Foothill & East at Garces - 10.13.10

Boys cross country

Foothill 20, Garces 39; East 27, Foothill 29

At Kern River Parkway; 5K

1. Valdez, E, 18:20; 2. Verdugo, F, 18:24; 3. Fuentes, E, 18:29; 4. Mosquedo, E, 18:47; 5. Meyer, F, 19:28; 6. Gonzalez, G, 19:43; 7. Molina, F, 19:56; 8. Isidoro, F, 20:03; 9. Newman, G, 20:07; 10. Real, G, 20:08.

JV -- Foothill 15, Garces 49; Foothill 26, East 33

Girls cross country

East 20, Foothill 37; Garces 23, Foothill 32

At Kern River Parkway, 5K course

1. Fernandez (photo), F, 21:23; 2. Huff, G, 21:47; 3. Garcia, E, 22:34; 4. Roman, E, 22:41; 5. Cruz, G, 22:58; 6. Nunez, E, 23:13; 7. Ponce, E, 23:35; 8. Vu, G, 23:52; 9. Thomas, G, 24:17; 10. Rosales, E, 24:19.

JV -- East 17, Foothill 45; Garces 21, Foothill 39

Bakersfield & Highland at Foothill - 04.14.10

Boys

Bakersfield 94, Foothill 31; Bakersfield 72, Highland 41; Highland 90, Foothill 33

At Foothill

400 relay -- Bakersfield, 43.4 (Hunt, Norwood, Barraza, Jackson); 1600 -- Colin Lewis , H, 4:55; 110 HH--Browden, B, 17.3; 400 -- Van Zandt, H, 53.2; 100 -- Norwood, B, 10.8; 800 -- Van Zandt, H, 2:09; 300 IH -- Browden, B,... 44.6; 200 -- Norwood, B, 22.67; 3,200 -- Lopez, F, 10:04; LJ -- Hannible, B, 19-8; TJ -- Cardenas, B, 40-0; Discus -- Davis, B, 131-6; SP--Clagg, F, 44-10; PV -- Medina, F; HJ -- Cardenas, B, 5-10; 1600 relay -- Highland, 3:36.1.

Girls

Bakersfield 93, Foothill 36; Bakersfield 94, Highland 32; Foothill 70, Highland 59

400 relay -- Bakersfield, 52.4; 1600 -- Sarah Baker , B, 5:46; 100 LH--Fair, B, 18.7; 400 -- Heron, H, 1:03.6; 100 -- Heron, H, 12.7; 300 LH -- Fair, B, 54.5; 800 -- Baker, B, 34.6; 200 -- Heron, H, 26.9; 3,200 -- Baker, B, 13:12; HJ... -- Sindelar, 4-4; TJ -- Gordon, B, 30-4; Discus -- Juarez, F, 97-7; SP--Torres, B, 36-2; PV -- Osorio, F, 6-6; LJ -- Belt, B, 16-4; 1600 relay -- Bakersfield (Miller, Strong, Phillips-Smith, Fair), 4:37.9.

Golden Valley at Foothill - 04.07.10

Boys - G. Valley 103, Foothill 36

At Foothill

400 relay Golden Valley, 45.09; 1600 Sandles, G, 4:51.93; 110h Manquia, G, 15.8; 400 Vasquez, G, 54.3; 100 Matos, G, 11.1; 800 Sanchez, G, 2:14.03; 300h Vasquez, G, 46.3; 200 Matos, G, 23.4; 3200 Sandles, G, 10:44.18; 4x400 Golden Valley, 4:33.8; Dis Figueroa, G, 123; LJ Mungia, G, 20-5; PV Vargas, G, 11; SP Clagg, F, 42-2; TJ Grewal, G, 39-11 3/4; HJ Johnson, G, 5-8.

