Bacus wins the Male 20-29 10k at the HATM

David is always at the front of any race and that was case at the Howlin' too. He was third overall in the 10k. In 7th was Ewing who is the Californian high school sports beat reporter who does an excellent job covering cross country and track.

Class: M 10k 20-29 - 10k Male 20-29 10k
1 481 BACUS, David 24 34:52.4 0
2 394 ARZOLA, Ismael 20 36:58.0 +2:05.6
3 399 HURT, Brian 25 42:24.3 +7:31.9
4 398 RAMIREZ, Michael 28 43:17.7 +8:25.3
5 477 LOUIE, Kevin 23 46:10.0 +11:17.6
6 400 MCQUIRE, Kyle 24 47:59.2 +13:06.8
7 386 EWING, Zack 24 48:34.9 +13:42.5
8 491 PLOTNER, Dallas 27 49:53.6 +15:01.2
9 450 TOMONO, Kiyoshi 29 52:15.3 +17:22.9
10 469 VALENCIA, Jesse 25 55:22.0 +20:29.6
11 457 JEFFERY, Derek 29 55:46.6 +20:54.2
12 389 MARTIN, Matt 29 57:00.7 +22:08.3
13 388 CORREA, Angel 25 58:16.3 +23:23.9
14 390 MATTHEW, Charles 27 59:41.4 +24:49.0
15 486 THORNTON, Sean 22 1:02:23.9 +27:31.5
16 440 RAMIREZ, Jose 24 1:05:03.8 +30:11.4
17 496 PRATT, Jared 21 1:08:52.4 +34:00.0
18 495 LOPEZ, Benjamin 23 1:11:35.5 +36:43.1
19 411 MOORE, Chris 28 1:12:36.5 +37:44.1
20 404 TRIPP, Terry 28 1:12:37.8 +37:45.4
21 381 AMES, Matt 25 1:14:49.3 +39:56.9
22 471 BYERS, Jeremy 28 1:18:37.7 +43:45.3
23 387 VELAZQUEZ, Eli 29 1:24:06.2 +49:13.8

Cesar wins the Male 15-19 10k at the HATM

Mireles (Golden Valley / BC) easily won this race by over 4 minutes over the 2009 state 3200 champ Chris Schwartz (Foothill / Cal Poly SLO). The athlete who was hit by a car was in this age group.

Class: M 10k 15-19 - 10k Male 15-19 10k
1 392 MIRELES, Cesar 19 34:10.7 0
2 442 SCHWARTZ, Christopher 19 38:35.4 +4:24.7
3 433 SCLAFANI, Dustin 15 44:02.0 +9:51.3
4 417 LOCKWOOD, Bryson 16 47:28.4 +13:17.7
5 441 BEARD, Thomas 17 48:35.7 +14:25.0
6 443 RAMIREZ, Joel 15 1:18:33.9 +44:23.2

Boyles wins by over 6 minutes in the Female 40-49 5k at the HATM

Right on the heels of a girl who is half her age for the overall win is nothing new for Pam. Of course, often she is the one being chased by the younger women and a lot of men too. Pam has been dominating whatever age group she is in for decades and I am sure she will in the future. She is a member of the Donut Shop Crew too and her husband is the CSUB cross country and track coach.

In 10th place, was Danette Baker who PRed in 32:02 and is the mom of third place overall Robby, who is a standout runner for Ridgeview. Her son's participation in our sport got her running.

Class: F 5k 40-49 - 5k Female 40-49 5k
1 258 BOYLES, Pam 44 20:52.8 0
2 188 TEMPERINI, Maria 48 27:05.6 +6:12.8
3 490 GREESON, Lynda 46 28:00.9 +7:08.1
4 57 WILSON, Christine 45 28:50.3 +7:57.5
5 162 BUTLER, Kam 40 29:07.1 +8:14.3
6 76 DURBIN, Cindy 46 29:43.9 +8:51.1
7 7 REED, Melanie 41 30:17.1 +9:24.3
8 93 RAMIREZ, Lorraine 48 31:34.7 +10:41.9
9 159 MANZANO, Lisa 42 31:35.3 +10:42.5
10 148 BAKER, Danette 41 32:02.2 +11:09.4
11 58 MARTIN, Laura 49 32:08.8 +11:16.0
12 320 FRAUSTO, Elisa 44 32:28.7 +11:35.9
13 276 SERDA, Yolanda 48 33:24.3 +12:31.5
14 267 RAMOS, Cece 40 35:50.4 +14:57.6
15 137 ROSALES, Maria 42 36:18.4 +15:25.6
16 168 MONTANIO, Julieta 40 37:07.4 +16:14.6
17 237 HALL, Danette 43 37:15.5 +16:22.7
18 60 FLEMING, Robin 45 37:35.5 +16:42.7
19 172 SCHILLER, Dorenda 44 37:36.5 +16:43.7
20 171 MARCUS, Mary 40 37:49.1 +16:56.3
21 89 MORALES, Laura 46 37:58.7 +17:05.9
22 322 KELLEY, Kim 42 39:16.9 +18:24.1
23 212 TURPIN, Dawn 44 39:25.5 +18:32.7
24 96 WAHL, Cheryl 49 39:45.5 +18:52.7
25 152 WITTMAN, Cheryl 44 40:12.0 +19:19.2
26 223 GALLAND, Julie 42 41:00.1 +20:07.3
27 193 WILSON, Diana 49 41:34.3 +20:41.5
28 102 PARNELL, Gwen 40 41:34.8 +20:42.0
29 101 COON, Saundra 44 42:12.9 +21:20.1
30 15 WALTERS, Beth 49 45:00.3 +24:07.5
31 108 LABARRON, Mercy 46 46:08.6 +25:15.8
32 17 BARLOW, Joni 49 48:05.4 +27:12.6
33 21 BERRY, Nadine 40 49:07.1 +28:14.3
34 215 CUSHNYR, Teresa 44 53:19.0 +32:26.2
35 209 IMHOF, Petra 49 1:08:33.7 +47:40.9

