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Sam Blake 2009 JO XC Championships

Posted by on Nov 22, 2009 in legacy, XC, Youth | Comments Off on Sam Blake 2009 JO XC Championships

Samuel Blake

2009 Midget Boys JO XC National Champion!

Sam Blake

2009 Junior Olympic MIdget Cross Country Champion Sam Blake

 

Midget Boys runner, Samuel Blake, awins teh Midget Boys race with a late race surge.

by Bob Burns

Link to Top PA Midgets Photos and Finish Times

Sam Blake has few peers when it comes to multi-tasking.  He juggles straight A’s in middle school with overlapping schedules of swimming and running. His mother sometimes catches him watching YouTube clips of Olympic track on his computer while polishing off a math or history assignment. No sweat.
Sam particularly enjoys watching the tactics used by the great Ethiopian runner, Kenenisa Bekele.

“I like the way he waits until everyone else is fading and then just takes off,” Sam said. “He’s pretty much unbeatable.”

It might be a bit soon to compare him to Bekele, but Sam Blake has few peers at his age level when it comes to distance running. He clocked a 4:56 mile last spring as an 11-year-old. He won the Midget Boys title at the 2009 USATF National Junior Olympic Cross Country Championships in Reno, outracing a field of 233 finishers in a snowstorm.

Blake covered the 3,000-meter course at Rancho San Rafael Regional Park in 10 minutes, 12 seconds, imitating Bekele’s late-race surge to win by 13 seconds. It was the second national championship for Blake, a Campbell resident who competes for the Los Gatos Athletic Association Track Club. Despite being a year younger than most of the top challengers, he won the 2008 Junior Olympic title in Virginia by a three-second margin.

“Last year I tried to raise my arms up as I finished but I was too tired to lift them,” said Blake, who turned 12 on Nov. 18. “I was able to raise them this time. It was really fun.”

Sam’s mother wonders whether he was born to run.

“I have four kids, and his was the only pregnancy when I kept running,” Susie Blake said. “He was running as soon as he could walk. He’d have to run up and down the hallway before he could get to sleep.”

For the time being, at least, running must give way to swimming. Sam is an excellent swimmer who, because of a fortuitous birthday, hopes to clean up in the pool this spring.  This fall, he mixed in three or four swim practices a week while running about the same amount.  Rather than compete in the 2010 Junior Olympic Track and Field Championships in Sacramento, he plans to concentrate on swimming and the Far Western Regionals.

When he finished one recent cross country race and his mom said he must be exhausted, Sam said it was nothing compared to a hard workout in the pool.
“The pain you feel in running comes from breathing,” Sam explained. “It’s not really physical pain like you feel in swimming, when your whole body is tired.”

Susie Blake, a former professional triathlete, coaches Sam in both sports. She stopped competing when she had the third of her four children (Sam is the second-oldest).

“We have the philosophy that we want to save him so he he’s running well when he’s 17 or 18,” Susie Blake said. “I think he’ll eventually choose running, but we’re a swimming family, and he enjoys doing both sports. He’s only 12.”

Normally, as defending champion, Blake would have been considered the favorite, but Sam said that wasn’t necessarily the case.

“I felt like I had the potential to win, but most of the kids in the race didn’t know me since I didn’t run JO track last spring,” Sam said.

Two feet of snow fell on the day of the race. Blake said the cold caused his chest to hurt in the first half of the race, but it didn’t keep him from making a decisive move going up a hill with about 700 meters to go. He finished 13 seconds ahead of the runner-up, Ryan Alexander of Southern California’s Equalizers.

“It was really cold and there wasn’t really a designated trail because there was so much snow on the ground,” Sam said.

In addition to winning the 2008 national midget title, Blake braved snowy conditions to finish fifth in the Bantam Boys class at the 2007 National Junior Olympics in Lawrence, Kansas.

“Two of his three national races had inclement conditions, so I guess it doesn’t bother him too much,” said Sam’s father, John Blake.

With Blake and teammate Steven Sum finishing 1-3 in Reno, Los Gatos finished second in the team battle with 38 points, just five points behind the first-place Southern California Roadrunners.

“I like the team aspect of cross country,” Blake said. “On the starting line, you can be nervous along with other people you know.”

While he’ll trade his running shoes for a swim suit this spring, Sam figures he’ll eventually concentrate on track.

“In the end, I’ll probably be better at running,” he said. “My goal is to make it to the Olympics in track. After the Olympics, if I make it, my goal is to do the Ironman Triathlon. I always feel happy when I do something really hard. I like the more strenuous sports because you can push yourself.”

 

 

 

2009 JO XC Pacific Association/USATF Region 16 Championships

Posted by on Nov 22, 2009 in legacy, XC, Youth | Comments Off on 2009 JO XC Pacific Association/USATF Region 16 Championships

 

Pacific Association / USATF

2009 Junior Olympic Region 16

Youth Cross Country Championships

Sunday, November 29, 2009

Rancho San Rafael Park (Reno, Nevada)

Meet Director:  Bob Shor at (707) 539-6787 or [email protected]

This is the Pacific Association’s ONLY qualifying meet for the National USATF Junior Olympic Cross Country Championships.  The National meet will be held two weeks later on December 12, 2009 on this same course.

