal
Bryce Egley
Victor Wong
Ian Frazier
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Ben takes the BJV title in convincing fashion.
This was an exciting race, as the three contending teams squared off for battle. We had the luxury of owning the dual meet title, but our opponents were inspired. It helped that Ben won the individual title with a great effort. Landon and Aaron both PR’d in their efforts today. Carter gave chase early, but wasn’t able to hold that edge the entire race. Chris B. went out well, but was not at top form and could not repeat his recent performances. Mike Lin and Andrew gave us PR races. Our pack cluster of Chirs C., Marcko, Kimo pulled away from our second pack of Crhis B., Travis, Steven and Mike. Peter had a huge PR.
After the dust had settled, Clayton beat College Park who beat us. This was the reverse of the dual meet order, so we all three share the overall title.
Girls’ Varsity
Team Scores
1. College Park 34
2. Clayton Valley 39
3. Northgate 51
4. Berean Christian 120
3.0 miles
(27 finishers)
2. Caitlyn Mundrane 19:42 PR 1:11 1st Team All-DVAL
5. Ami Boucher 20:23 1st Team All-DVAL
11. Meredith Petterson 20:51 2nd Team All-DVAL
17. Alex Mora 21:59 PR :11 Honorable Mention
18. Kelsey Bowman 22:07 PR 2:398 Honorable Mention
20. Peyton Cherry 22:19 Honorable Mention
Ami and Caitlyn ran very well as usual. Ami was hurting today, and struggled but still grabbed a 1st team spot. Caitlyn took off after the top girls, and was able to take 2nd overall in a quality effort. Meredith had her best race of the season, taking off hard and holding on for a 2nd team spot. Alex and Kelsey were a tandem, and Peyton, despite some trepidations about her sore Achilles, warmed to the task to finish right behind those two.
It was a pleasure to see all of the GV receive All-DVAL honors. And on a historical note, just two years ago our top NG girl finished 16th, so we have come a long way since then.
And looking towards next year, this year’s varsity consists of 1 junior, 4 sophomores, and a freshman.
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Ami, Caitlyn & Meredith show their determination early in the race.
Boys’ Varsity
Team Scores:
1. Northgate 36
2. Clayton Valley 44
3. College Park 56
4. Ygnacio Valley 99
5. Berean Christian 115
6. Concord 159
3.0 miles
(40 finishers)
1. Danny Stalters 16:06 PR :23 1st Team All-DVAL
6. Mike Valeriani 17:10 PR :10 1st Team All-DVAL
7. James Sheehy 17:12 PR :20 1st Team All-DVAL
10. Joel Sumner 17:23 PR :12 2nd Team All-DVAL
12. Cole Fraser 17:24 PR :23 2nd Team All-DVAL
25. Jake Egley 18:15
28. Connor Stephens 18:30
Well, we saved the best for last. We took the DVAL title outright, had the individual league champion, and we did it against inspired competition from an unexpected source. Danny won the race emphatically. MIchael gave us a solid effort, and James came up with a big race to give us three 1st Team runners. Joel had to hold off a determined Cole, and they both took 2nd team honors. Jake is still a bit gimpy with a flareup in his sore knee, and Connor could not get untracked.
College Park was the expected challenge, and they ran hard, but it was Clayton Valley who came up strong to make the biggest noise. Historically, Danny is the first NG league champion since Rolf Kvalvik in the old FAL in 1995. And our records do not go back quite that far, but it is believed that this is the first boys’ varsity title since 1989. (Even the legendary 2004 NCS D-II title team did not win the DFAL that year.)
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Danny leaves no doubt in his indivdual victory.
Looking ahead:
1. North Coast Championships --
We will be competing in the NCS championships Saturday November 19 at Hayward High School. The girls race at 11:30; the boys race at 1:00 p.m.
2. The ooaches will be arranging at least one workout visit to Hayward High prior to the races, so we can get acclimated to the course.
3. The North Coast roster consists of 7 runners and 2 alternates. Your coaches should have informed you of who those top 9 athletes are that will be continuing on to this race.
4. By now you should have received word about the upcoming awards banquet, where we celebrate the season with momentoes, pictures, accolades and awards. Everyone is part of the glory and triumph of the 2011 season, so we expect to see all of you there.
5. Gary Locke has once again taken a great set of pictures of our meet. These, and shots of the whole season, are available at this site:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gary_locke/
All Boys Divisions Finish Undefeated in DVAL; Girls Still Chasing College Park and Clayton
DVAL # 4 Newhall Park -- Clayton Valley course October 26, 2011
GFS -- 2.0 miles
Northgate 15, Berean Christian no team
(20 finishers)
6. Brittany Swystun 15:46
10. Marianna Kneppers 16:24 PR :18
16. Catalnina Hetherington 19:26
18. Joanne Mercado n.t.
19. Juliana Vaticano n.t.
20. Desiree Choe n.t.
With only Berean as an opponent, we were able to focus on getting our injured reserve healthy again. Brittany recovred from her hip soreness to post a good time. Marianna notched her first PR of the season. Catalina continues to inprove. Joanne led our trailng trio, and Juliana and Desiree were able to contribute even though just by walking. THe GFS ends the dual meet season at 5-1, 2nd place in the league standings going in to the DVAL Finals.
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Marianna was our # 2 girl today.
BFS -- 2.0 miles
Northgate 15, Berean Christian incomplete
(38 finishers)
1. Adi Ramesh Rao 11:16 PR 1:03
3. Andrew Locke 11:27 PR :50
9. Ben Swanson 12:18
16. Zachary Machek 13:01
17. Ryan Nakatsuka 13:03
18. MIchael Anderson 13:17
22. Ross Khorsandi 13:29
28. Noah Rinehart 14:59
32. Daniel O’Laughlin 15:55
33. Nathan Mills 15:59
did not run:
Matt Coyle
Jared Bricklin
Dmitriy Petrovykh
James Harrington
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Ben had a resurgent race after a prolonged recovery from injury.
Adi seems recovered from his recent illness and blasted to a strong win over a determined YV opponent. Andrew was not too far behind this duel. Ben continues to make strong progress after over a month of inactivity due to injury. Zack led a little pack inluding Ryan and Michael Anderson. Ross zipped in a bit back. Noah appeared to be a bit lethargic today. Daniel and Nathan languished in the back of the race.
The BFS, despite all of the call-ups to varsity and the various injuries and illnesses, finishes the regular season at 6-0 on top of the DVAL standings. A 3rd straight league title seems to be at hand.
GJV -- 2.0 miles
Northgate 15, Berean Christian incomplete
(27 finishers)
6. Mackenzie Roberts 15:21
7. Dezarina Bernales 15:22
10. Montana Dewberry 15:34
11. Megan Machek 15:38
17. Tanya Arora 16:30
20. Olivia Arnold 16:52
did not run:
Leslie Bridges
Jessica Alfonzo
The coaches decided to load up on JV’s to see how the team would stack up against Clayton Valley. Mackenzie and Dezarina turned in very good performances against the rest of the league with improved races. Montana was only a few seconds behind, and Megan continues to impress with her rapid progress after knee surgery. Tanya was again a reliable runner, and Olivia closed out our team effort.
This GJV squad ends the regular season at 4-2, good for third in the league so far.
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Megan is a welcome addition to the JV squad.
BJV -- 2.0 miles
Northgate 21, Berean Christian 34
(44 finishers)
2. Ben Molad 11:43
4. Landon Blodgett 12:03
13. Carter Russell 12:43
16. Marco Vaticano 12:57
18. Chris Brancaccio 13:01
28. Andrew Kneppers 13:32
29. Steven Lizzarago 13:33
30. Chris Coyle 13:33
32. Travis Cramer 13:39
33. Kimo Llacuna 13:46
34. Mike Carroll 14:09
43. Peter Mills 17:40
did not run:
Aaron Sisneros
Michael Beal
Victor Wong
Bryce Egley
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Marco was a strong part of our BJV success today.
Our BJV ended the dual meet season in first place with a 6-0 record. Ben chased after his College Park nemesis, and got closer than last week to him. Landon was not far behind. Carter seperated himself from the rest of the NG pack along with Marco and Chris B. Our JV bulk group was led by Andrew this week. Peter is gaining ground on the BJV crowd with each successive race.
GV -- 3.0 miles
Northgate 16, Berean Christian 40
(21 finishers)
1. Ami Boucher 18:50 PR 2:30
3. Caitlyn Mundrane 19:23 PR 2:27
7. Meredith Peterson 20:24
8. Alex Mora 20:52
14. Kelsey Bowman 22:17
18. Kayla Scalise 23:27
21. Rachel Doolittle 24:14
did not run:
Peyton Cherry
The girls ran an excellent race today, and showed that they are solidfying as a team. Scoring against Berean was one thing, but running so well against Clayton Valley was quite another. Ami took the individual win over (the lead CV girl Alex Tate seems to be ill) in her career best 3 mile time. Caitlyn took a strong third place. Meredith and Alex chased the main CV pack the whole race. Kelsey, called up to varsity, responded by finishing our scoring as our 5th girl. Kayla nd Rachel got varsity experience.
The GV finished the regular season at 4-2 for third, but appears poised to threaten both Clayton Valley and College Park at the DVAL finals next Friday.
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Ami recorded the fastest time of the day in winning her race.
BV -- 3.0 miles
Northgate 21, Berean Christian 34
(29 finishers)
3. Danny Stalters 16:49
4. Joel Sumner 16:53 PR 1:04
6. Mike Valeriani 17:16
13. Connor Stephens 17:46 PR :15
14. James Sheehy 17:48 PR :13
26. Mike Lin 19:07
Did not run:
Cole Fraser
Jake Egley
Ian Frazier
The boys reportedly were going to run as a group just ahead of the Berean pack, but the plan evidentlly fell apart when Joel took off. Danny caught him at the end. Mike Lin got the emergency promotion to make sure we have enough runners to score for the win.
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Mike Lin got an game-day promotion to varsity today.
Final DVAL Dual Meet Standings
GFS
1. College Park 6-0
2. Northgate 5-1
3. Berean 0-6
Clayton 0-6
Concord 0-6
Mt. Diablo 0-6
Ygnacio Valley 0-6
GJV
1. College Park 6-0
2. Clayton Valley 5-1
3. Northgate 4-2
4. Berean 0-6
Concord 0-6
Mt. Diablo 0-6
Ygnacio Valley 0-6
GV
1. College Park 6-0
2. Clayton Valley 5-1
3. Northgate 4-2
4. Berean 1-5
5. Concord 0-6
Mt. Diablo 0-6
Ygnacio Valley 0-6
BFS
1. Northgate 6-0
2. College Park 5-1
3. Clayton Valley 4-2
4. Berean 0-6
Concord 0-6
Mt. Diablo 0-6
Ygnacio Valley 0-6
BJV
1. Northgate 6-0
2. College Park 5-1
3. Clayton Valley 4-2
4. Berean 2-4
Concord 2-4
6. Mt. Diablo 0-6
Ygnacio Valley 0-6
BV
1. Northgate 6-0
2. College Park 5-1
3. Clayton Valley 4-2
4. Berean 3-3
5. Ygnacio Valley 2-4
6. Concord 1-5
7. Mt. Diablo 0-6
Broncos Cruise -- Youngsters romp in lower divisions
DVAL # 3
@ Hidden Valley, Martinez 10/19/2011
This was an “easy” meet, since we were racing against the smaller programs in our league. Concord, Mt. Diablo, and Ygnacio Valley recently have not been able to field large teams. This gave us the leeway to move athletes up to varsity to test them out at the 3 mile racing distance.
Despite the fact that our scoring was against smaller, and in some case, non-existant teams, the Broncos still ran hard. The slew of PR’s attest to the effort.
All photos are courtesy of Gary Locke. This meet, and the whole season to date, are archived at http://www.flickr.com/photos/gary_locke/.
BFS 2.0 miles
Clayton Valley 15, Berean incomplete College Park 15, Berean incomplete College Park 27, Clayton Valley 29 Concord incomplete, Mt. Diablo no team Northgate 15, Concord incomplete Northgate 15, Mt. Diablo incomplete Northgate 15, Ygnacio Valley incomplete
1 Jake Egley 11:48 PR :37
2 Andrew Locke 12:07 PR :43
10 Jared Bricklin 13:00
14 Dmitriy Petrovykh 13:16 PR :32
15 Ryan Nakatsuka 13:22 PR :40
20 Zachary Machek 14:04 PR :01
24 Ross Khorsandi 14:18 PR 1:07
25 Michael Anderson 14:20 PR 1:36
32 Joaquin Barrios 15:09
33 James Harrington 15:13
35 Matthew Coyle 15:24 PR :03
38 Daniel O'Laughlin 16:16 PR :11
Jake was supposed to not run at all and give it a rest this week, but he suddenly felt better and jumped into this race. It took him half the race to move past an inspired Andrew, and both of them had good PR’s in finishing 1-2. Jared very well in his first effort on the course. Dmitriy slipped a b it back in the team rankings, but still had a good PR. The rest of the boys for the most part recorded improvements as well.
