2025 3rd Rankings Team and Individual

Here I go again trying to rank the 64 schools of the south SJS conferences. This effort seems a bit clearer to me as I had both Clovis and Rough Rider results available as a point of comparison. As I keep saying if you don't agree please tell me all about it.

 

GIRLS TEAMS

1. Golden Valley D2 CCC 1:38:29 at Woodward (Clovis)

2. Oakdale D3 VOL 1:40:41 at Woodward (Clovis) yes they ran slower at Rough Rider when it was warmer. They are still missing their #2-3 runner.

3. Turlock D1 CCAL 1:43:26 at Woodward (Rough Rider) minus their #1 runner which would have lowered their combined time by at least 3 min.

4. Hughson D4 TVL 1:43:37 at Woodward (Clovis) missing #4-5 runner

5. Beyer D3 WAC 1:43:53 at Woodward (Clovis)

6. Hilmar D4 TVL 1:46:09 at Woodward (Clovis)

7. Pitman D2 CCAL 1:48:47 at Woodward (Rough Rider)

8. Riverbank D4 MLL 1:50:23 at Woodward (Clovis)

9. Atwater D2 CCC 1:52:31 at Woodward (Clovis)

10. Gregori D1 CCAL 1:54:01 at Woodward (Rough Rider) missing 2 of top 5 

GIRLS INDIVIDUALS

1. Giselle Fernandez (Riverbank D4) 17:23.6 (Clovis)

2. Elle Williams (Turlock D1) just behind Fernandez at Wood Bridge

3. Eleanor Hampton (Merced D2) beat Llamas and Cortes at CCC 2 18:34 at Woodward last year

4. Natalie Arriaza (Patterson D2) has only raced twice this year due to illness and minor injury BUT has run 17:43 at Woodward 

5. Lena Llamas (Buhach Colony D2) between Hampton and Cortes at CCC 2 ran 19:02 at Woodard 2 years ago 

6. Addison Wylie (Oakdale D3) 18:27.3 (Clovis)

7. Jymena Nguyen Marquez (Grace Davis D2) 18:31.9 (Rough Rider)

8. Fernanda Cortes (Golden Valley D2) 18:38.0 (Clovis)

9. Avery Carlson (Pitman D2) 18:45.14 (Rough Rider)

10. Tyleah Badea (Beyer D3) 18:50.3 (Clovis)

11. Chelsea Chavez (Golden Valley D2) 19:20.5 (Clovis)

12. Liz Christopher (Turlock D1) 19:35.28 (Rough Rider) 

13. Nayeli Mattison (Pitman D2) 19:42.5 (Rough Rider)

14. Sophie Benham (Hughson D4) 19:43.5 (Clovis)

15. Noeli Gomez Orozco (Hughson D4) 19:46.2 (Clovis) 

 

