Many teams take a break in this fourth weekend of the season. It comes just after the first wave of clusters meets and just before the second wave as well as next weekend’s big Clovis Invitational and the local SGV Challenge at Mt.SAC. And many of the teams that are racing will be holding out . . . → Read More: Week 4 Preview – Laying Low
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The very competitive Del Rio League kicked off the 2011 with their first cluster meet on the flat, 3-mile course at Legg Lake. Even with the warm day, these athletes and teams did not disappoint. Here’s the meet recap from California Coach Tony DiMarco: Girls Varsity race recap: Co-defending champions El Rancho were . . . → Read More: Del Rio #1: CalHi and El Rancho, FTW! The Montview League runs three cluster meets, and their finals meet at Schbarum Park, making their passionate league battles an excellent test – the same eight teams, on the same course, four times! Last year, La Puente and Azusa battled to the end for the boys title, with the Warriors taking the championship. The Sierra . . . → Read More: Montview #1: Ganesha Takes Both! The Mission Valley League came into the 2011 season with most of the talent returning from a good ‘1o season, but everyone knows it’s not who you have on paper, it’s who you can get to the line that matters. Kelly Luc The Rosemead girls got right down to the business of defending . . . → Read More: Mission Valley #1: Arroyo Boys Solid, Rosemead Girls Almost Perfect L-R: Maldonado, Mejia & Gonzalez The first Valle Vista meet of 2011 is in the books, and change is in the making. Covina is defending two-time boys and three-time girls defending champs, but the girls will have an uphill battle. Northview broke through to win today on the three mile Lake Course at . . . → Read More: Valle Vista #1: Northview Girls Step Up, Covina Boys Hold Doug Negrete Damien has been traditionally strong in our sport, including a trip to the State Meet in 2004, but they fell on hard times in the latter part of the 00’s. The Spartans turned that around in 2010, not only advancing to CIF for the first time in several years, but also . . . → Read More: Sierra #1: Damien Meets the Challenge Not every top runner is an overnight sensation. And Whittier senior Aaron Mora certainly isn’t. This is the fourth year of a solid HS career. He came into his final season with a solid 15:31 MtSAC PR and ran 9:34.89 to finish 3rd in the 3200 at last year’s SGV Track Championships. After a strong . . . → Read More: Meet Aaron Mora About half of the SGV schools ran in their first league cluster meets last week, the other half gets going this week. These are some of the most exciting meets of the year, because unlike the big invites, almost every team is competitive at their league level. The most competitive meet of the week will . . . → Read More: Cluster Meets Continue – Del Rio and Sierra the Best of the Bunch At this point of the season some teams are struggling. Some are succeeding beyond expectations. And some are doing just what they were expected to do. This means there’s going to be movement every week. This week, the Webb boys, on the strength of their run at Bell-Jeff and in the Prep League Cluster, move . . . → Read More: Week Three Rankings – Small Movements Sergio (L) & Ryan Defending National Champions Arcadia won their second title in as many weeks, traveling to Idaho for the national Bob Firman Invite. Led once more by strong efforts from their senior leaders Sergio Gonzalez (3rd/15:55) & Ryan Vargas (4th/15:56), the Apaches ran well and overcame the loss of two Varsity . . . → Read More: Week 3 Roundup: Arcadia Again, La Cañada Makes Its Case |
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