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Jake powers to a very good time.
BJV 2.0 miles
Clayton Valley 17, Berean 41
College Park 16, Berean 45
College Park 24, Clayton 31
Mt. Diablo 15, Concord 15 (Mt. Diablo DQ -- did not run a varsity team)
Northgate 15, Concord incomplete Northgate 23, Mt. Diablo 38
Northgate 15, Ygnacio Valley no team
1 Jaskaranjit Singh 11:47 College Park
2 Ben Molad 12:03 PR :42
18 Chris Brancaccio 13:18 PR :32
22 Marco Vaticano 13:32
23 Mike Lin 13:37 PR :25
25 Chris Coyle 13:40
28 Steven Lizzargo 13:45 PR 1:06
32 Andrew Kneppers 13:52
33 Travis Cramer 13:56
36 Kimo Llacuna 14:07 PR :03
38 Mike Carroll 14:32
45 Peter Mills 18:47 PR :41
Our overall performance may have appeared muted, but several of our better JV’s were called up to Var today. Ben led the troops with a good PR. Chris B. was solid in leading the rest of our scoring pack. The older boys grouped together well, and we had a smattering of PR’s here as well.
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Ben scoots to a strong 2nd place for the Broncos.
BV-2 3.0 miles
Concord 15, Mt. Diablo no team
Northgate 16, Concord 39
Northgate 15, Mt. Diablo no team Northgate 19, Ygnacio Valley 37
1 James Sheehy 17:32
2 Joel Sumner 17:35 PR 1:34
3 Cole Fraser 17:47
5 Connor Stephens 18:21
9 Landon Blodgett 19:06
15 Aaron Sisneros 19:58
DQ Mike Valeriani n.t.
With Danny sitting out the race with a sore knee, the rest of the boys jockeyed for the lead in the race. Mike took off and was in charge for most of the race but still was not at full health after last week’s flu. James out sprinted Joel at the finish, with upstart Cole but seconds behind. Connor was not far behind, and Landon and Aaron did well for their first encounter with 3 miles. Mike was disappointed with his race and stalked out of the chute which is a DQ.
This was a good indication of our team depth, with the team regulars challenging each other seriously within the overall team framework. With the boys pushing each other like this, we can only continue to improve as we enter the championship phase of the season.
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The BV scurries off at the gun en route to glorious victory.
GFS 2..0 miles
Berean incomplete, Clayton no team College Park 15, Berean incomplete College Park 15, Clayton no team Concord no team, Mt. Diablo no team Northgate 15, Concord no team
Northgate 15, Ygnacio Valley no team Northgate 15, Mt. Diablo no team
1 Meredith Peterson 13:34 PR 1:08
4 Montana Dewberry 16.22 PR 1:56
13 Tanya Arora 17:45 PR 1:20
16 Catalina Heatherington 19:01
19 Juliana Vaticano 19:35 PR 5:40
20 Joanne Mercado 24:16 PR :47
Meredith was supposed to be resting her sore knee, but instead elected to run the GFS race. She won it big time with a solid PR. Montana had the her best race of the season and an excellent PR to boot. Tanya is also showing good improvement. Catalina is gradually learning how to race. Juliana’s foot is feeling better, so her PR was huge. Joanne earned her own improvement.
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Meredith takes the win in full flight.
GJV 2.0 miles
Clayton Valley 15, Berean incomplete College Park 15, Berean incomplete College Park 26, Clayton Valley 29 Concord no team, Mt. Diablo incomplete Northgate 15, Concord no team
Northgate 15, Mt. Diablo incomplete Northgate 15, Ygnacio Valley no team
1 Riley Travers 13:38 Clayton
10 Dezarina Bernales 15:53 PR 1:26
14 Mackenzie Roberts 16:25 PR :48
15 Megan Machek 16:39
22 Marianna Kneppers 17:37
27 Leslie Bridges 18:44
31 Brittany Swystun NT
32 Desireé Choe NT
Our JV troops also took a hit when we promoted some runners, but since we didn’t have to worry about the competition we could focus on getting girls healthy and into races. Dezarina led the charge today with a nice PR. Mackenzie also improved. Megan is just getting back from knee surgery and is a solid addition to our JV squad. Marian trotted in safely. Leslie is getting healthy enough to get into races now. Brittany and Desiree are recovering from hip and shin sorenesses, and were instructed to take it easy this week, and so they did.
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Dezarina takes charge for the GJV today.
GV-2 3.0 miles
Concord incomplete, Mt. Diablo no team Northgate 15, Concord incomplete Northgate 15, Mt. Diablo no team Northgate 15, Ygnacio Valley no team
1 Peyton Cherry 21:47
2 Alex Mora 22:10
4 Kayla Scalise 24:46
5 Kelsey Bowman 24:46
6 Olivia Arnold 27::04
With only the Concord girl in the race with them, our mighty Broncettes had the race literally all to themselves. Peyton tore out in front early and was in charge the whole way. Alex kept her in sight with a good race of her own. Kelsey went out strong, with Kayla in tow. Kayla won the sprint at the end. Olivia was getting her varsity race experience, and she finished our scoring with a conservative effort.
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Peyton wins easily.
DVAL Standings
After three DVAL meets, the team standings show that essentially this is a three team league, with College Park, Clayton Valley, and Northgate sharing the top spots in almost all of the divisions.
GFS
1. College Park 4-0
2. Northgate 4-1
3. Berean 0-5
Clayton 0-5
Concord 0-5
Mt. Diablo 0-5
Ygnacio Valley 0-5
GJV
1. College Park 4-0
2. Clayton Valley 4-1
3. Northgate 3-2
4. Berean 0-5
Concord 0-5
Mt. Diablo 0-4
Ygnacio Valley 0-4
GV
1. College Park 4-0
2. Clayton Valley 4-1
3. Northgate 3-2
4. Berean 1-4
5. Concord 0-5
Mt. Diablo 0-4
Ygnacio Valley 0-4
BFS
1. Northgate 5-0
2. College Park 3-1
3. Clayton Valley 3-2
4. Berean 0-5
Concord 0-5
Mt. Diablo 0-4
Ygnacio Valley 0-4
BJV
1. Northgate 5-0
2. College Park 3-1
3. Clayton Valley 3-2
4. Berean 2-3
Concord 2-3
6. Mt. Diablo 0-4
Ygnacio Valley 0-4
BV
1. Northgate 5-0
2. College Park 3-1
3. Clayton Valley 3-2
Berean 3-2
5. Ygnacio Valley 1-3
6. Concord 1-4
7. Mt. Diablo 0-4
The recent balance of power has shifted, as Northgate dominates the boys divisions with College Park and Clayton close behind. College Park continues to be the power in the girls’ divisions, with Clayton Valley challenging and Northgate a bit back of that.
This sets up interesting scenarios for the DVAL championship meet, which accounts for 1/2 half of the DVAL overall championships. Clayton Valley is still a contender in the BV for 2nd place, and will be going after College Park again. College Park has consistently maintained that they will get Northgate at the championships. This will be a real dogfight of a race, with three teams seriously going after the title.
The GV race will be interesting as well, since College Park beat Clayton narrowly in the dual meet this week to take the lead in the standings. However, the lead Clayton girl (Alex Tate) was not well and only finished 4th for them. She is two-time defending DVAL champ, and when healthy will certainly improve their chances. Meanwhile, we will be trying to sneak as many of our girls as possible into the All-League spots which go to the girls who finish in the top 21 places.
The JV and FS races will also be very competitive. Again, the College Park and Clayton Valley boys are not convinced that Northgate is the best DVAL team this year. The BJV especially is seen as a wide open race between those three teams. The GJV is a narrow contest between College Park and Clayton, and Northgate seems to be a notch behind in 3rd at this point.
The BFS appears to be Northgate’s race all the way. Even with lots of shifting by various teams (including our own) we still have been the obviously superior team all season. This, of course, means that College Park will be all that more inspired to knock us off our pedestal. The GFS is considered a runaway for College Park to the point that Clayton Valley has not even bothered to enter a team all year. We have an outside chance of putting a dent into their race if all our our girls can get healthy and have the great race on that day.
Next Week:
DVAL # 4 is at Newhall Park, with Clayton Valley hosting. We will be scoring against Berean Christian.
Boys Defeat Clayton, Have Inside Track to DVAL title
BFS 2.2 miles
Team Scores:
College park 15, Concord 50 Berean Christian incomplete, Mt. Diablo incomplete Northgage 18, Clayton Valley 37 Clayton Valley 15, Ygnacio Valley no team
(47 finishers)
1 12:49 Cole Fraser 10 PR 1:11
(New course and school record: old record 13:34 James Sheehy 2010)
2 13:24 Andrew Locke 10 PR 1:22
3 13:57 Dmitriy Petrovykh 10 PR 1:30
6 13:57 Jared Bricklin 9 PR 1:06
10 14:20 Noah Rinehart 9 PR 4:18
16 14:47 Ryan Nakatsuka 10 PR 1:29
21 15:34 Zachary Machek 9 PR :11
26 15:55 Michael Anderson 9 PR 3:09
29 15:59 Ross Khorsandi 10 PR 2:07
30 16:25 James Harrington 10 PR 1:06
34 16:40 Nathan Mills 9
36 17:26 Matthew Coyle 9 PR :38
40 18:27 Daniel O'Laughlin 9 PR 1:27
did not run:
Joaquin Barrios ?
Ben Swanson injured
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Cole sets school and course records!
BJV 2.2 miles
Team Scores
College Park 18, Concord 41 Berean Christian 15, Mt. Diablo incomplete Northgate 25, Clayton Valley 30 Clayton Valley 15, Ygnacio Valley incomplete
(51 finishers)
1 12:55 Ryota Johnson 11 College Park
(new course record; old record 13:25 Gio Fiorenza 2010)
2 13:11 Adi Ramesh Rao 10 PR :10
(new school record: old record 13:25 Gio Fiorenza 2010)
3 13:36 Landon Blodgett 11 PR :50
4 13:46 Aaron Sisneros 11 PR :48
17 14:36 MIke Lin 12 PR 1:08
20 14:45 Carter Russell 12 PR :48
23 14:57 Andrew Kneppers 12 PR :36
26 15:05 Chris Coyle 12
29 15:11 Michael Beal 11
30 15:12 Chris Brancaccio 11 PR :40
31 15:14 Marco Vaticano 11
32 15:12 Travis Cramer 11 = PR
36 15:31 Steven Lizzarago 11 PR 4:29
41 1559 Mike Carroll 12 PR :37
46 17:34 Ben Molad 12
50 22:00 Peter Mills 11
dnf n.t. Victor Wong 11
did not run:
Kimo Llacuna sports med
*
Adi sets a school record !
BV-2 3.2 miles
Team Scores:
Northgate 26, Clayton Valley 29 Clayton Valley 19, Ygnacio Vlalley 40
*
Danny sets school and course record !
(17 finishers)
1 18:02 Dan Stalters 11 PR :54
(new course and school record: old course record 18:14 Jeff Cikert - CP - 2010; old school record 19:10 Will Melton 19:10 2009)
4 19:43 Joel Sumner 12 PR 1:36
5 19:45 James Sheehy 11
7 19:48 Jacob Egley 9
11 20:35 Connor Stephens 12
GFS 2.2 miles
Team Scores
College Park 15, Concord no team Berean Christian incomplete, Mt. Diablo incomplete Northgate 15, Clayton Valley no team Clayton Valley no team, Ygnacio Valley no team
(18 finishers)
1 16:27 Jaquelyn Medina 9 College Park
7 18:59 Tanya Arora 10 PR 1:40
12 20:18 Marianna Kneppers 10
13 21:39 Catalina Heatherington 9
16 24:48 Juliana Vaticano 9
17 27:03 Joanne Mercado 10
18 NT Desireé Choe 10
*
Desiree sets new fashion standards as, even injured, she contributes to the GFS team win by finishing the course.
