2013 All-Mercury News Cross Country Teams

Los Gatos' Chris Foster is Mercury News boys cross country runner of the year
Mercury News boys cross country first team, honorable mention
Gunn's Sarah Robinson is Mercury News girls cross country runner of year
Mercury News girls cross country first team, honorable mention

Central Coast Section (CCS) Comparisons Updated

http://www.prepcaltrack.com/ATHLETICS/XC/2013/comparsn.htm

CCS Rankings courtesy of Hank Lawson and www.lynbrooksports.com

Top 15 Boys and Girls Teams:
http://www.prepcaltrack.com/ATHLETICS/XC/2013/ccs_rank.htm

CCS Time Comparisons by Walt Van Zant:
http://www.prepcaltrack.com/ATHLETICS/XC/2013/comparsn.htm

Also State Rankings courtesy of www.dyestatcal.com and www.prepcaltrack.com
DyeStatCal XC State Rankings (Divisional Top 10)

CIF State Rankings (Divisional Top 10)

Mercury News CCS Top 15 as posted on 9/17/13

http://www.prepcaltrack.com/ATHLETICS/XC/2013/ccs_rank.htm

Rank  BOYS                   Div  Prv Rank
1     Bellarmine             D1   1
2     Carlmont               D1   2
3     Homestead              D1   3
4     Los Gatos              D2   4
5     St Francis             D2   7
6     Los Altos              D2   5
7     Lynbrook               D2   6
8     St. Ignatius           D2   9
9     Aptos                  D3   8
10    Willow Glen            D2   11
11    Half Moon Bay          D4   NR
12    Scotts Valley          D4   10
13    San Benito             D1   12
14    Saratoga               D3   13
15    Menlo-Atherton         D1   NR


Rank  GIRLS                  Div  Prv Rank
1     Aptos                  D3   3
2     Gunn                   D1   4
3     San Lorenzo Valley     D4   2
4     Monta Vista            D1   1
5     Menlo-Atherton         D1   5
6     Mtn View               D1   NR
7     St Francis             D2   8
8     Valley Christian       D3   NR
9     Scotts Valley          D4   7
10    Los Altos              D2   13
11    Mitty                  D2   14
12    Los Gatos              D2   11
13    Salinas                D1   6
14    Menlo                  D4   NR
15    Palo Alto              D1   10

Latest CCS data by Walt Van Zant...

Updated 9/16/13

http://www.prepcaltrack.com/ATHLETICS/XC/2013/comparsn.htm

CCS Pre-Season Time Comparisons

http://www.prepcaltrack.com/ATHLETICS/XC/2013/comparsn.htm

Central Coast Section Top 10 Individuals (Boys and Girls)

Boys
1)  Steven Sum Saratoga Division II
2)  Scott Edwards Scotts Valley Division IV
3)  Steven Velarde San Benito Division I
4)  Terence Rabuzzi Los Altos Division II
5)  James Welsh Monterey Division III
6)  Corey Gonzalez Harker Division IV
7)  Chris Foster Los Gatos Division II
8)  Justin Robison Lynbrook Division II
9)  Ben Zaeske Los Altos Division II
10)  Jose Pina Abraham Lincoln Division I

Girls
1)  Anna Maxwell San Lorenzo Valley Division IV
2)  Sarah Robinson Gunn Division I
3)  Lauren Jacob Los Altos Division II
4)  Claire MacMillan San Lorenzo Valley Division IV
5)  Gillian Meeks Gunn Division I
6)  Kendall Hacker St. Ignatius Division II
7)  Yulisa Abundis Aptos Division III
8)  Melissa Reed Mt. View Division I
9)  Clare Peabody Aptos Division III
10)  Hannah Allen Homestead Division I

Did I miss anybody?  Who should move up?  Who should move down?  Who is going to be a big surprise in the fall?

