2025 Week 9/10 Runners of the Week

Last week was so light that I pushed off the ROW selection until this week. This was the league championship week. There were several good performances (but many were by runners who had already been named as ROW)...but few performances were really surprising or eye-catching for me. After reviewing the results at length I selected eight to highlight (but only 4 to receive shirts).

 

 

GABE AVALOS (Turlock)--placed 3rrd at the CCAL Championship meet in a 5K time of 16:30.44. His time a place helped the Bulldogs to the league title.

 

NAYELI MATTISON (Pitman)--ran 19:43.29 on the TRRP three loop 5K course to place 4th. Her time was a 50 sec improvement over the same race last year.

 

YAHIR CONTRERAS (Johansen)--placed 8th at the WAC Championship meet in 16:47.61. This was the fastest time ever by a Johansen runner on this course and the #20 all time effort--a 50 sec improvement from his time of the same course earlier in the season.

 

 

TENLEY WYLIE (Oakdale)--placed 5th in the VOL Championship meet in 19:15.3. As the Mustangs #2 girl she was a big factor in their conference title

 

 

OTHERS I CONSIDERED

GISELA HERNANDEZ (Turlock)--placed 5th in the CCAL Championship meet in 19:43.29. It was an improvement of about 55 secs from her openning season effort on the same course.

ANAHI RUIZ VELASCO (Beyer)--placed 2nd at the WAC Championship helping the Patriots to the title (as their #1 girl was ailing). Her time of 19:52.95 for 5K was #11 all time on the course.

GIANNA CRUZ (Riverbank)--ran 20:11 for 5K in the MLL Championship meet which is #3 on the Jacob Myers course. Her effort was key in the Bruins' league championship run.

ARMANDO GARCIA (Riverbank)--placed 3rd at the MLL Championship meet in a 5K time of 16:57.72 (which was #6 all time for the course) helping the Bruins win the league title. 

 

 

2025 XC Week 10 League Championships

 

The championship season has begun. All local leagues held their championship meets on Wednesday 10/29. For me that meant I missed a lot of racing since I can't possibly be in more than one place at a time. I was able to catch the varsity WAC races and then drove back to Modesto for the CCAL races, which means I was able to see 11 of the 23 StanCo teams

 

Many of these conference had essentially already decided a champion since the same team won the first two clusters. So mathematically the league victors were already determined.

 

WED 10/29 CCAL Championship @ TRRP (Legion) , Modesto

Competing StanCo teams were Turlock, Pitman, Modesto, Downey, Enochs, and Gregori. The varsity races were 5K. In these races Turlock had essentially sewed up the team titles before the races began

 

VB

1-TUR 19; 2-MOD 88; 3-ENOC 79; 4-PIT 82; 5-GREG 127

Hamilton and Wejmar and the chase pack

 

1. Larson Wejmar (Turlock) 16:14.63

2. Zayn Hamilton (Turlock) 16:16.82

3. Gabriel Avalos (Turlock) 16:30.44

4. Gabriel Penwell (Enochs) 16:37.22

5. Ivan Rodriguez (Modesto) 16:39.38

6. Porter Petty (Turlock) 16:44.01

7. Garvin Martin (Turlock) 16:44.49

8. Jovani Franco (Modesto) 16:46.05

9. Grant Fahrney (Gregori) 16:51.02

10. Cesar Bojorquez (Downey) 16:54.27 

  

VG

1-TUR 28; 2-PIT 59; 3-MOD 68; 4-GREG 78

Carlson, Williams, Dominguez

 

1. Elle Williams (Turlock) 18:23.35 (#8 all time)

2. Avery Carlson (Pitman) 19:20.24

3. Roselynn Dominguez (Modesto) 19:41.09

4. Nayeli Mattison (Pitman) 19:43.29

5. Gisela Hernandez (Turlock) 19:49.86

6. Mylie Olson (Turlock) 19:50.16

7. Elizabeth Christopher (Turlock) 20:31.45

8. Emerson Newton (Pitman) 20:44.39

9. Gretchen Nass (Turlock) 21:08.72

10. Edie Leach (Downey) 21:15.44 

  

RESULTS

PHOTOS (FS KIM)

PHOTOS (FS SCOTT)

PHOTOS (VAR KIM)

PHOTOS (VAR SCOTT)

 

WED 10/29 WAC Championship @ O'Neill Forebay, Santa Nella

The competing StanCo teams were Beyer, Grace Davis, Johansen, Ceres, and Central Valley. Other local teams were Lathrop, Livingston, and Pacheco. The varsity races were 3 mi. In these races it was Beyer that had done the dirty work in the first cluster to seal the titles.