GJV 2.2 miles
Team Scores
College Park 15, Concord no team Berean Christian incomplete, Mt. Diablo incomplete Clayton Valley 22, Northgate 34 clayton Valley 15, Ygnacio Valley no team
(31 finishers)
1 15:49 Riley Travers 9 Clayton Valley
(new course record: old record 16:19 Marlena Alvarez - CV - 2009)
2 16:10 Kelsey Bowman 10 PR 1:46
(new school record: old record 16:57 Lauren Giammona 2010)
6 17:18 Kayla Scalise 11 PR :04
7 17:19 Rachel Doolittle 12
9 17:27 Dezarina Bernales 10
14 18:35 Megan Machek 11
16 18:37 Montana Dewberry 9 PR 2:06
17 18:49 Olivia Arnold 12 PR :47
18 18:58 Brittany Swystun 9
29 21:17 Leslie Bridges 11
did not run:
Mackenzie Roberts ill
*
Kelsey sets a school record !
GV-2 3.2 miles
Team Scores:
Clayton Valley 24, Northgate 33 Clayton Valley 15, Ygnacio Valley no team
1 21:58 Alexandra Tate 12 Clayton Valley
(new course record: old record 22:10 Alex Tate - CV - 2010)
2 22:22 Ami Boucher 11
3 22:25 Caitlyn Mundrane 10 PR 2:16
7 23:28 Meredith Peterson 9
10 24:38 Alex Mora 10
11 24:56 Peyton Cherry 10
Notes:
Well, we have now finished the first half of the DVAL season, and it has been a bit of a mixed bag.
1. We have had good results on the boys’ side, with some nice wins over our top challengers College Park and Clayton Valley.
2. The girls’ side has seen some very good marks and some excellent improvements. However, we have yet to put the whole package together for a team effort.
3. Back to the boys: behind Danny, who has become one of the better runners in the East Bay, we have been assembling a nice cluster of strong veterans and rapidly improving youngsters. Today we moved up Jake Egley from the BFS as Ian and Mike V both could not run and he came thorugh in spades as we edged Clayton.
4. Adi was moved to the JV’s to make sure we could go 1-2-3 on Clayton to win that one, and he led Landon and Aaron to just that result.
5. Cole was kept on BFS to also lead that pack, and Andrew and Dmitriy came through with excellent races to once again go 1-2-3 on the rest of the league.
6. For the girls: Peyton had been sick and Meredith is experiencing a balky knee, so our already short-handed GV was relegated to running close to Clayton. Still, we are a contender and we can get even closer.
7. Kelsey had her best race of the season in the GJV, but the recent hard workouts took the legs out of the rest of the team and Clayton took our number there too.
8. With Clayton electing not to run a GFS team, all we had to do was get 5 girls to cross the finish line to earn the win. We accomplished that goal.
9. Even with the hard workouts, the team came through with a remarkable set of PR’s. Not only did we have lots of PR’s, those PR’s were large ones.
Mt. SAC Weekend Trip a Blast! ! Broncos Race Well !!
Mt. SAC Invitational
@ Mt. San Antonio College
Saturday, October 22, 2011
BJV Race # 52
team time: 96:21
(198 finishers)
1. Andy Werderman (Dana Hills) 16:03
64. Ben Molad 18:37
79. Adi Ramesh Rao 18:58
85. Aaron Sisneros 19:08
92. Andrew Locke 19:17 PR :06
99. Dmitriy Petrovykh 19:21 PR 1:18
131. Mike Lin 20:07
144. Ben Swanson 20:35
164. Andrew Kneppers 21:22
175. Ross Khorsandi 22:12
190. James Harrington 24:23
It was nice to see the guys get excited for a trip and a race, but not everyone was ready for a tough 3 mile course like this, especially in a big-meet atmosphere lie Mt. SAC. Our top 5 did well enough, and the team finish was right in the middle of the pack. And everyone got a taste of the Mt. SAC experience.
Team Scores:
1. Dana Hills 15
2. Burroughs 76
2. El Rancho 109
4. Dwoney 147
5. Alsio Niguel 167
6. Yucaipa 171
7. Lodi 203
8. Valencia 241
9. Etiwanda 269
10. Bakersfield 305
11. Northgate 322
12. Santa Fe 331
13. Walnut 368
14. La Quinta 373
15. Anaheim 402
16. West Ranch 411
17. Castro Valley 426
18. James Logan 503
19. San Gorgonio 512
20. Cathedral City 530
GJV Race # 54
Team time 118:34
(280 finishers)
1. Gabrielle Yatauro (Edison) 19:34
31. Alex Mora 21:20
141. Kayla Scalise 23:53
147. Dezarina Bernales 24:07
161. Rachel Doolittle 24:21
182. Mackenzie Roberts 24:53
209. Marianna Kneppers 25:46
231. Tanya Arora 26:16
251. Leslie Bridges 27:38
Aside from Alex, the girls were perhaps surprised by the size and the quickness of their race. Yes, JV’s do run fast. Alex ran an excellent time (#2 onthe Northgate All-Time list for this course) and finsihed in the top 12 % of the race. The rest of the girls were back, but essentially still in the middle of the race. The best part was getting all these girls down here for the big-meet experience.
Team Scores:
1. Edison 19
2. Vista Murrieta 144
3. Arcadia 148
4. El Toro 168
5. Trabuco Hills 185
6. Long Beach Poly 186
7. Warren 217
8. Corona 245
9. Yucaipa 256
10. Redlands 263
11. Ventura 266
12. Crescenta Valley 288
13. Chaparral 250
14. Valencia 374
15. Catalnia Foothills 3i85
16. Davis 388
17. Steele Canyon 474
18. Northgate 483
19. Highland 498
20. Amador Valley 503
21. La Quinta 512
22. Chaffey 589
23. Paramount 606
24. Channel Islands 650
BV Race # 57
Team time 84:44
(102 finishers)
1. Edgar Cobian (La Siena) 15:31
• • 2. Danny Stalters 15:32 PR :23
(new school record; old record 15:48 Will Melton 2009)
• 16. Mike Valeriani 16:57 PR :24
• 20. Jake Egley 17:06
• 27. Cole Fraser 17:20 PR 1:25
• 48. Joel Sumner 17:49
• 52. James Sheehy 17:54 PR :47
• 53. Connor Stephens 17:56 PR :09
Well, well, well . . . this was a real treat. We have been getting used to seeing Danny win (or almost win) races and this one was no exception. He did get nipped right at the end, but it was an excellent race regardless. The other part of this race was the great addition of Jake and Cole that sparked us to a 3rd place team finish.
We had thought that losing Ian for hte season would drop us a bit in overall team presence, but our regulars and the new guys covered just fine. Mike had a rebound race to return to our #2 slot, the puppies came through, and our veterans Joel, James and Connor had their own little convoy not too far behind.
The medals are certainly nice.
Team Scores:
1. Davis 40
2 La Sierna 80
3. Northgate 113
4. Walnut 123
5. West Ranch 144
6. Wilson 197
7. Palo Verde 198
8. Heritage 208
9. El Camino Real 223
10. Arroyo Valley 239
11. Diamond Bar 255
12. Irvington 336
13. Alhambra (LA) 349
14. Los Osos 357
15. Banning 361
GV Race # 62
(111 finishers)
1. Kiarra McIntosh (Paloma Valley) 18:22
• 8. Ami Boucher 19:06 PR :20
(new school record; old record 19:14 Jenny Perham 2004)
• 13. Caitlyn Mundrane 19:18 PR 1:20
We were not able to coax all of our varsity regulars to this meet, so the coaches’ decision was to let Ami and Caitlyn race for individual glory while the rest of the girls could contribute to a team JV effort.
This seemed to work out well as the two girls went out strongly in their usual tandem, and held on for the duration of the race to top medal spots. They both earned medals via strong PR’s.
Notes:
1. We were able to get 27 runners to the line, along with 2 sports med trainers. This is not bad but we initially had hoped for closer to 40 runners to make the trip. Next year we promote this for what it is -- a chance to be part of the the single biggest high school cross country event in the world.
2. We choose to run in the morning races for travel considerations, so we can get back to Walnut Creek earlier. What some of our runners and parents may not be aware of is that Northgate is a Dvision III school, which means we are a mid-sized school. We ran today in the Division I races, which consist of much larger school (some have over 1000 more students than we do). This makes our times and race achievements all that more remarkable, given that we were perhaps the smallest school in our races today.
3. Thanks to all of the athletes, coaches, parents and administrators that did remarkable work in planning this trip, making all the arrangements, dealing with the constant shifts in planning details, and providing the help and assistance neecded to make a trip like this the success it was. Thank you all.
And now for the record book:
The internet is an amazing place, and with a little digging many facts emerge. It turns out that Northgate has visited Mt. SAC a few times. Most notably Coach Sutherland made the trip in 2002 and 2004, and Coach Mike brought runners in 2008, and this has become a 4-year tradition so far.
This means that we have lots of times for comparisons, and we can now make top 10 lists for this course. Many of today’s runners are on those lists. Check it out.
Northgate Top 10 Runners
Mt. SAC course
GJV
1. Maria Deyoreo 21:17 2004
2. Alex Mora 21:20 2011
3. Samantha Lew 22:42 2004
4 Coutney Peterson 23:34 2004
5. Kayla Scalise 23:53 2011
6. Megan Ernst 24:04 2004
7. Jill Skeva 24:06 2004
8. Dezarina Bernales 24:07 2011
9. Lily Hann 24:15 2004
10. Rachel Doolittle 24:21 2011
BJV
1. Victor Chen 18:18 2004
2. Ben Molad 18:37 2011
3. James Sheehy 18:43 2010
4. Cole Fraser 18:45 2010
5. Adi Ramesh Rao 18:58 2011
6. Aaron Sisneros 19:08 2011
7. Andrew Locke 19:17 2011
8. Dmitriy Petrovykh 19:21 2011
9. Ian Salazar 19:40 2010
10. Brian Locke 19:52 2008
GV
1. Ami Boucher 19:06 2011
2. Jenny Perham 19:14 2004
3. Caitlyn Mundrane 19:18 2011
4. Jessica Carpenter 19:23 2010
5. Jacqui Trenkwalder 19:26 2002
6. Andrea Bocenegra 19:36 2002
7. Kelly Cureton 19:38 2004
8. Brook Bergeson 20:01 2004
9. Hennessey MIller 20:12 2004
10. Kaitlyn Sharkey 20:40 2004
BV
1. Danny Stalters 15:32 2011
2. Will Melton 15:48 2009
3. Chad Whittington 16:12 2009
4. Mike Wickman 16:16 2004
5. Nick Sears 16:27 2002
6. Dan Walton 16:29 2008
7. Vince Durant 16:34 2004
8. Ryan Niese 16:45 2010
9. Arnie Hermes 16:46 2009
10. Mike Dorsey 16:46 2004
All-Time Team Times:
GJV 115:33 2004
118:34 2011
BJV 93:59 2010
95:21 2011
GV 99:03 2002
99:45 2004
101:05 2010
BV 82:52 2009
83:55 2004
84:44 2011
84:49 2010
88:09 2008
86:02 2002
Castro Valley Invitational @ Canyon Middle School Saturday October 8, 2011
Danny beats rival Aiden Goltra of Las Lomas for the individual win.
This invitational marks the end of our Saturday meets (except for the Mt. SAC trip), which is also the end of the early morning carpools and the all of that. We did very well indeed, even with an injury or two, and some lineup shifting. Still, we placed in medal position in three of the 6 races we entered, and had two individual race winners. A good day for Broncos all around.
Castro Valley Invitational
Canyon Middle School
Saturday, October 9, 2011
On a beautiful day for running, the Northgate Broncos did very well. The temperature was mild, the sky was clear, the ground was soft (perhaps a bit soggy in spots), and the competition was good. Our brave bunch came away with a team win, two individual wins, three team award placings, 13 individual medals, and 31 PR’s. Not a bad day at all.
• = earned medal
•• = earned individual and team medal
Boys’ Frosh
2.1 miles
Team results:
DeLaSalle 24
Yreka 48
Westmoor 102
Las Lomas 103
Atwater 129
San Leandro 175
Northgate 186
American 219
(7 incomplete teams)
(101 finishers)
1. Matthew Schumann (DeLaSalle) 12:21
28. Noah Rinehart 14:24 PR 1:19
40. Zac Machek 15:02 PR :37
70. Michael Anderson 16:37 PR 3:28
72. Matt Coyle 16:41 PR :43
91. Nate Mills 18:03
94. Daniel O’Laughlin 18:18 PR :05
With our top runners bumped to the JV race, the remainder of the frosh boys all turned in strong performances. Noah is continuing to run at his new quicker pace. Zac gave us a good race finishing in the top half of the runners. Michael had an eye-popping PR. Nate still needs to make workouts on a regular basis. Daniel looked good until the hills showed up.
