2022 All StanCo XC Team

This is my tenth year naming an All StanCo XC Team.  The selection process has changed over the years. It now involves the XC coaches from the county's high schools. For a runner to be considered they had to place in the top 15 StanCo runners at either Sub Sections or Sections. There were 19 girls and 18 boys on the ballot. I sent out 30 ballots and received 17 back. Eighteen of the 19 girls received at least one vote. Fourteen of the 18 boys received a vote. The top ten girls and top ten boys comprise the team.

Injury and illness had a huge effect on the outcome this year. Gregori's Ismael Dominguez, Turlock's Logan Petty, Pitman's Daizy Gonzalez, Mason Oliveira, and Hughson's Joe Lighthall looked like shoe ins to make this team at points during the season, but injury and/or illness was the key factor that kept them off of the team. Additionally a few of the top underclassmen, who I think would have had a great shot to be voted onto this team, did not run varsity at the end of the season (as was the case with Modesto's Maya Wolfe last season). So Riverbank's Giselle Fernandez, Patterson's Natalie Arriaza, and Grace Davis' Jacob Nguyen I look forward to you running varsity next year so that you can be considered for this honor.

 

Over half of the members are seniors, so there will be a void left after graduation. This will also provide an opportunity for many first time members next year. Four of those seniors made the All StanCo team all four years. This is a very rare fete. So rare that Caleb Cavanaugh is the first male to achieve this honor.   Lastly what will forever be unique about this group of seniors is they survived the entirety of the COVID shutdown. From spring of their Frosh year to spring of their soph year there was no competition. Somehow these seniors not only survived, but also they grew and thrived. 

 

Well let's get to the team already, notice that the individuals who competed all four years have a special before and after collage. 

 

(21) KASSIDY FMURA 12th (Oakdale)--39th D3 State (19:12.8 #23 all time); 2nd D3 SJS (19:25.7 #11 all time); 2nd D3 Subs (18:31.1); 1st VOL 

 

MAYA WOLFE 10th (Modesto)-- 74th D1 State (19:33.7 #32 all time); 8th D1 SJS (19:38.4); 4th D1 Subs (18:46.8); 2nd CCAL 

 

(21) ZOE LEACH 10th (Downey)--20th D2 SJS (20:01.7); 16th D2 Subs (19:01.6); 3rd CCAL

  

(19, 20, 21) MACI DAY 12th (Pitman)--14th D2 Subs (18:59.5); 1st CCAL

  

(19, 20, 21) CHLOE COOK 12th (Gregori)-- 19th D1 SJS (20:36.6); 17th D1 Subs (19:35.6); 4th CCAL 

 

SOPHIE BENHAM 9th (Hughson)--107th D4 State (20:49.1); 9th D4 SJS (21:00.4); 11th D4 Subs (19:51.2); 3rd TVL 

 

VANESSA DIAZ 12th (Modesto)--24th D1 SJS (21:03.1); 20th D1 Subs (19:59.1); 8th CCAL 

 

 

JULIA ZENSIUS 12th (Central Catholic)-- 97th D5 State (20:51.3); 9th D5 SJS (21:15.7); 9th D5 Subs (20:15.6); 2nd VOL 

 

(20, 21) LEXIE GOMEZ 12th (Gregori)-- 29th D1 SJS (21:20.2); 4oth D1 Subs (20:57.1); 5th CCAL 

 

AVERY JONES 9th (Central Catholic)-- 102nd D5 State (21:06.3); 10th D5 SJS (21:27.3); 8th D5 Subs (20:10.3); 6th VOL 

 

 

OMAR ALSAIDI 11th (Oakdale)--5th D3 State (15:19.8 #4 all time); 2nd D3 SJS (15:37.9 #2 all time); 3rd D3 Subs (15:46.4); 2nd VOL

(21)DAX DALEY 12th (Oakdale)--2nd D3 State (15:17.9 tie #2 all time); 3rd D3 SJS (15:43.6 #3 all time); 12th D3 Subs (15:55.5); 1st VOL

 

JACKSON OLIVEIRA 11th (Oakdale)--16th D3 State (15:55.5  #13 all time); 5th D3 SJS (16:04.2 #5 all time); 8th D3 Subs (15:51.9); 3rd VOL

(19, 20, 21) CALEB CAVANAUGH 12th (Oakdale)--7th D3 State (15:28.4  #6 all time); 8th D3 SJS (16:30.1); 4th D3 Subs (15:46.4); 5th VOL 

 

(20, 21) NATE OLSEN 12th (Beyer)--28th D3 State (16:11.2); 6th D3 SJS (16:05.6 #6 all time); 20th D3 Subs (16:26.8); 1st WAC 

 

RYAN ELIAS 12th (Beyer)--43rd D3 State (16:20.1); 9th D3 SJS (16:31.3 #16 all time); 5th D3 Subs (15:46.8); 2nd WAC

  NATHAN HORTON 12th (Hughson)--86th D4 State (17:04.2); 3rd D4 SJS (16:53); 4th D4 Subs (15:54.6); 1st TVL

JACOB CAVANAUGH 10th (Oakdale)--55th D3 State (16:28.8); 18th D3 SJS (17:07.9); 14th D3 Subs (16:08.1); 4th VOL

EZRA ARAMBULA 12th (Hughson)--103rd D4 State (17:17.7); 8th D4 SJS (17:11.6); 8th D4 Subs (16:13.1); 2nd TVL

  MEHTAAB DHILLON 11th (Modesto)--30th D1 SJS (17:18.2); 19th D1 Subs (16:11.3); 2nd CCAL

  

21=made 2021 All-StanCo Team 

20=made 2020 All-StanCo Team 

19=made 2019 All-StanCo Team