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Saturday, October 10, 2009

BTC Half Marathon - 11.14.09

BTC Half Marathon Part 2 - 13.1 mile and 5K events.

Check the webpage for all of the fun details.

2009 Photos HERE.
2009 Half Marathon Results HERE.
2009 5k Results HERE.
FaceBook HERE.
2008 Coverage HERE.

It was a chilly morning but perfect for a long run. The crowd was a lot thinner this year and I believe this is due in part to the Fresno and Santa Clarita races the previous weekend. It is hard to compete with this big races with all their perks. The chip timing, dry-fit shirts, giant sized medals and courses that run through the city streets.

One thing those big city races do not have a chance to run with family and friends and not be crushed by the waves of humanity at the start, on the course and at the finish area. Plus those races do not have "Even as I Speak" Peter Wonderly as an MC or the excitement of the Manor street tunnel.

In the 1 to 19 age group South High athlete Daniel Little won in a time of 1:27:49 and Jen Hawthorne ran 1:47:43 for the girl's win.
Training partners Ian Heiter (1:26:52) and Brooklan Rosales (1:35) took 1st and 2nd in their age groups. Brooklan ran the Fresno half last Sunday in 1:36. She was past in the closing miles by Kristin Buckley who was the first female in a time of 1:33.
The overall winner was David Bacus in 1:14:33 who ran in the 25 to 29 where local KGET anchor Kiyoshi Tomano (1:48) took third,
Several of my running campers ran in the 30 - 34 age group which was won by Stockdale cross coach Bree Tape whose girl' squad went 6 - 0 in duals and won last week's SWYL league meet as well. Running camper Megan Gonzalez ran 2:36, Nicki Gilbert ran 2:51 and Erin Gayer ran 2:53.
Fellow camper and head recruiter Lisa Sorenson ran 2:34, while her teammate David Plyler came in second in the 40 to 44 in a time of 1:39. Also in this age group Jenny Angel who most certainly won the rock n roll division in a time of 2:19.
After youngster Bacus was 45 - 49 age group winner Jvier Cruz in a time of 1:21 and not to far behind him was Tim Anderson who won the 50 - 54 on a time of 1:25. Also running in this age group were running campers Kim Nance (2:19) and Diana Daves (2:22) who were running their first ever half marathons.

Race Preview:

Online registration is available at Active.com. Or you can download a printable entry form.

Two Halves Make a Whole
If you complete both half marathons in the same year, you will automatically be counted as having completed the "Two Halves Make a Whole." The only awards here are for overall fastest combined times. Your finisher's medal for each half marathon is actually half of the total finisher's medal. Fit the 2 together for the year to get your complete medal. Finisher's certificates will be sent to those who complete both halves.

FaceBook HERE.
2008 Coverage HERE.

The November Half (second annual) also starts from Yokut's park, but this time runners head East on the bike path towards Bakersfield's bluffs before heading back.
5K Courses at each event head in the opposite direction from the half marathon. The 5K is always a competitive event which draws both serious 5K competitors and people who want something to do while waiting to cheer for a friend or family member as they finish their longer race.
Water will be on the course about every 3.5 miles. (at the turn around for the 5K)

Registration
Besides the registration options at the top of the page, you can also register on the day of the event at Yokut's Park in Bakersfield, CA between 6:30 am and 7:45 am while those who pre-registered quickly pick up their goody bags.

Stuff for You
Awards will go 3 deep in 5 year age groups for both the 5K and half marathon at each event. The half marathon finishers get a finisher's medal that interlocks with the finisher's medal from the other half marathon that year. Quality long sleeve shirt. Finisher's certificates for those who finish both halves. In addition, people who run both halves in a single calendar year will receive a special giveaway (the 2007 special giveaway was a light weight running jacket).

Results
Race results will be posted the same day of the event here on this website. Check out results for some of our past events. If you ran the February, 2008 half marathon, and run the half marathon on November 15, 2008, your two times will be combined for the "2 Halves Make a Whole" marathon.

February 21, 2009 - Half Marathon, and by Age Group 5K, and by Age Group

November 15, 2008 - Half Marathon, and by Age Group 5K, and 2008 Combined Marathon

February 23, 2008 - Half Marathon, and by Age Group 5K, and by Age Group

November 17, 2007 - Half Marathon 5K 2007 Combined Marathon

January 27, 2007 - Half Marathon, and by Age Group 5K, and by Age Group

January 26, 2007 - Half Marathon, and by Age Group 5K, and by Age Group

January 29, 2005 - Half Marathon, and by Age Group 5K, and by 5K Age Group

January 31, 2004 - 5K Half Marathon

January 25, 2003 - 5K Half Marathon

January 26, 2002 - 5K Half Marathon

The 27th Annual Bakersfield Police Department "Memorial Run"

The 27th Annual Bakersfield Police Department "Memorial Run" will be held Saturday, Nov. 7th, 2009 at the Park at River Walk (Stockdale & Buena Vista).

2009 Photos HERE. (Still uploading and available for purchase too)

2009 5k Results HERE.

Today's 5k was a fast one with many former high school harriers coming home to renew old high school rivalries. In the end CSUB's Ryan Lucker (Stockdale) took the win with a 15:52 clocking.

He was followed by Andrew Ariey's (Bakersfield High) training partner and fellow Cal Poly SLOer, Michael Marlin who beat his host 16:11 to 16:16. Ariey finally beat former East High runner Oscar Fuentes (Cal Poly SLO) who ran 16:19. Another former Driller (John Purcell) ran 18:14 for 6th place overall.

Because the valley meet is this Thurday, very few high school runners competed today. Adam Ralls (North) ran 18:16 for 7th and he was followed by Chris Hernandez (Ridgeview) who ran 18:38. Future Driller Scott Van Matre ran 22:23 for 33rd place. Stockdale's Cynthia Lopez (whose team just won an SWYL title) won the 15 -19 group with a 20:08 clocking.

The first women was CSUB's Lina Nunez (East) who came in 12th overall in a time of 19:25. Looking down the 20 to 29 list, I see that tv news anchor Jennifer Duck ran 26:59 for 88th place.

The wizard of the keyboard and race results magic, Jonathan Wykoff won the 40 - 49 age group with a 19:33 clocking and a 13th place finish. To prove age is just a number, Brian Nelson (Arvin XC coach) ran 18:08 for the 50 to 59 win and an 8th place overall finish.

But topping these performances was 58 year old Lupe Eberly's 23:21 and 62 year old Herve Pastre's 18:46 clocking for 9th place overall! These two would be wekcome additions on many local high school cross country squads btw. A couple other fine performances were Marvis Friesen's 30:03 win in the 60 to 69 age group and Becky Whitehead running 32:50 for the 70 to 79 win.

Boot camper Natalie Dilley ran 26:37 annd came in second in the 30 - 39 age group and running camper Pamela Plyler ran 27:59

2009 10k Results HERE. Because of the construction of a new road just before the aid station, the 10 k was longer then before. I have been told the turn around was the same which made the course long because one has to head north a ways to run under the road before heading west again.

Several GPS watches had the course between 6.3 and 6.35 miles long and a 10k is suppose to be 6.2 miles. A tenth of a mile adds 36 seconds for someone running 6 minute pace and a minute for those running 10 minute miles. to get your 10k time from today's result, multiple your time by 0.98

The overall 10k winner was last year's winner too. Keith Hankins and his dog ran 32:21 which is a very fast time for Bakersfield. Usually sub 36 and sometimes sub 40 takes the win around here. His adjusted time would be 31:50 or so which is around 5:10 pace. His 5k split was as fast as Lucker's winning time of 15:52 I bet. Bakersfield's David Bacus ran 34:27 for second in the 20 to 29.

Former Ridgeviewer, Linda Gonzales won the 15 to 19 age group with a 48:13 clocking. Amanda Beardsley won the 20 to 29 with a 41:10 clocking which was 6 minutes faster then second place.

5th in this age group was one of my running campers, Lyndi Wilson (Centennial) who ran 53:03 (sub 52 adjusted time). Her mom, Denise Jorgensen (another running camper) caught Lyndi in the final miles and ran 52:28 (sub 51:30 adjusted) for fourth place in the 40 to 49.

There were a couple fast unfamiliar faces at today's race. one of those was Toshi Hosaka who won the 30 to 39 age group in a time of 36:51. A familiar face was KGET's Kiyoshi Tomono who ran 49:30.

In the 30 -39 were a couple more of my running campers. Lisa Sorenson ran 59:32 (58:20 adjusted time), Meagan Gonzalez ran 1:11:21 (sub 59 adjusted time) and Nicki Gilbert ran 1:12:14 (sub 71 minutes adjusted time).

Pam Boyles was second overall women with a time of 42:37 in the 40 - 49 and running camper David Plyler ran 45:35.

In the men's 50 to 59 Chris Posey won in a time of 43:29 and was followed by Klaus Benamy - Hackel who ran 46:26. In a time of 1:21:27 was 72 year old Emma Williams who with her husband Hal hosted the BTC Hart Park for many years.

2009 Law Enforcement HERE.

The first Law Enforcement runner in the 5k was a women. Casey Holman ran 21:28. In the 10k they have SWAT BPD in a time of 25:42 which would be a world record btw. After them was Damacio Diaz who ran 40:01. I also see that Bob Barton ran 50:49 despite recently giving blood (he told me this as he ran by). His daughter Ashley is an outstanding runner for Liberty and came in fourth in the SEYL meet this week. She also won the Ron's Run 10K. Speaking of parent/child combos, Tabitha Raber ran 1:01:47 and her daughter Sara Stidham (Bakersfield High) ran 1:00:53.

Race Preview:

The cost of the race is $20 if received by 11/3 or $25 the day of the race. Registration will be open at 0630 with the fun run 2k will begin at 0800 and the timed 5k and 10k will begin at 0830. All proceeds pay for the education of children who are survivors of BPD officers killed in the line of duty. For further information contact Andrea Pflugh at 661-326-3685. Download an entry form.

FaceBook HERE.
2008 Coverage HERE.

Mcfarland Wins Team Title & Stockdale Goes Sub 85!

2009 Clovis Invitational
Woodward Park, Fresno, CA

Meet Recap:

* 2009 DyeStatCal Coverage HERE.

The Drillers were the top Kern Girl's team with a team average time of 21:42. They were lead by the fastest
Kern girl of the day, Sarah Baker (Jr) who ran 20:03 despite not feeling well throughout the rest. They next best
Kern girl was Stockdale freshman 20:20 over the 5k course.

