Northern California Invitationals Results

Stanford Invitational Results
Leland "Quicksilver" Invitational Results
North Salinas Invitational Results
West Coast Relays Results
San Francisco State Distance Carnival Results (Check out times for Isabella Fauria.  She is a 6th grader)

Pick the Stanford Invitational Mile Champions

Who will win the boys race and what time?  What about the girls?  Remember they will run full mile.

Event 152  Boys 1 Mile Run
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           Name                        Year School                                
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  1   2456 Daniel Ambriz                    Merced                      
  2   2402 Ryan Anderson                    Maria Carril                
  3   2681 Jose Aranda                      Pioneer (Woo                
  4   1656 Zach Beston                      Amador Valle                
  5   3101 Samuel Blake                     Westmont                    
  6   1967 Neil Braganza                    Dougherty Va                
  7   3092 Kyle Chun                        Vista del La                
  8   3164 Ross Corey                       Woodside Pri                
  9   1715 Matt Coss                        Bella Vista                 
 10   1626 Jesus Covarrubias                Adrian Wilco                
 11   1689 Nolan Doizer                     Ann Sobrato                 
 12   2862 Scott Edwards                    Scotts Valle                
 13   1811 Aidan Goltra                     Campolindo                  
 14   2932 Steven Grolle                    Sonora (Sono                
 15   3143 Taylor Guinnip                   Woodcreek                   
 16   2404 Dante Hay                        Maria Carril                
 17   2811 Jacob Hicks                      San Lorenzo                 
 18   2728 Frederick Huxham                 Redwood (Lar                
 19   2534 Welsh James                      Monterey HS                 
 20   2814 Nassim Kabbara                   San Rafael                  
 21   2300 Eddie King                       Live Oak (Mo                
 22   2312 Phillip Kruse                    Lodi                        
 23   1917 Jasper Laca                      Davis                       
 24   2997 Kevin Lehr                       St. Ignatius                
 25   1852 Carter Mackey                    Castro Valle                
 26   2296 Zach Mckeever                    Lincoln (Sto                
 27   2759 George Miao                      Rocklin                     
 28   2588 Garrett Migliozzi                Nevada Union                
 29   2998 Ben Osipow                       St. Ignatius                
 30   3123 Zach Price                       Windsor                     
 31   1833 Nick Rauch                       Casa Grande                 
 32   1922 Ben Roberts                      Davis                       
 33   2385 Justin Robison                   Lynbrook                    
 34   3150 Luis Romo                        Woodcreek                   
 35   1996 Zachary Schmidt                  Dublin                      
 36   1697 Tanner Shaw                      Athenian Sch                
 37   1924 Brian Song                       Davis                       
 38   2780 Arturo Sotomayor                 Roseville                   
 39   3163 Aric Strohmeyer                  Woodland                    
 40   2855 Steven Sum                       Saratoga                    
 41   1633 Cameron Tu                       Alameda                     
 42   1615 Michael Wang                     Acalanes                    
 43   3116 nathan wellington                Whitney (Roc                
 44   2342 Ben Zaeske                       Los Altos   

