Another Three in the Top Five

The valley record for the 3200 meter run is: 8:49.4 peter romero,reedley '67 and the valley meet record is: 9:02.71a kyle alcorn,buchanan-clo '02

2008 valley meet results: 1-+C.Schwartz,ft h 9:24.19a 2-+J.sanchez,buc 9:24.99a 3-j.ross,CE 9:26.13a 4-+d vartanian,clo 9:26.42 5-d.sanchez,farm 9:30.43a 6-+++J.vilhauer,redw 9:31.42a

Going into the meet, everyone was expecting big things from Vilhauer especially since he threw down 9:02 at Arcadia and was skipping the 1600 to focus on the 3200. Some were even predicting a sub nine performance. But with the first lap clocking in 69, the hoped for fast race was not in the cards.

By the 800 (2:19), Schwartz had taken a slight lead and Vilhauer moved to counter Schwartz's move. At the 1200 (3:29) the duo had broken away from the chase pack that was paced by the Buchanan athletes. By the 1600, the top four finishers had established their lead over the rest of the field.

As the race progressed, Schwartz maintained his lead but Vilhauer was slowly being reeled in by Sanchez and Reedy. With a lap to go the Bears had caught Justin and were moving fast and ended up putting five seconds on the Redwood sophomore. In the end, Buchanan placed 2nd, 3rd and 5th in the 3200. Super frosh CJ Albertson (Buchanan) ran 9:33 for the Bears and barely beat Robby Baker (Ridgeview Jr.) who PRed in the last race of his season.

At state in 2008, Scwartz came in second in a time of 8:58 and Sanchez came in 9th in a time of 9:10

Men 3200 Meter Run

#	Name	Year	School	Finals
1	Schwartz, Chris		Foothill	9:20.22
2	Sanchez, Jonathan		Buchanan	9:22.21
3	Reedy, Heath		Buchanan	9:22.28
4	Vilhauer, Justin	10	Redwood	9:27.43
5	Albertson, C.		J. Buchanan	9:33.58
6	Baker, Bobby		Ridgeview	9:33.65
7	Freeman, Jason		Clovis East	9:38.80
8	Sanchez, Johnny		Roosevelt	9:49.95
9	Lorenzo, Isaiah		Madera South	9:50.05
10	Rodriguez, Antonio		Washingon Union	9:52.98
11	Cisneros, Alfonso		Mcfarland	9:53.32
12	Levy, Kellen		Clovis West	9:57.49
13	Chavez, Jesus	12	Golden West	9:57.57
14	Guerrero, Daniel	11	Redwood	10:08.15
15	Villaplando, Jesus		Shafter	10:08.39
16	Ariey, Andrew		Bakersfield	10:08.50
17	Kelly, Curtis		Stockdale	10:14.44
18	Uranga, Xavier	11	Redwood	10:29.75

Three in the Top Five

Schwartz defended his title and Buchanan started it's team title run with fourteen points in the 1600.

The valley 1600 meter record is: 4:06.4 peter romero,reedley '67 and the valley Meet record is: 4:12.51a gary gonzales,clovis '81

2008 valley meet results 1-+C.Schwartz,FtH 4:15.80a 2-+j sanchez,buc 4:17.48a 3-e battles,CW 4:20.34a 4-j arellaro,mad 4:21.56a 5-+d vartanian,buc 4:21.84a 6-++h reedy,buc 4:23.28a

Sanchez and Schwartz went through the first lap in 62 but the pace slowed and they came through the 800 in around 2:10 with Reedy and Lewis of Highland in tow. By the 1200, Schwartz and Sanchez separated themselves from Lewis.

Down the homestretch, Lewis faded to 7th and it looked like Buchanan would go 2nd, 3rd and 4th but Tesfai managed to out kick both Bears for the final state berth. None of this year's qualifiers ran at state in the 1600 in 2008.

Men 1600 Meter Run

#	Name	Year	School	Finals
1	Schwartz, Chris		Foothill	4:14.37
2	Sanchez, Jonathan		Buchanan	4:14.71
3	Tesfai, Germay		Hoover	4:21.36
4	Reedy, Heath		Buchanan	4:21.44
5	Albertson, C.		J. Buchanan	4:22.98
6	Rodriguez, Roberto		Tulare Western	4:25.90
7	Lewis, Colin		Highland	4:27.84
8	Castanon, Taylor		Miss. Coll. Prep	4:28.65
9	Rodriguez, Antonio		Washingon Union	4:28.87
10	Pace, Joseph		Clovis West	4:30.64
11	Cruz, Noe		Clovis East	4:33.08
12	Morris, Matt	11	Golden West	4:34.59
13	Martinez, Max		Buchanan	4:35.27
14	Garcia, Alex		Ridgeview	4:40.29
15	Nava, Francisco		Mcfarland	4:45.16
16	Solis, Brian		Ridgeview	4:50.75

Saturday Night is Alright for ...

