Final ReCap of the 24-25 XC-Track Year

Each year I like to do a write up summarizing some to the analytics and high points (for me). I usually accomplish this post sometime soon after the State track meet, so I am late this year. But before I post anything relating to the 25-26 season I need to provide some final closure to the 24-25 year. The numbers are extraordinary, historic even.

 

2024 XC by the numbers

27--I attended 27 XC meets

27--teams raced at the Screamin Scott Showdown. This is only one meet in a season filled with many other meets, but it is named after me and thus holds a special place in my heart.

48--I awarded 48 Runner of the Week shirts.

50--Fifty StanCo runners qualified for and competed at the State XC meet.

2--The Turlock girls ran a combined 1:39.02 at Woodward Park which is the 2nd fastest StanCo team ever. 

3--The Oakdale boys placed 5th at the D3 State meet, but in doing so they ran 1:19:58 which makes them the 3rd fastest StanCo team on that course ever. 

5--The Turlock boys ran a combine 1:22:15 at State which is the 5th fastest StanCo team time ever.

4--Giselle Fernandez (Riverbank) placed 4th in the D4 State Meet race.

20--runners were voted by the coaches onto the All StanCo XC team and each received a photo collage of the team. 

1--Zoe Leach was the only runner who made the all time StanCo Legion Park list this year at #13 18:39

4--Four boys made the all time Willow Hills list (#11 Pat Kearney 16:18, #12 Francisco Hernandez 16:19, #14 Larson Wejmar 16:26, and Jacob Cavanaugh 16:26)

5--On the lady's side five made the all time Willow Hills list (#3 Natalie Arriaza 18:43, #6 Avery Carlson 19:03, #11 Zoe Leach 19:12, #13 Jymena Nguyen Marquez 19:19, and #16 Giselle Fernandez 19:23) 

6--Six boys made the all time Woodward Park list (#10 Whitemyer 15:36, #12 Teddy Santos 15:42, #13 Cavanaugh 15:45, #15 Kearney 15:49, #19 Wejmar 15:54, and #20 Hernandez 15:55)

7--Seven of the ladies made the all time StanCo Woodward Park 5K list (#1 Arriaza 17:43, #3 Fernandez 17:58, #5 Carlson 18:24, #12 Leach 18:38, #20 Williams 18:55, #21 Addison Wylie 18:57, and Nguyen Marquez 18:57)

  

 

2025 TRACK by the numbers

32--I attended 32 track meets

6--the six champions in the distance events at the Stanislaus County Championship won a StanCo sweat shirt. 

20--twenty different runners earned the purple StanCo shirt for breaking 2/2:20 in the 800 or 4:30/5:30 in the 1600

20--twenty runners broke 10/12 in the 3200 to earn their orange StanCo shirt.

42--forty-two runners met at least one of the standards to qualify for the All-StanCo Track team. They all had the opportunity to be given a collage of the team for free. Ismael Dominguez (Oakdale) made the team all 4 years

2--two StanCo track records were broken (Brooke Schumacker, Turlock, PV, 11'9" and Giselle Fernandez, Riverbank, 1600, 4:43.80)

5--Five girls (#2 Natalie Arriaza-10:35.24,  #4 Avery Carlson-10:41.36, #5 Giselle Fernandez-1045.13, #7 Elle Williams-10:52.35, #8 Zoe Leach-10:52.58) all break 11 minutes and crack the top 10 on the all time 3200m StanCo list.

4--Four boys made the all time 3200m list (#18 Parker Whitemyer-9:21.62, #19 Pat Kearney-9:21.93, #24 Hayes Terry-9:24.75, and #25 Larson Wejmar-9:24.86)

3--Three StanCo ladies broke 5 min in the 1600m and moved up the all time StanCo list (#1 Giselle Fernandez-4:43.80, #7 Natalie Arriaza-4:58.96, and #8 Avery Carlson-4:59.41)

2--#7 Tyleah Badea-2:14.56 and #8 Giselle Fernandez-2:14.96 both made the all time StanCo 800m list.

  

24-25 Year Overall

59--I went to 59 meets total

59,000--at an average of 1000 photos posted per meet a conservative estimate is that I posted 59,000 pics this year (and took at least twice that many).

5--Five athletes were awarded a "Record Breaker" shirt for making one of the all time lists in track or XC (Avery Carlson, Pat Kearney, Elle Williams, Brooke Schumacker, and Giselle Fernandez). 

6--with my own $500 and the donations of MANY supporters I was able to award six $500 scholarships this year (Maguire Lime, Susannah Hall, Maya Wolfe, Alejandra Gonzalez, Jeffery Mendonca, and Raquel Ochoa).

1--Zoe Leach (Downey) made the All StanCo XC team and the All StanCo Track team all 4 years of HS.

