I believe that I said this last year; but the County Clash (Stanislaus v Merced), now in its third year, is a meet still looking for some respect among local coaches. Some of the top distance programs (Downey, Riverbank, Gregori, and Merced) all bypassed this meet in favor of Bronco, Brenda, (Merced went to the Metro Inv in Sac), or even the Modesto Marathon. I still believe that if all these schools ran their best kids in the respective county meets; and then brought them to this meet, they would all have an excellent opportunity to achieve those PRs and qualifying marks with out having to travel so far...just sayin'.
As it was, this was a very well run meet at a great facility that produced some very solid marks. The following schools participated (CV, TD, Ceres, RBK, MoHi, Pit, Pat, Tur,Hugh, Oak)
1600m
Both the boy's and the girl's race was dominated by Merced Co runners.
For the Girls:
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| Lara leads Mendoza in the 1600m |
5. Savannah Mendoza (Modesto) 5:53.00
6. Kristen Aguilar (Oakdale) 6:00.42
7. Biance Garcia (Pitman) 6:01.07
For the Boys:
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| Venegas leads Aguilar in the 1600m |
6. Leo Pando (Modesto) 4:50.48
7. Erik Sousa (Turlock) 4:51.93
8. Isaac Leon (Ceres) 4:53.84
9. John Puffer (Pitman) 4:55.35
10. Isaiah Aguilar (Oakdale) 4:56.03
800m
Although these races were both won by Merced Co runners, it was the StanCo runners who dominated.
For the Girls Frosh Bianca Garcia (Pitman) continues to improve.
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| Hollcraft leads first lap of the 800m |
3. Kerry Young (Modesto) 2:36.88
4. Cassie Derdivanis (Turlock) 2:37.28
5. Sarah Hollcraft (Hughson) 2:37.35
On the Boy's side:
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| Alania and Soto |
3. Alberto Soto (Turlock) 2:07.65
4. Josue Esquivel (Hughson) 2:11.18
5. Isaac Leon (Ceres) 2:11.57
3200m
The County competition was pretty even in the 3200m.
For the girls it was Patterson's Lupe Ventura breaking through for a solid win.
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| The pack early i the 3200m |
3. Hilda Perez (Modesto) 12:42.22
4. Arianna Lara (Turlock) 12:52.08
5. Sonia Perez (Modesto) 13:01.65
6. Makenzie Salyer (Turlock) 13:04.85
For the Boy's
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| Yanez stalked by Virgen |
4. Daniel Yanez (Hughson) 10:16.71
5. Logan Seagle (Hughson) 10:22.18
7. John Puffer (Pitman) 10:27.10
8. David Bozquez (Turlock) 10:36.55
Luis Orendain (Modesto) 10:46.58
11. AJ Carbajal (Turlock) 10:59.09
RESULTS
PHOTOS
BRONCO DISTANCE CARNIVAL
The only local schools here were the Downey and Riverbank distance runners; and perhaps with the exception of Ruvalcaba's 3200m time and Garcia 800m time, the rest of the result could have easily been achieved at County Clash.
1600m
For the girls:
26. Ariella Names (Downey) 5:44.84
43. Esmeralda Aguayo (Downey) 5:55.88
For the Boy's:
29. Ruben Paredez (Riverbank) 4:49.45
47. Emmanuel Chavez (Riverbank) 4:57.07
800m
For the Girl's Sabrina Garcia (Riverbank) turned in a 2 sec PR.
9. Sabrina Garcia (Riverbank) 2:26.66
24. Haylee Osgood (Downey) 2:34.66
26. Meghan Lofling (Downey) 2:35.10
33. Makaelyn Bickel (Downey) 2:37.75
61. Valeria Aguiniga (Riverbank) 2:48.99
3200m
For the Girl's it was all about Kim Ruvalcaba and her huge PR.
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| Ruvalcaba in the 3200m courtesy of Greg Beliera |
For the Boy's:
21. Ruben Paredez (Riverbank) 10:27.58
23. Carlos Martinez (Riverbank) 10:30.18
27. Diego Ruiz (Riverbank) 10:36.72
RESULTS
BRENDA ATHLETIC INVITATIONAL
The past couple of years this meet has mostly attracted smaller schools. The following StanCo schools parcicipated in some form (TD, Greg, JoHo, Hugh, Pit, MC, Tur Ch, Wat).
1600m
For the VB's:
3. Jonathan Alcantara (Gregori) 4:45.68
5. Jared Williams (Hughson) 4:54.45
For the F/S Boy's:
3. Santiago Ruiz (Gregori) 4:52.43
5. Tyler Oliveira (Gregori) 4:56.38
800m
For the Girl's
2. Victoreya Maravilla (Gregori) 2:38.42
3. Jessica Groen (Modesto Christian) 2:40.92
5. Olivia Soto (Johansen) 2:46.9
For the VB's
3. Juan Ortega (Gregori) 2:13.43
For the F/S Boy's
1. Adrian Leal (Gregori) 2:08.48
3200m
For the Girl's:
5. Esmeralda Campos (Hughson) 12:55.75
For the VB's:
5. Tristian edwards (Hughson) 11:04.45
For the F/S Boy's:
This was perhaps the best StanCo performance of the meet.
3. Santiago Ruiz (Gregori) 10:42.05
4. Mason Reeves (Gregori) 10:57.58
5. Roman Franzia (Gregori) 10:57.82
RESULTS
MMC DUAL MEETS
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| S Perez, H. Perez, Mosqueda, and Zheng run uncontested in the 3200m |
MoHi at Downey PHOTOS
MODESTO MARATHON
FULL MARATHON
8. Jeremy Hart (Gregori) 2:53.16
9. Mario Medina (Gregori) 2:54. 28
38. Chris Verissimo (Gregori) 3:16.13
HALF MARATHON
5. Jonathan Alcantara (Gregori) 1:17.45
14. Cameron Duquette (Modesto) 1:23.50
18. Tomas Virgen (Patterson) 1:26.18
25. Antonio Venegas (Patterson) 1:31.11
29. Ramon Bravo (Enochs) 1:33.53
RESULTS
No disrespect to the Marathon distance, nor to those who compete at that distance, but running one in the middle of a track season is a bad, bad idea.
ReplyDeleteThat being said, 2:53 and 2:54 are solid outings. 1:17 is not too shabby either.
I so agree with you Joel, on both fronts
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