Pacific League: Arcadia Books Two CIF Spots – As Does Pasadena Wonder Frosh

Arcadia had been chasing in the Pacific League all year. The boys were looking to take back the championship, while the girls, losing six of seven from their 2017 team, were looking just to return to CIF.

Final Results

Senior Joyce Wu was the only returner from Arcadia’s 2017 League Champ and CIF Finals team. . . . → Read More: Pacific League: Arcadia Books Two CIF Spots – As Does Pasadena Wonder Frosh

Almont Final: Schurr & Alhambra Finish the Job

The Alhambra girls were expected the win the Almont League, they’ve more than fulfilled expectations all year, capping it with a big win Wednesday at Legg Lake in South El Monte. The boys side was more wide-open, with ten of the first fourteen finishers from the 2017 final graduated, but Schurr reloaded the best and . . . → Read More: Almont Final: Schurr & Alhambra Finish the Job

Mt SAC Saturday: Two Screamers – Hibbard 15:08 and Walnut 93:08 – Lead the SGV

Most of the SGV’s schools are in Divisions 3 & 4, so only eight local schools competed on Saturday, but those schools are some of our best, and the performances showed it.

Running in the Boys Individual Sweeps: Noah Hibbard (Sr, Arroyo) was 6th/15:08 and the Knights were equally good finishing 3rd/79:33. Noah is now . . . → Read More: Mt SAC Saturday: Two Screamers – Hibbard 15:08 and Walnut 93:08 – Lead the SGV

SCV Invite: Melanie M with Another Win!

Final Results Are Here

It looks like most of the SGV schools ran partial or B Teams here.

The exception is the Girls Varsity Small Schools Division.

Melanie Mach (Sr, Rosemead) won here second Invite in a row with an 18:21 effort – a 90 second improvement from 2017! She was 5 seconds clear of . . . → Read More: SCV Invite: Melanie M with Another Win!

Bell Gardens – Quick Results

Live Results are here

Boys Combined: Noah Hibbard (Sr, Arroyo) is the SGV’s best at 2nd/14:41 on this flat, 3-mile course. Others in the Top 10:

Oswaldo Cervantes (Sr, Nogales) – 3rd/14:46 Joshua Orellana (Jr, Arroyo) – 4th/15:00 Jesse Alvarado (Jr, Walnut) – 6th/15:09 Eduardo De Paz (Jr, Baldwin Park) – 8th/15:15 Daniel Echeveste (So, . . . → Read More: Bell Gardens – Quick Results

SGV Girls Rankings – Week 6: Claremont Even Further Ahead

Claremont again tops the list. They may be the best team in both the Southern Section and in California, and are certainly among the ten best in the country. So, yeah, they’re also the best in the SGV

Girls teams show more surprises and changes during the year than the boys typically do, due to . . . → Read More: SGV Girls Rankings – Week 6: Claremont Even Further Ahead

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