1 Great Oak 125 1:33:11 18:38
76 Bakersfield High School 2024 1:48:31 21:42
78 Stockdale 2178 1:49:22 21:52
93 McFarland 2508 1:54:59 22:59
96 Foothill (Bakersfield) 2735 1:53:57 22:47
104 Highland (Bakersfield) 3123 2:02:25 24:29

Overall Race Place Last First Grade School Time 2008
1 5 1 Nacouzi Julie 11 Montgomery 17:42
180 3 48 Baker Sarah 11 Bakersfield High School 20:03
222 11 12 Patel Riddhi 9 Stockdale 20:20
236 7 35 Torres Kathy 10 McFarland 20:23 21:29 (-1:06)
248 7 38 Thompson Megan 12 Taft Union 20:25
372 3 112 Shuford Emily 11 Bakersfield High School 20:58

McFarland won the small school's division race. Stockdale boy's become the first Bakersfield boys team to
break 85 minutes at Woodward park in recent memory! That is sub 17 minute 5ks per man average! Curtis
Kelly (So) lead them with a 16:17 over the 5k course. The next best Kern boy was freshman Erick Garcia of
Mcfarland who ran 16:32.

1 Royal 186 1:18:50 15:46
23 McFarland 880 1:23:18 16:39
47 Stockdale 1337 1:24:48 16:57
76 Highland (Bakersfield) 2149 1:27:35 17:31
111 Foothill (Bakersfield) 3146 1:34:16 18:51
120 Centennial High School 3521 1:34:36 18:55
125 Bakersfield High School 3814 1:37:22 19:28

Overall Race Place Last First Grade School Time 2008
1 6 1 Pons Samuel 11 South Pasadena 14:53
90 12 8 Kelly Curtis 10 Stockdale 16:17
149 8 4 Garcia Erik 9 McFarland 16:32
161 8 6 Nava Francisco 11 McFarland 16:35
169 19 Miller Cameron 10 Stockdale 16:37
176 8 8 Monrreal Jose 10 McFarland 16:39 18:20 (-1:41)
185 8 9 Perez Marco 11 McFarland 16:41
227 12 23 Fisher Connor 9 Stockdale 16:47
240 8 13 Camargo Marco 12 McFarland 16:51
292 10 28 Lewis Colin 12 Highland (Bakersfield) 16:58 16:58 (-0:00)
297 12 32 Slaton Blair 12 Stockdale 16:59

Overall Race Place Last First Grade School Time 2008
1 6 1 Pons Samuel 11 South Pasadena 14:53
90 12 8 Kelly Curtis 10 Stockdale 16:17
149 8 4 Garcia Erik 9 McFarland 16:32
176 8 8 Monrreal Jose 10 McFarland 16:39 18:20 (-1:41)
185 8 9 Perez Marco 11 McFarland 16:41
227 12 23 Fisher Connor 9 Stockdale 16:47
240 8 13 Camargo Marco 12 McFarland 16:51
292 10 28 Lewis Colin 12 Highland (Bakersfield) 16:58 16:58 (-0:00)
297 12 32 Slaton Blair 12 Stockdale 16:59

Team Results for Bakersfield High School - Driller Boys did not field a varsity squad. Their frosh/soph boys
came in 24th out of 25 teams in Race #2 - Boy's High School F/S : 8:00

Race Place Last First Grade Gender Time 2008
4 182 Smith Tony 11 Male 18:38
2 133 Garner Steven 9 Male 18:55
2 160 Scrivano Kevin 9 Male 19:28
2 177 Bowman Evan 9 Male 20:07
2 180 Amidon Robert 9 Male 20:14
4 201 Zavala Andrew 12 Male 20:40
4 205 Fink Jordan 11 Male 21:19
2 210 Cassady Brandon 9 Male 23:14

The Driller girls had the top Kern team time and the top Kern individual time by Sarah Baker who ran 20:03 and
was followed by Shuford who posted a good time of 20:58. For the first time since 2007, their fifth runner broke
24 minutes which will help them in their quest for an undefeated SEYL title. They came in 26th in Race #3 -
Girl's High School Varsity : 8:25

3 48 Baker Sarah 11 Female 20:03
3 112 Shuford Emily 11 Female 20:58
3 157 Garcia Gracie 11 Female 21:46
3 159 Lerma Gabby 11 Female 21:49
3 208 Chavez Cassie 11 Female 23:55
3 209 Gutcher Ema 10 Female 24:01
3 216 Scrivano Sarah 11 Female 24:57

Team Results for Centennial High School - the Golden Hawks were lead by Craig Millan who ran 18:00. They
came in 25th in Race #10 - Boy's High School Varsity : 11:40 Video HERE.

Race Place Last First Grade Gender Time 2008
10 91 Millan Craig 10 Male 18:00
10 126 Raney Hayden 11 Male 18:34
10 145 Treiberg Nick 10 Male 18:51
10 166 Varner Craig 10 Male 19:33
10 169 Carpenter Mitch 11 Male 19:38
10 172 Ballard Brandon 11 Male 19:56
10 174 Olivio Soan 9 Male 20:23

The girls came in 34th in Race #3 - Girl's High School Varsity : 8:25
3 196 Moore Sarah 11 Female 23:10
3 202 Carlson Chloe 9 Female 23:33
3 210 Peterson Rachel 12 Female 24:09
3 211 Sanchez Liz 11 Female 24:14
3 215 Ballard Melissa 9 Female 24:43

Team Results for Foothill (Bakersfield) - The Trojans have two top runners who are pushing each other to faster
and faster times. This week Lopez ran 17:14 and Bautista ran 17:16. Their varsity squad came in 25th in Race
#12 - Boy's High School Varsity : 12:35

Race Place Last First Grade Gender Time 2008
12 49 Lopez Jose 12 Male 17:14 17:29 (-0:15)
12 51 Bautista Erick 12 Male 17:16
12 163 Verdugo Edgar 11 Male 19:33 19:13 (+0:20)
12 165 Garcia Javier 12 Male 19:34 19:11 (+0:23)
12 177 Meyer Justin 10 Male 20:39 18:20 (+2:19)
12 178 Amaya Alvaro 11 Male 20:52
12 179 Rodriguez Daniel 11 Male 20:55 19:26 (+1:29)

The Lady Trojans were lead Natalie Fernandez who clocked a 21:25 on the 5k course. The team came in 17th
in Race #11 - Girl's High School Varsity : 12:05 Video HERE.

11 49 Fernandez Natalie 11 Female 21:25 20:24 (+1:01)
11 82 Veloz Perla 11 Female 22:19 22:53 (-0:34)
11 96 Mrasak Kaitlyn 11 Female 22:44 22:56 (-0:12)
11 113 Rodriguez Crystal 12 Female 23:42 23:26 (+0:16)
11 116 Montoya Monica 12 Female 23:47 24:21 (-0:34)
11 118 Castro Erica 11 Female 24:04 22:46 (+1:18)
11 124 Ecsudero Marisol 11 Female 26:34

Team Results for Highland (Bakersfield) - Was lead by Colin Lewis who ran the same time as he did in 2008
(16:58), Interestingly their second runner ran the same time as he did in 2008 as well. The team came in 13th in
Race #10 - Boy's High School Varsity : 11:40 Video HERE.

Race Place Last First Grade Gender Time 2008
10 28 Lewis Colin 12 Male 16:58 16:58 (-0:00)
10 33 Van Zandt Jake 12 Male 17:03 17:03 (-0:00)
10 71 Turner Thomas 12 Male 17:38 17:09 (+0:29)
10 85 Jungo Mike 11 Male 17:58
10 86 Esquivias Ivan 10 Male 17:58 17:34 (+0:24)
10 105 Dickson Jordan 10 Male 18:16
10 143 Torres Kris 10 Male 18:48

The girls came in 17th in Race #9 - Girl's High School Varsity : 11:10

9 62 Mercado Dennise 12 Female 21:58 20:42 (+1:16)
9 99 Mayberry Katherine 11 Female 23:13 21:51 (+1:22)
9 127 Vasquez Hilaria 12 Female 25:10 22:29 (+2:41)
9 128 Berry Nichole 12 Female 25:16 20:39 (+4:37)
9 136 Pasqua Breanna 10 Female 26:48
9 140 Lopez Natalie 12 Female 28:35

Team Results for Liberty (Bakersfield) - Liberty did not field a varsity squad.

Race Place Last First Grade Gender Time 2008
10 110 Moffitt Tyler 0 Male 18:18
10 161 Shotts Spencer 0 Male 19:26
10 162 Tenney Mitchell 0 Male 19:28

9 49 Barton Ashley 0 Female 21:34

Team Results for McFarland - Was lead by freshman Erick Garcia who clocked in at 16:32. Their 5 man spread
was 19 seconds. They won Race #8 - Boy's High School Varsity : 10:45

8 4 Garcia Erik 9 Male 16:32
8 6 Nava Francisco 11 Male 16:35
8 8 Monrreal Jose 10 Male 16:39 18:20 (-1:41)
8 9 Perez Marco 11 Male 16:41
8 13 Camargo Marco 12 Male 16:51
8 93 Sanchez Pedro 12 Male 18:12
8 99 Calvo Byran 12 Male 18:14
14 28 Garcia Bernardo 10 Male 18:51 18:31 (+0:20)
14 34 Marquez Adam 10 Male 19:05 18:53 (+0:12)
14 54 Salgado Agustin 11 Male 19:29
14 64 Mulato Gonzalo 9 Male 19:42 18:49 (+0:53)
14 68 Herrera Enrique 9 Male 19:46
14 74 Jose Bello 9 Male 20:04
14 102 Avelar Sergio 10 Male 21:03 17:27 (+3:36)
14 119 Gonzalez Cristian 9 Male 21:42
14 123 Munoz Fransico 9 Male 21:56
14 131 Mendez Alex 9 Male 22:08
14 140 Tinoco Ulysses 9 Male 22:59
14 164 Machado Fred 10 Male 26:19

Kathy Torres ran the third best Kern time of the day and her team came in 17th in Race #7 - Girl's High School
Varsity : 10:15

7 35 Torres Kathy 10 Female 20:23 21:29 (-1:06)
7 63 Garcia Corina 11 Female 21:10
7 116 Munguia Jenny 9 Female 23:10
7 135 Arguello Megan 9 Female 24:49
7 140 Rodriguez Elizebeth 11 Female 25:27

Team Results for Stockdale - Lead by Curtis Kelly who ran 16:17 and they had four runners break 17 minutes.
The team came in 5th in Race #12 - Boy's High School Varsity : 12:35

