Pole vaulter for Chico State’s track team looks to the future

Former Del Oro HS Pole Vaulter, Lance Huber.

http://theorion.com/70373/sports/pole-vaulter-for-chico-states-track-team-looks-to-the-future/

NMC O-Condon Invite April 6th Info

Coaches,

We have decided to add a few more teams to our inaugural North Monterey County O-Condon Track Invite on April 6th. We would like to keep the meet around 15 teams for this year and there are a couple more spots open if you are interested in joining us as we honor long-time NMC coaches Roger O'Sullivan and Keith Condon. The meet is on a Friday night under the lights at our brand new track and field stadium.

Here is our event website with all the information you will need;

https://sites.google.com/view/o-condon-invite

Let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks!

Coach Gus Ibarra

Meet Director 

Northern California Track and Field meets today

Bulldog Invitational at Folsom HS (SJS)
Clarke Massey Relays at Cordova HS (SJS) RESULTS
Stocking Super Seven Invitational at Diablo Valley College (NCS) Canceled
Skyline Invitational at Skyline HS (OAK) RESULTS
Viking Invitational at Edison HS, Stockton (SJS)

If you have results or updates from any of the meets above, please share them in the comment section below.

Results of yesterday's Pitman Distance Wars can be found at this LINK.

Exclusive athlete interview with NorCal Track and Field athletes

You need to be a MileSplit pro plan member to view them and if you are, you can check out Jeff Parenti's interview with 2-time defending state champion Alyssa Brewer at this LINK. You can check out his interview with 2016 XC state champion Olivia O'Keeffe at this LINK. You can check out his interview with 2017 800 meter state champion Jett Charvet at this LINK. 

Just added today. Interviews with Elena and Maddy Denner at this LINK.

Women's Dipsea Hike

The following was posted at this link:
http://www.marinij.com/article/NO/20180220/SPORTS/180229978

"In honor of the 100th anniversary of the Women’s Dipsea Hike — the first-ever cross country sporting event in the U.S. exclusively for women — there will be a ceremonial tribute hike/run on Saturday, April 21, starting at 9 a.m., at Old Mill Park.

Sponsored by the Dipsea Race Committee in partnership with One Tam and the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, the hike/run will follow the familiar Dipsea Trail from Mill Valley to Stinson Beach on Earth Day.

According to historian Barry Spitz, it was called a hike to escape the Amateur Athletic Union’s (AAU) ban on women competing in long-distance races at the time.

Registration is limited to 500 participants, who are encouraged to wear period costumes from 1918. Interested women can register for the untimed hike at www.dipsea.org.

A luncheon — limited to 100 registrants — will follow the event, roughly at noon, at the Stinson Beach Community Center."

Track and Field results

Cal All-Comers Meet results:
http://www.rtspt.com/events/cal/21718/

California Winter Championships at Arcadia HS results:
http://ca.milesplit.com/meets/298961/results#.WorjHLynHIU

Best performances this weekend for NorCal Track and Field athletes?

Liam Anderson selected Gatorade Boys XC Runner of the Year

http://ca.milesplit.com/articles/233025-liam-anderson-selected-gatorade-boys-xc-runner-of-the-year

The last NorCal male runner to win the Gatorade California Cross Country Runner of the Year was German Fernandez of Riverbank (SJS) in 2007.

The last female winner was...Santa Cruz's Cate Ratliff in 2015.

Central Section puts Cal City boys hoops on probation after record-breaking blowout

http://www.bakersfield.com/sports/central-section-puts-cal-city-boys-hoops-on-probation-after/article_1eb65bd8-0dff-11e8-8930-4bc8f763fec8.html

I haven't been the biggest fan on the Central Section due to their competitive equity which has left McFarland competing in Division I during XC season despite their enrollment of fewer than 1000 students. 

However, I am quite pleased with the Central Section as you can see in the article above which details the suspension of a school that won a basketball game last week 165-38. The total for the winning team was a new California record. I have coached basketball for many years and for a coach to resort to defeating an opponent by that score is really reprehensible. The Central Section did the right thing this time and they are to be commended.

The comparison has been made to a XC team defeating a team 15-50 but to me, that is not a good comparison. Thoughts?

Former Gunn HS (CCS) XC and TF athlete competing in Winter Olympics

https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2018/02/08/gunn-grad-making-a-sweeping-statement-at-winter-olympics (Her uncle is kind of a big deal when it comes to Winter Olympics success).

CA Coaching Legends: James Logan's Lee Webb

http://ca.milesplit.com/articles/232645-ca-coaching-legends-lee-webb

You can also check out my interview with Lee from 2015 at this link:
http://www.crosscountryexpress.com/2015/01/catching-up-with-james-logan-hs-xc-and.html

What Coach Brewer said about Coach Webb is absolutely right. He has done a lot of good for a lot of people without the fanfare and has always been very humble about all of his accomplishments.