Cross Country Extra - Mt. SAC on deck
Once again, a local coach has stepped up and offered to help give insight to what's going on in cross country. This comes from Glendora assistant coach Bob Ramsey
Mt. SAC UP Next: We've reached the halfway point of the cross country season. SGV athletes have completed most of their league cluster meets, and have competed in some of the biggest meets in California. But now we turn the page to the championship portion of the season, beginning with this weekend's Mt Sac Invitational. This will be the first time all of the Valley's top runners and teams will compete in the same meet, and on the one course that matters in CIF - Southern Section.
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Overall Rankings: Until they sort themselves out on the weekend, the lists below are a rough attempt to rank the top performers of this season, but it is a very rough attempt. Comparing cross country times is notoriously difficult, given the wildly different surfaces, terrains, field sizes and weather in which the athletes race.
Boys
Sergio Rodriguez - Senior/Los Altos 15:42 10/11 Mt Sac 2.91m, very hilly, cool
Jayson Perez - Junior/South El Monte 16:14 10/4 Carbon Canyon 5k, rolling, cool
Corey Bullock - Senior/Glendora 15:55 10/11 Woodward Park 5k, rolling, cool
Anthony Castro - Soph/Glendora 16:04 10/11 Woodward Park
Christopher Ramsey - Senior/Glendora 16:16 10/2 Bonelli Park 5k, rolling, hot
Jonathan Garcia - Soph/Damien 16:17 10/2 Bonelli Park 5k
Victor Serrano - Senior/Rosemead 15:19 10/18 Legg Lake 3m, flat, cool
Jonathan Taylor - Senior/Rowland 15:21 10/18 Legg Lake
Paul Nay - Senior/Baldwin Park 15:23 10/18 Legg Lake
Austin Goodheart - Junior/Glendora 16:30 10/2 Bonelli Park 5k
Conversions: Legg Lake 3m (+0:44) Mt.Sac 2.91m ( - ); Woodward Park 5k (-0:06); Bonelli Park 5k (-0:16); Carbon Canyon 5k (-0:26)
Girls
Lauren Justus - Soph/Glendora 19:07 10/2 Bonelli Park 5k, rolling, hot
Priscilla Llanos - Soph/Rowland 18:51 10/11 Mt. Sac 2.91m, very hilly, cool
Iliana Vazquez - Soph/Bishop Amat 19:12 10/4 Crescenta Valley 3m, hilly, cool
Katy Hebb - Frosh/St. Lucy's 19:14 9/27 Stanford 5k, rolling, warm
Marissa Horton - Soph/St. Lucy's 19:15 10/2 Bonelli Park 5k
Heather Jackson - Soph/Bonita 18:56 10/11 Mt. Sac 2.91m
Shavonn Johnson - Frosh/Bonita 19:12 10/11 Mt. Sac 2.91m
Reina Sotelo - Junior/Los Altos 19:15 10/11 Mt. Sac 2.91m
Amanda Camarillo - Senior/South Hills 18:43 10/4 HB Central Park 3m, rolling, cool
Brittnie Munoz - Junior/Rosemead 18:25 10/18 Legg Lake 3m, flat, mild
Conversions: Legg Lake 3m (+0:55); HB Central Park (+0:35); Mt Sac ( - ); Stanford, Bonelli 5k and Cresenta Valley (-0:20).
Among the boys South El Monte junior Jayson Perez and seniors Sergio Rodriguez (Los Altos) and Corey Bullock (Glendora) have been separated themselves from the field. Perez has won both of this big races, the Rosemead Invite and the Brea Invite at Carbon Canyon, by comfortable margins, but Rodriguez and Bullock have high finishes against stronger competition.
You can put a hat over next six boys, five of whom have raced each other a number of times. Glendora senior Christopher Ramsey has the best record against the others in the group, but hasn't met Victor Serrano (senior/Rosemead), who beat several on the list while winning last Saturday's Bell Gardens Invite at Legg Lake.
Glendora has been the top SGV team so far, winning every head to head meeting with Valley teams, and enters the weekend ranked 9th in the CIF-SS Div II. Los Altos is moving up, having been very strong in their league competitions and the SGV invite run two weeks ago at Mt Sac.
The top six girls best performances are within seconds of each other. No one has emerged as a consistent leader, and since all six are frosh or sophomores, this should probably be expected. Priscilla Llanos (Rowland) has the top SGV time at Mt Sac so far, but has not raced the girls from Glendora and St. Lucy's. Among those girls, Tartan Lauren Justus has the best performance, but she has a mixed record against Katy Hebb and Marissa Horton of St. Lucy's, who have taken turns beating each other. Iliana Vazquez (Bishop Amat) won her division on the tough hilly course at the Kenny Staub Invite in Crescenta Valley and Heather Jackson has shown her quality on flat courses and with a very strong effort at Mt Sac.
