Stanislaus County Meet

This past Friday the various schools of Stanislaus County squared off against each other on the oval at Turlock High School to compete for individual County titles and event bragging rights.

Ruvalcaba with Garcia on her shoulder

The first distance race of the evening was the 1600m. Kim Ruvalcaba (Riverbank) led for most of the race with her team mate Sabrina Garcia on her shoulder. It would be Ruvalcaba taking the win. It was unfortunate that Arielle Names, Downey's top runner, and Ruvalcaba would not face off against each other on this evening.
1. Kim Ruvalcaba (Riverbank) 5:33.31
2. Sabrina Garcia (Riverbank) 5:34.73
3. Arianna Lara (Turlock) 5:50.42
4. Savannah Mendoza (Modesto) 5:51.72
5. Bianca Garcia (Pitman) 5:54.70
6. Kyannah Hernandez (Oakdale) 5:57.70

Alcantara and Aguilar battle in the home stretch

On the boy's side there was a sizable pack for the first two laps before Jonathan Alcantara (Gregori) and Isaiah Aguilar (Oakdale) ran shoulder to shoulder in the lead. Down the stretch these two would battle to a very close finish with Alcantara taking the title.
1. Jonathan Alcantara (Gregori) 4:39.93
2. Isaiah Aguilar (Oakdale) 4:40.02
3. Ruben Paredez (Riverbank) 4:45.48
4. Antonio Venegas (Patterson) 4:45.62
5. Leo Pando (Modesto) 4:46.72
6. Santiago Ruiz (Gregori) 4:46.99
7. Erik Sousa (Turlock) 4:47.48
8. Josh Gorman (Oakdale) 4:49.99

Names over-powers down the stretch

The 800 meter runners were the next distance athletes to take to the track. The girl's race was a duel between Sabrina Garcia (Riverbank) and Victoreya Maravilla (Gregori). They ran side by side for 600m until Arielle Names (Downey) came from 10m back to charge past them and take the title.
1. Arielle Names (Downey) 2:27.07
2. Sabrina Garcia (Riverbank) 2:28.58
3. Victoreya Maravilla (Gregori) 2:29.38
4. Sarah Hollcraft (Hughson) 2:36.94
5. Bianca Garcia (Pitman) 2:37.45
6. Kerry Young (Modesto) 2:38.13
7. Cassie Derdivanis (Turlock) 2:38.33

Leal pulls away for the 800m title

 The boys took to the track next in what was a competitive but very pedestrian 800m.
1. Adrian Leal (Gregori) 2:06.09
2. Freddy Contreras (Gregori) 2:06.91
3. Jose Soto (Turlock) 2:07.42
4. Isaiah Aguilar (Oakdale) 2:08.08
5. Marc Alania (Modesto) 2:08.73

Ruvalcaba pulling away from Ventura

The final distance race of the night was the 3200m. For the girls it would be Ruvalcaba taking her second title of the day by out pacing the experienced Guadalupe Ventura (Patterson)
1. Kim Ruvalcaba (Riverbank) 12:18.27
2. Guadalupe Ventura (Patterson) 12:24.36
3. Arianna Lara (Turlock) 12:54.43
4. Hilda Perez (Modesto) 12:55.94 (first time breaking 12!)

Medina simply better than the whole field

Mario Medina (Gregori) took the lead from the gun and simply ran away from the field to complete the Gregori boy's distance sweep.
1. Mario Medina (Gregori) 10:04.50
2. John Puffer (Pitman) 10:24.56
3. Daniel Yanez (Hughson) 10:25.37
4. Thomas Virgen (Patterson) 10:29.69
5. Logan Seagle (Hughson) 10:31.03
6. Carlos Martinez (Riverbank) 10:36.09
7. David Bozquez (Turlock) 10:39.24
8. Emmanuel Chavez (Riverbank) 10:39.43

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