Don Bosco Girls: Anna to the Front

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

Don Bosco Boys: Ebiner Leads Damien to the Top

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

Fastback: De La Torre Comes Right Back!

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!

Scattered SGV: CalHi Leads at Cow Run

Two SGV schools hit the road this weekend, going north to Ventura and south to San Diego, with several clustering in Cerritos. There were excellent results in each place.

Three SGV schools took part in the super fast Great Cow Run in Cerritos. (Full results) Rising D1 program California opened well on this flat, 3-mile . . . → Read More: Scattered SGV: CalHi Leads at Cow Run

Bronco: Glendora Gears Up

Glendora took top honors at the small Cal Poly Bronco Invitational held over a mostly flat, 5000 meter course at Prado Park in Chino. South Hills also had an excellent start with its girls finishing second to the Tartans and the boys coming in third behind GHS and D3 power Brea Olinda.

Glendora soph Mike . . . → Read More: Bronco: Glendora Gears Up

CIF Prelims Boys: Claremont, Glendora, Damien & Webb – plus Callison and Nobbs Move On

Cross Country requires more than talent, and even more than hard work – the athletes need to be lucky enough to stay healthy. Last year Claremont was on track for a top finish until the were derailed by the H1N1 virus, and this year they’ve been healthy. Last year, Glendora enjoyed almost perfect health on . . . → Read More: CIF Prelims Boys: Claremont, Glendora, Damien & Webb – plus Callison and Nobbs Move On

CIF Prelims Girls: Bonita, Claremont, and Lauren Advance

The CIF Southern Section is easily the toughest and strongest sporting section in the country – advancing to the finals of this meet is the equivalent of advancing to the state final in the big states, and superior to the final in smaller states. Just one of the penalties we pay for living in Southern . . . → Read More: CIF Prelims Girls: Bonita, Claremont, and Lauren Advance

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

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