New Willow Hills Reservoir XC Course Record for Davis HS runner Fiona O'Keeffe

This flew under the radar for me this weekend with all the activity at CCS but Davis HS junior runner, Fiona O'Keeffe (photo to left courtesy of Wayne Tilcock) broke the Willow Hills Reservoir course record running 16:57. She broke her own record by 22 seconds.

That may not mean much to runners that do not run on that course but to put it in perspective, that time is worth the same the following on these courses:
Crystal Springs-16:03
Toro Park-16:24
Hayward HS (NCS course)-16:05
Woodward Park-16:23

That's amazing and it will be very exciting to see what she can accomplish the rest of the season.

Thanks to GHPADD for bringing this to our attention.

Updated Toro Park Course Records (through 2014 CCS Meet)

UPDATED TORO PARK COURSE RECORDS (Updated 11/15/14)

Top 10 Boys' Team Times

1 Carlmont 79:58 2012 2 Mountain View 80:13 2008 3 Madera South 80:17 2014 4 Bellarmine 80:34 2014 5 Los Gatos 80:45 2006 6 King City 80:55 2014 7 Los Altos 81:05 2012 8 West Torrance 81:08 2014 9 North Monterey County 81:10 2003 10 Willow Glen 81:23 2006

Top 10 Girls' Team Times

1 Aptos 95:13 2014 2 Homestead 95:41 2014  3 Los Gatos 96:01 2006 4 Mountain View 96:11 2008 5 Carlmont 96:22 2006 6 Monta Vista 96:36 2014  7 Gunn 96:48 2014 8 Mitty 96:52 2014 9 Saint Francis 97:14 2014 10 San Lorenzo Valley 97:17 2004

Top 25 Boys All-Time

1 15:02 Estifanos, Yohaness 12 Milpitas 2012 2 15:05 D’Acquisto, Domenic 12 Enterprise 2010 3 15:12 Petrillo, Matthew 12 Los Gatos 2006 4 15:13 Abdalla, Mohamed 12 Willow Glen 2007 5 15:14 Herrera, Jose 12 Madera South 2012 6 15:19 Foster, Christopher 12 Los Gatos 2014 7 15:20 Estrada, Diego 12 Alisal 2007 7 15:20 Ho, Richard 12 Leland 2012 9 15:21 Mineau, Jeremy 11 Menlo Atherton 2002 9 15:21 Geiken, Will 12 Los Gatos 2010 9 15:21 Sum, Steven 12 Saratoga 2014 12 15:22 Fitzpatrick, Dylan 12 Carmel 2004 13 15:24 Morales, Ben 11 San Benito 1998 13 15:24 Dunn, Alex 11 San Lorenzo Valley 2002 15 15:27 Johnson, Tyre 11 Palma 2007 15 15:27 Lema, Nohe 12 Willow Glen 2008 15 15:27 Corvese, Ryan 12 Sobrato 2012 15 15:27 Vasquez, Miguel 12 Andrew Hill 2012 19 15:28 Hunt, Rylan 12 Aptos 2008 20 15:29 Rowe, Garrett 10 Mountain View 2008 20 15:29 Schuh, Parker 11 Mountain View 2009 20 15:29 Herrera, Eduardo 11 Madera South 2014 23 15:31 Sitler, Ben 11 St. Francis 2004 24 15:33 Strum, Weston 12 Pioneer 2009 25 15:34 Huerta, Nathan 11 North Monterey County 2003 25 15:34 Nelson, Tim 10 Liberty Christian 2000 25 15:34 Sartor, Matt 12 Enterprise 2000