 

Meet Entry Information

  • All Athletes:
    • Must compete in your age group
    • Must be a current USATF member
    • If you are going to compete as a member of an age group team, all members on the team, must be in the same age group, of the same sex and a member of the same PA/USATF registered club

Age Group

Year of Birth

Race Distance

Bantam

1999 or later

3K

Midget

1997-1998

3K

Youth

1995-1996

4K

Intermediate

1993-1994

5K

Young

1991-1992

5K

 

  • High School Athletes:   You must compete in thismeetin order to qualify for theNationalUSATF Junior Olympic Cross Country Championships
    • California High School Athletes:   If you plan to compete at the CIF state meet on Saturday, November 28 located in Fresno, plan your after race travel to ensure you will be ready to compete in Reno on Sunday morning, November 29
  • Registration is a 2-step process
    • Pre-Work:
      • Obtain a 2009 USATF membership number @ https://www.pausatf.org/data/PAAppOnline.html
      • Proof of birth date validation
        • New Member:  Mail a copy of your birth certificate or other approved documenttovalidate your date of birth to:
            • PA/USATF c/o Heike Mansoor
            • 120 Ponderosa Ct.
            • Folsom, CA  95630
              • or FAX to 916-983-4624
          • Must be received in the PA/USATF office no later than Thursday, November 19 so there is time to process the paperwork.  If you miss this deadline then you must attach a copy of the proof of birth date to the paperwork that is documented in Step 2 below
        • Returning Member:   Check the PA/USATF website to confirm your proof ofbirthhas been received at the national office.  If your date of birth has not been validated then follow steps above for “New Member”
    • Both Step 1 and Step 2 must be done to complete the registration process.
    • Step 1:  Online Registration
      • Click on the links below to the register electronically via the USATF National website
      • It is a very simple online process.  Before you get started make sure you have your 2009 10-digit USATF membership number and password.  The steps are intuitive and easy to follow.  Just keep clicking next till you are done.  If you are a coach registering your club youth athletes you initially enter the website with your own personal USATF 10-digit membership number and password
      • Teams:  If you are registering an age-group team you have the ability to register each athlete and assign them to the proper team within your squad (i.e., A, B or C team)
      • Once you have completed the registration process you will be asked to pay online either via Visa or an Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT)
      • Registration Fee:  $15.00 per athlete
      • Deadline for online registration 12 Midnight on Sunday, November 22, 2009
    • Step 2:  Back-up Paper Registration
      • Individual Athlete:  Print the 2009 USATF Junior Olympic Cross Country Program Individual Entry & Advancement form
        • Fill out the top third of the form though the field titled, “USATF Membership Number.”  Leave Section 1, 2 and 3 blank.  Both athlete and parent must sign form at the bottom
        • If you have any concerns about the timely validation of a birth date … attach a copy of the athlete’s birth certificate to the individual’s form
      • Age Group Teams Within a Club:  In addition to every athlete in the meet completing the form above, each club that plans to compete in the team competition by entering an age group team of 5-8 same sex athletes must also print and complete the 2009 USATF Junior Olympic Cross Country Program Team Entry/Advancement and Declaration Roster
        • Fill out all parts of the page except the columns for Association, Regional, National … leave these blank
        • Recommendation:  List every 2009 USATF member within an age group on your roster in case you need to replace an athlete
      • Deadline to mail in signed copy of the Junior Olympic individual and age group team paperwork must be postmarked no later than 12 Midnight on Monday, November 23.
        • PA/USATF Region 16 Cross Country
        • c/o Maria Castillo
        • 221 Waterview Terrace
        • Vallejo, CA  94591

 LATE REGISTRATION WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED THIS YEAR

Race Day Timeline (November 29)

  • 7:30 to 9:00 am: Packet Pick-up
  • 9:00 to 10:00 am: Award ceremony for fall season point winners followed by Course Walk
  • 10:00 am: First Race (Bantam Girls)

Races are contested youngest age group to oldest age group; girls then boys.  Races will start shortly after the last finisher in the previous race crosses the finish line.  If there are less than 21 runners in each of the Intermediate and Young age groups these races will be combined and contested at the same time.  Based on pre-registration it will be announced in the morning coach’s meeting if these age groups will be combined.

 

Advancement from the Region 16 Junior Olympics to National USATF Junior Olympics

The first twenty (20) finishers in each age group qualify for the Nationals.  If a top 20 finisher decides not to advance to nationals, the athlete who placed 21 cannot go in their place.  In addition to the individual finishers, the first three (3) teams in each age group will qualify for the Nationals.  A team may have 5, 6, 7 or 8 runners and must be registered to compete as a team before the competition begins.  At the start of each race, the Regional Coordinator will walk the starting line to validate that each runner is present and if a club is running more than one age group team in a single division they will be documented at that time (i.e., A, B, or C team).

Do not leave this meet until you have paid your $20 advancement fee and turned in your Junior Olympic individual and team declaration forms.  You cannot compete in the National meet unless this is done the day of this competition.

Advancement fees can be paid as soon as results are available.  If you are part of a club, then a club coach or designate is requested to submit team entries per age group.  Coaches can also advance their entire team at the close of the Young Men competition.

  •  Advancement Fee to National USATF Junior Olympics:  $20 per athlete (must be paid in cash)

 

Course Description

The course is primarily rough grass with some gravel, a few drainage ditches, a few wooden bridges, several concrete walkways to cross and some long, gradual hills.  Spectators will be able to see most of the race.  This is the exact course that you will be running at the USATF Junior Olympic Cross Country Nationals.

course maps

Awards

The first twenty (20) finishers in each age group will receive a Regional USATF Junior Olympic medal.

 

Directions to the Park

From California take I-80 East to Reno.  Once in Reno take the Virginia Street exit.  Turn left on Virginia Street to 9th Street.  Turn left on 9th Street for one block.  Turn right on Sierra Street.  Go up the hill for about ½ mile and take a left into Rancho San Rafael Park.

2009 Region 16 Volunteers Notice

Posted by on Nov 22, 2009 in legacy, XC, Youth | Comments Off on 2009 Region 16 Volunteers Notice

 

Region 16 Volunteers

All volunteers are requested to meet at 8:00 am at Rancho San Rafael Park on Sunday, November 29 for your training.  The folks from Reno will do a preliminary course walk through with the volunteers leading the course walk throughs and riding the bikes.  All other volunteers will be taken through their volunteer assignments.