 

VB

1-BEY 30; 2-LIV 71; 3-PACH 78; 4-LATH 100; 4-JOH 135; 5-CER 140; 6-GD 191

Bartell followed by Terry, Gier, and Mejia

 

1. Hayes Terry (Beyer) 15:40.17

2. Gio Mejia (Pacheco) 15:46.97 (#3 all time)

3. Havyn Bartell (Beyer) 15:57.27 (#4 all time) 

4. Jace Campos (Pacheco) 16:08.26

5. Moises Cortes Garcia (Livingston) 16:33.16 (#10 all time)

6. Riley Gier (Lathrop) 16:38.30 (#12 all time)

7. Alex Mejia-Hidalgo (Beyer) 16:41.52 (#14 all time)

8. Yair Contreras (Johansen) 16:47.61 (#20 all time)

9. Jonathan Bingham (Beyer) 16:53.69

10. Yuushi Kennedy (Beyer) 16:59.09 

  

VG

1-BEY 23; 2-LIV 55; 3-LATH 71; 4-PACH 93; 5-CV 130

Nguyen-Marquez dominates

 

1. Jymena Nguyen Marquez (Grace Davis) 18:46.55 (#2 all time)

2. Anahi Ruiz Velasco (Beyer) 19:52.95 (#11 all time)

3. Tyleah Badea (Beyer) 20:02.75

4. Daisy Rojas (Livingston) 20:12.95 (#13 all time)

5. Annie Servin (Beyer) 20:36.30 (#15 all time)

6. Alexa Gutierrez (Livingston) 21:00.81 (#20 all time) 

7. Gicell Gaeta-Gonzalez (Pacheco) 21:03.13

8. Zoi Ann Moraitis (Beyer) 21:10.58

9. Terra Campos (Pacheco) 21:19.38

10. Riley McCabe (Beyer) 21:20.18 

 

RESULTS

PHOTOS (VAR B SCOTT)

PHOTOS (VAR G SCOTT)

PHOTOS (VAR KIM'S PICS)

  

WED 10/29 VOL Championship @ Mistlin Sports Complex, Ripon

The competing StanCo teams were Oakdale, Central Catholic, and Patterson. Other nearby teams were Mountain House, Manteca, East Union, and Sierra. The varsity races were 5K. By virtue of wins in the first two clusters, Oakdale had run away (already) with the boys and girls team titles.

 

VB

1-OAK 24; 2-SIE 56; 3-CC 75; 4-MH 98; 5-PAT 103 

 

1. Christain Gonzalez (Sierra) 15:45.4

2. Sean Muturi (Oakdale) 16:11.2

3. weston McGhee (Oakdale) 16:43.7

4. Aden Cavanaugh (Oakdale) 17:14.9

5. Mitchell Benning (Oakdale) 17:18.9

6. Max Perez (Sierra) 17:20.2

7. Aaron Zuniga (Patterson) 17:22.1

8. Thiago Carneiro (Mountain House) 17:25.5

9. Mateo Quinonez (Central Catholic) 17:26.6

10. Jesus Covarrubias (Oakdale) 17:43.3 

 

VG

1-OAK 35; 2-PAT 48; 3-SIE 61; 4-CC 108; 5-MH 120

 

Arriaza by Adela Guzman

1. Natalie Arriaza (Patterson) 17:51.5

2. Addison Wylie (Oakdale) 18:07.3

3. Jaylyn Carrillo (Patterson) 18:12.6

4. Anna Dittman (Sierra) 18:20.1

5. Tenley Wylie (Oakdale) 19:15.3

6. Melanie Rodriguez Ventura (Patterson) 19:15.3

7. Emma-Lynn Hogan (Central Catholic) 19:24.2

8. Taylor Reams (Oakdale) 19:30.4

9. Jordan Wylie (Oakdale) 20:07.2

10. Monse Saavedra (Sierra) 20:19.4 

  

RESULTS

  

WED 10/29 TVL Championship @ River Oaks Park, Ceres

The competing StanCo schools were Hughson, and Orestimba. Other local teams were Hilmar, Ripon, Escalon, Ripon Christian, and Sonora. All varsity races were 5K. Hughson has dominated on both the boys and girls sides all season and this meet was all just gravy.

 

VB

1-HUGH 15; 2-RIP 51; 3-HIL 77; 4-ESC 106; 5-RC 110

TVL Champ Boys: Hughson

1. Landon Wilson (Sonora) 16:34.61 (#7 all time)

2. Alessandro Pimentel (Hughson) 16:39.14 (#9 all time)

3. Mason Hoyle (Hughson) 17:30.28

4. Carlos Maximiliano Nava (Hughson) 17:41.11

5. Manuel Ruiz (Hughson) 17:41.91

6. Joseph Garcia (Orestimba) 17:51.94

7. Rocco Pisciotta (Sonora) 18:01.99

8. Samuel Alvarado (Hughson) 18:08.53

9. Miguel Acosta-Pearson (Ripon) 18:13.17

10. Lucas De Vera (Ripon) 18:14.91 

 

VG

1-HUGH 22; 2-HIL 42; 3-RIP 80; 4-RC 96; 5-ESC 131

 

TVL Champ Girls: Hughson

1. Sophie Benham (Hughson) 19:31.77 (#6 all time)

2. Sidney Logsdon (Hilmar) 19:39.37 (#8 all time)

3. Demiree Dean (Sonora) 19:56.48 (#10 all time)

4. Noeli Gomez Orozco (Hughson) 20:21.41 (#15 all time) 

5. Grace Benitez (Hughson) 20:45.22 (#21 all time)

6. Maggie Becchetti (Hughson) 20:48.38 (#22 all time)

7. Samantha DeLaCruz (Orestimba) 21:00.59

8. Carson Dicky (Hilmar) 21:37.46

9. Sadie Thompson (Sonora) 21:38.29

10. Sophia Jung (Ripon) 21:58.70 

 

RESULTS

  

WED 10/29 SAL Championship @ River Oaks Park, Ceres.

