By Bob Ramsey, on November 27th, 2019% Jack Keough-Lansford – Fastest SGV Athlete for 2019
Jack Keough-Lansford (Jr, Claremont) was the San Gabriel Valley’s top performer at Saturday’s CIF Southern Section Divisional Championships in Riverside. Jack ran 14:53 – 4th best All-Time SGV on this 3-mile course. He finished 12th in Div. II and 14th overall while leading the Wolfpack . . . → Read More: Keough-Lansford Lead Eleven SGV Boys to All-CIF Honors
By Bob Ramsey, on November 26th, 2019% The Wilson Wildcats – first time at Finals, first time at State!
Flintridge Prep claimed the San Gabriel Valley’s sole championship while Claremont were again easily the region’s best team at Saturday’s CIF Southern Section Divisional Championships at the Riverside Cross Country Course.
Five teams will move on to this weekend’s California State . . . → Read More: SGV Boys CIF: Changing of the Guard?
By Bob Ramsey, on October 31st, 2019% The Start of the 2018 Rio Hondo League Boys Varsity Race
We will do our best to provide results and photos from the San Gabriel Valley’s Championship Finals meets, which begin this Saturday.
Here’s the schedule (with links to live results)
Send photos to bramseyjr@gmail.com
Wednesday, October 30 Miramonte League@ Bonelli Park in . . . → Read More: SGV League Championship Finals Meets
By Bob Ramsey, on October 29th, 2019% If you’ve been coming back to this spot looking for the coverage we were able to do last year – sorry.
I started again this Fall, thinking I’d be able to maintain the coverage of San Gabriel Valley Cross Country again. But starting a new job in September took all of my available time and . . . → Read More: Sorry About the (Lack of) Coverage This Year
By Bob Ramsey, on October 29th, 2019% 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
By Bob Ramsey, on September 3rd, 2019% About 40% of the San Gabriel Valley’s cross country programs opened their seasons this past weekend, scattered around Southern California in mostly low-key opening races. Here’s a quick round-up of the four races held outside of the SGV..
Great Cow Run – 3 miles
The Great Cow run, 3 flat miles on a fast course . . . → Read More: SGV Week 1 Round Up: La Mirada Girls Win at Riverside
By Bob Ramsey, on September 3rd, 2019% The California and St. Paul boys teams rode strong opening performances to move into the rankings this week.
This puts fourteen SGV schools among the top 100 schools of the massive CIF Southern Section. These early season rankings are still mostly projections – the rankings matter in October when they can become the basis for . . . → Read More: CIF-SS Polls – Week 1: We’re Up to 14
By Bob Ramsey, on September 3rd, 2019% Diamond Bar’s Lukas Amare – off to a hot start!
On a day of partial teams running on a short course, Arroyo were the top finishers in both the girls and boys races at the Fastback Invitational.
Complete Results
Running one more year at Arcadia Park while the Mt.SAC renovations are wrapping up, . . . → Read More: Fastback: Arroyo Doubles Up
By Bob Ramsey, on September 3rd, 2019% La Serna leads out the boys race, with race winner Connor Parker (c) just behind
Rising power La Serna expanded their XC portfolio by hosting a new meet this year - the Lancer Invitational – a 2-mile opener over the familiar rolling hills of La Mirada Park.
Complete Results
The hosts took both . . . → Read More: Lancer Invite: The Hosts Lead Out the Season
By Bob Ramsey, on August 30th, 2019% Six SGV boys team and six girls are ranked in the Top 10 in the initial 2019 CIF Southern Section Rankings.
Unlike most other sports, where teams are divided into many divisions, based on attempts to balance competitive equity, cross country is organized into just divisions, based solely on enrollment.
Here are the Pre-Season Rankings
. . . → Read More: CIF Pre-Season Polls: 12 SGV Programs Ranked to Start the Year
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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
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