We still need the following volunteers:

  • Course monitors – 3 more volunteers  needed
  • Bikers (team of 2 for each race) …  that is 10 cyclists … only one of the 10 signed up so far
  • Snack bar – sell food throughout the  day (no purchasing or cooking of food)

Those that are working as Course Monitors and Bikers have been requested to do the same for the national USATF race as well.  You will be given a volunteer T-shirt for your efforts.

To volunteer contact Maria Castillo @ [email protected].

Pacific Association Youth Shine in the Snow at 2009 USATF National Junior Olympic Cross Country Championships

Posted by on Nov 22, 2009 in legacy, XC, Youth | Comments Off on Pacific Association Youth Shine in the Snow at 2009 USATF National Junior Olympic Cross Country Championships

 

Pacific Association Youth Shine in the Snow!

2009 USATF National Junior Olympic Cross Country Championships

Reno, NV

2009 jo xc champs logo

 

2009 JO Cross Country Championships Slideshow


National JOXC Championships Pacific Association Winner Profiles by Bob Burns

Christine Bayliss (Midget Girls Winner)

Samuel Blake (Midget Boys Winner)

Pleasanton Heat (Youth Boys Team Winner)

Buffalo Chips RC “Buffalo Babes” Team (Young Women Team Winner)

 

PA Youth Individuals and Clubs Shine through the Snow at the 2009 National Junior Olympics XC Championships
(updated 1/4/10 with photos of top finishers)
Courtesy of Maura Kent; photos courtesy of Scott Taggert, gentlearc.com


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2009 USATF National Junior Olympic Cross Country Championships

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Pacific Association Youth Shine in the Snow!

2009 USATF National Junior Olympic Cross Country Championships

Reno, NV

2009 jo xc champs logo

2009 JO Cross Country Championships Slideshow


National JOXC Championships Pacific Association Winner Profiles by Bob Burns

Christine Bayliss (Midget Girls Winner)

Samuel Blake (Midget Boys Winner)

Pleasanton Heat (Youth Boys Team Winner)

Buffalo Chips RC “Buffalo Babes” Team (Young Women Team Winner)

PA Youth Individuals and Clubs Shine through the Snow at the 2009 National Junior Olympics XC Championships
(updated 1/4/10 with photos of top finishers)
Courtesy of Maura Kent; photos courtesy of Scott Taggert, gentlearc.com

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Julia Bounds 2009 JO XC Championships

Posted by on Nov 22, 2009 in legacy, Youth | Comments Off on Julia Bounds 2009 JO XC Championships

Buffalo Babes

2009 Buffalo Chips Running Club Girls’ Team wins Young Women’s National Junior Olympic XC title

Kelsey Smith

2009 Reno Junior Olympics Cross Country Kelsey Smith

 

Kelsey Smith of South Lake Tahoe led the Buffalo Babes, placing fourth in the 5,000-meter race in 19 minutes, 27.2 seconds. She was followed closely across the line by teammates Breanna Lewis (fifth in 19:28.3) and Hayley Scott (sixth in 19:30.4).

 

by Bob Burns

Link to Top PA Young Women and Young Men Photos and Finish Times

 

If their name doesn’t grab your attention, their uniforms will.

The Buffalo Babes were even easier to spot than usual at the USATF National Junior Olympic Cross Country Championships in Reno. With a snowstorm blanketing the course and visibility reduced by the whiteout, their bright pink jerseys stood out like a series of flashing beacons.

“It’s really easy to spot our runners in a crowd,” said team manager Joe Hartman.

The Buffalo Babes backed up their flashy name and color with a gritty showing Dec. 12 at the Junior Olympics, claiming seven of the top 15 spots in the Young Women’s (ages 17 and 18) race to win the national title with 26 points, comfortably in front of runner-up Team Idaho ‘s 51-point total.

Kelsey Smith of South Lake Tahoe led the pink charge in Reno, placing fourth in the 5,000-meter race in 19 minutes, 27.2 seconds. She was followed closely across the line by teammates Breanna Lewis (fifth in 19:28.3) and Hayley Scott (sixth in 19:30.4).

Michelle Mowry (10th in 19:43.8) and Katherine McFarren (13th in 20:05.9) rounded out the top five scorers. The Buffalo Babes’ depth was such that their “B” team placed fourth in the team standings.

“You could interchange them, they’re all so talented,” said Nekota Kay, the Vacaville High School cross country coach who serves as the Babes’ primary coach. “I’m in awe that they were able to run so well in a blizzard. The girls really wanted it.”

The Babes are the high school division of the Buffalo Chips, a Sacramento-based running club.  Comprised of juniors and seniors from the Sac-Joaquin Section and Northern Nevada, the young women’s group joined forces following the 2009 prep cross country season to form an all-star lineup.

Smith is a three-time Nevada AAAA state champion in cross country for South Tahoe High School. Scott, an Oak Ridge senior, won the Sac-Joaquin Section Division I title. Lewis, a Sheldon senior, placed second at the section meet. Mowry finished fourth in the Nevada AAAA championships for Carson High School, and McFarren was second in the same race for Reno’s Bishop Manogue.

When high school competition concluded in mid-November, Kay organized informal workouts three times a week. Even though they spent much of the fall racing against each other, the runners gelled as a team as they prepared for the Junior Olympics. Smith traveled from the South Shore to Sacramento on weekends to train with her fellow Babes in more hospitable weather.

“We make sure that high school remains the focus,” said Hartman, whose duties include recruiting. “We have the high school coaches to thank for our success. Our whole goal is to give them different running experiences.”

The Junior Olympic race certainly qualified as a different experience.

“It was tough because the snow was coming down so hard, the visibility was horrible,” Smith said. “It just happened that we all ran awesome and managed to win it.”

At least Smith is accustomed to snow, living at Lake Tahoe. For the Sacramento-area runners, it was a novel experience.

“I had never even trained in snow before,” Scott said. “It was challenging, but it was fun.”