BOYS TEAMS

1. Turlock D1 CCAL 1:22:07 at Woodward (Rough Rider)

2. Beyer D3 WAC 1:22:30 at Woodward (Clovis)

3. Oakdale D3 VOL 1:22:53 at Woodward (Rough Rider)

4. Atwater D2 CCC 1:23:25 at Woodward (Clovis)

5. Hughson D4 TVL 1:25:01 at Woodward (Clovis)

6. Merced D2 CCC beat GV at CCC 2

7. Riverbank D4 MLL 1:29:04 at Woodward (Clovis)

8. Pitman D2 CCAL 1:29:42 at Woodward (Rough Rider)

9. Golden Valley D2 CCC 1:31:42 at Woodward (Clovis)

10. Modesto D1 CCAL 1:32:11 at Woodward (Rough Rider) missing #5? 

BOYS INDIVIDUALS 

1. Hayes Terry (Beyer D3) 15:39.6 (Clovis)

2. Sean Muturi (Oakdale D3) 15:55.1 (Rough Rider)

3. Landon Wilson (Sonora D4) beat Wejmar at Woodbridge

4. Larson Wejmar (Turlock D1) 15:57.3 (Rough Rider)

5. Havyn Bartell (Beyer D3) 15:58.6 (Clovis)

6. Jace Campos (Pacheco D2) beat Bartell at WAC 1 but hasn't raced hard since 9/13

7. Gio Mejia (Pacheco D2) 16:00.8 (Rough Rider)

8. Zayn Hamilton (Turlock D1) 16:12.2 (Rough Rider)

9. Isaac Barragan (Merced D2) beat Urteaga at CCC 2

10. Dominic Urteaga (Golden Valley D2) 16:12.7 (Clovis)

11. Ricky Barron (Atwater D2) 16:14.7 (Clovis)

12. Quinn Baca (Oakdale D3) 16:16.9 (Rough Rider)

13. Yuushi Kennedy (Beyer D3) 16:20.3 (Clovis)

14. Weston McGhee (Oakdale D3) 16:22.6 (Rough Rider) 

15. Alessandro Pimentel (Hughson D4) 16:22.9 (Clovis) 

 

 

 

2025 Week 8 Runners of the Week

I focused a lot on the performances coming out of the Rough Rider meet for this week's selections. Even though they are from the same school, that was not purposeful.

 

ZAYN HAMILTON (Turlock)--at Rough Rider he 16:12 and placed 43 in the Large School VB race. His time ranks him #41 all time for StanCo on this course. His efforts helped the Bulldogs place 6th in a very rough division and grab the top spot in the local rankings

 

LIZ CHRISTOPHER (Turlock)--placed 29th in the large school VG race at Rough Rider. Her time of 19:35.78 ranks her #46 all time for StanCo on the course and is a 3 minute improvement over what she ran in the same race last year. 

 

2025 Week 8 (MLL 3; Rough Rider; Hughson SC

With only three major meets you might think this was a slower week...but with 11 local teams at Rough Rider and 15 at HSC it was a big week by any standard.

 

 

WED 10/15 MLL 3 @ Wildcat Ranch, Sonora

The competing StanCo teams were Big Valley and Riverbank. Remember that these meet appear to be full league clusters but they are really scored as dual meets. I have included the invitational scoring as a means of comparison

 

VG

1-RBK 36; 2-SUM 70; 3-CAL 72; 4-LIN 82; 5-BH 92

Fernandez

1. Giselle Fernandez (Riverbank) 18:37.4 (New course record)

2. Gianna Cruz (Riverbank) 20:43.7

3. Lisa Lee (Calaveras) 20:48.0

4. Payton Snavely (Summerville) 20:48.7

5. Jocelyn Lloyd (Summerville) 21:41.7

6. Abigail Meza (Linden) 22:09.8

7. Kendra McGee (Calaveras) 22:19.1

8. Emily Ramirez (Riverbank) 22:46.7

9. Lillian Faul (Calaveras) 23:04.2

10. Ayla Jodie (Bret Harte) 23:07.3 

  

VB

1-RBK 33; 2-SUM 37; 3-BH 83; 4-CAL 96; 5-BVC 100; 6-LIN 164

 

Vasquez, Rivera, and Santana

1. Matt Santana (Riverbank) 17:12.2

2. Ryden Rivera (Summerville) 17:35.3

3. Esai Vasquez (Summerville) 17:38.1

4. Armando Garcia (Riverbank) 17:48.3

5. Gustavo Ortiz (Riverbank) 17:57.9

6. Robert Weller (Summerville 18:00.4

7. Peyton Heermance (Bret Harte) 18:21.3

8. Matthew Nord (Bret Harte) 18:26.9

9. Nate Johnson (Summerville) 18:33.6

10. Iann Wendt (Calaveras) 18:34.4 

  

RESULTS

PHOTOS F/S and JV

PHOTOS (Var) 

  

FRI 10/17 Rough Rider @ Woodward Park, Fresno

The competing StanCo teams Pitman, Gregori, Turlock, Beyer, Riverbank, Central Catholic, Downey, Modesto, Oakdale, Orestimba, and Grace Davis. All varsity races were 5K. It definitely felt warmer than the thermometer indicated and the times (compared to Clovis) seemed to be a bit slower because of that.

