2010 Girls 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

Girls Cross Country

D-1
BAKERSFIELD (SWYL) - This is the final year for the four Drillers who started together in 2007. They won a SEYL league title in 2007 & 2009 and their leader Sarah Baker has been SEYL champ all three years. The whole 2009 squad returns as seniors but the Drillers have always lacked a fifth girl which leads to poor results at the valley meet. They were 7th in 2009

Last year Sarah did qualify for state in the super tough D-1 and this year she looks to be a four time league individual champ but will have a more competition this year with the new SWYL Power League. Stockdale has amazing team depth and a couple athletes who could vie for the individual title as well.

7. 186 BAK/Bakersfield High ( 21:19 1:46:34)

1 10 Sarah Baker 917 JR 10 19:01

2 35 Grace Garcia 918 JR 35 20:59

3 41 Emily Shuford 919 JR 41 21:33

4 48 Sarah Scrivano 923 JR 48 22:20

5 52 Alejandra Ponce 921 JR 52 22:41

6 ( 56) Gabby Lerma 920 JR 56 23:20

7 ( 66) Cassie Chavez 922 JR 66 24:59

CENTENNIAL (SWYL) - The Golden Hawks are looking to improve this season but their top two runners did graduate. Jorey Braughton is now running for CSUB and Margaret Martinez is running for BC. This leaves Chloe Carlson as their top returner. What makes her unique is she is a sprinter who qualified for state in the 200 has a freshmen.

Of course Centennial has a tradition sprinters being good cross country runners. In 2008 Ashlee Thomas won the 400 and 800 at the valley track meet and she often ran well in the 200 as well. She now runs for BYU.

This is Coach Vondre Armour's second year and he reports that he has a large team that has been training hard this summer. He will find out how good they are early because their first dual meet of the year is against Stockdale. last year they came in 5th at the SWYL league meet.

10. 251 CEN-B/Centennial - Bakersfield ( 22:35 1:52:51)

1 32 Jory Braughton 980 SR 32 20:45

2 51 Margaret Martinez 981 SR 51 22:29

3 53 Chloe Carlson 986 FR 53 22:44

4 57 Sarah Ballard 985 JR 57 23:26

5 58 Liz Sanchez 982 JR 58 23:27

6 ( 60) Melisia Melgon 984 JR 60 23:34

7 ( 63) Allei Schaffer 983 JR 63 24:07

STOCKDALE (SWYL) - The Mustangs are the team to beat locally and I doubt anyone will. Their top 6 return this year and their spread was less than a minute. Plus every year they pick up a fast freshmen or two. Last year it was Patel who lead them most of the year to an undefeated dual meet season and a win at the SWYL league meet.

At valley they came in 4th in the super fast D-1 and were only 3 points out of third place. In track Haney came on strong in the 3200 and was in the low elevens and gave Driller Sarah Baker a run for her money. So this year's new SWYL league meet should be a good one.

4. 107 STO-B/Stockdale - Bakersfield ( 20:15 1:41:15)

1 18 Riddhi Patel 342 FR 18 19:54

2 20 Carolin Haney 345 JR 20 20:16

3 21 Cynthia Lopez 347 JR 21 20:20

4 22 Tori Blackmon 344 FR 22 20:21

5 26 Hannah Jones 343 FR 26 20:24

6 ( 31) Amber Nelson 346 JR 31 20:44

7 ( 34) Shelbe Pennel 348 SR 34 20:56

D-2
EAST (SEYL) - Most of their 2009 squad returns but their top runner Garcia who qualified for state as an individual has graduated. Last year the team did not field a team at the SEYL league meet.

14. 321 EBAK/East Bakersfield ( 23:10 1:55:47)

1 7 Lucy Garcia 78 SR 7 20:14

2 46 Sophia Garcia 79 JR 46 22:15

3 86 Anasary Rosales 82 JR 88 24:16

4 88 Ana Nunez 83 SO 90 24:19

5 94 Dulce Nunez 81 JR 97 24:43

6 ( 98) Teresa Martin 80 FR 101 25:08

7 (102) Flora Garay 84 SO 105 26:30

FRONTIER (SWYL) - Everyone from the 2009 squad returns except for their top runner (DeLarosa) who will be running for Fresno State this fall. In 2009, the Titans came in 4th at the SWYL league meet.

12. 240 FRON-B/Frontier - Bakersfield ( 22:16 1:51:19)

1 8 Alyson Delarosa 752 SR 8 20:20

2 13 Jessica Campbell 751 FR 13 20:26

3 56 Ariel Driskill 753 SO 56 22:42

4 70 Amanda Bennett 756 JR 71 23:08

5 93 Teale Jones 754 SO 96 24:43

6 ( 95) Samantha Oliver 755 FR 98 24:48

7 ( 96) Katie Helms 757 FR 99 24:56

GARCES (SEYL) - Most of their 2009 squad returns but their top runner (Guzman) is now running for CSUB this fall. The Rams came in 4th in the 2009 SEYL league meet.