Girls’ Frosh-Soph
2.1 miles
Team results:
Northgate 45
Mercy (Burlingham) 95
Westmoor 101
Atwater 102
Castro Valley 109
James Logan 132
Terra Nova 185
Redwood Christian 212
(4 incomplete teams)
(100 finishers)
•• 1. Caitlyn Mundrane 14:20 PR :52
•• 3. Meredith Peterson 14:30 PR 1:43
•• 16. Alex Mora 16:10 PR 1:08
•• 21. Brittany Swystun 16:32 PR 1:42
• 28. Kelsey Bowman 16:45 PR :45
• dnf Desiree Choe n.t.
did not run:
Peyton Cherry family
This was anticipated as one of our featured races, as the young girls got a break from varsity duty and got a chance to run at the FS level. It played out as planned. Caitlyn ran stride-for-stride with the Logan girl for the first mile and then put her away in the canyon portion of the course. Meredith flirted with 2nd until the very end to put us the driver’s seat for the team win. Alex popped in soon after, and Brittany outsprinted Kelsey (who had breathing problems) at the end. Desiree’s shins prevented her from finishing the race.
The win was very nice and the medals are pretty.
Boys’ Frosh-Soph
2.1 miles
Team results:
Las Lomas 53
DeLaSalle 83
Castro Valley 100
James Logan 126
Westmoor 130
San Leandro 196 (66)
Santa Rosa 196 (79)
Sierra 222
Granada 231
American 244
Benicia 251
North Salinas 270
Atwater 321
Northgate 325
(4 incomplete teams)
(151 finishers)
1. Carter Mackay (Castro Valley) 12:10
37. Jared Bricklin 13:54 PR :58
60. Dmitriy Petrovykh 14:14 PR 1:06
88. Ryan Nakatsuka 15:02 PR 1:12
101. Ross Khorsandi 15:21 PR 2:35
124. James Harrington 16:17 PR 1:06
did not run:
Joaquin Barrios illness
Ben Swanson injured
We moved Jared up from the B Frosh to make a complete team, and he took his promotion to heart with an inspired run to lead the team. Dmitriy ran well to finish in the to half of the race. Ryan once again was impressive with his tenacity. Ross improved strongly yet again. James, albeit still tentative, had his own big improvement.
The overall team placement is not reflective of the boys'’ efforts, especially since we broke up the regular BFS crowd into three separate races.
Girls’ Junior Varsity
2.1 miles
Team results:
Castro Valley 57
Carondelet 79
Northgate 84
James Logan 87
Santa Rosa 90
Sierra 106
Antioch 192
S.F. International 225
(6 incomplete teams)
(86 finishers)
1. Denise Arson (James Logan) 15:36
•• 5. Rachel Doolittle 16:38 PR 1:45
•• 11. Kayla Scalise 17:07
•• 18. Dezarina Bernales 17:27 PR 4:06
•• 20. Montana Dewberry 17:34 PR 3:19
• 36. Olivia Arnold 18:25 PR :27
• 39. Mackenzie Roberts 18:44 PR 2:41
• 40. Tanya Arora 18:46 PR 4:36
• 73. Catalina Heatherington 22:53 PR :17
• 81. Joanne Mercado 24:46
• dnf Leslie Bridges n.t.
did not run:
Marianna Kneppers family
Megan Machek knee
Jessica Alfonzo knee
Juliana Vaticano foot
We had a number of injuries, illnesses, and family obligations that nibbled away at our overall numbers, so we spread our girls into the JV and GFS races only. The GFS did well, and the JV regulars also ran well. Rachel came on very strong in the last mile for a top spot. Kayla, even with her back continuing to tighten up, earned another medal for us. Dezarina scurried to a huge PR and her own medal, and Montana put on strong showing to earn the last individual medal. Olivia rounded out our scoring to cement the 3rd place finish.
Mackenzie and Tanya were a nice tandem not too far behind. Catalina was delayed by helping the injured Logan girl, and came in hand-in-hand with the girl from SF International in a show of friendly competition. Joanne outsprinted three girls at the finish.
Even though the girls finished third, by rule a JV team cannot earn awards if the school did not field a varsity team. Since we did not have a GV team, the team award went to the next eligible team. However, since Coach Brewer is the meet manager, he has access to the box of medals and the girls will not go empty-handed.
Boys’ Junior Varsity
2.1 miles
Team results:
Yreka 27
DeLaSalle 55
Northgate 94
Las Lomas 106
Sierra 125
Castro Valley 186
Westmoor 211
San Leandro 225
James Logan 274
S.F. International 277
(156 finishers)
1. Matt Wood (Yreka) 12:28
•• 4. Cole Fraser 12:47 PR :57
•• 5. Jake Egley 12:48 PR 1:08
•• 9. Adi Ramesh Rao 12:59 PR 1:21
• 36. Andrew Locke 14:19 PR :55
• 51. Michael Lin 14:42 PR 1:09
• 57. Travis Cramer 14:50
• 58. Carter Russell 14:51 PR :49
• 64. Kimo Llacuna 15:01 PR 1:47
• 69. Chris Brancaccio 15:06 PR :11
• 77. Chris Coyle 15:14
• 79. Marco Vaticano 15:19
• 85. Michael Beal 15:32
• 113. Mike Carroll 16:24
did not run:
Leo Andrade family
Andrew Kneppers family
Victor Wong injured
Steven Lizzarago family
Peter Mills family
We were poised to do some damage in this race, with the top FS boys joining our JV regulars. However, injuries, twinges, and religious obligations forced us to move Landon and Aaron to varsity. It turned out that with Yreka and DeLaSalle having strong performances, we would have finished 3rd even with them aboard.
The race was apparently a dual meet between Yreka and DeLaSalle until the last mile, and Cole, Jake, and Adi moved up through the pack to all finish in the top 10. Andrew faded but held on to be our 4th, and Mike Lin rounded out the scoring with a finish in the top third of the race. Travis, Carter, Kimo, Chris B., Chris C., and Marco formed the now-familiar Bronco swarm not too far behind Mike L. Mike B. was close after them, and Mike C. rounded out our team finish.
Girls’ Varsity
no Northgate entries
did not run:
Ami Boucher ankle
Boys’ Varsity
3.0 miles
Team results:
Yreka 73
Las Lomas 83
DeLaSalle 101
Livermore 167
James Logan 187
Sierra 190
Alhambra 214 (100)
Northgate 214 (no 6th)
Castro Valley 215
San Leandro 216
American 257
Atwater 276
Pittsburg 285
Westmoor 340
Tennyson 362
Santa Rosa 442
Granada 489
North Salinas 492
Alameda Learning Center 526
Redwood Christian 550
(4 incomplete teams)
(141 finishers)
• 1. Danny Stalters 16:08 PR :37
• 25. Mike Valeriani 17:47 PR :26
40. James Sheehy 18:29
83. Landon Blodgett 19:40
86. Aaron Sisneros 19:44
did not run:
Ian Frazier foot
Connor Stephens calf
Joel Sumner Yom Kippur
Ben Molad Yom Kippur
Well, having Danny win in his impressive fashion was a huge treat all by itself. Whew! He certainly has found a new level of competition. And he did it by outmuscling his arch-nemesis Aidan Goltra of Las Lomas in the last 100 yards.
Mike V. ran smoothly today to earn his own medal. James ran competently in the upper third of the race. Landon and Aaron, substituting for Ian, Joel and Connor, ran strongly despite their emergency game-day promotions to the three mile competition.
The 8th place finish (we lost out on 7th on the tie-breaker) was pretty good in a field of 24 teams., all things considered.
Notes:
1. We were able to get 47 runner s to the starting line. Six injured reserve came along to cheer. There were 11 others that had an array of injuries, illness, family obligations or religious observances to pull them away. So we had 53 Broncos in attendance, which still continues to be a large improvement over last year. Broncos remain strong to the end.
2. This is our last carpooling invitational. There are many thanks to hand out for the last 5 weekends of travel, snacks, early mornings, long rides, and all the other things that we have gone through.
• all the parent drivers -- this has been the backbone of our ability to travel. Without you all donating your time and vehicles and gas we would not have been able to do a fraction of what we’ve accomplished so far.
• the snack table, which is now taken for granted, still remains a point of envy from other teams. We are privileged to have this continuous smorgasbord of excellence on a weekly basis.
• the remarkable presence of our Sports Med team, which takes full care of all our aches and pains, big and small.
• the Artichoke Beach party -- organized by Nancy Frazier, so many others of you took the time to make it the delightful excursion it turned out to be.
• the pasta feeds, which require a house, lots of food, and a willingness to put up with children for an extended period of time.
3. But there is still plenty of season left. We have three more DVAL meets, the Mt. SAC trip, the DVAL Championships, the NCS Championships. possibly the State Championships, and then the Nike Nationals in Portland.
And Just How Do You Stack Up?
Here are the comparisons for all the Broncos who ran the 2.1 mile Canyon course. The varsity boys ran the 3.0 mile course, so the comparisons don’t match there.
Girls:
Caitlyn Mundrane 14:20
Meredith Peterson 14:30
Alex Mora 16:10
Brittany Swystun 16:32
Rachel Doolittle 16:38
Kelsey Bowman 16:45
Kayla Scalise 17:07
Dezarina Bernales 17:27
Montana Dewberry 17:34
Olivia Arnold 18:25
Mackenzie Roberts 18:44
Tanya Arora 18:46
Catalina Heatherington 22:53
Joanne Mercado 24:46
Boys:
Cole Fraser 12:47
Jake Egley 12:48
Adi Ramesh Rao 12:59
Jared Bricklin 13:54
Dmitriy Petrovykh 14:14
Andrew Locke 14:19
Noah Rinehart 14:24
Michael Lin 14:42
Travis Cramer 14:50
Carter Russell 14:51
Kimo Llacuna 15:01
Zac Machek 15:02
Ryan Nakatsuka 15:02
Chris Brancaccio 15:06
Chris Coyle 15:14
Marco Vaticano 15:19
Ross Khorsandi 15:21
Michael Beal 15:32
James Harrington 16:17
Mike Carroll 16:24
Michael Anderson 16:37
Matt Coyle 16:41
Nate Mills 18:03
Daniel O’Laughlin 18:18
Workouts Work!
Aside from all the individual and team medals, the most impressive part of this meet was all of the large PR’s. Many of our rookie runners ran this course five and a half weeks ago, and some of our veterans have been on this course four or five times. Almost everyone PR’d, and some by huge margins.
This is not accomplished by accident, nor by chance. This is a direct result of workouts, and hard workouts. Improvement does not come quickly, nor does it come easily, but when it does it has value.
The large PR’s are often typical of younger runners, but many of our veterans also posted improvements of a minute or more.
Congratulations to those who notched a PR of any size, and also to those of you tried and came close.
Mt. SAC Invite
Coming Soon ! !
We need to nail down the exact count for Mt. SAC this week. All of you should have a) gotten the e-mail attachments and/or b) gotten the handout from Coach Brewer. What remains is the following:
• Choose to go
• Confirm with Coach Brewer
• get your parents to sign the permission form
• give Coach Brewer the check for $150.00.
If you choose to go, Coach Brewer will be asking for verbal confirmations early this week. If money is an obstacle, let Coach Brewer know. There are scholarships available.
We would like as many Broncos as possible to go. This is not a meet just for “elite” runners, but for all the runners to get the experience early in their career. All runners, regardless of ability or performance level, are encouraged to make this trip if at all possible.
Yes, it involves missing a day of class, but hopefully there is ample lead time to work with teachers on softening that impact.
Pizza Night Fundraiser at Mary’s Pizza Shack
We would like all the Bronco families to try to join us in this event. Hopefully this can become an ongoing tradition. The 20% kickback is generous indeed, and we can always use financial support.
The flyer is attached for you convenience, and we will see as many of you as can possibly make it on Monday!
Brewer Sez:
Editorial -- End Of Season Push
This is time of the season where we start thinking about the end of the road. We are only a month away from the DVAL Championships, and that is the end of the road for all but the 10 boys and 10 girls that continue to train for the NCS Championships.
Intensity Continues
The mindset we need to have here is intensity. We are going to gradually shift the workouts to shorter, but quicker distances. Yes, we will still have a long run each week, but we will also be changing our focus from pure conditioning to training for the hard fast races that are coming our way.
Adjust to faster workouts
This means that your bodies will be adjusting to different types of workouts, and there will be twinges and aches as your muscles make these adjustments. Be prepared, which means take care to do warmups thoroughly, and to not cut out on cooldowns.
This also means we need to be smart about the change in the weather, and start to wear warm clothing to workouts. The evening chill comes quickly now, and muscles will cramp and ached. Also, wearing sweats traps the heat and allows the muscles to warmup more completely at the start of a workout.
Adjust to higher expectations
This also means you need to prepare yourself mentally. Your race times will get faster. You will start (or continue) to feel stronger at the end of races. And finally it means that you have to be ready to push yourself harder in races in order to unleash all of this conditioning and turn it into fast times and high placings.
