2010 Boys Cross Country Preview

Just heard that the Dual Meet System is being replaced by Cluster Meets in the SWYL. The SWYL will have three cluster meets and the a league meet. Theses meets will start at the end of September.

This information came from Bakersfield, Stockdale and Centennial. According to them this decision was recently made by the ADs and the meets will be hosted by Bakersfield, Independence and Stockdale.

The status of SYL and SEYL dual meets is unchanged as of 08.16.10. The reason I am reporting this information is one it is news and two if you like or do not like the changes, now is the time to make you voice heard.

This year is the first year that we will have three leagues here in Bakersfield. Long ago we had just the SYL, then it split into the SEYL and the SWYL and now we will have the SYL, SEYL and the SWYL. Besides the league changes, there were some division changes as well. Sadly our section does not do it by population only. For some reason they decided to take in past performance in determining a school's placement.

In 2007, Centennial won the boys and girls Valley D-2 titles and was rewarded with a move to D-1. This year nine time D-4 state champ McFarland boys have been moved to D-3.

Below, I have listed each division with the local schools and what league they are now in. The results shown were last year's valley results.

Results

• 2009 Cross Country
• 2008 Cross Country
• 2007 Cross Country
• 2006 Cross Country

Photos

• 2009 Cross Country
• 2008 Cross Country
• 2007 Cross Country
• 2006 Cross Country

• Top Individual Times at Woodward Park
• Top Team Times at Woodward Park

Boys D-1:

BAKERSFIELD (SWYL) - In June of 2009, the entire varsity squad graduated and the Drillers were back to where they were in 2006 for the most part. With no veterans returning, the Drillers went from 5 - 1 in the SEYL to 1 - 5 and took its lumps in the valley meet.

Like 2006, they had a young squad who improved through the season and are back this year. Kevin Scrivano and Evan Bowman are their top returners and have been doing well in local races this summer and placed well in a 5k in San Francico.

10. 302 BAK/Bakersfield High ( 19:37 1:38:01)

1 52 Andrew Zavala 930 SR 53 18:44

2 53 Kevin Scrivano 926 FR 54 18:45

3 62 Tony Smith 925 JR 63 19:25

4 67 Evan Bowman 928 FR 69 20:21

5 68 Robert Amidon 927 FR 70 20:46

6 ( 69) Bryson Cotton 929 FR 71 21:26

CENTENNIAL (SWYL) - As mentioned before, the Golden Hawks won Valley titles in 2007 and it was great retirement present for Coach Randy Jones. In 2008, they were moved to D-1 and had a new coach and then in 2009 they got another. Coach Vondre Armour is now coaching his second season and reports that he has a large team that has been training well this summer.

Vondre of course is a former Driller who won a state 800 title back in the day and hopes to bring back the days of Coach Jones this season. In 2009, he too had a young squad and they are all returning for the most part. His top two runners are Eric Millan and Craig Varner who look to improve on their 9th out of 10 finish as a team at valley this year.

9. 237 CEN-B/Centennial - Bakersfield ( 18:20 1:31:39)

1 34 Eric Millan 991 SO 34 17:40

2 48 Craig Varner 992 SO 49 18:20

3 50 Dustin Rojos 988 JR 51 18:26

4 51 Hayden Rory 989 JR 52 18:28

5 54 Nick Treiberg 987 SO 55 18:45

6 ( 59) Craig Bailey 993 FR 60 19:16

7 ( 63) Misael Pelayo 990 SR 64 19:40

STOCKDALE (SWYL) - In the SWYL this year youth is the word and the Mustangs have it in droves every year. Plus these youngsters are fast too. Last year Stockdale just missed making it to the state meet as a team. They came in 4th and were 18 points behind Clovis West. They laost to Ridgeview in league action but it was a very close race.

In 2009, they and Ridgeview were the first Bakersfield squads to break 85 minutes on the Woodward course in decades. This year they maybe the first Bakersfield D-1 squad to make it to state as a team. They only lose Blair Slaton and will be lead juniors Cameron Miller and Curtis Kelly. Miller qualified for state as an individual athlete and Kelly has been a top ranked age group runner for years.

Both have been training hard this summer and will be surrounded by a well balanced squad of returners plus they always seemed to get a freshman or two every year.