Lina Nunez wins the Female 20-29 5k at HATM

Lina also did the Pier / Howlin' double. She medal at the Rock to Pier in the morning and won her age group in the evening. Her CSUB teammate Connie, came in second out of 36 ladies in this age group.

Class: F 5k 20-29 - 5k Female 20-29 5k
1 116 NUNEZ, Lina 21 20:45.0 0
2 301 KING, Connie 21 22:30.0 +1:45.0
3 73 GUTIERREZ, Azucena 24 24:05.3 +3:20.3
4 178 CONDIE, Vanessa 21 25:00.8 +4:15.8
5 74 BACUS, Cassandra 21 27:23.3 +6:38.3
6 80 STILLWELL, Jennifer 22 27:29.8 +6:44.8
7 150 ELLEBRACHT, Meghan 21 28:05.8 +7:20.8
8 79 QUIROZ, Vanessa 25 28:29.8 +7:44.8
9 113 LEWIS, Sarah 29 30:00.6 +9:15.6
10 316 EWING, Ellen 27 30:38.3 +9:53.3
11 87 GONZALEZ, Erica 27 30:52.5 +10:07.5
12 47 BEARD, Michaela 23 31:50.1 +11:05.1
13 247 BURGESS, Rebecca 25 31:51.3 +11:06.3
14 25 GREESON, Jayme 24 32:09.6 +11:24.6
15 297 GUTIERREZ, Karina 24 33:26.8 +12:41.8
16 298 GONZALEZ, Melissa 25 33:48.3 +13:03.3
17 11 OCHOA, Rosi 26 34:34.8 +13:49.8
18 22 TRUJILLO, Katia 22 35:18.5 +14:33.5
19 225 SCHAEFER, Kimberly 28 35:40.9 +14:55.9
20 28 PLOTNER, Kate 28 36:38.1 +15:53.1
21 323 PARKER, Amy 28 39:33.4 +18:48.4
22 303 COLAHAN SEDERSTROM, 29 39:49.7 +19:04.7
23 192 COX, Courtney 20 40:01.3 +19:16.3
24 23 MIL, Stephanie 26 40:25.0 +19:40.0
25 271 BONNER, Shannon 29 40:32.1 +19:47.1
26 124 HERNANDEZ, Nicolyn 29 40:35.7 +19:50.7
27 273 GAMON, Monica 29 41:39.0 +20:54.0
28 125 LEAK, Erin 26 41:46.0 +21:01.0
29 190 WILSON, Michelle 27 42:15.6 +21:30.6
30 196 SHARETTE, Barbara 25 42:19.8 +21:34.8
31 283 MORALES, Brittany 20 42:34.0 +21:49.0
32 202 BARRON, Mariss 29 43:24.2 +22:39.2
33 241 KROEKER, Dana 28 45:08.8 +24:23.8
34 262 BOLANOS, Danielle 27 45:36.1 +24:51.1
35 251 HALDZE, Kira 21 46:48.9 +26:03.9
36 105 WILSON, Krystina 24 1:01:58.9 +41:13.9

It's a Family Affair

It's a family affair
It's a family affair

Besides all the families running like the Bakers (Two clans of Bakers, see Robby in photo), Lermas, Wykoffs and many others. Their is another large family out there. The family of high school and college runners is large and growing at the BTC summer series.

Year after year the family grows and becomes closer too. Athletes from rival schools get to hang out and trade training lows and highs. Having a large friendly and positive running scene is good for everyone. Sure there is some serious competition but it is all done in good fun.

Plus just knowing their others out there with your passion for our sport is such a good feeling. It makes going out and putting in the work that is needed that much easier. Their is a kinship that only distance runners can understand because they have been there and done that.

I think this scene is starting to show results too. At the Rock to Pier, Bakersfield had 4 athletes in the top ten and of course the winner was Taft's own Billy Nelson (2008 Olympian in the steeplechase) so that makes five from Kern County.