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The heart of our sport are the league cluster meets, in which the teams of a particular league meet to compete. While large Saturday Invites are exciting, cluster meets bring and intimacy and a personal element to the competition. For most leagues, the cluster meets are used, in combination with the league final meet, to . . . → Read More: Cluster Meets Start This Week With two weeks down in the season, everyone has raced, and the rankings are based on performance and not potential. On the strength of those performances, both the South Hills boys and girls move into the CIF-SS Divisional Rankings, as do the boys from Whittier and California. In the commentary on the rankings from Dyestatcal’s . . . → Read More: CIF Rankings: South Hills, California & Whittier Join the Fun This past weekend saw reigning National and everything champs Arcadia boys defend their first title at the Woodbridge Invitational. The Apaches had an amazing day, but California and Damien also staked their claim to future CIF and State meet spots. Arcadia senior Ryan Vargas was again the top SGV athlete of the week, with his . . . → Read More: Week 2 Round Up: Arcadia Still There, Many Others Coming! The Mayfield Cub The San Gabriel Valley’s “Woodbridge” – the 30th Annual Rosemead Invite, took off under the lights Saturday, and ended with some of the strongest performances ever. The event is run in class races over a fast, flat 3-mile course. In a power merge of all the races, Div. IV #7 . . . → Read More: Rosemead: Mayfield and Whittier to the Front With the first two-day Woodbridge Invitational in the books, the rising quality of California Cross Country, and San Gabriel Valley XC is evident. 38 SGV boys were sub 16:00 (seven sub 15:00) and 22 girls were sub 19:00, with 7 below 18:00! The Arcadia boys successfully reloaded, declaring their intent to defend all . . . → Read More: Woodbridge: Arcadia Still #1, But the Water is Rising The biggest meet in and for the San Gabriel Valley Saturday is the Rosemead Invitational. It’s an almost flat, three mile race, run on and around the RHS campus, with the later races under the lights. Twenty-three of the forty-two participating schools are from the SGV. Whittier, Los Altos, Arroyo and Walnut should all contend . . . → Read More: Rosemead Preview Last year, the Arcadia boys won everything, including the massive Woodbridge Invitational Sweepstakes race. They graduated four of the seven athletes who ran at WXC last year, but return Ryan Vargas, who was an easy winner at AHS’s opener at Laguna Hills, and Sergio Gonzalez, who was off last week. On paper, and in computer . . . → Read More: Woodbridge Saturday Preview: Arcadia, + 1? The Puma Compound at WXC The Woodbridge Invitational is huge, with over 100 teams coming from all over our state and several other states as well. It’s become so big that the organizers have scheduled the meet over two days, with smaller Red and White divisions competing Friday night (under the lights!) at . . . → Read More: Woodbridge Friday Preview: South Hills and Covina Looking to Shine Bishop Amat frosh Emily Hubert got off to a nice start at last weekend’s Don Bosco Invite, running 18:27 in her first high school XC meet! On Wednesday, she kept right on going at the small, friendly Phil Ryan Invite, run over an almost flat, but twisty with heavy grass, 3-mile course at San Marino’s . . . → Read More: Paul Ryan/Lacy Park: Hubert Keeps Going! Ryan Vargas Last weekend’s team results were largely about confirmation – the Arcadia boys are still really strong, and California is rebuilding their CIF Finalist team (details here). The ’09 CIF Champs Glendora boys showed they’re on their way back after an injury and illness marred ’10, and the young Tartan girls (6 . . . → Read More: Week 1 Round Up: Excellent Debuts! |
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