Stanislaus County Distance: 2023 WEEK 12 SJS Championship

This is the meet that most of the teams were trying to get to (well not Oakdale, for those boys this meet isn't even a speed bump). After setting a record (for my StanCo time period) for the number of StanCo State meet participants, this year that number will likely drop back to about 18. So, the point I am trying to make is that this is THE meet of the season for most of these athletes.

I wrote that before the meet. I actual number of StanCo qualifiers for the State meet is 19...

D1 VG (the top 2 teams qualified for State)

Competing StanCo teams were Modesto, Pitman, and Turlock with runners from Downey and Gregori.

The story here was who would come out on top in the cross-town rivalry between Pitman and Turlock . Pitman won that battle technically. But the win happened only because Turlock's #2 girl Daizy Gonzalez was disqualified for bumping another runner or in technical terms, purposely impeding another runner's path as they were finishing. This is a real thing, but I have never seen it enforced in an XC meet.

1-Oakridge 40; 5-Pitman 142; 6-Turlock 159; 10-Modesto 231

Leach with Carlson, Wolfe, and day in the background

1. Alana Farve (Sheldon) 19:04.6

4. Zoe Leach (Downey) 19:35.4 qualified as an individual #17 all time StanCo

11. Maya Day (Turlock) 20:20.5

12. Maya Wolfe (Modesto) 20:20.8

14. Avery Carlson (Pitman) 20:21.4

34. Aubrey Lascano (Pitman) 21:54.3

35. Nayeli Mattison (Pitman) 21:55.6

37. Emerson Newton (Pitman) 22:04.2

41. Lila Brackett (Turlock) 22:20.9

42. Emely Vazquez Victoria (Gregori) 22:23.9

46. Lily Edgerton (Turlock) 22:35.9

47. Aubrey Webb (Turlock) 22:40.4

50. Jayden Jimenez (Turlock) 22:57.0

52. Adelyn Persons (Pitman) 23:00.4

D1 VB (the top 3 teams qualified for State)

Competing StanCo teams were Downey, Enocs, Pitman, Modesto and Turlock with a runner from Gregori.

The story here was that Turlock qualified to State as a team (I think for the first time ever. I don't think anyone saw this happening (other than the Bulldog faithful). Half way through the race they were in 6th...but an amazing rally over the final final found them in 3rd and planning a trip to Fresno.

1-Davis 48; 3-Turlock 84; 8-Enochs 240; 9- Downey 257; 10-Modesto 273; 11-Pitman 325

Petty led the Bulldog charge to qualifying for State

1. Jeffrey Wright (Davis) 16:07.8

11. Logan Petty (Turlock) 17:05.3 qualified as part of a team

12. Teddy Santos (Turlock) 17:05.5 qualified as part of a team

15. Daniel Zaragoza (Turlock) 17:13.8 qualified as part of a team

20. Hasan Modan (Gregori) 17:21.1

23. Mehtaab Dhillon (Modesto) 17:27.3

27. Behniya Esmaeilabadi (Turlock) 17:32.1

28. Gavin Flanders (Downey) 17:39.7

29. Jackson Hall (Turlock) 17:36.4 qualified as part of a team

43. Angel Solis DeLaCruz (Turlock) 17:57.5 qualified as part of a team

46. Zaden Tovar (Enochs) 18:06.0

47. Casar Bejorquez (Downey) 18:07.0

48. Daniel Vang (Enochs) 18:09.3

52. Julian Hernandez (Turlock) 18:27.3 qualified as part of a team

53. Julius Camacho (Pitman) 18:30.1

D2 VG (the top 4 teams qualified for State)

Individuals from Patterson and Grace Davis participated.

