Greg Drosky of Las Lomas to U. of Washington

COLLEGE COMMITMENT

Las Lomas distance star Greg Drosky made an oral commitment Monday torun cross country and track and field for the University of Washington.

"I went up once unofficially (in November) and saw the school for thefirst time, and I loved it and loved the area, the team, the coaches andeverything. The official visit (last weekend) just solidified it in mymind, so I went ahead and committed. It's beautiful up there, and I've always liked the outdoors and running trails," Drosky said.

Drosky, who won the North Coast Section Division III cross country title in 2006 and was ninth in the California Interscholastic Federation Division III state championship race in 2007, also considered Cal Poly,UC Davis, UCLA and Oregon before choosing the Huskies.
-- Phil Jensen (Contra Costa Times Writer)

Newspaper Link (scroll to bottom):
http://www.contracostatimes.com/highschools/ci_8117589

SAC-JOAQUIN SECTION TRACK PREVIEW 2008

Thanks to Keith Conning and his website:
http://hometown.aol.com/conning/myhomepage/index.html

Skyline All-Comers 1/26 Results

From meet director Chris Williams:
"Here are the results for the Skyline High School All-Comers Results for January 26, 2008. We didn't have that great of a turnout because, I believe, of the likelihood of a storm. We didn't even have a drop of rain. Hopefully we will have a great turnout this upcoming Saturday, February 2. There will be pictures available on our website www.skylinecrosscountry.com."

Skyline All-Comers Meet
1/26/08

Event #1 - 400m Relay
Open Women
1 Mills College 1:05.13

Youth
1 Hoover 1:05.57
2 Tommie Smith A 1:06.53
3 Tommie Smith B 1:08.99

Event #2 - 1500m run
1 Jim Schneider Masters Men 5:08.50
2 Bill Brusher Masters Men 5:20.49
3 Lupe Cazares Open Women 5:31.40
4 Sarah Orders Youth Girls 5:45.57
5 Mary Orders Youth Girls 6:13.22
6 Hanako Hjersman Open Women 7:55.39

Event #3 60mH
High School Girls
1 Ahmbria Ross 10.58

Event #4 - 400m
Youth Boys
1 Gabriel Richard 12 65.93
2 Roland Burke 11 76.14
3 Rocky Jackson 14 80.42
4 Arjean Stallings 9 90.63
5 Steven Davis 12 94.48
6 Jaron Moses 9 95.62
7 Rayshawn Parker 9 99.59
Jaden Lewis 9 dnf

Heat 2
1 Sarah Orders Youth Girls 1:16.30
2 Mary Orders Youth Girls 1:19.71
3 Francisco Leon Youth Boys 1:42.34
4 Isaiah Chatman Youth Boys 1:46.40
5 Jeremiah White Youth Boys 1:47.32
6 Isaiah Taylor Youth Boys 2:20.60

Heat 3
Open Men
1 Che Ballenger 52.14

Event #5 - 60m
Open Women / High School Girls
1 Ahmbria Ross High School Girls 8.28
2 Sally Espinosa Open Women 9.42
3 Margaret Scamparia Open Women 9.81
4 Kamilah Bernstine Open Women 9.83

Youth Girls Heat 1
1 Tayo Ogunmaji 9.15
2 Taylor Wheeler 9.16
3 Keonna Bellot 9.93
4 Kaylonie Richardson 9.99
5 Jessica Garcia 11.17
6 Jasmine Richardson 12.06
7 Somari Gardner 12.19
8 Shailah Jackson 12.63

Youth Girls Heat 2
1 Lorena Garcia 10 10.76
2 Blair Bolden 9 10.78
3 Rayoecha Rix 7 11.01
4 Sarah Hilton 7 11.86
5 Ryan Brewer 7 13.75
6 Shania Vickers 3 23.83

Youth Girls Heat 3
1 Rene Rodriguez 12 9.45
2 Najon Devereaux 9 9.82
3 Cierra Tyne 9 11.01
4 Hannah Hall 7 12.18

Youth Boys Heat 1
1 Gabriel Richard 12 8.83
2 Luis Rodriguez 9.04
3 Joshua Hall 9 9.64
4 Roland Burke 11 9.72
5 ArJean Stallings 9 10.42
6 Ramin White 9 10.47
7 Jonathon Miles-Clark Hall 8 11.41

