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Tuesday, August 06, 2013

2013 Northern Section Pre-Season Cross Country Rankings

From a Northern Section Coach
Boys:
Teams -
1.  Yreka - top 4 return from last year's section runner up team
2.  Shasta - returns #1, 4, 5, 6, 7 from last year's section champion team
3.  Chico
4.  Pleasant Valley
5.  West Valley

Individuals -
1.  Landon Woollard - Shasta (12)  3rd in last year's section final
2.  Clayton Bunn - Yreka (12)
3.  Matt Jochim - Yreka (11)
4.  Damon Young - Durham (12)
5.  David Neill - Yreka (12)

Girls:
Teams -
1.  West Valley - returns top 5 from last year's section championship team (actually loses #2, but gains a stronger #2 in Hinkle)
2.  University Prep - returns top 4 from last year's section runner up team
3.  Chico
4.  Yreka
5.  Enterprise

Individuals -
1.  Jenna Storms - West Valley (11)  returning section champion in XC and 1600
2.  Belle Moran - Redding Christian (10)  returning runner up in XC
3.  Jenna Hinkle - West Valley (12)
4.  Helen Mino Faukner - University Prep (12)
5.  Alyson Lacko - Chico (11)
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6 comments:

  1. AnonymousAugust 07, 2013 11:54 AM

    Full SJS rankings?

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  2. Albert CaruanaAugust 07, 2013 12:16 PM

    Only individuals so far which you can find here:
    http://www.crosscountryexpress.com/2013/07/sac-joaquin-section-top-10-individuals.html

    I will wait until the SJS posts the divisional breakdowns for the team rankings.

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  3. AnonymousAugust 07, 2013 1:19 PM

    Possibly a little better analysis is looking at returning top performers from last year. For instance, in 5k distances it would be:

    Jenna Storms (11)WV
    Megan James (11) WV
    Delaney Faggard (12) WV
    Sydney Pruett (11) Enterprise
    Anna Lewis (10) Central Valley

    Clayton Bunn (12) Yreka
    Landon Woollard (12) Shasta
    David Neil (12) Yreka
    Damon Young (12) Durham
    Matt Yochim (11) Yreka

    THREE MILE DISTANCE:
    Landon Woollard (12) Shasta
    Clayton Bunn (12) Yreka
    Matt Yochim (11) Yreka
    David Neil (12) Yreka
    Andris Molina (12) Chico

    Jenna Storms (11)WV
    Megan James (11) WV
    Delaney Faggard (12) WV
    Belle Moran (10) Redding Christian
    Sydney Pruett (11) Enterprise

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  4. jeredAugust 08, 2013 1:51 AM

    Anon 1:19p - your rankings could be used, but in looking at meets where Woolard and Bunn raced against each other, Woolard won almost every time (major exception being at Woodward where Bunn - Div IV - ran a 16:04 and Woolard - Div III - ran a 16:45).

    Worth noting that the Northern Section - close to 20% of the state geographically but only 71 member schools - is easier to list as a cohesive section. Public schools under 500 are the rule rather than the exception.

    Their section final even runs almost like an "all comer" meet, with Div III, IV, and V running together (NS has no schools in Div I or II).

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  5. AnonymousAugust 08, 2013 12:16 PM

    jered, thank you for the clarification.

    One of the nice things about the NS is they use athletic.net which makes for easy scheduling, registration, and...none of these hiding the ball stuff that sometimes goes on in xc.

    But I don't think I could go so far as to say Woolard won almost every time. He won one more than Bunn.

    At Mt. Shasta 2.35...well, the two lads tied!

    At Springhorn 3 mile...it goes to Woollard. He also gets NSCIF finals (3 miles) and Yreka 5k.

    In Bunn's corner :)...he wins in the 5K Stanford and 5K State meet.

    So... the W/L/T is....(drum roll please...)

    Bunn: 2/3/1
    Woollard: 3/2/1

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  6. AnonymousAugust 08, 2013 12:57 PM

    Oh, and to be fair...in the Stanford and State meet the two did not meet but raced their respective division races.

    Sounds like a little rivalry going on between the two. Should be an interesting season!

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