Race Place Last First Grade Gender Time 2008
12 8 Kelly Curtis 10 Male 16:17
12 19 Miller Cameron 10 Male 16:37
12 23 Fisher Connor 9 Male 16:47
12 32 Slaton Blair 12 Male 16:59
12 114 Burke Stephen 11 Male 18:08
12 123 Dao Anthony 11 Male 18:17
12 132 Mullen Troy 10 Male 18:31
16 69 Gerlick Joe 11 Male 18:49
16 121 Kress Tanner 11 Male 19:39
16 129 Bogar Tanner 9 Male 19:47
16 139 Scott Jake 11 Male 19:57
16 140 Morales Max 11 Male 20:02
16 171 Worth Andrew 10 Male 20:40
16 189 Cohen josh 9 Male 21:12
16 193 Serrano Antonio 11 Male 21:15
16 197 Lee Zeno 10 Male 21:25
16 212 Lucas Laurence 9 Male 22:20
16 221 Nguyen Brown 11 Male 22:40
16 225 McLeod Davis 10 Male 22:47
16 232 Jorgensen Eric 11 Male 23:32
16 236 Patel Yash 12 Male 23:42
16 240 Sparks Dalton 9 Male 23:49
16 244 Bracamonte Jonathan 12 Male 24:20
1 139 Gerlick Joe 11 Male 26:57

Freshman Riddhi Patel ran the second best Kern time of the day and lead her team to a 12th place finish in
Race #11 - Girl's High School Varsity : 12:05

11 12 Patel Riddhi 9 Female 20:20
11 46 Lopez Cynthia 11 Female 21:21
11 61 Nelson Amber 11 Female 21:40
11 89 Pennel Shelbe 12 Female 22:28
11 111 Hawthorne Jennifer 11 Female 23:33
11 117 Tomita Eri 11 Female 23:58
11 122 Schultz Lauren 11 Female 24:33
15 113 Renteria Erika 11 Female 25:13
15 127 Simmons Ashleigh 9 Female 25:58
15 130 Valdez Celest 11 Female 26:05
15 151 Comancho Cristabelle 12 Female 27:14
15 152 Dravis Anna 10 Female 27:16
15 154 Rice Hunter 9 Female 27:43
15 156 Kannappan Jotthe 10 Female 28:14
15 159 Goding Nicole 11 Female 28:21
15 166 VanWagenen Caitlin 9 Female 29:53
15 167 Mayorga Eva 11 Female 30:18

Team Results for Taft Union - The boys came in 19th in Race #8 - Boy's High School Varsity : 10:45.

Race Place Last First Grade Gender Time 2008
8 66 Xancale Jeremias 11 Male 17:49
8 94 Heiter Ty 11 Male 18:12
8 100 Hestand Rocky 9 Male 18:18
8 106 Capela Devin 11 Male 18:27
8 137 Lopez Chris 9 Male 19:10
8 138 Hernandez Michael 10 Male 19:14
8 152 Fleming Kyle 10 Male 19:39

7 38 Thompson Megan 12 Female 20:25
7 92 Guitrou Daisy 12 Female 22:00
7 98 Johnson Marina 10 Female 22:18
7 122 Pedrosa Lila 12 Female 23:28
7 148 Cook Hailey 10 Female 25:54

Meet Preview:

* 2009 Meet Entries HERE.
* 2008 Coverage HERE.
* Kern County All-Time Individual Marks HERE (as of 10.02.09)
* Kern County All-Time Team Marks HERE (as of 10.02.09)

Bakersfield, Foothill, McFarland, Taft, Highland, Liberty and Stockdale are expected to compete at this meet.
So far this year, only Ridgeview, Stockdale and Shafter have competed on the Woodward Park 5k course. This
is where the valley and state meet are held.

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Ridgeview girls are Top Ranked Kern team for now

Week #5 (October 5) - Varsity Girls

Overall score last week

1. Buchanan 65 1
2. Clovis 217 2
3. Clovis East 230 4
4. Ridgeview 238 3 - Hit a bump in the road on their way to defending their SWYL and valley titles with their dramatic lost to Stockdale
5. Bullard 252 5
6. Madera South 312 6
7.Clovis North 369 8
8. Stockdale 372 7 - Handed Ridgeview it's first lost in 2 season with a sick and battered squad.
9. Clovis West 458 12
10.Tulare 480 10
11. Shafter 507 13 - Won another invite this past weekend
12. North Bakersfield 513 17 - Won the BC Invite last friday
13. Mission Prep 562 18
14. Firebaugh 566 11
15. Central Valley Christian 632 14
16. Mt. Whitney 648 9
17. El Diamante 689 NR
18. Independence 708 NR - New kid on the block who gets better and better each week
19.Garces 726 16 - Was having their best duel meet season in recent memory but went from being 3 - 1 to 3 - 3 in the blink of an eye
20. Sunnyside 737 15

-compiled by Larry Lung,

Central California

Cross Country Chair

Division I

1. Buchanan 30 1
5. Stockdale 124 5 - When this squad gets healthy look out
9. Centennial 298 9 - Have a hard time in the super tough SWYL
10. Bakersfield 320 10 - Undefeated in SEYL duel meet action and not seen in weekend invites but this week's Clovis Invite might move them up the charts

Division II

1. Tulare 132 2
2. North Bakersfield 140 5 - Big jump this week for the Stars
5. Garces 194 4 - Hopes to bounce back after this week's duel meet defeats
7. Highland 201 6 - Picking up steam at the right time, has a shot at going 4 - 20 in SEYL duels
9. Foothill 238 9 - Already posted their 4 - 2 SEYL duel meet record

Division III

1. Ridgeview 92 1 - defending valley champ
4. Shafter 184 4 - Young talented squad who has been picking off team invite wins
5. Independence 252 5

Division IV

1. Firebaugh 125 1
2. McFarland 170 2 - Has two really good front runners
3. Taft 194 3 - Megan Thompson has a real good shot at an individual valley title

Four Kern Teams Ranked in the Top Ten

Week #5 (October 5) - Varsity Boys

Overall score last week

1. Buchanan 64 1
2. McFarland 182 2 - Ran real well at Golden West Invite and took second overall
3. Clovis West 183 4
4.Madera South 222 5
5. Ridgeview 230 3 - Undefeated in SWYL duels, came in 3rd at Golden West
6. Stockdale 235 6 - Won Clovis West Invite
7. Highland 328 8 - Undefeated in SEYL duels
8.Roosevelt 354 9
9. Madera 408 11
10. Clovis 408 7
11. Clovis North 482 12
12. Avenal 505 10
13, Redwood 515 17
14. East Bakersfield 552 18 - Ranked pretty high considering their results so far this year
15. Shafter 554 14 - Should be ranked a lot higher
16. Bullard 582 15
17. Clovis East 585 13
18. Wasco 607 16
19. Parlier 664 20
20. Tulare Western 667 NR

-compiled by Larry Lung,

Central California

Cross Country Chair

Division I

1. Buchanan 26 1
3. Stockdale 66 3 - Went head to head with Ridgeview this week but came up short. But in big field meets they are a powerhouse with their pack running style
9. Centennial 234 8 - Should not be in D1 but win D2 valley and get moved up. Nice reward.

Division II

1. Highland 77 1 - Veteren squad looking for a valley title to go with all their SEYL titles
3. East Bakersfield 122 3 - Ended the season 5 - 1 in SEYL duels
8. North Bakersfield 183 8
9. Liberty (Bakersfield) 224 9 - Patriots should be ranked higher
10.Garces 267 NR

Division III

1. Madera South 91 2
2. Ridgeview 94 1 - Dropped one spot this week
5. Shafter 214 5
6. Wasco 234 6
7. Foothill 304 8 - Finished SEYL duel season with a 4 - 2 record

Division IV

1. McFarland 52 1 - Will be interesting to see how they do at Clovis Invite this weekend
9. Taft 319 7

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Liberty & Golden Valley at Garces

No surprises in the boy's races Sandles (Golden Valley) won in a time of 16:26 and Liberty won both team races as expected. Liberty was lead by Kevin Shotts (16:52) and Garces was lead by Conner O'Malley in a time of 16:45.

Liberty 25, Garces 31

Garces d. Golden Valley

Libery d. Golden Valley

At Kern River Parkway, 3 miles

1. Sandles, GV, 16:26; 2. O'Malley, G, 16:45; 3. K.Shotts, L, 16;52; 4. Freed, G, 17:21; 5. Christensen, L 18:16; 6. Tenney, L , 18:25; 7. Moffit, L, 18:31; 8. Real, G, 18:47; 9. S.Shotts, L, 19:06; 10. Newman, G, 19:12.

JV Liberty 21, Golden Valley 35; Liberty 27, Garces 30; Garces 20, Golden Valley 39

The girl's race was much different, Garces came into the meet with a 3 - 1 record and looked to be having one of it's best seasons in recent memory. They barely lost to BHS earlier in the year and have looked good all season long but today things fell apart.

I had heard that the team has been hit hard by the flu and I assume that this was the case today. I heard their leader Guzman dropped out at the mile and the team not only lost to Liberty but Golden Valley beat them too.

Liberty was lead by Ashley Barton who won the 3 mile race in a time of 19:58

Liberty 20, Golden Valley 36

Liberty 21, Garces 34

Golden Valley 26; Garces 29

At Kern River Parkway,

1. Barton, L, 19:58; 2. Theoenes, L, 20:48; 3. Holmes, L, 20:55; 4. Brown, G, 21:16; 5. Silva, GV, 21:44; 6. Lecavalier, L, 22:06; 7. Rodriguez, GV, 22:12; 8. Ibarra, GV, 22:17; 9. Cruz, G, 22:41; 10. Vu, G, 22:45.

JV Garces 27, Golden Valley 28; Golden Valley 22, Liberty 34; Garces 21, Liberty 38

Highland & Foothill at Bakersfield

What a difference a year makes. Last year this season ending meet matched undefeated Highland and the Drillers. The race was hard fought and Highland ended up winning 26 to 29 and ended the season undefeated in duels. The Drillers were 5 and 1 and took second overall behind Highland in the SEYL.

This year Highland has not had any competition and has been posting a lot of 15s on people (their scoring five beats the other school's first runner). They have been lead by senior Colin Lewis (16:32) who is also undefeated in duels this season as well. The are almost assured of yet another SEYL title and are looking to win valley after coming in second the past two seasons.