4. 87 STO-B/Stockdale - Bakersfield ( 16:49 1:24:04)

1 8 Cameron Miller 351 SO 8 16:25

2 16 Curtis Kelly 349 SO 16 16:43

3 17 Blair Slaton 350 SR 17 16:45

4 19 Connor Fisher 352 FR 19 16:51

5 27 Seth Pennel 353 JR 27 17:20

6 ( 28) Stephen Burke 354 JR 28 17:21

7 ( 35) Troy Mullen 355 SO 35 17:41

Boys D-2

EAST (SEYL) - The Blades have had some good teams over the past couple seasons and always peak for the championship season. They often disappear during the regular season to focus on training which maybe a good thing since many local teams seem to be burned out by Novemeber. They are losing a couple runners but seem to find new ones every year. Their top runner, Moses will be a junior this year and he qualified for state last year.

5. 105 EBAK/East Bakersfield ( 17:19 1:26:31)

1 9 Moses Valdez 90 SO 9 16:54

2 12 Jose Ramirez 85 SR 12 17:00

3 22 Camilo Mosqueda 87 JR 22 17:17

4 30 Santiago Lazarit 86 SR 30 17:38

5 32 Marc Sotello 88 SR 32 17:42

6 ( 43) Charlie Zaragoza 89 JR 44 18:10

7 ( 48) Moss Travis 91 SR 49 18:20

FRONTIER (SWYL) - Looks like they will be returning their entire valley squad from last year and every year the Titans have a large number of athletes on their rooster. If their top 5 couple improve by a minute or so they would have a very good senior year.

14. 385 FRON-B/Frontier - Bakersfield ( 18:25 1:32:01)

1 58 William Beechinor 758 JR 61 18:00

2 63 Tanner Urmston 759 JR 66 18:08

3 64 Dustin Sclafani 760 JR 67 18:09

4 78 Mark Rodriguez 761 JR 81 18:23

5 122 Nathan Andrade 763 JR 129 19:21

6 (131) Ricky Gonzales 764 JR 138 19:33

7 (137) Chris Corral 762 JR 144 19:38

GARCES (SEYL) - With the graduation of multiple year state qualifier O'Malley, the Rams do not have a clear cut leader. Plus much of their valley squad has graduated so there will be a new group running this year. I do know that they have been training lately and have a large turnout.

10. 266 GM-B/Garces Memorial - Bakersfield ( 18:53 1:34:21)

1 19 Connor O'Malley 511 SR 19 17:09

2 49 David FReed 507 SR 50 18:22

3 63 Chris Real 513 JR 64 19:01

4 65 Tom Newman 510 FR 68 19:46

5 70 Robert Karpe 509 SR 73 20:03

6 ( 74) Daniel Ramirez 512 SR 78 20:23

7 ( 77) Max Gill 508 JR 81 21:19

HIGHLAND (SEYL) - The power trio of Van Zandt, Lewis and Turner have lead the Scots to SEYL titles and a number of bridesmaid finishes at the valley meet as well. They have now graduated but coach Mayberry always has a large turnout every year and knows how to get his runners ready for the championship season.

In 2010, they should be lead by Ivan Esquivias who has been an outstanding 4 or 5th man over the past two seasons. Their main SEYL competition should come from East this year.

2. 90 HIG-B/Highland - Bakersfield ( 17:11 1:25:52)

1 8 Jake Van Zandt 364 SR 8 16:47

2 14 Thomas Turner 365 SR 14 17:04

3 16 Ivan Esquivias 367 SO 16 17:08

4 25 Colin Lewis 363 SR 25 17:23

5 27 Mike Jungo 366 JR 27 17:30

6 ( 28) Jordan Dickson 368 SO 28 17:33

7 ( 58) Daniel Espinosa 369 SR 59 18:48

LIBERTY (SWYL) - From what I can find the patriots did not field a team at the valley meet. They did come in 4th in the SEYL league meet last year and have a number of returning athletes.

NORTH (SEYL) - Coach Brian Huens had a large young squad last year and will have 6 of his 7 valley squad back. They will be lead by senior Tobias Lopez lat year they were 8th at valley and third at the SWYL league meet. This year they will be in the SEYL and will be up against some traditionally good squads like Highland, East and Foothill.

