CALIFORNIA STATE MEET

I am sorry that it took so long for me to get this article written and posted. I attended the State meet this past Saturday. They were expecting rain and I was comforted that it held off for most of the meet. I did leave before the last two races as the rain was on the way and I strongly dislike standing in the rain (and my camera hates the rain even more).

In the D5 boys' race Anthony Vazquez of Central Catholic was the lone StanCo competitor and he ran a very solid race. In his first XC season he finished 36th (out of 201 runner) with a time of 16:44.6.

In the D5 girls' race the only StanCo racer was Waterford's Jaecelyn Romero. As just a Frosh she finished in 21:24.7 which was good for 98th place out of 204 runners.

Esmeralda Campos

Abigalle Mitchell

The D4 girls race had the largest StanCo contingent. The Hughson girls were the lone competing StanCo full team. As a team they would finish 12th out of 23 teams. Their combined time would make them the fastest D4 Sac Joaquin team in at least the past 17 years. Individually they would be led by their lone senior, Abigayle Mitchell. She placed 36th (19:11.60--the 16th best StanCo time on this course ever. Behind Abi Esmeralda Campos turned in a very strong race placing 67th (19:53.1). Hughson's third finisher was Emily Fife who earlier in the week learned that she had a lower leg stress fracture. Emily placed 71st (19:57.1). Close behind would be Elizette Ysias in 77th (20:02.7). In 99th Kinsey Langley would be Hughson's 5th finisher and complete their team scoring. Kinsey complete the course in 20:29.6. Jessie Lawrence (124th--21:48.5) and Sophia Kline (168th--22:02.5) would be the Husky's final two finishers. There were 189 finishers.

Karina Prado (Oakdale) would compete in the D3 girls race. Also competing in her first XC season she would finish 86th out of 204 runners in a time of 19:37.8

In the D1 boys race, Santiago Ruiz of Gregori would place 61st out of 200 runners. His time of 16:14.3 was 225th out of 990 competitors.

Briseida Garcia competed in the D1 girls' race. She placed 64th (out of 199) in a time of 19:03.5. This time placed her as 218th out of 986 total finishers on the day. It also ranks her as the 12th fastest StanCo lady on this course all time (and the sixth fastest from the MMC).

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