Sunday, September 20, 2026

2026 XC South SJS Distance Week 4 (CCC 1; CCAL 1; MLL 1; VOL 1; Woodbridge; Frogtown; Tom Leikane)

Four league cluster meets, Frogtown and Woodbridge all made for a busy week


WED 9/16 CCC 1 @ Atwater HS, Atwater
The competing South SJS teams were  Atwater, Buhach Colony, Merced, Golden Valley, El Capitan, and Los Banos. The varsity races are 3mi
 
VB
1-ATW 32; 2-GV 34; 3-LB 95; 4-MER 113; 5-BC 123; 6-EC 148
 
Gonzalez and Barajas
1. Yair Gonzalez (Atwater) 15:18
2. James Barajas (Golden Valley) 15:21
3. Dominic Urteaga (Golden Valley) 15:48
4. Lucah Sherman (Atwater) 15:50
5. Isaian Vargas (Atwater) 15:51
6. Isaiah Salvatier (Los Banos) 16:05
7. Manuel Elizarraraz Pedraza (Golden Valley) 16:06
8. Mariano Ibarra (El Capitan) 16:07
9. Michael Garcia (Atwater) 16:11
10. Daniel Valencia (Golden Valley) 16:11 
 
VG
1-GV 19; 2-ATW 51; 3-MER 71; 4-EC 115; 5-LB 116
 
Ortiz Nunez, Hampton, Villa, Hicks, Cortes, Chavez
1. Fernanda Cortes (Golden Valley) 18:07
2. Eleanor Hampton (Merced) 18:20
3. Chelsea Chavez (Golden Valley) 18:51
4. Gabriela Hicks (Golden Valley) 18:59
5. Aubri Villa (Golden Valley) 19:08
6. Katerin Ortiz Nunez (Golden Valley) 19:55
7. Abigail Garcia (Atwater) 20:58
8. Hailey Hurtado (Atwater) 21:14
9. Mariah Yanez (Buhach Colony) 21:19
10. Ilene Aguilar (Atwater) 21:21 

What I found interesting was the ease that GV put five girls in the top six finishers. The Atwater vs Golden Valley battle in the VB race was epic. It was truly the only real "race" that took place the whole day. Scored as a dual meet Atwater would have won 28-29. On a different day the outcome could be reversed.
  
 
 
WED 9/16 VOL 1 @ Mistlin Park, Ripon
The competing South SJS teams were Mountain House, East Union, Sierra, Manteca, Patterson, Central Catholic, and Oakdale. The varsity races will be 5K
 
VB
1-OAK 19; 2-SIE 56; 3-PAT 76; 4-MH 97; 5-EU 115
 
1. Quinn Baca (Oakdale) 16:55.98
2. Weston McGhee (Oakdale) 16:56.18
3. Aden Cavanaugh (Oakdale) 16:56.63
4. Sebastien Paterson (Sierra) 17:09.19
5. Roman Moreno (Oakdale) 17:20.50
6. Max Perex (Sierra) 17:25.02
7. Jorge Hernandez Acala (Patterson) 17:35.08
8. Ezekiel Perez (Oakdale) 17:37.69
9. Trevor Powell (Oakdale) 17:39.46
10. Thiago Carneiro (Mountain House) 17:44.98 
 
VG
1-OAK 23; 2-SIE 44; 3-MAN 75; 4-MH 104
 
1. Anna Dittman (Sierra) 19:18.36
2. Kylie Fast (Oakdale) 20:08.91
3. Jaylyn Carrillo (Patterson) 20:09.44
4. Addison Wylie (Oakdale) 20:10.37
5. Emma Lynn Hogan (Central Catholic) 20:15.60
6. Tenley Wylie (Oakdale) 20:49.98
7. Taylor Reams (Oakdale) 20:50.03
8. Alysia Sinclair (East Union) 21:35.54
9. Abigail Fraser (Sierra) 21:35.54
10. Avina Harrington (Manteca) 22:22.32 

What I found interesting was that Oakdale rolled easily through both the boys and girls races. I thought the battle for second between Patterson and Sierra would be a lot closer though.
  
  
WED 9/16 CCAL 1 @ TRRP (Legion), Modesto
The competing South SJS teams were Turlock, Pitman, Modesto, Downey, Gregori, and Enochs. The varsity races are 5K
 
VB
1-TUR 28; 2-MOD 55; 3-PIT 69; 4-ENOC 85
 
Martin, Petty, Pimentel, and Rodriguez
1. Ivan Rodriguez (Modesto) 16:12.14
2. Porter Petty (Turlock) 16:31.80
3. Gavin Martin (Turlock) 16:43.99
4. Eli Pimentel (Pitman) 16:56.62
5. Charles Griffin (Modesto) 17:23.63
6. Zayn Hamilton (Turlock) 17:28.56
7. Vince Wu (Enochs) 17:31.53
8. Austin Hall (Turlock) 17:49.38
9. Logan Oliveira (Turlock) 17:50.63
10. Joey Barragan (Turlock) 17:51.46 
 