 

 

VG SS

6-OAK 187; 11-BEY 334; 24-RIP 603; 27-CC 684; 28-LATH 735

Addison Wylie

8. Addison Wylie (Oakdale) 19:01.0

22. Tenley Wylie (Oakdale) 19:54.35

26. Emma-Lynn Hogan (Central Catholic) 20:01.68

36. Taylor Reams (Oakdale) 20:40.87

38. Anahi Ruiz Velasco (Beyer) 20:44.03

40. Samantha DeLaCruz (Orestimba) 20:48.06

43. Annie Servin (Beyer) 20:56.47

59. Jordan Wylie (Oakdale) 21:23.72 

 

VB SS

2-OAK 106; 19-CC 604; 24-RIP 726; 25-LATH 732; 32-BEY 861; 38-OREST 1062

Muturi and McGhee (partially hiding)

 

5. Sean Muturi (Patterson) 15:55.09 (#22 all time) 

11. Quinn Baca (Oakdale) 16:16.93 (#47 all time)

13. Weston McGhee (Oakdale) 16:22.61

17. Piley Gier (Lathrop) 16:30.27

44. Roman Moreno (Oakdale) 17:08.54

48. Aden Cavanaugh (Oakdale) 17:09.88

53. Mitchelll Benning (Oakdale) 17:11.38

54. Mateo Quinonez (Central Catholic) 17:11.78 

 

VG LS

12-TUR 314; 16-PIT 424; 22-GREG 584 

Nguyen Marquez with a big PR

 

9. Jymena Nguyen Marquez (Grace Davis) 18:31.89 (#12 all time)

12 Avery Carlson (Pitman) 18:45.14

29. Elizabeth Christopher (Turlock) 19:35.78 (#46 all time)

32. Nayeli Mattison (Pitman) 19:42.51

48. Gisela Hernandez (Turlock) 20:09.56

72. Mylie Olson (Turlock) 20:52.10

76. Gretchen Nass (Turlock) 21:02.43

88. Gicell Gaeta Gonzalez (Pacheco) 21:16.05

91. Kaylee Hartfield (Gregori) 21:25.49

93. Emerson Newton (Pitman) 21:30.25 

 

VB LS

6-TUR 249; 23-PIT 670; 27-MOD 732; 31-GREG 848

Turlock's Petty and Avalos

22. Larson Wejmar (Turlock) 15:57.31

26. Gio Mejia (Pacheco) 16:00.80

43. Zayn Hamilton (Turlock) 16:12.20 (#41 all time)

54. Porter Petty (Turlock) 16:24.62

67. Jovani Franco (Modesto) 16:38.08

73. Gabriel Penwell (Enochs) 16:40.18

76. Grant Fahrney (Gregori) 16:40.58

81. Gabriel Avalos (Turlock) 16:45.52

83. Luke Oliveira (Turlock) 16:47.14 

88. Ivan Rodriguez (Modesto) 16:50.35

97. Lukas Gemperle (Turlock) 16:56.59

100. Eli Pimentel (Pitman) 16:57.90

101. Gavin Martin (Turlock) 16:58.95

120. Cesar Bojorquez (Downey) 17:09.43

123. Colvin Hamel (Pitman) 17:11.31 

 

RESULTS

PHOTOS (F/S)

PHOTOS (JV)

PHOTOS (varsity)

  

SAT 10/18 Hughson Supercross @ Hughson HS, Hughson

The competing StanCo schools were Downey, Denair, Ceres, Central Valley, Modesto, Oakdale, Johansen, Enochs, Hughson, Grace Davis, Turlock Christian, Vanguard, Waterford, Pitman, and Orestimba. All races run the same 4K course. 