10. 214 GM-B/Garces Memorial - Bakersfield ( 21:58 1:49:47)

1 9 Monica Guzman 502 SR 9 20:22

2 38 Tammy Vu 506 SO 38 21:48

3 42 Lauren Brown 500 SR 42 21:59

4 58 Jessica Cruz 501 FR 58 22:44

5 67 Tahlia Thomas 505 SO 67 22:54

6 ( 73) Sammie Lombardo 503 SO 74 23:27

7 ( 92) Marissa Machado 504 SO 95 24:41

LIBERTY (SWYL) - Most of the 2009 squad returns and is lead by Barton who has had numerous injuries over the past couple years. The Patriots came in 5th at the 2009 SEYL meet.

11. 216 LIB-B/Liberty High - Bakersfield ( 22:05 1:50:22)

1 12 Ashley Barton 172 JR 12 20:24

2 29 Jordan Thoennes 173 JR 29 21:30

3 41 Allison Holmes 174 FR 41 21:59

4 53 Crystal Le Cavallier 175 JR 53 22:31

5 81 Mickey Cardiel 176 JR 83 23:58

6 ( 85) Aaliyah Beed 177 FR 87 24:13

7 ( 99) Maki Osawa 178 SR 102 25:11

NORTH (SEYL) - Coach Huens's squad was big last year and came on strong at the end of the year. At SWYL meet last year, their top runner Moyer came in third overall and her team came in third behind Stockdale and Ridgeview. This year they move to the SEYL and should be the top ranked team in that league.

5. 164 NBAK/North Bakersfield ( 21:36 1:47:58)

1 11 Kaylee Moyer 201 SO 11 20:23

2 25 Blanca Perez 204 SR 25 21:26

3 28 Ariana Mariscal 203 FR 28 21:30

4 39 Yadira Perez 202 JR 39 21:52

5 61 Estefani Rivera 205 FR 61 22:47

6 ( 72) Karlee Rodriguez 206 FR 73 23:17

7 ( 75) Sarena Underwood 200 SR 77 23:40

D-3
ARVIN (SSL) - I could not find their valley results, so they may have not fielded a scoring team.

CESAR CHAVEZ - I could not find their valley results, so they may have not fielded a scoring team.

DELANO
17. 426 DELA/Delano High ( 24:00 1:59:57)

1 51 Cynthia Juarez 290 SO 55 22:18

2 56 Dayali Corrales 289 JR 61 22:34

3 85 Victoria Ayon 291 SR 94 23:45

4 116 Daisy Duenas 292 SO 127 25:37

5 118 Rajvir Brar 293 SR 129 25:43

6 (126) Karely Andrade 294 JR 138 26:53

FOOTHILL (SEYL) - Last year the team came in 3rd at the SEYL meet.

8. 184 FT-B/Foothill - Bakersfield ( 21:42 1:48:28)

1 6 Natalie Fernandez 541 JR 6 20:12

2 22 Perla Veloz 542 JR 22 21:05

3 27 Erica Castro 543 JR 27 21:28

4 60 Crystal Rodriguez 545 SR 60 22:46

5 69 Monica Montoya 544 SR 69 22:57

6 ( 83) Hillary Belo 547 JR 85 24:01

7 ( 91) Marisol Escudero 546 JR 94 24:29

GOLDEN VALLEY (SYL) - I could not find their valley results, so they may have not fielded a scoring team.

HIGHLAND (SEYL) - This is rumored to Coach Mayberry's final year and it is his daughter's senior year (She is the top returner). Highland always has a large squad and are ready for the championship season. Last year this senior ladened squad came in 2nd behind BHS at the SEYL meet.

6. 174 HIG-B/Highland - Bakersfield ( 21:36 1:47:59)

1 1 Jeannette Rodriguez 356 SR 1 19:39

2 24 Dennise Mercado 358 SR 24 21:15

3 44 Nichole Berry 357 SR 44 22:06

4 50 Desiree Martinez 359 SR 50 22:22

5 55 Katherine Mayberry 361 JR 55 22:37

6 ( 79) Celia Rangel 362 JR 81 23:51

7 ( 80) Hilaria Vasquez 360 SR 82 23:56

INDEPENDENCE (SWYL) - I believe this is their first year with seniors so their whole 2009 squad will be returning.

5. 135 IND-BAK/Independence - Bakersfield ( 21:15 1:46:15)

1 14 Acacia Ingram 476 JR 14 20:38

2 23 Sara Sullivan 477 SO 23 21:04

3 27 Katelynn Webb 478 SO 27 21:18

4 34 Bianca Savarese 475 SO 36 21:35

5 37 Emily Viveros 479 JR 39 21:40

6 ( 47) Natalie Ambriz 481 JR 51 22:11

7 ( 84) Carlie Croxton 480 JR 93 23:44

MIRA MONTE (SYL) - I could not find their valley results, so they may have not fielded a scoring team.