Youth Boys Heat 2
1 Rocky Jackson 14 9.73
2 Hugo Monroy 10 10.18
3 Nickolas Hopkins 12 10.40
4 Edmond Allerdyce 5 11.29
5 Steven Davis 12 11.49
6 Codie Hopkins 6 12.85
7 Requce Jackson 5 13.16
8 Amari Jones 5 14.60

Youth Boys Heat 3
1 Armani Legras 10 10.57
2 Jaron Moses 9 10.99
3 Tunji Ogunmayin 7 11.15
4 Roennl Brewer 9 11.19
5 Rayshawn Parker 9 11.24
6 Edward Renshaw 9 12.16
7 Sterling Brown 6 13.98

800m
1 Francisco Gonzalez High School Boys 2:17.09
2 Bill Brusher Masters Men 2:38.50
3 Lupe Cazares Open Women 2:41.06
4 Carlos Reyes Youth Boys 2:48.35
5 Jesus Perez Youth Boys 2:54.32
6 Sarah Orders Youth Girls 2:54.96
7 Adina Lepp Open Women 2:55.35
8 Perla Cantu Open Women 3:07.48
9 Angel Llamas Youth Boys 3:13.19
10 Carlos Jimenez Youth Boys 3:15.13
11 Armondo Estrada Youth Boys 3:26.97
12 Hugo Monroy Youth Boys 3:27.11
13 Hanako Hjersman Open Women 3:59.40

200m
Open Women / High School Girls
1 Joi Glass High School Girls 26.15
2 Asha Treadwell High School Girls 26.90
3 Chinwe Oniah High School Girls 27.56
4 Ahmbria Ross High School Girls 27.62
5 Sally Espinosa Open Women 31.28
6 Cappy Shapiro Open Women 32.91
7 Margaret Scampavia Open Women 36.10
8 Kamilah Bernstine Open Women 39.41

Youth Girls Heat 1
1 Kelonna Bellot 10 35.80
2 Jessica Garcia 9 36.53
3 Najon Devereaux 9 37.48
4 Lorena Garcia 10 39.21
5 Cierra Tyner 9 40.15
6 Sarah Hilton 7 48.15

Youth Girls Heat 2
1 Rene Rodriguez 12 31.30
2 Tayol Ogumayin 10 33.40
3 Kaylonie Richardson 11 44.43
4 Somari Gardner 9 50.76

Open Men
1 Koleon Prescott 23.13
2 Che Ballenger 23.64
3 Gary Barnes 24.39

Youth Boys Heat 1
1 Gabriel Richard 12 28.65
2 Luis Rodrigues 10 29.41
3 Roland Burke 11 33.04
4 Edomd Allerdyce 5 39.68
5 Steven Davis 12 40.04
6 Codie Hopkins 6 43.39

Youth Boys Heat 2
1 Jaron Moses 9 38.33
2 Ronell Brewer 9 38.90
3 ArJon Stallings 9 37.15
4 Edmond Allerdyce 43.97
5 Codie Hopkins 50.53
6 Amari Jones 5 57.38

3000m
1 Jesus Prieto High School Boys 9:43.72
2 Christopher Ategekahelms Open Men 9:59.73
3 Roberto Lopez High School Boys 10:33.10
4 Brett Wallace High School Boys 10:41.86
5 Sarah Tusting High School Girls 10:52.12
6 John Tusting Masters Men 12:26.37

1600m relay
Open Women / High School Girls
1 CA 4:16.91
2 Mills 5:33.02

Open Men
1 Merrit 3:46.83

Discus
1 Rich Noble Masters Men 114-07 (110-03 - 103-03 - x - x - 114-07)
2 Rebecca Frank Open Women 93-05.5 (87-04 - 86-04 - 86-06 - 93-05.5 - 93-01.5)
3 Cappy Shapiro Open Women 80-01.25 (70-04 - 69-02.25 - 74-00 - 80-01.25 - 65-08)
4 Hannah Henry Youth Girls 46-00.75 (45-08 - 46-00.75 - 45-00 - 45-11 - 43-02)

