Going Cross Country One Mile At A Time (San Benito HS XC)

http://my.hsj.org/Schools/Newspaper/tabid/100/view/frontpage/articleid/385304/newspaperid/2373/Going_Cross_Country_One_Mile_At_A_Time.aspx

Photo of the Week

Little excitement at the Crystal Springs course today.  You have to HYDRATE kids!

Boys Cross country Quick recovery for Washington's Petersen

Boys Cross country

Quick recovery for Washington's Petersen

Washington's Nolan Petersen proved that it takes a lot to keep him from running.

Petersen had an emergency appendectomy on Sept. 28. But unbeknownst to Washington coach Dave Iremonger and his staff, Petersen was running again four days later.

"It was pretty amazing," Iremonger said. "His only restriction (from his doctor) was if he felt pain."

Petersen told Washington's coaches that he was pain-free on Oct. 4. He then won a Mission Valley Athletic League dual-meet race against American on Oct. 6.

On Saturday, Petersen finished third in the Mariner Invitational boys large school race with a time of 17 minutes, 18.2 seconds for the 3.1-mile Garin Park-Hayward course.

"He's still feeling like he's coming back strength-wise. He ran strong," Iremonger said.

Coincidentally, teammate Jesse Chestnut had the same emergency surgery on Oct. 5, Iremonger said.

Chestnut, who was the Huskies' No. 2 runner before the surgery, is expected to start training again this week, Iremonger said.

-- Phil Jensen

West Coast Conference 2010 Cross Country Championships

Track and Field Videos on Flotrack

The Internet by Jake Schmitt of the Bay Area Track Club

Think back to that first time you raced, I mean, really raced; the nerves of uncertainty, the excitement your mind creates of infinite potential, and the fear that all the anonymous faces of your competitors stirs in your stomach. As tense as this memory may make you, I’m sure there is a good possibility that the memory is also attached to a great sense of accomplishment with a newfound confidence in your ability. This revelation in your running life is priceless, it is the time when the cannot becomes the can. No amount of training or visualizations can replicate the power of naïveté once it has been squandered, once we know what actual pain feels like, what the weather is going to be like, or even, who is “better” than us.

To read the rest of this article, go to the following link:
http://bayareatrackclub.com/blog/post/show/id/22-The-Internet

SI says it really did happen...

2010 World Series Champions

VIDEO: Lafayette's Tyler Sorensen Walks the Walk

Acalanes HS cross country runner and national walking competitor Tyler Sorenson.  From the lamorinda.patch.com and the following link:
http://lamorinda.patch.com/articles/video-lafayettes-tyler-sorensen-walks-the-walk#video-2778301

More local athletes competing in college

Passed along by Gunn HS coach Ernie Lee:

Some local kids are competing in the DIII ranks:
http://mit.prestosports.com/sports/w-xc/2010-11/files/NEWMAC_Results_Women.htm
http://mit.prestosports.com/sports/m-xc/2010-11/files/NEWMAC_Results_Men.htm

Of note, the MIT women are ranked #9 in the country for DIII with 3 of their top 5 former SCVAL runners (Tania Morimoto and Martina De Geus from Mountain View and Claire O'Connell from Gunn).

and update on SJS athletes in college:
http://runninruben.blogspot.com/2010/10/college-update.html

Notre Dame's Anderson finishes third at T-CALs

http://www.thecalifornian.com/article/20101101/HSSPORTS/11010328

'Dores, Condors follow plans to win MBL titles
http://www.thecalifornian.com/article/20101101/HSSPORTS/11010327