The Buffalo Babes were formed in 2000, and one of the club’s first runners was Caitlin Chalk, the former Granite Bay standout. At first, Thornton wasn’t sure what sort of reaction their name would receive.

“The girls love it,” he said. “They wouldn’t have it any other way.”

When he was assembling this year’s team, Hartman considered  Reno’s altitude.

“It’s tough to go from sea level to 4,700 feet,” Hartman said. “That’s why I tried to get some Nevada girls on the team.”

Hartman, a Postal Service worker who lives in Rancho Cordova, cooked up the idea of outfitting the team in pink jerseys and headbands about a year ago.  Again, his intuition was rewarded.

“I love ‘em,” Lewis said. “It’s our color and it’s bright.”

“It’s our tradition,” Scott said. “It’s fun to run in pink.”

The Buffalo Babes had a strong showing across the board in Reno, finishing second in the Girls Intermediate (15-16) race and eighth in Youth Girls (13-14 years old).

“John Mansoor and Bob Shor of the Pacific Association did an incredible job organizing the event,” Hartman said. “I know they must have been thinking, ‘I didn’t sign up for this,’ but they did a great job considering. It made for an unforgettable event.”

Surely Smith, the Tahoe recruit, felt right at home in snowy conditions, right?

Not really.

“I skied when I was younger, but not much anymore,” she said. “It’s too cold.”

2009 RETC XC meet Update

Posted by on Nov 15, 2009 in legacy, Youth | Comments Off on 2009 RETC XC meet Update

 

Rain or Shine

Sunday, 15 November
2009

William Jessup
University

333 Sunset Blvd.,
Rocklin, CA 95765

What do you need to know?

 

  • Registration:
    • Roseville PAL is paying to have an automatic timer at this meet. For this to work you need to
      pre-register
      .
      Thank you!
    • Registration requested by midnight Wednesday, November 11
      • Register by sending
        an e-mail to
        [email protected] that contains:

        • Title of e-mail:
          Nov 15 RPAL Express XC – athlete’s name, school name or club name
        • Body of e-mail:
          Athlete’s Name, Date of Birth, Sex, USATF # (or state doesn’t have
          one); use form below if club or school
      • Check the RPAL Express
        website (
        www.eteamz.com/RosevilleExpress) to confirm unattached, school or
        club entries have been received
    • Same day registration
      is acceptable, but your name will not show up in same day results …
      only later in online results
  • Cost:
    • $6 per athlete (send
      your registration fees to RPAL Express, 1442 Deerfield Circle, Roseville,
      CA 95747)
    • There will be no
      refunds so ensure your entries are correct
  • Awards:
    Top 3 in each age division will receive a medal; participant ribbon
    to all who place 4th and beyond in each race
  • Results:
    Results will be posted within 30-minutes after each event is over and
    on the PA/USATF website within 2-days after the meet is completed
  • Snack Bar:
    RPAL Express will provide a concession stand beginning at 8 am
  • Volunteers:
    RPAL Express will provide all volunteers to conduct races
  • Questions:
    Contact Maura Kent @
    [email protected] or (916) 786-7288

 

Meet Timeline

 

  • Packet pick-up /
    race day registration can begin 8:00 am
  • Course walk through
    (occurs for all @ same time) 9:00 am
  • Sub-Bantam race
    begins 10:00 am

    • If small # of Sub-Bantams,
      Bantams will race @ same

time but each age group
running their respective distance

  • Order of competition
    (distance of race)

    • Sub-Bantam (2K)
    • Bantam / Midget
      / Youth Girls (3K)

      • Race together but
        score separately
    • Bantam / Midget
      / Youth Boys (3K)

      • Race together but
        score separately
    • Intermediate / Young
      (5K) (will compete as one age group)

      • Same age division
        girls & boys will run together but score separately
      • Last race of day:
        only Intermediate/Young will earn awards … but parents, siblings &
        coaches are invited to join in this race … cost is $6 per person

 

Age Groups

Age Group Birth Year Age Group Birth Year
Sub-Bantam 2001 or later Youth 1995-1996
Bantam 1999-2000 Intermediate 1993-1994
Midget 1997-1998 Young 1991-1992

 

 

Driving Directions

 

  • From Reno
    Take I-80 East to Rocklin. Take Highway 65 North (exit 106) toward
    Lincoln/Marysville. Stay on Highway 65 for 4.9 miles. Turn
    right on Sunset Blvd. (stop light intersection … major construction
    on off ramp). Move to left lane. Turn left onto Atherton
    Road (stop light entrance into college campus). Once into the
    campus, turn left in front of the first building and circle around to
    the back of the campus to park.
  • From San Francisco

Take I-80 West to Sacramento,
just as you finish crossing the Yolo Causeway (long low bridge between
Davis and West Sacramento) move to the right side of the freeway and
take the I-80 East to Reno exit. Follow directions above from
Highway 65 North to the college

  • From Modesto

Take I-99 to Sacramento.
As you enter the Sacramento downtown area stay to the far left and take
the Business I-99 loop towards Reno. Merge onto I-80 East to Reno.
Follow directions in Reno from Highway 65 North to college.

