The biggest meet in and for the San Gabriel Valley Saturday is the Rosemead Invitational. It’s an almost flat, three mile race, run on and around the RHS campus, with the later races under the lights. Twenty-three of the forty-two participating schools are from the SGV. Whittier, Los Altos, Arroyo and Walnut should all contend . . . → Read More: Rosemead Preview
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Last year, the Arcadia boys won everything, including the massive Woodbridge Invitational Sweepstakes race. They graduated four of the seven athletes who ran at WXC last year, but return Ryan Vargas, who was an easy winner at AHS’s opener at Laguna Hills, and Sergio Gonzalez, who was off last week. On paper, and in computer . . . → Read More: Woodbridge Saturday Preview: Arcadia, + 1? The Puma Compound at WXC The Woodbridge Invitational is huge, with over 100 teams coming from all over our state and several other states as well. It’s become so big that the organizers have scheduled the meet over two days, with smaller Red and White divisions competing Friday night (under the lights!) at . . . → Read More: Woodbridge Friday Preview: South Hills and Covina Looking to Shine Bishop Amat frosh Emily Hubert got off to a nice start at last weekend’s Don Bosco Invite, running 18:27 in her first high school XC meet! On Wednesday, she kept right on going at the small, friendly Phil Ryan Invite, run over an almost flat, but twisty with heavy grass, 3-mile course at San Marino’s . . . → Read More: Paul Ryan/Lacy Park: Hubert Keeps Going! Ryan Vargas Last weekend’s team results were largely about confirmation – the Arcadia boys are still really strong, and California is rebuilding their CIF Finalist team (details here). The ’09 CIF Champs Glendora boys showed they’re on their way back after an injury and illness marred ’10, and the young Tartan girls (6 . . . → Read More: Week 1 Round Up: Excellent Debuts! This week’s CIF Southern Section Divisional Rankings are mostly unchanged, due to late or inaccurate race results from several meets and a number of teams running short-handed last Saturday. The one difference for the SGV is the Glendora boys entering the Div. II rankings at number six on the strength of their win at the . . . → Read More: CIF Rankings: Glendora Moves In The revised and final accepted entries for the big races at the Woodbridge Invitational have been released, and the SGV will be strongly represented in Saturday night’s Sweepstakes and Rated races. This huge event provides some of the strongest competition in the country and will be held again this year at Estancia HS in Costa . . . → Read More: SGV at Woodbridge Anna Barcelo Anna Barcelo has come a long way in a hurry. The Nogales Senior came into the season with modest track PR’s of 5:31.56 and 11:51.88, which she set while taking 5th place at last year’s SGV Track & Field Championships. She obviously had a great summer, and her 18:02 effort over . . . → Read More: Don Bosco Girls: Anna to the Front Tom Ebiner 2010 was a good year for Damien, with the Spartans returning to the post-season for the first time in several years and advancing to CIF finals. At Saturday’s Don Bosco Invitational, they took another big step, winning the team title in 77:05 over the fast, flat, 3 mile course, with senior . . . → Read More: Don Bosco Boys: Ebiner Leads Damien to the Top National D1 XC powers Great Oak and Rancho Cucamonga took top honors at the Fastback Shootout, run over a shortened 1:91 course at Mt.SAC, while the SGV provided a load of great performances. (Full results) Daniel DLT On the boys side, 43 teams and 904 athletes went to the line, and the top . . . → Read More: Fastback: De La Torre Comes Right Back! |
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