Johnston wins CIF cross country title (The Californian) NEW
Mountain View runners among best in Fresno (San Jose Mercury News)
George paces Livermore's best cross country day (Inside Bay Area)
Cross-country: Bay Area runners satisfied with seconds (SF Chronicle)
Prep cross country: Iglehart second, MA girls third as Marin runners come up big at state championships (Marin IJ)
Area runners fare well at State (Modesto Bee)
Ruegg runs Valley record in state meet (Napa Valley Register)
MacDonald, Redwood Christian are in seventh heaven at state meet (Inside Bay Area)
Santa Cruz's Lynch second at state cross country meet (San Jose Mercury News)
Casa's Taylor finishes third in Fresno (Press Democrat)
Casa Grande's Jacque Taylor finishes third in state cross country (same story, different picture)
For Maxwell, this meet tastes better (Inside Bay Area)
Liberty's Wyatt Landrum finishes 4th at CIF cross-country meet (Berryessa Sun)
Alvarez finishes 27th overall at state championships (Manteca Bulletin)
If you have any other links to stories that cover Northern California teams, please send them to albertjcaruana@gmail.com
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Newspaper Coverage for Northern California State Meet Participants...
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Top 20 NorCal Teams based on Team Time...
GIRLS
1 Livermore(NCS) (18:57.07 94:45.35)
2 Mountain View(CCS) (19:01.96 95:09.82)
3 Oak Ridge (SJS) (19:05.76 95:28.80)
4 Carlmont (CCS) (19:09.45 95:47.29)
5 Maria Carrillo (NCS) (19:13.06 96:05.34)
6 Carondelet (NCS) (19:19.47 96:37.38)
7 Davis Sr. (SJS) (19:27.34 97:16.74)
8 College Park (NCS) (19:29.40 97:27.02)
9 Folsom (SJS) (19:30.58 97:32.94)
10 Gunn (CCS) (19:32.26 97:41.33)
11 Campolindo (NCS) (19:32.99 97:44.95)
12 Woodcreek (SJS (19:33.44 97:47.24)
13 Aptos (CCS) (19:35.35 97:56.79)
14 Gilroy (CCS) (19:36.34 98:01.74)
15 St. Ignatius (CCS) (19:36.90 98:04.54)
16 Castro Valley (NCS) (19:40.42 98:22.12)
17 Casa Grande (NCS) (19:40.49 98:22.45)
18 St. Mary's (NCS) (19:41.66 98:28.30)
19 Ponderosa (SJS) (19:44.08 98:40.40)
20 Galt (SJS) (19:49.21 99:06.07)
BOYS
1 Mountain View (CCS) (15:55.02 79:35.13)
2 Campolindo (NCS) (15:56.67 79:43.39)
3 Petaluma (NCS) (15:58.21 79:51.06)
4 Willow Glen (CCS) (16:12.80 81:04.03)
5 Davis Sr. (SJS) (16:13.23 81:06.19)
6 Palo Alto (CCS) (16:14.91 81:14.56)
7 Amador Valley (NCS) (16:15.59 81:17.97)
8 De La Salle 9NCS) (16:21.88 81:49.40)
9 Aptos (CCS) (16:21.92 81:49.61)
10 Jesuit (SJS) (16:23.14 81:55.72)
11 College Park (NCS) (16:26.59 82:12.96)
12 Bellarmine (CCS) (16:26.90 82:14.53)
13 Del Campo (SJS) (16:27.27 82:16.37)
14 Carlmont (CCS) (16:32.81 82:44.06)
15 St. Ignatius (CCS) (16:33.36 82:46.84)
16 Gunn (CCS) (16:33.63 82:48.19)
17 Fairfield (SJS) (16:35.10 82:55.51)
18 Acalanes (NCS) (16:38.54 83:12.72)
19 SF Univ Hs (NCS) (16:39.59 83:17.95)
20 Santa Rosa (NCS) (16:39.68 83:18.42)
*Podium teams in Red
All NorCal Girls under 19 minutes...
Runners in red finished in the top 10 in their division.