The Drillers on the other hand have gone from 5 and 1 to 0 and 5. Their postponed meet with Golden Valley will be a battle of the defeateds when it is contested. BHS did manage to escape getting the dreaded 15 to 50 score, where the other school's seven come in before your first runner. Tony Smith ran 18:06 to save them from this fate.

Foothill was lead by Erick Bautista (16:44) and appears to be missing its top runner Jose Lopez. The Trojans ended the year with a 4 - 2 duel meet record, which guarantees them second since only Liberty could tie them and their last meet is against Highland.

Highland 15, BHS 48

Highland 18, Foothill 42

Foothill 20, BHS 39

At Yokuts Park

1. Lewis, H, 16:32 (CR); 2. Van Zandt, H, 16:33; 3. Bautista, F, 16:44; 4. Turner, H, 17:47; 5. Esquivias, H, 17:49; 6. Jungo, H, 17:22; 7. Dickson, H, 17:38; 8. Sanchez, F, 17:46; 9. Garcia, F, 17:47; 10. Smith, B, 18:06.

JV Highland 24, Foothill 34

On the girl's side, Sarah Baker continued her winning ways with a 19:24 clocking on her home course to lead her Driller's to a 5 - 0 record. With only Golden Valley in their way, the Drillers should have back to back undefeated duel meet seasons. At the SEYL league meet, they will be going for their second overall team title in three seasons and Sarah will be going for her third individual title.

Like the boys, the Lady Trojans are also 4 - 2 for the season and will be battling Liberty or Highland for second place overall in the SEYL. Liberty and Highland are 3 - 2 and have to make up their postponed meet this month. Highland has been lead all season by Rodriguez (20:02) and her team mates have been improving throughout the season.

BHS 23, Highland 32

Foothill 24, Highland 32

BHS 26, Foothill 30

At Yokuts Park

1. Baker, B, 19:24 (CR); 2. Rodriguez, H, 20:02; 3. Hernandez, F, 20:12; 4. Shuford, B, 20:15; 5. Zeloz, F, 20:22; 6. Garcia, B, 20:45; 7. Lerma, B, 21:11; 8. Castro, F, 21:23; 9. Berry, H, 21:37; 10. Mayberry, H, 21:42.

JV Foothill 24, Highland 33; Highland 27, BHS 32; Foothill 25, BHS 34.

Frontier vs Centennial at West

The boy's race between Centennial and Frontier looks like it was a good one with ten athletes within a minute of each other. The race was won by Beechinor (17:04) by 3 seconds over Millan (17:07) of Centennial. With their two wins today, Frontier is now 2 - 2 and Centennial is 2 - 3 in SWYL duel meet action.

Frontier 25, Centennial 30

Frontier 15, West 50

Centennial 15, West 50

At West

1. Beechinor, F, 17:04; 2. Millan, C, 17:07; 3. Urmstom, F, 17:29; 4. Rodriguez, F, 17:34; 5. Tretverg, C, 17:42; 6. Raney, C, 17:42; 7. Seldfari, F, 17:51; 8. Ballard, C, 17:53; 9. Rojas, C, 18:02; 10. Gonzalez, F, 18:03.

JV Cent. 24, Frontier 31; Centennial d. West; Frontier d. West

The girl's races were really close and I am sure it took a bit of ciphering to figure out what happen. In the end, came away with two very close wins. they beat West by three and Centennial by one. Their SWYL record is now 2 - 2. Frontier was lead D La Rosa (20:31) who came in second overall in the double duel.

The Golden Hawks beat West by one point also. They were lead by Jorey Braughton (20:37) who came third overall in the double duel.

The one bright spot for West was that their runner Habebo won the overall race in a time of 20:14. it is also good to see the Vikings being competitive again. Over the past seasons they have been handed a lot of 15 to 40+ scores (Other team's scoring five beats their top runner). This season they beat South and gave both Frontier and Centennial a run for their money.

Frontier 26, West 29

Centennial 27, West 28

Frontier 27, Centennial 28

At West

1. Habebo, W, 20:14; 2. De La Rosa, F, 20:31; 3. Braughton, C, 20:37; 4. Martinez, C, 21:21; 5. Theroux, W, 21:53; 6. Driskill, F, 21:55; 7. Melgar, C, 21:56; 8. Bennett, F, 22:08; 9. Jones, F, 22:09; 10. Castro, W, 22:59. JV Centennial 15, West 50; Centennial 15, Frontier 50

Week Four Duels

Boys cross country

Frontier 25, Centennial 30

Frontier 15, West 50

Centennial 15, West 50

At West

JV Cent. 24, Frontier 31; Centennial d. West; Frontier d. West

Indep. 21, Mira Monte 38

Independence 23, M. Oak 37

M. Oak 26, Mira Monte 29

At Independence

1. C. Carrasco, MO, 17:00; 2. Facho, I, 17:24; 3. Fisher, I, 18:05; 4. D. Carrasco, MO, 18:24; 5. Reyes, MM, 18:36; 6. Vinson, I, 18:37; 7. Gonzales, MM, 18:56; 8. Gaytan, I, 19:04; 9. Kostner, I, 19:15; 10. Facio, I, 19:16.

JV Mira Monte d. Mission Oaks, Independence

Highland 15, BHS 48

Highland 18, Foothill 42

Foothill 20, BHS 39

At Yokuts Park

JV Highland 24, Foothill 34

Liberty 25, Garces 31

Garces d. Golden Valley

Libery d. Golden Valley

At Kern River Parkway, 3 miles

JV Liberty 21, Golden Valley 35; Liberty 27, Garces 30; Garces 20, Golden Valley 39

Gr. Hills 17, Burroughs 42

At Granite Hills

BURROUGHS 5. Rosales, 17:20; 6. Haugen, 17:29; 9. Wooding, 17:39; 10. Estabridis, 17:50; 12. Woodman, 18:37.

Girls cross country

Frontier 26, West 29

Centennial 27, West 28

Frontier 27, Centennial 28

At West

Indep. 15, Mira Monte 49

M. Oaks 19, Mira Monte 41

Independence 15, M. Oaks 47

At Independence

1. Savarese, I, 21:18; 2. Ingram, I, 21:20; 3. Sullivan, I, 21:22; 4. Webb, I, 21:53; 5. Viveros, I, 22:18; 6. Ambriz, I, 23:07; 7. Rodriquez, MO, 23:12; 8. Diaz, MM, 23:14; 9. Florez, MO, 23:28; 10. Minjivar, MO, 23:29.

JV Independence d. Mira Monte, Mission Oaks

BHS 23, Highland 32

Foothill 24, Highland 32

BHS 26, Foothill 30

At Yokuts Park

JV Foothill 24, Highland 33; Highland 27, BHS 32; Foothill 25, BHS 34.

Liberty 20, Golden Valley 36

Liberty 21, Garces 34

Golden Valley 26; Garces 29

At Kern River Parkway,

JV Garces 27, Golden Valley 28; Golden Valley 22, Liberty 34; Garces 21, Liberty 38

Gr. Hills 16, Burroughs 45

At Granite Hills

BURROUGHS 5. Ernst, 22:23; 7. Wood, 22:45; 10. Garnett, 28:12; 11. Benson, 29:25; 12. Argain, 32:09.

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

The Wolf Pack Leads the Way

Fresh off their win at their home invite and many other wins this year, Ridgeview moves to number three in the overall valley rankings. Stockdale stays in 7th despite wining the Clovis West Invite and running well at Woodbridge.

Shafter jumped from 20th to 13th and recently placed second at the Wolf Pack Invite. Other Kern squads in the top 20 are Garces (16th), North (17th) and Highland (20th).

Week #4 (September 28)

Varsity Girls

Overall score last week

1. Buchanan 65 1
2. Clovis 166 2
3. Ridgeview 228 5 - Have been winning just about everything the enter from duel meets to invites.
4. Clovis East 246 3
5. Bullard 252 6
6. Madera South 312 4
7.Stockdale 323 7 - Great pack running squad without a front runner. Ran well at Woodbridge.
8. Clovis North 369 10
9. Mt. Whitney 413 8
10.Tulare 480 9
11. Firebaugh 487 12
12. Clovis West 490 11
13. Shafter 494 20 - Tied Ridgeview at McLane Invite and came in second to them at Wolf Pack Invite
14. Central Valley Christian 535 13
15. Sunnyside 561 16
16. Garces 610 17
17. North Bakersfield 657 NR - Lead by Moyer, this young keeps improving every week.
18. Mission Prep 672 NR
19.Golden West 709 18
20. Highland 715 NR - Coach Mayberry squads do not come out to play until it counts.

Division I - The Clovis and Fresno schools are so tough that it is doubtful any Kern team will make state in this division. Stockdale has a shot with their tightly bunch pack of runners but they will all have to drop some time to make it into the top three and go to state.

Interestingly 10th ranked Bakersfield has the most upside in making state if they could find a fifth runner. Lead by junior Sarah Baker, her and her three junior team mates (Emily Shuford, Gabby Lerma and Gracie Garcia) won a SEYL title in 2007, went undefeated in duels in 2008 and are undefeated in duels this year. Sarah has a great shot at making state as an individual (have to get in the top 12 or 15 in the race) and if they can get one other girl under 22, they might have a shot.

1. Buchanan 30 1
5. Stockdale 109 5
9. Centennial 270 8
10. Bakersfield 325 10

Division II - The past seasons Garces has been Monica Guzman but this season they are a team. They barely lost to the Drillers early in the season but have been winning duels ever since. This division usually sends the most Kern athletes to state as individuals and this maybe the case again this year. Besides Guzman, Liberty's Barton, Foothill's Fernandez and North's Moyer all have shots at making state. Plus other Highland and North girls maybe have a chance too.

1. Mt. Whitney 118 1
4. Garces 168 6
5. North (Bakersfield) 180 8
6. Highland 195 NR*
8. Liberty (Bakersfield) 230 7
9. Foothill 232 4

Division III - The Wolf Pack are defending valley champs and look like they will be repeating especially since they picked up some talented freshman.

1. Ridgeview 86 2
4. Shafter 175 4
5. Independence 279 8

Division IV

1. Firebaugh 109 1
2. McFarland 160 3
3. Taft 194 2

-compiled by Larry Lung,

Central California

Cross Country Chair

Monday, October 5, 2009

Wildcats take Individual titles at the Black Gold Rush 5k

Taft Wildcat Black Gold Rush 5k
Results
Oct. 3, 2009

These race was held in conjunction with the Oildarado Days weekend out at Taft so it was only fitting that Taft athletes won the races. Long ago, in the 80s, I won this race and got a nice belt buckle.