Girls - Golden Valley 80, Foothill 67

At Foothill

4x100 Golden Valley, 53.5; 1600 Fernandez, F, 5:59.9; 100h Scott, G, 16.09; 400 Shaw, G, 1:05.6; 100 Cross, F, 13.2; 800 Urias, G, 2:39.64; 300h Hidalgo, G, 53.0; 200 Cross, F, 27.8; 3200 Fernandez, F, 13:16.73; 4x400 Golden Valley, 4:40.7; SP Juarez, F, 30-6 3/8; TJ Ibarra, G, 30-9 1/2; HJ Urias, G, 4-6; Dis Juarez, F, 91; LJ Ibarra, G, 13-11; PV Osorio, F, 6-5.

Santa Barbara Easter Relays - 03.27.10

72nd Annual Easter Relays Track & Field

High School Division > Saturday - March 27, 2010

Meet Website HERE.
Complete Results HERE.
Facebook HERE.

Girls 1500 Meter Run Varsity

1 Rietveld, Nicole 12 Simi Valley 5:01.21
2 Illes, Monica 12 SYHS 5:02.57
3 Lambdin, Raquel 11 Camarillo 5:03.27
4 Adam, Bridget Saint Josephs hi 5:03.88
5 Sarah Baker Ba 5:05.65
9 Fernandez, Natalie 11 Foothill (Ba 5:15.8

Girls 3000 Meter Run Varsity

1 Miller, Liberty 12 Simi Valley 10:11.57
2 Upson, Kelly 11 Royal 10:41.51
3 Sarah Baker Ba 10:45.42

Girls 4x100 Meter Relay Varsity

1 Simi Valley HS 'A' 50.23 1
1) Hamilton, Amanda 10 2) McCormack, Jaimie 12
3) Nelson, Hannah 12 4) Shelly, Sunita 10

2 Santa Maria High School 'B' 51.10 3
...1) Black, Stephanie 12 2) Spencer, Tanesha 11
3) Carter, Tayler 11 4) Ware, Monet 11

3 Centennial (Bakersfield) 'A' 51.14 3
1) Chloe Carlson 09 2) Rothberg, Shelby 09
3) Dayanghirang, Eula 11 4) Humecky, Talor 10

Girls 4x200 Meter Relay Varsity

1 Santa Maria High School 'A' 1:41.83 3 10
1) Makkar, Aspen 12 2) Woodruff, Gianna 11
3) Price, Charnell 12 4) Urssery, Aijah 12
2 Centennial (Bakersfield) 'A' 1:49.21 3... 8
1) Chloe Carlson 09 2) Hannah Chudy 12
3) Humecky, Talor 10 4) Richert, Regan 11

Girls 4x400 Meter Relay Varsity

1 Santa Maria High School 'A' 3:55.98 3
1) Woodruff, Gianna 11 2) Makkar, Aspen 12
3) Price, Charnell 12 4) Thomas, Keyona 12
2 Centennial (Bakersfield) 'A' 4:08.91 3
...1) Jorey Braughton 12 2) Chloe Carlson 09
3) Hannah Chudy 12 4) Rothberg, Shelby 09

Girls 4x800 Meter Relay Varsity

1 Simi Valley HS 'A' 9:55.22
1) Jeters, Hanna 09 2) Miller, Amanda 11
3) Miller, Liberty 12 4) Rietveld, Nicole 12

5 Centennial (Bakersfield) 'A' 10:24.2...0
1) Jorey Braughton 12 2) Hannah Chudy 12
3) Martinez, Margaret 12 4) Sanchez, Elizabeth 11

Girls 800 Sprint Medley Varsity

1 Oaks Christian 'A' 1:54.26 3

4 Bakersfield High School 'A' 1:56.33 2

12 Centennial (Bakersfield) 'A' 2:00.37 2
1) Dayanghirang, Eula 11 2) Humecky, Talor 10
... 3) Rothberg, Shelby 09 4) Sanchez, Elizabeth 11

18 Foothill (Bakersfield) 'A' 2:10.73 1
1) Alexander, Lashay 10 2) Alvarado, Elena 10
3) Cross, Joyce 12 4) Soria, Valerie 10

Boys 100 Meter Dash Varsity

1 Saucer, Vincent Jr. Oaks Christian 10.82 NWI 4
2 Norwood, Mike Bakersfield High 11.04 NWI 4
7 Matt Turkington 12 Centennial ( 11.21 NWI 3

