Fast Times at Golden Valley?

Wednesday night my phone was lighting up with texts about the great times run at Golden Valley. What is known is Daymon Sandles (GV) and Sarah Baker (BHS) easily won their races and ran fast. But the length of the course is a question mark.

I covered the Highland and East meet at Golden Valley but never found any times for that meet. I do know the course is flat and is three loops of unknown length. Each lap did cover almost the entire length of the track and then the course went out and around a large field. But before it came back to the track it did a funky short cul-de-sac like loop before turning back on to the track.

Because of all the sharp turns and grass on the course, I do not think it is that fast of a course. Plus the three loop format is not a favorite of athletes. I also spoke to other coaches whose teams have competed on the course and they think it is short as well.

Having said all that, I would love for the course to be legit. Both Sarah and Daymon are hard working and talented athletes who I know can post the kind of times run today. Daymon ran 15:48 and Sarah ran 17:46 on the Golden Valley course and I know that they can post these kind of times at Hart Park and hope they do so in a few weeks.

In the team competition, the Lady Drillers completed their second season of dual meets undefeated. The Driller boys won the battle to get out of the cellar and are now 1 - 5 while Golden Valley is 0 - 6.


Boys Bakersfield 26, Golden Valley 31 At Golden Valley, 3-mile course

1. Sandles, GV, 15:48.
JV -- BHS 21, GV 36

Girls Bakersfield 24, Golden Valley 33 At Golden Valley, 3-mile course

1. Baker, Bakersfield 17:45
JV -- GV won by forfeit

Kern County at MT. SAC 09

Mt. SAC Cross Country Invitational
Celebrating it's 62nd Year, the Mt. SAC Cross Country Invitational has become our nation's largest cross country invitational. Last year a record 22,000+ participants competed over the famed 3 mile cross country course. The names "Valley Loop", "Switchbacks", "Poop Out Hill" and "Reservoir Hill" have become part of cross country legend and lingo. The course has changed little over the last 61 years, making it one of the few courses where different generations can compare times.

• Previous Noise Coverage HERE.
• 2009 DyeStatCal Coverage HERE.
• 2009 Photos HERE. HERE.
• 2009 Videos HERE.

• Team List HERE.
• All Girls Teams Combined HERE.
• All Boys Teams Combined HERE.
• Course HERE.
  

Meet Recap:

MT SAC successes this weekend were McFarland defending it's title in the D4 Sweepstakes race. Video HERE. They beat the number one ranked team in the state by the way!

Ridgeview boys and girls won their races as well and Robby Baker and Tijerra Lynch were top individuals in those races.

A couple Kern athletes made the By-Grade Performance lists:

FABULOUS FROSH

1. Porter Reddish Vista Murrieta 15:59
2. Emilio Nunez Valley View 16:14
3. Erik Garcia McFarland 16:15

11.Connor Fisher Stockdale 16:42

In the All Girls Combined:

• Ridgeview was the top Kern County squad with a team time of 1:45:30 (avg. 21:06). They came in 143 out of 395 teams.
  
• Ridgeview's Tijerra Lynch (Interview) was the top runner as well with a time of 19:48 for 371th place out of 4642 runners who ran.

In the All Boys Combined:

• The Ridgeview boys had the fastest time of the day, 1:23:13 to McFarland's 1:23:20 but Mcfarland place higher in the standings because of their better 5 man gap. McFarland averaged 16:40 and came in 78th overall. Ridgeview averaged 16:38 and came in 85 place.
• The Stockdale boys ran 1:24:38 (16:55 avg) for 103rd place out of 473 teams that competed.
• The fastest Kern boys was Ridgeview's Robby Baker who ran 15:47 for 93rd place out of 6730 runners.
  

Saturday Boy's Results:

Team Results for North Bakersfield They came in 12th on their race with a team time of 90:17 which is a 18:03 per man average. Freshman Francisco Mosequeda was the top runner with a time of 17:22 for 33rd place.

