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.
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)

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