Shot Put
1 Akil Reed High School Boys 36-11.25 (34-07.5 - 36-05 - 36-03 - 34-00.5 - 36-11.25)
2 Rich Noble Masters Men 36-03 (x - 33-07 - 35-05 - 36-03 - 33-08)
3 Laron McCoy High School Boys 33-03 (33-03 - 33-02.75 - 29-07.25 - 31-00.25 - 31-03)
4 Jon Ross Open Men 31-07.25 (30-02 - 31-03 - 28-08.5 - 31-07.25 - 30-09.5)
5 Cappy Shapiro Open Women 29-11.5 (29-11.5 - 28-07 - 28-11)
6 Rebecca Frank Open Women 29-07.5 (29-07.5 - 23-08 - 26-01 - 27-00 - 28-11)
7 Uche Oniah High School Boys 27-10.5 (23-09.75 - 27-03 - 25-08 - 27-03 - 27-10.5)
8 Alyssia Brown High School Girls 26-08 (24-04 - 26-02.5 - 26-08 - 26-05.75 - 26-05.5)
9 Jasmine Taylor High School Girls 22-10 (20-09.25 - 22-02.25 - 22-10 - 22-01 - 19-11)

High Jump Attempted
1 Sarah Player 18 5-00 (4-06 - 4-08 - 4-10 - 5-00 - 5-02)

Track and Field on TV TODAY!

Even if it is indoors, it's still Track and Field and you can watch it today on ESPN2 at 12pm. It's the U.S. Indoor Championships in Boston. It's hailed as the world's oldest indoor meet.

You can watch the pre-game show on the meet website at the following link:
•Reebok Boston Indoor Games

Running in the Rain

If you want to see what the weather looks like for the next week and beyond, check out www.accuweather.com. From my experience, the site is usually right on and most of the time, they are remarkably accurate down to the hour.

Unless you can run between the rain drops, you are going to get wet the next week or so. You can choose to wear rain gear during your run which will protect you from the elements. You can also go with your regular outfit of running shorts and a shirt and that works out just as well. The human body does a remarkable job of warming up after a few minutes and the rain is usually a welcome addition to most runs.

Lastly, following your run, you should immediately change to dry clothes. Do NOT put your shoes in the dryer. The hot air dryer will speed up the breakdown of the shoes’ material, and you’ll be wearing them out soon enough. The best advice is to stuff the shoes with newspapers and by morning, your shoes should be mostly dry. Some runners choose to alternate between two shoes which gives one pair of shoes a longer period to dry. Another benefit of alternating your shoes is that it takes up to 48 hours for them to rebound to their original shape after a run.

Any other helpful hints out there?

Run For The Dream Race Videos

Thanks to Hank Lawson and the Lynbrook Track and Field Website:

•Girls' 4x160m.
•Boys' 800m.
•Girls' 800m.
•Boys' Mile
•Girls' Mile

45 Years Coaching at ONE School

Nice article in today's San Mateo Daily Journal about Aragon Cross Country and Track and Field Coach Bill Daskoralis. You can find it at the following link:
•A Don for life

Webcast for Run for the Dream Indoors

Live on webcast at the following link:
http://usatf.sportnet.com/

Article about Hayward Coach Will Matthews

The Daily Review has a nice article about Hayward HS Cross Country and Track and Field coach Will Matthews. He was named the NCS Track and Field honor coach in 1989 while he was coaching at Mt. Eden and the NCS Cross Country honor coach in 2005 at his current school. Matthews has also been the meet director for the NCS Cross Country championships these past XC seasons. While being an outstanding coach with so many athletes, Matthews was also a fine athlete.

You can read more about Mr. Matthews at the following link:
•Coach lauded for career of selfless duty

Grand Opening for Santa Rosa Shoe Store

Current Maria Carrillo XC coach Greg Fogg and former Maria Carrillo XC and TF coach Danny Aldridge (both elite master runners) recently opened a running store in Santa Rosa, called Heart and Sole Sports. On Feb 1st and 2nd they will be having a grand opening celebration, marked most noticeably by an all-comers meet from 9am-12pm on Saturday at Cardinal Newman HS. Paul Terek (Olympian in the decathlon) and Henry Rono (former multiple world record holder) will be there to sign autographs and such.

Below you can see Aldridge (left) and Fogg (right) offering gait analysis to a runner at the store.

Here is the flier for the grand opening.

If you have any questions about the event, contact Greg Fogg at greg.fogg@comast.net