Team Results for North Bakersfield
Race Place Last First Grade Gender Time 2008
113 33 Mosqueda Francisco 9 Male 17:22
113 47 Lopez Tobias 11 Male 17:37 17:44 (-0:07)
113 61 Davalos Robbie 10 Male 17:59 18:57 (-0:58)
113 74 Hernandez Alex 10 Male 18:19
113 102 Lopez Jessie 10 Male 19:00 20:15 (-1:15)
113 110 Falagan Shawn 10 Male 19:10
113 146 Emmett Chris 12 Male 21:12 18:59 (+2:13)

Team Results for Stockdale The Mustangs took second in their race with a team time of 84:38 which is a 16:55 average per man.

Team Results for Stockdale
Race Place Last First Grade Gender Time 2008
112 5 Miller Cameron 10 Male 16:19
112 9 Kelly Curtis 10 Male 16:39 16:57 (-0:18) Finishing HERE.
112 11 Fisher Connor 9 Male 16:42
112 22 Slaton Blair 12 Male 17:12 17:10 (+0:02)
112 35 Burke Stephen 11 Male 17:46 17:25 (+0:21)
112 36 Pennel Seth 11 Male 17:47
112 40 Mullen Troy 10 Male 17:50

Saturday Girl's Results:

Team Results for Liberty (bak)

118 91 Barton Ashley 11 Female 21:53

Team Results for North Bakersfield The Lady Stars came in tenth in their race with a team time of 108:07 for a per girl average of 21:40.

116 13 Perez Esthefani 9 Female 20:10
116 32 Moyer Kaylee 10 Female 21:07 21:40 (-0:33)
116 63 Perez Blanca 12 Female 22:07 22:23 (-0:16)
116 68 Perez Yadira 11 Female 22:14 22:07 (+0:07)
116 87 Emohoff Marina 10 Female 22:44
116 104 Mariscal Ariana 9 Female 23:16
116 105 Rodriguez Karlee 9 Female 23:20

Team Results for Stockdale The Lady Mustangs came in 8th in their race with a team time of 107:24. Their average time was 21:28.

115 24 Lopez Cynthia 11 Female 20:43 22:35 (-1:52)
115 27 Haney Carolin 11 Female 20:51 20:30 (+0:21)
115 36 Jones Hannah 9 Female 21:08
115 44 Nelson Amber 11 Female 21:35
115 85 Tomita Eri 11 Female 23:07
115 89 Blackmon Tori 9 Female 23:21
115 90 Hawthorne Jennifer 11 Female 23:24

Friday Boy's Results:

Mcfarland wins the D4 Sweepstakes race with a team time of 83:20. They were lead by freshman Erick Garcia who ran 16:15 for second place. His team mate Nava came in fourth in a time of 16:17. their 5 man gap was 55 seconds.

• Race Video HERE.

At the first mile McFarland had a couple in the lead group and on the switchbacks Erick Garcia was in third. Erick's brother ran for McFarland last season. At the halfway point Garcia and Nava where in the chase pack about ten seconds behind the leader. Going up Poop Out, McFarland had five in the top ten.

In the end, Garcia chased down second place in the final yards of the race and his team won the event.