RIDGEVIEW (SYL) - The Wolf Pack came in second at the SWYL meet and the valley meet in 2009 and Coach Setser has 6 of that team returning. They are lead by two SWYL individual champ Tijerra Lynch who along with Driller Sarah Baker where the top two runners in town.

2. 65 RIDG-B/Ridgeview - Bakersfield ( 20:19 1:41:31)

1 3 Tijerra Lynch 827 JR 3 19:06

2 7 Desiree Armendariz 828 SO 7 19:41

3 16 Lashya Morgan 829 FR 16 20:44

4 18 Jessica Huizar 830 SR 18 20:57

5 21 Bailey Voss 831 FR 21 21:03

6 ( 46) Deserae Tarr 832 FR 49 22:09

7 ( 52) Emily Johnson 833 FR 56 22:19

ROBERT F KENNEDY - I could not find their valley results, so they may have not fielded a scoring team.

TEHACHAPI (SSL) - Two of their top three return this fall.

10. 321 TEHA/Tehachapi High ( 23:01 1:55:05)

1 13 Danielle Tildahl 815 JR 13 20:37

2 38 Sarah Whitson 816 SR 40 21:41

3 50 Rachel Evans 811 JR 54 22:18

4 109 Erin Golackson 812 SR 120 25:11

5 111 Julie Matzenger 813 SR 122 25:18

6 (113) Jordan Metzler 814 SO 124 25:26

7 (114) Amanda Duke 810 SR 125 25:29

SHAFTER (SSL) Last year's squad was young and fast and won a SSL title. This year they all return and I bet will pick up another fast freshman or two

4. 92 SHAF/Shafter High ( 20:41 1:43:22)

1 8 Moriah Millwee 314 SO 8 19:56

2 9 Carli Preston 315 FR 9 20:11

3 10 Cambria Tudor 316 FR 10 20:12

4 29 Ashley Foster 317 FR 29 21:25

5 36 Katerina Plaza 318 JR 38 21:38

6 ( 43) Irene Rodriguez 320 FR 46 22:00

7 ( 60) Lenea Lara 319 JR 66 22:36

SOUTH (SYL)
18. 431 SBAK/South Bakersfield ( 23:52 1:59:19)

1 61 Natalie Espinoza 937 SR 67 22:37

2 70 Gabby Castro 931 SR 76 22:57

3 87 Selina Alamillo 932 SO 96 23:47

4 103 Breann Ghuman 936 SR 114 24:44

5 110 Claudia Cuevas 933 SR 121 25:14

6 (112) Elizabeth Benitez 934 SR 123 25:19

7 (115) Maria Hernandez 935 SO 126 25:29

WASCO (SSL)
15. 417 WASC/Wasco High ( 23:48 1:58:57)

1 48 Amanda Castellon 607 JR 52 22:12

2 67 Jadine Gonzalez 609 FR 73 22:50

3 91 Andreina Reyes 611 JR 101 23:58

4 104 Martha Sanchez 612 FR 115 24:49

5 107 Ana Orozco 610 SR 118 25:08

6 (125) Selena Castellon 608 SO 137 26:17

WEST (SYL) - I could not find their valley results, so they may have not fielded a scoring team.

D-4 MAX. 1250 STUDENTS
BAKERSFIELD CH. (SSL)
8. 176 BAKC/Bakersfield Christian ( 27:02 2:15:08)

1 14 Stephanie Powell 36 JR 20 23:08

2 18 Reidlee Lynn 39 FR 25 23:52

3 34 Tiffany Rodriguez 38 SR 46 25:34

4 54 Amy Jennings 37 SR 72 29:26

5 56 Andie-Vawn Winter 42 FR 77 33:08

6 ( 57) Allison Lerude 41 SO 80 35:51

Mc FARLAND (ESL)
1. 45 MCFAR/McFarland High ( 21:46 1:48:49)

1 3 Kathy Torres 275 SO 3 20:19

2 6 Corina Garcia 276 JR 8 21:09

3 8 Jenny Munguia 277 FR 10 21:39

4 9 Britney Perez 278 FR 12 21:47

5 19 Ruby Lara 280 SR 26 23:55

6 ( 51) Monica Gonzalez 281 SR 69 29:04

TAFT (SSL)
3. 52 TAFT/Taft High ( 22:14 1:51:07)

1 1 Megan Thompson 328 SR 1 20:07

2 7 Daisy Guitron 329 SO 9 21:33

3 11 Lilibeth Pedrosa 330 SO 16 22:37

4 12 Shaela Alvarado 332 JR 17 22:46

5 21 Eloisa Garcia 333 SO 28 24:04

6 ( 22) Tania Osornia 331 SO 31 24:29

7 ( 31) Bernise Flores 334 SR 42 25:18