2013 CCS Cross Country Top 10 Teams (Boys and Girls) Pre-Season

Boys
1)  Bellarmine (Division I)
2)  St. Francis (Division II)
3)  Carlmont (Division I)
4)  Homestead (Division I)
5)  Aptos (Division III)
6)  Los Altos (Division II)
7)  St. Ignatius (Division II)
8)  Scotts Valley (Division IV)
9)  Seaside (Division IV)
10)  Lynbrook (Division II)

Girls
1)  Aptos (Division III)
2)  Salinas (Division I)
3)  Gunn (Division I)
4)  San Lorenzo Valley (Division IV)
5)  Menlo Atherton (Division I)
6)  Monta Vista (Division I)
7)  Archbishop Mitty (Division II)
8)  St. Ignatius (Division II)
9)  Homestead (Division I)
10)  St. Francis (Division II)

This is a very rough first estimate.  Feel free to comment in the section below on who should move up or down or if I missed a team or two that deserve to be ranked.

Coming up next:  CCS Top 10 Individuals (Boys and Girls)

Comparisons of Times 2013

http://www.prepcaltrack.com/ATHLETICS/XC/2013/comparsn.htm
The great stats that Walt VanZant puts out every season will be posted at the above link.  Stay tuned.  Until then, let's hear it CCS fans.  Who are the top individuals, teams.  Who are the surprise teams.  Individuals.  Top Freshmen.

CCS Track and Field Prediction Contest

Send in your predictions to albertjcaruana@gmail.com. Please include the top 3 finishers for all events (running and field/boys and girls) as well as your predictions for the team champions along with their scores. If there is a tie, the team champions and scores will break those ties.

Your entries should look like this
Name: John Aki Bua Uganda HS Athlete (or coach/parent etc.)

Listed in order of finish (1st through 3rd)
Girls' 400m. Relay-James Logan, Long Beach Poly, St. Francis
Boys' 400m. Relay-
Girls' 1600m.-Jordan Hasay, Mary Decker, Yunxia Qu
Boys' 1600m.-
Girls' 100m. Hurdles-
Boys' 110m. Hurdles-
etc.
Don't forget the field events.

Let me know if you have any questions or have any suggestions for the contest.

The winner will be announced on Sunday, May 26th.

Any questions, let me know.

Albert Caruana
www.crosscountryexpress.com

Here is a link that should help you:
http://www.prepcaltrack.com/ATHLETICS/TRACK/2013/ccs_ent.htm

CCS Top Marks List - 2013

http://www.prepcaltrack.com/ATHLETICS/TRACK/2013/ccstopmk.htm (As up to date as it gets)

Updated Top CCS Track and Field marks (4/30/13)

http://www.prepcaltrack.com/ATHLETICS/TRACK/2013/ccstopmk.htm

2013 CCS State Meet Distance Contenders (UPDATED)

I posted the following on January 1, 2013.  Additions?  Mine are in red.
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Top 3 make state from CCS unless you can qualify by surpassing the 2013 At-Large Time Standards.  Additions?  Changes?  Comments?

Girls 800m.
The favorite:  Nikki Hiltz Aptos HS
Threats:  Kylie Goo Westmoor HS, Danielle Katz Los Gatos HS
Wildcards:  Priscilla Lee Evergreen Valley HS, Claire Bowie Los Altos HS, Madeline Fagan Los Gatos HS, Katie Spence St. Ignatius HS, Bianca Bryant Piedmont Hills HS, Olivia Rintala Archbishop Mitty HS.

Boys 800m.
The favorite:  Cody Johnson San Lorenzo Valley HS
Threats:  David Aguilar Oak Grove HS, Tim Layten Carlmont HS
Wildcards:  Ciaran Murphy St. Ignatius HS, Jesus Covarrubias Wilcox HS, Brandon Sutton Homestead HS, Scott Edwards Scotts Valley HS, Gabrial McLarnan St. Francis.