 

TIME, MONEY, and a little REALITY

708--59 meets at approximately 4 hours per (some meets I am there for over 8 hours) added to the photo processing time of about 8 hours for each meet...708 hours...in other words that is 29.5 days worth of time. This doesn't include the time of driving to the meets or to the schools to hand out/award shirts.

99--shirts handed out (48 ROW, 20 purple, 20 orange, 6 county champ, and 5 record breaker).

$1485--99 shirts averaging $15 each (the sweat shirts are about $30 each)

40--collages given...about $1.50 each; $60.

$3000--in StanCo scholarships given out ($500 of mine and all of the rest was donated)

 

PRICELESS--I love what I do. I do it mostly for my own personal reasons. It is so important to me that "StanCo Distance" is tattooed on my leg. BUT it can be costly and time consuming. Now that I have retired from teaching I will likely spend even more time at it. But I need help to continue awarding this number of scholarships. Every penny that is given to me goes to scholarships for StanCo and MerCo runners.

 

Do you love track and XC. Support the coach and the team. They are the real heroes here. Go to the meets. Cheer on the runners. Provide snacks for the athletes. Work the snack bar. 

 

Do you appreciate what I do...stop me, introduce yourself, say Hi. Tell me about your runner (no I don't know all of them). If you want to support my efforts even further, you can donate to the scholarship fund by scanning the code below. I thank you. What I do would be impossible without the support of the coaches, parents, and runners. 

 

As always I'll see you around the course and the track, I'll be the one in orange and black.

 

 

2025 All StanCo Track Team

 

Choosing the All StanCo Track Team is different than selecting the All StanCo XC Team. With the XC Team the coaches vote. With the Track Team it is all based on the runner reaching at least one of the set times (800 2:00/2:20; 1600 4:30/5:25; 3200 10:00/12:00). The number of runners reaching these marks seems to be exploding. In past years there were 10-13 runners meeting these times. This year there were 42. Some of the performances were record setting: Giselle Fernandez broke the 1600m record by 10 seconds. Five runners met the standards in all three events (Giselle Fernandez, Alex Mejia-Hidalgo, Francisco Hernandez, Patricio Kearney, and Ismael Dominguez) which demonstrates their strength and versatility.

 NATALIE ARRIAZA—11^TH (PATTERSON) 1600-4:58.96 (#7), 3200-10:35.24 (#2)

 GABRIEL AVALOS—11^TH (TURLOCK) 3200-9:57.60

 QUINN BACA—10^TH (OAKDALE) 3200-9:48.83 (2MI 9:52.16)

TYLEAH BADEA—10^TH (BEYER) 800-2:14.56 (#7), 1600-5:17.57 (1MI 5:19.42)

HAVYN BARTELL—11^TH (BEYER) 1600-4:29.49, 3200-9:37.75

SOPHIE BENHAM—11^TH (HUGHSON) 3200-11:33.89

CESAR BOJORQUEZ—11^TH (DOWNEY) 1600-4:29.50, 3200-9:52.97

AVERY CARLSON—11^TH (PITMAN) 1600-4:59.41(#8), 3200-10:41.36 (#4)

PAUL CASSAGIO—12^TH (DOWNEY) 3200-9:55.27

JACOB CAVANAUGH—12^TH (OAKDALE) 1600-4:28.07 (1MI 4:29.63)

ELIZABETH CHRISTOPHER—11^TH (TURLOCK) 3200-11:54.67

DIEGO CIBRIAN—12^TH (GRACE DAVIS) 3200-9:59.10

SAMANTHA DE LA CRUZ—10^TH (ORESTIMBA) 1600-5:12.92, 3200-11:44.24

ISMAEL DOMINGUEZ—12^TH (OAKDALE) 800-1:55.46 (#15), 1600-4:28.42, 3200-9:43.33

BRADIE EVANS—11^TH (OAKDALE) 3200-11:48.46 (2MI 11:52.59)

GRANT FAHRNEY—11^TH (GREGORI) 3200-9:56.11

GISELLE FERNANDEZ—11^TH (RIVERBANK) 800-2:14.96 (#8), 1600-4:43.80 (#1), 3200-10:45.13 (#5)

ARMANDO GARCIA--10^TH (RIVERBANK) 800-1:57.80

COLVIN HAMEL—11^TH (PITMAN) 800-1:58.12

FRANCISCO HERNANDEZ-–12^TH (PATTERSON) 800-1:59.21, 1600-4:26.05. 3200-9:30.86

PATRICIO KEARNEY—12^TH (ORESTIMBA) 800-1:59.83, 1600-4:23.96 (1MI 4:25.50), 3200-9:21.93 (#19)

YUUSHI KENNEDY—10^TH (BEYER) 3200-9:56.58

ZOE LEACH—12^TH (DOWNEY) 1600-5:05.73 (#19), 3200-10:52.58 (#8)

WESTIN MC GHEE—10^TH (OAKDALE) 3200-9:51.13 (2MI 9:54.68)

ALEJANDRO MEJIA-HIDALGO—10^TH (BEYER) 800-1:58.35, 1600-4:23.22, 3200-9:58.08 (2MI 10:01.57)

