Another Three in the Top Five

The valley record for the 3200 meter run is: 8:49.4 peter romero,reedley '67 and the valley meet record is: 9:02.71a kyle alcorn,buchanan-clo '02

2008 valley meet results: 1-+C.Schwartz,ft h 9:24.19a 2-+J.sanchez,buc 9:24.99a 3-j.ross,CE 9:26.13a 4-+d vartanian,clo 9:26.42 5-d.sanchez,farm 9:30.43a 6-+++J.vilhauer,redw 9:31.42a

Going into the meet, everyone was expecting big things from Vilhauer especially since he threw down 9:02 at Arcadia and was skipping the 1600 to focus on the 3200. Some were even predicting a sub nine performance. But with the first lap clocking in 69, the hoped for fast race was not in the cards.

By the 800 (2:19), Schwartz had taken a slight lead and Vilhauer moved to counter Schwartz's move. At the 1200 (3:29) the duo had broken away from the chase pack that was paced by the Buchanan athletes. By the 1600, the top four finishers had established their lead over the rest of the field.

As the race progressed, Schwartz maintained his lead but Vilhauer was slowly being reeled in by Sanchez and Reedy. With a lap to go the Bears had caught Justin and were moving fast and ended up putting five seconds on the Redwood sophomore. In the end, Buchanan placed 2nd, 3rd and 5th in the 3200. Super frosh CJ Albertson (Buchanan) ran 9:33 for the Bears and barely beat Robby Baker (Ridgeview Jr.) who PRed in the last race of his season.

At state in 2008, Scwartz came in second in a time of 8:58 and Sanchez came in 9th in a time of 9:10

Men 3200 Meter Run

#	Name	Year	School	Finals
1	Schwartz, Chris		Foothill	9:20.22
2	Sanchez, Jonathan		Buchanan	9:22.21
3	Reedy, Heath		Buchanan	9:22.28
4	Vilhauer, Justin	10	Redwood	9:27.43
5	Albertson, C.		J. Buchanan	9:33.58
6	Baker, Bobby		Ridgeview	9:33.65
7	Freeman, Jason		Clovis East	9:38.80
8	Sanchez, Johnny		Roosevelt	9:49.95
9	Lorenzo, Isaiah		Madera South	9:50.05
10	Rodriguez, Antonio		Washingon Union	9:52.98
11	Cisneros, Alfonso		Mcfarland	9:53.32
12	Levy, Kellen		Clovis West	9:57.49
13	Chavez, Jesus	12	Golden West	9:57.57
14	Guerrero, Daniel	11	Redwood	10:08.15
15	Villaplando, Jesus		Shafter	10:08.39
16	Ariey, Andrew		Bakersfield	10:08.50
17	Kelly, Curtis		Stockdale	10:14.44
18	Uranga, Xavier	11	Redwood	10:29.75

Three in the Top Five

Schwartz defended his title and Buchanan started it's team title run with fourteen points in the 1600.

The valley 1600 meter record is: 4:06.4 peter romero,reedley '67 and the valley Meet record is: 4:12.51a gary gonzales,clovis '81

2008 valley meet results 1-+C.Schwartz,FtH 4:15.80a 2-+j sanchez,buc 4:17.48a 3-e battles,CW 4:20.34a 4-j arellaro,mad 4:21.56a 5-+d vartanian,buc 4:21.84a 6-++h reedy,buc 4:23.28a

Sanchez and Schwartz went through the first lap in 62 but the pace slowed and they came through the 800 in around 2:10 with Reedy and Lewis of Highland in tow. By the 1200, Schwartz and Sanchez separated themselves from Lewis.

Down the homestretch, Lewis faded to 7th and it looked like Buchanan would go 2nd, 3rd and 4th but Tesfai managed to out kick both Bears for the final state berth. None of this year's qualifiers ran at state in the 1600 in 2008.

Men 1600 Meter Run

#	Name	Year	School	Finals
1	Schwartz, Chris		Foothill	4:14.37
2	Sanchez, Jonathan		Buchanan	4:14.71
3	Tesfai, Germay		Hoover	4:21.36
4	Reedy, Heath		Buchanan	4:21.44
5	Albertson, C.		J. Buchanan	4:22.98
6	Rodriguez, Roberto		Tulare Western	4:25.90
7	Lewis, Colin		Highland	4:27.84
8	Castanon, Taylor		Miss. Coll. Prep	4:28.65
9	Rodriguez, Antonio		Washingon Union	4:28.87
10	Pace, Joseph		Clovis West	4:30.64
11	Cruz, Noe		Clovis East	4:33.08
12	Morris, Matt	11	Golden West	4:34.59
13	Martinez, Max		Buchanan	4:35.27
14	Garcia, Alex		Ridgeview	4:40.29
15	Nava, Francisco		Mcfarland	4:45.16
16	Solis, Brian		Ridgeview	4:50.75

Saturday Night is Alright for ...