8. 164 NBAK/North Bakersfield ( 17:44 1:28:37)

1 21 Tobias Lopez 207 JR 21 17:16

2 29 Robbie Davalos 210 SO 29 17:37

3 33 Alex Hernandez 209 SO 33 17:42

4 34 Francisco Mosqueda 208 FR 34 17:43

5 47 Shawn Falagan 213 SO 48 18:19

6 ( 55) Jessie Lopez 211 SO 56 18:41

7 ( 68) Adam Ralls 212 SR 71 19:59

Boys D-3

ARVIN (SSL) - With the graduation of SSL champ Juan Calderon, the Bears will be looking for a new leader and more depth.

17. 494 ARV/Arvin High ( 18:48 1:33:58)

1 10 Calderon Juan 307 SR 11 16:37

2 92 Santos Neftali 308 FR 95 18:42

3 100 Gonzalez Alex 310 SR 104 18:54

4 144 Santos Alejandro 309 SR 151 19:50

5 148 Rodriguez Jose 311 SO 155 19:55

6 (169) Lopez Jose 312 SR 177 21:21

7 (180) Guerrero Christian 313 JR 188 22:07

CESAR CHAVEZ -

18. 509 CC-D/Cesar Chavez - Delano ( 18:59 1:34:53)

1 49 Martin Rios 974 SR 51 17:45

2 72 Rudy Sandoval 977 SR 75 18:16

3 109 Andres Rodriguez 975 SR 114 19:00

4 117 Javier Reyes 976 SR 123 19:17

5 162 Saleh Obedi 978 SR 170 20:35

DELANO -

10. 317 DELA/Delano High ( 18:05 1:30:21)

1 33 Omar Nunez 295 SO 34 17:17

2 59 Ernesto Hernandez 296 SR 62 18:02

3 69 Jorge L. Navarro 297 SR 72 18:14

4 75 Estaban R. Ayon 299 JR 78 18:20

5 81 Sebastian Ramirez 298 FR 84 18:28

6 (136) Joe Vicente 300 SR 143 19:38

FOOTHILL (SEYL) - Last year Foothill came in third in the SEYL league meet.

8. 259 FT-B/Foothill - Bakersfield ( 17:44 1:28:37)

1 9 Jose Lopez 549 SR 9 16:35

2 31 Erick Bautista 548 SR 32 17:15

3 51 Justin Meyer 551 SO 53 17:47

4 80 Edgar Verdugo 554 JR 83 18:26

5 88 Javier Garcia 552 SR 91 18:34

6 ( 99) Cesar Sanchez 550 SO 103 18:52

7 (110) Jerry Jiron 553 FR 116 19:01

GOLDEN VALLEY (SYL) - From what I can tell the Bulldogs did not field a scoring team at valley last year but senior to be Daymon Sandles did qualify fo the state meet.

INDEPENDENCE (SWYL) - I believe this is the first year that Independence will have seniors. They will be lead by senior Dwayne Falco as they join Yosemite league action.

13. 363 IND-BAK/Independence - Bakersfield ( 18:15 1:31:12)

1 27 Dwayne Facho 482 JR 28 17:10

2 56 Robby Kostner 483 SO 59 17:58

3 76 Terry Vinson 484 JR 79 18:20

4 97 Paul Gaytan 486 FR 100 18:47

5 107 Mike Facio 485 SO 111 18:57

6 (130) Anthony Marquez 488 SO 137 19:32

7 (150) Ricardo Romero 487 FR 157 20:04

Mc FARLAND (ESL) - They have racked up 9 state titles and too many valley titles to count. In the past five years they have placed no worst then 5th at the state meet in pursuit of their tenth title. For all of these great achievements, they are being rewarded by being moved up to D-3.

Their population is way below the 1250 limit of D-4 but that does not seem to matter to the powers that be in the Central Section. All I know is the rest of the D-4 schools in the state should send the Central Section Czar a nice Christmas present for moving McFarland out of D-4.

The good thing is 5 of their top 7 are returning from their second place state team. they are lead by sophomore Erik Garcia who won the D-4 title last year. Until last year, no other Kern County had broken 85 minutes besides Mcfarland at Woodward Park. Of course McFarland does this all the time with times under 83 minutes.