The competing StanCo schools were Denair and Waterford. Other teams were Delhi, and LeGrand. The varsity races were 5K. This was Delhi's season as their boys and girls went through the season undefeated. 

 

VB

1-DEL 25; 2-DEN 32

 

1. Sal Virgen (Denair) 19:00

2. Rodrigo Valdovinos (Delhi) 19:08

3. Javen Oropeza (Delhi) 19:30

4. Omar Alberto (Delhi) 19:32

5. Abraham Felix (Waterford) 19:33

6. Zane Simbalenko (Denair) 19:51

7. Jose Ponce (Denair) 19:53

8. Andres Barajas (Delhi) 20:02

9. Juan Rico (Denair) 20:03

10. Jorge Preciado (Delhi) 20:53 

 

VG

1-DEL 15

 

1. Adriana Machado (Delhi) 23:08

2. Lizbeth Hernandez (Delhi) 24:03

3. Julee Arreguin (Waterford) 24:13

4. Cynthia Pena (Delhi) 24:52

5. Zayra Tafolla (Delhi) 25:09

6. Alizey Gonzalez (Denair) 25:40

7. Kimberly Villa (LeGrand) 26:14

8. Ana Salinas (Delhi) 26:59

9. Vanessa Ramirez (Delhi) 28:42

10. Kaycee Shriver (Denair) 28:55 

 

RESULTS

  

WED 10/29 MLL Championship @ Jacob Meyers Park, Riverbank.

The competing StanCo teams were Riverbank and Big Valley. The other competing teams were Calaveras, Bret Harte, Linden, and Summerville. The varsity races were 5K. Although the MLL scores most of the season off of dual meet results, it was Riverbank sweeping through the season heading into this finale.

 

VB

1-RBK 32; 2-SUM 42; 3-BH 87; 4-BVC 92; 5-CAL 95

 

1. Ryden Rivera (Summerville) 16:30.37 (#2 all time)

2. Gustavo Ortiz (Riverbank) 16:46.72 (#4 all time)

3. Armando Garcia (Riverbank) 16:57.72 (#6 all time)

4. Matt Santana (Riverbank) 17:11.95

5. Esai Vasquez (Summerville) 17:20.65

6. Nate Johnson (Summerville) 17:51.16 (#12 all time)

7. Peyton Heermance (Bret Harte) 18:06.37

8. Malachi Arnold (Big Valley Christian) 18:08.35 (#20 all time)

9. Giancarlo Reyes (Riverbank) 18:22.57

10. Matthew Nord (Bret Harte) 18:28.99 

 

VG

1-RBK 37; 2-CAL 66; 3-SUM 74; 4-LIN 77; 5-BH 96

 

1. Giselle Fernandez (Riverbank) 17:52.29 (#1 all time)

2. Gianna Cruz (Riverbank) 20:11.22 (#3 all time)

3. Payton Snavely (Summerville) 21:07.00 (#7 all time)

4. Lisa Lee (Calaveras) 21:19.11 (#11 all time)

5. Abigail Meza (Linden) 21:21.06

6. Jocelyn Lloyd (Summerville) 22:00.19 (#16 all time)

7. Lillian Faul (Calaveras) 22:42.51 (#19 all time)

8. Kendra McGee (Calaveras) 22:42.51

9. Emily Ramirez (Riverbank) 23:10.63

10. Ayala Jodie (Bret Harte) 23:18.92 

 

RESULTS

 

WED 10/29 CCC Championship @ Buhach Colony HS, Atwater

There were no StanCo schools but the competing schools were Atwater, Buhach Colony, Merced, Golden Valley, El Capitan, and Los Banos. The varsity races were 5K. For the girls the season has belonged to Golden Valley and Atwater has swept through on the boys side.

 

VB

1-ATW 32; 2-MER 54; 3-GV 56; 4-LB104; 5-EC 122

 

CCC Champ Boys: Atwater by Lisa Manzo

 

1. James Barajas (Golden Valley) 16:22.80

2. Isaac Barragan (Merced) 16:25.20

3. Yair Gonzalez (Atwater) 16:31.78

4. Dominic Urteaga (Golden Valley) 16:55.51

5. Angel Ramos (Atwater) 17:12.08

6. Camden Gudgel (Merced) 17:12.49

7. Ricky Barron (Atwater) 17:20.74

8. Michael Garcia (Atwater) 17:25.99

9. Xavier Glenn (Atwater) 17:50.35

10. Aidan Deniz (Merced) 17:52.45 

  

VG

1-GV 23; 2-ATW 49; 3-MER 71; 4-EC 107

 

