Six Athletes with Seven All-Time Performances on the Championship Courses

Arroyo’s Saket Sama, along with Nick DiConti at last year’s MVL Meet

Championship cross country for SGV schools is run over two courses. The State Championship has been held since its beginning in 1987 on the rolling 5000m course at Woodward Park in Fresno. For many years, the Southern Section Championships and several . . . → Read More: Six Athletes with Seven All-Time Performances on the Championship Courses

Covina’s Rodriguez Leads SGV Boys in Week 7

Covina junior Aaron Rodriguez got off to a quick and a high start in the pole vault this year, with his 14-00 jump in the early season Covina Five Way meet in February.

The jump was not a complete surprise – he was the Frosh/Soph winner at the SGV Champs last year with a then . . . → Read More: Covina’s Rodriguez Leads SGV Boys in Week 7

All-SGV Boys: Hibbard Paces 9 New Leaders

The 2019 season finally got going as local boys shook off the bad weather of previous weeks to turn in a slew of big performances – topped by Arroyo senior Noah Hibbard’s big mile win at the Distance Meet of Champions.

There are now ten All-SGV performers in the 3200 & eight in the 800, . . . → Read More: All-SGV Boys: Hibbard Paces 9 New Leaders

All-SGV Girls: A Big Weekend & Six New Leaders

This weekend’s good weather and big meets led to a bunch of SGV area girls earning All-Area honors this week.

There are now eight All-SGV performers in the 800 & #3200, but no local girls have yet met the standard in the shot, and the long & triple jumps.

Here are the new 2019 Leaders . . . → Read More: All-SGV Girls: A Big Weekend & Six New Leaders

Osvaldo Cervantes – SGV Athlete of the Week (Week 3)

Osvaldo Cervantes picked a pretty big stage to open his 2018 season – the Sweepstakes race at the massive Woodbridge Invitational. But he kept his head (and his feet!) to finish 40th in a lifetime best 14:45 – #3 in the SGV so far, and that makes him our Athlete of the Week for Week . . . → Read More: Osvaldo Cervantes – SGV Athlete of the Week (Week 3)

Noah Hibbard – SGV Athlete of the Week (Wk 2)

Arroyo senior Noah Hibbard is our first SGV Athlete of the Week for 2018, on the strength of his dominating win at the Rosemead Invitational. His 14:28 at Rosemead was the fastest ever for a SGV athlete on that course.

Noah is the defending Mission Valley League champ, and finished 14th at last year’s CIF-SS . . . → Read More: Noah Hibbard – SGV Athlete of the Week (Wk 2)

Chloe Arriaga Named SGVN Athlete of the Week

King’s Lauren Peurifoy and Walnut’s Chloe Arriaga battle for the lead during the Girls Division 1 CIF-Southern Section Cross Country Finals at Riverside City Cross Country Course in Riverside Saturday, November 18, 2017. FRANK BELLINO, THE PRESS-ENTERPRISE/SCNG

Walnut senior Chloe Arriaga has been named the San Gabriel Valley News Group’s girl Athlete of . . . → Read More: Chloe Arriaga Named SGVN Athlete of the Week

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

Rio Hondo Hurdlers Lead Girls in Week 11

The girls of the SGV had an outstanding League Finals week with twelve All-Time Performances.  Even more astoundingly, four of those twelve came in the 300 hurdles, and three came in the same race, with two from the same team!

In the hurdle races, these are the real opponents

Friday’s Rio Hondo . . . → Read More: Rio Hondo Hurdlers Lead Girls in Week 11

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