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Doug Negrete Damien has been traditionally strong in our sport, including a trip to the State Meet in 2004, but they fell on hard times in the latter part of the 00’s. The Spartans turned that around in 2010, not only advancing to CIF for the first time in several years, but also . . . → Read More: Sierra #1: Damien Meets the Challenge Not every top runner is an overnight sensation. And Whittier senior Aaron Mora certainly isn’t. This is the fourth year of a solid HS career. He came into his final season with a solid 15:31 MtSAC PR and ran 9:34.89 to finish 3rd in the 3200 at last year’s SGV Track Championships. After a strong . . . → Read More: Meet Aaron Mora About half of the SGV schools ran in their first league cluster meets last week, the other half gets going this week. These are some of the most exciting meets of the year, because unlike the big invites, almost every team is competitive at their league level. The most competitive meet of the week will . . . → Read More: Cluster Meets Continue – Del Rio and Sierra the Best of the Bunch At this point of the season some teams are struggling. Some are succeeding beyond expectations. And some are doing just what they were expected to do. This means there’s going to be movement every week. This week, the Webb boys, on the strength of their run at Bell-Jeff and in the Prep League Cluster, move . . . → Read More: Week Three Rankings – Small Movements Sergio (L) & Ryan Defending National Champions Arcadia won their second title in as many weeks, traveling to Idaho for the national Bob Firman Invite. Led once more by strong efforts from their senior leaders Sergio Gonzalez (3rd/15:55) & Ryan Vargas (4th/15:56), the Apaches ran well and overcame the loss of two Varsity . . . → Read More: Week 3 Roundup: Arcadia Again, La Cañada Makes Its Case Sonja Cwik La Cañada led a contingent of ten SGV schools to Bell-Jeff Invitational. This mid-sized meet brings together Southern Section and L.A. City section schools on a hilly, 2.9 mile course in Griffith Park. The Spartan girls, narrow losers to ranked South Pasadena at their opening cluster meet, announced their ambitions with . . . → Read More: Bell-Jeff: Cwik and the Spartans Announce Themselves The SGV is well represented in this year’s Div. IV and Div. V CIF-SS rankings, and neighboring Flintridge Prep, Mayfield and Flintridge Sacred Heart took their status on the road to the Stanford Invitational. This big meet features NorCal’s best, and is run in CIF divisions over a fast 5000 meter course on the University’s . . . → Read More: Stanford: Mayfield & Flintridge Sacred Heart Show They Belong Kelli Hunt Two-Time State and CIF medalist Kelli Hunt has been banging out solid performances in every race of the 2011 season, and this week at Dana Hills Invite she had her best performance yet. The Whittier Christian senior won the D3 Jr/Sr race in a meet record 17:20 over the 3-mile, slightly . . . → Read More: Dana Hills: Kelli Hunt with the Meet Record! After several years’ absence, Glendora returned to the Wayne Walker/Sunny Hills Invite, run over a somewhat hilly, 3-mile course at Craig Park in Fullerton. The Tartan boys confirmed their CIF Div. II #5/California #8 ranking with strong win in this 24 team field. They put their first five in the top 25 overall, while the . . . → Read More: Sunny Hills: Glendora Keeps Moving Forward Many cross country teams like to travel, and this weekend hosts three of the major travel opportunities. The top-ranked Arcadia boys will travel, along with several other Southern Section XC powers, to the national Bob Firman Invite in Boise, Idaho, while Div. IV #1 Don Bosco will compete in the Nike Pre-Nationals in Portland, OR. . . . → Read More: Week 3 Preview – Travel Week |
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