 

VG

1-HUGH 55; 2-ATW 134; 5-MER 138; 8-HIL 176 9-LIV 211; 13-DEL 338; 16-RC 365; 17-ESC 407 

Hampton

1. Eleanor Hampton (Merced) 13:34.37

3. Sophie Benham (Hughson) 16:02.68

4. Sidney Logsdon (Hilmar) 16:05.76

7. Noeli Gomez Orozco (Hughson) 16:19.15

9. Roselynn (Modesto) 16:35.22

10. Jymena Nguyen Marquez (Grace Davis) 16:46.51

11. Lilianna Manzo (Atwater) 16:48.65

15. Maggie Becchetti (Hughson) 16:58.92 

 

VB (GOLD)

2-HUGH 72; 4-MER 135

 

Deniz and Barragan

3. Isaac Barragan (Merced) 13:34.37

4. Alessandro Pimentel (Hughson) 13:36.19

7. Aidan Deniz (Merced) 13:55.62

10. Mason Hoyle (Hughson) 14:11.8

16. Richard Stites (Hughson) 14:29.66

22. Carlos Maximilano Nava (Hughson) 14:38.96

25. Manuel Rios (Hughson) 14:41.90

28. Shane Lockwood (Hughson) 14:43.56

31. Victor Lopez Inguanco (Merced) 14:50.54

32. Samuel Alvarado (Hughson) 14:52.39 

 

VB (BLACK)

3-CV 116; 4-JOH 124; 6-HIL 153; 7-MOD 157; 8-LIV 195; 11-ENOC 270; 12-RC 300; 13-WAT 326; 14-DEL 329; 15-ESC 346

 

Trevao

3. Joe Trevao (Modesto) 14:09.87

6. Jair Contreras (Johansen) 14:37.26

10. Carson Matos (Hilmar) 14:46.95

12. Joseph Garcia (Orestimba) 14:56.44

13. Kaden Llamas (Buhach Colony) 14:59.07

 

FSB

2. Vince Wu (Enochs) 14:51.43 

 

RESULTS 

PHOTOS (Open Race)

PHOTOS (VB)

PHOTOS (VG)

PHOTOS (FSB)

PHOTOS (FSG and JV) 

 

 

 

 

South SJS Combined Rankings

I said last night, "My long term goal would be to do rankings from a pool of StanCo, MerCo, south SJ County schools and foothill schools that comprise the CCAL, CCC,  WAC, VOL, TVL, MLL, SAL, CCAA and maybe MVL schools...that would be 64 schools." I also said, "I am not quite up for that yet."

 

So I did the Merced County rankings. It was pretty basic since the County has so few schools and the majority compete directly against each other in the CCC. Then what are my thanks? Someone wants me to combine the MerCo and StanCo rankings...hadn't I just covered my thoughts about that in the first paragraph???? 

 

Maybe I am just game for a challenge, bored in retirement, or simply a sucker for punishment, but here is my combined rankings for the 64 schools listed above. You will notice some discrepancies with these rankings and previous ones...more research changed my opinion. I leaned heavily on Athletic.net rankings at 5K and 3mi and on the recent Clovis Inv. and River Bluff results. Yes, I have seen everyone of these athletes compete this season.  I am still hoping that Rough Rider will clear up a lot of the/my confusion. I am not sure if all future rankings will cover this many teams. So enjoy (?) it now.

 

Don't agree? Tell me all about it in the comments; but if you have some serious criticism, man up and put your name on the comment.

 

BOYS TEAMS

1. Turlock

2. Atwater

3. Oakdale

4. Beyer

5. Hughson

6. Merced

7. Golden Valley

8. Riverbank

9. Modesto

10. Pitman 

  

BOYS INDIVIDUALS

1. Hayes Terry (Beyer)

2. Jace Campos (Pacheco)

3. Landon Wilson (Sonora)

4. Gio Mejia (Pacheco)

5. Havyn Bartell (Beyer)

6. Larson Wejmar (Turlock)

7. Isaac Barragan (Merced)

8. Dominic Urteaga (Golden Valley)

9. Ricky Barron (Atwater)

10. Sean Muturi (Oakdale)

11. Porter Petty (Turlock)

12. Cesar Bojorquez (Downey)

13. Gabriel Avalos (Turlock)

14. Yuushi Kennedy (Beyer)

15. Alessandro Pimentel (Hughson) 

   