The Boys 3200 will be at 8pm on Saturday night. Prime time! The battle for first should be between the usual suspects: Schwartz, Sanchez and Vilhauer from the 1600 and Sanchez's teammate Reedy should be right there for those three qualifying spots for state. The At-Large Standard for the 3200 is 9:12:57 so the Central section could send four athletes to the state meet

The Buchanan athletes will have added incentive to do well because their team is favored to win the team valley title and valley and state are on their home track.

Event 18 Men 3200 Meter Run
Saturday 5/23/2009 - 8:00 PM
Lane Name Yr School Seed Time

Section 1 of 1 Finals
1 Schwartz, Chris Foothill 9:35.06 ______
2 Sanchez, Jonathan Buchanan 9:37.78 ______
3 Vilhauer, Justin 10 Redwood 9:39.51 ______
4 Reedy, Heath Buchanan 9:42.74 ______
5 Lorenzo, Isaiah Madera South 9:43.20 ______
6 Sanchez, Johnny Roosevelt 9:43.47 ______
7 Baker, Robby Ridgeview 9:46.25 ______
8 Freeman, Jason Clovis East 9:46.89 ______
9 Ariey, Andrew Bakersfield 9:47.59 ______
10 Villaplando, Jesus Shafter 9:50.87 ______
11 Albertson, C. J. Buchanan 9:51.97 ______
12 Chavez, Jesus 12 Golden West 9:54.37 ______
13 Rodriguez, Antonio Washingon Unio 9:54.60 ______
14 Levy, Kellen Clovis West 9:55.24 ______
15 Kelly, Curtis Stockdale 9:55.58 ______
16 Cisneros, Alfonso McFarland 9:59.03 ______
17 Uranga, Xavier 11 Redwood 10:03.60 ______
18 Guerrero, Daniel 11 Redwood 10:12.71 ______

Alternates
1 Garcia, Alex Ridgeview 9:58.59
2 Perez, Jose Parlier 10:08.63
3 Baranard, Kevin Buchanan 10:08.85

top marks '09
c-1 9:02.71a ++justin vilhauer,redwood-vis 4-11 arcadia
n-1 9:04.30a jonathan sanchez,buchanan-clo 4-11 arcadia
s-1 9:12.57a chris schwartz,foothill-bk    4-17 mt sac
n-2 9:15.12a heath reedy,buchanan-cl       4-4  WCR
9:27.99a ss taylor castanon,mission college 4-10 arcadia
n-4 9:23.27a +johnny sanchez,roosevelt-fr     4-10 arcadia
9:35.37a adam delton,buchanan-clo        3-28 CV classic
9:35.64a ++mizreal mendez,mt whitney-vis 3-27 exe monarch
9:37.87a danny vartanian,buchanan-clo    3-7  SSC
n-5 9:40.36a jason freeman,clo east        4-24 SMC
9:42.40a cole younger,mt whitney-vis     4-17 lemoore
  9:43.11a robby baker,ridgeview-bk        4-4  WCR
n-3 9:43.20a isaiah lorenzo,madera south   5-13 no area
n-6 9:46.42a ++cj albertson,buchanan-cl    5-7  trac
s-3 9:47.59a andrew ariey,bakersfield      5-13 so area
9:48.8   +germay tesfai,hoover-fr        3-13 1st c
9:49.02a ++kevin barnard,buchanan-clo    5-1  reedley
9:50.24a alex garcia,ridgeview-bk        4-4  WCR
ss-1 9:50.87a ++jesus villalpando,shafter  5-13 seq-sie
c-2 9:50.89a jesus chavez,golden west-vis  5-8  wyl
9:51.09a ++josh webb,clovis              3-28 azusa m of champ
ss-3 9:53.0 alfonso cisneros,mcfarland     4-29 WsiL
ss-2 9:54.60a antonio rodriquez,wash u-easton 5-13 seq-sie
n-7 9:55.24a kellen levy,clo west         5-13 no area
s-4 9:55.58a +++curtis kelly,stockdale-bk 5-13 so area

The G.O.A.T.?

He was a Division I state cross-country champion his junior year and Schwartz defended his Central Section title as a senior and finished seventh in the state. Then took first at the Foot Locker Western Regional and eighth at the Foot Locker national race.