Boys 110 Meter Hurdles Varsity

1 Garner, Thomas 12 Royal 14.93 2.5 2
2 Christian King 10 Centennial ( 15.47 2.5 2
10 Howsry, Ethan Bakersfield High 17.44 4.1 1
12 Browben, Zach Bakersfield High 17.90 4.1 1

Boys 4x100 Meter Relay Varsity

1 Oaks Christian 'A' 43.13 2
2 Bakersfield High School 'A' 43.18 3
3 Centennial (Bakersfield) 'A' 43.29 3
1) Grimes, Thomas 10 2) Johnson, Shawn 11
3) Myre...n Moore 12 4) Matt Turkington 12

Boys 4x200 Meter Relay Varsity

1 Centennial (Bakersfield) 'A' 1:30.50 3
1) Grimes, Thomas 10 2) Christian King 10
3) Myren Moore 12 4) Matt Turkington 12
2 Bakersfield High School 'A' 1:30.60 3

Boys 4x400 Meter Relay Varsity

1 Centennial (Bakersfield) 'A' 3:25.50 3
1) Grimes, Thomas 10 2) Christian King 10
3) Myren Moore 12 4) Matt Turkington 12

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.

Ridgeview Go Undefeated in SWYL Duels

This meet was the brainchild of a couple former Trojans and the Golden Hawks got to join the fun. Both coaches ran for Foothill and now are head coaches in different leagues but decided to have a duel meet every year.

Centennial is coached by a former Driller and was at this meet because the original meet between them and Ridgeview was canceled due to hot weather.

The outcome was the same as it would of been then with Ridgeview taking its 6th win of the season and completed their back to back undefeated duel meet seasons in the SWYL.

Ridgeview was lead by Baker who recently broke sixteen on the valley/state meet course. Also their 5th runner was only 48 seconds behind Baker which is good for their valley title quest.

Centennial was lead by Millan who almost kept the Gold Hawks from getting 15ed. centennial finished the duel meet season with a 2 - 4 record.

Ridgeview 15, Centennial 49 At Foothill; 3-mile (boys)

1. Baker, R, 16:25; 2. Garcia, R, 16:27; 3. Soliz, R, 16:28; 4. Lewis, R, 17:06; 5. Madrigal, R, 17:13; 6. Millan, C, 17:15; 7. Rainey, C, 18:04; 8. Hobson, R, 18:18; 9. Zamora, R, 18:19; 10. Ulloa, R, 18:21.

JV -- Centennial 15, Foothill 45; Ridgeview 18, Foothill 37; Centennial 27, Ridgeview 29; FS -- Foothill 19, Centennial 43; Foothill 23, Ridgeview 35; Ridgeview 23, Centennial 32

The Lady Wolf Pack was lead once again by Lynch and they finished the SWYL duel season with a 5 - 1 record. Centennial ended the season with a 2 - 4 record.

Ridgeview 15, Centennial 45 At Foothill; 3-mile (girls)

1. Lynch, R, 19:44; 2. Morgan, R, 20:46; 3. Armendariz, R, 20:46; 4. Huizar, R, 21:04; 5. Tarr, R, 21:15; 6. Carlson, C, 22:34; 7. Melgar, C, 22:42; 8. Fackler, R, 22:44; 9. Sanchez, C, 22:46; 10. Johnson, R, 22:59.

JV -- Foothill 23, Centennial 44; Foothill 26, Ridgeview 33; Ridgeview 22, Centennial 34; FS -- Foothill 15, Ridgeview 53