St. Lucy's has been the class of the SGV, moving up to 4th in Div III of the CIF-SS and 7th in State in this week's rankings. Bishop Amat, Bonita, Rowland, Los Altos, and South Hills all will be looking to move up this weekend.
Comments
Watch out for Los Altos girls! Reina Sotelo ran a 19:14 at Mt SAC at the SGV invite
Posted by: XCRunner's dad | October 27, 2008 11:55 AM
Missed this excellent performance on Saturday morning:
19:19 - Carly Lake/Charter Oak
This put her second best on the day and on the weekend.
Posted by: Bob Ramsey | October 27, 2008 12:11 AM
Top Performers from Saturday - Div. I & II - very hot in the afternoon, which is why all but one on the lists below ran in the morning.
Boys
15:49 - Anthony Castro/Glendora
15:59 - Sergio Rodriguez/Los Altos
16:04 - John Garcia/Damien
16:12 - Christopher Ramsey/Glendora
16:13 - Jesus Corral/Baldwin Park
16:18 - Joshua Sanchez/Los Altos (9th grader!)
16:22 - Efren Alcala/Arroyo
Girls
18:53 - Lauren Justus/Glendora
19:55 - Johanna Murray/Glendora
19:56 - Michelle Jimenez/Baldwin Park
20:18 - Reina Sotelo/Los Altos
20:19 - Nicolette Garcia/Los Altos
20:21 - Joyce Chiao/Walnut (In the heat!)
20:22 - Karla Lizarraga/Arroyo
Posted by: Bob Ramsey | October 25, 2008 11:11 PM
Top SGV Performers for Friday - Div. III, IV, & V Hot conditions!
Boys:
15:58 Jayson Perez - South El Monte
16:40 Victor Serrano - Rosemead
16:45 Oscar Castro - Ganesha
16:52 Elijah Durian - Ganesha
17:07 Mauricio Luna - La Puente
17:13 Israel Orosco - Azusa
17:24 Octavo Hernandez - Ganesha
Girls
19:22 Marissa Horton - St. Lucy's
19:44 Heather Jackson - Bonita
19:53 Liz Zuniga - South Hills
19:56 Brittnie Munoz - Rosemead
20:00 Amanda Camarillo - South Hills
20:02 Krissy Hebb - St. Lucy's
20:03 Taylor Hebb - St. Lucy's
Posted by: Bob Ramsey | October 24, 2008 10:04 PM
West Covina's cross country has just set a record for being undeafted in their league meet yesterday as everyone won! Keep up the good work Bulldogs!
Posted by: Chris | October 23, 2008 5:36 PM
Yikes, and sorry, Mr. Velazquez.
The initial misspelling was from how her name was written in the results. This one was my fault.
Posted by: Bob Ramsey | October 23, 2008 1:53 PM
Iliana's (Amat) last name is correctly
spelled: VELAZQUEZ. No offense, but if
you can't get the names correctly to the
athletes how do we know if the times are
correct to each corresponding runner? Could make a difference in the standings.
Posted by: Proud Dad | October 23, 2008 12:01 PM
No bias, but I did make a mistake.
John Garcia should be 7th on the weekly list, between Goodheart and Rodriguez.
Posted by: Bob Ramsey | October 22, 2008 11:02 PM
Boys
Corey Bullock - Senior/Glendora 16:08 Bonelli Park 5k, rolling, warm
Victor Serrano - Senior/Rosemead 15:19 Legg Lake 3 miles flat, mild
Jonathan Taylor - Senior/Rowland 15:21 Legg Lake
Paul Nay - Senior/Baldwin Park 15:23 Legg Lake
Christopher Ramsey - Senior/Glendora 16:29 Bonelli 5k
Austin Goodheart - Junior/Glendora 16:33 Bonelli 5k
Sergio Rodriguez - Senior/Los Altos 15:41 Legg Lake
Jesus Corral - Senior/Baldwin Park 15:45 Legg Lake
Anthony Castro - Soph/Glendora 16:51 Bonelli 5k?
Neill Netzeband - Junior/Glendora 16:57 Bonelli 5k?
In the top seven...( this is the top seven from the bonelli 5k)
16:08 2nd Corey Bullock, Glendora
16:29 3rd Christopher Ramsey, Glendora
16:33 5th Austin Goodheart, Glendora
16:35 7th John Garcia, Damien???
Bias much?
Posted by: John | October 22, 2008 5:32 PM
Hey Fred,
I would also keep a close eye on Diamond Bar.They ran just over 86+ at Bonelli,and they are working harder than the 97 team that went to the Finals at Cif.They also have their leader back in Scott Pressman. I predict they will go sub 84 min range at league finals and possibly Cif .
Posted by: patrick | October 22, 2008 4:55 PM