 


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Name of School, Club:
____________________________________________________

Athlete

Name

Athlete

Birth Date

Age Group

(i.e., Midget)

Sex (Male or Female) USATF # (or don’t have one)

 

PA/USATF Youth XC RPAL Express Meet 2009 Results

Posted by on Nov 15, 2009 in legacy, XC, Youth | Comments Off on PA/USATF Youth XC RPAL Express Meet 2009 Results

 

Roseville PAL Express Track Club

USATF – CROSS COUNTRY INVITATIONAL

Sunday, 15 November 2009

William Jessup University, Rocklin, CA

SUB-BANTAM FEMALE RESULTS
Place Bib. F. Name L. Name Team Time Pace
1 4389 Jaxin Woodward Full Stride 7:57.2 6:24
2 4239 Kara Smith Pacific United 8:42.0 7:00
3 4240 Mia Terry Pacific United 8:54.4 7:10
4 4200 Milana Marshall Buffalo Chips 9:23.1 7:34
5 4272 Rachel Gurarie Pleasanton Heat 10:04.1 8:07
6 4299 Melanie Arechiga Roseville PAL Express 10:21.3 8:20
7 4199 Maya Barragan Buffalo Chips 10:26.6 8:25
8 4381 Vastano Elizabeth Palo Alto Lightning 10:31.7 8:29
9 4237 Brooklyn Lewis Pacific United 11:14.8 9:03
10 4238 Jordin Rahim Pacific United 12:19.8 9:56
SUB-BANTAM MALE RESULTS
Place Bib. F. Name L. Name Time Pace
1 4300 Nicholas Clay Roseville PAL Express 8:02.1 6:28
2 4298 Russell Agustin Roseville PAL Express 8:48.1 7:05
3 4342 Kurtis Lee Umoja 9:14.2 7:26
4 4331 Ben Miller Silver State Striders 9:31.6 7:40
5 4301 Nathan Kent Roseville PAL Express 9:48.1 7:54
6 4217 Gabriel Gomez LSI 9:53.5 7:58
7 4420 Brock Zamaman Diablo Valley 10:17.0 8:17
8 4410 Mark Duncan Jr. Aggies 11:00.5 8:52
9 4362 Jackson Shedd Unattached 13:40.6 11:01
BANTAM INDIVIDUAL FEMALE RESULTS
Place Bib. F. Name L. Name Team Time Pace
1 4257 Julia Bounds Pleasanton Heat 12:01.2 6:27
2 4384 Marielle Friedman Santa Cruz 13:38.3 7:19
3 4250 Claudia Denoue Palo Alto Lightning 13:39.7 7:20
4 1 4221 Simone Rahim Pacific United 13:54.7 7:28
5 4258 Diana Guerrero Pleasanton Heat 13:57.7 7:30
6 2 4282 Marie Ong Roseville PAL Express 14:03.8 7:33
7 3 4278 Ava Agustin Roseville PAL Express 14:23.0 7:43
8 4388 Sierra Carmelch Full Stride 14:26.1 7:45
9 4 4280 Erin Cummins Roseville PAL Express 14:30.5 7:47
10 5 4222 Amar Smith Pacific United 14:59.2 8:03
11 6 4223 Nicole Terry Pacific United 15:01.8 8:04
12 7 4283 Kiana Perez Roseville PAL Express 15:37.0 8:23
13 4259 Emma Petersen Pleasanton Heat 15:57.3 8:34
14 8 4225 Donyea Walker Pacific United 16:02.6 8:37
15 4195 Annaka Barragan Buffalo Chips 16:18.8 8:46
16 4205 Emily Perez Castro Valley TC 16:37.2 8:55
17 9 4224 Danielle Walker Pacific United 17:10.6 9:13
18 4415 Sarah Naranjo Santa Cruz TC 17:32.7 9:25
19 10 4285 McKenna Weitzel Roseville PAL Express 18:15.8 9:48
20 4196 Isabella Vasquez Buffalo Chips 18:43.1 10:03
21 11 4279 Lauren Alexander Roseville PAL Express 18:56.1 10:10
22 12 4218 Kiara Jones Pacific United 19:54.8 10:41
FEMALE – – BANTAM
*********** TEAM SCORE **********
1. Roseville PAL Express
2 3 4 7 10 (11) = 26
Marie Ong, Ava Agustin, Erin Cummins, Kiana Perez, McKenna Weitzel, Lauren Alexander
2. Pacific United
1 5 6 8 9 (12) = 29
Simone Rahim, Amari Smith, Nicole Terry, Donyea Walker, Danielle Walker, Kiara Jones
BANTAM INDIVIDUAL MALE RESULTS
Place Bib. F. Name L. Name Team Time Pace
1 4261 Tim Falls Pleasanton Heat 12:09.8 6:32
2 1 4253 Kent Slaney Palo Alto Lightning 12:10.9 6:33
3 4204 Gavin Hill Castro Valley TC 12:43.9 6:50
4 4262 Sam Reynolds Pleasanton Heat 12:50.7 6:54
5 4260 Dustin Decker Pleasanton Heat 13:13.6 7:06
6 4286 Miles Worthen Roseville PAL Express 13:17.8 7:08
7 4216 Jason Gomez LSI 13:28.5 7:14
8 4347 Zach Reil Unattached 13:52.5 7:27
9 4219 Marcellus Jones Pacific United 14:00.5 7:31
10 4220 Jordan Lawrence Pacific United 14:02.2 7:32
11 4210 Joshua Olszewski Los Gatos TC 14:21.7 7:43
12 4321 Jackson Halderman Santa Cruz TC 14:25.7 7:45
13 2 4419 Elijah Gwrn-kerr Palo Alto Lightning 14:26.7 7:45
14 4345 Cameron Lewis silver state Striders 14:31.5 7:48
15 3 4251 Skyler Hataaja Palo Alto Lightning 14:37.8 7:51
16 4 4252 Tarek Nasr Palo Alto Lightning 14:39.6 7:52
17 4209 Jared Geredes Los Gatos TC 14:46.8 7:56
18 5 4249 Gregor Dairaghi Palo Alto Lightning 14:54.6 8:00
19 4348 George Yoshinaga Unattached 15:17.4 8:13
20 4281 Austin Mellick Roseville PAL Express 15:41.4 8:25
21 4284 Elijah Sherratt Roseville PAL Express 16:02.2 8:37
22 4346 Roy Nehoran Unattached 16:17.4 8:45
MALE – – BANTAM
*********** TEAM SCORE **********
1. Palo Alto Lightning
1 2 3 4 5 = 15
Kent Slaney, Elijah Gwrn-kerr, Skyler Hataaja, Tarek Nasr, Gregor Dairaghi
Midget INDIVIDUAL FEMALE RESULTS
Place Bib. F. Name L. Name Team Time Pace