F/S Girls FHS 15 RHS 53

F/S Boys FHS 19 CHS 43 FHS 23 RHS 35 RHS 23 CHS 32

JV Girls FHS 23 CHS 44 FHS 26 33 RHS 22 CHS 34

JV Boys CHS 15 FHS 45 RHS 18 FHS 37 CHS 27 RHS 29

Varsity Girls

RHS 15 CHS 45

1. Lynch R 19:44

2. Morgan R 20:46

3. Armendariz R 20:46

4. Huizar R 21:04

5. Tarr 21:15

6 Carlson C 22:34

7. Melgar C 22:42

8. Fackler R 22:44

9. Sanchez C 22:46

10. Johnson R 22:59

11. Peterson C 23:07

12. Moore C 23:09

13. Maldonado R 23:16

Varsity Boys

RHS 15 CHS 46

1. Baker R 16:25

2. Garcia R 16:27

3. Solis R 16:28

4. Lewis R 17:06

5. Madrigal R 17:13

6. Millan C 17:15

7. Rainey C 18:04

8. Hobson R 18:18

9. Zamora R 18:19

Ulloa R 18:21 8th man does not count in scoring

10. Rojas C 18:31

11. Treiberg C 18:43

12. Varner C 18:45

13. Smoot C 18:58

14. Bagley C 19:07

Highland & Foothill at Bakersfield

What a difference a year makes. Last year this season ending meet matched undefeated Highland and the Drillers. The race was hard fought and Highland ended up winning 26 to 29 and ended the season undefeated in duels. The Drillers were 5 and 1 and took second overall behind Highland in the SEYL.

This year Highland has not had any competition and has been posting a lot of 15s on people (their scoring five beats the other school's first runner). They have been lead by senior Colin Lewis (16:32) who is also undefeated in duels this season as well. The are almost assured of yet another SEYL title and are looking to win valley after coming in second the past two seasons.

The Drillers on the other hand have gone from 5 and 1 to 0 and 5. Their postponed meet with Golden Valley will be a battle of the defeateds when it is contested. BHS did manage to escape getting the dreaded 15 to 50 score, where the other school's seven come in before your first runner. Tony Smith ran 18:06 to save them from this fate.

Foothill was lead by Erick Bautista (16:44) and appears to be missing its top runner Jose Lopez. The Trojans ended the year with a 4 - 2 duel meet record, which guarantees them second since only Liberty could tie them and their last meet is against Highland.

Highland 15, BHS 48

Highland 18, Foothill 42

Foothill 20, BHS 39

At Yokuts Park

1. Lewis, H, 16:32 (CR); 2. Van Zandt, H, 16:33; 3. Bautista, F, 16:44; 4. Turner, H, 17:47; 5. Esquivias, H, 17:49; 6. Jungo, H, 17:22; 7. Dickson, H, 17:38; 8. Sanchez, F, 17:46; 9. Garcia, F, 17:47; 10. Smith, B, 18:06.

JV Highland 24, Foothill 34

On the girl's side, Sarah Baker continued her winning ways with a 19:24 clocking on her home course to lead her Driller's to a 5 - 0 record. With only Golden Valley in their way, the Drillers should have back to back undefeated duel meet seasons. At the SEYL league meet, they will be going for their second overall team title in three seasons and Sarah will be going for her third individual title.

Like the boys, the Lady Trojans are also 4 - 2 for the season and will be battling Liberty or Highland for second place overall in the SEYL. Liberty and Highland are 3 - 2 and have to make up their postponed meet this month. Highland has been lead all season by Rodriguez (20:02) and her team mates have been improving throughout the season.

BHS 23, Highland 32

Foothill 24, Highland 32

BHS 26, Foothill 30

At Yokuts Park

1. Baker, B, 19:24 (CR); 2. Rodriguez, H, 20:02; 3. Hernandez, F, 20:12; 4. Shuford, B, 20:15; 5. Zeloz, F, 20:22; 6. Garcia, B, 20:45; 7. Lerma, B, 21:11; 8. Castro, F, 21:23; 9. Berry, H, 21:37; 10. Mayberry, H, 21:42.

JV Foothill 24, Highland 33; Highland 27, BHS 32; Foothill 25, BHS 34.

Garces Girls & East Boys Win Big

On a day where mere mortals dare not tread, the Garces girls and East High boys pulled off impressive wins. Throughout the day, I was receiving texts that this meet and that meet was postponed for a later date due to the heat.

(Please click on photo to go to uploading meet photos)

But the meet I had long ago picked to cover went on as planned . It started a hour later and it was not that bad at Heritage Park. Sure it was hot (near 100) but there was a breeze and plenty of shade.