1. Eleanor Hampton (Merced) 18:27.32

2. Lena Llamas (Buhach Colony) 19:02.69

3. Fernanda Cortes (Golden Valley) 19:25.02

4. Gabriela Hicks (Golden Valley) 19:47.17

5. Salome Gomez Zuluaga (Atwater) 20:06.23

6. Chelsea Chavez (Golden Valley) 20:09.89

7. Aubri Villa (Golden Valley) 20:28.17

8. Itzel Alonzo Andrade (Golden Valley) 20:34.88

9. Lilianna Manzo (Atwater) 20:41.87

10. Katerin Ortiz Nunez (Golden Valley) 20:58.01 

  

RESULTS

 

WED 10/29 CCAA/MVL Championship @ Legacy Fields Sports Complex, Tracy

The competing StanCo school was Vanguard. Other competing schools were Venture Academy, Millennium, Delta Charter, ABEL Charter, and Stockton Charter. The varsity races were 5K. Both leagues ran together but are separated in the results. Vanguard is in the MVL and Turlock Christian who has some runners but chooses not to compete in the league races is in the CCAA. Because of this I am only covering the MVL results.

 

VB

1-ABLE 18; 2-VAN 43

 

1. Noah Watson (ABLE) 17:20.1

2. Isaac Rios Torres (ABLE) 18:22.7

3. Samuel Ramirez (ABLE) 18:38.3

4. Ian Raygoza (Vanguard) 20:36.8

5. Ethan Whitcomb (ABLE) 20:37.7

6. Nicholas Muriithi (Vanguard) 20:45.3

10. Cesar Lara (Vanguard) 22:36.7 

 

VG

none of the schools ran a complete team

 

1. Amy Garcia Aquirre (ABLE) 21:12.0

2. Eja Mila Vang (ABLE) 27:29.5

3. Maricela Brito (ABLE) 27:30.2

4. Raine Alvarez (Vanguard) 34:25.9

5. Peyton McDaniels (Vanguard) 35:35.6

6. Nyomi Flores-Loya (Delta Charter) 35:41.0

7. Astrid Ortiz (Vanguard) 35:58.1 

   

RESULTS 

  

SAT 11/1 John Seaman's Inv @ Kingsburg Gun Club, Kingsburg

The only competing StanCo team was Central Valley.

 

RESULTS 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2025 Week 9 (Hilmar Flatlands, Clovis North Twilight, Flat Sac, Mt SAC, CCAA College Champ)

This is almost a "dead" week leading up to next weeks league championships...but there were a few local teams in action.

 

WED 10/22 HILMAR FLATLANDS @ Hilmar HS, Hilmar

The competing StanCo teams were Denair, Waterford, and Turlock Christian. Other local competing teams were El Capitan, LeGrand, Delhi, Linden, and Ripon Christian. The varsity races were 3 miles.

 

VB

Matos

1. Carson Matos (Hilmar) 17:42

2. Matijs Zylstra (Ripon Christian) 17:43

3. Brandt Moes (New Geneva) 17:44

4. Sal Virgen (Denair) 18:18

5. Miguel Severo (Hilmar) 18:25

 

VG 

 

S Logsdon

1. Sidney Logsdon (Hilmar) 19:11

2. Carson Dickey (Hilmar) 20:18

3. Abigail Meza (Linden) 20:44

4. Harper Dickey (Hilmar) 20:51

5. Bridget Logsdon (Hilmar) 21:11

 

RESULTS 

PHOTOS (Non HS Races)

PHOTOS (HS Races)

 

FRI 10/24 CLOVIS NORTH TWILIGHT @ Clovis North HS, Clovis

Denair was the only StanCo team. There were some other local area squads: Atwater, Golden Valley, and El Capitan. All races were 2 miles. Individuals ran in sections depending upon their placement on their team such as the #4 man on each team ran in the 567 race (with the #6 and #7 runners).

 

VB 567

22. Michael Garcia (Atwater) 10:13.95

35. Lucah Sherman (Atwater) 10:33.49

37. Xavier Glenn (Atwater) 10:38.85

 

VB 34

18. Xavier Trujillo (Atwater) 10:00.07

24. Angel Ramos (Atwater) 10:13.67

 

VB 12

26. Ricky Barron (Atwater) 9:42.62

27. Yair Gonzalez (Atwater) 9:42.82

39. James Barajas (Golden Valley) 9:52.77

41. Dominic Urteaga (Golden Valley) 9:55.58

71. Mariano Ibarra (El Capitan) 10:48.30

77. Sal Virgen (Denair) 10:57.83 

 

VG 567

10. Katerin Ortiz Nunez (Golden Valley) 12:16.92

11. Itzel Alonzo Andrade (Golden Valley) 12:29.00

 

VG 34

8. Aubri Villa (Golden Valley) 11:47.47

9. Gabriela Hicks (Golden Valley) 12:00.63

23. Hailey Hurtado (Atwater) 12:56.28

 

VG 12

9. Fernanda Cortes (Golden Valley) 11:10.03

23. Chelsea Chavez (Golden Valley) 11:52.39

34. Salome Gomez Zuluaga (Atwater) 12:12.09

39. Lilianna Manzo (Atwater) 12:19.70   

  

RESULTS 

  

SAT  10/25 FLAT SAC @ Gibson Ranch Regional Park, Elverta

The competing StanCo schools are Orestimba and Turlock Christian. The other local schools are Summerville, Ripon, and Calaveras. The varsity races were 5K.