The race director (Barry Jameson who (ran 24:48) is the Taft High cross country coach) said: "We are going to have a huge race for Oildarado next year. Maybe have a big purse at the end for the fastest, and have teams."

Perhaps he could get Taft's most famous runner Billy Nelson (2008 Olympic Steeplechaser) to run too!

Mens 19-Under
1 Jeremias Xancale 18:27 1st OA
2 Ty Heiter 18:49
3 Rocky Hestand 18:54

Womens
1 Megan Thompson 20:38 1st women OA (photo)
2 Lili Pedroza 23:14
3 Marina Johnson 23:42

Mens 20-29
1 Ian Hieter 18:53

Womens
1 Brooklyn Rosales 21:45
2 Jessica Ryan 30:33
3 Elizabeth Evarts 30:48

Mens 30-39
1 Chris Flores 23:06
2 Doug Taylor 27:20

Womens
1 Valerie Taylor 28:56
2 Leticia Barajas 29:03
3 Ana Flores 29:25

Mens 40-49
1 Barry Jameson 24:48
2 Shawn Sutherland 26:42
3 Pedro Lopez 27:07

Womens
1 Hayley Tobin 25:07
2 Tanya Bonner 30:02
3 Barbara Owen 35:53

Mens 50-59
1 Don Barrington 21:53
2 Brent moon 23:21
3 Chris Isbell 27:08

Womens
1 Kathy Sharum 25:32
2 Bertha Toro 45:33

Sunday, October 4, 2009

Shafter Girls take First at the Brug Invitational

Shafter competed at the Atascadero Cross Country Invite in the large schools division. The course was extremely tough/challenging 5k in the mountians above Santa Margarita Lake. The boy's varsity came in third and the girl's varsity came in first.

Boys cross country

Brug Invitational 3.1-mile course at Santa Margarita Lake

Team scores--1. Paso Robles 62; 2. Santa Maria-Righetti 71; 3. Shafter 95

Shafter finishers--9. Villalpando, 17:39; 18. Barrios, 18:20.9; 20. Moreno, 18:27.1; 22. Handel, 18:29.4; 26. Pascencia, 18:34.8; 27. Biss, 18:36; 33. Manzo, 18:49.8.

Girls cross country

Brug Invitational 3.1-mile course at Santa Margarita Lake

Team scores--1. Shafter 66; 2. Paso Robles 71; 3. Atascadero 77

Shafter finishers--2. Millwee, 20:32.8; 4. Preston, 20:54.2; 11. Tudor, 21:40; 21. Foster, 22:42.5; 28. Plaza, 23:12.6; 35. Rodriguez, 23:39.3; 46. Lara, 24:47.7.

Complete 2009 Results HERE

Saturday, October 3, 2009

Sloan & Guzman Win the BC Invite 5k

Blair Sloan (Stockdale) ran 16:36 and Monica Guzman (Garces, see photo) ran 20:24 for the individual wins at the BC Invite at the soccer complex near CALM. The 5k course is a challenging course in that it is similar to Woodward Park in some ways.

The course has a lot of thick grass, some hills and some dirt trails too. The start is at one end of the large soccer complex which allows for a large field to thin out before getting on the bike path. The course goes uphill for awhile on the bike path and then returns along a rolling dirt trial that runs along the river. Then it does a U-turn and gets back on the bike path for the return trip to the soccer complex finish where the grass was long and there was water on the fields too.

The fields were large for this meet because there was only one race for each gender. So the frosh/soph, jv and varsity ran together. While good for some hoping to crack their varsity roster, many would of been happy to do their usual 2 mile race.

2009 Photos HERE. HERE.
2009 Results HERE.

In the girl's team race, North took the team title with an excellent 2,3,4 finish. Lead by Kaylee Moyer (20:31), the Stars beat Stockdale 50 to 68. However, Stockdale was missing two of their top runners in Nelson and Patel who out ran Moyer on Wednesday at the duel meet.

With this win, North is showing that it is getting better and better with each meet and they have a large squad to draw from like Stockdale. Having a top three run 20:31, 20:45 (E. Perez) and 21:05 (Y. Perez) is a sign that they are becoming a team to beat especially in big field invites.

Rounding out the top ten were:

5th -Lucia Garcia (East) 21:10
6th - Ashley Barton (Liberty) 21:14
7th - Carolin Haney (Stock) 21:20
8th - Hannah Jones (Stock) 21:20
9th - Acadia Ingram (Independence) 21:38
10th Tori Blackmon (Stock) 21:39

Girls Team Results HERE
Girls 5k Results HERE (1-54), HERE (55 - 107)

In the boy's race, Stockdale went 1,2,3 and 5th with only Golden Valley's Daymon Sandles breaking up their pack of four. Stockdale took the team win with 27 points and were followed by East with 63. I believe this was East's first invite of the season.

The boy's top ten:

Blair Slaton (Stock) 16:36
Curtis Kelly (Stock) 16:42
Cameron Miller (Stock) 16:47
Daymon Sandles (Golden Valley) 16:58
Conner Fisher (Stock) 17:07
Conner O'Malley (Garces) 17:20
Jose Ramirez (East) 17:26
Santigo Lazarit (East) 17:28
Camilo Mosqueda (East) 17:30
Tobias Lopez (North) 17:39

Boys Team Results HERE
Boys 5k Results HERE (1 - 54), HERE (55 - 109), HERE (110 - 134)

Mcfarland Boys Win Rubber Match

Golden West Invitational @ Cutler Park in Visalia.
2009 Photos HERE.
2009 Complete Results HERE.

It was a draw but now Mcfarland has taken the rubber match and beat Ridgeview fairly convincingly and came close to beating division one power Clovis West (1. Clovis West 61 2. McFarland 69 3. Ridgeview 96) at this week's meet at Cutler Park.

Once again Mcfarland did it with there pack running style, they were lead by freshman Erick Garcia (16:19) who came in 7th overall. He was followed by:

13. Jose Monrreal (McFarland) 16:46
14. Marco Camargo (McFarland) 16:47
16. Francisco Nava (McFarland) 16:54
19. Marco Perez (McFarland) 17:01

Having your top five in the top 19 is excellent at a meet of this caliber. Their time spread of 42 seconds for the three mile course will tighten up even more as the season progresses. Besides taking second overall, the Cougars won the medium size school division (1. McFarland 19 2. Parlier 58 3. Exeter 60 4. Yosemite 103 5. Granite Hills 139 6. Kingsburg 156 7. Orosi 177)

Ridgeview was lead by Robby Baker (Sr) who came in second overall in 16:00. He was followed by his team Alex Garcia who ran 16:02. Scoring 5 points with your first two runners is a coaches dream but no other Ridgeviwer cracked the top 20 and hence the other three athletes score 94 points. In the extra large schools division, Ridgeview took second (1. Clovis West 32 2. Ridgeview 42 3. Tulare Western 84 4. Clovis East 95 5. Reseda 141 6. Hoover 145).

Varsity Boys
Overall Scores:
1. Clovis West 61 2. McFarland 69 3. Ridgeview 96 4. Redwood 140 5. Tulare Western 196 6. Parlier 220 7. Clovis East 221 8. Avenal 223 9. Wasco 231 10. Exeter 236 11. Golden West 325 12. Central Valley Christian 327 13. El Diamante 366 14. Firebaugh 380 15. Reseda (LA) 380 16. Dinuba 421 17. Yosemite 460 18. Cesar Chavez 525 19. Farmersville 533 20. Monache 538 21. Granite Hills 572 22. Kingsburg 591 23. Hoover 631 24. Hanford 666 25. Orosi 671 26. San Joaquin Memorial 730 27. Glacier 819

Extra Large School Results:
1. Clovis West 32 2. Ridgeview 42 3. Tulare Western 84 4. Clovis East 95 5. Reseda 141 6. Hoover 145

Large School Results:
1. Redwood 34 2. Wasco 56 3. Golden West 78 4. El Diamante 95 5. Dinuba 116 6. Cesar Chavez 156 7. Monache 160 8. Hanford 203

Medium School Results:
1. McFarland 19 2. Parlier 58 3. Exeter 60 4. Yosemite 103 5. Granite Hills 139 6. Kingsburg 156 7. Orosi 177
Small School Results:
1. Avenal 25 2. Central Valley Christian 54 3. Firebaugh 58 4. Farmersville 90 5. San Joaquin Memorial 134 6. Glacier 165

1 Clovis West 61 5 6 11 18 21 32 33
Total Time: 1:23:06.00
Average: 16:37.20

2 McFarland 69 7 13 14 16 19 28 93
Total Time: 1:23:47.00
Average: 16:45.40

3 Ridgeview 96 2 3 27 29 35 47 76
Total Time: 1:24:19.00
Average: 16:51.80

Individual Results (3.0 miles)
1.Justin Vilhauer (Redwood) 15:46.9 (#9 all time invitational mark) 2. Robby Baker (Ridgeview) 16:00 3. Alex Garcia (Ridgeview) 16:02 4. Germay Tesfal (Hoover) 16:06 5. Kellen Levy (Clovis West) 16:10 6. Joseph Pace (Clovis West) 16:12 7. Erik Garcia (McFarland) 16:19 8. Brandon Croft (El Diamante) 16:20 9. Daniel Guerrero (Redwood) 16:27 10. Cesar Patino (Wasco) 16:34 11. Connor billings (Clovis West) 16:43 12. Christian Gonzales (Exeter) 16:46 13. Jose Monrreal (McFarland) 16:46 14. Marco Camargo (McFarland) 16:47 15. Dominic Krohn (Tulare Western) 16:48 16. Francisco Nava (McFarland) 16:54 17. Tyler Vander Schuur (Central Valley Christian) 16:54 18. Clay Celum (Clovis West) 16:56 19. Marco Perez (McFarland) 17:01 20. Garrett Dunn (Exeter) 17:04 21. Gavin Magoon (Clovis West) 17:05 22. Estaban Morones (Clovis East) 17:07 23. Xavier Uranga (Redwood) 17:09 24. Jonathan Garcia (Parlier) 17:09 25. Jesus Arceo (Parlier) 17:10 26. Robert Leija (Parlier) 17:11

Like Robby, Tijerra Lynch took second overall in a time of 19:34. she lead her team to a second place overall finish. The following team mates cracked the top 20:

6. Desiree Armendariz (Ridgeview) 20:30
10. Jessica Huizar (Ridgeview) 21:01

It appears that Ridgeview had it's second tie of the season in the Extra Large School Division:
1. Clovis East 53 2. Ridgeview 53 3. Clovis 63 4. Reseda 75 5. Clovis West 93 6. Tulare Western 172 7. Hoover 189 and lost when the sixth runner rule was applied.

