Bell-Jeff: Cwik and the Spartans Announce Themselves

Sonja Cwik

La Cañada led a contingent of ten SGV schools to Bell-Jeff Invitational. This mid-sized meet brings together Southern Section and L.A. City section schools on a hilly, 2.9 mile course in Griffith Park.

The Spartan girls, narrow losers to ranked South Pasadena at their opening cluster meet, announced their ambitions with . . . → Read More: Bell-Jeff: Cwik and the Spartans Announce Themselves

Stanford: Mayfield & Flintridge Sacred Heart Show They Belong

The SGV is well represented in this year’s Div. IV and Div. V CIF-SS rankings, and neighboring Flintridge Prep, Mayfield and Flintridge Sacred Heart took their status on the road to the Stanford Invitational. This big meet features NorCal’s best, and is run in CIF divisions over a fast 5000 meter course on the University’s . . . → Read More: Stanford: Mayfield & Flintridge Sacred Heart Show They Belong

Dana Hills: Kelli Hunt with the Meet Record!

Kelli Hunt

Two-Time State and CIF medalist Kelli Hunt has been banging out solid performances in every race of the 2011 season, and this week at Dana Hills Invite she had her best performance yet. The Whittier Christian senior won the D3 Jr/Sr race in a meet record 17:20 over the 3-mile, slightly . . . → Read More: Dana Hills: Kelli Hunt with the Meet Record!

Sunny Hills: Glendora Keeps Moving Forward

After several years’ absence, Glendora returned to the Wayne Walker/Sunny Hills Invite, run over a somewhat hilly, 3-mile course at Craig Park in Fullerton. The Tartan boys confirmed their CIF Div. II #5/California #8 ranking with strong win in this 24 team field. They put their first five in the top 25 overall, while the . . . → Read More: Sunny Hills: Glendora Keeps Moving Forward

Week 3 Preview – Travel Week

Many cross country teams like to travel, and this weekend hosts three of the major travel opportunities. The top-ranked Arcadia boys will travel, along with several other Southern Section XC powers, to the national Bob Firman Invite in Boise, Idaho, while Div. IV #1 Don Bosco will compete in the Nike Pre-Nationals in Portland, OR. . . . → Read More: Week 3 Preview – Travel Week

Rio Hondo and Pacific Results

We’ll post them when we get them

Pacific #1 – Griffith Park in Los Angeles. 3.05 hilly miles

According to the coverage at DyestatCal, the Arcadia boys attempt at pack running nearly backfired, as they just edged out Burbank for the win. Senior Sergio Gonzalez was 2nd in 15:36.

The Arcadia girls were narrow winners . . . → Read More: Rio Hondo and Pacific Results

Hacienda #1 – Bonita & Los Altos Start Off Best

The seven team Hacienda League met for their first cluster meet on a hot Wednesday at Bonelli Park. Running a slightly long version of the 3 mile Invite course, the Bonita girls took their first step to defending their league title while the Los Altos declared themselves to be the new boss of the league.

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Baseline: Glendora Girls Break Through

Tori Whitworth

The recent league realingnment process left Glendora adrift as the only SGV school in an otherwise IE Baseline League. The Tartan girls announced their presence today by winning the first cluster meet run over a tough three mile course at Glen Helen Park. Glendora tallied 39 points to beat CIF Div. . . . → Read More: Baseline: Glendora Girls Break Through

Camino del Rey: St. Paul & Cantwell SHM Trade Places; Hubert and De La Torre Just Miss

The Camino Del Rey Association, which combines the Del Rey and Camino Real leagues, met for their first cluster meet Tuesday at Santa Fe Dam in Irwindale. These two parochial leagues come from all over Southern California, but include five schools from the SGV.

The Camino Real League got things going over the flat three . . . → Read More: Camino del Rey: St. Paul & Cantwell SHM Trade Places; Hubert and De La Torre Just Miss

Meet Bobby Villagomez

No sports rewards hard work like cross country. Talent matters, but talent without a lot of running, a lot of hard running, goes nowhere. Slowly.

Bobby Villagomez, a senior at Los Altos, decided in June to find out how good he could be. He entered the season with modest track PR’s of 4:42.74 and 10:42.25 . . . → Read More: Meet Bobby Villagomez

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