WEEK 5 Runners of the Week

I skipped naming ROW last week and promised to double up this week. About 19 of the StanCo teams were in action; and there were many stellar performances, making the selection process a difficult one.

Jessie Lawrence (from TVL 1)

JESSIE LAWRENCE (Hughson)--
Jessie placed 9th overall at TVL 2. Her time was a 55 sec improvement  from TVL 1 and gives the Huskies an all important solid # 5 runner

Madison Kackley

MADISON KACKLEY (Gregori)--as a Frosh she has run 2 varsity races, MMC 1 and MMC 2, and won them both. Her converted time of 19:24 (the course was at least 10 secs longer than normal) ranks her tied for #7 all-time over the course. Oh did I mention that she was injured and hardly practiced between MMC 1 and MMC 2.

Justin Thomas

JUSTIN THOMAS (Gregori)--
At MMC 2 while Gregori was missing 2 of their top 5 runners, Justin stepped up big time to improve 33 secs and 9 places between MMC 1 and 2 and finish as Gregori's # 5 runner.

Joel Cardoza

JOEL CARDOZA (Downey)--
As a Soph Joel placed 6th at MMC 2 in a 34 sec improvement from MMC 1. His emergence gives the Downey boys a solid 1-2-3 punch


OTHERS I CONSIDERED
CHRIS MARTINEZ (Riverbank)--places 1st at TVL 2 for his first ever TVL individual victory
ELIZETTE YSIAS (Hughson)--places 1st at TVL 2 for her first ever TVL individual victory
ADAL ROBLES (Waterford)--back to back come-from-behind SAL victories
MADELINE TREE (Orestimba)--1st individual SAL title
MAKAELYN BICKEL (Downey)--placed 2nd at MMC 2 in a PR time
MOISES BENAVIDES (Downey)--placed 1st at MMC 2 in his first individual cluster victory
MASON REEVES (Gregori)--after being sick most of the week he placed 10th  in the very elite seeded division of the Capital Cross Challenge
SANTIAGO RUIZ (Gregori)--he placed 5th  in the very elite seeded division of the Capital Cross Challenge