In track, he placed second in the state in the 3200 as a junior behind German Fernandez who broke the national record in the event.

Since his sophomore year he has won just about every 1600 and 3200 that he has entered. He even wins the 800 often and then finishes off most meets by anchoring the 4 x 400 where he is usually far behind and gets to work on his last lap speed.

Below is how he stacks up against the best Bakersfield runners of All-Time:

1. 4:13.0 Tom Elieff Highland-Bakersfield ‘74
2. 4:14.3 Eddie Granillo East-Bakersfield ‘70
3. 4:14.72a Chris Schwartz Foothill-Bakersfield ‘09
4. 4:15.6 Robert Johnson Bakersfield ‘80
5. 4:15.85a Billy Nelson Taft ‘02
6. 4:15.89a +Terry Hickey Foothill-Bakersfield
7. 4:16.08a Chad Schmidt North-Bakersfield ‘86
8. 4:16.2 Robby Bray North-Bakersfield ’74
   
9. 4:16.6 Scott Hislop West- Bakersfield ’77
10. 4:16.8 Blaine Rudolph Bakersfield ‘78
11. 4:17.12a Taylor Lucero Bakersfield ‘02
12. 4:17.0 Laird Parker Shafter ‘68
13. 4:17 Jose Chavez Bakersfield ‘73
14. 4:17.23a Sean Langer Bakersfield ’65

1. 8:52.1 Felix Elieff Highland- Bakersfield ‘77
2. 8:58.50a +Chris Schwartz Foothill-Bakersfield ’08
3. 8:59.2 Eddie Granillo East-Bakersfield ‘70
4. 9:08.5 Rick Hitchcock North- Bakersfield ‘68
5. 9:14.12a Ricardo Brewer North-Bakersfield ‘93
6. 9:18.0 Lucas Burke Stockdale-Bakersfield ‘03
7. 9:18.5 Roman Gutierrez Foothill-Bakersfield ‘77
8. 9:18 Richard Ursin Bakersfield ‘77

So trek up to Buchanan on Saturday May 23rd and watch Bakersfield's potential G.O.A.T. add to his accomplishments.

Event 4 Men 1600 Meter Run
Saturday 5/23/2009 - 5:27 PM
Lane Name Yr School Seed Time

Section 1 of 1 Finals
1 Sanchez, Jonathan Buchanan 4:20.28 ______
2 Tesfai, Germay Hoover 4:21.49 ______
3 Reedy, Heath Buchanan 4:22.62 ______
4 Vilhauer, Justin 10 Redwood 4:25.00 ______
5 Albertson, C. J. Buchanan 4:25.26 ______
6 Cruz, Noe Clovis East 4:28.38 ______
7 Pace, Joseph Clovis West 4:28.93 ______
8 Schwartz, Chris Foothill 4:29.61 ______
9 Castanon, Taylor Miss. Coll. Prep 4:30.49 ______
10 Rodriguez, Roberto Tulare Western 4:30.54 ______
11 Martinez, Max Buchanan 4:31.54 ______
12 Lewis, Colin Highland 4:32.87 ______
13 Rodriguez, Antonio Washingon Unio 4:33.18 ______
14 Nava, Francisco McFarland 4:33.90 ______
15 Morris, Matt 11 Golden West 4:34.29 ______
16 Penaloza, Ricardo 10 Redwood 4:34.94 ______
17 Solis, Brian Ridgeview 4:36.19 ______
18 Garcia, Alex Ridgeview 4:37.24 ______

Alternates
1 Freeman, Josh Clovis East 4:32.40
2 Lavinder, Josh 12 Mt. Whitney 4:35.03
3 Vanderschuur, Tyler Cent. Valley Chr 4:35.60

In the 1600, it should be a race between Schwartz, Sanchez and Vilhaur. Schwartz and Sanchez have been running against each other for four years and Vilhaur (10) is the new kid on the block. It would be great to see Schwartz break 4:13 and take over the top time by a Bakersfield runner. Even if that runner graduated from my high school!

