tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31292861.post4434259882419867127..comments2024-03-18T09:55:10.252-07:00Comments on Cross Country Express: Sac-Joaquin Section Divisions for 2015 XC seasonAlbert Caruanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14434646351717864405noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31292861.post-23160875943753589422015-09-02T14:28:55.970-07:002015-09-02T14:28:55.970-07:00Mark,
I disagree. It is far too early to say wit...Mark,<br /><br />I disagree. It is far too early to say with regard to D1 difficulty. Armijo is going to be tough too, Cosumnes Oaks does not look too bad either considering the Lodi Flame results. On the Boys side that means there will be 3-5 good teams fighting for 2 spots. It will not be a cakewalk in D1! In D2 I would say Oakmont, BV, Granite Bay, Atwater, Del Campo, Merced and perhaps Whitney will be fighting for the 3 spots. D3 will have the usual good teams ... Placer, El Dorado, Vista, Del Oro fighting for 3 spots. The slight change over last year (6 teams moved out of D1 to D2 and the flowed down to D4) has balanced the power a bit in the Section. Last year most of the power was in D1. Even though D4 has the most teams, I would still argue that in the SJS it will still be the weakest division.hkuphaldthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08997927365198245366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31292861.post-32920203861583980132015-09-01T23:43:08.066-07:002015-09-01T23:43:08.066-07:00D1 might only have two spots but there really are ...D1 might only have two spots but there really are not that many good teams. Davis and Jesuit and woodcreek can now walk the course and qualify. D1 is NOT a deep or difficult division. The girls will eventually lose a spot to state because of Bella Vistas' and St francis' move to d2. D2 is now, by far, the toughest, which has generally been the case for a long while. D3 is very good as well with Del Oro moving in with el dorado, placer, Rio, vista del lago. D4 is also very weak. But that is always the case as well. As a whole our section is not that competitive in the middle. There is a big drop off after about 30 schools across all the divisions. I think most of our top programs should be D3 or D4. We would eventually have greater representation at state and a more competitive section meet because it would be harder to qualify for the finals from subs, which everyone in the state knows is a farce of a meet as it stands right now. More competition brings greater effort by coaches and athletes. I think there are really good coaches at these 30 schools that stress the year long effort to be really good and really show the kids how to be winners while infusing the wonderful camraderie that CC teams are known for. After those schools, there is not a lot of effort into being great programs. Marknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31292861.post-4887557275427775912015-09-01T19:43:18.982-07:002015-09-01T19:43:18.982-07:00Division are all screwed up. D1 there is a 900 stu...Division are all screwed up. D1 there is a 900 student different ratio, D2 300 students, D3 3 400 students, D4 700 students and D5 600 and Below.<br /><br />Opinion: The messed up Divisions are Div1 and Div4 are truly the hardest. Division 1 all large school and Division 4 seems to have big schools and small schools because of the spread! Southern seems to run the state, now SJS is getting into it. <br /><br />Question: Why is there only 5 Divisions in California Largest populated state and Oregon and Washington have more divisions! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31292861.post-64698150651719879052015-09-01T19:32:02.360-07:002015-09-01T19:32:02.360-07:00Devianna Salcedo will push the McFarland girls to ...Devianna Salcedo will push the McFarland girls to a section title, then top 10 finish at state. Remember this post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31292861.post-16130947704303050672015-09-01T18:57:39.021-07:002015-09-01T18:57:39.021-07:00In defense of the Southern Section teams, the stat...In defense of the Southern Section teams, the state qualifying teams have to beat way more great teams than any other section. You can't compare the depth of the SS with any other section in the state.Albert Caruanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14434646351717864405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31292861.post-51995701066242992862015-09-01T17:41:48.579-07:002015-09-01T17:41:48.579-07:00I guess they have to draw the line somewhere, but ...I guess they have to draw the line somewhere, but it makes it crazy hard for D1 SJS teams to compete against D1 Southern Section Teams that have 3 times the enrollment. Can't complain though with what McFarland has had to deal with over the years in their section. The the occasional individual will qualify (one last year), the team will never have a shot as a D1 school with their D3/4 enrollment. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31292861.post-74144715479080296282015-09-01T13:54:41.531-07:002015-09-01T13:54:41.531-07:00Hopefully some of those teams that moved down can ...Hopefully some of those teams that moved down can compete for a higher spot at the state meet in their new divisions.Albert Caruanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14434646351717864405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31292861.post-72277779175325809952015-09-01T13:19:37.788-07:002015-09-01T13:19:37.788-07:00Wow, that really shakes up who are the boys favori...Wow, that really shakes up who are the boys favorites going in...<br /><br />With that shifting, now D1/D3 are the deepest but the toughest to qualify will be D1 which only has two spots. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com