 

VG SS

14. Payton Snavely (Summerville) 20:27.41

15. Samantha DeLaCruz (Orestimba) 20:29.21

25. Sophia Jung (Ripon) 21:09.39

50. Paige Thomas (Ripon) 22:37.83

 

VBSS

6. Ryden Rivera (Summerville) 16:34.99

42. Joseph Garcia (Orestimba) 17:44.79

43. Miguel Acosta Pearson (Ripon) 17:46.59

47. Moses Gomez (Ripon) 17:54.49

49. Ian Wendt (Calaveras) 17:56.15 

  

RESULTS 

 

FRI/SAT 10/24 10/25 MT SAC INVITE @ Mt San Antonio College

There were no competing StanCo schools but local schools Bret Harte and Buhach Colony were there.

 

D345 G Individual Sweepstakes

18. Lena Llamas (Buhach Colony) 19:00.1 

 

D5 B Var Red

18. Matthew Nord (Bret Harte) 18:41.9

23. Peyton Heermance (Bret Harte 19:07.6 

 

RESULTS

 

FRI 10/24 CCAA College Championship @ Hooker Oak Rec Area, Chico

The competing teams in the CCAA are scattered D2 schools throughout California and include Stan State, Chico, East Bay, Humboldt, SFSU, San Marcos... There were many competing former local HS runners. Oh and I went to and ran for Chico State some 42 years ago (can it really be that long ago?)

 

WOMEN'S 6K

Molina followed by Wild, Sanchez, and Moreno

 

1. Iresh Molina (Chico State) 21:32.7

2. Annie Wild (Stan State--RIPON) 21:39.5

8. Jacqueline Sanchez (Stan State--BUHACH COLONY) 22:06.3

12. Isabela Moreno (Stan State--DOWNEY) 22:12.3

16. Crystal Hernandez (Stan State--LOS BANOS) 22:16.2

40. Aubrey Webb (Stan State--TURLOCK) 23:33.2

104. Ciarra Cabrera (UC Merced--GOLDEN VALLEY) 32:12.8

   

MEN'S 8K 

Giannini with Garcia and both Oliveiras (one partially hidden)

 

1. Mario Giannini (Chico State) 24:20.6

2. Damian Garcia (Chico State--PITMAN) 24:28.3

15. Mason Oliveira (Stan State--OAKDALE)  24:57.5

18. Jackson Oliveira (Stan State--OAKDALE) 25:05.7

32. Patricio Kearney (Stan State--ORESTIMBA) 26:05.0

41. Tanner Gerhart (Stan State--BRET HARTE) 26:35.2

56. Jorge Mandujano (UC Merced--PATTERSON) 27:02.5

76. Diego Cisneros (Stan State--PITMAN) 27:45.1 

   

RESULTS

PHOTOS (women's race)

PHOTOS (men's race) 

 

2025 3rd Rankings Team and Individual

Here I go again trying to rank the 64 schools of the south SJS conferences. This effort seems a bit clearer to me as I had both Clovis and Rough Rider results available as a point of comparison. As I keep saying if you don't agree please tell me all about it.

 

GIRLS TEAMS

1. Golden Valley D2 CCC 1:38:29 at Woodward (Clovis)

2. Oakdale D3 VOL 1:40:41 at Woodward (Clovis) yes they ran slower at Rough Rider when it was warmer. They are still missing their #2-3 runner.

3. Turlock D1 CCAL 1:43:26 at Woodward (Rough Rider) minus their #1 runner which would have lowered their combined time by at least 3 min.

4. Hughson D4 TVL 1:43:37 at Woodward (Clovis) missing #4-5 runner

5. Beyer D3 WAC 1:43:53 at Woodward (Clovis)

6. Hilmar D4 TVL 1:46:09 at Woodward (Clovis)

7. Pitman D2 CCAL 1:48:47 at Woodward (Rough Rider)

8. Riverbank D4 MLL 1:50:23 at Woodward (Clovis)

9. Atwater D2 CCC 1:52:31 at Woodward (Clovis)

10. Gregori D1 CCAL 1:54:01 at Woodward (Rough Rider) missing 2 of top 5 

GIRLS INDIVIDUALS

1. Giselle Fernandez (Riverbank D4) 17:23.6 (Clovis)

2. Elle Williams (Turlock D1) just behind Fernandez at Wood Bridge

3. Eleanor Hampton (Merced D2) beat Llamas and Cortes at CCC 2 18:34 at Woodward last year

4. Natalie Arriaza (Patterson D2) has only raced twice this year due to illness and minor injury BUT has run 17:43 at Woodward 