6 585 NCS Jacque Taylor JR Casa Grande 17:40 5:42
10 240 CCS Jennifer Bergman SR Valley Christian 17:46 5:43
13 39 CCS Justine Fedronic SR Carlmont 17:50 5:45
17 1309 SJS Maria Malone SR Folsom 17:55 5:46
20 681 NCS Diana George SR Livermore 18:01 5:48
21 38 CCS Jessie Petersen SO Carlmont 18:01 5:48
34 576 NCS Heather Cerney JR Carondelet 18:12 5:52
38 719 NCS Isabel Andrade JR Petaluma 18:15 5:53
40 560 NCS Colleen Lillig JR California 18:16 5:53
45 1198 SJS Sarah Tusting SR Benicia 18:19 5:54
47 562 NCS Carrie Verdon FR Campolindo 18:19 5:54
57 154 CCS Mary Reynolds SR Mountain View 18:26 5:56
58 602 NCS Alycia Cridebring JR College Park 18:26 5:56
60 862 NS Tiffany Heflin SO Lassen 18:27 5:57
62 1328 SJS Brooke Holt SO Granite Bay 18:27 5:57
65 699 NCS Theresa Devine JR Marin Catholic 18:28 5:57
66 542 NCS Rachel Mitchell SR American 18:28 5:57
67 557 NCS Damajeria Dubose SR Bishop O'dowd 18:28 5:57
72 222 CCS Rachel Hinds SO St. Ignatius 18:31 5:58
74 1386 SJS Nicole Mendoza SR St. Francis (sac) 18:33 5:58
76 1320 SJS Lauren Petersen SR Galt 18:35 5:59
78 12 CCS Marissa Ferrante JR Aptos 18:35 5:59
80 907 NS Michelle Johnson SR West Valley 18:36 6:00
82 225 CCS Katy Daly SR St. Ignatius 18:37 6:00
88 581 NCS Kellie Houser SR Carondelet 18:38 6:00
91 92 CCS Kathleen Miller SR Gilroy 18:40 6:01
92 130 CCS Stephanie Barnett SR Leland 18:40 6:01
94 1348 SJS Hayley Scott JR Oak Ridge 18:40 6:01
100 156 CCS Alex Westbrook SR Mountain View 18:44 6:02
102 684 NCS Lauren Curtin JR Maria Carrillo 18:47 6:03
106 677 NCS Natalie Dimits FR Livermore 18:48 6:03
111 1396 SJS Stephanie Romo SO Woodcreek 18:51 6:04
113 682 NCS Abigail Gregg SR Livermore 18:51 6:04
116 136 CCS Rachel Stump SR Los Gatos 18:52 6:05
121 1393 SJS Courtney Crosta JR Woodcreek 18:55 6:06
125 718 NCS Francesca Honey FR Petaluma 18:56 6:06
126 706 NCS Julie Nacouzi SO Montgomery 18:56 6:06
127 906 NS Corissa Storms SO West Valley 18:56 6:06
135 203 CCS Coutrney Allen SR San Benito 18:59 6:07
Also finished top 10 in state:
147 695 NCS Lucy McCullough SO Marin Academy 19:02 6:08
274 833 NS Morgan Schell SO Durham 19:34 6:18
307 744 NCS Holland Reynolds FR San Francisco Univ Hs 19:42 6:21
All NorCal Boys under 16 minutes...
Runners in red finished in the top 10 in their division.
