Clovis Invitational preview

Ken Martinez of West Coast XC will be posting a YouTube video before Friday with Ken Reeves and me previewing the faster races this weekend on Friday/Saturday. In the meantime, here are the teams and individuals taking part in those championship races. If you have any predictions or questions about this weekend, please use the comment section below. Who visits this blog and is competing this weekend? 

Friday Championship Races (schools 1799 and under)-Listed Alphabetically by school        Girls’ Teams                                                         Boys’ Teams

1. Archie Williams                                      1. Agoura

2. Branson                                                           2. Chaminade

3. Galena, Nevada                                                   3. Foothill Technology

4. La Costa Canyon                                                 4. Galena

5. Miramonte                                                           5. La Costa Canyon

6. Mission Viejo                                                       6. Maria Carrillo

7. Oak Park                                                              7. Menlo School

8. Monrovia                                                              8. Oak Park

9. Moorpark                                                              9. Oaks Christian

10. Point Loma                                                       10. Ponderosa

11. Ponderosa                                                        11. Reno

12. Reno                                                                12. San Francisco University

13. San Francisco University                             13. South Pasadena

14. Santa Margarita                                                14. St. John Bosco

15. St. Francis, CCS                                              15. Tahoe-Truckee

16. Tahoe-Truckee                                                 16. West Torrance

       Girls’ Individuals: Alpha by last name                    Boys’ Individuals

1. Lindsey Billotte, Classical Academy                1. Conrad Chern, Crystal Springs Uplands

2. Anna Conca, Monte Vista Christian                  2. Teal Greene, Pacifica Christian

3. Natali Gregory, Wasco               3. Cristian Hoover, Central

4. Leah Krason, Nevada Union                         4. Weston McGhee, Oakdale

5. Ashlin Mallon, Cardinal Newman                     5. Ved Nath, Archbishop Mitty

6. Kelly McIntire, Naples American                     6. Zac O’Leary, JSerra

7. Amelia Sarkisian, Brentwood                        7. Luca Persichetti, International School of LA

8. Corinna Schlatter, St. Helena 8. Jack Richter, Viewpoint Saturday Championship Races (schools 1800 and above)-Listed Alphabetically by school

Girls’ teams                                                         Boys’ Teams

1. Beckman                                                  1. Beckman

2. Buchanan                                                         2. Claremont

3. Claremont                                                         3. Crater

4. Clovis North                                                      4. Crescenta Valley

5. Crater                                                                   5. Davis

6. Davis                                                                   6. Granada

7. El Toro                                                                 7. Hart

8. Great Oak                                                            8. Jesuit

9. Mira Costa                                                            9. Liberty, Bakersfield

10. Monte Vista, Danville                                          10.Mountain View

11. Newbury Park                                                   11.Newbury Park

12. Oak Ridge                                                           12. Redondo Union

13. San Clemente                                                     13. San Clemente

14. Santiago, Corona                                                14. Trabuco Hills

15. St. Francis, Sacramento                               15. Vacaville

16. Warren                                                                 16. Woodbridge

      

Saturday Individuals–Listed Alphabetically by last name

      Girls’ Individuals:                                                Boys’ Individuals