Your body is going to be ready at the end of the season. Your mind has to be ready too.
DVAL # 1 @ Newhall Park Wednesday October 5, 2011
Jake, Adi, and Cole end up going 1-2-3 on the field.
It rained quite a bit this week, and the meet started under a steady drizzle. By the time the coaches had figured out the rain-detour course, the clouds cleared and we had sun and blue sky. And a few puddles.
After it was all said and done, we had ruan very well against College Park. They beat us in the girls (being down two varsity athletes didn't help, and that thinned out the JV as well), but we gave them chase in a determined effort. And the boys won all three divisions, and the BV win was especially sweet since it marked the first time in nearly 20 years that Northgate had beaten College Park.
Here are the overall results:
Boys’ Frosh Soph
2.2 miles
Team Scores:
Northgate 17, College Park 44
Clayton Valley 15, Mt. Diablo no team
Berean Christian incomplete, Concord incomplete
Berean Christian incomplete, Ygnacio Valley incomplete
Concord incomplete, Ygnacio Valley incomplete
1 12:33 BFS Jacob Egley m 9 Northgate
2 12:44 BFS Adi Ramesh Rao m 10 Northgate
3 12:48 BFS Cole Fraser m 10 Northgate
4 13:12 BFS Sam Givens 9 m Clayton Valley
5 13:14 BFS Alexander King m 9 College Park
6 13:28 BFS Andrew Locke m 10 Northgate
7 13:28 BFS Josh Rosen 9 m Clayton Valley
8 13:40 BFS Dmitriy Petrovykh m 10 Northgate
9 13:45 BFS Paul Ramstad m 9 College Park
10 13:54 BFS Noah Rinehart m 9 Northgate
11 13:56 BFS Jared Bricklin m 9 Northgate
12 14:02 BFS Drew McDonald m 10 College Park
13 14:11 BFS Douglas Strange m 10 College Park
14 14:12 BFS Domanic Glenn 10 m Clayton Valley
15 14:15 BFS Alberto Chang 10 m Clayton Valley
16 14:22 BFS Kevin Mahlman 9 m Clayton Valley
17 14:23 BFS Brandon Clement 9 m Clayton Valley
18 14:25 BFS Ryan Nakatsuka m 10 Northgate
19 14:27 BFS Zachary Machek m 9 Northgate
20 14:34 BFS Maxwell Sheets m 10 College Park
21 14:38 BFS David Jimenez 10 m Clayton Valley
22 14:42 BFS Ross Khorsandi m 10 Northgate
23 15:01 BFS YAIR ARREOLA 10 M Ygnacio Valley
24 15:18 BFS FERNANDO RUIZ 9 M Ygnacio Valley
25 15:23 BFS Jacob Dadd m 9 College Park
26 15:32 BFS TANNER AYOOB 9 M Ygnacio Valley
27 15:38 BFS Tyler Click m 9 College Park
28 15:39 BFS Kenny Olden m 10 College Park
29 15:41 BFS Connor Tutino M 9 Berean
30 15:44 BFS Emil Chan m 10 College Park
31 15:47 BFS Michael Anderson m 9 Northgate
32 15:50 BFS Matthew Coyle m 9 Northgate
33 15:54 BFS James Harrington m 10 Northgate
34 15:57 BFS George Gonzalez 10 m Mt. Diablo
35 15:59 BFS Andrew Stone m 9 College Park
36 16:04 BFS Trace Bechter m 9 College Park
37 16:07 BFS Matthew Carraher M 9 Berean
38 16:17 BFS Trevor Eaton m 10 College Park
39 16:37 BFS Justin Norris 10 m Clayton Valley
40 16:38 BFS Daniel O'Laughlin m 9 Northgate
41 16:39 BFS Marc Spencer 9 m Clayton Valley
42 16:43 BFS Ryan Tsao m 10 College Park
43 17:31 BFS Mikey Deng m 9 College Park
44 17:38 BFS Tyler Watson m 9 Concord
45 17:42 BFS Nathon Pass m 9 Concord
46 18:04 BFS Elias Lucero M 9 Berean
47 18:04 BFS Fernando Pazos 10 m Clayton Valley
48 18:23 BFS Dustin Tolerton m 9 Concord
49 19:31 BFS Luis Cardoza m 10 Concord
50 20:02 BFS Timothy Cater M 9 Berean
Boys’ Junior Varsity
2.2 miles
Team Scores:
Northgate 21, College Park 36
Clayton Valley 17, Mt. Diablo 43
Concord 24, Berean Christian 31
Berean Christian 15, Ygnacio Valley no team
Concord 15, Ygnacio Valley no team
1 12:15 BJV Parker Burr m 9 Concord
2 13:10 BJV Ben Molad m 12 Northgate
3 13:15 BJV Gabe Spangenberg m 11 College Park
4 13:15 BJV Landon Blodgett m 11 Northgate
5 13:18 BJV Ted Hall 12 m Clayton Valley
6 13:31 BJV Andrew Daley 12 m Clayton Valley
7 13:34 BJV Zachary Shaman 11 m Clayton Valley
8 13:38 BJV Aaron Sisneros m 11 Northgate
9 13:45 BJV Alberto Ruiz ? m Mt. Diablo
10 13:48 BJV Carlos Guerrero 11 m Clayton Valley
11 13:54 BJV Mitch Peevler 10 m Clayton Valley
12 14:03 BJV Chris Aylard M 11 Berean
13 14:17 BJV Levi Nortone M 9 Berean
14 14:19 BJV Zach Kendall m 9 Concord
15 14:19 BJV Trevor River m 9 Concord
16 14:21 BJV Albert Zarzoza m 11 College Park
17 14:21 BJV Carter Russell m 12 Northgate
18 14:22 BJV MIke Lin m 12 Northgate
19 14:28 BJV Alfonso Montoya 9 m Mt. Diablo
20 14:30 BJV Mikey McMurdo 11 m Clayton Valley
21 14:32 BJV Ramiro Ramirez m 12 Concord
22 14:42 BJV Daniel Kerr 12 m Clayton Valley
22 14:40 BJV Chris O’Connell 11 m Clayton Valley
24 14:42 BJV Marco Vaticano m 12 Northgate
25 14:45 BJV Ryan McClure m 12 College Park
26 14:46 BJV Chris Brancaccio m 11 Northgate
27 14:46 BJV Juan Cordero m 11 College Park
28 14:47 BJV Hiroki Butterfield m 12 College Park
29 14:48 BJV Eric Pedersen 12 m Clayton Valley
30 14:55 BJV Travis Cramer m 11 Northgate
31 14:59 BJV Kimo Llacuna m 11 Northgate
32 15:03 BJV Andrew Kneppers m 12 Northgate
33 15:08 BJV Andrew Peacock M 10 Berean
34 15:10 BJV Mathew Tara m 9 Concord
35 15:12 BJV Michael Beal m 11 Northgate
36 15:13 BJV Austin Silva M 10 Berean
37 15:12 BJV Steven Lizzargo m 11 Northgate
38 15:20 BJV Chris Coyle m 12 Northgate
39 15:24 BJV Anthony Baker M 9 Berean
40 15:35 BJV Russell Mundy M 12 Berean
41 15:37 BJV Luke Nortone M 9 Berean
42 16:00 BJV Mike Carroll m 12 Northgate
43 16:25 BJV Brendan O'Donaghue m 12 College Park
44 16:27 BJV Victor Wong m 11 Northgate
45 16:42 BJV Raymar Rabara m 11 Concord
46 16:50 BJV Daniel Chan m 11 College Park
47 17:21 BJV Robert Spark m 12 College Park
48 18:20 BJV Nic Dorado ? m Mt. Diablo
49 18:27 BJV Kevin Billiter m 11 Concord
Boys’ Varsity Race # 1
3.3 miles
Team Scores:
Northgate 21, College Park 34
Clayton Valley 15, Mt. Diablo incomplete
1 16:51 BV-1 Dan Stalters m 11 Northgate
2 17:27 BV-1 Parker Marson m 10 College Park
3 17:37 BV-1 Danny Condon 10 m Clayton Valley
4 17:54 BV-1 Ian Frazier m 12 Northgate
5 18:09 BV-1 Joel Sumner m 12 Northgate
6 18:09 BV-1 James Sheehy m 11 Northgate
7 18:13 BV-1 Ryota Johnson m 11 College Park
8 18:17 BV-1 Aaron Gardner 11 m Clayton Valley
9 18:21 BV-1 Tom Tamura m 10 College Park
10 18:25 BV-1 Matt McCoy 11 m Clayton Valley
11 18:31 BV-1 Mike Valeriani m 12 Northgate
12 18:49 BV-1 Dillon Yasutake m 9 College Park
13 18:49 BV-1 Quinten McLane 10 m Clayton Valley
14 19:00 BV-1 Spencer Christensen 10 m Clayton Valley
15 19:03 BV-1 Mitchell Hoopes m 11 College Park
16 19:03 BV-1 Shane McKenzie m 10 College Park
17 19:26 BV-1 Kyle Roe 10 m Clayton Valley
18 19:28 BV-1 Ben Linzey 10 m Clayton Valley
19 22:48 BV-1 Will Maldonado 12 m Mt. Diablo
Boys’ Varsity Race # 2
3.3 miles
Team Scores:
Berean Christian 17, Concord 42
Berean Christian 25, Ygnacio Valley 31
Ygnavcio Valley 18, Concord 39
1 18:33 BV-2 Ben Ho M 12 Berean
2 18:34 BV-2 Ross Deniston M 9 Berean
3 19:00 BV-2 JONATHAN SOLIS 9 M Ygnacio Valley
4 19:04 BV-2 NICK FRIEL 10 M Ygnacio Valley
5 19:05 BV-2 Levi Tillie M 10 Berean
6 19:07 BV-2 BARRON ZIELINSKI 12 M Ygnacio Valley
7 19:16 BV-2 ANDREW BUSCEMI 10 M Ygnacio Valley
8 19:27 BV-2 Ronnie Trost m 10 Concord
9 19:37 BV-2 Tobin Bolter M 9 Berean
10 19:48 BV-2 Eric Windt M 9 Berean
11 19:50 BV-2 Justin Tomas M 12 Berean
12 20:38 BV-2 Eric Lambert m 11 Concord
13 20:38 BV-2 Tayler Kendall m 12 Concord
14 20:48 BV-2 NICK GOMEZ 11 M Ygnacio Valley
15 20:49 BV-2 Colin Rivett m 11 Concord
16 20:50 BV-2 RYAN FRIEL 11 M Ygnacio Valley
17 21:02 BV-2 ITZAK BELECHE 12 M Ygnacio Valley
18 21:21 BV-2 Adrian Diaz m 10 Concord
19 21:43 BV-2 DANIEL HOULSTON 11 M Ygnacio Valley
20 22:12 BV-2 Jordan Gregory m 10 Concord
21 22:42 BV-2 Alberto Samson m 11 Concord
Girls’ Frosh-Soph
2.2 miles
Team Scores:
College Park 19, Northgate 38
Clayton Valley no team, Mt. Diablo no team
Berean Christian no team, Concord incomplete
Berean Christian no team, Ygnacio Valley incomplete
Concord incomplete, Ygnacio Valley incomplete
1 15:56 GFS Mariana Perez f 9 College Park
2 16:27 GFS Emily Dowey f 9 College Park
3 16:28 GFS Jaquelyn Medina f 9 College Park
5 16:39 GFS Desireé Choe f 10 Northgate
6 17:17 GFS Ali Doster f 9 College Park
7 17:31 GFS Sofia Elizondo f 9 College Park
8 17:32 GFS Montana Dewberry f 9 Northgate
9 17:36 GFS Kimmie Snow f 9 Concord
10 18:05 GFS Tanya Arora f 10 Northgate
11 18:24 GFS Drew Griffen 10 m Mt. Diablo
12 18:24 GFS JENNIFER LY 10 F Ygnacio Valley
13 19:11 GFS Selina Saliba f 9 College Park
14 19:16 GFS BRITTANY PEW 9 F Ygnacio Valley
15 19:47 GFS Rory TANK 9 F Ygnacio Valley
16 19:48 GFS Daphne Call f 9 College Park
17 20:40 GFS Maddie McCormick F 9 Berean
18 21:06 GFS Sabrina Browne f 9 Concord
19 21:16 GFS Catalina Heatherington f 9 Northgate
20 22:59 GFS Brittany Knapp f 10 College Park
21 23:38 GFS Stephanie Pyle f 9 Concord
22 24:45 GFS Joanne Mercado f 10 Northgate
Girls’ Junior Varsity
2.2 miles
Team Scores:
College Park 26, Northgate 29
Clayton Valley 15, Mt. Diablo incomplete
Berean Christian incomplete, Concord no team
Berean Christian incomplete, Ygnacio Valley no team
Concord no team, Ygnacio Valley no team
1 15:41 GJV Riley Travers 9 f Clayton Valley
2 15:45 GJV Rebecca Reeder 10 f Clayton Valley
3 15:41 GJV Lauren Wardle 10 f Clayton Valley
4 15:51 GJV Daniella Lombardi f 11 College Park
5 15:51 GJV Christi Kelley 10 f Clayton Valley
6 16:03 GJV Kayla Click f 12 College Park
7 16:35 GJV Kayla Scalise f 11 Northgate
8 16:39 GJV Ningning Hu 11 f Clayton Valley
9 16:54 GJV Megan Thomas F 10 Berean
10 17:01 GJV Kimberly Martinez 10 f Clayton Valley
11 17:26 GJV Olivia Arnold f 12 Northgate
12 17:32 GJV Mackenzie Roberts f 11 Northgate
13 17:33 GJV Samantha St. Germain f 12 College Park
14 17:41 GJV Kara Lowry f 12 College Park
15 17:45 GJV Crystal Hayes F 11 Berean
16 17:46 GJV Anna Nicole Moscoso 12 f Mt. Diablo
17 17:52 GJV Megan Machek f 11 Northgate
18 17:59 GJV Marianna Kneppers f 10 Northgate
19 18:03 GJV Morgan Vlakancic f 12 College Park
20 18:04 GJV Chase McNamer f 11 College Park
21 18:07 GJV Yadira Ramirez 10 f Clayton Valley
22 18:36 GJV Cathy Fung f 12 College Park
23 19:31 GJV Berenice Montoya 12 f Mt. Diablo
24 19:35 GJV Trisha Rodriguez 10 f Clayton Valley
25 19:56 GJV Leslie Bridges f 11 Northgate
