Stanislaus County Distance: SECTIONS

Well after a one week smoke delay and some tense days of indecision, the SJS Championship meet took place without the JV and F/S races. It was a whirlwind morning as the meet directors were trying to get all the races in before the AQI level rose above 150. In doing so sometimes there were 3 different races on the course at the same time. For a spectator it was action packed and a bit confusing. For a photographer it was pretty crazy. Fortunately my wife came with me. I wouldn't say the photos we took were our best ever work; but given the circumstances, most of the local athletes are represented.

As with SubSections, every racer ran the same 5K? course so I have combined the results to allow for direct comparisons regardless of division.

Guerrero

COMBINED VARSITY BOYS
1. Jesuit 81:18 17. Gregori 87:49 22. Modesto 89:04 35. Hughson 93:47 40. Waterford 97:44
45. Central Catholic 101:15 46. Big Valley 104:14 (48 teams)

Staley

1. Garrett Gough (Nevada Union) 15:23 (#4 all-time for this course)
18. Alan Guerrero (Modesto) 16:28 QUALIFIED (#6 all-time StanCo)
32. Spencer Jeppson (Gregori) 16:43 (#17 all-time StanCo)
48. Ryan Weidman (Enochs) 16:58
87. Jack Duchala (Gregori) 17:26
117. Aidan Wells (Gregori) 17:43.7
118. Jaxon Reeves (Gregori) 17:43.9
145. Jonathan Staley (Waterford) 17:59 QUALIFIED
150. Oscar Portillo (Modesto) 18:01
151 Cristian Silva Toro (Modesto) 18:02
160. Dustin Chavez (Oakdale) 18:07
172. Gustavo Perez (Modesto) 18:11
175. Carter Mannon (Gregori) 18:12
187. Mario-Adonis Ron (Modesto) 18:21
196. Angel Rodriguez (Hughson) 18:25
199. Joel Cardoza (Downey) 18:29
202. Miguel Ramos (Hughson) 18:30
212. Trace Huber (Hughson) 18:35
219. Luis Yepez (Ceres) 18:38
228. Justin Thomas (Gregori) 18:45
229. Peter Pacheco (Big Valley Christian) 18:46
237. Evan Espinoza (Waterford) 18:54 QUALIFIED
253. Elias Fierro (Central Catholic) 19:04

379 runners

Jeppson

The big winner was Waterford which placed 2nd in D5 and thus qualified for State. Alan Guerrero is the only StanCo individual qualifier. The Gregori Boys placed third in D1. Last year they place third and qualified. This year D1 only gets 2 entries. Considering the talent this team lost from last year's squad, the third place finish in amazing. Spencer Jeppson just misses qualifying in D1 by one place and 3 seconds. Some of the top StanCo boys had perhaps their worst races of the year. Maybe it was because of the week off, or the early start time, or simply the pressure of the moment.

COMBINED VARSITY GIRLS
1. St Francis 97:11 9. Gregori 102:36 15. Hughson 106:47 17. Pitman 108.05 27. Oakdale 114:09
37. Central Catholic 123:04 45. Waterford 136:13 (45 teams)

Mann and Kackley

1. Riley Chamberlain (Del Oro) 17:57 (#8 all-time for this course)
7. Mavleen Mann (Pitman) 19:12 QUALIFIED (#7 all-time StanCo)
13. Briseida Garcia Meza (Gregori) 19:22 QUALIFIED (#8 all-time StanCo)
16. Madison Kackley (Gregori) 19:28 QUALIFIED (tie #10 all-time StanCo)
21. Emily Fife (Hughson) 19:47 QUALIFIED (#16 all-time StanCo)
27. Haleigh Humble (Oakdale) 19:57 QUALIFIED (#19 all-time StanCo)
45. Kayden Legan (Oakdale) 20:23 QUALIFIED
50. Elizette Ysais (Hughson) 20:30 QUALIFIED
78. Eve Rodriguez (Gregori) 20:55
80. Noheli Ron (Modesto) 20:58
86. Camila Stephens (Pitman) 21:06
92. Sofia Andres (Turlock) 21:12
95. Cassandra Contreras (Gregori) 21:16
98. Alondra Cardoza (Downey) 21:20
110. Jessie Lawrence (Hughson) 21:30 QUALIFIED
114. Morgan McKay (Gregori) 21:33
115. Isabela Moreno (Downey) 21:34
119. Aliyah Williams (Enochs) 21:39
125. Taylor Scheuber (Hughson) 21:45 QUALIFIED
126. Ashley Sams (Central Catholic) 21:46 QUALIFIED
142. Myrka Banuelos (Modesto) 22:07
151 Hannah Beth Norman (Oakdale) 22:15
157. Madeline Tree (Orestimba) 22:18

Fife

The big winners here were all the individual qualifiers. Look at the times and how they are rewriting the record books. Haleigh Humble and Ashley Sams both qualify as Frosh! Mavleen Mann and Madison Kackley both just missed qualifying last year and thankfully make it this year. Garcia-Meza returns to State after 2 long years of injuries. Hughson girls finish second in D4 to qualify as a team. Pitman girls go from never qualifying for sections to placing 5th in D1. The toughest breaks went to Gregori girls who placed 4th in D1 when 3 qualified. Oh it gets worse. They were a short 4 points from 3rd and actually had a faster combined time than the 3rd place team...