Team Results for McFarland
Race Place Last First Grade Gender Time 2008
39 2 Garcia Erik 9 Male 16:15
39 4 Nava Francisco 11 Male 16:17 16:47 (-0:30)
39 12 Perez Marco 11 Male 16:46 16:17 (+0:29)
39 18 Monrreal Jose 10 Male 16:52 18:40 (-1:48)
39 30 Camargo Marco 12 Male 17:10 16:15 (+0:55)
35 2 Perez Leo 11 Male 18:12 18:40 (-0:28)
35 4 Bello Jose 9 Male 18:23
39 74 Sanchez Pedro 12 Male 18:30 18:22 (+0:08)
35 7 Marquez Adam 10 Male 18:37 19:36 (-0:59)
39 79 Calvo Byran 12 Male 18:38 17:37 (+1:01)
35 14 Garcia Bernardo 10 Male 19:05 19:20 (-0:15)
35 38 Salgado Agustin 10 Male 19:57
35 51 Mulato Gonzalo 10 Male 20:20 19:08 (+1:12)
35 55 Herrera Enrique 9 Male 20:26
21 29 Munoz Francisco 9 Male 21:04
21 30 Mendez Alex 9 Male 21:10
21 43 Munoz Jaime 9 Male 21:41
21 64 Gonzalez Cristian 9 Male 22:47
21 74 Tinoco Ulysses 9 Male 23:29
21 90 Machado Fred 9 Male 24:56

Garces ran in the D4 Race #27 and came in 9th in a team time of 98:40. They were lead by senior Connor O'Malley who ran 18:10 for 20th place.


Team Results for Garces
Race Place Last First Grade Gender Time 2008
27 20 O'malley Connor 12 Male 18:10 17:39 (+0:31)
27 48 Real Chris 11 Male 19:22 20:03 (-0:41)
27 53 Freed David 12 Male 19:36 19:11 (+0:25)
27 86 Gill Max 11 Male 20:44
27 89 Karpe Robert 12 Male 20:48
27 99 Newman Thomas 9 Male 21:09
23 84 Pierce Paul 10 Male 22:43
21 63 Gonzalez Aaron 9 Male 22:46
23 85 Haley Clayton 10 Male 22:46
23 124 Louden Andrew 10 Male 25:23 23:52 (+1:31)
23 148 Blair Mason 10 Male 27:52
23 156 Verdin Nicholas 10 Male 29:33 28:08 (+1:25)

Arvin ran in the D3 Race #13 on Friday and came in 19th. They were lead by senior Juan Calderon who came in 6th overall in a time of 16:26.

Team Results for Arvin
Race Place Last First Grade Gender Time 2008
13 6 Calderon Juan 12 Male 16:26 18:38 (-2:12)
4 11 Santos Neftali 9 Male 19:11
13 83 Rodriguez Alex 12 Male 19:38
13 107 Martinez Jorge 12 Male 20:26
13 115 Santos Alejandro 12 Male 20:46
10 44 Rodriguez Jose 10 Male 20:54
13 142 Lopez Jose 12 Male 23:41
13 144 Guerrero Christian 11 Male 24:15 24:47 (-0:32)
13 145 Hernandez Francisco 11 Male 24:23

Foothill boys also ran in the D3 Race #13 and came 13th in a team time of 96:30. They were lead by senior Erick Bautista who ran 17:28 for 23rd place.

Team Results for Foothill (bak)
Race Place Last First Grade Gender Time 2008
13 23 Bautista Erick 12 Male 17:28 16:54 (+0:34)
13 68 Rodriguez Daniel 11 Male 18:55 18:46 (+0:09)
13 81 Garcia Javier 12 Male 19:34 18:54 (+0:40)
13 99 Lopez Jose 12 Male 20:05 18:23 (+1:42)
13 108 Verdugo Edgar 11 Male 20:28
13 109 Amaya Alvaro 11 Male 20:29 19:21 (+1:08)

Ridgeview boys won their D3 Race #14 in a team time of 83:13 with a five man gap of 2:01. Robby Baker (15:47), Alex Garcia (16:03) and Brian Solis (16:20) went 1,2,3 in their race and Jerrid Lewis (17:15) placed tenth.