This park is one of my favorites for racing because it all on grass and there hills all over the place. The course is roughly the same as when I ran it in the 80s for Highland (I won the only time I ran on it btw). You run across the only flat part of the course, then turn right and go uphill to Bernard street. Then more uphill till you get to Mt. Vernon when you head downhill to the cul-de -sac part. Then downhill again along Mt Vernon.

Then you basically do a small inner loop with up and down a hill part and then do the course in reverse for two laps. So I bet you are confused and so were many of the athletes. The course makes sense to me but I have always had a really good almost Spiderman-like superpower sense of direction.

To add to the confusion was the long pre-race description of the course. Most had run a loop with their team already and knew where to go. But when you are nervous at the start line and several well meaning adults are trying to tell you were to go, you get confused super fast. In the earlier races, kids were going everywhere and it was confusing.

But by the time the varsity races started, most should have known where to go if they had watched the earlier races. When the varsity races began near 6pm, it was very shady on the course and there was quite an evening crowd milling around the park.

At the whistle, Monica Guzman took her usual lead and kept it to the end. The interesting part of the race was behind her, where two packs of runners where running for the team title. For half the race, things looked close between Garces and Foothill.

It looked like it might go the Trojans way but then on the second trip through the cul-de-sac, Veloz (FHS) just stopped in her tracks while running in the chase pack behind Guzman. She got sick, recovered and went on to run a gutsy race. In fact, she caught her team mate Fernandez who was having severe back pain but did not leave her because she was unfamiliar with the course.

In the end, Guzman was followed by a couple of her team mates, and they took the wins over Foothill and East. Garces is 2-1, Foothill is 2-1 and East is 1-3.

Girls

Garces 23, Foothill 32
Foothill 22, East 36
Garces 21, East 36

1. Guzman, G, 22:37; 2. Garcia, E, 22:50; 3. Brown, G, 23:21; 4. Vu, F, 23:41; 5. Fernandez, F, 23:54; 6. Veloz, F, 23:57; 7. Marasak, F, 23:57; 8. Cruz, G, 24:23; 9. Montoya, F, 24:29; 10. Garcia, E, 25:04.

JV Foothill 26, East 31

The boys race was not as dramatic as the girls race. The East boys took over the lead with a couple Foothill runners and O'Malley (Garces) in tow. As the race progressed up and down the hills, the pack became the East pack and Lopez from Foothill.

In the end, Lopez was able to take the win but with East coming in 2,3,4 and five in beforebefore Foothill had three in, their team victory was assured. So now both squads have 2-1 records. Garces record drops to 1-2.

Boys

Foothill 21, Garces 34
East 22, Foothill 37
East 17, Garces 48

1. Lopez, F, 17:51; 2. Ramirez, E, 17:54; 3. Lazarit, E, 18:02; 4. Mosqueda, E, 18:04; 5. Bautista, F, 18:25; 6. O'Malley, G, 18:28; 7. Moss, E, 18:45; 8. Sotello, E, 19:06; 9. Fuentes, E, 19:17, 10. Freed, G, 19:36.

An Inside Look At Reaching the Summit

The following was written by Schwartz's coach, Paul Contreras. Coach Contreras is an alumni of Foothill High school and is now the head cross country coach there.

I started coaching Chris during his sophomore year in track (2006) and I knew Chris was a good runner but I never expected him to run the times he ran. His sophomore year, he finished the year running 9:08.3.

I thought he would run 9:20ish especially since he did not have a grasp on what pacing was. It was frustrating to see Chris go out and take the lead and then drop off pace. If I had to pick one race where things changed and Chris made the jump from being a good runner to being one of the best in the nation it has to be the Arcadia Invitational 2007.

Some athletes drive coaches crazy and Chris was not the exception. In fact, I think he excelled at driving me crazy.. I had checked on Chris a few times to see if he had everything he needed while we were waiting for the seeded 2 mile race to be called. Chris said he was fine but I could tell he was nervous but that was expected, especially since this was the biggest race he had ever run in.

