Section Championships

The D4 Section Champions and State Meet Qualifying Riverbank Bruins
Photo credit  Monte Wood

This past Saturday the top teams and individuals in the Sac Joaquin section squared off by division against each other to compete for tickets to the State Meet. The big winners of the day were the Riverbank VB and VG teams who won both of their respective D4 races. Individually, Mikayla Florez (Riverbank won the D4 VG race, and Zach Morrett (Hughson) won the D4 VB race. Additionally five other StanCo runners (Zach Morrett , Hughson; Nathan Stanton, Patterson; Jeremy Hart, BVC; Meagan Warwick, Modesto Christian; and Nicole Warwick, Modesto Christian) earned individual berths to the "Big Dance." If you are keeping count that is two teams and 5 individuals from Stanislaus County on their way to State!

Savannah Mendoza

D1 Girls
There were no StanCo teams. The top individual was Savannah Mendoza (Modesto) who placed 32nd.
32-Savannah Mendoza (Modesto) 20:35
49-Keana Viss (Enochs) 21:34
58-Sonia Perez (Modesto) 21:55
59-Michelle Layne (Enochs) 21:56

Torrey Maravilla

D2 Girls
There were no StanCo teams. The top individual was Torrey Maravilla (Gregori) who placed 38th.
38-Torrey Maravilla (Gregori) 21:13
44-Lauren Stanislaw (Beyer) 21:27
48-Brianna Fillpot (Gregori) 21:44

Lupe Ventura

D3 Girls
There were no StanCo teams. The top individual was Lupe Ventura (Patterson) who placed 28th
28-Lupe Ventura (Patterson) 21:07
44-Anna Perrone (Oakdale) 21:57

D4 Section champion Mikayla Florez

D4 Girls
Riverbank was the only StanCo team. THEY WON! Their front four were rock solid as always. The usually reliable Sabrina Garcia suffered through an off race. Fortunately, as a team, they slipped past Amador to take the title.

Riverbank girls the D4 Section Champs!--photo by Greg Beliera

1-Mikayla Florez (Riverbank) 19:25
9-Haley Richardson (Riverbank) 20:44
13-Kim Ruvalcaba (Riverbank) 21:05
16-Josalyn Beliera (Riverbank) 21:30
32-Taylor Grey (Hughson) 22:08
34-Madison Mays (Hughson) 22:10
37-Sabrina Garcia (Riverbank) 22:21
74-Stephanie Bernal (Riverbank) 26:45
76-Maritza Lopez (Riverbank) 27:29

Meagan Warwick

D5 Girls
There were no StanCo teams. The top individual was Meagan Warwick (Modesto Christian) who placed 3rd. Both Meagan and Nicole Warwick qualified for State.
3-Meagan Warwick (Modesto Christian) 21:11
4-Nicole Warwick (Modesto Christian) 21:48
24-Jaclyn Warwick (Modesto Christian) 25:27

Marc Alania

D1 Boys
Modesto High was the only StanCo team. They ran perhaps their best and most complete team race of the season to place 6th in the section--pretty awesome for the second place MMC team. As he has all season, Marc Alania led the way. With State Meet aspirations, Marc went out too fast and suffered over the second half of the race. He still managed a very respectable  23rd  place.

Modesto High VBs--photo by Leticia Omana McCraig

23-Marc Alania (Modesto) 17:06
28-Brandon Williams (Modesto) 17:24
30-Kaleb Hallack (Modesto) 17:28
41-Andrew Williams (Modesto) 17:51
42-James DeLaO (Modesto) 17:52
55-Christian McCraig (Modesto) 18:15
59-Justin Goering (Downey) 18:21
62-Marco Ramirez (Modesto) 18:27
67-Rex Doo (Turkock) 18:40
71-Javier Lara (Turlock) 18:50

Mario Medina

D2 Boys
Gregori, the MMC champ, was the lone StanCo team in this division. They began the year with the goal of qualifying for State. Although they finished at sections in a solid pack, their up front running just wasn't fast enough to compete with the "big boys." Their 9th place team finish is very respectable in the ultra-tough D2.

Gregori VBs--photo by Jonathan Alcantara

34-Mario Medina (Gregori) 17:11
38-Evan Moses (Gregori) 17:32
40-Anthony Arauza (Gregori) 17:37
41-Alec Villagomez (Gregori) 17:37
46-Jonathan Alcantara (Gregori) 17:45
47-Isaac Gonzalez (Pitman) 17:46
51-Juan Ortega (Gregori) 17:52
65-Nick Sanders (Gregori) 18:09

Nathan Stanton

D3 Boys
There were no StanCo teams competing. The only individual StanCo entrant was Nathan Stanton (Patterson). Nathan ran just behind the leaders most of the race. He ultimately finished in  4th place to earn a trip to the State meet
4-Nathan Stanton (Patterson) 16:43

D4 Section champion Zach Morrett

D4 Boys
This division was stocked with StanCo runners. Both Riverbank and Hughson had their sites set on a State Meet berth, but so did Christian Brothers and Dixon. With only two spots available, it  meant that two very good teams would be left with nothing but disappointment. After the first mile it appeared to me that both Hughson and Riverbank were not only trailing Christian Bros and Dixon but also Sonora...there was much work to be done. Both teams began moving up as runners for the other teams, that probably went out too fast, fell back. At the same time, Zack Morrett made a strong move to pass the leader, Steven Grolle (Sonora); and he would never look back. Over the final stages it was the Bruins of Riverbank that emerged victorious--taking home another D4 banner. Hughson came up short of their State meet goal with their third place finish.

Riverbank boys the D4 Section Champs!--photo by Greg Beliera

1-Zach Morrett (Hughson) 16:15
4-Luis Figueroa (Riverbank) 16:51
11-Jonathen Beliera (Riverbank) 17:29
15-Adrian Salazar (Riverbank) 17:47
17-Elijah Watkins (Hughson) 17:47
19-Ian Brooks (Hughson) 17:49
20-Ruben Paradez (Riverbank) 17:49
23-Moises Gomez (Riverbank) 17:44
29-Brigham Lee (Hughson) 18:16
32-Anthony Arce (Hughson) 18:26
40-Daniel Yanez (Hughson) 18:47
34-Austin Zehr (Hughson) 18:48
46-Michael Rodriguez (Riverbank) 19:01
59-Carlos Martinez (Riverbank) 19:20

D5 Boys
Big Valley Christian was the lone StanCo team. They finished in 8th place. The top StanCo finisher was Jeremy Hart (BVC) who placed 7th and grabbed one of the individual qualifying spots for the State Meet.
7-Jeremy Hart (BVC) 18:11
(BVC had other finishers but none were under 21:00)

RESULTS

PHOTOS (D1 and D2 excluding JV)

PHOTOS (D3, D4, D5 with all JV)