Event 202  Girls 1 Mile Run
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           Name                        Year School                                
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  1   2256 Emma Abrahamson                  La Costa Can                
  2   2257 Sarah Abrahamson                 La Costa Can                
  3   2171 Hannah Allen                     Homestead                   
  4   1741 Christina Aragon                 Billings Sen                
  5   2966 Peyton Bilo                      St. Francis                 
  6   2941 Julia Bounds                     St. Francis (MV)            
  7   2250 Teal Bullick                     Justin-Siena                
  8   1744 Alyssa Byer                      Bishop O'Dow                
  9   1892 Sofia Castiglioni                Davis                       
 10   1746 Julia Cooke                      Bishop O'Dow                
 11   2421 Morgin Coonfield                 McKinleyvill                
 12   1703 Kaitlin Derry                    Bella Vista                 
 13   1704 Kendall Derry                    Bella Vista                 
 14   3106 jenica dodge                     Whitney (Roc                
 15   1748 Emily Fieberling                 Bishop O'Dow                
 16   2747 Mikayla Florez                   Riverbank                   
 17   2259 Chloe Hansel                     Las Lomas                   
 18   1764 Anna Harleen                     Branson Scho                
 19   2099 Sophie Hartley                   Granada                     
 20   1787 Hannah Hull                      Calaveras                   
 21   2141 Niki Iyer                        Harker                      
 22   2320 Lauren Jacob                     Los Altos                   
 23   3085 Sierra Jaeger                    Vista del La                
 24   2735 Leanne Jarvis                    River Valley                
 25   2605 Bethan Knights                   Northwood                   
 26   2969 Lauren Larocco                   St. Francis                 
 27   2100 Taylor Lawsen                    Granada                     
 28   2807 Anna Maxwell                     San Lorenzo                 
 29   1765 Julia Maxwell                    Branson Scho                
 30   1905 Sophie Meads                     Davis                       
 31   2148 Gillian Meeks                    Henry M. Gun                
 32   1944 Lizzie Merideth                  Del Oro                     
 33   2721 Belle Moran                      Redding Chri                
 34   2680 Jeanine Noordam                  Pioneer (SJ)                
 35   1906 Fiona O'Keeffe                   Davis                       
 36   1691 Clare Peabody                    Aptos                       
 37   2975 Madison Rawson                   St. Francis                 
 38   1796 Madison Ricks                    California (                
 39   3027 Gabrielle Rinne                  Tahoe-Trucke                
 40   2153 Sarah Robinson                   Henry M. Gun                
 41   3050 Breanna Sewell                   Vacaville                   
 42   2520 Brooke Starn                     Monte Vista                 
 43   1933 Jessica Swingle                  Del Campo                   
 44   3100 Annie Taylor                     Western Albe                
 45   1634 Allie Timbrell                   Alhambra (Ma                
 46   2833 Delaney White                    Santa Rosa                  
 47   2714 Hannah Wood                      Presentation  

Gunn girls run to a national best in distance medley relay

http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2014/04/04/gunn-girls-run-to-a-national-best-in-distance-medley-relay

Titans win relay in photo finish (SJ Mercury News)

Interview with Sarah Robinson with Flotrack's Mitch Kastoff.

Stanford Invitational Girls DMR (Race of the day!)

Picture to the left courtesy of Spencer Allen and www.sportsimagewire.com of the winning Gunn HS girls team.  The finished in 11:56.68 just outdistancing Davis HS (11:56.90).  Gunn was in the lead after lap 1 through the 400 and 800 legs but Davis made up ground as both Sarah Robinson (Gunn) and Fiona O'Keeffe received the baton at the same time going into the anchor leg.  

Here are the splits from the race lap leaders:
76.8, 70.1, 74.9, 65.1, 67.8, 77.0, 68.0, 73.4, 73.9, 71.7.  Both Robinson and O'Keeffe ran 4:47.x for their 1600m. leg.

Stanford Invitational Day #1

We started with the girls' 3000m. and in the first heat Morgin Coonfield of McKinleyville did not waste any time by tearing into the lead which she held until the 7th lap.  A chase group of 3 worked together until Monte Vista's Brooke Starn took off to chase Coonfield.  Starn was the only girl today to dip under the 10 minute mark (9:59.09) followed by fellow NCS performer Coonfield in 10:07.06.

In the second heat, Julia Bounds of St. Francis Mt. View did most of the early pace setting.  Leanne Jarvis of River Valley was the eventual winner as she powered away from Monta Vista's Bridget Gottlieb in the last lap with a time of 10:13.92.
Results for Heat 1 and Heat 2

The two boys heats in the 3000m. turned out to be SJS affairs as Steven Grolle of Sonora won the first heat in 8:44.33 while Garrett Migliozzi of Nevada Union won in a very similar 8:44.50.  They will both be in the mile today and hopefully in the same heat.