1 4289 Christine Bayliss Roseville PAL Express 11:17.0 6:04
2 4198 Lauren Castanon Buffalo Chips 12:13.6 6:34
3 1 4339 Priscilla Lee Umoja 12:45.6 6:51
4 4422 Nina Bessolo Castro Valley TC 12:56.9 6:57
5 2 4231 Megan James Pacific United 12:58.2 6:58
6 3 4236 Jenna Storms Pacific United 12:59.9 6:59
7 4330 Jocelyn Vides Silver State Striders 13:00.5 6:59
8 4 4359 Gabrielle Rinne Unattached 13:08.1 7:03
9 4382 Kiles Frances Team Onalysiss 13:33.6 7:17
10 5 4336 Erica Esparza Umoja 13:34.4 7:17
11 4263 Kaitlyn Eklem Pleasanton Heat 13:35.0 7:18
12 4293 Kylie Michaels Roseville PAL Express 13:52.2 7:27
13 4297 Chase Worthen Roseville PAL Express 13:55.6 7:29
14 6 4361 Tatum Whatford Unattached 14:08.2 7:36
15 7 4232 Leah Jones Pacific United 14:17.9 7:41
16 4197 Cassandra Barragan Buffalo Chips 14:19.5 7:42
17 4290 Femke Keukenkamp Roseville PAL Express 14:20.1 7:42
18 8 4229 Amor Howard Pacific United 14:27.1 7:46
19 4268 Madeleine Murphy Pleasanton Heat 14:36.2 7:51
20 4270 Hannah Vernot Pleasanton Heat 14:40.1 7:53
21 9 4358 Kerry Norton Unattached 14:47.4 7:57
22 4322 Delany White Santa Rosa Express 14:48.1 7:57
23 10 4226 Ashley Bernard Pacific United 15:06.4 8:07
24 11 4234 Charlyssa Oliver Pacific United 15:11.3 8:09
25 12 4350 Joy Castro-Wehr Unattached 15:13.6 8:11
26 4398 Rosie Winslow Jr. Aggies 15:14.2 8:11
27 4405 Anneliese Gallagher Unattached 15:19.8 8:14
28 4327 Heather Kubel Silver State Striders 15:21.1 8:15
29 13 4356 Jaclyn Leduc Unattached 15:24.0 8:16
30 14 4340 Antigone Pirratano Umoja 15:41.7 8:26
31 15 4357 Effie Nehoran Unattached 15:48.6 8:29
32 16 4341 Mikaela William Umoja 16:03.9 8:38
33 17 4337 Alexandria Geremew Umoja 16:27.3 8:50
34 18 4235 Zenesha Oliver Pacific United 16:44.6 8:59
35 4230 Tyhena Howerton Pacific United 16:53.8 9:04
36 19 4338 Camille Johnson Umoja 18:00.0 9:40
37 4392 Lixka Avila Pacific United 19:27.5 10:27
38 4227 Alexis Bridges Pacific United 20:10.0 10:50
39 4374 Monique White Hilltop Speed 20:50.3 11:11
40 4373 Sasha Scott Hilltop Speed 21:50.3 11:43
FEMALE – – MIDGET
*********** TEAM SCORE **********
1. Pacific United
2 3 7 8 10 (11) (18) = 30
Megan James, Jenna Storms, Leah Jones, Amor Howard, Ashley Bernard, Charlyssa Oliver, Zenesha Oliver
2. Umoja
1 5 14 16 17 (19) = 53
Priscilla Lee, Erica Esparza, Antigone Pirratano, Mikaela William, Alexandria Geremew, Camille Johnson
MIDGET INDIVIDUAL MALE RESULTS
Place Bib. F. Name L. Name Team Time Pace
1 4211 Samuel Blake Los Gatos TC 10:50.8 5:50
2 1 4271 Ben Zaeske Pleasanton Heat 11:29.6 6:10
3 2 4269 Peter Schlachte Pleasanton Heat 11:34.2 6:13
4 4328 Mason LaBadie Silver State Striders 11:48.5 6:21
5 3 4264 Michael Dunne Pleasanton Heat 11:57.1 6:25
6 4212 Anthony Moller Los Gatos TC 11:59.6 6:27
7 4329 Sebastian Lopez Silver State Striders 12:15.9 6:35
8 4 4291 Spencer Lachman Roseville PAL Express 12:18.2 6:36
9 4353 Jacob Greiner Unattached 12:24.8 6:40
10 5 4266 Romain Hardy Pleasanton Heat 12:26.5 6:41
11 6 4295 Logan Taggart Roseville PAL Express 12:49.6 6:53
12 7 4294 Patrick Mullholland Roseville PAL Express 12:52.0 6:55
13 4403 David Frisbie Unattached 12:53.8 6:56
14 8 4288 Rodolfo Agustin Roseville PAL Express 12:59.5 6:59
15 4256 Dennis Mandudzo Palo Alto Lightning 13:10.5 7:05
16 9 4296 Owen Weitzel Roseville PAL Express 13:20.1 7:10
17 4207 Ian Stuertz Diablo Valley 13:23.0 7:11
18 4393 Jackson Harris Jr. Aggies 13:27.4 7:14
19 4360 Jackson Sherman Unattached 13:30.2 7:15
20 4228 James Dudley Pacific United 13:31.4 7:16
21 4351 Sergey Cutter Unattached 13:32.0 7:16
22 4379 Jeremie Ellis Hilltop Speed 13:38.0 7:19
23 4354 Nathan Kohl Unattached 13:43.8 7:22
24 4411 Johnston Galves Jr. Aggies 13:53.9 7:28
25 10 4292 Andrew Mellick Roseville PAL Express 13:54.5 7:28
26 4233 Blai Lewis Pacific United 14:00.2 7:31
27 4320 Beau Baiocchi Santa Cruz TC 14:12.4 7:38
28 4254 Lucas Bstties Palo Alto Lightning 14:23.1 7:43
29 4255 Justin Fang Palo Alto Lightning 14:36.6 7:51
30 4396 Alex Poroli Jr. Aggies 15:28.1 8:18
31 4423 Greg Poterache Santa Rosa Express 15:37.8 8:24
32 4377 Kimble Minor Hilltop Speed 15:57.5 8:34
33 11 4265 Ben Gurarie Pleasanton Heat 16:13.1 8:42
34 12 4267 Jared Kozak Pleasanton Heat 17:01.8 9:09
35 4391 Nicolas Sobers Pacific United 19:09.7 10:17
36 4378 Kyle Minor Hilltop Speed 22:00.0 11:49
MALE – – MIDGET
*********** TEAM SCORE **********
1. Pleasanton Heat
1 2 3 5 11 (12) = 22
Ben Zaeske, Peter Schlachte, Michael Dunne, Romain Hardy, Ben Gurarie, Jared Kozak
2. Roseville PAL Express
4 6 7 8 9 (10) = 34
Spencer Lachman, Logan Taggart, Patrick Mullholland, Rodolfo Agustin, Owen Weitzel, Andrew Mellick
YOUTH INDIVIDUAL FEMALE RESULTS
