SWYL Cluster Meet 1.0 was held today at Independence High School in the rain. Last week was suppose to be the first SWYL meet but it was postponed due to high temperatures and bad air quality. Well today we had neither and it made a big difference in performances. There were a lot of excellent times on the 5k loop at Independence.
Results at Athletic.net
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Meet Photos
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Complete
Results (excel)
The meet kicked off with another first in that the frosh/soph and the jv both ran a 5k instead of a 2 mile. I have always been a fan of all levels running the same distance and today the athletes stepped up and proved that they can handle the distance.
Boys cross country
Southwest Yosemite League
At Independence (Wednesday); 5K course
Team: 1. Stockdale 19; 2. Centennial 56; 3. Independence 95; 4. Liberty 95; 5. Frontier 100; Bakersfield N/A.
Individual: 1. Miller, S, 15:35; 2. Haney, S, 15:37; 3. Fisher, S, 16:04; 4. Millan, C, 16:21; 5. Varner, C, 16:22; 6. Kelly, S, 16:23; 7. Mullen, S, 16:32; 8. Facho, I, 16:53; 9. Hicks, L, 16:54; 10. Burke, S, 17:06; 11. Montolongo, C, 17:18; 12. Robles, S, 17:28; 13. Beechinor, F, 17:32; 14. Rodriguez, F, 17:33; 15. Moffitt, L, 17:35. JV -- SHS 17, FHS 70, IHS 75, CHS 91, LHS 141. FS -- BHS 44, CHS 56, SHS 62, FHS 89, IHS 90, LHS 154.
Girls cross country
Southwest Yosemite League
At Independence (Wednesday); 5K course
Team: 1. Stockdale 22; 2. Centennial 67; 3. Bakersfield 82; 4. Independence 106; 5. Frontier 124; 6. Liberty 125.
Individual: 1. Baker, B, 18:55; 2. Blackmon, S, 19:32; 3. Haney, S, 19:56; 4. Nelson, S, 19:58; 5. Lopez, S, 19:57; 6. Schoenborn, C, 19:58; 7. Pruett, C, 19:58; 8. Patel, S, 20:04; 9. Russell, I, 20:12; 10. Sullivan, I, 20:19; 11. Bell, S, 20:25; 12. Diaz, B, 20:34; 13. Lerma, B, 20:35; 14. Ocampo, F, 20:37; 15. Fisher, S, 20:41. JV -- SHS 40, LHS 45, FHS 63, CHS 76, IHS 137, BHS 153; FS -- SHS 43, CHS 45, FHS 63, LHS 75
Frosh/Soph Race Photos HERE.The first race of the day was the frosh/soph combined race. The girls and boys started together and added an interesting touch to the race. Right from the start Stockdale
took the lead and never looked back. Freshman Tyus Thompson took the win in a 17:08 and his teammate Tanner Bogar ran 17:17.
Behind these two Mustangs was a battle between Centennial and BHS for the team title. Centennial was lead by sophomore Josh White who took third in a time of 17:36 and he was followed by the Drillers top runner Evan Bowman who also ran 17:36. In the end BHS won with a score 44 to 56.
- Bakersfield 44
- Centennial 56
- Stockdale 62
- Frontier 89
- Independence 90
- Liberty 154
Frosh/Soph Race Photos HERE.
In the girls frosh/soph race a freshman also won. Centennial's Halie Fenske took the win in a time of 21:47 over Liberty's Resendez Aspen (21:51). The next two runners were from Stockdale and Michelle Meyerholtz (22:30) lead her lady Mustangs to a narrow win over Centennial 43 to 45.
- Stockdale 43
- Centennial 45
- Frontier 62
- Liberty 76
- Independence INC
- Bakersfield INC
Girls JV Race Photos HERE.The jv boys got lucky and did not have to tun with the girls. Like the frosh/soph boys, Stockdale runners took the early lead. In the end senior Mustang Jen Hawthorne took the win in a time of 21:16. Her team easily won with a score of 24 to Liberty's 45.
- Stockdale 24
- Liberty 45
- Frontier 84
- Centennial 76
- Independence 131
- Bakersfield 143
Boys JV Race Photos HERE.In the jv boys race Stockdale dominated with seven in the top nine. They were lead by seniors Anthony Dao (17:33) and Seth Pennel (18:24). Their team score was 17 (15 is a perfect score) and Frontier was a distance second with 70.
- Stockdale 17
- Frontier 70
- Independence 73
- Centennial 88
- Liberty INC
- Bakersfield INC
Varsity Girls Race Photos HERE.By the time the varsity girls race started it had was raining pretty good (for Bakersfield that is). Like the previous races, one athlete took off from the start and was unchallenged. Three time SEYL champ Sarah Baker of Bakersfield High (18:55) showed her new league mates that a fourth title is in her future.
Behind her was a pack of Mustangs that was lead by sophomore Tori Blackmon (19:32) and followed by Haney (19:56), Nelson (19:56) and Lopex (19:57). Not far behind them was their fifth runner Patel (20:04) in 8th place. Two Centennial freshman kept it from being a sweep behind Baker, Schoenborn and Pruett both ran 19:58. This helped Centennial get second in front of BHS.
- Stockdale 22
- Centennial 67
- Bakersfield 82
- Independence 106
- Frontier 124
- Liberty 126
Varsity Girls Team Times:
- Stockdale 1:39:25
- Centennial 1:43:29
- Bakersfield 1:44:18
- Independence 1:46:54
- Frontier 1:49:00
- Liberty 1:49:12
Varsity Boys Race Photos HERE.The last race of the day was won by junior Mustang Cameroon Miller who ran a controlled 15:35 over the rain soaked course. He was followed by two teammates: freshman Haney in 15:37 and sophomore Fisher in a time of 16:04. Stockdale ended up with five in the top seven and easily took the team title in this first ever SWYL cluster meet. I have been told that the three cluster meets will be 40% of the league title and that the league meet will count for 60% of the title.
In second in the team race, Centennial was lead by juniors Eric Millan (16:21) and Craig Varner (16:22) who took 4th and 5th in the race.
- Stockdale 19
- Centennial 56
- Independence 95
- Liberty 95
- Frontier 100
- Bakersfield INC
Varsity Boys Team Times:
- Stockdale 1:20:12
- Centennial 1:25:56
- Liberty 1:29:31
- Independence 1:29:41
- Frontier 1:30:54
Boys cross country
Womens Results 