1. 23 MCFAR/McFarland High ( 16:36 1:22:56)

1 1 Erik Garcia 282 FR 1 16:17

2 4 Francisco Nava 285 JR 4 16:36

3 5 Jose Monrreal 283 SO 5 16:36

4 6 Marco Perez 284 JR 6 16:43

5 7 Marco Camargo 287 SR 7 16:44

6 ( 20) Leonardo Perez 286 JR 20 17:39

7 ( 30) Pedro Sanchez 288 SR 30 18:09

MIRA MONTE (SYL) - Did not field a team.

RIDGEVIEW (SYL)

2. 92 RIDG-B/Ridgeview - Bakersfield ( 16:40 1:23:20)

1 3 Alex Garcia 835 SR 3 15:48

2 4 Robby Baker 834 SR 4 16:05

3 13 Brian Solis 836 SR 14 16:40

4 28 Jerrid Lewis 837 SR 29 17:12

5 44 Jaime Madrigal 838 JR 45 17:35

6 ( 53) Triandous Hobson 839 SR 55 17:50

7 ( 73) Cayce Chrenenko 840 JR 76 18:18

ROBERT F. KENNEDY - Did not field a team.

SHAFTER (SSL)

5. 152 SHAF/Shafter High ( 17:12 1:25:57)

1 7 Jesus Villalpondo 321 JR 7 16:25

2 34 Alex Moreno 325 JR 35 17:18

3 36 Miguel Placencia 326 JR 37 17:22

4 37 Simon Viss 327 JR 38 17:25

5 38 Jorge Perez 323 SR 39 17:27

6 ( 42) Christopher Handel 322 SR 43 17:34

7 ( 52) Angel Garcia 324 SR 54 17:48

SOUTH (SYL) -

19. 535 SBAK/South Bakersfield ( 19:03 1:35:11)

1 66 Jesus Meraz 939 SO 69 18:10

2 82 Ezekiel Gonzales 940 SR 85 18:29

3 98 Jason Ramirez 938 SR 101 18:50

4 142 Josh Cortes 944 SR 149 19:47

5 147 David Pineda 943 SR 154 19:55

6 (160) Israel Torres 941 SR 168 20:30

7 (161) Luis Lupercio 942 SR 169 20:30

TEHACHAPI (SSL) -

23. 649 TEHA/Tehachapi High - DISQUALIFIED ( 19:35 1:37:52)


1 111 Kevin Rooney 823 FR 117 19:07

2 114 Matt Resendiz 822 SR 120 19:13

3 115 Andrew Caldwell 817 FR 121 19:13

4 153 Josh Lara 821 FR 161 20:07

5 156 Sergei Horowitz 820 SR 164 20:12

6 (157) Logan Colier 818 SR 165 20:19

7 (175) Cesar Garcia 819 FR 183 21:31

WASCO (SSL)

6. 162 WASC/Wasco High ( 17:19 1:26:31)

1 14 Cesar Patino 603 SO 15 16:50

2 17 Arturo Mendoza 602 SO 18 16:57

3 39 Gerardo Gonzalez 600 SO 40 17:31

4 45 Jorge Zuniga 606 SO 46 17:36

5 47 Eddie Ramirez 604 SR 48 17:37

6 ( 55) Gregorio Linares 601 SO 57 17:51

7 ( 65) Eric Sanchez 605 SR 68 18:09

WEST (SYL) - Did not field a team.

Boys D-4 MAX. 1250 STUDENTS

BAKERSFIELD CH. -

17. 454 BAKC/Bakersfield Christian ( 20:27 1:42:12)



1 73 Austin Adee 43 JR 74 19:44

2 83 Matt SOderstrom 44 SO 85 20:09

3 95 Thomas Beard 47 SR 97 20:36

4 101 James O'Rourke 46 FR 103 20:50

5 102 Matt Dragt 48 SO 104 20:53

6 (117) Greg Merrill 45 JR 120 21:40

7 (126) Nolan Karnes 49 SR 129 24:50

TAFT (SSL) -

5. 184 TAFT/Taft High ( 18:24 1:31:57)


1 21 Jeremias Xancale 335 JR 21 17:42

2 35 Michael Hernandez 339 SO 35 18:22

3 37 Devin Capella 336 JR 37 18:24

4 42 Rocky Hestand 338 FR 42 18:34

5 49 Ty Heiter 341 JR 49 18:55

6 ( 50) Philip Taylor 337 FR 50 18:55

7 ( 58) Kyle Fleming 340 SO 58 19:11