2 159 CCS Garrett Rowe JR Mountain View 15:03 4:51
7 668 NCS Wyatt Landrum SR Liberty 15:12 4:54
12 180 CCS Phil MacQuitty JR Palo Alto 15:14 4:54
15 600 NCS Nathanael Litwiller SR Clayton Valley 15:15 4:55
19 1256 SJS Matt Petersen SR Davis Sr. 15:17 4:56
20 717 NCS Erik Olson JR Novato 15:17 4:56
32 1264 SJS Dan Mitchell SR Del Campo 15:27 4:59
37 770 NCS Rory McLeod SR Santa Rosa 15:30 5:00
40 724 NCS Sterling Lockert SR Petaluma 15:31 5:00
43 177 CCS Tyre Johnson SR Palma 15:32 5:00
49 1340 SJS Chris Haworth SR Kennedy (sac) 15:34 5:01
52 1405 SJS Garrett Seawell SR Woodcreek 15:35 5:01
55 246 CCS Nohe Lema SR Willow Glen 15:36 5:02
57 212 CCS Brennan Lynch SR Santa Cruz 15:36 5:02
58 250 CCS Daniel Filipcik SR Woodside 15:37 5:02
60 790 NCS Dan Milechman SO Tamalpais 15:37 5:02
61 1323 SJS Roberto Rosas JR Grace Davis 15:37 5:02
63 19 CCS Mitch Moriarty JR Aptos 15:38 5:02
64 161 CCS Parker Schuh SO Mountain View 15:38 5:02
68 1345 SJS Kurt Ruegg JR Napa 15:40 5:03
70 23 CCS Rylan Hunt SR Aptos 15:41 5:03
71 574 NCS Robert Pulford SR Campolindo 15:41 5:03
72 543 NCS Danny Thomas JR Arroyo 15:42 5:03
79 230 CCS Peter Birsinger SR St. Ignatius 15:45 5:04
80 782 NCS Dan Maxwell JR St. Mary's College Hs 15:45 5:04
81 1353 SJS Amjed Aboukhadijeh JR Oak Ridge 15:46 5:05
82 572 NCS Ross Geiger SR Campolindo 15:46 5:05
85 1298 SJS Jared Lester JR Fairfield 15:47 5:05
88 705 NCS Mike Roderick SR Monte Vista 15:48 5:05
96 609 NCS Jeff Bickert SO College Park 15:51 5:06
102 559 NCS Steven Iglehart SR Branson 15:53 5:07
106 851 NS Domenic D'Acquisto SO Enterprise 15:55 5:08
109 798 NCS Ben Rich JR Washington 15:55 5:08
111 725 NCS Devin Lockert SR Petaluma 15:56 5:08
114 2 CCS Lance Wolfsmith SR Ann Sobrato 15:56 5:08
117 573 NCS Colby Pines SR Campolindo 15:57 5:08
123 642 NCS Drew Callen SR Granada 15:59 5:09
124 1331 SJS Adam Kelly-Strong JR Jesuit 15:59 5:09
126 105 CCS Paul Summers JR Gunn 15:59 5:09
Also making top 10 in state:
191 737 NCS Josh MacDonald JR Redwood Christian 16:11 5:13
203 755 NCS Weishen Mead SR San Francisco Univ Hs 16:13 5:14
Friday, November 28, 2008
Final batch of newspaper articles pre State Meet...
Liberty High's Landrum runs for more than food now (Contra Costa Times)
Petaluma boys found their missing link -- a wolverine (Press Democrat)
Teamwork at its best (San Mate Daily Journal)
Daily Review Athlete's of the Week (Contra Costa Times)
Area runners headed for state cross country championships (The Union)
Vikings runner ready for state meet (Recordnet.com)
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Northern California Rankings Pre-State Meet...