Place Bib. F. Name L. Name Team Time Pace
1 1 4303 Clare Carroll Roseville PAL Express 11:09.0 5:59
2 4366 Sophie Hartley Unattached 11:23.0 6:07
3 2 4302 Amihan Agustin Roseville PAL Express 12:09.6 6:32
4 3 4313 Danielle Nivinski Roseville PAL Express 12:10.9 6:33
5 4 4305 Reaghan Emrick Roseville PAL Express 12:15.6 6:35
6 4385 Selna Friedman Santa Cruz 12:31.8 6:44
7 4344 Monique Esparza Umoja 12:45.3 6:51
8 4364 Skyler Flora Unattached 12:47.9 6:52
9 4335 Meagan Wood Silver State Striders 12:49.3 6:53
10 4245 Autumn May Pacific United 13:04.3 7:01
11 5 4317 Kylee Webb Roseville PAL Express 13:12.3 7:05
12 6 4306 Michelle Gonzalez Roseville PAL Express 13:13.6 7:06
13 4402 Michayla Mabaarakh Jr. Aggies 13:16.4 7:08
14 7 4314 Melinda Ong Roseville PAL Express 13:27.9 7:14
15 4406 Marine Dregelid Santa Cruz TC 14:11.3 7:37
16 4334 Taylor Serrao Silver State Striders 14:19.8 7:42
17 4368 Shona McCarthy Unattached 14:50.0 7:58
18 4247 Destiny Porter Pacific United 15:11.7 8:10
19 4309 Kylie Joerger Roseville PAL Express 15:17.7 8:13
20 4404 Amelia Jackson Santa Cruz TC 15:29.3 8:19
21 4418 Marcella Jacquemain Jr. Aggies 17:45.0 9:32
22 4343 Habana Coleman Umoja 18:26.9 9:54
23 4376 Imara Seale Hilltop Speed 18:49.6 10:06
24 4244 Merc Dangerfild Pacific United 19:59.0 10:44
FEMALE – – YOUTH
*********** TEAM SCORE **********
1. Roseville PAL Express
1 2 3 4 5 (6) (7) = 15
Clare Carroll, Amihan Agustin, Danielle Nivinski, Reaghan Emrick, Kylee Webb, Michelle Gonzalez, Melinda Ong
YOUTH INDIVIDUAL MALE RESULTS
Place Bib. F. Name L. Name Team Time Pace
1 4275 Aidan Goltra Pleasanton Heat 10:43.4 5:46
2 1 4371 Nickolas Oberriter Unattached 10:57.5 5:53
3 2 4363 Spencer Cudworth Unattached 11:06.0 5:58
4 3 4312 Tristyn Martin Roseville PAL Express 11:08.3 5:59
5 4 4307 Taylor Guinnip Roseville PAL Express 11:11.7 6:01
6 4274 Sean Aylward Pleasanton Heat 11:20.4 6:05
7 5 4308 Ryan Hodgens Roseville PAL Express 11:23.5 6:07
8 6 4315 Neilson Powless Roseville PAL Express 11:28.4 6:10
9 7 4372 Noah Oberriter Unattached 11:37.6 6:15
10 8 4365 Ben Garcia Unattached 11:45.0 6:19
11 4277 Matt Whitman Pleasanton Heat 11:45.4 6:19
12 9 4367 Jake Lahr Unattached 11:51.8 6:22
13 10 4311 Reed Klaeser Roseville PAL Express 11:52.3 6:23
14 4390 Ryan Gray Jr. Aggies 11:59.1 6:26
15 11 4318 Paul Zeiss Roseville PAL Express 12:01.2 6:27
16 4201 Davis Hallberg Buffalo Chips 12:07.3 6:31
17 4276 Andre Vernot Pleasanton Heat 12:09.4 6:32
18 4375 Kai Seale Hilltop Speed 12:22.9 6:39
19 12 4370 Harley Norton Unattached 12:24.1 6:40
20 4421 Tyler Rossi Jr. Aggies 12:25.6 6:40
21 13 4304 Steven Cummins Roseville PAL Express 12:30.5 6:43
22 4208 Charlie Zamanian Diablo Valley 12:33.4 6:45
23 4243 Bradley Cervania Pacific United 12:38.9 6:48
24 4386 Jonathan Rovlynsky Jr. Aggies 12:48.7 6:53
25 4241 Aaron Acord Pacific United 13:05.9 7:02
26 4395 David Duncan Jr. Aggies 13:08.9 7:04
27 4214 Adrian Lemke Los Gatos TC 13:11.8 7:05
28 4316 Austin Taggart Roseville PAL Express 13:16.1 7:08
29 4333 Ben Coulson Silver State Striders 13:20.5 7:10
30 4215 Jeremy Miessau Los Gatos TC 14:15.0 7:39
31 4383 Kiles August Team Onalysiss 14:22.7 7:43
32 14 4369 Barry Nehoran Unattached 14:50.1 7:58
33 4248 William Slensker Pacific United 16:32.9 8:53
MALE – – YOUTH
*********** TEAM SCORE **********
1. Roseville PAL Express
3 4 5 6 10 (11) (13) = 28
Tristyn Martin, Taylor Guinnip, Ryan Hodgens, Neilson Powless, Reed Klaeser, Paul Zeiss, Steven Cummins
INTERMEDIATE INDIVIDUAL FEMALE RESULTS
Place Bib. F. Name L. Name Team Time Pace
1 4326 Alyssa Williams Silver State Striders 20:56.0 6:45
2 4325 Monica Herrera Silver State Striders 21:30.0 6:56
3 4323 Brittany Ka Acosta Silver State Striders 21:40.0 6:59
4 4426 Susan Frazier Unattached 24:49.0 8:00
5 4324 Gloria Herrera Silver State Striders 27:56.0 9:00
INTERMEDIATE INDIVIDUAL MALE RESULTS
Place Bib. F. Name L. Name Team Time Pace
1 4349 Dave Nehoran Unattached 21:58.0 7:05
2 4287 Matthew Decker Roseville PAL Express 25:26.0 8:12
YOUNG INDIVIDUAL FEMALE RESULTS
Place Bib. F. Name L. Name Team Time Pace
1 4424 Sara Howard Unattached 22:42.0 7:19
YOUNG INDIVIDUAL MALE RESULTS
Place Bib. F. Name L. Name Team Time Pace
1 4387 Kieren Broussan Full Stride 16:41.0 5:23
PARENTS/COACHES INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
Place Bib. F. Name L. Name Team Time Pace
1 1 4394 Ed Lahu Unattached 18:56.0
2 4430 Jen Powless open 20:49.0
3 2 4425 Elaine Ruprecht Unattached 22:41.0
4 3 4380 Young Ian Unattached 26:41.0
5 4427 Mike Dunia Jr. Aggies 28:58.0
6 4 4428 Sandra Walker Unattached 33:15.0
7 5 4429 Gail Walker Unattached 33:21.0