GIRLS TEAMS

1. Golden Valley

2. Oakdale

3. Turlock

4. Hughson

5. Beyer

6. Hilmar

7. Gregori

8. Riverbank

9. Atwater

10. Pitman 

GIRLS INDIVIDUALS

1. Giselle Fernandez (Riverbank)

2. Elle Williams (Turlock)

3. Eleanor Hampton (Merced)

4. Natalie Arriaza (Patterson)

5. Lena Llamas (Buhach Colony)

6. Avery Carlson (Pitman)

7. Addison Wylie (Oakdale)

8. Jymena Nguyen Marquez (Grace Davis)

9. Tyleah Badea (Beyer)

10. Fernanda Cortes (Golden Valley)

11. Chelsea Chavez (Golden Valley)

12. Sophie Benham (Hughson)

13. Noeli Gomez Orozco (Hughson)

14. Jaylyn Carrillo (Patterson)

15. Tenley Wylie (Oakdale) 

  

2025 Merced County Rankings

My long term goal would be to do rankings from a pool of StanCo, MerCo, south SJ County schoosl and foothill schools that comprise the CCAL, CCC,  WAC, VOL, TVL, MLL, SAL, CCAA and maybe MVL schools...that would be 64 schools. I am not quite up for that yet.

 

But because I was asked to, here are my Merced County rankings...but before I do there are some huge difference between the 2 counties. 1. there are only 14 high school in Merced County vs 23 in StanCo. 2. Six of the 14 schools compete in the CCC. 3. Two of the MerCo schools do not have XC teams and another one of the school competes in the Central Section...In other words ranking MerCo leans heavily to CCC results with some TVL sprinkled in the mix. I used 3mi and 5K rankings from Athletic.net primarily. As I said with the StanCo rankings if you don't agree tell me about it but justify your comment. Still not happy? Then use it to fuel your future efforts...show me that I am wrong.

 

GIRLS TEAM 

1. Golden Valley

2. Hilmar

3. Atwater

4. Merced

5. Livingston 

 GIRLS INDIVIDUALS

1. Eleanor Hampton (Merced)

2. Lena Llamas (Buhach Colony)

3. Fernanda Cortes (Golden Valley)

4. Chelsea Chavez (Golden Valley)

5. Sidney Logsdon (Hilmar)

6. Gabriela Hicks (Golden Valley) 

7. Aubri Villa (Golden Valley)

8. Itzel Alonzo Andrade (Golden Valley)

9. Carson Dickey (Hilmar)

10. Liliana Manzo (Atwater) 

 

BOYS TEAM

1. Atwater

2. Merced

3. Golden Valley

4. Pacheco

5. Livingston 

 BOYS INDIVIDUALS

1. Jace Campos (Pacheco)

2. Isaac Barragan (Merced)

3. Ricky Barron (Atwater)

4. Yair Gonzalez (Atwater)

5. Camden Gudgel (Merced)

6. Gio Mejia (Pacheco)

7. Dominic Urteaga (Golden Valley)

8. James Barajas (Golden Valley)

9. Xavier Trujillo (Atwater)

10. Moises Cortes (Livingston) 

 

 

2025 2nd Rankings (Team and Individual)

Friday's Rough Rider meet will give us more info and certainly change these rankings but here is round 2 of rankings for the 2025 season. As always if you don't agree tell me about (but justify your answer). Use it to fuel your next performance. The best way to make your point is to show me out on the course.