In the girls' 400m. Hurdles, CCS rivals Hannah Chen and Maya Miklos took the top two spots while in the boys race, Austin Carter of Folsom won his heat handily in a very impressive 54.23.  

The race of the day was the girls' DMR as Gunn HS lead most of the way with sophomore Gillian Meeks leading after the first lap in her 1200m. leg.  The announcer wasn't sure which leg went first but at Stanford and most invites, the 1200m. is the first leg.  Miklos returned very shortly after her hurdle race to run the 2nd leg and maintained Gunn's lead.  Davis HS which had been in 2nd place all the way finally got back to even on the 2nd lap of the 800m. leg.  Sarah Robinson and Fiona O'Keeffe both received the baton at the same time and the race got really good in a hurry.  Robinson lead most of the way with O'Keeffe just a step behind.  With a 100m. to go, O'Keeffe made her move and passed Robinson but it was not ever yet as Robinson powered back before the line for the win.  I had both girls at 4:47.x.  Those are now the two fastest outdoor DMR times in the nation.

Menlo Atherton which should have been in the fast heat easily won the 2nd heat.  Their anchor runner Annalisa Crowe sat comfortably in 2nd for most of the anchor leg before powering away with 350 to go.  MA's time of 12:44.36 ended up as the 6th fastest time overall.  It would have been interesting what they could have run in the first heat.

The boys' DMR had a little more depth early but Bellarmine and De La Salle emerged as the top two teams following the 400m. leg.  Bellarmine maintained their lead going into the anchor leg with Blair Hurlock in pursuit about 10 yards behind.  Hurlock looked well in control as he eased by the Bellarmine runner and powered away to win the race and DLS takes over the state leading DMR time with their 10:21.02.  Hurlock ran an estimated 4:18.x.

San Rafael won the second heat with a big last lap by their anchor Nassim Kabbara.  He was in 3rd with a lap to with Gabriel McLarnan now in the lead for his St. Francis (MV) team.  McLarnan maintained the lead most of the last lap before a big finish by Kabbara and the victory for San Rafael in 10:46.38 and the 9th fastest time overall.

Now on to day #2.

Stanford Live Results

http://www.rtspt.com/events/stanford/invite2014/?DB_OEM_ID=30600

I will be there covering the meet for ca.milesplit.com interviewing athletes and teams after races.  Videos of all the high school races as well as the interviews can be found at this link.

Cross Country Coaches Needed for the Fall 2014 Season

St. Francis High School, Mt. View is seeking two assistant coaches for the girls cross country program. We usually have  about 50 girls on the team and compete in the competitive WCAL league. The job would be yearly from August through November.   There is a coaching stipend for the season. There may be a teaching position available. Being able to run with the athletes is required.   The Varsity team won the WCAL and Division II CCS Championships last season.
Interested coaches should contact Roberta Chisam, Head Coach at robertachisam@sfhs.com.  

If you have a job posting, feel free to send me the information to albertjcaruana@gmail.com and I get it posted ASAP.

HOKA ONE ONE(R) Appoints Mark Mastalir as New Vice President of Marketing

http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20140402-913219.html (Former Jesuit HS and Stanford University runner.  4:04.15/8:51.99 PRs in HS as well as member of CA record setting DMR team 9:56.3)

Pick the Stanford Invitational 3000 meter champions

Here are the entries from the fast heats.  Pick the winners and their winning times.  

