Lodi Flame/Running of the Warriors

LODI FLAME INV
TVL rivals Riverbank and Hughson began their seasons Friday at the The Lodi Flame Inv at Lodi Lake. Riverbank clearly ran all of their top individuals in the varsity division. Hughson split some of their better girls between several divisions. Hopefully at Wednesday's first TVL Cluster we will see both teams at full strength.

Ruvalcaba sprints to the finish by Greg Beliera

In the girls' varsity in StanCo and RBK top runner Kim Ruvalcaba, coming in 6th place mere seconds ahead of teammate Stephanie Bernal. Stephanie's career is a story of perseverance and determination. Her improvement over the past year is nothing but remarkable.On the team side RBK placed an admirable 3rd in the heated competition.

Bernal by Greg Beliera

6. Kim Ruvalcaba (Riverbank) 20:20
8. Stephanie Bernal (Riverbank) 20:25
21. Kinsey Langley (Hughson) 21:57
24. Eli Rosas (Rivervank) 22:07
33. Heavyn Herroz (Hughson) 22:39
35. Lydia Hodges (Riverbank) 22:52
41. Esmeralda Campos (Hughson) 23:18
54. Joslyn Beliera (Riverbank) 23:57

Two of Hughson's top 5 ran in other divisions (running the shorter 2 mi distance) and competed well. In the JV Div Abigayle Mitchell placed 2nd in 13:41. In the Frosh Div Emily Fife placed 3rd in 13:20.  I think that these two runners would have been near the places of Heavyn and Lydia if they had run Varsity...setting up a very interesting senerio for Wednesday's competition.

Yanez surrounded by a pack by Greg Beliera

On the Boys' varsity side Riverbank placed 9th and Hughson was 10th. Hughson was missing All-StanCo Preseon selection Logan Seagle who reportedly did little training over the summer. If he can get to his track form the TVL competition between these two perennial powers could be close.

Paredez by Greg Beliera

14. Daniel Yanez (Hughson) 17:20
18. Ruben Paredez (Riverbank) 17:30
30. Diego Ruiz (Riverbank) 17:54
40. Jayme Jackson (Hughson) 18:12
62. Michael Rodriguez (Riverbank) 18:43
71. Eric Wise (Riverbank) 19:08
77. Carson Boice (Hughson) 19:20
80. Josue Esquivel (Hughson) 19:26
82. Noah Glynn (Riverbank) 19:27
83. Garrett Hartman (Hughson) 19:29

RESULTS

RUNNING OF THE WARRIORS
 This is a community 5K event put on and held at Stanislaus State. Since it is held in Turlock,  Pitman, Turlock, and Hilmar athletes often compete. It appears to me that The Pitman boys ran a bit better than they did on Friday and the Turlock girls ran a bit better. But it was former Turlock star and current Hilmar runner, Arianna Lara, who showed she is going to be a contender in the TVL by turning in the top HS time.
BOYS
4. David Bozquez (Turlock) 17:54
7. Eric Alvarez (Turlock) 18:01
11. Josh VanAllen (Pitman) 18:18
13. Carlos Salas (Turlock) 18:26
14. Easton Hamilton (Pitman) 18:41
16. Richard Turknett (Pitman) 18:42
17. Casey Avellar (Turlock) 18:47
19. Kyle Reid (Pitman) 18:54
20. Jack Wooley (Turlock) 19:00

GIRLS
50. Arianna Lara (Hilmar) 20:18
80. Maria Varela (Turlock) 21:44
81. Bianca Garcia (Pitman) 21:47
82. Ade Fredeen (Turlock) 21:47
87. Priscilla Bazan (Pitman) 21:54
92. Meghan Hopkins (Turlock)
93. Cassie Derdivanis (Turlock) 22:06

RESULTS

Coming up this week: Wed 9/2 WAC PreSeason Meet at River Oaks in Ceres; TVL #1 at Legion in Modesto; Fri 9/5 Hughson is at the Twilight Classic and Beyer, Turlock, and Pitman are at the Jaguar Inv. (Sat 9/5 Riverbank is at willow Hills relays and Downey hits the trails for the first time at the very tough and competitive Lagoon Valley Inv in Vacaville.

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