1. Emily Bell, Rancho Cucamonga                     1. Thomas Barrera, La Serna

2. Ada Bielinski, Mountain View (CCS)               2. Blake Bay, Fresno Christian 

3. Fernanda Cortes, Golden Valley                    3. Bryan Caganap, Ayala

4. Gelila Hailu, Leigh                                                4. Adrian Cantu, Saugus

5. Maya Hoxie, La Serna                 5. Rohan Iyer, Milpitas  

6. Isabella Ruiz, Ontario                                    6. Kingsley Lin, Santa Monica  

7. Isabella Vazquez, El Diamante                       7. Derek Luna, Rio Mesa

8. Emily Zapata, Matilda Torres                         8. William Thompson, La Serna 

NorCal Cross Country and Track and Field College Commitments

Farah Allen, Branson (NCS) UCLA
Hugh Heyer, McClatchy (SJS) Arizona State
Gelila Hailu, Leigh (CCS) Cal Poly SLO 
Iliana Nierengarten, Castro Valley (NCS) Elon University 
Ashlin Mallon, Cardinal Newman (NCS) UCLA 
Josie Hill, Sonoma Academy (NCS) University of Oregon 
Maya Day, Oak Ridge (SJS) Southern Utah University
Norah Feldt, Davis (SJS) Northwestern University
Eva Soto, Whitney (SJS) Stanislaus State
Hailey Sellers, Branson (NCS) Middlebury College
Kate Kozubik, Redwood (NCS) University of San Diego
Amalia Contreras, Campolindo (NCS) Santa Clara University
Yuval Goldberg, Mountain View (CCS) Johns Hopkins University (NEW)
Clark Gregory, Campolindo (NCS) University of San Diego (NEW)

If you know of other runners who have already committed and publicly shared their information, please add them to the list in the comments section below.

Central Coast Section Mid-Season rankings (teams and individuals)

Here is my best attempt to rank the top teams and individuals in CCS, based on feedback from many coaches. If you think I missed a team and/or individual, please comment below. For the individuals, the top 5 individuals not on the qualifying teams will advance to the state meet, provided they are in the top 12 if 2 teams advance, top 14 if 3 teams advance, top 16 if 4 teams advance, top 18 if 5 teams advance, and top 20 if 6 teams advance.

BOYS Division I (Top 3 teams advance to state meet)
1. Mountain View
2. Menlo Atherton
3. Bellarmine
4. Evergreen Valley
5. Los Altos/Milpitas

Individuals
1. Evan Chopra, Menlo Atherton
2. Yuval Goldberg, Mountain View
3. Rohan Iyer Milpitas
4. Deven Koppala, Mountain View
5. Johann Coss, Evergreen Valley/Liam Tassa, Mountain View

GIRLS Division I (Top 3 teams advance to state meet)
1. Carlmont
2. Mountain View
3. Menlo Atherton
4. Los Altos
5. Evergreen Valley/Milpitas

Individuals
1. Ada Bielinska, Mountain View
2. Katelyn Elliot, Carlmont
3. Caroline Pflaum, Menlo Atherton/Eliana Witteles, Los Altos
4. Sivani Kaliki, Evergreen Valley/Cali Barberi, Los Altos
5. Camile Lacher, Carlmont/Prienna Chavez, Hollister

BOYS Division II (Top 3 teams advance to the state meet)
1. Piedmont Hills
2. St. Francis, MV
3. Sequoia
4. Woodside
5. Branham/Los Gatos

Individuals
1. Gabriel Saludo, Piedmont Hills
2. Hisham Mohammed, Lynbrook/Ved Nath, Archbishop Mitty
3. Timothy Sandholm, Leigh
4. Alex Garza, Branham
5. Carter Helms, Branham

GIRLS Division II (Top 4 teams advance to the state meet)
1. St. Francis, MV
2. Branham
3. Lynbrook
4. Woodside 
5. Leigh/Piedmont Hills

Individuals
1. Gelila Hailu, Leigh
2. Adelyn King, Piedmont Hills
3. Brinley Pickett, St. Francis, MV
4. Gemma Cervone, Branham
5. Lucija Ivankovic, Branham

BOYS Division III (Top 3 teams advance to the state meet)
1. St. Ignatius
2. Willow Glen
3. Sacred Heart Cathedral
4. Hillsdale
5. San Mateo

Individuals
1. Noah Tally, Willow Glen
2. Zane Stewart, Willow Glen
3. Ignacio Hoglund, St. Ignatius
4. Gilbert Farnsworth, St. Ignatius
5. Oran Brick, Sacred Heart Cathedral

GIRLS Division III (Top 2 teams advance to the state meet)
1. St. Ignatius
2.  Sacred Heart Cathedral
3. Burlingame
4. Monta Vista
5. Willow Glen

Individuals
1. Eliot Marsh, St. Ignatius
2. Elizabeth Carroll, Burlingame
3. Kennedy Foster, St. Ignatius
4. Maya Pfalzer, Sacred Heart Cathedral
5. Bella Riesenfeld, St. Ignatius

BOYS Division IV (Top 3 teams advance to the state meet)
1. Menlo
2. Aptos
3. The King's Academy
4. Mills
5. Carmel/Santa Cruz