A couple Mcfarland girls placed well in the race and they won the medium schools division (1. McFarland 36 2. Exeter 42 3. Yosemite 53 4. Granite Hills 870:

16. Corina Garcia (McFarland) 21:13
25. Kathy Torres (McFarland) 21:42

Varsity Girls Team Scores
Overall Scores:
1. Clovis East 69 2. Ridgeview 77 3. Clovis 87 4. Reseda (LA) 108 5. Clovis West 142 6. El Diamante 211 7. Firebaugh 211 8. Central Valley Christian 241 9. Golden West 256 10. McFarland 269 11. Exeter 284 12. Redwood 292 13. Monache 310 14. Tulare Western 336 15. Yosemite 353 16. Hoover 381 17. Wasco 471 18. Granite Hills 517 19. Farmeersville 527 20. Hanford West 560 21. Avenal 588

Extra Large School Results:
1. Clovis East 53 2. Ridgeview 53 3. Clovis 63 4. Reseda 75 5. Clovis West 93 6. Tulare Western 172 7. Hoover 189

Large School Results:
1. El Diamante 39 2. Golden West 55 3. Redwood 65 4. Monache 67 5. Wasco 124 6. Hanford West 158

Medium School Results:
1. McFarland 36 2. Exeter 42 3. Yosemite 53 4. Granite Hills 87

Small School Results:
1. Firebaugh 26 2. Central Valley Christian 31 3. Farmersville 82 4. Avenal 98

1 Clovis East 69 4 7 15 19 24 39
Total Time: 1:44:55.00
Average: 20:59.00

2 Ridgeview 77 2 6 10 13 46 67 83
Total Time: 1:44:49.00
Average: 20:57.80

10 McFarland 269 16 25 61 81 86 105 125
Total Time: 1:55:26.00
Average: 23:05.20

Individual Results (3.0 miles)
1. Katie Fry (Exeter) 19:24.0 (#17 all time invitational mark) 2. Tijerra Lynch (Ridgeview) 19:34 3. Yanet Urciaga (Reseda) 20:02 4. Brittany Laygo (Clovis East) 20:03 5. Lauren Sharwood (Clovis West) 20:15 6. Desiree Armendariz (Ridgeview) 20:30 7. Courtney Sharar (Clovis East) 20:36 8. Meghan Marvin (Clovis) 20:48 9. Bailey Henshaw (Golden West) 20:52 10. Jessica Huizar (Ridgeview) 21:01 11. Lindsay Gray (Clovis) 21:03 12. Alyssa Mejia (Clovis) 21:04 13. Lashya Morgan (Ridgeview) 21:05 14. Linda Ramos (Firebaugh) 21:08 15. Elizabeth Reimer (Clovis East) 21:13 16. Corina Garcia (McFarland) 21:13 17. Jessica Zavala (Reseda) 21:18 18. Molly Pahkamaa (El Diamante) 21:20 19. Sarah Tomaichel (Clovis East) 21:22 20. Liz Castaneda (El Diamate) 21:27 21. Kaylie Ogle (Clovis) 21:29 22. Taylor Samson (Clovis West) 21:30 23. Elizabeth Witt (Clovis West) 21:39 24. Miranda Bodarte (Clovis East) 21:41 25. Kathy Torres (McFarland) 21:42 26. Jettabel Velazquez (Reseda) 21:43

Friday, October 2, 2009

Do Not Miss This SWYL Showdown!

Today was the battle between the undefeated and it lived up to the hype. All three squads had large numbers and there were a lot of fans at the meet too. Zach Ewing from the paper was there to report on the meet as well. His accurate scoring of the meet as soon as the last scoring runner came in was appreciated.

2009 photos HERE.

The course was very well marked and much of the race could be seen from the visitor stands. A nice touch at this meet was Coach Setser (Ridgeview) introduced each varsity athlete as they took the starting line. Many of the athletes did not know what to make of this and that made the gesture even better.

In the girls race, Lynch took the early lead as expected but the team battle was behind her. As the race entered the last mile it looked as though Ridgeview had the win but coming down the homestretch things changed. Amber Nelson caught and passed a couple Ridgeview runners and Carolin Haney ran a gutsy race (she was very sick).

As I looked over Ewing's shoulder we both did the math and got 28 for Stockdale and after a few errors we got 28 for Ridgeview. Then we double checked because many thought the girl's race would not be very close. But it was a tie! So the race came down to the 6th runner and Stockdale was the winner.

In the boys race, Stockdale tried to stay up with Ridgeview's top guns early on but could not hang on. Alex Garcia and Robby Baker of Ridgeview (Alex won the sprint)) entered the track together with a sizable lead over Blair Slaton and Curtis Kelly of Stockdale. In the end, Ridgeview's top 4 where too much for Stockdale to overcome.

Girl's team score -- Stockdale 28, Ridgeview 28, with the underdog Mustangs the winner on sixth runner.

Ridgeview's Tijerra Lynch, finished in 18:55, about 20 seconds off her best. Stockdale's Riddhi Patel was second in 19:43, and Ridgeview's Desiree Aremendariz next in 19:49. With Tori Blackmon, fourth in 19:50, and Nelson, Stockdale's No. 4 runner (running with a hip-flexor injury) finished fifth in the race in 20:10.

Ridgeview held off Stockdale 24-31 in the boys showdown between the teams, with Wolf Pack teammates Alex Garcia (15:39) and Robby Baker (15:40) neck-and-neck for the top two spots.
Stockdale's Blair Slaton (16:11) and Curtis Kelly (16:12) were third and fourth.

Boys cross country

Ridgeview 24, Stockdale 31; Ridgeview 15, South 49; Stockdale 15, South 50

At Ridgeview (Wednesday)

1. Garcia, R, 15:39; 2. Baker, R, 15:40; 3. Slaton, St, 16:11; 4. Kelly, St, 16:12; 5. Lewis, R, 16:15; 6. Soliz, R, 16:18; 7. Fisher, St, 16:22; 8. Miller, St, 16:24; 9. Bourke, St, 17:20; 10. Madrigal, R, 17:24.

JV--Stockdale 22, Ridgeview 33; Ridgeview 16, South 47; Stockdale 15, South 48

FS--Ridgeview 23, Stockdale 34; Ridgeview 15, South 45; Stockdale 15, South 48

Girls cross country

Ridgeview 15, South 49; Stockdale 15, South 50; Stockdale 28, Ridgeview 28 (Stockdale wins on sixth runner) At Ridgeview (Wednesday)

1. Lynch, R, 18:55; 2. Patel, St, 19:43; 3. Armendariz, R, 19:49; 4. Blackmon, 19:50; 5. Nelson, St, 20:10; 6. Morgan, R, 20:14; 7. Huizar, R, 20:18; 8. Haney, St, 20:47; 9. Jones, St, 21:09.

JV--Stockdale 15, Ridgeview 49; South 26, Ridgeview 31; Stockdale 15, South 46.

FS--Stockd. 26, Ridgev. 33.

Meet Preview:
Both squads are undefeated in SWYL duels and both squads have won invites on the boys and girls sides. But one thing have not done is race against each other this season. Well Wednesday at Ridgeview they will.

Both schools have run Woodward Park this season. The 5k course is where valley and state are held. Ridgeview ran their first meet of the year there and won the McLane Highlander Invite instead of running the EB Invite that Stockdale won. Last weekend, Stockdale won the Clovis West Invite at Woodward instead of competing at Ridgeview's Wolf Pack Invite where Ridgeview took a close second behind McFarland

Now comparing a first meet performance to Stockdale's more recent performance is not ideal but it was over 100 when Stockdale ran. With these factors in mind, below are the school's times:

baker,robby 16:33 12 ridgeview
kelly,curtis 17:05 10 stockdale
garcia,alex 17:07 12 ridgeview
miller,cameron 17:16 stockdale
solis,brian 17:39 12 ridgeview
slaton,blair 17:41 stockdale
fisher,connor 17:47 stockdale
lewis,jerrid 17:51 12 ridgeview
pennel,seth 18:28 stockdale
magno 18:30 ridgeview

A duel meet on paper would score:

Ridgeview - 1,3,5,8,10 for 27
Stockdale - 2,4,6,7,9 for 28

Next Wednesday, it ain't on paper! So don't miss this SWYL showdown at Ridgeview!

On the girl's side it will also be close. Again one is comparing a season opener meet to a recent meet but the weather was brutal for Stockdale. One thing to also note is Patel ran in the frosh/soph race at Woodward for Stockdale and this week she won the double duel meet against North and Centennial.

Below are the team's Woodward Park times for this season:

Lynch; 21:11; Ridgeview
Huizar, 21:33 Ridgeview
Carolin Haney Jr 103 12 22:02
Armendariz, 22:24 Ridgeview
Amber Nelson Jr 109 20 23:14
Cynthia Lopez Jr 106 21 23:35
Shelbe Pennel Sr 111 26 24:03
Jennifer Hawthorne Jr 104 29 24:31
Carr, 24.46 Ridgeview
Morgan, 25:59 Ridgeview

Ridgeview 1,2,4,9,10,= 26
Stockdale 3,5,6,7,8 = 29

But if you factor in Patel's Woodward time:

Lynch; 21:11; Rid
Huizar, 21:33 Rid
Riddhi Patel Fr 110 1 21:36
Carolin Haney Jr 103 12 22:02
Armendariz, 22:24 Rid
Amber Nelson Jr 109 20 23:14
Cynthia Lopez Jr 106 21 23:35
Shelbe Pennel Sr 111 26 24:03
Carr, 24.46 Rid
Morgan, 25:59 Rid

Ridgeview 1,2,5,9,10 = 27
Stockdale 3,4,6,7,8 = 28

So needless to say both races show be really close baring any injuries or illness.

They plan to run 6 races. Which will allow for room at the start for all runners as well as a chance for our lower level kids to shine in their respective races. Below is the tentative schedule for races, if they can get ahead they will. .

F/S Girls 3:40
F/S Boys 4:00
JV Girls 4:15
JV Boys 4:40
V Girls 5:00
V Boys 5:25

Bakersfield South Rotary Presents...

The 9th Annual Ron Fontaine Memorial Dollars for Scholars Run will be held on Halloween day at CALM. The event is sponsored by Bakersfield South Rotary. Proceeds benefit Deserving seniors from Ridgeview, Stockdale and South High Schools. This scenic run along the Kern River and Lake Ming has become a local favorite over the years. Medals awarded to the top three finishers in each the 5 & 10K categories. T-shirt included with registration. Follow @ronsrun on Twitter.

