By Bob Ramsey, on October 23rd, 2009 In the heat of Friday’s Div 3, 4, 5 competition at Mt. Sac, South El Monte senior Jayson Perez again took top honors despite a somewhat subpar day, placing 9th in the Div. 3 Sweepstakes race in 16:10. Other strong performance’s came from Johnny Flores (South Hills), who was 3rd with a breakthrough 16:24 in his Div 3 heat, and Fabian Velasco (Duarte), 1st in his Div. 4 heat in 16:29.
South Hills were 2nd in their Div 3 heat for the best team performance, and in a merge of all 12 local teams running on Friday, they just edged out South El Monte, 58-59, for the top local team.
Top Performers and Top Teams after the jump. Continue reading Mt.Sac Day 1-Boys: Jayson and South Hills Lead
By Bob Ramsey, on October 23rd, 2009 On Friday’s opening races of the Mt. SAC Invitational, ESGV teams held to form, with St. Lucy’s finishing as the top local team, and Bonita frosh Marissa Scott continuing to show not just promise but immediate achievement as the top local runners.
Both St. Lucy’s and Bonita, along with Rosemead and Bishop Amat raced in the Div 3 Sweepstakes race at the end of the day, and were able to escape some of the day’s heat to turn in strong performances. The Regents, led by Taylor Hebb‘s 18:56 7th place finish and Marissa Horton (19:11, 14th), placed 4th overall, while Bonita was 7th, with both teams showing they merit their CIF and State rankings. Rosemead’s Brittnie Munoz was 9th overall in 19:19.
We did a merge of all the local teams competing on Friday. Those combined team results, plus the top ten performers and team leaders after the jump. Continue reading Mt.Sac Day 1-Girls: St. Lucy’s and Marissa S. on Top Again
By Bob Ramsey, on October 22nd, 2009 Wednesday’s Miramonte #2 Cluster meet seems like a replay of the first meet. Los Altos (boys) and Bonita (girls) were the team winners, while Paul Balderas (Diamond Ranch) and Lexie Jackson (Bonita) were again the individual winners.
But a closer look shows some key differences in this week’s version of the meet, run over the tough 3.2 mile course at Schabarum Park. Los Altos proved even more dominant in the guys race, with a 2-3-4-5-7 finish for their leaders, while Bonita, missing two of their top five from the first race, let Los Altos get uncomfortably close. All of the teams showed progress, each of the five teams represented in both the boys and girls top 10.
Top performers and complete results after the jump Continue reading Miramonte #2 – Kind of Like #1
By Bob Ramsey, on October 19th, 2009 East SGV athletes had a great week, winning individual honors at two invites, and doing it in conditions that ranged from driving rain to high heat. Senior Jayson Perez (South El Monte) and soph Kristy Hebb (St. Lucy’s) were the top individual performers. Kristy ran a strong second place in the rain in the tough Sierra League on Tuesday, while Jayson was easily the overall winner at Saturday’s Bell Gardens Invite, where junior Lauren Justus (Glendora) was the girls winner.
Rosemead was the area’s lone representative at the Santa Clarita Invite, and senior Brittnie Munoz was alone at the end of the race, winning in a fine time of 18:41 on this flat, 3 mile course. This was her second Invite win of the year. She and her teammates finished 6th in the team competition. Christopher Le (17:10) was once again the Panther’s top boy. Full results are here.
In the cluster meets, the Glendora boys, led by Austin Goodheart‘s winning effort, dropped a dominating 17 points on the Sierra League, while St. Lucy’s took the top spot to set up a show down at finals with Ayala. In the Montview, La Puente (b) and Sierra Vista repeated their wins from the first meet. In the Valle Vista, the Covina girls continued roll, while Northview made the jump to first after finishng third in the first meet.
