3/22/15 Week's Highlights (TVL v MLL; F/S Showcase; Falcon Classic; Dublin Dist)

This week was a busy one (as most will be from this point on). On Wednesday the MMC schools had their first dual meets. The TVL schools took on the MML schools on the new Ripon oval. On Thursday the top youngsters competed in the Frosh/Soph Showcase. The next day a few County schools headed south to Atwater for the Falcon Classic. And yesterday, Gregori took part in the Dublin Distance Fiesta. A busy week indeed.

TVL vs MML
The county schools competing were Hughson, Riverbank, and Modesto Christian.

800m
Kim Ruvalcaba (Riverbank) led the way in a much-shorter-than-usual event for her. Her time of 2:28.31 was a PR.
2. Kim Ruvalcaba (Riverbank) 2:28.31
4. Heavyn Herroz (Hughson) 2:33.95
5. Raley Richardson (Riverbank) 2:34.01
8. Sarah Hollcraft (Hughson) 2:39.02

The boys of the county schools didn't have much to show in the 800m
8. Wyatt Mitchell (Hughson) 2:13.40

Ruvalcaba leads the pack in the 1600m (courtesy of Greg Beliera)

1600m
Kim Ruvalcaba took the 1600m title over a talented field and also produced another PR in the process.
1. Kim Ruvalcaba (Riverbank) 5:27.74

Like the 800m, the boys 1600m wasn't much to talk about for local runners.
7. Tristan Edwards (Hughson) 4:53.54

3200m
With Ruvalcaba focusing her efforts on the shorter races, there was definitely a void left in the 3200m for the local girls.
5. Esmeralda Campos (Hughson) 13:13.12

What the girl's race lack in local flavor the boy's race provided.
3. Daniel Yanez (Hughson) 10:21.67
4. Ruben Paredez (Riverbank) 10:26.86
5. Austin Zehr (Hughson) 10:47.00

RESULTS

F/S SHOWCASE
Turlock, Pitman, Downey, Hughson, Riverbank, Denair, Ceres, and Turlock Christian brought their youngsters to the Turlock oval to competed in what was to become a very long week-night meet. Right up front I'll say "sorry guys," I only stayed until just after the 800m races.

Seagle takes control of the 1600m

1600m
Logan Seagle (Hughson) continues to show that he may be the future of the Husky program.
1. Logan Seagle (Hughson) 4:56.89
3. Eric Alvarez (Turlock) 4:57.31
5. Joshua Van Allen (Pitman) 5:02.02
6. Samuel Gutierrez (Downey) 5:02.24

Aguayo breaks 6

On the girl's side, after a slow start, Esmeralda Aguayo (Downey) charged to the finish line to break the six-min barrier.
3. Esmeralda Aguayo (Downey) 5:59.22
5. Maria Varela (Turlock) 6:12.10

800m
Josue Esquivel (Hughson) led the way for the local schools
2. Josue Esquivel (Hughson) 2:10.82
5. Johnny Hollcraft (Pitman) 2:13.26
6. Joshua Van Allen (Pitman) 2:14.19

Lara powers through a solo 800m effort

Arianna Lara (Turlock) was so mis-seeded in the slowest heat, but she made the most of it by tearing through the race and producing the fastest time of the evening.
1. Arianna Lara (Turlock) 2:37.56
3. Meghann Lofling (Downey) 2:38.66
4. Makaelyn Bickel (Downey) 2:39.66

3200m
David Bozquez (Turlock) and Logan Seagle (Hughson) dueled for the 2nd and 3rd place spots.
2. David Bozquez (Turlock) 10:51.64
3. Logan Seagle (Hughson) 10:52.39
4. Jaymie Jackson (Hughson) 11:13.51

Joslyn Beliera takes the 3200m (photo courtesy of Greg Beliera)

On the girls' side it was the XC distance experience of Joslyn Beliera (Riverbank) easily carrying her past the competition.
1. Joslyn Beliera (Riverbank) 13:20.00
2. Bianca Garcia (Pitman) 13:32.48
5. Serena Anderson (Pitman) 14:07.00

RESULTS

PHOTOS

FALCON SPRING CLASSIC
Turlock, Orestimba, and Central Valley were the only StanCo schools competing.

800m
 On the girl's side Cassie derdivanis appears to be rounding back into the 800m form that she showed last year.

 2. Cassie Derdivanis (Turlock) 2:35.04
7. Raveena Samra (Turlock) 2:39.11

For the boys Jose Soto (Turlock) produced the best local mark.
3. Jose Soto (Turlock) 2:07.93
6. Erik Sousa (Turlock) 2:11.02

1600m
 Makenzie Salyer seems to be recovered from some chronic injuries and is finding her early season form producing a near PR time.
3. Makenzie Salyer (Turlock) 5:46.82

On the boy's side Erike Sousa produces a solid double and a 1600m PR.
2. Erik Sousa (Turlock) 4:44.41
8. Javier Lara  (Turlock) 4:58.41

3200m
Javier Lara produced the only local mark of any note.
7. Javier Lara (Turlock) 11:01.65


RESULTS

DUBLIN DISTANCE FIESTA
Gregori was the only local team competing in this one of the premier distance meets in California.
As it was the Jaguars only ran in the Distance Med Relay. The Gregori quartet finished a very impressive 2nd place in what was a tight 2nd-7th pack. Their splits clock in at:
1200-Jonathan Alcantara 3:18
400-Anthony Cristobal 52
800-Adrian Leal 2:08
1600-Mario Medina 4:40

10:57.19

I was told that Mario out-leaned the other teams for the second place showing.

RESULTS

MMC DUALS
Although I don't think there were really any distance marks of serious note, I did attend the Downey v Beyer meet and took photos.

two of the region's top Sophs (Schivo and Bingham) battle in the 3200m

PHOTOS