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:

1. Blair Slaton (Stock) 16:36
2. Curtis Kelly (Stock) 16:42
3. Cameron Miller (Stock) 16:47
4. Daymon Sandles (Golden Valley) 16:58
5. Conner Fisher (Stock) 17:07
6. Conner O'Malley (Garces) 17:20
7. Jose Ramirez (East) 17:26
8. Santigo Lazarit (East) 17:28
9. Camilo Mosqueda (East) 17:30
10. Tobias Lopez (North) 17:39
    

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