Montview: La Puente Edges Azusa Boys, Girls…

Each of the three Montivew cluster meets had been a tight clash between Azusa and La Puente boys with the Aztecs taking the last two and carrying a small lead into Thursday’s finals at (where else?) Schabarum Park.

With the title on the line, both teams stepped up with, splitting the first seven spots between . . . → Read More: Montview: La Puente Edges Azusa Boys, Girls…

Sierra: Claremont Guys, Champs, Girls Second

The Sierra League is a strong XC league, with two CIF ranked teams among the guys and three in the girls, plus St. Lucy’s & South Hills guys, who were both CIF Finalists last year. This meant that four of the teams were already assured of at-large CIF spots, but this did nothing to diminish . . . → Read More: Sierra: Claremont Guys, Champs, Girls Second

Glendora – Both Teams Advance from Baseline

Running in Tuesday’s brutal heat, Glendora had another program first (or at least the first in memory) – advancing both boys and girls and teams to CIF in the same year.

Mike Duke

Competing in the Baseline League for the first time, senior Lauren Justus led the Tartan girls to their first post-season . . . → Read More: Glendora – Both Teams Advance from Baseline

League Finals Previews

Cross Country season began in June or July for many of our athletes, and it reaches it culmination for most with this week’s League Finals Championship Meets – with league titles and CIF berths on the line.

The various leagues differ in how they award their team championships, but CIF mandates advancement procedure to the . . . → Read More: League Finals Previews

Mt.SAC Wrapup – Boys

Whoosh! That was the sound you heard as the boys of the SGV ran over the famous hills as Mt.SAC. Last year in this meet, only two locals went sub 16:00. This year, admittedly aided by better weather and the inclusion of Claremont, eleven guys dipped under that mark! Last year’s #14 was at 16:52 . . . → Read More: Mt.SAC Wrapup – Boys

Mt.SAC Wrap Up – Girls

Cross Country has improved relentlessly over the past ten years, and the huge field and great weather helped that process leaped forward at this year’s Mt.SAC Invitational.

Lauren

The athletes of the San Gabriel Valley kept pace with this trend, with several high placings, and numerous school records. The top performance came from . . . → Read More: Mt.SAC Wrap Up – Girls

Mt.SAC Saturday Boys: Big Day for Claremont and Rowland Pair

On Mt.SAC’s biggest day, the ESGV was well represented in the biggest races – with Claremont and Glendora in the top event – the Team Sweepstakes. The Wolfpack took another step forward, the Tartans stumbled, and in the heats, Rowlands Soph/Junior duo showed their class.

Paul Ross

The Sweeps race was the fastest . . . → Read More: Mt.SAC Saturday Boys: Big Day for Claremont and Rowland Pair

Mt.SAC Saturday Girls: Lauren and Tartans Out Front

On Saturday, the Division I & II schools took the famous 2.93 mile course at Mt.SAC, and at the end of the day the top performances came from Glendora senior Lauren Justus and her Tartan teammates.

Glendora was is in the Individual Sweeps race and Lauren, the SGV’s 2009 leader, took another big step forward . . . → Read More: Mt.SAC Saturday Girls: Lauren and Tartans Out Front

Mt.SAC Friday Boys: Callison breaks Through – Damien is Best

Northview senior Alan Callison was the ESGV’s leader in Friday’s Div. III, IV, & V action at the Mt.SAC Invitational. Callison dropped an almost 2 minute Mt.SAC PR to finish 2nd in his heat with a 15:53 effort. The other top effort in the heats came from Los Altos (83:51) who finished second in their . . . → Read More: Mt.SAC Friday Boys: Callison breaks Through – Damien is Best

Mt.SAC Friday Girls: Marissa Wins & Bearcats with their Best

Marissa Scott (c)

Bonita soph Marissa Scott continued her climb up the SoCal XC ladder with a win in the strongest DIII girls heat at Mt.SAC, running a strong 18:08. She was followed by equally strong efforts from soph Lexie Jackson (18:53) and frosh Mikayla Flores (19.10), who was still struggling with a . . . → Read More: Mt.SAC Friday Girls: Marissa Wins & Bearcats with their Best

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