 

GIRLS TEAM

1. Oakdale 

2. Turlock

3. Hughson

4. Beyer

5. Pitman/Modesto/Gregori

 

MY THOUGHTS: Oakdale won Golden Eagle. Even though they got slammed in the championship race at Clovis (sans #2 runner), they still ran significantly faster than Hughson and Beyer. Hughson (minus #5 edged Beyer at Clovis). Turlock runs at Roughrider and then I'll have a better idea of where exactly they fit. Their #2 and  #3 are still not 100% but they crushed Modesto, Gregori, and Pitman at CCAL 2. Pitman edged Modesto at CCAL 2. Gregori won Amanda Garcia running their whole team together (but is most races they split out their younger runners. Modesto moved #1 girl up and it was almost enough to beat Pitman.

 GIRLS INDIVIDUAL

1. Giselle Fernandez (Riverbank) smashed StanCo record at Clovis Inv

2. Elle Williams (Turlock) broke StanCo record at Willow Hills and River Bluff

3. Natalie Arriaza (Patterson) hasn't races in 2 weeks (injured? ill?)

4. Avery Carlson (Pitman) experiencing a crisis of confidence. Last year really came on at the end

5. Addison Wylie (Oakdale) Great race Clovis Inv beat Badea

6. Jymena Nguyen Marquez (Grace Davis) beat Badea at WAC 2. Ran great at Artichoke

7. Tyleah Badea (Beyer) Lost to Nguyen at WAC and Wylie at Clovis. Beat Benham & Gomez Orozco at Clovis

8. Sophie Benham (Hughson) ailing at Clovis. Beat by Badea

9. Noeli Gomez Orozco (Hughson) almost beat Benham at Clovis

10. Jaylyn Carillo (Patterson) ran well at Crystal Springs

 

Others in the mix: Roselynn Dominguez (Modesto), Melanie Rodriguez (Patterson), Gisela Hernandez (Turlock), Nayeli Mattison (Pitman) 

 

BOYS TEAM

1. Oakdale

2. Turlock

3. Beyer

4. Hughson

5. Modesto

 

MY THOUGHTS: Beyer drops due to illness of #4 and inconsistent running of #5. Is Oakdale really #1...honestly I don't know. Hopefully Rough Rider will clear this up. With Porter Petty running varsity, Turlock may be #1. Hughson's lost to Beyer at Clovis and their #3 may be done for the season. Modesto moved some boys up and take out Pitman at CCAL 2 to earn the #5 spot. 

 

 BOYS INDIVIDUAL 

1. Hayes Terry (Beyer)  set Forebay and River Bluff course records, fastest at Clovis

2. Havyn Bartell (Beyer) Hayes' shadow

3. Larson Wejmar (Turlock) won CCAL 1 and 2

4. Sean Muturi (Oakdale) off day at Golden Eagle but fastest at Frogtown and Kim Duyst

5. Yuushi Kennedy (Beyer) edged Pimentel at Clovis

6. Porter Petty (Turlock) F/S course record at River Bluff

7. Cesar Bojorquez (Downey) beat Avalos, Hamilton and Franco at CCAL 2

8. Alessandro Pimentel (Hughson) behind Kennedy at Clovis

9. Quinn Baca (Oakdale) hasn't had a bad race all season

10. Gabriel Avalos (Turlock) beat Hamilton and Franco at CCAL 2

 

Others in the mix: Zayn Hamilton (Turlock), Weston McGhee (Oakdale), Jovani Franco (Modesto), Matt Santana (Riverbank), Gustavo Ortiz (Riverbank)

 

 

 

 

 

 

2025 Week 7 Runners of the Week

 

Most of the runners with amazing races at Clovis Inv had already received ROW shirts from me so I focused primarily on the CCAL 2 meet.

 

LARSON WEJMAR (Turlock)--won the CCAL 1 meet in a 5K time of 16:41. He is undefeated this season in CCAL competition. 

 

 ROSELYNN DOMINGUEZ (Modesto)--In her first 5K and her first varsity race  she placed 3rd behind two of the greatest runners to ever compete here (so no shame there). Her time of 20:38.1 is #16 all time for the River Bluff course. She is part of a very impressive Frosh class of StanCo ladies