 

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! 2009 Region 16 Junior Olympic Cross Country Championships

Posted by on Nov 15, 2009 in legacy, XC, Youth | Comments Off on VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! 2009 Region 16 Junior Olympic Cross Country Championships

 

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

Pacific Association / USATF

Region 16 Junior Olympic Cross Country Championships

Those that are working as Course Monitors and Bikers have been requested to do the same for the national USATF race as well.  You will be given a volunteer T-shirt for your efforts.

To volunteer contact Maria Castillo at [email protected]

Sunday, November 29, 2009

Rancho San Rafael Park, Reno, NV

This will be the one and only qualifier for the USATF National Junior Olympic Cross Country Championships.  By now you may have heard that our Pacific Association (PA) Cross Country Chair, Bob Shor, recently discovered he had lung cancer.  His surgery was November 4 and the doctor believes they were successful at removing the cancer.  In the meantime, the PA is responsible for hosting this meet.  Each club who will be competing in the Region 16 meet will be expected to provide volunteers.

To volunteer, email Maria Castillo (PA Vice Chair / Co-Meet Director) at [email protected]

If a club does not sign up for a volunteer role one will be assigned to the club.  We are a volunteer run organization and this meet will not be successful if everyone doesn’t step up to do their part.

  • Course monitors – 3 more volunteers  needed
  • Bikers (team of 2 for each race) …  that is 10 cyclists … only one of the 10 signed up so far
  • Snack bar – sell food throughout the  day (no purchasing or cooking of food)

Region 16 Volunteers
Latest Information (11/18/09): All volunteers are requested to meet at 8:00 am at Rancho San Rafael Park on Sunday, November 29 for your training.  The folks from Reno will do a preliminary course walk through with the volunteers leading the course walk throughs and riding the bikes.  All other volunteers will be taken through their volunteer assignments.

We still need the following volunteers:

Pre-Competition
Packet creation (must be done prior to the meet at Maria’s home in Vallejo)
American Canyon Striders (Hazel Evans)
Day of Competition
Medical
Buffalo Chips (Linda Frazier)
Snack Bar (set up table to sell items bought by PA)
Alix Shor
Packet distribution
Junior Aggies
Course Walk (lead the 3K, 4K, 5K walks at beginning of the meet) 3K – Umoja (Blanca Fonseca)

4K – Above the Grade (Steve Martin)

5K – San Luis Distance Club (parent)

Course Monitors (Five volunteers assigned to tricky areas on the course to ensure athletes run on the correct course)
1. Umoja (Henry Lee)
2. Omega Youth TC (Della Mitchell)
3. Club:
4. Club:
5. Club:
Bikers (ride lead or trail bike for each race … suggestion is to have two teams of two riders that alternate each race)
Club Team 1: Curtis Lindsay, Los Gatos TC
Club Team 2: Bob Blake, Los Gatos TC:
Club Team 3: Susie Blake, Los Gatos TC
Club Team 4: Tom Whitman, Colleen Chicoine, Pleasanton Heat
Club Teams 5, 6, 7: Silver State Striders
8.
9.
10.
Back-up timer (bring your own hand-held timing machine)
Umoja (Blanca Fonseca)
Finish Chute volunteers to ensure runners are in proper finish order
Pleasanton Heat
Stringers (collect tear off tags from bottom of bib number … stand at end of finish chute)
Pleasanton Heat
Results Posting (@ meet and online)
Roseville PAL Express
Award Distribution
Palo Alto Lightning
Advancement to National Meet
Region 14 Coordinator, David Lawrence