The week’s top performers are after the jump. Continue reading Week 6: Jayson and Kristy Lead, Glendora boys dominate, Northview guys step up
By Bob Ramsey, on October 17th, 2009 Senior Jayson Perez (South El Monte) and junior Lauren Justus (Glendora) turned in dominating wins in today’s Bell Gardens Invitational. Taking advantage of the relative cool weather of the first race of the day, Perez scorched the flat three mile course at Whittier Narrows Park in 15:02, ahead of fine performances from Israel Orosco (Azusa), Paul Balderas (Diamond Ranch), Efren Alcala (Arroyo) and teammate Isaias Hinojosa, all of whom dipped under 16:00. El Monte’s Brandon Martinez ran a fine 15:46 to win the Junior race.
Justus led the girls junior race from the start and cruised to a 18:35 win. She was followed under 19:00 minutes by junior Vanessa Lopez (Rowland), and Reina Sotelo (Los Altos) in the senior race.
Top Ten Area Performers after the jump Continue reading Bell Gardens Invite: Jayson and Lauren lead the way
By Bob Ramsey, on October 16th, 2009 Getting caught up… Tuesday’s second Sierra League meet, run over the 5000 meter course at Bonelli Park, was held under clouds and then under serious rain during the Varsity races. While this held down the times a little, the competition was completely undiminished, with St. Lucy’s and Glendora posting very strong efforts to win the team races.
In the first cluster meet, St. Lucy’s was missing two of their top 5 runners and ended second to Div. II ranked Ayala. This time, the 4th ranked Div III Regents had their full team, and they turned the tables on Ayala 39-45. Soph Krissy Hebb, half of that missing pair, returned to competition with a strong 19:07 second place effort and was joined the meet’s top 10 by juniors Taylor Hebb (4th) and Marissa Horton (8th) and soph Mariah Reyes (10th). Glendora, on the strength of junior Lauren Justus‘ 19:15 for third place, moved from 6th to 4th in the team results. Frosh Kelly Kuo again led Diamond Bar with her 20:20 for 14th place – a 22 second improvement that was all the more impressive given the conditions.
The Glendora boys, ranked 8th in Div. II, were easy winners in the first cluster meet, and were even more dominant in this week’s heavy rains. They scored an incredible 17 points, finishing 1-2-3-5-6 (and 8!). This week, they were led for the first time by senior Austin Goodheart, a CIF Div II Finalist at 800m last spring, in 16:19, a strong time for the conditions. He was followed by teammates Anthony Castro – the winner of the first meet, Kelly Hernandez (=PR despite a fall), Austin Mendoza, Neill Netzeband (PR) and Shin Yamamura (PR) in the top ten.
With Diamond Bar’s previous frontrunner James McCreary suffering an off day, they failed to place anyone in the top 10. But they did reach their more important goal of a third place finish. Their 17-18-19-20-26 finish, led by James Powell at 17:23, was good enough to beat out Chino Hills by 1 point! The Damien team had several excellent improvements by their athletes, and their frontrunner John Garcia followed up a nice performance Saturday at Mt.Sac with a 10th place finish.
Team Scores, Top Performers and complete results after the jump Continue reading Sierra #2: St. Lucy’s to the Top and Glendora Rolls
By Bob Ramsey, on October 16th, 2009 The team results were the same while new leaders emerged when the Montview League held their second of three cluster meets Thursday on the hilly 3 mile course at Schabarum Park. The new faces in the lead were Fabian Velasco (Duarte) who dominated the boys race with his 16:06 effort, and Sierra Vista’s Laura Gutierrez, who rolled to a comfortable win in 21:21, a nice improvement from the first meet as was the 21:36 Bassett’s Karla Amparan ran as she moved up from 7th from her previous 2nd. Azusa’s Israel Orosco turned in another solid 16:34 to finish second again, while the first meet’s winner, Duarte’s Avi Gertmenian slipped to third in 16:39.