Just after the second call for the seeded 2 mile race, Chris came to me and told me that he had mistakenly packed his sisters racing jersey and forgot his, he even had it on to prove to me that it did not fit. Chris is just an inch or two over 6ft and his sister is about 5ft tall. The only thing we could do was to wait for Dayshan Ragans (2008 state dicus and shot champion) to finish competing in the shot put and use his jersey. Dayshan won the event and I quickly ran the jersey to Chris and just as he put it on the seeded 2 mile was called to the track and it was too late.

I remember explaining to the clerk of the course (if I remember correctly it was Rich Gonzalez of DysStatCal) and he asked if I wanted to add Chris to the invitational 2 mile. I wanted to teach Chris a lesson, so I agreed to have him run in the invitational 2 mile. I explained to Chris that there were some VERY good runners in the race and I told Chris to run in the middle of the pack and not to take the lead but let the pack pull him to running a good time.

After the third lap Chris took the lead but did not keep it and he finished second to last. After the race I was furious that Chris did not listen to me but I was also pleased that it did not phase him to take the lead and try to run with those guys.

I told Chris if he did that in another race again I would not enter him in any more races. After that I knew Chris had the talent and the guts to run with some of the best but he need to learn to pace himself. I thought about what might work for Chris and I could only think of one workout that might work.

The following Monday at practice I explained the workout to Chris and he looked at me like I was crazy because he had never had a workout like the one he was about to run. The workout was 16 400s at a 70 second pace with a 200 jog rest. But I think what really made him think I was crazy was that I told him I would add an extra 400 for every one he did not hit pace and he knew I was serious. He hit every one of them on pace.

The Friday of that week, I took Chris to the Mt. SAC Invitational and he won the 3200 with a time of 9:13.7. More importantly, his 400 splits were almost perfect. Two weeks later he won the 3200 at the Meet of Champions in Sacramento. Chris won the 3200 at league, area and then took second at valley but finished second to last at state. His poor performance at state was because he was nervous but he was also fighting of a viral infection that weakened him.

The next year during cross country, I was the assistant coach and Chris ran with more confidence. He finished the year winning state DI and qualifying for nationals. I was not sure what my role was going to be on the track team during Chris' junior year. We did not have a sprinters coach and both Arron Rietz, the head coach, and myself were both distance coaches. Arron decided since Chris and I had some success the previous year that I should coach the distance team.

My goal for Chris during his junior year was to build on the pacing strategies that we worked on the year before. But I also wanted to work on his speed. We worked on his base by putting in some miles and then we worked on his strength by doing some endurance interval workouts towards the end of the year I had Chris concentrate on running faster times for his 400, 800, and 1600.

This was the year that German Fernandez destroyed everybody and I knew that the pace at state was going to be fast. We worked on Chris running the first part of his workout fast and then recovering back to a sub 9 minute pace and fortunately it worked because Chris was the only other runner to run under 9 in that race. I guess second place to German Fernandez in a national record setting race is not bad.

The following year (2008), I once again was the assistant coach during cross country and Chris was having a great year. He had not lost a race until he ran against Trevor Dunbar at Mt. SAC, a loss he later avenged at Western Regional. However Chris did not win state, he placed 7th, I believe that we entered him in too many races and he was tired and he was not smart about getting enough rest and a good breakfast before the state meet.

After the loss at state Arron and I talked about what kind of approach we should take for the remainder of the season. We agreed that we should not make the practices easy. I put together a few workouts which included the workout Chris has always responded to very well, 400s on pace with 200 jog rest. The following week Chris won Western Regional and finished 8th at Footlocker Nationals.

For the 2009 track season, I found out early that I was going to coach the distance team and when Chris and I felt he had took enough time off to rest he began to run on his own. By the time the season started Chris was running 40-50 miles per week. I also put Chris on a circuit training workout to help with upper body strength. When the season started Chris continued to do up to 50 miles a week this was almost double what he was doing during cross country.

Interval workouts concentrated on his speed. Chris and I talked about dropping his 400, 1600 and 800 times early in the year so that he could run the first 1600 in a 3200 comfortably . I did not want to make the same mistake that we made in cross country and enter Chris in too many races and burn him out at the end of the season.

