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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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 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 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 Most of the 75 schools of the San Gabriel Valley will swing into action this week as the 2011 XC season starts with two major meets hosted in the SGV. At the Don Bosco Tech Invite and the Fastback Shootout at Mt.SAC – sponsored by Arroyo – the host schools are the top local contenders. . . . → Read More: Week 1 Preview: Bosco and Fastback lead local action Five teams and three individuals will compete in Saturday’s CIF Divisional finals over the famous 2.93 mile course at Mt.SAC. Or at least, probably. With rain in the forecast, there’s the possibility that if rains hard enough, the races will be moved to the 5000 meter Rain Course. This course, which finishes inside the stadium . . . → Read More: Preview: CIF Finals Cross Country season began in June or July for many of our athletes, and it reaches it culmination for most with this week’s League Finals Championship Meets – with league titles and CIF berths on the line. The various leagues differ in how they award their team championships, but CIF mandates advancement procedure to the . . . → Read More: League Finals Previews The weekend at the Mt.SAC Invitational is reserved for the bigger Div. I & II schools, along with the biggest races of the weekend. The East SGV only has ten schools competing, but our area will be well represented in the biggest races. The Claremont and Glendora boys ranked #3 & #6 in the CIF-SS . . . → Read More: Preview: Mt.SAC Saturday |
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