Sarah Baxter doesn't know how to lose

Sarah Baxter doesn't know how to lose (by Bill Plaschke of the Los Angeles Times)

Toughest workout you did during cross country season

Let's hear it.  What was the toughest workout you did during this past XC season?  How much rest?  What pace?  Give all the details.  

All Mercury News Cross Country

Los Gatos' Danielle Katz is Mercury News' runner of the year
Milpitas' Yohaness Estifanos is Mercury News' runner of year

All-CCS teams will be posted shortly.

CIF California State Meet 1985 Boys 3200

Pretty cool find for those of you that remember the runners involved in this race.  The winner here was Roman Gomez of Belmont HS who turned the 3200/1600 double at the state meet for the second year in a row in 1985.  The 3200 is listed first as the track schedule at the time had the 3200 (about middle of the meet) first followed by the 1600 which preceded the final event, the 1600m. relay.  In 2nd place was Castro Valley runner Calvin Gaziano who was quite the legend in the early 80s.  His course record for the Canyon Middle School course (used at the Castro Valley Invitational) is ridiculous and I don't see it being broken for a very long time.  3rd placer, Eric Mastalir of Jesuit HS, would return the following track and field season to win this race.  Twin brother Mark won the 1600m.

Footlocker Cross Country Championship Live Webcast

http://www.footlockercc.com/2012/webcast.shtml
This Saturday, December 8th at Balboa Park.

CA State XC Entries for 2013

Thanks to former Gunn HS coach Ernie Lee for figuring out the changes for next season.  Please keep in mind that the following numbers are unofficial and definitely not set in stone.

DI boys - CCS up to 3, SDS down to 2
DI girls - no change
DII boys - SDS up to 4, CS down to 2
DII girls - NCS down to 2, no one qualifies for the vacant spot. I don't know how this will be resolved
DIII boys - no change
DIII girls - SDS up to 4, CCS down to 2
DIV boys - SDS up to 3, NS up to 3, CCS down to 2, CS down to 2
DIV girls - no change
DV boys - SDS up to 3, NS down to 1
DV girls - no change

For reference, here are the entries for this season.
http://www.cifstate.org/images/Cross_Country/2012_XC_Team_Entries.pdf

Here is an explanation on how the process works from Ernie:
"Basically, you count up the number of top 10 finishes in the past 4 years for each section and the fraction of those out of the 40 total possible positions is the fraction of the "extra" team spots available (note, because the baseline numbers are different for the different divisions, there are 5 extra spots in DI, 7 in DIV, and 8 in the other divisions). If sections are tied, then the tie breaker is the section with the most recent top 10 finish and if it's still tied then it's the highest placement for the most recent top 10 finish."

Former North Monterey County runner Danny Tapia wins CIM

http://www.flotrack.org/coverage/249993-2012-California-International-Marathon/video/665055-Mens-champ-Danny-Tapia-credits-conservative-race-strategy-at-2012-Cal-International-Marathon

http://getinthetrailer.com/2012/12/tapia-williams-grind-out-cal-international-wins/

BIRMINGHAM SEAHOLM GIRLS DECLARE ​"WE ARE IN NO ONES SHADOW"

Check out the team that deserved to run at NXN yesterday but couldn't compete due to Michigan state rules.

http://www.xcnation.com/#!nhsca-national-champions/c1iw7

The Great Lung Run

http://www.siprep.org/page.cfm?p=3600
The Great Lung Run - Kelcey Harrison from LungCancerFoundation.Org on Vimeo.

Live Webcasts of today's Cross Country meets

Footlocker Western Regional:
http://footlockercc.com/2012/webcast.shtml

Nike Cross Nationals:
https://apps.facebook.com/nike_nxn/