Great Cow Run: Arcadia Boys and Amat Girls are HOT Out of the Gate

Teams come to The Great Cow Run meet in Cerritos to open their season by running fast for a full three miles. There are always several strong teams there to lead the races, and two of the SGV’s best took advantage to post strong performances to lead off 2018.

The Arcadia boys won the large . . . → Read More: Great Cow Run: Arcadia Boys and Amat Girls are HOT Out of the Gate

SGV Scattered Results: Riverside, Santa Barbara & Griffith Park

Four SGV teams scattered over three meets this past weekend, ranging from Riverside to Santa Barbara.

La Mirada – especially their boys team, expect to finish their season in Riverside, so they took part in the Riverside Showcase - run over a 2.3 mile version of the course used for this year’s CIF Prelims and . . . → Read More: SGV Scattered Results: Riverside, Santa Barbara & Griffith Park

16 SGV Teams in the Initial CIF Rankings

The preseason rankings for the CIF Southern Section were released on Friday, and 8 girls and 8 boys teams are ranked among the best in the biggest and strongest high school sports section in the country.

The Claremont girls are expected to repeat as champs for the fourth straight year, while the Flintridge Prep boys . . . → Read More: 16 SGV Teams in the Initial CIF Rankings

Here We Go! Week 0 Preview

The new, earlier cross country and track season kicks off this week. There’s only a few meets this weekend, with most teams holding off their first competition to next weekend (or even the next) so we’ll call this Week Zero.

Two of the three meets, the Fastback Invitational and the Riverside Showcase are on short . . . → Read More: Here We Go! Week 0 Preview

It’s a Crowd atop the 2018 Boys All-SGV Honors

2018 was a solid year for our boys as the top athletes and the top teams were tightly bunched in the final 2018 All-San Gabriel Valley Track & Field lists.

Arroyo’s Noah Hibbard

Four boys each earned All-SGV honors in three events: Chuma Azinga (San Marino, Sr) – 110 hurdles, High Jump & . . . → Read More: It’s a Crowd atop the 2018 Boys All-SGV Honors

Arcadia’s Yen leads 2018 All-SGV Girls Lists

Arcadia’s Stephanie Yen competes in the varsity girls long jump during the San Gabriel Valley track and field Championships at San Dimas High School in San Dimas, Calif., on Saturday, April 22, 2017. (Photo by Libby Cline)

Arcadia senior Stephanie Yen who will be attending UCLA this Fall, was 2018’s top All-San Gabriel . . . → Read More: Arcadia’s Yen leads 2018 All-SGV Girls Lists

2018 SGV Track & Field Championships

Bishop Amat won their first Boys Team Championship – led by male Athlete of the Meet Nick Guajardo. Nick won the 400m in a SGV leading 48.88 (5th best ever in the meet) and led of the winning 4×100 relay at 43.09, the best time in SGV this year.

Arcadia defended the Girls team Championship . . . → Read More: 2018 SGV Track & Field Championships

Week 11: Big Times at CIF Prelims

The San Gabriel Valley is just one part of the massive CIF Southern Section. Bigger than all but three states, just advancing to CIF is like going to any other state meet, and our CIF Finals is superior to making almost every other State’s Finals.

That’s why we should give great honor to the athletes . . . → Read More: Week 11: Big Times at CIF Prelims

Week 10: Buehner & McGuire Top League Finals Week

The 2017 season concluded with a bang for most of the SGV athletes as the leagues held their championship meets.

The top female performer this week was Arcadia junior Lauren Buehner. The long sprinter won both events at the Pacific League Finals in historic times. Her 24.90 200m moves her to #38= All-Time SGV and . . . → Read More: Week 10: Buehner & McGuire Top League Finals Week

SGV T&F Week 9: The Action Was At the SGV Champs

The local Track & Field action in week 9 of the 2017 season was at the SGV Championships, where California and Arcadia repeated as the boys and girls team champions.

Chloe Arriaga (So, Walnut) and Thomas Prata (Jr, Damien) were Athletes of the Meet, and so also our Athletes of the Week.

Here are the . . . → Read More: SGV T&F Week 9: The Action Was At the SGV Champs

SGV Track & XC

This site is maintained by Bob Ramsey – a SGV T&F athlete (Arroyo ’80), and former coach at Glendora HS and Meet Director of the SGV Champs. Bob is currently Director of Track & Field and Cross Country at Whittier College