Girls 1600m.
The favorite:  Nikki Hiltz Aptos HS
Threats:  Clare Peabody Aptos HS, Catherine Lowdon Burlingame HS, Kaila Gibson Soquel HS
Wildcards:   Maya Weigel Mountain View HS, Olivia Rintala Mitty HS, Claire MacMillen San Lorenzo Valley HS, Sarah Robinson Gunn HS, Melissa Reed Mt. View HS.

Boys 1600m.
The favorite:  Yohaness Estifanos Milpitas HS
Threats:  George Baier Menlo Atherton HS, Ciaran Murphy St. Ignatius HS,
Wildcards:  Terence Rabuzzi Los Altos HS, Grant Murphy Mills HS, Joey Berriatua Serra HS, Eduardo Garibay Yerba Buena HS, Miguel Vasquez Andrew Hill HS, Steven Sum Saratoga HS, Scott Edwards Scotts Valley.

Girls 3200m.
The favorite:  Anna Maxwell San Lorenzo Valley HS
Threats:  Vanessa Fraser Scotts Valley HS, Vanessa Estrada San Benito HS
Wildcards:   Lauren Jacob Los Altos HS, Molly Haar Mitty HS, Melissa Reed Mountain View HS, Kaila Gibson Soquel HS, Catherine Lowdon Burlingame HS, Sarah Robinson Gunn HS

Boys 3200m.
The favorite:  Yohaness Estifanos Milpitas HS
Threats:  Richard Ho Leland HS, Ryan Corvese Sobrato HS, Daniel Bereket Carlmont HS
Wildcards:  Christian Pedro Aragon HS, Rory Beyer Aragon HS, Steven Sum Saratoga HS, Raymond Meijer Bellarmine HS, Miguel Vasquez Andrew Hill HS, Chris Foster Los Gatos HS, Jose Pina Lincoln HS.

Next:  2013 SJS Distance State Meet Contenders

CCS Team Predictions - 2013

Thanks to Hank Lawson and www.lynbrooksports.com:
http://www.prepcaltrack.com/ATHLETICS/TRACK/2013/ccs_pred.htm

2013 CCS track and field leaders

As posted Palo Alto Online Sports:
http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=28902

BOYS
400 relay -- Palo Alto 43.40, Bellarmine 43.78, St Francis 44.60, Lynbrook 45.01, Wilcox 45.10, San Benito Hollister 45.15, Woodside 45.16, Los Altos 45.25, SHP 45.84.

1600 -- Vasquez (Hill) 4:18.23, Baier (Menlo-Atherton) 4:19.69, Johnson (SLV) 4:21.33, Sum (Saratoga) 4:22.59, Layten (Carlmont) 4:22.68, Corvese (Sobrato) 4:24.35, Garibay (Yerba Buena) 4:24.89, Estifanos (Milpitas) 4:26.74, Foster (Los Gatos) 4:28.08, Barriatua (Serra) 4:29.68.

110 HH -- Robinson (SHP) 15.12, Yeager (Los Altos) 15.18, Eberspacher (Gunn) 15.40, Mitchell (Serra) 15.76, Doan (Milpitas) 15.86, Ranieri (Lynbrook) 16.00, Johnson (Palo Alto) 16.15, Guzman (Alisal) 16.37, Zhao (Cupertino) 16.74, Quinby (Bellarmine) 16.85.

400 -- Beery (San Mateo) 50.52, Sullivan (Palo Alto) 50.90, Orloff (Serra) 51.11, Livengood (Evergreen) 51.38, Greenlow (Bellarmine) 51.98, Plante (Menlo-Atherton) 52.34, Givens (Palo Alto) 52.39, Sanchez (Silver Creek) 52.87, Seroff (Los Gatos) 52.99, Sinnott (SLV) 53.04.

