Filling a fast lane for San Francisco

I know this is not an article about Track and Field but it is by John Crumpacker who is one of the best Track and Field writers in our area. The article is about Ben Wildman-Tobiner who swam as a prep at Lick Wilmerding HS. I was still coaching swimming at the time and saw Ben compete throughout his HS career but I never fathomed that one day he would become a world champion.

You can view the article at the following link:
•Filling a fast lane for San Francisco

BCL Finals Results and Class A Meet Heats Posted online

You can find the results of the BCL Final from this past Saturday at Chabot College at:
BCL Final Results

You can find the heats and flights for this Saturday's NCS Class A Meet at CSM at the following link:
NCS Class A Meet Heats and Flights
(Top 3 athletes and relay teams advance from this meet will advance to the NCS MOC)

The meet programs for the 3 NCS area meets (Bay Shore, Redwood Empire and Tri-Valley) will be posted shortly. I will add those links as I get them.

Good luck to all participating athletes this Saturday. It's going to be HOT! Hydrate!

Peninsula Athletic League (PAL) Newspaper Coverage

Pictures above are courtesy of Nathan Mollat and the SM Daily Journal

From the San Mateo Daily Journal
•Westmoor back on top
•M-A repeats as champs

From the San Mateo Daily News/Times (same article)
•Familiar team tops at PAL track and field
•Williams helps Westmoor pile up the points

Results from the 3 day meet are at the following links courtesy of www.recordtiming.com:
•Day 1
•Day 2
•Day 3

Dublin track star Attarian breaks foot

The bad news is that James Attarian has an injury that won't allow him to compete at the DFAL finals this week. The good news is that there is a good chance he would hardship through to the next meet. We'll see.

The following is from the Contra Costa Times and Phil Jensen.
"Dublin High School boys track and field star James Attarian will not be competing in the Diablo Foothill Athletic League championships this week due to a broken foot, he confirmed Tuesday.

Attarian broke the fifth metatarsal of his left foot while stepping on the inside rail to avoid a fallen competitor in the mile run at the Stanford Invitational on April 5. He proceeded to amazingly kick to a victory in 4 minutes, 15.76 seconds, a time which converted to 1,600 meters (4:14.27) is currently ranked sixth in the state by DyeStatCal.com.

Attarian competed in two more meets, including a third-place finish in the boys invitational mile at the prestigious Arcadia Invitational, before he realized that his foot was broken, he said. He then went to see a doctor, and he found out about the injury.

"When I found out it was broken, I was disappointed. It isn't something you want in the middle of your season," he said. "I can't run on it ... I just found out today I have to wait another two-and-a-half (weeks). The doctor said that in another two-and-a-half weeks, it should be good."

Attarian said that Dublin coach Mike Goldstein is presenting Attarian's case to the DFAL to see if Attarian can hardship through the league championship meet."

The link to the story is here:
•Dublin track star Attarian breaks foot

Caped Crusher collects

So which number is more impressive for the athlete to the left, a 4.75 GPA or a 1:56.8 800 meters?

Vintage cross country/track star Molinari nabs section scholarship

By MARTY JAMES, Executive Sports Editor

Dominic Molinari is pretty easy to spot on days that Vintage High School has a cross country race or track and field meet.

He’s the one wearing a burgundy and gold cape around campus.

“It’s just something that I’ve been doing since freshman year and is kind of a tradition,” Molinari said. “It keeps me in the spirit.”

Molinari lettered his first year at Vintage, but instead of purchasing a letterman’s jacket to wear to school and around town, he got creative and decided to show off his school pride by dressing up in a colorful cape on game days.

To read the rest of this article, check out the following link from the Napa Valley Register:
•Caped Crusher collects

Flanagan's Splits In Her American Record 10K

The following splits are from Shalane Flanagan's impressive run yesterday and they are courtesy of www.trackandfieldnews.com

Just amazing consistency for 25 laps.

Laps
69.6 [69.6]
74.5 [2:24.1]
72.9 [3:37.0]
73.8 [4:50.8]
73.4 [6:04.2]
73.8 [7:18.0]
74.1 [8:32.1]
73.9 [9:46.0]
74.0 [11:00.0]
74.5 [12:14.5]
72.9 [13:27.4]
73.7 [14:41.1]
72.5 [15:53.6]
74.5 [17:08.1]
74.5 [18:22.6]
73.3 [19:35.9]
73.2 [20:49.1]
74.8 [22:03.9]
73.3 [23:17.2]
74.1 [24:31.3]
74.6 [25:45.9]
73.4 [26:59.3]
73.1 [28:12.4]
72.8 [29:25.2]
69.3 [30:34.49]

average: 73.38

Kilos
3:00.7 [3:00.7]
3:03.5 [6:04.2]
3:04.9 [9:09.1]
3:05.4 [12:14.5]
3:02.9 [15:17.4]
3:05.2 [18:22.6]
3:04.3 [21:26.9]
3:04.4 [24:31.3]
3:04.5 [27:35.8]
2:58.7 [30:34.49]

average: 3:03.46

Halves
15:17.4/15:17.1

Rowbury On Olympic Pace

Another notable Bay Area alumni effort goes to Shannon Rowbury (formerly of Sacred Heart Cathedral and Duke University) who won the fast heat of the women's 1500. She just missed the A standard of 4:07.00.

The link to the story in the San Francisco Chronicle is here:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/04/SPQH10GQ8A.DTL

Chico State's Bauhs sets Division II record in 10,000

From the Chico Enterprise Record (www.chicoer.com)
The following is the complete article and the link is listed below. Great run by Scott Bauhs of Chico yesterday at the Payton Jordan Invitational to break the Division II record at the 10000 meter distance.

Chico State junior Scott Bauhs broke the NCAA Division II record for the 10,000 meters Sunday at the Payton Jordan Invitational at Stanford, running the fastest time for an American this year.
Bauhs ran the race in 27 minutes, 48.06 seconds, reaching the Olympic A standard, meaning if he places in the top three at the Olympic trials this summer, he'll be in the Olympics.
He finished seventh in a star-studded field of 33 that included international runners.
No other Division II runner had ever broken 28 minutes.
http://www.chicoer.com/sports/ci_9154749

Interesting to look at his personal records from high school at San Ramon Valley High School. You can view their top list at the following link:
http://www.srvhstrack.clickoneforus.com/Top10Boys.html

Alitta Boyd -- an athlete for all seasons

Really nice article about Moreau Catholic ATHLETE Alitta Boyd in today's San Francisco Chronicle. She is one of the top track and field athletes (triple jump) in NCS as well as the state. She is also an outstanding volleyball and basketball player (a now rare three sport athlete).

•Alitta Boyd -- an athlete for all seasons

Sarah Sumpter: Back on Track

Check out the following video which depicts the return of Sarah Sumpter of Healdsburg to the Track and Field racing scene following her battle with anorexia.

We definitely wish her the best of luck the rest of this season.

•Sarah Sumpter: Back on Track

Accompanying article by Bob Padecky
•Running on courage-Healdsburg's Sarah Sumpter is a state champion. But what matters more to her these days is telling others that they are not alone