Team Results for Ridgeview
Race Place Last First Grade Gender Time 2008
14 1 Baker Robby 12 Male 15:47
14 2 Garcia Alex 12 Male 16:03
14 3 Solis Brian 12 Male 16:20
14 10 Lewis Jerrid 12 Male 17:15
14 22 Madrigal Jaime 11 Male 17:48
14 71 Hobson Triandous 12 Male 19:15
14 73 Magno Brandon 10 Male 19:18

Bakersfield College ran the 4 mile course and came in 20th in their race is a team time of 123:00. They were lead by:

31 Mejjia, Francisco 14 Bakersfield 22:41 5:40
72 Quintero, Rober 13 Bakersfield 23:36 5:54
170 Vincent, Nathan 13 Bakersfield 25:18 6:20
183 Diaz, Victor 14 Bakersfield 25:38 6:24
193 Smith, Gehrig 13 Bakersfield 25:47 6:27
266 Hurtado, Ariel 13 Bakersfield 27:45 6:56
281 Flores, Nicholas 13 Bakersfield 28:29 7:07


Friday Girl's Results:

Foothill came in 6th in the D3 Race #16 in a team time of 1:22:02. They were lead by junior Natalie Fernandez who ran 22:29 for 14th place.

Team Results for Foothill (bak)
16 14 Fernandez Natalie 11 Female 22:29 19:36 (+2:53)
16 39 Castro Erica 11 Female 23:53
16 43 Montoya Monica 12 Female 24:05
16 46 Veloz Perla 11 Female 24:23 22:15 (+2:08)
16 83 Escudero Marisol 11 Female 27:12
16 92 Rodriguez Crystal 12 Female 28:31
16 93 Mrasak Kaitlyn 11 Female 28:32 23:21 (+5:11)

Tehachapi came in 16th and were lead by senior Sarah Whitson who ran 22:56 for 22nd place.

Ridgeview girls also won their D3 Race #17 in a team time of 105:30. They were lead by Tijerra Lynch who ran 19:48 for first place, her team mate Armendariz (20:45) came in 5th and Morgan (21:23) came in tenth.

Team Results for Ridgeview
17 1 Lynch Tijerra 11 Female 19:48
17 5 Armendariz Desiree 10 Female 20:45
17 10 Morgan Lashya 9 Female 21:23
17 13 Huizar Jessica 12 Female 21:28
17 20 Tarr Desirae 9 Female 22:06
17 46 Voss Bailey 9 Female 23:50
17 55 Fackler Callie 9 Female 24:31

Garces came in 9th in the D4 Race #31 in a team time of 120:40 and a a time gap of 2:40. They were lead by Lauren Brown (Sr) who ran 22:39 for 23rd place.

Team Results for Garces
31 23 Brown Lauren 12 Female 22:39 30:25 (-7:46)
31 42 Vu Tammy 10 Female 23:43 25:08 (-1:25)
31 44 Cruz Jessica 9 Female 23:57
31 61 Lombardo Sammie 10 Female 25:02 26:03 (-1:01)
31 71 Thomas Talia 10 Female 25:19
31 80 Ruettgers Christy 10 Female 25:53
22 53 Molina Gabriella 9 Female 26:31
31 90 Lombardo Laura 12 Female 26:48
25 70 Bayne Nicole 10 Female 27:27
22 107 Gonzalez Breanna 9 Female 30:14
25 126 Vanderpoel Jacquelyn 10 Female 31:42

Team Results for McFarland - They came in 16th in their race with a team time of 120:05 (24:01 avg)
32 21 Garcia Corina 11 Female 21:35 21:51 (-0:16)
32 38 Torres Kathy 10 Female 22:30 23:59 (-1:29)
32 99 Perez Britney 9 Female 24:40
32 120 Arguello Megan 9 Female 25:38
32 121 Torres Kathy 10 Female 25:42 23:59 (+1:43)
32 156 Gonzalez Monica 10 Female 29:53 29:06 (+0:47)

Team Results for Arvin
7 24 Torralva Jennifer 9 Female 25:06
16 59 Bautista Janet 12 Female 25:11
16 96 Gomez Gabby 12 Female 29:37

Bakersfield College came in 25th in their race with a team time of 119:15. They were lead by Emily lemming who ran 22:00 for 112th place.