SEAN MUTURI—11^TH (OAKDALE) 3200-9:51.37

JYMENA NGUYEN-MARQUEZ—11^TH (GRACE DAVIS) 1600-5:17.01

MYLIE OLSON—10^TH (TURLOCK) 1600-5:13.13

LOGAN PETTY—12^th (TURLOCK) 800-1:58.76, 1600-4:20.11

ALESSANDRO PIMENTEL—11^TH (HUGHSON) 3200-9:48.6 (2MI 9:52.03)

IVAN RODRIGUEZ—10^TH (MODESTO) 3200-9:56.93

MELANIE RODRIGUEZ—11^TH (PATTERSON) 3200-11:55.12

MATT SANTANA—11^TH (RIVERBANK) 3200-9:51.92

 TEDDY SANTOS—12^TH (TURLOCK) 1600-4:22.67, 3200-9:57.45

HAYES TERRY—11^TH (BEYER) 1600-4:27.82, 3200-9:24.75 (#24)

 JESSICA VIGIL—12^TH (RIVERBANK) 3200-11:34.89

AUBREY WEBB—12^TH (TURLOCK) 1600-5:24.89, 3200-11:22.68

 LARSON WEJMAR—11^TH (TURLOCK) 1600-4:27.62, 3200-9:24.86 (#25)

PARKER WHITEMYER—11^TH (OAKDALE) 1600-4:25.9, 3200-9:21.62 (#18)

ELLISON WILLIAMS—9^TH (TURLOCK) 1600-5:10.16, 3200-10:52.35 (#7)

ADDISON WYLIE—9^TH (OAKDALE) 1600-5:22.25, 3200-11:22.11

GABRIEL ZAMUDIO MELGAR—12^TH (BEYER) 3200-9:52.62

 

 

 

 

 

2025 Track Golden West Inv

This meet was once a glorious affair of post-State meet action, but in more recent years the directors have struggled to keep the meet going. This year some local runners from Oakdale, Riverbank, Enochs, Turlock, Orestimba, and Beyer chose to participate. A few of the efforts were very noteworthy.

 

VG 800m

1. Giselle Fernandez (Riverbank) 2:14.96 #8 all time

10. Mylie Olson (Turlock) 2:23.20

 

VB 800m

17. Gustavo Ortiz (Riverbank) 2:05.31

 

VB 1 mile

9. Patricio Kearney (Orestimba) 4:25.50 (4:23.96 1600m)

14. Jacob Cavanaugh (Oakdale) 4:29.63 (4:28.07  1600m)

22. Armando Garcia (Riverbank) 4:38.49

24. Matt Santana (Riverbank) 4:38.86

 

VG 1 mile

2. Tyleah Badea (Beyer) 5:19.42 (5:17.57 1600m)

7. Jessica Vigil (Riverbank) 5:30.72 (5:28.8 1600m) 

 

VB 3200m

10. Fawaz Lawal (Beyer) 10:59.68

 

VB 5000m

1. Havyn Bartell (Beyer) 16:09.33

3. Gabe Penwell (Enochs) 16:46.09

 

VB 2000m Steeple Chase

5. Alex Mejia-Hidalgo (Beyer) 6:47.25 

 

RESULTS 

2025 State Meet

Last weekend for two very warm days on Friday 5/29 and Saturday 5/30 a handful of StanCo athletes competed at the California State Track and Field Championship at Buchanan HS in Clovis. Although the results are well know at this point, I am posting this as the historical record of the event.

 

Friday 1600m Prelims

7. Giselle Fernandez (Riverbank) 4:49.83

This race not only qualified her for the finals, but it was a PR and lowered her StanCo record in the 1600.  

 

Friday 800m Prelims

24. Tyleah Badea (Beyer) 2:14.56 #7 all time

Although Tyleah didn't qualify for the finals, she did improve by about 6 seconds in a week. The result of this race ranks her as the 7th fastest ever in the County. 

 

Saturday 1600m Finals

6. Giselle Fernandez (Riverbank) 4:43.80 #1 all time

 

With 150m left in the race it looked like she had a chance to place 3rd, but she was out kicked to the line by a handful of runners. Still it was a 6 sec PR and ten seconds faster than any other StanCo girl ever. 

 

Saturday 3200m Finals 

14. Natalie Arriaza (Patterson) 10:35.24 #2 all time

21. Avery Carlson (Pitman) 10:54.65

 

 

Natalie wanted to medal and went for it, but the race pace was very fast and she ended up running much of the race alone. Her time was still a small PR and further solidifies her position in the second spot on the all time list. Avery seemed content to linger at the back. When in came time to really move it appeared that she just wasn't feeling it. This race should take nothing away from the spectacular season that she had. 

 

RESULTS DAY 1

PHOTOS DAY 1 

RESULTS DAY 2 

PHOTOS DAY 2