I also did not want Chris getting in the same rut and running the 3200 without competition. So I did not enter him in the 3200 in local invitationals, instead I had him run the 800 and the 1600 to concentrate on working on his speed. In our area there are decent runners but none that can challenge Chris, but I do expect this to change in the coming years because some of the local runners look promising.

One thing we do have around here are few runners that could challenge Chris in a 800 and they could even push him in the 1600. Everything was going well. Chris ran decent early season times and I was expecting things to continue. Arcadia came around and I thought that Chris was the favorite to win, and so did Chris. He went out in a blazing first lap at 64 and by the third lap he began to fade and finished last.

He bounced back the next week and won the 3200 at Mt. SAC, the only runner to win the 3200 three years in a row. We continued to work on his speed but I could sense that Chris needed to put more miles in so I increased his mileage for a couple of weeks.

After April we went back to working on his speed. I had him doing intervals twice a week and a long run and a couple of 4-5 mile runs mixed in. At league, Chris won the 800, 1600, and the 3200. We were both especially pleased with his 800 performance. We never really worked on tactics for the 800 but Chris put together a great race and beat, Jake Van Zandt of Highland, a very good runner.

Chris did not do so well in the 800 at area, in fact he took last but he won the 1600 and the 3200. At valley, I was worried because Justin Vihauerand Johnathon Sanchez were running well. In the back of my mind I thought that they had peaked to early and I was hoping that holding Chris out of some of the big meets would pay off and his legs would be strong and he would be well rested.

Chris defended his valley titles in the 1600 and the 3200 and he looked more comfortable in those two races than I have ever seen him before, now it was time for state. A week before valley, I took Chris off of the track and we did 99% of his interval training on our cross country course.

My reason for this was to save his legs and I hoped the the grass would absorb the impact of the pounding from repeat intervals. I set fast times for Chris to hit on his intervals I even tried to motivate by telling him that Jordan Hasay could probably run her repeat 200s faster than he could. I had watched the video of Hasay doing a track workout towards the end of the season.

I tricked Chris a bit during those last three weeks. Even though I had Chris run the same intervals that we did on the track it was more challenging on our cross country course because he was running on grass and our course has a gradual incline. Chris was working harder and running faster without realizing it.

The last week of practice was a recovery week and Chris ran nothing over a 400. The day of the state meet came and I knew that Chris would have to run his best just to place in the top ten. When we arrived at the stadium we found a seat by the shot put area and did not talk much.

A few minutes before the race Chris said to me, "Coachie, how should I run my second 1600?" I told him that his second 1600 not as important as his first 1600. I told him to run comfortable for the first half and stay in the top five and to maintain contact with the leader. I reminded that most of the top guys were not even thinking about him.

When the race started I hoped that holding Chris back throughout the season had made him hungry. Chris thrives on competition. When the lead pack came by after the third lap at 68 I knew that they were running the perfect race for Chris but the race was not over. When Chris took the lead after the 1600 I thought back to Arcadia and got nervous. When Collin Jarvis passed Chris with 500 to go I hoped that Chris would hold on.

I can remember saying, "hold on Chris, hold on," and my 8 year old daughter asked me what did I want him to hold on to. When I saw Chris take off at the 200 and then pass him at the 150 and leave Collin Jarvis it reminded me of his last 200 on our course, during practice Chris finished his last 200 in 26 seconds after repeat 200s, he was tired and I pushed him but Chris just kept driving his arms and legs to make himself run faster.

When Chris crossed the finish line it was one of the most amazing moments I have ever been a part of. When Chris gave his interview after he won and said he just listened to his coach and he wanted it bad I knew it did not matter who was in that race Chris was going to win. I look back at the last three years and can not imagine a better finish for Chris. I also look back and realize how fortunate I was to coach Chris. Chris would have accomplished all of his goals no matter who coached him.

Coach Paul Contreras

Why Not Go Big!