Individuals
1. Henry Hauser, Menlo
2. Arnav Agrawal, Saratoga
3. Oliver Olbekson, Menlo
4. Sam Hansen, Aptos
5. Jasper Bolante, Carmel/Patrick Jahutka, Mills

GIRLS Division IV (Top 3 teams advance to the state meet)
1. Aptos
2. Archbishop Riordan
3. Menlo
4. Harker
5. Mills/Saratoga

Individuals
1. Masha Sobieski, Menlo
2. Claire Hou, Saratoga
3. Greta Wang, Archbishop Riordan
4. Isla Roake, Santa Cruz
5. Julie Kassel, Santa Cruz

BOYS Division V (Top 4 teams advance to the state meet)
1. Crystal Springs Uplands School
2. Nueva
3. Monte Vista Christian
4. Pacific Grove
5. Latino College Prep

Individuals
1. Conrad Chern, Crystal Springs Uplands School
2. Desmond Prindiville, Woodside Priory
3. Davis Pisoni, Palma
4. Owen Beckmen, Monte Vista Christian
5. Jonathan Ho, Nueva/Betinho Zunguze Pacific Grove

GIRLS Division V (Top 3 teams advance to the state meet)
1. Scotts Valley
2. Crystal Springs Uplands School
3. Pacific Grove
4. Nueva
5. Castilleja

Individuals
1. Brooke Oliviera, Castilleja
2. Hannah Shehorn, Scotts Valley
3. Anna Conca, Monte Vista Christian
4. Iris Paten, Pacific Collegiate
5. Hailey Shehorn, Scotts Valley

NorCal meet results

WBAL 1 at Crystal Springs Course LIVE RESULTS
Delta League Cross Country Meet #1 at Jessup University LIVE RESULTS
Campo Mid-Season Mania 1600 at Campolindo HS RESULTS
WACC Center Meet at Point Pinole Regional Park RESULTS
PSAL Preview Meet at Crystal Springs Course RESULTS
2nd Annual Bulldog Invitational at Willow Hills Reservoir RESULTS
Yreka Elks Invitational at Greenhorn Park RESULTS

North Coast Section Mid-Season rankings (teams and individuals)

Here is my best attempt to rank the top teams and individuals in NCS, based on feedback from many coaches. If you think I missed a team and/or individual, please comment below. For the individuals, the top 5 individuals not on the qualifying teams will advance to the state meet, provided they are in the top 12 if 2 teams advance, top 14 if 3 teams advance, top 16 if 4 teams advance, top 18 if 5 teams advance, and top 20 if 6 teams advance.

BOYS Division I (Top 2 teams advance to state meet)
1. American
2. Berkeley
3. Liberty
4. Castro Valley
5. Dougherty Valley

Individuals
1. Evrin Wasser, American
2. Grant Philippe, American
3. Isaac Ovalle Castro Valley
4. Dean Philippe, American
5. Laksh Kamboj, Dougherty Valley/Sage Glaser, Berkeley

GIRLS Division I (Top 2 teams advance to state meet)
1. Berkeley
2. American
3. Dougherty Valley
4. California
5. Castro Valley

Individuals
1. Emily Bellinger, California
2. Iliana Nierengarten, Castro Valley
3. Dakota Saenz, Berkeley
4. Calliope Cameron, Berkeley
5. Phoebe Luo, American/Livia Leung, Berkeley

BOYS Division II (Top 3 teams advance to the state meet)
1. Granada
2. Dublin
3. San Ramon Valley
4. Amador Valley
5. De La Salle/Monte Vista

Individuals
1. Eli Hernandez, Granada
2. Alex van Veen, Granada
3. Max van Veen, Granada
4. Lucas Lipman, Dublin
5. Gavin Shimojima, Amador Valley

GIRLS Division II (Top 3 teams advance to the state meet)
1. Monte Vista
2. San Ramon Valley
3. Granada
4. Clayton Valley
5. Foothill

Individuals
1. Kaylie O'Connell, Monte Vista
2. Nadya Makarova, Monte Vista
3. Macy Mullins, Foothill
4. Elise Bayan-Ruiz, Granada
5. Ava Padilla, Monte Vista/Sade Bumpus, Granada

