Below are my choices for preseason All-NorCal Distance Team. I picked one runner each for 1st and 2nd teams and 4-5 runners for honorable mention. Feel free to comment below and please let me know if I left somebody out from the lists below that deserves to be included.
BOYS
800 1st Team
Benjamin Micallef Bellarmine (CCS) 1:52.29 ( 2016 CCS Champion and state finalist)
800 2nd Team
Niki Moore Campolindo (NCS) 1:54.49 (2016 NCS champion)
800 Honorable Mention
Derek Parker Woodcreek (SJS) 1:53.40 (2016 SJS Division I champion)
Xavier Weaver Franklin (SJS) 1:53.88 (2016 Golden West Invitational champion)
Nolan Sanchez San Benito (CCS) 1:54.33
Jose Cruz McClatchy (SJS) 1:54.49 (2016 state meet qualifier)
Andrew Thomas Redwood (NCS) 1:55.07 (2016 state meet qualifier)
Cooper Teare St. Joseph Notre Dame (NCS) 4:06.79 (4th Nike Elite Camp mile)
1600 2nd Team
Luis Grijalva Armijo (SJS) 4:07.68 (6th place at 2016 state meet)
1600 Honorable MentionLiam Anderson Redwood (NCS) 4:18.39 (2016 NXN qualifier)
Neil Braganza Dougherty Valley (NCS) 4:14.37 (2nd at NCS MOC)
Michael Vernau Davis (SJS) 4:13.67 (2016 SJS Division I 2nd place)
Matt Richardson Bellarmine (CCS) 4:17.39 (2016 CCS champion)
Kent Slaney Palo Alto (CCS) 4:16.62 (2016 state meet qualifier)
Cooper Teare St. Joseph Notre Dame (NCS) 8:50.65c (defending NCS and state champion)
3200 2nd Team
Michael Vernau Davis (SJS) 8:54.58 (2016 4th place state meet)
3200 Honorable Mention
Luis Grijalva Armijo (SJS) 8:59.98 (2016 state meet qualifier)
Anirudh Surapaneni Dublin (NCS) 9:16.81 (2016 state meet qualifier)
Brian Schulz El Molino (NCS) 9:12.92 (2016 4th place at NCS MOC)
Meika Beaudoin-Rousseau Bellarmine (CCS) 9:26.18 (2016 XC Division I 3rd place)
800 1st Team
Alyssa Brewer California (NCS) 2:06.86 (defending NCS and state champion)
800 2nd Team
Cathilyn McIntosh Del Oro (SJS) 2:07.98 (2nd place at 2016 state meet)
800 Honorable Mention
Mari Friedman Santa Cruz (CCS) 2:10.76 (Defending CCS champion)
Avi Wilson-Perteete St. Mary's Berkeley (NCS) 2:11.85 (2015/16 state meet qualifier)
Gillian Wagner Redwood (NCS) 2:12.91 (2016 XC Division III 2nd place)
Rylee Bowen Sonoma Academy (NCS) 2:12.80 (2016 2nd place Golden West Invitational)
Olivia O'Keeffe Davis (SJS) 2:12.82 (2016 2nd place SJS Division I finals)
Olivia O'Keeffe Davis (SJS) (3rd at 2016 state meet) 4:48.66 (3rd place at 2016 state meet)
1600 2nd Team
Rylee Bowen Sonoma Academy (NCS) 4:49.38 (4th place at 2016 state meet)
1600 Honorable Mention
Meredith Corda Monte Mista (NCS) 4:49.99 (2016 state meet qualifier)
Cassidy Haskell Miramonte (NCS) 4:52.29 (2016 state meet qualifier)
Hannah Fishlow Miramonte (NCS) 4:54.88 (2016 NCS Tri-Valley 2nd place)
Mari Friedman Santa Cruz (CCS) 4:56.40 (2016 CCS Top 8 champion)
Isabella Fauria St. Francis, Sacramento (SJS) 4:33.42 1500 (USATF JO Championship 1500 1st place)
Marea Zlatunich Aptos (CCS) 4:57.39 (CCS Div III XC champion plus 4th place at state meet)
3200 1st Team
Niki Iyer Harker (CCS) 10:24.39 (3rd at 2016 state meet)
3200 2nd Team
Rylee Bowen Sonoma Academy (NCS) 10:13.20 (Arcadia 3200 Champion)
3200 Honorable Mention
Glennis Murphy Redwood (NCS) 10:40.60 (2016 XC Division III state champion)
Kiera Marshall St. Joseph Notre Dame (NCS) 10:41.80 (2016 XC Division V state champion)
Sydney Vandegrift St. Francis, Sacramento (SJS) 10:41.49 (2016 state meet qualifier)
Sofia Castiglioni Davis (SJS) 10:43.25 (2016 state meet qualifier)
Isabella Fauria St. Francis, Sacramento (SJS) 10:08.41 3k (2016 National JO Championship 2nd place)
Alex Beitia Granite Bay (SJS) 10:56.77 (17:30.4 Woodward Park for 4th place at CA state meet)
4 comments:
You are definitely missing Isabella Fauria in the 1600, she should be honorable mention. You have her in the 3200 based on a performance at USATF Junior Olympics, but that performance was mediocre as compared to her 4:33.42 for 1500M and the three-peat at that distance. Isabella is a true miler and if healthy, poised to be one of the best California has ever seen. She thrives at that 1500 to 1 mile distance. If you convert the 4:33.42 that won her 3rd national title to 1600m, you get to somewhere around 4:53 mid, and that was from an 8th grader. I thought I remembered her running sub 5 last year for 1600, but I can't seem to find the results now; in any event, I would not leave her off any list, for any distance event, but certainly not at 1600.
You don't need to convince me. She is added.
Albert, I would add Marea Zlatnutich from Aptos. She ran 4:57 last year, and 4:55 previous year! She had a huge XC season and most likely she probably got the major running bug after FootLocker Nationals! Then beside Dan Gruber is her coach!
Alex Beitia of Granite Bay?
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