2022 NorCal Cross Country Awards

You can find previous winners at the following link. 
http://www.crosscountryexpress.com/2020/01/2019-norcal-cross-country-awards.html

Most Valuable Runner (boys)-Sean Morello Albany (NCS)
Most Valuable Runner (girls)-Hanne Thomsen Montgomery (NCS)

Most Impressive Individual Performance (boys)-Grant Morgenfeld Palo Alto (CCS) at Woodbridge/De La Salle Invitational
Most Impressive Individual Performance (girls)-Hanne Thomsen Montgomery at NCS 

Most Impressive Performance (boys' team)-Granada at Woodbridge/Oakdale at CA State Meet
Most Impressive Performance (girls' team)-Los Altos at CCS

Rising Star (boys)-Broen Holman Sonora (SJS)/Aydon Stefanopoulus Los Gatos (CCS)/Trey Caldwell De La Salle (NCS)
Rising Star (girls)-Kinga Czajkowska Palo Alto (CCS)/Evie Marheineke Archbishop Mitty (CCS)

Most Inspirational (boys)-Eshaan Hussain California (NCS)
Most Inspirational (girls)-Tatum Olesen Menlo Atherton (CCS)

Most Improved Runner (boys)-Shane Badcock Dougherty Valley (NCS)/Blake Martin Redwood (NCS)
Most Improved Runner (girls)-Grace Roesgen San Ramon Valley (NCS)

Lifetime Achievement Award (boys)-Justin Pretre Menlo (CCS)
Lifetime Achievement Award (girls)-Ellie Buckley Campolindo (NCS)

Buster Posey (rookie of the year)-Isaac Abbott Jesuit (SJS)
Buster Posey (rookie of the year)-Lydia Anderson Los Altos (CCS)

Best Robin to Batman (best supporting actor)-Landon Pretre Menlo (CCS)
Best Robin to Batman (best supporting actress)-Shea Volkmer Campolindo (NCS)

Best Three Amigos-Dax Daley, Omar Alsaidi, Caleb Cavanaugh Oakdale (SJS)
Best Three Amigas-Kinga Czajkowska, Elizabeth Fetter, Hillary Studdert Palo Alto (CCS)

Boys Coach of the Year (Directing)-Jeremy Mattern Granada (NCS)/Guy Fowler Oakdale (SJS)
Girls Coach of the Year (Directing)-Stephanie MacKenzie Los Altos (CCS)/Chuck Woolridge Campolindo (NCS)

Coach of the Year-Albert Caruana Crystal Springs Uplands (CCS)

Northern California Top XC Individuals

Browsing the internet for rankings and results, I came up with the following NorCal XC runners that should be considered for top individual lists. I placed them in alphabetical order. Please let me know if I missed anybody that should also be included as well as their accomplishments so far this season.

BOYS
Daegan Cutter, Redwood, Senior (NCS)
Jude Devries, Montgomery, Senior (NCS)
Dheeraj Gurusamy, Granada, Senior (NCS)
Broen Holman, Sonora Union, Sophomore (SJS)
Alexander Lodewick, Campolindo, Senior (NCS)
Mateo Malko-Allen, St. Mary's Berkeley, Senior (NCS)
Evan Markelz, Mt. View, Senior (CCS)
Ryan Mitchell, Davis, Senior (SJS)
Sean Morello, Albany, Senior (NCS)
Grant Morgenfeld, Palo Alto, Junior (CCS)
Devin Pereira, Rocklin, Senior (SJS)
Justin Pretre, Menlo, Senior (CCS)
Landon Pretre, Menlo, Sophomore (CCS)
Andrew Richards, Dougherty Valley, Senior, (NCS)
Roland Ruckmann-Barnes, Granada, Senior (NCS)
Nathan Short, Folsom, Senior (SJS)

GIRLS
Ashlyn Boothby Scotts Valley, Junior (CCS)
Kaiya Brooks, Crystal Springs Uplands School, Senior (CCS)
Kinga Czajkowska, Palo Alto, Sophomore (CCS)
Norah Dulaney, Davis, Senior (SJS)
Sienna Faidi, Convent & Stuart Hall, Sophomore (NCS)
Elizabeth Fetter, Palo Alto, Senior (CCS)
Daniella Henderson, Castilleja, Senior (CCS)
Samira Kennedy, Castilleja, Senior (CCS)
Katie Kopec, Whitney, Senior (SJS)
Athena Ryan, Sonoma Academy, Junior (NCS)
Emily Soobrian, Los Altos, Sophomore (CCS)
Lauren Soobrian, Los Altos, Senior (CCS)
Hanne Thomsen, Montgomery, Sophomore (NCS)
Shea Volkmer, Campolindo, Junior (NCS)

1st Northern California Coach's Poll

Thanks to Monte Vista coach Patrick Wales-Dinan for heading a group of Northern California coaches to come up with the following rankings. If you would like to be added to the voting pool in two weeks, please email me at albertjcaruana@gmail.com and I will have Patrick add you to the list. 

Feel free to comment below on any of the teams listed below and teams that may have been missed. Please feel free to share this with your teams.

NorCal Best at every event for upcoming Track and Field season

Just to be clear, I used last year's performances as a starting point. Some events have clear favorites (both boy's hurdles for example) and some have not so clear favorites. In those instances, I picked the more consistent performer. It's tough to just pick out one athlete in some events but that was my task. Feel free to continue the discussion in the comment section below.

BOYS

100m-Nathan Kent Rocklin (SJS)

200m-Nathan Kent Rocklin (SJS)

400m-Nathan Kent Rocklin (SJS)

800m-Yutaka Roberts El Camino (CCS)

1600m-Jeremy Kain Scotts Valley (CCS)

3200m-Alex Mader Lick-Wilmerding (NCS)

110m Hurdles-Jadyn Marshall Lincoln, Stockton (SJS)

300m Hurdles-Jadyn Marshall Lincoln, Stockton (SJS)

Long Jump-Andrew Fu Harker (CCS)

Triple Jump-Sean Huckleberry University (NCS)

High Jump-Ray Oldham Davis (SJS)

Pole Vault-Ian Strode Turlock (SJS)

Shot Put-Jacob Kiesman Valley Christian SJ (CCS)

Discus-Matteo Mitchell Clayton Valley Charter (NCS)

GIRLS

100m-Kylee Redman Turlock (SJS)

200m-Nairobi Smith International (NCS)

400m-Cate Peters Monte Vista (NCS)

800m-Samira Kennedy Castilleja (CCS)

1600m-Riley Chamberlain Del Oro (SJS)

3200m-Sophia Nordenholz Albany (NCS)

100m Hurdles-Y'Vette Harris Lincoln, Stockton (SJS)

300m Hurdles-Alison Tjoe Lynbrook (CCS)

Long Jump-Julia Alexander St. Mary's, Berkeley (NCS)

Triple Jump-Anela Thomas St. Mary's, Berkeley (NCS)

High Jump-Mara Lampsas California (NCS)

Pole Vault-Lily Mulligan Maria Carrillo (NCS)

Shot Put-Galadriel Mellion Weston Ranch (SJS)

Discus-Galadriel Mellion Weston Ranch (SJS)