100 -- Gates-Mouton (Palo Alto) 11.21, Brown (Oak Grove) 11.30, Minor (Alvarez) 11.30, Holman (Woodside) 11.35, Njaka (Bellarmine) 11.38, Ibarra (St Francis) 11.39, Mitchell (Wilcox) 11.42, Cosentino (Leigh) 11.43, Baty (St Francis) 11.43, Tolbert (Palo Alto) 11.43.

800 -- Johnson (SLV) 1:54.76, Aguilar (Oak Grove) 1:57.97, Ernst (Prospect) 1:59.19, Sum (Saratoga) 1:59.57, Sutton (Homestead) 1:59.90, Greenlow (Bellarmine) 2:01.63, Walker (Los Gatos) 2:01.97, Sanchez (Alisal) 2:02.95, Avila (Bellarmine) 2:02.97, Tucker (Wilcox) 2:03.01.

300 IH -- Yeager (Los Altos) 40.05, Mitchell (Serra) 40.71, Rice (Carlmont) 41.86, Ranieri (Lynbrook) 42.12, Kumamoto (Carlmont) 42.64, Guzman (Alisal) 42.66, Chiou (Lynbrook) 42.79, Williams (Mt View) 42.82, Myers (St Francis) 42.86, Moller (Los Gatos) 43.08.

200 -- Orloff (Serra) 22.47, Henry (Oak Grove) 22.97, Gates-Mouton (Palo Alto) 23.20, Minor (Alvarez) 23.21, Njaka (Bellarmine) 23.29, Jones (Valley Christian) 23.34, Illio (MP) 23.38, Sirasao (Leigh) 23.40, Mays (Willow Glen) 23.42, Hall (Riordan) 23.45.

3200 -- Estifanos (Milpitas) 9:18.96, Corvese (Sobrato) 9:20.02, Voster (Los Gatos) 9:25.47, Ho (Leland) 9:27.36, Vasquez (Hill) 9:29.21, Sloan (Homestead) 9:29.61, Garibay (Yerna Buena) 9:36.56, Meijer (Bellarmine) 9:39.25, DeAnda (Bellarmine) 9:45.14, Alaghatta (Bellarmine) 9:45.39.

1600 relay -- Menlo-Atherton 3:31.80, Serra 3:33.16, Bellarmine 3:34.58, St Francis 3:35.44, San Benito Hollister 3:35.93, Lynbrook 3:36.19, Los Gatos 3:39.28, Los Altos 3:40.31.

High jump -- Weeks (Leland) 6-4, Hall (RLS) 6-4, Yeager (Los Altos) 6-3 1/4, Underwood (Bellarmine) 6-2, Van (SHP) 6-2, Oberlander (Christopher) 6-2, Silver (Watsonville) 6-2, Andrade (Aptos) 6-2, Robinson (SHP) 6-0, Mickelson (Woodside) 6-0, Maleta (St Francis CC) 6-0.

Long jump -- Basurto (Willow Glen) 21-9 1/2, Yeager (Los Altos) 21-1 1/4, Vong (Bellarmine) 21-0 1/4, Bush (Bellarmine) 20-11 3/4, Ambrosini (MV Christian) 20-8, Yeager (Los Altos) 20-5, Liu (Los Altos) 20-3 1/4, Hsu (MV Christian) 20-3 1/4, Cook (San Benito Hollister) 20-3, Marzetta (Lincoln) 20-1 1/2.

Triple jump -- Bush (Bellarmine) 43-5, Marzetta (Lincoln) 42-9 3/4, Catolico (Lynbrook) 42-3 1/4, Nguyen (Evergreen) 41-9 3/4, Price (Gunn) 41-9, Green (Watsonville) 41-8, Wong (Silver Creek) 40-8, Underwood (Bellarmine) 40-4 3/4, Alvarez (Serra) 40-1 1/2.

Discus -- Ilaoa (Homestead) 160-3, Macial (Willow Glen) 152-6, Sambel (Serra) 151-1, Miranda (Santa Teresa) 139-6, Nicholls (Santa Teresa) 139-3, Church (Homestead) 139-2 1/2, Vogel (Gilroy) 139-1, Johnson (Lincoln) 137-3, Wilson (MV Christian) 137-0, Marta (Aptos) 134-8.

