SJS Rankings and Projected Section Meet Qualifiers

Thanks to Gary LaRowe

Boys Top 10:

1) Vacaville (D2)

2) Jesuit (D1)

3) Davis (D1)

4) Placer (D4)

5) Folsom (D1)

6) Whitney (D2)

7) Vista del Lago (D2)

8) Rocklin (D1)

9) Oakdale (D3)

10) El Dorado (D4)

Girls Top 10:

1) Oak Ridge (D1)

2) Granite Bay (D2)

3) St Francis (D2)

4) Del Oro (D3)

5) Rio Americano (D2)

6) Bella Vista (D2)

7) McClatchy (D1)

8) Placer (D4)

9) Davis (D1)

10) Whitney (D2)

Projected Section Meet qualifiers:

D1 both - Cosumnes Oaks, Davis, Folsom, Gregori, Lincoln(S), McClatchy, Oak Ridge, Woodcreek

D1 boys only - Jesuit, Rocklin

D1 girls only - Franklin(EG), Sheldon

D2 both - Bella Vista, Rio Americano, Rodriguez, Vista del Lago, Vacaville, Whitney

D2 boys only - Buhach Colony, Laguna Creek, Lincoln(L), Pitman

D2 girls only - Granite Bay, Lodi, Ponderosa, St Francis

D3 both - Atwater, Del Oro, Nevada Union, Oakdale, Will C Wood

D3 boys only - Bayer, East Union, Elk Grove, Mountain House, West Park

D3 girls only - Del Campo, Merced, Mira Loma, Pioneer, Yuba City

D4 both - Christian Brothers, Colfax, El Dorado, Hughson, Placer, Ripon, Union Mine

D4 boys only - Liberty Ranch, Sonora, St Marys

D4 girls only - Amador, Bret Harte, Calaveras

D5 both - Capital Christian, Central Catholic, Leroy Greene, Millenium, Vacaville Christian, Waterford

D5 boys only - Big Valley Christian, Golden Sierra, Sacramento Country Day, Woodland Christian

D5 girls only - Argonaut, Buckingham, Rio Vista

**Very questionable if D5 girls race will even have 8 full teams to be able to qualify 2 teams to the state meet (I'm guessing this is tied to sports participation in general during the COVID-19 pandemic).

Crystal Springs Course Condition League Week - 11/01/21

Thanks to Hank Lawson

Today was dry and it really helped Crystal.  The first 4 of 8 races helped
pound down "The Bog" (section that is 900 meters from the finish) so if you
took the line on the right, it was solid footing and mud wouldn't stick to your
shoes.  The other bad section (600 to go) was also dried out but the footing is
still questionable (even raking it out afterwards didn't take care of how chewed
up the course is).  The section turning off of Hallmark and heading to the 2 mile
has dried out quite well with just your standard erosion.  We closed the course
down to all after the meet was over so with another nice day, it should be pretty
darn runable.  Now Thursday and Friday might be another story and I'll update this
thread tomorrow after WCAL meet.

Coaches & Athletes,
I was out at Crystal today for the BVAL Finals and this is what I can tell
you about the course condition.

On Sunday the course was dragged and run-off ditches were dug.  It soaked up
the rain from the "gully-washer" we had last Sunday and looked pretty good.
It then took on a good amount of rain Monday morning from 9:30-11:30 and then
from then on (I left at 5:00) it was doing what I call "Misty Rain" so it was
still wet.  The course is now saturated and there is a fair amount of standing
water that has no where to drain to.  Myself and the Santa Teresa coaches flatened
out the real bad areas of "foot print pot holes" in some of the worse areas.  I
advise each league to volunteer some "person power" to go over the areas I will be
describing later in this note.  Bring a metal rake (not a rake for raking leaves)
and a shovel for ditch digging.  After the last race, some maintenance needs to
be done so the following days League will have a somewhat decent course to race on.
Even though the course is muddy and slippery in places, it's still fast as evidenced
by the 17:59.1 winning time in the VG race today.  Here are the bad areas from today...

Just past the 800 mark as you are turning left, there is a major mud area where
at least one person went down, hang to the outside to get some better footing.  As a
general rule of thumb, aim for the green on the course for better traction which means
you need to look ahead to figure out where your best footing is.  Sometimes it means
running on the burms of the course.

Coming up to the mile, hang to the outsides of the trail - the middle is wet and slippery.
It's not bad parallel to Hallmark drive but once you start to turn right and head to the 
2 mile mark, there are puddles.  This is the one area I didn't see myself but the runners
said it was slippery.

From the 1000 MTG (Meters To Go) to the 800 MTG it is wet!  The mud at this point will stick
to your shoes.  Running on the left you'll pick up less mud but it is way wetter and slippery
than the right side.  The middle is the worst of both worlds.

From 600MTG to 400MTG you have another section where the whole trail is just mud.  You can try
running up on the sides where there are some weeds but just know this is a bad section.  
Three people went down in this area today.

If you wear shoes with rubber spikes they will give you better traction but will also collect 
alot of that sticky mud and will feel like your running with boots.  Shoes with little tread
won't collect the mud but then you'll have less traction.  This is a Billy Goat kind of day 
and I haven't see the course this wet since 1972 XC Regionals.  I also implore you NOT to warm
up on the course, you'll just make it worse.