Boys ...........................................................Girls
1) Mt. View CCS........................................1) Mt. View CCS
2) Campolindo NCS..................................2) Livermore NCS
3) Petaluma NCS......................................3) St. Ignatius CCS
4) Davis Sr. SJS........................................4) Maria Carrillo NCS
5) Aptos CCS.............................................5) Gunn CCS
6) Carlmont CCS.......................................6) Woodcreek SJS
7) College Park NCS.................................7) Oak Ridge SJS
8) Amador Valley NCS.............................8) Carondelet NCS
9) Bellarmine CCS.....................................9) Castro Valley NCS
10) Woodcreek SJS................................10) St. Mary's Berkeley NCS
Honorable Mention (10 teams in alphabetical order)
Castro Valley NCS........................................Aptos CCS
De La Salle NCS..........................................Campolindo NCS
Del Campo SJS...........................................College Park NCS
El Camino SJS..................................................Carlmont CCS
Gunn CCS........................................Davis Sr. SJS
Las Lomas NCS......................................Del Oro SJS
Palo Alto CCS.............................................Los Gatos CCS
Salinas CCS.................................................Monte Vista NCS
St. Ignatius CCS..........................................Ponderosa SJS
Willow Glen CCS.........................................St. Francis, Mt. View CCS
Boys' Individuals
1) Wyatt Landrum (12) Liberty NCS
2) Matt Peterson (12) Davis SJS
3) Garrett Seawell (12) Woodcreek SJS
4) Garrett Rowe (11) Mt. View CCS
5) Nohe Lema (12) Willow Glen CCS
6) Sterling Lockert (12) Petaluma NCS
7) Ian Myjer (11) Mt. View CCS
8) Robert Pulford (12) Campolindo NCS
9) Nathanael Litwiller (12) Clayton Valley NCS
10) Tyre Johnson (12) Palma CCS
On the bubble:
Steven Iglehart (12) Branson NCS
Brennan Lynch (12) Santa Cruz CCS,
Mike Roderick (12) Monte Vista NCS
Philip MacQuitty (11) Palo Alto CCS
Chris Haworth (12) Kennedy SJS
Erik Olson (11) Novato NCS
Girls' Individual
1) Jennifer Bergman (12) Valley Christian, SJ CCS
2) Jacque Taylor (11) Casa Grande NCS
3) Justine Fedronic (12) Carlmont CCS
4) Katy Daly (12) St. Ignatius CCS
5) Heather Cerney (11) Carondelet NCS
6) Colleen Lillig (11) California NCS
7) Rachel Hinds (10) St. Ignatius CCS
8) Stephanie Barnett (12) Leland CCS
9) Diana George (12) Livermore NCS
10) Isabel Andrade (11) Petaluma NCS
On the bubble:
Alycia Cridebring (11) College Park NCS
Damajeria DuBose (12) Bishop O'Dowd NCS
Marrissa Ferrante (11) Aptos CCS
Brooke Holt (10) Granite Bay SJS
Maria Malone (12) Folsom SJS
Jessie Petterson (10) Carlmont CCS
Mary Reynolds (12) Mt. View CCS
Feel free to comment on the above rankings. I thought it would be interesting to rank the teams and individuals before Saturday's state meet. I based the rankings off the performances at the section meets (CCS, SJS, NCS, NS, OAK and SF). If you feel, like I left runners and/or teams off the list, please let me know. We can compare this list to what actually happens at the state meet following this Saturday.
Best of luck to all Northern California teams and athletes.
Northern California Newspaper Coverage...
Liberty-Brentwood's gutty cross country champ (SF Chronicle)
Thunder runners prepare for state meet (Placer Herald)
Runners St. Francis, Weiss, King make state prep cross country meets (Sonoma News)
Carrillo's 'other' team does pretty well at NCS, too (Press Democrat)
SF Chronicle Athletes of the Week (Jacque Taylor and many more NCS runners)
Prep athletes of the week: Fortuna's Johnson and Ozard (Times Standard)
Around the horn (Berryessa Sun)
Time to give thanks, sports fans (Gilroy Dispatch)
More to come in the next couple of days as newspapers do their state meet previews. If you have any links, forward them to me at albertjcaruana@gmail.com and I will add them to this list.
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Catching up with Mt. View's Garrett Rowe...
Today we chat with junior runner Garrett Rowe who is the lead runner for the best boys' team in Northern California, Mt. View HS. Garrett won the CCS Division II individual title on November 15th at Toro Park after a incredibly close 2nd his sophomore year. His sophomore track season came to a sudden end with an injury but after a slow start in xc, Garrett is on a definite roll heading into the state meet this coming Saturday.
1) How did you get your start in distance running?
I first started running a little bit in seventh grade when I started burning out on club soccer. I finally gave up soccer my freshman year. My parents were very supportive of my transition into running and that helped me come to love the sport.
2) I believe your dad had some success in running as well. What were some of his accomplishments and times?
In high school my dad was two-time Indiana state champ for XC amd two time state champ at 2 miles. He was All-American his junior and senior years. He was the captain of the Princeton XC team in the early 80's. He still holds the record for the 1000m indoors at Princeton and won 3 consecutive Heps titles indoors at that distance. After college, he ran a 3:40 for 1500m.