5. Lena Llamas (Buhach Colony D2) between Hampton and Cortes at CCC 2 ran 19:02 at Woodard 2 years ago 

6. Addison Wylie (Oakdale D3) 18:27.3 (Clovis)

7. Jymena Nguyen Marquez (Grace Davis D2) 18:31.9 (Rough Rider)

8. Fernanda Cortes (Golden Valley D2) 18:38.0 (Clovis)

9. Avery Carlson (Pitman D2) 18:45.14 (Rough Rider)

10. Tyleah Badea (Beyer D3) 18:50.3 (Clovis)

11. Chelsea Chavez (Golden Valley D2) 19:20.5 (Clovis)

12. Liz Christopher (Turlock D1) 19:35.28 (Rough Rider) 

13. Nayeli Mattison (Pitman D2) 19:42.5 (Rough Rider)

14. Sophie Benham (Hughson D4) 19:43.5 (Clovis)

15. Noeli Gomez Orozco (Hughson D4) 19:46.2 (Clovis) 

 

BOYS TEAMS

1. Turlock D1 CCAL 1:22:07 at Woodward (Rough Rider)

2. Beyer D3 WAC 1:22:30 at Woodward (Clovis)

3. Oakdale D3 VOL 1:22:53 at Woodward (Rough Rider)

4. Atwater D2 CCC 1:23:25 at Woodward (Clovis)

5. Hughson D4 TVL 1:25:01 at Woodward (Clovis)

6. Merced D2 CCC beat GV at CCC 2

7. Riverbank D4 MLL 1:29:04 at Woodward (Clovis)

8. Pitman D2 CCAL 1:29:42 at Woodward (Rough Rider)

9. Golden Valley D2 CCC 1:31:42 at Woodward (Clovis)

10. Modesto D1 CCAL 1:32:11 at Woodward (Rough Rider) missing #5? 

BOYS INDIVIDUALS 

1. Hayes Terry (Beyer D3) 15:39.6 (Clovis)

2. Sean Muturi (Oakdale D3) 15:55.1 (Rough Rider)

3. Landon Wilson (Sonora D4) beat Wejmar at Woodbridge

4. Larson Wejmar (Turlock D1) 15:57.3 (Rough Rider)

5. Havyn Bartell (Beyer D3) 15:58.6 (Clovis)

6. Jace Campos (Pacheco D2) beat Bartell at WAC 1 but hasn't raced hard since 9/13

7. Gio Mejia (Pacheco D2) 16:00.8 (Rough Rider)

8. Zayn Hamilton (Turlock D1) 16:12.2 (Rough Rider)

9. Isaac Barragan (Merced D2) beat Urteaga at CCC 2

10. Dominic Urteaga (Golden Valley D2) 16:12.7 (Clovis)

11. Ricky Barron (Atwater D2) 16:14.7 (Clovis)

12. Quinn Baca (Oakdale D3) 16:16.9 (Rough Rider)

13. Yuushi Kennedy (Beyer D3) 16:20.3 (Clovis)

14. Weston McGhee (Oakdale D3) 16:22.6 (Rough Rider) 

15. Alessandro Pimentel (Hughson D4) 16:22.9 (Clovis) 

 

 

 

2025 Week 8 Runners of the Week

I focused a lot on the performances coming out of the Rough Rider meet for this week's selections. Even though they are from the same school, that was not purposeful.

 

ZAYN HAMILTON (Turlock)--at Rough Rider he 16:12 and placed 43 in the Large School VB race. His time ranks him #41 all time for StanCo on this course. His efforts helped the Bulldogs place 6th in a very rough division and grab the top spot in the local rankings

 

LIZ CHRISTOPHER (Turlock)--placed 29th in the large school VG race at Rough Rider. Her time of 19:35.78 ranks her #46 all time for StanCo on the course and is a 3 minute improvement over what she ran in the same race last year. 

 

2025 Week 8 (MLL 3; Rough Rider; Hughson SC

With only three major meets you might think this was a slower week...but with 11 local teams at Rough Rider and 15 at HSC it was a big week by any standard.

 

 

WED 10/15 MLL 3 @ Wildcat Ranch, Sonora

The competing StanCo teams were Big Valley and Riverbank. Remember that these meet appear to be full league clusters but they are really scored as dual meets. I have included the invitational scoring as a means of comparison

 

VG

1-RBK 36; 2-SUM 70; 3-CAL 72; 4-LIN 82; 5-BH 92

Fernandez

1. Giselle Fernandez (Riverbank) 18:37.4 (New course record)

2. Gianna Cruz (Riverbank) 20:43.7

3. Lisa Lee (Calaveras) 20:48.0

4. Payton Snavely (Summerville) 20:48.7

5. Jocelyn Lloyd (Summerville) 21:41.7

6. Abigail Meza (Linden) 22:09.8

7. Kendra McGee (Calaveras) 22:19.1

8. Emily Ramirez (Riverbank) 22:46.7

9. Lillian Faul (Calaveras) 23:04.2

10. Ayla Jodie (Bret Harte) 23:07.3 

  