BOYS Division III (Top 3 teams advance to the state meet)
1. Campolindo
2. Maria Carrillo
3. Tamalpais/Redwood
4. Analy
5. Las Lomas

Individuals
1. Caden Ehrhorn, Campolindo
2. Cameron Jones, Maria Carrillo
3. Nikola Van Delft, Campolindo
4. Clark Gregory, Campolindo/Corbin Post, Windsor
5. Gavin Gunn, Campolindo/Oliver Bush, Redwood

GIRLS Division III (Top 4 teams advance to the state meet)
1. Northgate
2. Las Lomas
3. Tamalpais
4. Campolindo
5. Redwood

Individuals
1. Autumn Tanner, San Rafael
2. Kate Kozubik, Redwood
3. Olivia Joseph, Northgate
4. Joslyn Tribbey, Maria Carrillo
5. Lorelei Fairclough, Las Lomas

BOYS Division IV (Top 4 teams advance to the state meet)
1. St. Mary's College
2. Miramonte
3. Archie Williams
4. Moreau Catholic
5. Terra Linda

Individuals
1. Djali de Chalus, St. Mary's College
2. William McMorran, Miramonte
3. Leo Berberich, Archie Williams
4. Santiago Henriquez, Moreau Catholic
5. Chandler Mar, Archie Williams

GIRLS Division IV (Top 3 teams advance to the state meet)
1. Miramonte
2. Archie Williams
3. St. Mary's College
4. Albany
5. Bishop O'Dowd

Individuals
1. Ainsley Sullivan, Archie Williams
2. Mae Mickel, Miramonte
3. Marissa Dollard, Miramonte
4. Lucille Pazdan, Albany
5. Sonia Berberich, Archie Williams

BOYS Division V (Top 4 teams advance to the state meet)
1. University
2. Healdsburg
3. Convent and Stuart Hall
4. Branson/Sonoma Academy
5. College Prep/Bay School

Individuals
1. Ben Friedland, University
2. Lucas Welty, Healdsburg
3. Ethan Kraska, University
4. Reese Terrell, Convent & Stuart Hall
5. Vivek Narottem, University

GIRLS Division V (Top 6 teams advance to the state meet)
1. University
2. Lick-Wilmerding
3. Branson
4. Head-Royce
5. Sonoma Academy
6. College Prep/Convent & Stuart Hall

Individuals
1. Farah Allen, Branson
2. Josie Hill, Sonoma Academy
3. Palmer Smit, University
4. Corinna Schlatter, St. Helena
5. Hailey Sellers, Branson

NCS Division V Late-September Rankings by Walfred Solorzano

BOYS Division V Team Rankings (Top 4 Teams Qualify to State)

1. San Francisco University - The Red Devils are still the overwhelming favorites to win back-to-back State Championships and three consecutive section titles. Senior Ben Friedland, two-time section champion, opened up the season with 14:41 at Woodbridge this past weekend. His teammate Ethan Kraska, will be challenging Ben for the individual title and opened up at 14:49 at Woodbridge. The duo has plenty of depth with Vivek Narottam, Hugo Tao Ong, Mateo Moretti, Charlie Kost, and freshman Kai Roy.

2. Healdsburg - The Greyhounds had a breakout year and have now established themselves as a team to challenge for a state podium spot. The team finished behind St. Margaret’s (SS No. 1) and ahead of Viewpoint (SS No.3) in its heat at Woodbridge. Lucas Welty is another runner to watch for the individual title as he ran 14:42. Lucas will be supported by 800m breakout star Phoenix de Maria Nall, along with Domenico Cornilsen, Jack Beckman, and first-year runner Kevin Suazo.

3. Stuart Hall - The Knights have another strong squad led by senior Reese Terrell. The team has improved at State the past two years going from 11th to 6th place and have a strong five that has an outside chance for a podium spot at State as they did beat Healdsburg all last year. The Knights have a strong pack with JJ Garg, Edward Fontaine, Sabry Bowden, and Jack Lynch. They all had an excellent showing at BCL West No. 1 and at the Ram Invitational.