The boys 1600 is scheduled to be run at 5:27 pm.

top marks '09

s-1 4:14.72a chris schwartz,foothill-bk    3-28 CV classic
n-1 4:15.12a jonathan sanchez,buchanan-cl  4-4  WCR
c-1 4:15.35a ++justin vilhauer,redwood-vis 4-18 mt sac
n-3 4:20.84a +heath reedy,buchanan-cl      3-28 CV classic
n-2 4:21.49a +germay tesfai,hoover-fr      5-13 no area
ss-1 4:23.41a ss taylor castanon,mission prep-slo 4-4 WCR
n-4 4:25.26a ++cj albertson,buchanan-cl   5-13 no area
n-5 4:27.40a noe cruz,clo east              5-1  reedley
c-4 4:28.52a ++ricardo penaloza,redwood-vis 5-8  wyl
n-6 4:28.82a +joseph pace,clo west          5-7  trac
s-2 4:28.94a +colin lewis,highland-bk       5-1  reedley
ss-2 4:29.08a antonio rodriquez,wash u-easton 4-17 lemoore
s-3 4:29.35a robby baker,ridgeview-bk         3-28 pasadena
c-2 4:29.70a roberto rodriquez,tulare western 5-6  eyl
c-3 4:30.33a +matt morris,golden west-vis 4-17 lemoore
n-7 4:31.54a ++max martinez,buchanan-clo  5-13 no area
ss-3 4:33.4 ++francisco nava,mcfarland    4-29 w si l

Jerried & Jake Return to the Mondo

Three Bakersfield athletes have made the fast heat in this event and two of them have a shot at winning the race out right. Jerrid Lewis (Ridgeview 11) has the fastest time in the valley this season and has been winning 800s all season long. He can wait and out sprint you at the end or as he did at area, take it out hard (54 seconds for the first 400) and run a PR.

Highland's Jake Van Zandt (Highland 11) has been the bridesmaid all season long and has the tools to take down a win at valley. Many local coaches are impressed with Jake and coach Mayberry knows how to get his athletes to a peak at the right time. Plus Jake has his teammate in the race with him. Colin Lewis (Highland 11) is known as a 1600 runner but recently PRed at the South Area meet with 1:58.49 clocking. So depending on how the 1600 goes, Colin could help his teammate get the win.

Event 12 Men 800 Meter Run
Saturday 5/23/2009 - 6:50 PM
Lane Name Yr School Seed Time

Section 1 of 2 Finals
1 Gonzales, Christian Exeter 2:03.13 ______
2 Gutierrez, Alfonso 12 Reedley 2:02.89 ______
3 Gillis, Taylor Buchanan 2:01.56 ______
4 Barger, Caleb Frontier 2:00.61 ______
5 Thompkins, Isaac Bullard 1:58.88 ______
6 Burke, Stephen Stockdale 2:00.12 ______
7 Arellano, Geraldo Coalinga 2:01.29 ______
8 Bryd, Tyler 12 Tulare Union 2:02.89 ______
9 Salisbury, Zed Yosemite 2:03.04 ______

Section 2 of 2 Finals
1 Lewis, Colin Highland 1:58.49 ______
2 Fox, Ben 11 Sanger 1:58.16 ______
3 Brown, Chris Madera South 1:57.78 ______
4 Sanchez, Jonathan Buchanan 1:57.13 ______
5 Lewis, Jerrid Ridgeview 1:54.63 ______
6 Arellano, Jesse Madera 1:56.01 ______
7 Van Zandt, Jake Highland 1:57.16 ______
8 Younger, Cole 12 Mt. Whitney 1:57.98 ______
9 Sharwood, William Clovis West 1:58.17 ______

Alternates
1 Ortiz, Marvin Clovis East 2:01.77
2 Arias, Jonathan Central 2:02.58
3 Garcia, Jonathan Parlier 2:03.14

top marks '09
s-1 1:54.63a +jerrid lewis,ridgeview-bk  5-13 so area
n-2 1:55.05a jonathan sanchez,buchanan-clo 4-17 lemoore
n-1 1:56.01a jesse arellano,madera       5-13 no area
c-1 1:56.45a cole younger,mt whitney-vis 5-8  wyl
c-2 1:56.69a +ben fox,sanger            3-7  ssc
s-2 1:56.95a +jake vanZandt,highland-bk 4-4  WCR
n-3 1:57.78a chris brown,madera south   5-13 no area
n-4 1:58.17a william sharwood,clo west  5-13 no area
s-3 1:58.49a colin lewis,highland-bk    5-13 so area

As you can tell this field is fast and packed. Sanchez has had a great career and recently broke his school's record in the 800. Plus Buchanan is the favorite to win the team title, which means he will be a busy athlete at the meet and more than likely triple (8/16/32) at the meet. This is good knews for Jerrid and Jake. I have also heard that Jesse Arrellano is the real deal too.

Bakersfield has five in the 800, the other two are Stephem Burke (Stockdale) and Caleb Barger (Frontier) who are fine 800 runners in there own right. But not being in the fast heat will make scoring in the meet or qualifying for state difficult. Of course, both are underclassmen so the valley experience itself should heed them well in the future.

The boys 800 will be at 6:50pm.