26 20:20 GJV Sarai Mitchell F 12 Berean
27 20:35 GJV Janelle Spark f 12 College Park
28 20:49 GJV Gabrielle Guerrero f 12 College Park
29 20:57 GJV Jessica Alfonzo f 12 Northgate
30 21:11 GJV Dezsiree Gilbisch-Datu ? f Mt. Diablo
31 21:12 GJV Anna Moscuso ? f Mt. Diablo
32 22:23 GJV Samantha Carcamo 10 f Clayton Valley
Girls’ Varsity Race 1
3.3 miles
Team Scores:
College Park 22, Northgate 36
Clayton Valley 156, Mt. Diablo no team
Berean Christian incomplete, Concord incomplete
Berean Christian incomplete, Ygnacio Valley incomplete
Concord incomplete, Ygnacio Valley incomplete
1 20:05 GV-1 Alexandra Tate 12 f Clayton Valley
2 20:14 GV-1 Caitlyn Mundrane f 10 Northgate
3 20:23 GV-1 Kendall Stuscavage f 11 College Park
4 21:00 GV-1 Emma Schoenstein 11 f Clayton Valley
5 21:09 GV-1 Parisa Broomand f 11 College Park
6 21:13 GV-1 Kyra Ortiz 10 f Clayton Valley
7 21:16 GV-1 Kazune Shidara f 12 College Park
8 21:26 GV-1 Rachel Preeg 11 f Clayton Valley
9 21:27 GV-1 Meredith Peterson f 9 Northgate
10 21:42 GV-1 Victoria Miguel f 11 College Park
11 21:57 GV-1 Amelia Lowry f 12 College Park
12 22:02 GV-1 Kelsey Fagerlin 11 f Clayton Valley
13 22:14 GV-1 Sara Chavez 11 f Clayton Valley
14 22:22 GV-1 Emma Arlen f 10 College Park
15 22:28 GV-1 Megan Mayhew 12 f Clayton Valley
16 22:34 GV-1 Alex Mora f 10 Northgate
17 23:22 GV-1 Brittany Swystun f 9 Northgate
18 23:23 GV-1 Rachel Doolittle f 12 Northgate
19 23:23 GV-1 Melissa Garcia f 12 College Park
Girls’ Varsity Race 2
3.3 miles
Berean Christian incomplete, Concord incomplete
Berean Christian incomplete, Ygnacio Valley incomplete
Concord incomplete, Ygnacio Valley incomplete
1 23:34 GV-2 Gianna Nardi F 10 Berean
2 24:04 GV-2 ISABELLA ROMERO 10 F Ygnacio Valley
3 24:18 GV-2 Noemi Nesta F 10 Berean
4 24:48 GV-2 Sylvana Marquina F 11 Berean
5 25:36 GV-2 Rose Hernandez F 10 Berean
6 25:48 GV-2 Christina Nguyen f 12 Concord
Artichoke Invitational
Danny takes the lead for good at the halfway point.
We had a great week of workouts and races and activities. We had the caution tape run, campus cleanup day, team pictures, a pasta feed, a race, and of course, the beach party.
The races themselves were quite thrill. Read on - - -
Artichoke Invitational
Half Moon Bay High School
Saturday, October 1
For a fall day in Half Moon Bay, it couldn’t have been nicer weather. After morning mist, the sun came out. The breeze was gentle, and temperature was mild. And after all the races, we found that the beach was calm and warm and we even had dolphins cavorting in the surf.
And as far as the races were concerned, that was pretty good too. The feature moment was watching Danny win the varsity race. We took home 13 medals, and placed high in most of our races.
all races 2.3 miles
• = earned medal.
BFS
(184 finishers)
• 12. Jake Egley 13:41
• 16. Adi Ramesh Rao 13:49
27. Cole Fraser 14:06 PR :30
42. Andrew Locke 14:37 PR :02
49. Dmitriy Petrovykh 14:50 PR 1:03
65. Jared Bricklin 15:15
70. Noah Rinehart 15:21
75. Zack Machek 15:23
123. Ryan Nakatsuka 16:21
144. Ross Khorsandi 16:54
155. Joaquin Barrios 17:35 PR :39
159. Nathan Mills 17:32
169. Matt Coyle 18:13
175. Daniel O’Laughlin 19:14
Team Scores:
Monta Vista 66
Alameda 93
Carlmont 98
Northgate 136
James Logan 148
River Valley 161
Modesto 182
Willow Glen 198
Santa Teresa 218
Cupertino 228
Sequoia 277
Castro Valley 326
Alisal 348
Galileo Academy 359
Heritage 381
Fremont - Sunnyvale 455
We decided to combine the freshmen into the frosh-soph race, and it seemed to work. Jake followed coaches’ directives and went out a bit more strongly and was our top boy today. Adi ran a good race as well, and he too earned a medal. Cole is starting to show the effects of his injury layoff and did have the desired spark at the end of the race. Andrew tried to win it all in the first 1/2 miles, but hung on to get a top place for us. Dmitriy surged at the tend to almost nip Andrew. Jared got caught up in the large race and couldn’t work his way up as is his wont.
Noah continues to explore his new aggressive racing tactic, and it is working. Zach is impressive at the end of races. Ryan is a steady runner, and gave us his usual consistent effort. Ross is becoming more confident with each race. Joaquin improved over last year. Michael is still learning this race business. Nathan survived his first race of the season. Matt missed workouts due to a kink in his neck, and is still stiff and sore. Daniel is gradually getting more assertive.
We finished 4th overall as a team in this race, which is a very good indication that this young team is definitely going to be a force to contend with in DVAL races.
Girls’ JV
(73 finishers)
• 7 Kelsey Bowman 17:06 PR 1:01
• 11. Brittany Swystun 17:15
• 12. Rachel Doolittle 17:21 PR :19
• 19. Kayla Scalise 17:41 PR :26
25. Desiree Choe 17:54
38. Montana Dewberry 18:36
42. Olivia Arnold 19:13 PR :25
43. Marianna Kneppers 19:14
58. Tanya Arora 20:53
62. Catalina Hetherington 21:36
65. Juliana Vaticano 22:09
72. Jessica Alfonzo 26:02
73. Joanne Mercado 26:17
Team Scores
St. Francis 62
Northgate 65
Alameda 69
James Logan 70
Woodside 112
Castro Valley 152
Willow Glen 158
We almost won this race, and had to settle for a close 2nd to St. Francis. With 20% of the total runners in the race belonging to us, we were a power even before the race started.
Kelsey was determined today, and went to the front early and hung on the whole race. Brittany was a bit back but had a nice finish surge. Rachel just go there in time from the SAT, and was here usual strong competitor. Kayla kept up a strong pace throughout. Desiree was working on extending her stride, and that seemed to work today. Montana looked much more confident in her race today. Olivia improved over last year. Marianna is still trying to break out of her safe zone, and had a bit of finish sprint today. Mackenzie kept Olivia and Marianna in sight.
Tanya had to deal with two sore ankles, and still did well. Catalina gave us another steady race. Juliana gingerly stepped through the race to test how well her foot has healed. Jessica finished the race as she had promised, despite her balky knee still acting up. Joanne closed well on Jessica at the end.
Boys’ JV
(101 finishers)
• 17. Aaron Sisneros 14:33 PR 1:04
• 19. Landon Blodgett 14:37
49. Chris Brancaccio 15:39
52. Travis Cramer 15:42 PR :01
58. Michael Lin 16:04
70. Kimo Llacuna 16:30
75. Steven Lizzarago 16:51
101. Peter Mills 23:28
Team scores:
Woodside 89
Galileo 92
Cupertino 107
Sequoia 120
Monta Vista 125
Carlmont 125
Northgate 168
Modesto 176
James Logan 194
Alameda 198
Castro Valley 201
We had a muted presence as the SAT took a lot of senior boys. Some of them tried to scurry in for their race, but just missed it due to traffic.
Aaron ran a smarter race than last week, and was able to move past Landon on the last stretch before the track. They both earned medals. Chris is quietly becoming a strong part of this group. Travis eked out a diminutive PR. Michael loved the hill. Kimo cruised in. Steven is finding his stride now that his knees have healed. Peter once again gave it his all.
As we head into the DVAL competition. we can see that this group will be a force. Hopefully we can take the measure of College Park this year.
Girls’ Varsity
(98 finishers)
• 3 Caitlyn Mundrane 15:07 PR :48
• 20 Meredith Peterson 16:07
29. Peyton Cherry 16:40 PR :01
45. Alex Mora 17:16
dnf Ami Boucher n.t.
*
Caitlyn races to a top finish.
We were looking good in the team picture when Ami stepped in a hole and popped her ankle. She had to drop out of the race, which made us incomplete. We probably would have finished 3rd with her in there.
Caitlyn raced on to finish an excellent 3rd. Meredith also ran to a top place. Peyton gave chase, but couldn’t maintain pace after a strong start. Alex continues to give us steady races. Ami was able to recover enough to soak her ankle in the surf for about 45 minutes at the beach party.
After all the comparisons, the meet management place all the runners from all the races together by team, and by that comparison our GV is 10th out of the 46 teams that ran. Not bad.
Boys’ Varsity
(108 finishers)
• 1. Danny Stalters 12:02 PR :25
• 19. Michael Valeriani 12:55 PR :25
• 20. Ian Frazier 12:56 PR :44
49. James Sheehy 13:40 PR :41
50. Connor Stephens 13:41 PR :19
team scores:
Carlmont 37
Cupertino 68
Northgate 121
Alameda 135
Heritage 181
Castro Valley 202
Alisal 204
Modesto 233
River Valley 238
Santa Teresa 241
James Logan 245
Monta Vista 252
Grace Davis 306
Fremont -- Sunnyvale 348
Enochs 384
Danny took the lead early, was challenged by the Half Moon Bay boy, and outpowered him on the hill for the individual win. Mike as very consistent a bit back, fighting with the Carlmont boys. Ian took the whole race to creep up on Michael. James is still a bit reserved in these varsity races. Connor closed well to be right on James.
All of the boys PR’d, which is what is expected of varsity runners. The high team placing is very nice. We lost ot only Carlmont and Cupertino, and both those squads are ranked in the top 5 in the CCS. And with all the combined times from the whole meet, we placed 5th overall out of 50 total teams. Again, not bad at all.
Cleanup Day Work Party Worked Out
Just last year there was a bit of hesitancy to have us do our Cleanup Day volunteering a day early. This year, the committee scheduled extra work for us to do to take advantage of our early labor.
So, after our team pictures, we picked up litter, spread out mulch, and dug up gravel so the new plants could have a chance to grow. At some point our little work party resembled a chain gang.
Results: Ram Invitational September 24, 2011
Kelsey strides out at the mile mark.
Ram Invitational
Westmoor High School, Daly City
2.4 miles
*
It was a arch-typical Daly City morning, withthe fog and the chill and the breeze. It was hard to even find the place, with the traffic lights obscured by fog. And sitting around in the middle of a drizzling cloud was not exactly most people’s idea of the perfect Saturday morning excursion.