Top 25 Girls All-Time

1 17:16 Tyler, Tori 12 Gunn 2004 2 17:22 Lacy, Elizabeth 12 Menlo School 2014 3 17:23 Maxwell, Anna 12 San Lorenzo Valley 2013 4 17:42 Fraser, Vanessa 12 Scotts Valley 2012 5 17:44 Hiltz, Nikki 11 Aptos 2011 6 17:46 Katz, Danielle 12 Los Gatos 2012 7 17:49 Jacob, Lauren 9 Los Altos 2012 8 17:50 Robinson, Sarah 12 Gunn 2013 9 17:53 Gallagher, Michelle 12 Sacred Heart 2002 10 17:54 Estrada, Vanessa 12 San Benito 2012 11 17:59 Meeks, Gillian 11 Gunn 2014 12 18:00 Hinds, Rachel 12 St. Ignatius 2010 13 18:01 Ratliff, Cate 11 Santa Cruz 2014 14 18:02 Nevitt, Casey 12 Aptos 2002 14 18:02 Weigel, Maya 12 Mountain View 2012 16 18:03 Goo, Kylie 12 Westmoor 2012 17 18:07 Barnett, Stephanie 11 Leland 2007 18 18:08 Grelli, Melissa 11 Presentation 2002 19 18:09 Plank, Mckayla 10 Mitty 2002 19 18:09 Viehweg, Ciera 10 St. Ignatius 2002 19 18:09 Peterson, Jessie 12 Carlmont 2010 22 18:14 Gee, Caroline 9 Cupertino 2014 23 18:15 Fedronic, Justine 12 Carlmont 2008 23 18:15 Bergman, Jennifer 12 Valley Christian 2008 25 18:16 Kirschman, Lindsey 11 Enterprise 2004 25 18:16 Iyer, Niki 10 Harker 2014

North Coast Section Rankings #4 (Team and Individual)

COMMENTS ENCOURAGED. I would like to make sure the following rankings are as accurate as possible before I send in my meet preview. Please let me know if I missed an athlete and/or team that belongs below.

Division I Boys (Teams)
1) De La Salle
2) Monte Vista
3) Amador Valley
4) James Logan
5) Heritage

Division I Boys (Individuals)
1) Matt Schumann De La Salle
2) Austin Sanchez De La Salle
3) Carter Mackey Castro Valley
4) Peter Schlacte Amador Valley
5) Roc Johnson De La Salle
6) Christian Monsalud James Logan

Division I Girls (Teams)
1) Monte Vista
2) Amador Valley
3) Liberty
4) San Ramon Valley
5) Dougherty Valley

Division I Girls (Individuals)
1) Brooke Starn Monte Vista
2) Meredith Corda Monte Vista
3) Kaitlin Cartwright Amador Valley
4) Kai Bohannon Liberty
5) Alex Tucker Dougherty Valley

Division II Boys (Teams)
1) Maria Carrillo
2) Casa Grande
3) Granada
4) Dublin
5) College Park
6) Alameda

Division II Boys (Individuals)
1) Andy Ehrenberg Redwood
2) Matt Salazar Casa Grande
3) Jackson Crose Livermore
4) Nicholas Rauch Casa Grande
5) Zac West Maria Carrillo

Division II Girls (Teams)
1) Redwood
2) Maria Carrillo
3) Casa Grande
4) Northgate
5) College Park

Division II Girls (Individuals)
1) Megan McCandless Granada
2) Glennis Murphy Redwood
3) Mary Monda Oewel Redwood
4) Delaney White Santa Rosa
5) Shaz Breedlove Maria Carrillo

Division III Boys (Teams)
1) Campolindo
2) Bishop O'Dowd
3) Las Lomas
4) Miramonte
5) Analy

Division III Boys (Individuals)
1) Colin Burke Bishop O'Dowd
2) Cameron Gaskell Acalanes
3) Nick Downs Bishop O'Dowd
4) Sean Burke Bishop O'Dowd
5) David Frisbie Fremont

Division III Girls (Teams)
1) Campolindo
2) Bishop O'Dowd
3) Las Lomas
4) Tamalpais
5) Miramonte

Division III Girls (Individuals)
1) Brighie Leach Campolindo
2) Toni Finnane Campolindo
3) Chloe Hansel Las Lomas
4) Mary Orders Campolindo
5) Sami Taketa Acalanes

Division IV Boys (Teams)
1) San Rafael
2) Sir Francis Drake
3) Arcata
4) McKinleyville
5) St. Mary's Berkeley

Division IV Boys (Individuals)
1) Brandon Kelsey Arcata
2) Nassim Kabbara San Rafael
3) Jeremy Leary Sir Francis Drake
4) Kellen O'Neill Arcata
5) Blake Delaney San Rafael

Division IV Girls (Teams)
1) Piedmont
2) Arcata
3) Sir Francis Drake
4) Marin Catholic
5) St. Mary's Berkeley