2009 Photos HERE. HERE.
2009 Results HERE.

When: Saturday, October 31st
Where: California Living Museum
Registration: 7:00-8:15 a.m.
Race Times: 8:30 a.m. (5 & 10K)
8:35 a.m. (1 mile)

Race Entry Form HERE.
2007 Noise Coverage HERE.
FaceBook HERE.
Twitter HERE.

Proceeds go to scholarships for Ridgeview, South and Stockdale High Schools!

Registration Fee (includes tee-shirt):
Adult (19+) Before October 26- $20.00
Student (18 and under) Before October 26- $10.00
Adult (19+) After October 26- $25.00
Student (18 and under) After October 26- $15.00
For questions or additional information please contact
John Lindsay (636-4625) or Pete Elieff (805-8500). Or
email us at ronsrun@gmail.

Race Preview:
This event is for a good cause and it is not your cut n paste race on the bike path. I had to cover a meet out of town last year but ran the event in 2007. It was the first time I had seen Chris Schwartz (photo) at a local road race and he ran the 10k for the first time too. This was the year he won his first state cross country title. That day he easily won the 10k btw.

The race starts at the CALM parking lot and goes down a closed road towards Lake Ming. In 2007 the 5k was out back from Lake Ming and the 10k was the same except one did a couple loops behind the lake. The loop ran on the bike path and then down on the trial that ran parallel to the bike path. The long uphill near the finish line made for an interesting finish.

Hopefully, after the awards, you will be able to drive over to Hart Park and watch the varsity races of the Kern County Invite as well.

Thursday, October 1, 2009

Kern Boy's Teams are on Top of the Charts

Week #4 (September 28) so mcfarland jump from number 5 to number 2 in the overall rankings complied by Larry Lung. They bumped ridgeview out of the second spot btw.

Another big mover was Stockdale who moved up 4 spots. the Mustangs have been on the road every weekend and have been putting in impressive times with their tightly bunched pack of five.

On Friday, Ridgeview will meet McFarland at the Golden West Invite for their rubber match. Stockdale ironically will stay in town and run the BC Open Invite starting at 11am at the Soccer Complex near Hart Park.

Varsity Boys

Overall score last week

1. Buchanan 63 1
2. McFarland 158 5 Returned the favor to Ridgeview by beating them at their invite.
3. Ridgeview 170 2 Looking forward to the rubber match this Friday against Mcfarland at the
4. Clovis West 183 3
5. Madera South 221 6
6. Stockdale 238 10 Been competing out of town lately but next week they go heads up with Ridgeview
7. Clovis 255 4
8.Highland 297 9 The top SEYL squad looking for a valley title.
9. Roosevelt 352 8
10. Avenal 366 7
11. Madera 406 13
12. Clovis North 479 11
13, Clovis East 513 12
14. Shafter 551 15 - Looked good at Wolf Pack Invite
15. Bullard 578 20
16. Wasco 605 17 - Shafter's main competition in the SSL
17. Redwood 605 16
18. East Bakersfield 620 19 After an early season lost to Highland they have been winning duals and skipping invites.
19. Golden West 629 14
20. Parlier 698 NR

Divisional Rankings compiled by Larry Lung, Central California Cross Country Chair

Division I - Buchanan is the 900 lb gorilla in this division and despite losing some great runners to grauation they are still the top team in the valley and one of the top teams in the state. Clovis West is ranked number two even though Stockdale won their invite last week. CW's top runners went to the Stanford Invite instead of running their own invite. despite getting roughed up by it's league mates, Centennial is ranked number 8.

1. Buchanan 27 1
2. Clovis West 57 2
3. Stockdale 70 4 - The Mustangs won a meet at Woodward & ran well at Woodbridge
8. Centennial 217 9 - Improving each meet but in a Tough league and division

Division II - Highland has had an easy time of it so far in the SEYL and has been racking up quite a few 15s along the way. They even scored a 15 on third ranked East, but since that meet East has been improving and hiding out on the weekends.

1. Highland 71 1 - Where they hope to be in November. Sat out Wolf Pack Invite due to illness & travel conflicts
3. East Bakersfield 134 5 - Improving each week but not running invites so far this season
8. North (Bakersfield) 184 8 - Same problem Centennial has.
9. Liberty (Bakersfield) 217 10 - Have not seen them lately.

Division III - After losing their invite to Mcfarland, the Wolf Pack blitzed the Frontier course on Wednesday. Baker went sub 15 and Garcia was not to far behind. Look for Shafter to make a move up the ranks soon but they have Madera South ahead of them and they are tough.

1. Ridgeview 72 1 - Defeated McFarland once this season and look to do it again. Plus big duel meet next week against Stockdale (both squads are undefeated)
5. Shafter 210 5 Did well at Wolf pack with a huge squad of athletes
6. Wasco 230 6
8. Foothill 343 8 Trojans also have a lot of athletes and as the season progresses some will step up and make an impact on varsity

Division IV - The Cougars have won the valley division four title almost every year and should do the same this year. Their goal is to get that elusive tenth state title and their training has been geared for that goal. But with a lost to Ridgeview at their own invite, they maybe focusing more on these early season battles.

1. McFarland 47 1 - Ranked number 2 overall in the valley and the only school in ages to break 85 minutes at Woodward. Losing to Ridgeview might have been the best thing for them
9. Taft 314 7

Week Three Duals

Boys cross country

Foothill 20, Golden Valley 43

At Foothill, 3-mile course

1. Sandles, GV, 16:42; 2. Bautista, F, 16:55; 3. Lopez, F, 17:13; 4. Meyer, F, 18:19; 5. Garcia, F, 18:21; 6. Rodriguez, F, 18:34; 7. Verdugo, F, 18:49; 8. Espinoza, F, 19:10; 9. Gamino, GV, 20:25; 10. Razo, GV, 21:05. JV--Foothill 15, Golden Valley 55. FS--Foothill 15, Golden Valley 38.

Burroughs 18, Barstow 43 At Barstow, 3-mile course Burroughs runners -- 1. Rosales, 17:05; 2. Espabridis, 17:27; 4. Woodman, 18:08; 5. Woods, 18:22; 6. Haugen, 18:31; 8. Andrew Szczypiorski, 18:55; 9. Howell, 19:29. JV -- Burroughs won by forfeit.

East 20, Liberty 38 Liberty 17, BHS 40 East 15, BHS 50 At Liberty 1. K. Shotts, L, 16:32; 2. Santiago, E, 16:35; 2. Mosqueda, E, 16:35; 4. Sotello, E, 17:15; 5. Ramirez, E, 17:17; 6. Moffit, L, 17:20; 7. Zaragoza, E, 17:45; 8. Fuentes, E, 17:46; 9. Tenney, L, 17:57; 10. Langsten, B, 18:04. JV East won by forfeit; FS BHS won by forfeit.

Highland 18, Garces 39 At Highland 1. Van Zandt, H, 16:18; 2. Lewis, H, 16:25; 3. O'Malley, G, 16:55; 4.Turner, H, 17:22; 5. Jungo, H, 17:30; 6. Dickson, H, 17:44; 7. Freed, G, 17:55; 8. Real, G, 18:26; 9. Griswold, H, 18:58; 10. Maxgill, G, 19:13. JV Highland 15, Garces 48.

Ridgeview 15, Frontier 44 At Frontier 1. Baker, R, 14:55; 2. Garcia, R, 15:03; 3. Solis, R, 16:00; 4. Lewis, R, 16:07; 5. Madrigal, R, 16:12; 6. Beechinor, F, 16:39; 7. Rodriguez, F, 16:40; 8. Magno, R, 16:43; 9. Urmston, F, 17:14; 10. Felafani, F, 17:24. JV Ridgeview 26, Frontier 31 FS Ridgeview 19, Frontier 40

Mira Monte 24, Kennedy 31

At Mira Monte

1. Reyes, M, 17:39; 2. R. Gonzalez, M, 18:43; 3. Mendoza, M, 18:49; 4. Ramirez, K, 18:57; 5. Parra, M, 19:15; 6. Rosas, M, 20:31; 7. A. Gonzalez, M, 20:43; 8. Fernandez, K, 20:38; 9. Albrech, K, 24:11; 10. Espinoza, K, 27:07.

South 15, West 50 At West

1. Echeverria, S, 18:23; 2. Castro, S, 18:23; 3. Branquinho, W, 18:36; 4. Meraz, S, 18:37; 5. Ramirez, S, 18:59. JV, FS South won by forfeit

Girls cross country

Foothill 25, Golden Valley 31 At Foothill, 3-mile course 1. Fernandez, F, 21:18; 2. Castro, F, 22:01; 3. Silva, GV, 22:14; 4. Rodriguez, GV, 22:17; 5. Salguna, GV, 22:20; 6. Montoya, F, 22:22; 7. Mrafak, F, 22:28; 8. Ibarra, GV, 22:29; 9. Rodriguez, F, 22:56; 10. Escudero, F, 23:02. JV--Foothill won by forfeit. FS--GV 28, Foothill 30.

Burroughs d. Barstow by forfeit 3-mile course, Barstow Burroughs runners -- 1. Wood, 21:42; 2. Ernst, 22:13; 3. Argain, 29:55; 4. Benson, 30:15; 5. Van Meter, 31:19; 6. Dotson, 32:41.