Arriaza may be Patterson's first female to qualify for State

1. Karissa Chamberlain (Whitney) 18:38.2

4. Natalie Arriaza (Patterson) 19:08.1 qualified as an individual

12. Jymena Nguyen-Marquez (Grace Davis) 19:54.5 qualified as an individual #27 all time StanCo

56. Melanie Rodriguez (Patterson) 22:23.6

D2 VB (the top 3 teams qualified for State)

The competing StanCo team was Patterson with individuals from Grace Davis.

D3 VG (the top 3 teams qualified for State)

The competing StanCo team was from Oakdale.

1. St Francis 58; 5-Oakdale 153

Evans barely misses qualifying for State

1. Anna Soares (Placer) 19:02.1

14. Bradie Evans (Oakdale) 20:24.4

32. Brady Wylie (Oakdale) 21:42.7

43. Shelby Cotner (Oakdale) 22:15.6

49. Jordan Wylie (Oakdale) 22:33.7

52. Audri Scott (Oakdale) 22:42.4

D3 VB (the top 3 teams qualified for State)

The competing StanCo teams were from Oakdale and Beyer.

The questions here were how much would Oakdale win by and could Beyer find some of the magic that allowed them to qualify for State last year...the answers were A LOT and nope. Oakdale's Alsaidi had a terrible race. He ran thirty seconds slower than his best time on this course. As a team however they ran only 7 seconds slower than last year's State championship team. Their top 6 were the six fastest StanCo boys on the day...Their #6 boy who has been an "also ran" all season, has improved to the point that he would be the top boy on any of the other 22 high schools in the county. YES, YOU READ THAT CORRECTLY!

1-Oakdale 26; 7-Beyer 156

J Oliveira leading Alsaidi and Chu

1. Josh Chu (Ponderosa) 15:34.9

2. Jackson Oliveira (Oakdale) 15:40.7 qualified as part of a team #3 all time StanCo

3. Omar Alsaidi (Oakdale) 16:01.6 qualified as part of a team

4. Mason Oliveira (Oakdale) 16:08.6 qualified as part of a team #7 all time StanCo

6. Ismael Dominguez (Oakdale) 16:24.6 qualified as part of a team #11 all time StanCo

13. Jacob Cavanaugh (Oakdale) 16:54.7 qualified as part of a team

15. Parker Whitmeyer (Oakdale) 17:02.8 qualified as part of a team

16. Hayes Terry (Beyer) 17:11.8

27. Jackson Olsen (Beyer) 17:33.7

36. Havyn Bartell (Beyer) 17:52.8

53. Alejandro Mejia-Hidalgo (Beyer) 18:14.7

56. Abner Gonzalez (Oakdale)18:30.5 qualified as part of a team

D4 VG (the top 2 teams qualified for State)

The competing StanCo team was from Hughson with an individual from Orestimba and two from Riverbank

1-Colfax 32; 5-Hughson 130

Fernandez is on her way to State

1. Jesse Redding (Colfax) 18:52.1

4. Giselle Fernandez (Riverbank) 20:33.0 qualified as an individual

24. Noeli Gomez (Hughson) 22:30.9

26. Imelda Beltran-Pelayo (Orestimba) 22:42.3

28. Alejandra Gonzalez (Hughson) 22:44.1

29. Maggie Scarioni (Hughson) 22:44.7

31. Caitlin Kelley (Hughson) 22:52.1

D4 VB (the top 3 teams qualified for State)

The competing StanCo team was from Hughson with an individual from Orestimba

1-El Dorado 64; 9-Hughson 194

Kearney just misses qualifying for State

1. Broen Holman (Sonora) 15:20.1

12. Patricio Kearney (Orestimba) 17:30.9

16. Bobby Nieto (Hughson) 17:46.9

36. Dominic Haupt (Hughson)

D5 VG (the top 2 teams qualified for State)

The competing StanCo team was from Central Catholic with an individual from Waterford

The story here was could Central Catholic repeat in qualifying for State (like they did last year)...the answer was a heart-breaking no, by a slim 5 points.

1-Bret Harte 41; 3-Central Catholic 89