Saturday, November 21, 2015

North Coast Section MOC today

Live Results:
http://www.rtspt.com/events/cif/ncsxc15/

Feel free to comment about any of the races today in the comment section below. Best performance? Biggest surprise? Most outstanding team effort?

18 comments:

Anonymous said...

Looks like a good spectator course but a bit flat and repeating. Where does it rank in terms of other section final courses and what is the conversion to CS?

Anonymous said...

Congratulations to SJND for winning the D5 race!! Kudos to Kiera Marshall for placing a close 2nd, and for Emily Perez and Beatrice Levy for their top 10 finishes.

Anonymous said...

One of the biggest surprises of this NCS MOC is Liberty boys team for placing 2nd and making the State. They were not ranked individually or as a team in the latest rankings. Great team effort.

Anonymous said...

Rancho suprisingly did great.
I heard D4 boys, first place runner gt pushed down to second for going off course.

Anonymous said...

Morgin Coonfield wins the D4 Girl's race with a time of 17:01.7 which is also the TOP time across all girl's divisions. CONGRATS Morgin.

Anonymous said...

The best performance at the MOC belongs to Cooper Teare of SJND. He wins the D5 Boys' Race with a time of 14:46.4 and spearheaded SJND to a 2nd place finish in D5. He also runs the BEST time in ALL Boys' divisions - it falls short of the course record but nonetheless a GREAT performance. The only other sub-15 performance belongs to David Frisbie of John F. Kennedy. Good luck at the State.

Anonymous said...

Hi Albert , can you now please rank all the teams that qualified for states. In their particular divisions

Anonymous said...

Mrythe Bellers, freshman from Irvington in D1 girls, was definitely the biggest surprise! She wasn't ranked, and she hadn't even broken 19 at Stanford, yet came out yesterday for sub 18 and 4th!!!

Anonymous said...

@6:53. Lynbrook does a comprehensive list. They still need to add SS and a few more sections from yesterday. Anyone know when that will be done?

Hank said...

^ By tomorrow evening.

hank

Anonymous said...

In the boys d4 race, the course monitor just before the 2 mile mark pointed Schulz in the wrong direction. Several people witnessed the monitor waving him in the wrong direction. The Press Democrat mentions it. One of the Arcata guys also went off course but not as much. After the d4 race, the race monitors at the intersection were a lot more careful.

Anonymous said...

Speaking of Schulz, he tends to get lost a lot, or is unsure where to go...also the 2014 SCL finals and the 2015 SCL finals, according to the Press Democrat articles for those two. He's obviously a very talented runner, but come on...it's not that hard to figure out where to go. At least he can't get lost on a track, he ran that 9:18 3200 last week

Hal Schulz, 1975 ncs champ said...

He was headed in the right direction when the offical monitor pointed him over to repeat the fist lap. Apparently the official thought he was being lapped. He had probably 1-2 seconds to decide what to do when the monitor waved him over. There was a lapped runner 50 yards or more behind the lead pack. I suspect the monitor was told over the radio that there was a lapped runner on his way, and that is where the error occured. Are there times when the athletes aren't supposed to obey officials ? Some officials you listen to and others you don't?
Have you ever been in the lead of a race where the monitors messed up. It's easy to go the right way if you're following. SF Marathon 1982? and 1987? both had problems. Lead car in 82 went wrong direction taking the leader Hal Schulz off course(myself and Brian's dad). In 87 a group of 5-7 runners were sent an extra 1/2mile due to monitor error. At uc davis 1978 invite I was pursuing 2 runners who were led off course by the lead bike. The meet director thought quick and had me slow down to give the leaders there lead back. I ended up winning but probably would have had a course record without the error.
The meet directors apologized were a little embarassed but what else could be done except try to improve like we all should.

Sal said...

Hal, It happens to the best of us. That's why I go over every course with my kid but it is easy to doubt yourself when the monitor or bike goes the wrong direction. Thanks for clearing this up. Question: since this is clearly an official mess up, why did the runner get penalized? What should have been done?

Hal Schulz said...

Not much could be done. An apology to my son would be nice. The NCS denies their part. They claim there was a lapped runner right there. The lapped runner was well back> 50 yards. No one else reports what the NCS claims. I've checked with a several witnesses including my son and they all confirm what I describe except: Brian may have actually been behind Jeremy a couple of steps to the left which placed him heading closer towards the monitor. Some say Brian was in the lead. There was still a close pack of 4 I believe. If anyone else saw otherwise please let me and the NCS know. The NCS is hoping to make changes so this doesn't happen again.
I thought he would catch Jeremy, he should have slowly picked up the pace. I think he put the hammer down too hard and went into oxygen debt. Up to that point he felt he was running easy. Jeremy was wise and I heard as soon as Brian made the wrong turn he sped up.
Can't say for sure who would have won, but it would have been nice to see a good race. The race went to a good kid and a great athlete.
Small world: I was the best man for Jeremy's coach's wedding with my teamate Rod Berry at Redwood : 1975 NCS cahampions (also 1974 and 1972)
winning score 29 points when there was only one division.

Hal

Albert Caruana said...

Brian wasn't the only athlete to go in wrong direction on the course on Saturday but if he was misdirected, that is a different story. I will bring it up at the NCS post season meeting.

Albert Caruana said...

Brian wasn't the only athlete to go in wrong direction on the course on Saturday but if he was misdirected, that is a different story. I will bring it up at the NCS post season meeting.

Sal said...

Albert, that would be good. Seems like a little signage would go a long way. It's best to empower the kids and reduce the need for monitors, who are well-meaning volunteers who don't always know what is going on.

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