Liberty 25, East 30 BHS 23, Liberty 33 BHS 20, East 37 At Liberty 1. Baker, B, 18:55; 2. Barton, L, 19:37; 3. G. Garcia, B, 20:24; 4. Shuford, B, 20:27; 5. Thoennes, L, 20:37; 6. S. Garcia, E, 20:42; 7. L. Garcia, E, 20:54; 8. Lerma, B, 21:39; 9. Cruz, E, 21:42; 10. LeCavilier, L, 22:15. JV, FS BHS won by forfeit

Garces 27, Highland 28 At Highland 1. Guzman, G, 19:14; 2. Rodriguez, H, 20:29; 3. Brown, G, 21:32; 4. Berry, H, 21:48; 5. Mercado, H, 21:54; 6. Vu, G, 22:01; 7. Martinez, H, 22:16; 8. Lombardo, G, 23:05; 9. Thomas, G, 23:12; 10. Rangel, H, 23:49. JV Garces 19, Highland 36

West 21, South 34 At West 1. Habebo, W, 20:59; 2. Theroux, W, 22:29; 3. G. Castro, S, 22:41; 4. C. Castro, W, 22:43; 5. Espinoza, S, 22:49; 6. McCown, W, 22:51; 7. Cuebas, S, 23:05; 8. Gonzalez, W, 23:41; 9. Ghuman, S, 24:06; 10. Alamillo, S, 24:46. JV, FS South won by forfeit

Ridgeview 16, Frontier 45 At Frontier 1. Lynch, R, 18:37; 2. Huizar, R, 19:11; 3. Armendariz, R, 19:37; 4. Morgan, R, 19:44; 5. De La Rosa, F, 20:04; 6. Tarr, R, 20:15; 7. Voss, R, 20:57; 8. Driskill, F, 21:11; 9. Bennett, F, 21:41; 10. Johnson, R, 21:53. JV, FS Ridgeview 15, Frontier 50

Mira Monte 20, Kennedy 40

At Mira Monte

1. Diaz, M, 23:33; 2. Ulloa, K, 24:15; 3. Garcia, M, 24:24; 4. Manriquez, M, 25:46; 5. Rodriguez, M, 25:47; 6. Maguna, K, 26:46; 7. Herrera, M, 28:05; 8. Villanueva, M, 29:05; 9. Arellano, K, 29:25; 10. Pompa, M, 30:05.

Week One Duels

Boys cross country

Garces 27, BHS 28 3 miles, Kern River Parkway 1. O'Malley, G, 17:22; 2. Fred, G, 18:16; 3. Garner, B, 18:20; 4. Langston, B, 19:20; 5. Scrivano, B, 19:27; 6. Real, G, 19:43; 7. Miller, B, 1951; 8. Newman, G, 20.00; 9. Amidon, B, 20:19; 10. Gill, G, 20:31. JV -- Garces won by forfeit; F/S -- BHS 21, Garces 34

Stockdale 15, Frontier 47 At Frontier 1.Slaton, S, 15:58, 2. Kelly,S, 3. Miller,S, 4. Fisher,S, 5. Burk, S. 7. Urmston, F; 8. Beechinor,F; 9. Rodriguez,F; 11. Peralta,F; 12. Sclafani,F. JV -- Stckd 17, Front. 45

Foothill 25, Liberty 31 At Liberty 1. Lopez, F, 16:53; 2. Bautista, F, 17:04; 3. Shotts, L, 17:14; 4. Moffit, L, 17:34; 5. Perez, L, 18:16; 6. Rodriguez, F, 18:24; 7. Garcia, F, 18:36; 8. Tenney, L, 18:41; 9. Verdugo, F, 18:48; 10. Espinoza, F, 19:11. JV Foothill by forfeit.

Ridgeview 15, North 46 North 15, West 50 Ridgeview 15, West 50 At North Individual 1. Baker, R, 16:20; 2. Garcia, R, 16:20.6; 3. Solis, R, 16:36; 4. Lewis, R, 17:16; 5. Madrigal, R, 17:29; 6. Magno, R, 17:43; 7. T. Lopez, N, 17:47; 8. Mosqueda, N, 17:49; 9. Hernandez, N, 18:01; 10. Davalos, N, 18:32; Branguinho, W, 19:51. JV Ridgeview 25, North 31; North 15, West 50; Ridgeview 15, West 50; FS Ridgeview 27, North 28; North 15, West 50; Ridgeview 15, West 50

Centennial 17, South 41 At South 1. Raney, C, 18:16; 2. Bailey, C, 18:17; 3. Ballard, C, 18:24; 4. Montelongo, C, 18:28; 5. Echeverria, S, 18:30; 6. Castro, S, 18:32; 7. Treiberg, C, 19:02; 8. Millan, C, 19:05; 9. Meraz, S, 19:11; 10. Cortez, S, 19:31. JV Centennial 15, South 50; FS Centennial 21, South 32

Golden Valley meet scores Highland 18, Golden Valley 45 East 20, Golden Valley 39 Highland 15, East 40

Girls cross country

Bakersfield 22, Garces 33 Kern River Parkway, 3-mile course 1. Baker, B, 19:22; 2. Guzman, G, 20:35; 3. Garcia, B, 21:24; 4. Lerma, B, 21:29; 5. Shuford, B, 21:32; 6. Brown, G, 21:37; 7. Cruz, G, 22:06; 8. Vu, G, 23:36; 9. DeLaHuerta, B, 24:07; 10. Lombardo, G, 24:20. JV, F/S -- Garces won by forfeit.

Stockdale 17, Frontier 40 At Frontier 1. Nelson, S, 20:15; 2. Haney, S, 3. Patel, S, 4. DeLarosa, F; 5. Lopez, S; 6. Jones, S; 7. Campbell,F; 8. Jones, F; 9. Bennett, F; 12. Driskill. JV Stockdale 15, Frontier DNF

Foothill 24, Liberty 31

At Liberty 1. Barton, L, 20:01; 2. Fernandez, F. JV Foothill by forfeit

Golden Valley meet scores

Highland 19, Golden Valley 39 East 23, Golden Valley 33 Highland 26, East 30

Ridgeview 21, North 34 North 15, West 50 Ridgeview 15, West 50 At North 1. Lynch, R, 19:52; 2. Huizar, R, 20:44; 3. Armendariz, R, 20:54; 4. E. Perez, N, 21:12; 5. Moyer, N, 21:17; 6. Y. Perez, N, 21:27; 7. Morgan, R, 22:13; 8. Tarr, R, 22:53; 9. B. Perez, N, 23:18; 10. Mariscal, N, 23:22. JV North 18, Ridgeview 39; North 15, West 50; Ridgeview 15, West 50; FS Ridgeview 25, North 34; North 15, West 50; Ridgeview 15, West 50

Centennial 16, South 43 At South 1. Braughton, C, 21:18; 2. Melgar, C, 23:42; 3. Velasquez, C, 23:46; 4. Peery, C, 23:51; 5. Castro, S, 23:56; 6. Sanchez, C, 23:58; 7. Moore, C, 24:07; 8. Espinoza, S, 24:50; 9. Ghuman, S, 25:09; 10. Cuevas, S, 26:02. JV South won by forfeit; FS Cent.d. South

Wednesday Duals - 09/16/09 at 4pm

SEYL Records:

* Highland boys 2 - 0 girls 2 - 0
* Foothill boys 1 - 0 girls 1 - 0
* Garces boys 1 - 0 girls 0 - 1
* East boys 1 - 1 girls 1 - 1
* BHS boys 0 - 1 girls 1 - 0
* Liberty boys 0 - 1 girls 0 -1
* Golden Valley boys 0 - 2 girls 0 - 2

SWYL Records:

* Ridgeview boys 2 - 0 girls 2 - 0
* Centennial boys 1 - 0 girls 1 - 0
* Stockdale boys 1 - 0 girls 1 -0
* North boys 1 - 1 girls 1 - 1
* Frontier boys 0 - 1 girls 0 - 1
* South boys 0 - 1 girls 0 - 1
* West boys 0 - 2 girls 0 -2

Thursday, September 24, 2009

Like the Boys, the Ridgeview Girls are Top Ranked

Three weeks into the season and the Ridgeview girls are the top ranked Kern County team according to Larry Lung (Central California Cross Country Chair). The Wolf Pack has been racking up wins all season and he has them 5th in the valley followed by Stockdale in 7th.

Stockdale won the EB Invite and ran some fast times at Woodbridge last weekend.

Rounding out his top 20 overall are:

Foothill (15) - Recently won the Independence Invite
Garces (17) - They just beat Foothill in a duel meet
Centennial (19) - Getting better every week
Shafter (20) - Tied Ridgeview at the McLane Invite (won the 6th runner tie breaker). This weekend at the Wolf Pack is their first big meet of the year and I expect them to move up the rankings soon.

Overall rankings are great but in cross country valley and state are run in divisions and below is how Mr. Lung has our local schools ranked.

Division I

1. Buchanan 31 1
2. Clovis 50 2
3. Clovis East 83 3
4. Bullard 102 4
5. Stockdale 120 6 - Their top five are within a minute of each other.
6. Clovis West 129 5
7. Golden West 199 8
8. Centennial 207 9
9. Madera 232 7
10. Bakersfield 330 10 - The Drillers came in second behind Stockdale at the EB Invite and should be ranked higher despite the lack of a 5th runner (their top four is that good).

Division II

1. Mt. Whitney 101 1
2. Tulare 102 2
3. El Diamante 149 4
4. Foothill 150 5 - Are 2 and 1 in duel meets with a large team to draw from
5. Sunnyside 157 3
6. Garces 158 6 - Also 2 and 1 in duels meets. For several seasons Guzman was alone but now a team has been built around her.
7. Liberty (Bakersfield) 204 7 - Lead by standout Ashley Barton, I have heard that her team mates are getting better.
8. North (Bakersfield) 209 10 - The Stars are a young team that maybe surprise many like their leader Moyer did her freshman year.
9. Sanger 224 8
10.Monache 230 9

Division III

1. Madera South 105 1
2. Ridgeview 107 2 - Defending valley champs, enough said.
3. Clovis North 146 3
4. Shafter 240 4 - A young squad who can keep up with the Wolf Pack.
5. Highland 248 6 - Coach Mayberry's teams are always in the hunt for state berth come November
6. Redwood 288 5
7. Exeter 290 7
8. Independence 324 - Have a returning state qualifier and seniors this year.
9. Delano 360 8
10. Hoover 363 10

Division IV

1. Firebaugh 102 1
2. Taft 183 2 - Lead by Megan Thompson, she hopes to lead her team to a state berth.
3. McFarland 195 4 - Hopes to replicate their boys success but I hear key runners are not competing this year for them.
4. Sierra 251 6
5. Orange Cove 274 7
6. Fowler 283 8
7. Corcoran 295 10
8. Woodlake 314 NR
9. Liberty (Madera) 330 NR
10. Farmersville 343 9

Week #3 (September 21)
Varsity Girls

Overall score last week

1. Buchanan 69 1

2. Clovis 138 2

3. Clovis East 250 3

4. Madera South 283 4

5. Ridgeview 290 6

6. Bullard 317 8

Stockdale 380 11

8. Mt. Whitney 391 5

9. Tulare 395 10

10. Clovis North 406 9

11. Clovis West 409 9

12. Firebaugh 466 12

13. CVC 549 13

14. El Diamante 605 15

15. Foothill 609 16

16. Sunnyside 637 14

17. Garces 642 19

18. Golden West 652 NR

Centennial 680 NR

20. Shafter 688 17