The Boys 3200 will be at 8pm on Saturday night. Prime time! The battle for first should be between the usual suspects: Schwartz, Sanchez and Vilhauer from the 1600 and Sanchez's teammate Reedy should be right there for those three qualifying spots for state. The At-Large Standard for the 3200 is 9:12:57 so the Central section could send four athletes to the state meet

The Buchanan athletes will have added incentive to do well because their team is favored to win the team valley title and valley and state are on their home track.

Event 18 Men 3200 Meter Run
Saturday 5/23/2009 - 8:00 PM
Lane Name Yr School Seed Time

Section 1 of 1 Finals
1 Schwartz, Chris Foothill 9:35.06 ______
2 Sanchez, Jonathan Buchanan 9:37.78 ______
3 Vilhauer, Justin 10 Redwood 9:39.51 ______
4 Reedy, Heath Buchanan 9:42.74 ______
5 Lorenzo, Isaiah Madera South 9:43.20 ______
6 Sanchez, Johnny Roosevelt 9:43.47 ______
7 Baker, Robby Ridgeview 9:46.25 ______
8 Freeman, Jason Clovis East 9:46.89 ______
9 Ariey, Andrew Bakersfield 9:47.59 ______
10 Villaplando, Jesus Shafter 9:50.87 ______
11 Albertson, C. J. Buchanan 9:51.97 ______
12 Chavez, Jesus 12 Golden West 9:54.37 ______
13 Rodriguez, Antonio Washingon Unio 9:54.60 ______
14 Levy, Kellen Clovis West 9:55.24 ______
15 Kelly, Curtis Stockdale 9:55.58 ______
16 Cisneros, Alfonso McFarland 9:59.03 ______
17 Uranga, Xavier 11 Redwood 10:03.60 ______
18 Guerrero, Daniel 11 Redwood 10:12.71 ______

Alternates
1 Garcia, Alex Ridgeview 9:58.59
2 Perez, Jose Parlier 10:08.63
3 Baranard, Kevin Buchanan 10:08.85

top marks '09
c-1 9:02.71a ++justin vilhauer,redwood-vis 4-11 arcadia
n-1 9:04.30a jonathan sanchez,buchanan-clo 4-11 arcadia
s-1 9:12.57a chris schwartz,foothill-bk    4-17 mt sac
n-2 9:15.12a heath reedy,buchanan-cl       4-4  WCR
9:27.99a ss taylor castanon,mission college 4-10 arcadia
n-4 9:23.27a +johnny sanchez,roosevelt-fr     4-10 arcadia
9:35.37a adam delton,buchanan-clo        3-28 CV classic
9:35.64a ++mizreal mendez,mt whitney-vis 3-27 exe monarch
9:37.87a danny vartanian,buchanan-clo    3-7  SSC
n-5 9:40.36a jason freeman,clo east        4-24 SMC
9:42.40a cole younger,mt whitney-vis     4-17 lemoore
  9:43.11a robby baker,ridgeview-bk        4-4  WCR
n-3 9:43.20a isaiah lorenzo,madera south   5-13 no area
n-6 9:46.42a ++cj albertson,buchanan-cl    5-7  trac
s-3 9:47.59a andrew ariey,bakersfield      5-13 so area
9:48.8   +germay tesfai,hoover-fr        3-13 1st c
9:49.02a ++kevin barnard,buchanan-clo    5-1  reedley
9:50.24a alex garcia,ridgeview-bk        4-4  WCR
ss-1 9:50.87a ++jesus villalpando,shafter  5-13 seq-sie
c-2 9:50.89a jesus chavez,golden west-vis  5-8  wyl
9:51.09a ++josh webb,clovis              3-28 azusa m of champ
ss-3 9:53.0 alfonso cisneros,mcfarland     4-29 WsiL
ss-2 9:54.60a antonio rodriquez,wash u-easton 5-13 seq-sie
n-7 9:55.24a kellen levy,clo west         5-13 no area
s-4 9:55.58a +++curtis kelly,stockdale-bk 5-13 so area