I am working on the preview article for the meet and will post the leading team and individual contenders later this week. Any comments on this Saturday's meet?
Who are the team favorites in each race? What teams are going to state? What runners are going to win the individual titles?
Any help would be appreciated.
Here is the schedule of the meet:
WALK THE COURSE 7:00 - 8:15 A.M.
8:30am Division III Boys’ Race
9:00am Division IV Boys’ Race
9:30am Division III Girls’ Race
10:00am Division IV Girls’ Race
10:30am Division V Boys’ Race
11:00am Division I Girls’ Race
11:30pm Division II Boys’ Race
12:00pm Division V Girls’ Race
12:30pm Division I Boys’ Race
1:00pm Division II Girls’ Race
D1 Boys - De La Salle, Jeff Bickert
ReplyDeleteD2 Boys - SRV, Parker Deuel
D3 Boys - Campo, Luis Luna
D4 Boys - San Rafael, Dan Milechman
D5 Boys - Urban, Cole Williams
Thank you.
ReplyDeleteGirls predictions? Anyone?
Ben Eversole > Jeff Bickert. beat him at stanford, ed sias, and Mt. Sac.
ReplyDeleteShould be an outstanding race on the D1 boys side between Eversol and Bickert. I'd give the advantage to Eversol given his performance last year and what feel to me like a home court advantage. Both are excellent runners and will do well at Clovis.
ReplyDeleteAnyone care to predict the top 5 boys in D1? In order?
While your asking about the top 5 in D1, how about 2 - 5 in D2 (Deuel should win)
ReplyDeleteGirls D1 - Sophie Hartley wins her first of 4 NCS title as a freshman. Granda wins the team race.
ReplyDeleteCampo wins D3, individually and as a team.
D2 seems like a toss up. Who is favored here?
I am going to go out on a limb and say that University girls take the d5 title.
ReplyDeletewho are the top runners in d2?
ReplyDeleteD1
ReplyDelete1. Ben Eversole
2. Jeff Bickert
3. Anthony Matore*
4. Anthony Ortolan
5. Kyle Williams
6. Michael Johnson
7. Will Holland
8. Stephan Spangenberg
9. Connor Van Meter
10. Sam Aceret
*Matore came through huge last year, but he can be a bit of a wild card.
Parker Deuel, Nolan Peterson, Arthur Ruvalcaba.
ReplyDeleteD2- boys Deuel SRV
ReplyDeleteD2- Girls Moffet CG
D4-Boys Milechman Tam
D4-Girls Lane EM
D3-Boys Luna Piner
D1 Boys - College Park, Ben Eversole
ReplyDeleteD2 Boys - SRV, Parker Deuel
D3 Boys - Petaluma with the upset, Luis Luna
D4 Boys - San Rafael, Dan Milechman
D5 Boys - Urban, Gabe Arias
D1 Girls - Granada, Sophie Hartlet
D2 Girls - SRV, Alex Tate
D3 Girls - Campo, Carrie Verdon
D4 Girls - Drake, Spencer Moore
D5 Girls - College Prep, Lucy McCullough
Anonymous said...
ReplyDeleteGirls D5 will be Lucy McCullough followed by Holland Reynolds and Bridget Blum. Holland and Bridget are both from San Francisco University High School
Anyone have any guesses on times for the top fnishers in each race?
ReplyDeleteRain or showers for Friday and Saturday could really make things interesting...course was in nice shape on Sat. for the HAAL finals but races after 10AM had to contend with a strong cross wind across most of the course and much warmer than expected temps. Saturday high is projected at 60 so that shouldn't be a problem...but mud and slop may depending on the weather gods. Ben looked very strong and relaxed on his run Saturday and Kelsey S. was a beast just blowing through the course. It will be interesting.
ReplyDeleteIf it rains or the course is wet....no one goes sub 15....
ReplyDelete15:15 to 15:30 may just be the best times if the course is wet/muddy and there is wind.
Stay tuned...lol
FYI Kelsey S. ran a 17:49 and cruised the last mile since she was about 1:20 ahead of 2nd place at the 2 mile mark (she was on a 17:30 pace at the 2 according to my sources). Ben E. ran a 15:45 last weekend but I think a lot of the top runners were saving themselves for this coming weekend.
ReplyDeleteAre Arthur Ruvalcava and Nolan Petersen even the fastest runners on their own teams? Last week at the HAAL Championships, Ruvalcava(7th place) finished 25 seconds behind his teammate Marvin Nagal(2nd place). While in the MVAL Championships, Petersen finished 34 seconds(2nd place) behind his teammate Jesse Chestnut(1st place). Perhaps Marvin Nugal and Jesse Chestnut should be considered in the discussion of who to watch.
ReplyDeletetop D3 and D4 teams?
ReplyDeleteWell if you look at the times from 2 weeks ago ruvalcava ran 16:05 and nugal ran 16:05 on saturday. So some thing must have gone with ruvalcava?
ReplyDeleteThat still leaves Nugal and Ruvalcaba both at 16:05 with Nugal stepping it up more recently at his League Championships when it counted most. I look for to run well again at this weeks NCS Meet.
ReplyDelete^Oops I meant, I look for both Ruvalcaba and Nugal to run well at this weeks NCS Meet.
ReplyDeleteBoys D3 state qualifiers?
ReplyDeleteD2 state sualifiers, individual and team?
ReplyDeleteAs far as the two teams who would make it to state for D1 my guess would be De La Salle and College Park for the guys side and Granada and College Park for the girls side.
ReplyDeleteAmador is ranked 3rd on both the girls and boys side for D1. any chance that school will take a team to state?
ReplyDeleteD2 - Jesse CHestnut and Nolan Petersen.
ReplyDeleteD1 - Avery Kruger