Regardless of which, the Broncos arrived ready to do battle. We were able to get 49 runners to the starting line. 3 other injured reserve showed up for support. This is the first met of the year where we put fewer than 50 runners in races. (We would still like to see more of the team make the meets.)
We were able to come away with 16 individual medals. Broncos picked up at least two medals in each race (and 4 in the GV !). And we finished 3rd in the BFS, the GV and the BV.
Just on a gender comparison note: The girls picked up 8 medals, and the boys picked up 8 medals. How’s that for balance?
There are several PR’s, but they are from 2 years ago. Last year this school underwent renovation and the course was significanly altered so the times don’t hld up.
Apologies for not having complete results. There was a bit of miscommunication and the stat crew (including coaches) didn’t pick up on all the necessarydata before leaving. It will be a few days before the full results are available on-line, so we’ll have to live with what we have for a while.
* = earned medal
Girls’ Frosh-Soph
• 5. Kelsey Bowman 17:17
• 16. Brittany Swystun 18:11
35. Desiree Choe 19:03
45. Dezarina Bernales 19:19
83. Tanya Arora 21:23
102. Catalina Hetherington 22:21
127. Joanne Mercado 27:48
did not run:
Montana Dewberry ill
Juliana Vaticano inj
Team Scores:
University 76
St. Ignatius 85
Mills 129
Mercy 134
Santa Clara 137
? 144
Westmoor 145
Northgate 149
Newark Memorial 290
Fremont 293
In our first race of the day, the young girls set the tone for the rest of the team by having some very aggressive performances. Kelsey immediate showed some fiesty determination and ran very tough to 5th place. Brittany also scampered along sprightly and grabbed her own medal. Desiree found the soft grass to her liking (with her sore shins) and was able to stride out well. Dezarina was right behind her. Tanya suffered mind-race, ground out the finish, and was limping badly at the end. Tough girl. Catalina put it in her mind to finish, and that she did. Joanne was uneven in her pace, but had a finish sprint.
The score was close, and we were only 20 points out of 3rd place.
*
Boys’ Frosh-Soph
• 10. Cole Fraser 14:27
• 15. Jake Egley 14:40
• 17. Andrew Locke 14:44
Dmitriy Petrovykh 15:26
Noah Rinehart 15:37
Jared Brickland 15:57
Ryan Nakastuka 16:27
Joaquin Barrios 17:01
Ross Khorsandi 17:34
James Harrington 18:22
Daniel O’Laughlin 19:29
did not run:
Michael Anderson family
Matthew Coyle ill
Zachary Machek family
Nathan Mills family
Ben Swanson hip
Team Scores
Westmoor 118
Homestead 123
Northgate 123
Sobrato 136
Sequoia 171
Serra 175
Wilcox 179
St. Ignatius 257
Mills 254
Fremont 300
Newark Memorial 368
Leland 387
We didn’t have a full 5 freshmen today to make a full team, so we combined them withthe sophomores to join forces in hopes of a better team showing. It seemed to work, as we tied for 2nd and lost on the tie-breaker (better 6th man).
Cole continues his impressive return to racing after a month of injury layoff. He unwisely tried to sprint the whole two laps on the track, and faded, but made it back to the top of the race in time. Jake took the other tactic, and went out too slowly but had enough race distance to move up. Andrew had the best race of his young career, with an aggressive start and some real toughness in the middle of the race. Well-deserved medals here.
Dmitriy found himself challenged by the upstart Noah throughout the race, and pulled away at the end for that little intrasquad win. Jred was not far behind at all. Ryan continues to show his improvement from the track season. Joaquin led the rest of our pack. Ross was ablet o maintain a consistent pace. James was perhaps a bit too conservative today. Daniel loped in later.
*
Noah charges hard at the top of the 2nd hill.
Girls’ Junior Varsity
• 8. Rachel Doolitlle 17:36
• 19. Kayla Scalise 18:13 PR :53
Mackenzie Roberts 19:18
Olivia Arnold 19:31 PR :53
Marianna Kneppers 19:49
did not run:
Leslie Bridges hip
Megan Machek knee
Jessica Alfonzo knee
Team Scores
Archbishop Mitty 39
Del Oro 104
Alameda 110
University 115
Castro Valley 151
Northgate 158
? 195
Mission (SF) 233
Aragon 239
? 397
The JV girls took a different tactic, and ran out conservatively and waited for the hills in order to make up ground. This worked well for us, since hills are our friends. The course was oblinging too, since the two major hills were in the first half of the race.. Rachel moved up well, and Kayla is on a major resurgence. Nice medals. Olivia led the rest of our little pack until the last little bit where Mackenzie surged past her. Marianna was called up from the GFS to fill in to make a full team, and trotted in well.
*
Kayla and Rachel are all smiles at the start. Perhapst hey had the pre-cognitive moment and could forsee that they both were going to earn medals.
Boys’ Junior Varsity
• 8. Ben Molad 14:30
• 15. Landon Blodgett 14:42
Aaron Sisneros 15:10
Mike Lin 15:38
Carter Russell 15:46
Chris Brancaccio 16:02
Chris Coyle 16:27
Leo Andrade 16:34
Andrew Kneppers 16:35 PR :35
Travis Cramer 16:36
Marco Vaticano 16:53
Michael Beal 16:59
Steven Lizzarago 17:26
Peter Mills 22:38
did not run:
Bryce Egley shins
Kimo Llacuna academics
Victor Wong inj
MIke Carroll ill
Matt Erickson inj
Team Scores
not available
The coaches are to blame for the missing scores, as we were busy getting the overall team scores we didn’t notice that we had skipped the BJV until the meet management had packed up all the results.
Aaron got a little too excited, and tried to win the race on the track. He suffered the rest of the race, but still mamaged to recover and be competitive the rest of the way. Ben moved up well and got into the top 10. Landon continues to improve each week, and grabbed his own medal here.
MIke Lin and Carter (Carter?) were not far behind Aaron to give us a nice Bronco cluster. Chris B. was a bit faster than Chris C. today, and behind him came a Northgate onslaught of Leo, Andrew, Travis, Marco and MIke B. all in a bunch. Steven was not far behind, and Peter once again gave it his all.
Coaching estimates are that this squad finished in the top 5.
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An impressive cluster of Broncos: Andrew, Leo, Mike Beal and Marco weave their way through traffic.
Varsity Girls
• 11. Ami Boucher 15:25
• 12. Caitlyn Muindrane 15:26
• 25. Meredith Peterson 16:09
• 31 Peyton Cherry 16:24
51. Alex Mora 16:58
Team Scores:
University (SF) 101
St. Ignatius 105
Northgate 130
Del Oro 149
Castro Valley 158
Alameda 212
Homestead 214
Mills 283
Wilcox 302
Westmoor 310
Berkeley 324
Lowell 328
Washington (SF) 349
Newark Memorial 399
Fremont (Sunnyvale) 430
Newark Memorial 431
San Mateo 481
Lick Wilmerding 505
Jefferson 620
Mercy (Burlingame) 669
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Peyton has that “take no prisoners” look as she heads into the finish sprint.
This was one of our feature races, as we have had major improvements in the varsity ranks this year and we wanted to see how they girls would do in a longer race (2.4 miles compared to the 2.0 we had been running). Well, we did just fine.
Ami and Caitlyn have become quite the tandem, and they established themselves well early on and held it for the entire race. Meredith put herself closer to the front than before. Peyton was strong too, and Alex closed the scoring for us and was in the top 1/3 of the race.
The 1-5 time gap still remains at about 90 seconds, which is good. What would be better is if that gap were 60 seconds. To be honest, at the Ed Sias Invite, or gap between our #2 and #3 was 90 seconds right there. We have improved remarkably since then, but now we have a new time goal.
The top finish in a large field is good, and University and St. Ignatius are proven programs.
And we got 4 medals out of this race -- very cool.
Varsity Boys
• 3. Danny Stalters 12:27 PR 1:42
•15. Mike Valeriani 13:13
• 20. Ian Frazier 13:18 PR 1:43
38. Joel Sumner 13:38
40. James Sheehy 13:43
61. Connor Stephens 14:06 PR :42
62. Adi Ramesh Rao 14:06
Team Scores:
Homestead 96
Jesuit 103
Northgate 113
Alameda 131
Bellarmine 190
Lowell 196
University 221
Berkeley 231
Del Oro 233
Wilcox 240
St. Ignatius 267
Castro Valley 363
Sequoiah 367
Westmoor 428
Tennyson 444
MIssion (SF) 459
Newark Memorial 482
Kings Academy 550
Mt. Eden 559
Gunderson 586
Fremont (Sunnyvale) 591
Mills 626
Jefferson 660
Lick Wilmerding 672
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Joel and Ian work their way towards teh front of the race early on.
This was quite the impressive race, as it looked like Danny was going to win it all in the first mile. However, there are lots of good runners out there. The University boy looked like he was about to win it all when he mis-read the finish cones and the Wilcox runner snatched the win. Danny was 3rd, but only by 3 seconds.
Mike is a steady customer, and glided to a top finish. Joel and Ian started a ways back, but were charging through the pack well. Ian surged up to medal position, and Joel held steady a bit back. James is learning to overcome his tentativeness at the start, and was reeling people in the secondhalf of the race and nearly caught Joel. Connor was stronger at the end as well. Adi finally figured out that he had a lot left, and nearly beat Connor at the finish.
Notes:
1. Well, workouts work. We had our hardest set of workouts of the season, and the kids aborbed those and still came out strong at the races.
2. Hills are our friends. The Broncos used the hill dramatically to improve race positions and move up through the pack. Perhaps most impressive was watching Rachel go from about 20th to 8th on the 2nd hill on the grass. None of our runners were intimidated by any of these slopes.
3. Yes, working hard in hot weather pays off. As chilly and foggy and damp as it was during the races, perhaps no team appreciated that more than the Broncos who had been sweltering in 90+ degree workouts (98 on Wednesday) all week. Our cool weather performance is all the more faster since we have conditioned our bodies to operate in adverse conditions of temperature, and we can throw off heat better for it.
4. Our team presence at invitationals continues to be strong. Even with injuries, illnesses, and a smattering of family concerns, the Broncos do show up in force at invitationals.
5. We have our Beach Party coming up this weekend at the ever-popular Artichoke Invitational. This is continues to be a high spot on the Bronco running calendar, and we planning is in full swing for this one.
And just how do you stack up? Here are the team comparisons after this meet::
Danny Stalters 12:27
Mike Valeriani 13:13
Ian Frazier 13:18
Joel Sumner 13:38
James Sheehy 13:43
Connor Stephens 14:06
Adi Ramesh Rao 14:06
Cole Fraser 14:27
Ben Molad 14:30
Jake Egley 14:40
Landon Blodgett 14:42
Andrew Locke 14:44
Aaron Sisneros 15:10
Ami Boucher 15:25
Dmitriy Petrovykh 15:26
Caitlyn Muindrane 15:26
Noah Rinehart 15:37
Mike Lin 15:38
Carter Russell 15:46
Jared Brickland 15:57
Chris Brancaccio 16:02
Meredith Peterson 16:09
Peyton Cherry 16:24
Ryan Nakastuka 16:27
Chris Coyle 16:27
Leo Andrade 16:34
Andrew Kneppers 16:35
Travis Cramer 16:36
Marco Vaticano 16:53
Alex Mora 16:58
Michael Beal 16:59
Joaquin Barrios 17:01
Kelsey Bowman 17:17
Steven Lizzarago 17:26
Ross Khorsandi 17:34
Rachel Doolitlle 17:36
Brittany Swystun 18:11
Kayla Scalise 18:13
James Harrington 18:22
Desiree Choe 19:03
Mackenzie Roberts 19:18
Dezarina Bernales 19:19
Daniel O’Laughlin 19:29
Olivia Arnold 19:31
Marianna Kneppers 19:49
Tanya Arora 21:23
Catalina Hetherington 22:21
Peter Mills 22:38
Joanne Mercado 27:48
WEEK 7 !
Var girls stride out, well, in stride.
Caution Tape Run A Blast;
Broncos Take to the Hills Tied at the Waist
The Broncos turned yet another hot distance day into a frolic of caution tape and pack running with a crime scene flair to it. Tied together at the waist, the runners set off on the trails and hills bound together. After an hour of trails and adventure, the troops returned with stories and tales of travail and triumph.
Busy Week: Wednesday
De-Cluttering Outside of the Sheds
The three containers which house the equipment for track, cross country, soccer, lacrosse and football are going to be painted on Thursday. This means we get to move all the movable stuff on the outside, and stash it under the bleachers. What fun and joy await us.