Shot put -- Beering (Serra) 58-6 1/2, Sambel (Serra) 51-11 3/4, Macial (Willow Glen) 50-0, Marta (Aptos) 49-1, Church (Homestead) 48-6, Filiai (Menlo-Atherton) 47-1 1/2, Walrod (Bellarmine) 47-1 1/2, Aufang (Fremont) 46-11, Ilaoa (Homestead) 46-9 1/2, Johnson (Lincoln) 46-8 1/2.

Pole vault -- Toney (St Francis) 14-6, Mackanerney (Aptos) 14-0, Nicholas (Mt Pleasant) 13-6, O'Neill (Bellarmine) 13-6, Nichols (Branham) 13-0, Pipkin (Christopher) 13-0, Stopher (Bellarmine) 12-6, Korjeff (Carlmont) 12-3, Verner (St Ignatius) 12-0, Sosa (Mt Pleasant) 12-0, Iv (Mt Pleasant) 12-0, Chavarria (Westmoor) 12-0.

GIRLS
400 relay -- Los Gatos 49.34, St Ignatius 50.29, Mitty 50.80, Palo Alto 51.83, Menlo-Atherton 52.03, St Francis 52.22, Gunn 52.44, Soquel 52.64, Christopher 53.03, Sobrato 53.05.

1600 -- Maxwell (SLV) 4:45.70c, Katz (Los Gatos) 5:01.84, Reed (Mt View) 5:10.59, Robinson (Gunn) 5:11.47, Escalera (Fremont) 5:18.68, Meeks (Gunn) 5:19.09, Allen (Homestead) 5:21.13, Xu (Monta Vista) 5:22.41, Weigel (Mt View) 5:23.24, Johnson (Leland) 5:24.65.

100 hurdles -- Lanovaz (Los Gatos) 15.47, Buck (Leigh) 15.89, Heffernan (Los Gatos) 16.04, UnaDia (Gilroy) 16.11, Vance (Los Gatos) 16.16, Foster (Christopher) 16.18, Tatum (Los Gatos) 16.36, Miklos (Gunn) 16.65, Kuechle (Leland) 17.08, Peter (Gunn) 17.20.

400 -- Bryant (Piedmont Hills) 56.54, Alexander (Carlmont) 56.88, Padilla (St Francis) 59.21, Noordam (Pioneer) 59.59, Harrison (Cupertino) 59.88, Bryant (Piedmont Hills) 1:00.04, Mount (ND-Belmont) 1:00.11, Miklos (Gunn) 1:01.05, Chen (Los Gatos) 1:01.21, Stansberry (Menlo-Atherton) 1:01.56.

100 -- Diaz (Piedmont Hills) 12.46, Scholis (Seaside) 12.52, Pennywell (Gunn) 12.55, Wagner (Los Gatos) 12.61, Williams (Leigh) 12.64, Staab (Los Gatos) 12.71, Kwiatkowski (Wilcox) 12.71, Cheeks (St Francis) 12.90, Reynolds (Homestead) 13.01.

800 -- Maxwell (SLV) 2:11.69, Robinson (Gunn) 2:15.43, Hiltz (Aptos) 2:16.73, Noordam (Pioneer) 2:19.64, Lee (Evergreen) 2:21.44, Escalera (Fremont) 2:21.94, Fortman (Menlo-Atherton) 2:25.14,` Kiesow (Willow Glen) 2:25.46, Allen (Homestead) 2:25.84, Bowie (Los Altos) 2:26.62.

300 hurdles -- Mount (ND-Belmont) 47.40, Foster (Christopher) 48.04, Miklos (Gunn) 49.01, Tatum (Los Gatos) 49.30, UnaDia (Gilroy) 49.81, Vance (Los Gatos) 50.75, Hernandez (Homestead) 50.94, Luo (Gunn) 51.23, Morgan (Woodside) 51.63.