VB

1-RBK 33; 2-SUM 37; 3-BH 83; 4-CAL 96; 5-BVC 100; 6-LIN 164

 

Vasquez, Rivera, and Santana

1. Matt Santana (Riverbank) 17:12.2

2. Ryden Rivera (Summerville) 17:35.3

3. Esai Vasquez (Summerville) 17:38.1

4. Armando Garcia (Riverbank) 17:48.3

5. Gustavo Ortiz (Riverbank) 17:57.9

6. Robert Weller (Summerville 18:00.4

7. Peyton Heermance (Bret Harte) 18:21.3

8. Matthew Nord (Bret Harte) 18:26.9

9. Nate Johnson (Summerville) 18:33.6

10. Iann Wendt (Calaveras) 18:34.4 

  

RESULTS

PHOTOS F/S and JV

PHOTOS (Var) 

  

FRI 10/17 Rough Rider @ Woodward Park, Fresno

The competing StanCo teams Pitman, Gregori, Turlock, Beyer, Riverbank, Central Catholic, Downey, Modesto, Oakdale, Orestimba, and Grace Davis. All varsity races were 5K. It definitely felt warmer than the thermometer indicated and the times (compared to Clovis) seemed to be a bit slower because of that.

 

 

VG SS

6-OAK 187; 11-BEY 334; 24-RIP 603; 27-CC 684; 28-LATH 735

Addison Wylie

8. Addison Wylie (Oakdale) 19:01.0

22. Tenley Wylie (Oakdale) 19:54.35

26. Emma-Lynn Hogan (Central Catholic) 20:01.68

36. Taylor Reams (Oakdale) 20:40.87

38. Anahi Ruiz Velasco (Beyer) 20:44.03

40. Samantha DeLaCruz (Orestimba) 20:48.06

43. Annie Servin (Beyer) 20:56.47

59. Jordan Wylie (Oakdale) 21:23.72 

 

VB SS

2-OAK 106; 19-CC 604; 24-RIP 726; 25-LATH 732; 32-BEY 861; 38-OREST 1062

Muturi and McGhee (partially hiding)

 

5. Sean Muturi (Patterson) 15:55.09 (#22 all time) 

11. Quinn Baca (Oakdale) 16:16.93 (#47 all time)

13. Weston McGhee (Oakdale) 16:22.61

17. Piley Gier (Lathrop) 16:30.27

44. Roman Moreno (Oakdale) 17:08.54

48. Aden Cavanaugh (Oakdale) 17:09.88

53. Mitchelll Benning (Oakdale) 17:11.38

54. Mateo Quinonez (Central Catholic) 17:11.78 

 

VG LS

12-TUR 314; 16-PIT 424; 22-GREG 584 

Nguyen Marquez with a big PR

 

9. Jymena Nguyen Marquez (Grace Davis) 18:31.89 (#12 all time)

12 Avery Carlson (Pitman) 18:45.14

29. Elizabeth Christopher (Turlock) 19:35.78 (#46 all time)

32. Nayeli Mattison (Pitman) 19:42.51

48. Gisela Hernandez (Turlock) 20:09.56

72. Mylie Olson (Turlock) 20:52.10

76. Gretchen Nass (Turlock) 21:02.43

88. Gicell Gaeta Gonzalez (Pacheco) 21:16.05

91. Kaylee Hartfield (Gregori) 21:25.49

93. Emerson Newton (Pitman) 21:30.25 

 

VB LS

6-TUR 249; 23-PIT 670; 27-MOD 732; 31-GREG 848

Turlock's Petty and Avalos

22. Larson Wejmar (Turlock) 15:57.31

26. Gio Mejia (Pacheco) 16:00.80

43. Zayn Hamilton (Turlock) 16:12.20 (#41 all time)

54. Porter Petty (Turlock) 16:24.62

67. Jovani Franco (Modesto) 16:38.08

73. Gabriel Penwell (Enochs) 16:40.18

76. Grant Fahrney (Gregori) 16:40.58

81. Gabriel Avalos (Turlock) 16:45.52

83. Luke Oliveira (Turlock) 16:47.14 

88. Ivan Rodriguez (Modesto) 16:50.35

97. Lukas Gemperle (Turlock) 16:56.59

100. Eli Pimentel (Pitman) 16:57.90

101. Gavin Martin (Turlock) 16:58.95

120. Cesar Bojorquez (Downey) 17:09.43

123. Colvin Hamel (Pitman) 17:11.31 

 

RESULTS

PHOTOS (F/S)

PHOTOS (JV)

PHOTOS (varsity)

  

SAT 10/18 Hughson Supercross @ Hughson HS, Hughson

The competing StanCo schools were Downey, Denair, Ceres, Central Valley, Modesto, Oakdale, Johansen, Enochs, Hughson, Grace Davis, Turlock Christian, Vanguard, Waterford, Pitman, and Orestimba. All races run the same 4K course. 