Event 153  Boys 3000 Meter Run Section 1
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           Name                        Year School                                
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  1   2402 Ryan Anderson                    Maria Carril                
  2   1726 Justin Barry                     Bellarmine CP               
  3   2956 Gaurav Begur                     St. Francis (MV)            
  4   1754 Colin Burke                      Bishop O'Dow                
  5   1714 Drew Childs                      Bella Vista                 
  6   1689 Nolan Doizer                     Ann Sobrato                 
  7   2355 Chris Foster                     Los Gatos                   
  8   2932 Steven Grolle                    Sonora (Sono                
  9   2356 Ben Haderle                      Los Gatos                   
 10   2889 Abdul Hamid                      Sheldon                     
 11   2412 James Kinney                     Marin Academ                
 12   1735 Tucker Meijer                    Bellarmine CP               
 13   1759 Andrew Melendez                  Bishop O'Dow                
 14   2759 George Miao                      Rocklin                     
 15   2964 Xander Olivero                   St. Francis (MV)            
 16   3150 Luis Romo                        Woodcreek                   
 17   1737 Matt Seidel                      Bellarmine CP               
 18   2855 Steven Sum                       Saratoga                    
 19   3116 nathan wellington                Whitney (Roc                
 20   2140 Paul Zeiss                       Granite Bay     

Event 203  Girls 3000 Meter Run Section 1
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           Name                        Year School                                
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  1   2499 Kelly Bishop                     Monta Vista                 
  2   1892 Sofia Castiglioni                Davis                       
  3   2421 Morgin Coonfield                 McKinleyvill                
  4   2285 Molly Dicke                      Lick-Wilmerd                
  5   3105 Janica Dodge                     Whitney (Roc                
  6   2320 Lauren Jacob                     Los Altos                   
  7   2969 Lauren Larocco                   St. Francis                 
  8   2277 Riley Mason                      Leland                      
  9   2101 Megan McCandless                 Granada                     
 10   2148 Gillian Meeks                    Henry M. Gun                
 11   2859 Valerie Morrison                 Scotts Valle                
 12   2973 Miranda Myers                    St. Francis                 
 13   2628 Rachel Peterson                  Oak Ridge                   
 14   2975 Madison Rawson                   St. Francis                 
 15   2153 Sarah Robinson                   Henry M. Gun                
 16   2520 Brooke Starn                     Monte Vista                 
 17   3100 Annie Taylor                     Western Albe                
 18   2793 marisa villegas                  San Benito  

Entering athletes and teams into Track and Field meets with false entry times

The Stanford Invitational will take place this weekend with some of the top individuals and teams in Northern California.  Unfortunately, some of the best individuals and teams will not be competing because their coaches entered honest times for them.  Nevermind the fact that according to the Stanford Invite high school info, the top 36 teams will be accepted and yet you have 40 boys 400m. relay teams, 48 boys 1600m. relay teams and only 32 4 x 800m. teams and 34 DMR teams.  I know for sure there are some teams that somehow didn't qualify for the distance relay events.  That is an issue for another time.

Back to my original intent of this post.  This past Friday, Los Gatos HS hosted the 35th annual CCS F/S Top 8 meet.  I entered all my athletes with their season PRs.  One of my runners ended up being the first alternate in the 1600m. with his actual PR.  Looking at the results now, there were 12 boys who ran slower than his entry time.  He did make it into the meet along with other alternates but why was he an alternate in the first place?  It's very clear in the instructions that only electronic times are accepted and somehow there were 12 athletes with .00 1600m. times entered.  I understand that most of those athletes should be in the meet but some of them do not belong which leaves some athletes out of the meet unfairly.  There are plenty of sites out there (milesplit, lynbrooksports. athletic.net, dyestatcal, prepcaltrack etc) that have the lists of personal records of every competitor.  Can we now start confirming some of these entry times/marks?  We are at a time and age when this can be done without too much extra time being added to the meet director's workload.

Of course on the other end of the spectrum is the times entered by some coaches at meets like the Dan Gabor and the Dublin Distance Fiesta.  At those meets, some coaches undersell their athlete's marks in order for them to "win" a T-Shirt.  It's pretty evident who the biggest culprits are as their runners end up winning the most T-Shirts.  Perhaps if all coaches could be honest, we could have fair competition and the deserving athletes are the ones that end up at the top of their heats.

I am sure my opinion is shared by others but feel free to note any inaccuracies or if you disagree with me.  Comments?  Thoughts?