Top CCS NCS and SJS Marks updated 4/28

Thanks to Hank Lawson (www.lynbrooksports.com) and Keith Conning and (THE CONNING TOWER)

•CCS Top Marks List - 2008

•North Coast Section Track Leaders April 28, 2008 (scroll down)

•Sac-Joaquin Section Track Leaders (scroll down past NCS marks)

It's League finals time as the Peninsula Athletic League got under way today. Many more will take place next week. Who are the runners to watch for as we make our way to the section finals?

Captain Alok Subbarao finishes career in style

Check out the following link to an article that describes Palo Alto's Alok Subbarao's quadruple in a dual meet against Los Altos. It's written by his coach Jeff Billings who briefly describes how far Alok has come during his high school career by finishing his post with "its not about how fast you are, but about how far you have come." A great story of perseverance and accomplishments.

You can find the link here:
•Captain Alok Subbarao finishes career in style

On the Palo Alto Track site you will also find a link to http://xcstats.com/ which is a great tool for coaches that keeps track of all their athletes times throughout their time in high school.

HS Track and Field Weekend Results...

Here are several links to results from track and field meets held these past two days.

•Sacramento Meet of Champions Results Link
•Vikings Classic Results (will need to scroll down page)
•Avis Kelley Invite Results
•Alisal Invitational Results
•Warren/Eaton Relays at Acalanes HS (Results to be posted soon)

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE LINKS
•This big meet brings out the bests (From Sac Bee)
•Vaulter sends notice to best (From SF Chronicle)
•Sierra senior sets school record (From Record Net)

Catching up on Track and Field Coverage in Northern California

From the Sacramento Bee:
•Sacramento Meet of Champions Preview

From the SM Daily Journal (coverage of local county athletes):

•County track is strong

From the SJ Mercury News:
•Former top Santa Cruz runner Landry finding success in a new sport

From the HMB Review:
•Irish wins Top 8 Meet (Lauren Irish of HMB HS)

From the Marin IJ:
•Prep roundup: Redwood prevails in top-notch MCAL track meet

From the Santa Rosa Press Democrat:
•Results for Redwood Empire teams

From the St. Helena Star:
•Saints runners shine at Lower Lake meet

From the Hollister Freelance:
•Yoldi sets record, San Benito remains undefeated

From the Los Altos Town Crier:
•Los Altos High to dedicate track to former coach Long Sunday

HEAVY-METAL ENTHUSIAST

Quirke wants to put aside injuries and spin a 70-footer at state

(04-22) 21:48 PDT -- When Los Gatos High senior Colin Quirke was a little boy, he didn't chase his father around a baseball, football or soccer field. His childhood athletic education involved a more esoteric setting, but no less inspiring.

Paul Quirke, a shot putter for Ireland in the 1992 Olympics, brought up his son in a world in which he mingled with discus throwers and shot putters, many of whom were legends in the sport.

To read the entire article from the San Francisco Chronicle, check out the following link:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/04/22/SPSA109T8I.DTL

Local athlete qualifies for Olympics in Marathon

•Olympic women's marathon trials: Lewy Boulet bound for Beijing, Lundy does not finish

• A DREAM COME TRUE
Tearful Lewy Boulet is on U.S. Olympic team

•Local marathoners to Olympics

•Lewy Boulet caps an Olympian rise

More Newspaper coverage from past week's Track and Field meets...

James Logan Top 8 Meet in the SF Chronicle
•Oakland senior wins in hurdles (Julian Purvis of St. Elizabeth)

CCS Top 8 Meet in the SF Chronicle
• Leaper's high aim falls short (Los Gatos senior still wins long jump with his best leap of season)
Woody Wilson Invitational in the Santa Rosa Press Democrat
•Results for Redwood Empire athletes

Phillips-McCain Invitational coverage in the Contra Costa Times
•Jung sets records on vault

College Track and Field signings in the Sacramento Bee
•On a fast track to college

Mtn. View vs. Gunn in the Los Altos Crier
•Mtn. View’s depth leads to sweep of Gunn

If you have any more links, please feel free to share them below in the comment box.

CCS Top 8 Meet Newspaper Coverage

From the San Mateo County Times
•Serra 4x100 relay team wins

From the San Jose Mercury News
•Surprenant hurdles field at Top 8 Classic

From the Santa Cruz Sentinel
•Aptos' Hunt wins both distance race at Top 8 meet

More to come on Sunday as we catch up with the James Logan Top 8 Meet, Phillips-McCain, Woody Wilson, Mt. SAC and a few more meets.

Changing Speeds to Go the Distance

Check out the following article courtesy of the New York Times featuring Sara Hall (formerly Sara Bei of Montgomery High School in Santa Rosa).

SARA HALL experienced an instructive epiphany in 2006. In the fall, she’d won the national road-running championship for 5K (3.1 miles), a distance she specialized in at Stanford. At the time, she considered herself a 5K runner. So did everyone else.

A few weeks later, everything changed when she won the Fifth Avenue Mile in New York, a glamour event in American road racing. “Afterward, I thought, ‘That’s my distance,’ ” she said. “It plays to my strengths. I loved the fast pace. I’m not a patient runner.”

To read the rest of the article, check out the following link:
•Changing Speeds to Go the Distance

Must see Track and Field Videos

The coverage of Track and Field meets keeps improving by the day and this past week was no different many videos are online for your viewing pleasure. Here are my picks for must see videos that will either inspire or amaze you.

First, for anybody that has been to the Arcadia Invitational, here is a brief video that gives you a great feel for one of the best meets in the United States:
•Moses Galindo Video (courtesy of www.dyestatcal.com)

I was only able to view a few videos of the Arcadia Invitational but if you are a distance fan, the two must see races are the girls' 3200m. and the boys' 5000m. The former is a great dual between two of the best runners in the US and the latter race is a showcase for future Stanford runner Chris Derrick:
•Girls' 3200m. Invitational race (www.flotrack.com)
•Boys' 5k Invitational race (courtesy of www.flotrack.com)

Lastly, you can check out Scott Bauhs (former SRV runner, current Chico St. runner) break the four minute mile for the first time as he finishes in 3:59.81. The video is a bit shaky but worth the view just the same:
•Chico Twilight Mile (courtesy of www.flotrack.com)