 

VG

1-HUGH 55; 2-ATW 134; 5-MER 138; 8-HIL 176 9-LIV 211; 13-DEL 338; 16-RC 365; 17-ESC 407 

Hampton

1. Eleanor Hampton (Merced) 13:34.37

3. Sophie Benham (Hughson) 16:02.68

4. Sidney Logsdon (Hilmar) 16:05.76

7. Noeli Gomez Orozco (Hughson) 16:19.15

9. Roselynn (Modesto) 16:35.22

10. Jymena Nguyen Marquez (Grace Davis) 16:46.51

11. Lilianna Manzo (Atwater) 16:48.65

15. Maggie Becchetti (Hughson) 16:58.92 

 

VB (GOLD)

2-HUGH 72; 4-MER 135

 

Deniz and Barragan

3. Isaac Barragan (Merced) 13:34.37

4. Alessandro Pimentel (Hughson) 13:36.19

7. Aidan Deniz (Merced) 13:55.62

10. Mason Hoyle (Hughson) 14:11.8

16. Richard Stites (Hughson) 14:29.66

22. Carlos Maximilano Nava (Hughson) 14:38.96

25. Manuel Rios (Hughson) 14:41.90

28. Shane Lockwood (Hughson) 14:43.56

31. Victor Lopez Inguanco (Merced) 14:50.54

32. Samuel Alvarado (Hughson) 14:52.39 

 

VB (BLACK)

3-CV 116; 4-JOH 124; 6-HIL 153; 7-MOD 157; 8-LIV 195; 11-ENOC 270; 12-RC 300; 13-WAT 326; 14-DEL 329; 15-ESC 346

 

Trevao

3. Joe Trevao (Modesto) 14:09.87

6. Jair Contreras (Johansen) 14:37.26

10. Carson Matos (Hilmar) 14:46.95

12. Joseph Garcia (Orestimba) 14:56.44

13. Kaden Llamas (Buhach Colony) 14:59.07

 

FSB

2. Vince Wu (Enochs) 14:51.43 

 

RESULTS 

PHOTOS (Open Race)

PHOTOS (VB)

PHOTOS (VG)

PHOTOS (FSB)

PHOTOS (FSG and JV) 

 

 

 

 

South SJS Combined Rankings

I said last night, "My long term goal would be to do rankings from a pool of StanCo, MerCo, south SJ County schools and foothill schools that comprise the CCAL, CCC,  WAC, VOL, TVL, MLL, SAL, CCAA and maybe MVL schools...that would be 64 schools." I also said, "I am not quite up for that yet."

 

So I did the Merced County rankings. It was pretty basic since the County has so few schools and the majority compete directly against each other in the CCC. Then what are my thanks? Someone wants me to combine the MerCo and StanCo rankings...hadn't I just covered my thoughts about that in the first paragraph???? 

 

Maybe I am just game for a challenge, bored in retirement, or simply a sucker for punishment, but here is my combined rankings for the 64 schools listed above. You will notice some discrepancies with these rankings and previous ones...more research changed my opinion. I leaned heavily on Athletic.net rankings at 5K and 3mi and on the recent Clovis Inv. and River Bluff results. Yes, I have seen everyone of these athletes compete this season.  I am still hoping that Rough Rider will clear up a lot of the/my confusion. I am not sure if all future rankings will cover this many teams. So enjoy (?) it now.

 

Don't agree? Tell me all about it in the comments; but if you have some serious criticism, man up and put your name on the comment.

 

BOYS TEAMS

1. Turlock

2. Atwater

3. Oakdale

4. Beyer

5. Hughson

6. Merced

7. Golden Valley

8. Riverbank

9. Modesto

10. Pitman 

  

BOYS INDIVIDUALS

1. Hayes Terry (Beyer)

2. Jace Campos (Pacheco)

3. Landon Wilson (Sonora)

4. Gio Mejia (Pacheco)

5. Havyn Bartell (Beyer)

6. Larson Wejmar (Turlock)

7. Isaac Barragan (Merced)

8. Dominic Urteaga (Golden Valley)

9. Ricky Barron (Atwater)

10. Sean Muturi (Oakdale)

11. Porter Petty (Turlock)

12. Cesar Bojorquez (Downey)

13. Gabriel Avalos (Turlock)

14. Yuushi Kennedy (Beyer)

15. Alessandro Pimentel (Hughson) 

   

GIRLS TEAMS

1. Golden Valley

2. Oakdale

3. Turlock

4. Hughson

5. Beyer

6. Hilmar

7. Gregori

8. Riverbank

9. Atwater

10. Pitman 

GIRLS INDIVIDUALS

1. Giselle Fernandez (Riverbank)

2. Elle Williams (Turlock)

3. Eleanor Hampton (Merced)

4. Natalie Arriaza (Patterson)

5. Lena Llamas (Buhach Colony)

6. Avery Carlson (Pitman)

7. Addison Wylie (Oakdale)

8. Jymena Nguyen Marquez (Grace Davis)

9. Tyleah Badea (Beyer)

10. Fernanda Cortes (Golden Valley)

11. Chelsea Chavez (Golden Valley)

12. Sophie Benham (Hughson)

13. Noeli Gomez Orozco (Hughson)

14. Jaylyn Carrillo (Patterson)

15. Tenley Wylie (Oakdale)