4. The Bay School/College Prep - It is going to be a wild finish at NCS for the last qualifying spot to State. The boys of The Bay School are still seeking their first-ever team berth at the state championships. The Breakers finished second this past Saturday at the Be the G.OA.T. XC Invitational with junior Gordon Tan clocking in the fastest time of the meet. The Breakers will have XC state qualifier Matthew Gatz-Levine and junior Blaise Pascal. College Prep just finished with a league win at BCL East No. 1. While Bay may have a stronger trio up top, the Cougars have a deeper squad and a good history of running well at NCS. Their top five are Noha Petajisto, Alejandro Benito, Andrew Martinovsky, Zane Vingus, and Aiden Fong. With that being stated, both Sonoma Academy and Head-Royce can very well claim that last trip to Fresno.

Individual Rankings

1. Ben Friedland (San Francisco University)

2. Lucas Welty (Healdsburg)

3. Ethan Kraska (San Francisco University)

4. Reese Terrell (Stuart Hall)

5. Vivek Narottam (San Francisco University)

6. Hugo Tao Ong (San Francisco University)

7. James Nielsen (San Domenico)

GIRLS Division V Team Rankings (Top 6 Teams Qualify to State)

NCS is easily by far the strongest section in State Division 5 and the top three teams will be vying to win the State Championship at the end of the year. The difference will probably be the improvement of 9th grade or first year runners throughout the season.

1. San Francisco University -It was a very tight battle at the end of last season between University and Lick. This year should be no different. The Red Devils are led by junior Palmer Smit, who ran 17:01 at the Woodbridge Invitational, and is proving to be one of the top Division 5 runners in the State. Grace Tompkins-Pettigrew leads the rest of the deep squad, and is now being joined by two freshmen up at the top. Sienna Trujillo and Emily Simon have already improved a lot from early on this season. Anabel Laughlin should complete the team scoring. She has had an excellent season thus far and is the best no. 5 runner in the State.

 2. Lick-Wilmerding - The Tigers are being led by the duo of Caroline Chang and Ella Adam-Teoh. They both had great season openers at BCL West No.1 and will be supported by the freshmen duo of Chloe Ong and Stella Hahn. Both girls were just above 19 minutes at BCL West No. 1 and may improve dramatically by the end of the year. The top 5 are rounded off by sophomore Ainsley King, who has already improved from last season.

3. Branson - The Bulls have the best trio in the state with State medalist Farah Allen, Hailey Sellers, and Maya Gidney. Allen will be looking to win the Division 5 State Champion from a very competitive group. Freshman Harper Gidney adds another dimension to the team. She had a great high school opener at the Ram Invitational as she finished 4th in the varsity race. We will wait and see the development of their no. 5 runner. Branson could win it all at the end.

4. Head-Royce - Things become more nebulous after the top three teams. Senior Emma Singh had an excellent debut by winning the Jim Tracy Challenge. She has yet to race again but in the meantime her teammates Maya Smith and the much improved Sasha Lujan Waisberg had a great showing at BCL East No. 1. Emalia Frank brings added depth but was missing, along with Singh, at BCL East No.1. This team will surely win a spot to state if they put it all together at the end of the season.

5. College Prep - Junior Sophie Martin is hoping to lead the Cougars to another trip to the State Championships. The team beat Head-Royce at BCL East No. 1 but as mentioned, the Jayhawks were without two of their top 5 runners. The trio of Enna Gerking, Sophie Downs, and freshman Tegan Pukdeedamrongrit have been showing solid performances.  And once again, the common theme will be how their No. 5 runner develops.

6. Convent - Before we begin, The Bay School and Sonoma Academy will be looking to take a trip to Fresno and may take over the no. 6 spot later in the season. Convent had an excellent showing at BCL No. 1. Although they barely lost to They Bay School due to the head-to-head scoring format, they have a slight edge in championship scoring. The Cubs are still waiting for the possible debut of Juliet Sugar, who can possibly be their top scorer. In the meantime they have a solid four of Annette Moore, Isabel Ames, Aliyah Campbell, and Pauline Currier.,

Individual Rankings

1. Farah Allen (Branson)

2. Josie Hill (Sonoma Academy)

3. Palmer Smit (San Francisco University

4. Corrina Schlatter (St. Helena)

5. Hailey Sellers (Branson)

6. Emma Singh (Head-Royce)

7. Maya Smith (Head-Royce)