Before the meet, I heard that Jerrid wanted to make a statement at the Area meet and he did in the 800. Usually, he lets others handle the pace making and then he goes in for the kill on the homestretch. But from the gun he took the lead and never looked back.

When he hit the 4oo, his time was 54 seconds and at the 500 it looked like the hunter might be the hunted this time. The Highland boys were in his slipstream and looked like they were ready to pounce.

At this point Schwartz was out of the race and I wondered if something was wrong with him because before the start he was nursing his knee and looked to be in pain. By the end of the race, Schwartz ended up jogging in and finished last with Solis of Ridgeview. Then he left the track immediately, which is unusual for the gregarious Chris. Later in the evening he looked good in his win in the 3200 and ran the anchor league of the 4 x 400 so who knows what was going on

In the final 300, Jerrid increased his lead on the Highland athletes and posted the fastest time in the valley this year. Colin Lewis of Highland also posted a season best to go along with his second in the 1600 earlier in the evening.

800--1. Lewis, Ridge, 1:54.63; 2. Van Zandt, High, 1:57.16; 3.
Lewis, High, 1:58.49; 4. Burke, Stock, 2:00.12

South Area Musings on the 400 Relays and the 1600

The meet started of the with the Drillers winning both 4oo relays. The girls was an expected occurrence but the boys was not. The Lady Drillers have one of the top three times in the valley and are looking to make state in both relays.

400 relay--1. Bakersfield (Harriston, Torres, Wandick, Brown), 48.37; 2. Golden Valley (Shaw, Epps, Hildalgo, Olison), 50.12; 3. Liberty (Affentranger, Wilcox, J. Fitch, M. Fitch), 50.79; 4. Centennial (Alexander, Chudy, Dayanghirang, Humecky), 51.83.

It took the boys the entire season to recover from the loss of two seniors from the squad way back in March but they looked good in winning the South Area title. Their winning time was their season best and moves them into the top four in the valley just behind Ridgeview.

400 relay--1. Bakersfield (Hunt, Norwood, Anderson, Gant), 42.99; 2. Ridgeview (Purvis, Robertson, Wiley,Hobbs), 43.36; 3. Centennial (Diller, Grimes, Moore, Turkington), 43.39

In the 1600, Sarah Baker (Bakersfield 10) defended her 2008 title, last year she ran away from future CSUBer Candace Carlson (North 12), but had a much closer race this year. Baker is not expected to run the 1600 at valley despite being ranked in the top ten in the event.

She will focus on the 800, where she has a better chance to make it to state. Of course, the team title competition at valley might make the double a consideration. But her chances of a top six scoring placement is unlikely in the 1600.

In the 800, Baker might have to compete with Jordan Hasay who ran 2:10 at her qualifying meet as well as winning the 3200. In the past Jordan has only contested the 3200 at valley and the 800/3200 double would seem unlikely at valley and/or state. The 800 at state has qualifying rounds on Friday and the two events are fairly close to each other in the event schedule which goes 800, 300h, 200 and 3200.

I believe the 800 was run in preparation for the 1500 at the adidas track classic on Saturday May 16th, especially since she cruised the 3200 in a time of 11:32. Jordan is a four-time California State Champion in cross country and three-time California State Champion in the 3200m.

The local season started with a photo finish between Baker and Tijerra Lynch at the EB Invite (4x800) and the same finish happen at the South Area meet. Sarah has won everyone of these photo finishes that I have seen so far. Also making it to the valley meet were Monica Guzman (Garces 11) and Gabby Lerma (Bakersfield 10) who ran a season best for the last ticket to valley.

1,600--1. Baker, Bak, 5:24.23; 2. Lynch, Ridge, 5:24.92; 3. Guzman, Gar, 5:33.33; 4. Lerma,Bak, 5:34.70.

The boys 1600 was won by none other than Chris Schwartz (Foothill 12) who has won three South Area crowns. He also has the fastests 1600 (4:14) in the valley. He didn't have to run near that time for the win and clocked just under 4:30. He was followed by Colin Lewis (Highland 11) and Robby Baker and Brian Solis of Ridgeview. All four will be at the valley meet on Saturday May 23rd at Buchanan.