In the team results, La Puente, led by Chris Castillo‘s 17:16 fifth place again took the top spot by virtue of their greater depth, followed by Azusa and Sierra Vista, who narrowly reversed their order from the first meet. The Sierra Vista girls improved by placing 4 runners in the top 10 and were again easy winners, while Bassett, on the strength of higher finishes by their frontrunners, switched positions from the first meet with Azusa to finish second.
Scores, Top Performers and Complete Results after the jump Continue reading Montview #2: La Puente, Sierra Vista Repeat, Velasco and Gutierrez Step Up
By Bob Ramsey, on October 15th, 2009 Wednesday’s Valle Vista League saw soggy conditions, cooler weather, and a new leader among the boys. Northview with 30 points, and third placed in the first cluster meet, pushed past Covina’s 56 to take the boys competition with an amazing 2-3-4-5 finish . The Covina girls, with 23 points, were again easy winners over second placed Baldwin Park (40 points) to win their race.
Frankie Gonzalez (16:59 – Covina) moved up from his previous second place to win, while Northview’s Alfred Folgar moved all the way up from 15th in the first race to finish second in 17:01, a 34 second improvement in conditions that saw most athletes running about 30 seconds slower than the first meet. Covina’s Rachel Falomir again easily led the girls in 20:36 over the 3 mile Beach course at Bonelli Park.
Team scores, leaders, and complete results after the jump. Continue reading Valle Vista #2: Northview Shakes it Up, Covina Girls roll.
By Bob Ramsey, on October 13th, 2009 Last weeks major was the San Gabriel Valley 1 v 1 Championships, where many local teams made their Mt. Sac debut. The St. Lucy’s girls won the team title, while South El Monte’s Jayson Perez and Bonita’s frosh pair, Lexie Jackson and Marissa Scott were the top individuals, as the girls were in the Miramonte League race earlier in the week. Scroll down or click on the links for full coverage of these meets.
Also on Saturday, Rosemead traveled to the statewide Clovis Invitational, run over the same 5k course that hosts the State Championships. Seniors Brittnie Munoz and Elizabeth Lyons led the Panthers to a high finish in their race, while Christopher Le was the team’s top boy. (Complete meet results here)
This week’s top ten performers after the jump. Continue reading Week 5: St. Lucy’s first at SGV; Perez and Jackson lead
By Bob Ramsey, on October 13th, 2009 Cross Country in Southern California is measured by Mt. Sac. The course in Walnut, featuring three huge hills, is the home of the biggest XC invite in the West, but more importantly, it is the site of CIF Prelims and Finals, along with several local leagues Championship Finals Meets. This past Saturday, a number of the local schools got their first look at the entire 2.92 mile course on Saturday in the San Gabriel Valley 1 v. 1 Challenge.
Making the most of their debut were the Bonita frosh duo of Lexie Jackson and Marissa Scott, who scorched the tough course in 18:35 and 18:47, while finishing 2nd and 3rd respectively. For some perspective, Lexie’s time would have been the fastest among area athletes last year, and Marissa’s time was equal to the second best of ’08.  Other top finishers included Rowland’s Vanessa Lopez, 19:03 for 4th, (an improvement of almost a minute from ’08) and Kristen Galvez, 19:42 for 9th. St. Lucy’s Taylor and Katy Hebb (19:17 for 5th, and 19:43 for 10th overall) led the Regents to the team title, over third placed Bonita and fourth placed Rowland on a day when many teams were missing athletes to SAT testing.
On the boys side, South El Monte senior Jayson Perez put in a strong bid to remain area Athlete of the Year with a strong PR 15:35 to finish 2nd overall. He was joined in the overall top 10 by Arroyo senior Efren Alcala, 16:23 for 9th, and Damien junior John Garcia, 16:25 for 10th. Los Altos, led by soph Joshua Sanchez (16:28), was the top local team with a fourth place finish. Continue reading SGV Champs at Mt. Sac: St. Lucy’s wins, Perez leads again, Jackson and Scott strong on their first visit.
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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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