200 -- Diaz (Piedmont Hills) 25.67, Connell (Harker) 25.72, Baynard (Piedmont Hills) 26.11, Williams (Leigh) 26.16, Budei (Branham) 26.34, Alexander (Carlmont) 26.35, Scholis (Seaside) 26.35, Harrison (Cupertino) 26.37, Agu (Mitty) 26.54, D-Acchioli (Leland) 26.59.

3200 -- Jacob (Los Altos) 11:02.26, MacMillan (SLV) 11:17.49, Wood (Presentation) 11:30.16, Goo (Westmoor) 11:38.14, Johnson (Leland) 11:46.79, Mason (Leland) 11:51.42, Ling (Lynbrook) 11:51.82, Zhou (Homestead) 11:52.61, Yip (Monta Vista) 11:54.97, Gottlieb (Monta Vista) 11:57.88.

1600 relay -- Los Gatos 4:02.27, St Francis 4:08.80, Menlo-Atherton 4:17.45, Lynbrook 4:20.74, San Benito Hollister 4:21.01, Cupertino 4:26.18, Pioneer 4:27.64, Gunn 4:27.82, Los Altos 4:28.13, Woodside 4:31.31.

High jump -- Fagan (Los Gatos) 5-10, Bassi (St Francis) 5-4, Buck (Leigh) 5-2, Wilhelm (St Francis) 5-0, McCarthy (Pioneer) 5-0, Baird (Gunn) 5-0, Blaha (N Monterey) 5-0, Lis (Pacific Collegiate) 4-10.

Long jump -- Buck (Leigh) 17-11 1/4, Kwiatkowski (Wilcox) 17-3 1/4, Romero (Christopher) 16-9 1/2, Simmons (Lincoln) 16-7 1/4, Cusick (ND-San Jose) 16-5, Delgado (N Monterey) 16-3, Dayal (Fremont) 15-10, Nguyen (Evergreen) 15-9, Baird (Gunn) 15-8, Yee (Wilcox) 15-7.

Triple jump -- Kwiatkowski (Wilcox) 39-5 1/2, Lanovaz (Los Gatos) 36-11 3/4, Janachocwski (St Ignatius) 36-8 1/2, Yee (Wilcox) 35-5 1/4, Martin (Monta Vista) 35-0, Foster (Christopher) 34-3 1/4, Luo (Gunn) 34-0, Do (Gunn) 33-11 1/4, Kuechle (Leland) 33-10 1/4, Simmons (Lincoln) 33-10.

Discus -- Oyarsun (Willow Glen) 115-7, Cueva (Watsonville) 114-11, Allston (Lincoln) 107-8, Pucccinelli (St Ignatius) 106-2, Guerra (Oak Grove) 105-5, Yu (Gunn) 101-3, Scher (Fremont) 98-8, Fine (Wilcox) 94-2, Paul (Willow Glen) 92-6.

Shot put -- Piearcy (Cupertino) 36-0 1/4, Fine (Wilcox) 35-1, Cueva (Watsonville) 34-10, Oyarsun (Willow Glen) 33-2, Paul (Willow Glen) 33-0 1/2, Obilor (Presentation) 32-9, Buck (Leigh) 32-7, Allston (Lincoln) 32-7.

Pole vault -- Wagner (Los Gatos) 12-9, Jaques (Presentation) 12-6, McCarthy (Presentation) 12-0, Trenchard (Pacific Collegiate) 12-0, Hendel (Westmont) 11-6, Hefferman (Los Gatos) 11-0, Fish (Soquel) 11-0, Jaques (Presentation) 10-6, Cesare (Willow Glen) 10-6, Wilhelm (St Francis) 10-0, Braun (Soquel) 10-0.

Marks compiled by Hank Lawson/Lynbrook High