Busy Week: Wednesday
More Baton Relays
We haven’t done these in a while, so we are going to to 800 relays -- with batons and teams and times and everything. Should be fun.
Busy Week: Wednesday
Ice Baths -- Yes ! ! !
These are some of the most sought-after activities of the season, as our athletes are discovering that a soak in the ice is a delicious way to alleviate soreness and reinvigorate tired legs.
Busy Week: Thursday
MDUSD 5K Leafletting
We have been assigned to blanket the Crossings neighborhood with flyers for the benefit 5K. This is a good thing, and goes a long way towards being a helpful part of the solution to the District’s sports financing woes.
Our captains have determined that Thursday after school is a good time to do this. Contact team captains Leslie and Olivia for the details.
Busy Week: Thursday
Water Workouts -- Splish Splash
Our pool workouts continue, and with the current warm trend are a welcome relief from the norm. Coach Mike has been cooking up some new ideas for relays, so stay tuned for that. We are also going to be continuing the breath-holding contest.
Busy Week: Friday
Team Pictures
We have team pictures scheduled for Friday at 4:00 p.m. The team captains will decide the team attire. The payment envelopes have been handed out, and Coach Brewer has extras.
Busy Week: Friday
Clean Up Day
Our day of cleanup is Friday, after the pictures. We will be busy from about 4:30 to about 6:00. There is no football game to avoid, so we are going to swab the track down as our job. Plus, a little litter abatement and weedicide is on the agenda as well.
Essentially this means we are going to put on the nice latex gloves and pick up every piece of litter in the stadium. Then we are going to rake weeds off of the hillsides in the interests of neatness and grass fire reduction. Finally, we are going to hose down the track and sweep the sludge to the drains.
Busy Week: Saturday
ARTICHOKE ! ! !
The long-awaited social event is now here. Check out all the necessary information listed.
Here are the race assignments and race times. Find out where you are. Direct your questions to Coach Brewer.
We are combined the B Frosh into the BFS race again this week. We are also combining the GFS and GJV races to maximize our impact.
SAT test takers let Brewer know you are testing. Take the test, then hot foot it over to Half Moon Bay and make your race.
Boys’ Frosh-Soph 1:55 p.m.
Michael Anderson m 9 BFS
Jared Bricklin m 9 BFS
Matthew Coyle m 9 BFS
Jake Egley m 9 BFS
Zachary Machek m 9 BFS
Daniel O'Laughlin m 9 BFS
Noah Rinehart m 9 BFS
Nathan Mills m 9 BFS
Joaquin Barrios m 10 BFS
Cole Fraser m 10 BFS
James Harrington m 10 BFS
Ross Khorsandi m 10 BFS
Andrew Locke m 10 BFS
Ryan Nakatsuka m 10 BFS
Dmitriy Petrovykh m 10 BFS
Adi Ramesh Rao m 10 BFS
Ben Swanson m 10 BFS
Girls’ Varsity 2:20
Meredith Peterson f 9 GV
Peyton Cherry f 10 GV
Alex Mora f 10 GV
Caitlyn Mundrane f 10 GV
Ami Boucher f 11 GV
Boys’ Varsity 2:50
James Sheehy m 11 BV
Dan Stalters m 11 BV
Ian Frazier m 11 BV
Connor Stephens m 12 BV
Joel Sumner m 12 BV
Mike Valeriani m 12 BV
Boys’ JV 3:15
Leo Andrade m 11 BJV
Michael Beal m 11 BJV
Landon Blodgett m 11 BJV
Chris Brancaccio m 11 BJV
Travis Cramer m 11 BJV
Bryce Egley m 11 BJV
Steven Lizzarago m 11 BJV
Kimo Llacuna m 11 BJV
Peter Mills m 11 BJV
Aaron Sisneros m 11 BJV
Victor Wong m 11 BJV
Mike Carroll m 12 BJV
Chris Coyle m 12 BJV
Matt Erickson m 12 BJV
Ian Frazier m 12 BJV
Andrew Kneppers m 12 BJV
MIke Lin m 12 BJV
Ben Molad m 12 BJV
Carter Russell m 12 BJV
Marco Vaticano m 12 BJV
Girls’ Junior Varsity 3:40
Montana Dewberry f 9 GJV
Catalina Heatherington f 9 GJV
Brittany Swystun f 9 GJV
Juliana Vaticano f 9 GJV
Tanya Arora f 10 GJV
Dezarina Bernales f 10 GJV
Kelsey Bowman f 10 GJV
Desireé Choe f 10 GJV
Marianna Kneppers f 10 GJV
Joanne Mercado f 10 GJV
Leslie Bridges f 11 GJV
Megan Machek f 11 GJV
Mackenzie Roberts f 11 GJV
Kayla Scalise f 11 GJV
Jessica Alfonzo f 12 GJV
Olivia Arnold f 12 GJV
Rachel Doolittle f 12 GJV
Artichoke PR’s
Olivia Arnold 19:38 10/2/10
Olivia Arnold 20:04 10/3/09
Olivia Arnold 20:35 10/4/08
Joaquin Barrios 18:04 10/2/10
Ami Boucher 15:07 10/2/10
Kelsey Bowman 18:07 10/2/10
Leslie Bridges 19:25 10/3/09
Leslie Bridges 19:38 10/2/10
Mike Carroll 16:22 10/2/10
Mike Carroll 17:02 10/3/09
Peyton Cherry 16:41 10/2/10
Chris Coyle 15:38 10/3/09
Chris Coyle 16:28 10/2/10
Travis Cramer 15:43 10/3/09
Travis Cramer 15:46 10/2/10
Rachel Doolittle 17:40 10/2/10
Matt Erickson 16:34 10/3/09
Cole Fraser 14:36 10/2/10
Ian Frazier 13:40 10/2/10
Ian Frazier 14:32 10/4/08
Yamila Hermes 18:37 10/2/10
Andrew Kneppers 16:26 10/2/10
Andrew Kneppers 16:27 10/3/09
Andrew Kneppers 16:47 10/4/08
Andrew Locke 14:39 10/2/10
Caitlyn Mundrane 15:55 10/2/10
Dmitriy Petrovykh 15:53 10/2/10
Kayla Scalise 18:05 10/2/10
Kayla Scalise 18:07 10/3/09
James Sheehy 14:21 10/2/10
Aaron Sisneros 15:37 10/2/10
Danny Stalters 12:27 10/2/10
Danny Stalters 13:36 10/3/09
Connor Stephens 14:00 10/2/10
Connor Stephens 14:59 10/3/09
Joel Sumner 14:02 10/2/10
Mike Valeriani 13:20 10/2/10
Marco Vaticano 16:08 10/3/09
Marco Vaticano 16:18 10/2/10
Marco Vaticano 16:29 10/4/08
Victor Wong 18:46 10/2/10
Notes:
1. Being in the late races is an advantage, since we get to sleep in a bit. However, the traffic is really bad along the one road into Half Moon Bay, so we need to leave a little early to get there without missing the first races. Our gathering time is 8:30; we’ll leave at 9:00. This will give us the 2 hour window in case the crossing guard on the road only lets one car through at a time like previous years, or there is a car accident like last year.
2. The race assignments are tentative, and subject to revision on race day. This means you can’t rely on exactly when you might be racing, and need to be on call for a different race.
3. The beach party is always a big part of the season. Nancy Frazier has worked to handle the logistics of making the food assignments, arranging for barbecues, getting the beverages lined up, et cetera.
4. Be sure to warm dry clothes for after you get out of the surf. Cold is cold, and wet cold is very cold indeed.
5. If you somehow are trapped in another morning obligation, you can still scurry to Half Moon Bay HS later. You’ll still be able to make the JV race at the very least. and definitely the party.
6. Based on last week’s Ram Invitational, this meet should go quicker because it is divided into large and small school divisions. Also, the Artichoke meet management uses an efficient computer system and the races run right on time and therefore are scheduled closer together.
7. Even though this is considered a bigger meet than most, they are still very skimpy on awards. Run hard.
8. We’ll be heading down to the beach starting after the varsity races, so the barbecues are going and the place is set up. We’ll need a few vehicles to hold back to get the JV’s to the beach after their races.
9. Last year the schedule changed slightly, so be alert to unexpected time changes again this year.
Directions:
To the meet -- Head across the San Mateo Bridge and follow the signs to stay on Hwy 92 to Half Moon Bay. Traffic will thicken up because of the Pumpkin Festival crowd, so we do have to leave early. Turn right on Main St, then right again at Lewis Foster Drive. Half Moon Bay HS is at the end of the road. We will set up camp on the lawn across from the press booth.
To the beach -- head out to Hwy 1 and go north. Just a mile or two along Roosevelt Beach will show up on the left. Turn in and follow the road to the parking lot. The footpaths will take you to the beach proper.
Mt. SAC Coming Up
We only have three weeks before we embark on this annual epic journey to the heart of the Southland to do noble battle against the hordes. This convocation of Bronco runners will once again fly into the teeth of the best the South has to offer, and prevail or not, we will endeavor to the utmost always.
Bloated rhetoric aside, this is the annual pilgrimage to the biggest and best high school invitational in the country. Historically we have done well here against bigger schools, and we look to do it again this year.
The logistics for the trip take time to arrange, which is why we need to get our commitments in early. What we need early on is a “nose count” of the kids who are going to make the trip. This allows us to figure out the rooming arrangements and restaurant options. This meet is open to all who want to go, and has a minimal cost of $150 per runner cover the entry fees, the charter bus, the luxury suites, the team dinner, and the team lunch the next day.
Need confirmations
So, we need confirmations early on who can make this trip so we can make clearer final logistical arrangements. Coach Brewer will be gathering those commitments soon. We have chartered a bus with 54 seats, so there is plenty of room. And if we need more room, we’ll solicit a family to drive alongside the bus with the overflow athletes.
Promo attached
The essential information and the permission forms are attached separately. It is a simple disclaimer for the parents. For the athletes, it is the field trip pass to gather teacher signatures.
Brewer sez:
Editorial: Toughness
These are the rough days of the season. The workouts are scheduled to become even more aggressive, and the fatigue and soreness seem to linger a bit longer than the did before. Even the “fun” days, such as today’s caution tape run, was still a 45-60 minute continuous run through the hills.
The rough part is that this is no secret. Runners know that the workouts are going to be hard. And soon they will be harder. Getting to the track before the workout even starts is often an exercise in determination.
And this is the real definition of toughness -- not so much enduring the physical discomfort of a difficult workout, but being willing to do the workout in the first place. And by continuing to show up to do these workouts is a display of quiet fortitude that is the sign of true toughness.
Respect = Fear
This formula may sound confrontational, and perhaps even contradictory, but it is nevertheless true. Those things that we are afraid of for ourselves are precisely the things that force us to admire those who can do them. Distance running and racing are just such an activity.
Perhaps as a runner you have heard from athletes of other sports denigrating remarks about cross country and running in general. Perhaps you have heard other athletes talk about how difficult their own activity is compared to “just running.” And perhaps you have had to endure remarks along the idea that there is no point in “just running.”
These are all comments based on fear by people who are afraid of running because they do not have the toughness you do to willing put yourself through the pain of self-inflicted discomfort. No matter how rough and physical a football player may be, he is not as tough as a single runner if he is afraid to do it himself.
So when you hear these types of remarks, or people try to make running seem pointless or insignificant, just take it as a sign of respect of your toughness from people who are too afraid to do it themselves.
And next week:
College Park: Is This The Season To Pass The Mantle?
We start the DVAL season next Wednesday, and it will be a doozy. College Park, the local leviathan of running excellent, is our first opponent and we are poised to be able to beat them for the first time in 18 years in the boys’ varsity.
If this is to come to pass, it will mark a watershed moment in Bronco distance running. And if the girls’ varsity can put a scare into the College Park girls, we are then doubly blessed as a squad this year.
But let’s get by this week first.
Questions?
Queries?
Querulousnesses ?
Call Coach Brewer anytime:
cell: 510-919-4769
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WEEK 6!
We are now finishing up Week 6 of the season, and it has certainly come upon us quickly. The weather has gotten very warm (90 degrees plus all week) and the workout schedule called for some intense sessions. We are a weary group right now.
Saturday, September 24 -- Ram Invitational
We are off to the Ram Invitational at Westmoor High School in Daly City, which features teams from San Francisco and down the Peninsula. There will be some excellent competition to test our Bronco mettle against.
Friday, September 30 -- Picture Day and Cleanup Day
A double treat awaits us as we get to pose prettily for the photo, and then scrub the track down as our part of Cleanup Day.
Saturday, October 1 -- Artichoke Invitational and Beach Party
Some of us have been salivating all year for this weekend of running and beach frolicking. The planning is in full swing, and the team is ready.
