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Saturday, October 11th @ Woodward Park, Fresno, CA - 5,000 Meters
On-site coverage with Mike Kennedy, Moses Galindo and Rich Gonzalez
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40 State-Ranked Teams Clashed On State Meet Course!
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| | | "Flash Reports" from the meet!
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| | | | FLASH REPORT #1, 7:44 a.m. -- Saugus frosh-soph crew (including varsity regulars Frankin,
Bulder, and Hernando) roll to blowout win in 94:28 team time, with Frankian winning race in 18:29.
Saugus will run a split squad today, also running select varsity regulars in the championship race.
FLASH REPORT #2, 9:29 a.m. -- Saugus split squad runs sensational 91:27 in Large Schools
Girls race to score 18 points (2nd was Arroyo Grande with 138 points, 98:15). Combining
all Saugus girls from both races above unofficially yields 91:24 team time.
FLASH REPORT #3, 10:23 a.m. -- Mountain View (CCS) wins Girls Championshipm race with
134 points (94:18. Second was Crescenta Valley with 140 (94:38) and then Oak Ridge 158
(95:02). Mira Costa 174 (95:12), Carondelet 181 (95:0)6, Davis 181 (95:30), West Ranch 184
(95:32), Esperanza 194 (95:31), Kin 194 (95:28), Buchanan 203 (96:01).
FLASH REPORT #4, 11:05 a.m. -- Buchanan of Clovis rolled to an 85-point performance on its
home course and the state meet course to win the Champonship boys race with a team time of
78:10 and a 48-second spread! OH MY!!!! Second was Thousand Oaks, a Division II school, with
147 points (79:11) and Arcadia was third with 163 points (79:23). Mountain View (171, 79:14),
Petaluma (180, 79:40); Dana Hills (without its #1 and #2, both on recruiting trip) scored 182
(79:53). Patrick 192 (80:06), El Toro 197 (79:55), Davis 204 (80:15).
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Photos by Rich Gonzalez
With nearly each outing, Saugus' girls have been record setters and the class of the California scene!
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| | WINNER'S TABLE & RESULTS LINKS
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| Sweepstakes Girls - 9:30 a.m.
Mountain View 134 (94:18), Crescenta Valley 140
Teeny Adams (Esperanza) 18:01
MV continues upward march as state's most improved 'combined' (boys/girls) program!
Girls team time is #2 in CCS history, trailnig only the 1999 San Lorenzo Valley crew (94:09)
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| | Sweepstakes Boys - 10:00 a.m.
Buchanan 85 (78:10), Thousand Oaks 147
Chris Schwartz (Foothill, Bakersf.) 15:09
Buchanan sets Central Section course record (#3 CA time ever) in first race at full strength!
Third place Mountain View (79:14) breaks Bellarmine's CCS team-time record by 17 seconds!
Fifth place Petaluma (79:40) sets North Coast Section team-time course record!
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| | X-Large Schools Girls - 12:15 p.m.
San Clemente 49 (95:51), Arcadia 106
Alex Dunne (San Clemente) 17:34
Dunne's time is the fastest of the day for girls. She opted out of sweeps to race with her team.
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| | X-Large Schools Boys - 12:45 p.m.
Paramount 102 (82:10), Esperanza 188
Elliott Myers (Esperanza) 15:44
Myers posts third-fastest sophomore time of the day in his biggest performance yet!
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| | Large Schools Girls - 8:35 a.m.
Saugus 18 (91:27), Arroyo Grande 138
Kaylin Mahoney (Saugus) 17:50
Running a split squad, Saugus posts third-fastest team time in course history!
In case you're wondering, Saugus owns the course record of 90:49 from 2007!
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| | Large Schools Boys - 9:05 a.m.
Saugus 113 (80:50), Granada 116
Matt McElroy (Edison-HB) 15:37
Don't look now, but Saugus' boys start to crank it up! McElroy edges Saugus'
Alex Nelson, who is among the most improved runners in the state in 2008!
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| | Medium Schools Girls - 10:25 a.m.
Ponderosa 81 (99:47), La Canada 162
Isabel Andrade (Petaluma) 18:42
Ponderosa is latest Division II team to make noise from the Sac-Joaquin Section!
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| | Medium Schools Boys - 10:55 a.m.
De La Salle 98 (82:33), Rocklin 125
Sam Pons (South Pasadena) 15:37
Pons moves into the sophomore all-time list at Woodward Park!
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| | Small Schools Girls - 11:20 a.m.
La Reina (98:32), Mayfield 105
Melissa Skiba (Oak Park) 17:48
Skiba runs second-fastest time of the day! Mayfield almost upsets top-ranked La Reina.
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| | Small Schools Boys - 11:50 a.m.
Woodcrest Christian 64 (81:39), Oak Park 76
Jake Jeanson (Woodcrest Christian) 15:37
Woodcrest Chr breaks small-schools course record, beating '96 McFarland team by 7
seconds! Can be first sub-81:00 D5 team at Mt. SAC in history -- they're gunning for sub-80!
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Frosh/Soph Girls - 7:15 a.m. | Fr/So Boys Large - 7:45 a.m. | Fr/So Boys Small - 8:10 a.m. | JV Girls Large - 1:10 p.m.
JV Boys Large - 1:40 p.m. | JV Girls Small - 2:10 p.m. | JV Boys Small - 2:40 p.m.
Saugus girls ran a split squad of frosh and sophomroe in the 7:15 a.m. race.
Their 94:31 clocking is a frosh/soph course record and also #43 in course history!
This "second unit" would have finished third overall today, trailing only the
Saugus varsity and the Mountain View varsity; both raced in the seeded section.
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