Division IV Girls (Individuals)
1) Morgin Coonfield McKinleyville
2) Sofia Noto Sir Francis Drake
3) Sophia Mills Piedmont
4) Michaela Barros Fortuna
5) Elise Ford Arcata

Division V Boys (Teams)
1) St. Joseph Notre Dame
2) Lick-Wilmerding
3) Marin Academy
4) College Prep
5) Athenian
6) University

Division V Boys (Individuals)
1) Trevor Reinhart Marin Academy
2) Cooper Teare St. Joseph Notre Dame
3) Michael Murphy St. Joseph Notre Dame
4) Dawson Recker Athenian
5) Alex Glavin College Prep

Division V Girls (Teams)
1) Branson
2) Sonoma Academy
3) Lick-Wilmerding
4) Urban
5) St. Joseph Notre Dame
6) University
7) Athenian

Division V Girls (Individuals)
1) Rylee Bowen Sonoma Academy
2) Grace Dailey Branson
3) Kiera Marshall St. Joseph Notre Dame
4) Bevin McCullough Marin Academy
5) Alyssa Goody Sonoma Academy

Let the comments begin.

Scott Chisam and Jesse Corona

It takes a LOT of man/woman power to run a meet like yesterday's CCS meet at Toro Park. Congratulations for a well run meet under beautiful conditions. There are many people that are responsible for the success meet including the two gentlemen below.

Scott Chisam (below seated and picture to right courtesy of school site) was the meet announcer (also Harker XC/TF coach and USATF official). His wife, Roberta Chisam, is also one of the top XC and TF coaches in our section. Scott did a tremendous job keeping everybody abreast of every race so even though you may not have been able to see the lead pack, you know what was going on. An announcer is always a great addition to any cross country meet and Scott is definitely one of the best.

The second person is Jesse Corona (aka Flag Man). Jesse is a tireless worker who is a familiar face from all the Los Gatos and section meets. He has waved his ever-present flag at 126 Cross Country meets as well as 557 Track and Field meets. He is always up for conversation so say hello next time you see him working a meet.

Central Coast Section Team Champions

You can find pictures of all 10 CCS team champions at this LINK.

Results can be found HERE.

Interviews with some of the top athletes from each race can be found HERE.

Good luck to all the competitors and coaches at the CCS and SJS meets today.

CCS Live Results link

SJS Live Results link

Feel free to comment on any results as the day progresses.

The Night of Two-Mile Madness Results (At SRJC)

An amazing event and some great times--headlined by an absolute BOMB dropped by Rylee Bowen from Sonoma Academy. Thank you coaches for being a part of this. Next year, let's get this thing to be 4 times the size! It was an incredibly fun night for the kids--t-shirts, water bottles, tattoos, stickers, running gloves, pictures, music, and of course, some great running.

I hope you all had fun--even I did, and I was working! Wow!

The results can be seen at this LINK.

Take care,

Coach Puppione

Here is a pic of the race winners (Rylee Bowen of Sonoma Academy and Nicholas Rauch of Casa Grande) with the team from Heart & Sole Sports in Santa Rosa, CA--the co-sponsors of this event along with HOKA One One.

From left to right: Chris Puppione (coach @ Cardinal Newman HS and Event Marketing Director of Heart & Sole Sports), Rylee Bowen (Sonoma Academy), Greg Fogg (coach @ Maria Carrillo HS and Co-Owner of Heart & Sole Sports), Nicholas Rauch (Casa Grande HS), and Danny Aldridge (coach @ Sonoma Academy and Co-Owner of Heart & Sole Sports).

Runnerspace.com covered the races and will have race videos and interviews with the winners posted.

Central Coast Section Championship Meet Preview

http://ca.milesplit.com/articles/140010-central-coast-section-championship-meet-preview#.VGWzXpPF8Q5

MVAL (NCS) Results

http://www.fordtiming.com/Results/2014/MVALXC/

also CMC Results

The rest of the NCS results can be found here.

The final NCS rankings before the NCS MOC meet will be posted early next week including top individuals as well. It looks like a wet NCS meet again this year according to the forecast for that weekend. Get your umbrellas ready!

Meet Day Information for The Night of Two-Mile Madness

Meet Day Information for The Night of Two-Mile Madness