See you at the races.
hank

Mid-Season Mania 3200m Invitational at Campolindo HS results

https://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/meet/440009/results/all

Some very impressive results from some of the best teams in the state out of the North Coast section last night at Campolindo HS. Check out the two winning times for both boys and girls.

NorCal Cross Country results this week

Please post results links below or email me links to albertjcaruana@gmail.com.

BCL West #3

https://results.raceroster.com/en-US/results/5rys3g36jekahskr?sub_event_option=structured_112840 

PAL #3 at Crystal Springs (cancelled)

Latest CCS Rankings thanks to www.lynbrooksports.com

http://lynbrooksports.prepcaltrack.com/ATHLETICS/XC/2021/xc_rank.txt

NorCal Cross Country results

WBAL #2 at Baylands Park
http://lynbrooksports.prepcaltrack.com/ATHLETICS/XC/2021/wbal-2.htm

WCAL #2 at Baylands Park
https://www.rtspt.com/events/cif/2021/wcal2/mp/

BCL East #3 at Crab Cove
https://www.rtspt.com/events/cif/2021/bcle3_21/

Redwood Empire meet results
https://redwoodempirerunning.com/10-20-meets/

MVAL Frosh/Soph Challenge #3
https://diablotiming.com/results/2021-10-20/

DAL Center Meet #2
https://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/Results/Meet.aspx?Meet=193335&show=all&fbclid=IwAR1zC-dWY309T7Fz7AXZDz-0OaqLgvcvGHH9Pw--NqY-i8m41zWhBEiHPuQ

SCVAL #3 at Baylands Park
http://lynbrooksports.prepcaltrack.com/ATHLETICS/XC/2021/scval-3.htm

Bill Daskarolis memorial info

Bumping this up to the top. Coach Daskarolis's memorial is this Saturday at 11am.

It is with a heavy heart that I share the news of the passing of Bill Daskarolis. Affectionately referred to as 'Dasko' , Bill started teaching at Aragon in 1963 and retired from teaching in 1997. He served as athletic director from 1971 until 1996 and was head track and cross country coach until 2017, 20 years after retiring from teaching. Dasko is in the Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame, the Crystal Spring Course Hall of Fame, the Aragon Hall of Fame and was awarded a lifetime achievement award by the California Association of Coaches. He also received the Central Coast Section's prestigious Distinguished Service Award. In 2014, our track was officially named the Bill Daskarolis track.

Dasko took great pride in his relationships with faculty members across all departments and was masterful at working with the different principals at Aragon. He, along with Ron Bolin, George Wilcox, Eddie Diaz, and Gene Gordon established one of the best PE and Athletic Departments in the Bay Area and state. Needless to say, he was the single biggest influence of my career as an athletic director. I also had the pleasure of coaching track with Bill for over 10 years.

On a personal level, I considered Bill a dear, dear friend and cherished the countless conversations and stories we shared (4 hour track meets allow for a lot of conversations) . I am only one of many who have a lot of love and respect for Dasko. Aragon has indeed lost another icon- perhaps it's largest.

 

 Steve Sell also posted the following in an email:

 

The service for Bill Daskarolis will be on Saturday, October 23rd at 11 am at Bill Daskraolis Track at Aragon. We are asking people who will be attending to fill out this form so we have an indication of how many people will be there.

 In case you missed it, the San Mateo Daily Journal did a nice job of recognizing "Dasko". https://www.smdailyjournal.com/sports/local/aragon-icon-bill-daskarolis-dies-at-83/article_511bd42e-2037-11ec-8606-037fde40aa55.html

Our prayers and thoughts are with the Daskarolis family.  Please feel free to share this with your colleagues.

NorCal XC Results

For Friday

Rough Rider Invitational at Woodward Park (State meet score) results:
https://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/Results/Meet.aspx?Meet=191987&show=all

For Saturday

Mariner Invitational at Hayward HS (NCS course) results:
http://atwresults.com/atwupload/20211016/

Bellarmine Terry Ward Invitational at Baylands Park results:
https://timerhub.com/get_web_index.php?page=redcaptiming.com/2021/wardxc/

Jim Tracy Challenge results

https://www.rtspt.com/events/cif/2021/jimtracy/mp/

Also
PAL #2: http://lynbrooksports.prepcaltrack.com/ATHLETICS/XC/2021/pal-2.htm

Jim Tracy Challenge today at Golden Gate Park

Today will be the Jim Tracy Challenge at Golden Gate Park which is named after former University coach, Jim Tracy. He sadly passed away in 2014 after a brief battle with ALS. During his time coaching University, his program was right up there with some of the elite teams in the state especially in Division V and included 10 state titles for his girls which stands as the state meet record for both boys and girls.

Here is a Runner's World article following his passing

https://www.runnersworld.com/news/a20848391/inspirational-high-school-coach-succumbs-to-als/

You can check out my interview with Jim here in 2009.

http://www.crosscountryexpress.com/2009/11/catching-up-with-san-francisco.html

Live results for today's meet can be found here:

https://www.rtspt.com/events/cif/2021/jimtracy/mp/