3) What was your experience like during your freshman year in cross country? What runners did you look upto as you were getting started?
Freshman year was a little scary for me in cross country because it was a step-up, but the seniors on the team were great guys, and I looked up to them when I was getting started. They were always supportive of everyone on the team and I think that most of us looked up to them for that reason.
4) Where do you feel like you made the transition to the runner you are today?
I'm not exactly sure if I made any sudden transitions into who I am, but I think that the accumulation of experience through my first three years of high school has shaped me as a runner. Some successes and some tough times, like getting injured last spring with a stress fracture in my heel.
5) You experienced some injuries last year during track season. What did you learn from dealing with those injuries?
I learned that I have to be careful about how much racing I do, because there are only so many times that a runner can handle the stress of a race. With the great weather we have in California, it's easy to get carried away with running too many races over a very long season in XC and track.
6) Tell us a little about your coach Even Smith and what he has meant to the Mt. View Cross Country and Track and Field teams.
Coach Smith is the backbone of our team. In believe Smith's biggest asset is that he encourages the strong runners and the up and coming runners equally. The JV and frosh-soph teams that back up our varsity squads are incredible both in talent, hard work and enthusiasm. Smith screams and cheers as hard for JV and frosh-soph as he does for varsity. Motivation runs up and down the roster and it's all because of the way Smith focuses on every individual regardless of talent. I love being on this team and so does everybody else.
7) What did you do differently this summer in terms of training?
The main difference between this summer and last summer was the quality of the mileage. I only stepped up my mileage a tiny bit from last year (50 to 55), but I made most of my runs faster. I also did alot of my summer running at altitude in Tahoe. I have a good friend who lives in Incline and he took me on some death runs that went up to 9,000 feet.
8) What do you consider to be the most important parts of the training program at Mt. View and what workouts give you the most confidence going into the races?
I think the best parts of the program are the interval workouts, because while they usually consist of difficult, fast mile or two mile repeats, they are targeted at maintaining a high level of threshold fitness. These workouts have also been important to sustain peaking until later in the season.
9) Most runners of your ability do not have teammates that can run with them during practice. That is not the case for you in that you have Ian Myjer. What has he meant to your running success?
Ian and I have been friends since third grade. He's tough as nails, not to mention the most supportive teammate I could ask for. I admire his enhanced dedication to running over the past year and it's great to have friendly competition with him. We're both team-oriented and want to do whatever we can to help Mountain View win.
10) Who are the teams that Mt. View will be battling with at the state meet?
I think our main competitors in DII are Loyola and Thousand Oaks, though I'm not saying I would count out any other team. We'll fight it out to the end, and I think it's going to be a very tight race.
11) From this season so far: Favorite course? Favorite race? Favorite competitor? Your best race?
So far, my favorite course has been Mt. Sac, though we didn't get to run there this year, so I've only run the course once as a soph. Crystal Springs would be a close second. I feel my best race was CCS at Toro Park, even though the time wasn't very fast because it was hot. My favorite race was probably Leagues at Crystal, because it was a lot of fun to run with Ian the whole way. Finally, Ian's my favorite competitor because he's the only guy I don't get mad at when he beats me!
12) Anything else you would like to add.
I get asked alot why I always race with Oakley M-Frames on. I want to set the record straight that I wear contacts and my eyes are sensitive to dust and bright light. I even carry a doctor's note in my bag because I've been hassled by officials at the starting line. I'm not trying to look like Jeremy Wariner, but I wish I had his 400m speed...Thanks Mr. Caruana!
Thank you very much Garrett! AJC
More NCS '08 Pictures
Wyatt Landrum's journey to fastest time of the day!
College Park huddle before the start of the Division I boys' race
2nd and 3rd Place Division V Girls/Lean at the line gets the nod
3rd Place Division IV Boys - San Rafael
2nd Place Division IV Boys - St. Mary's Berkeley
2nd Place Division I Girls - College Park
2nd Place Division I Boys - Amador Valley
2nd Place Division II Boys - Washington
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