VG 
1-TUR 31; 2-GRE 46; 3-MOD 69; 4-PIT 81
 
Dominguez
1. Roselynn Dominguez (Modesto) 20:00.63
2. Mylie Olson (Turlock) 20:59.42
3. Evelyn Avalos Amaya (Gregori) 21:10.97
4. Gretchen Nass (Turlock) 21:25.43
5. Edie Leach (Downey) 21:30.00
6. Isabel Richter (Turlock) 22:17.74
7. Joselyn Vasquez Gomez (Modesto) 22:40.15
8. Malaina Gallegos (Gregori) 22:42.78
9. Amrit Kour Sahota (Turlock) 22:48.56
10. Elianna Jigour (Pitman) 23:11.13 
 
What I found interesting was that even short-handed (missing #2) the Turlock girls rolled over the rest of the league...and the Turlock boys were even more dominant. Even with that dominance in the CCAL, they will need to be a lot better to move to State in D1. Ivan Rodriguez' time was the fastest on this course since COVID.
  
 
 
WED 9/16 MLL 1 @ Jacob Meyers Park, Riverbank
The competing South SJS teams were Riverbank, Big Valley, Linden, Summerville, Bret harte, and Calaveras. 

VB
1-RBK 24; 2-SUM 56; 3-BVC 86; 4-LIN 95; 5-BH 96 
 
Garcia and Whitcomb
1. Armando Garcia (Riverbank) 16:40.54 (#4 all time)
2. Thomas Whitcomb (Summerville) 17:12.35 (#8 all time)
3. Brant Moes (New Geneva) 17:37.90 (#11 all time)
4. Giancarlo Reyes (Riverbank) 17:38.12 (#12 all time)
5. Landon Ponce (Big Valley) 17:41.13 (#14 all time)
6. Amanpal Dhaliwal (Calaveras) 17:57.97 (#19 all time)
7. Yael Montesinos (Riverbank) 18:01.75
8. Spence Osako (Riverbank) 18:20.84
9. Malachi Arnold (Big Valley) 18:25.84
10. Zander Dumas (Summerville) 18:30.13
 
VG
1-RBK 31; 2-CAL 44; 3-BH 74; 4-LIN 86
 
Rael, Golding, and Lee
1. Zuri Golding (Riverbank) 21:06.39 (#7 all time)
2. Josie Rael (Bret Harte) 21:20.90 (#12 all time)
3. Lisa Lee (Calaveras) 21:22.99
4. Lesliee Valdez (Riverbank) 21:52.30 (#17 all time)
5. Abigail Meza (Linden) 22:04.04
6. Kendra McGee (Calaveras) 22:52.86
7. Antoinette Wilkerson (Riverbank) 23:18.29
8. Lillian Faul (Calaveras) 23:20.43
9. Crystal Vigil (Riverbank) 23:27.59
10. Margherita Majer (Riverbank) 23:50.11
 
What I found interesting Riverbank's depth on both the boys' and the girls' side is the real story here. Calaveras girls and Summerville boys have some strong runners but it just wasn't enough to over come the Bruins.
  
 
 
FRI/SAT 918 and 9/19 WOODBRIDGE @ Great Park, Orange County
The entered South SJS teams were Buhach Colony, Sonora, Hughson, Riverbank, Merced, Atwater, and Patterson. Everyone ran the same course, so I have compiled the locale results by time and only indicated the place in any particular race if it was significant.
 
GIRLS (sub 20:00)
Fernanda Cortes (Golden Valley) 16:39.3 (1st Rated Var) 
Eleanor Hampton (Merced) 17:17.2 (1st Red Var)
Chelsea Chavez (Golden Valley) 17:58.4
Gabriela Hicks (Golden Valley) 18:13.8
Jaylyn Carrillo (Patterson) 18:13.8 
Aubri Villa (Golden Valley) 18:27.4 
Grace Benitez (Hughson) 18:34.5 
Sadie Thompson (Sonora) 18:37.0 
Maggie Becchetti (Hughson) 18:45.4
Katerin Ortiz Nunez (Golden Valley) 19:07.5
Sophia Aguiar (Hughson) 19:21.4 
Zuri Golding (Riverbank) 19:53.1 (1st in Soph White) 
 
BOYS (sub 16:30)
Yair Gonzalez (Atwater) 14:40.8
Dominic Urteaga (Golden Valley) 14:41.7
James Barajas (Golden Valley) 14:46.4
Landon Wilson (Sonora) 14:51.9
Armando Garcia (Riverbank) 15:32.1 (1st White Sr) 
Lucah Sherman (Atwater) 15:38.8
Isaian Vargas (Atwater) 15:40.8 
Michael Garcia (Atwater) 15:42.0
Manny Ruiz (Hughson) 15:44.5
Jorge Hernandez Acala (Patterson) 15:46.8 
Mason Hoyle (Hughson) 15:51.2 
Asher Berge (Sonora) 15:54.0 
Giancarlo Gutierrez (Buhach Colony) 15:58.1
Manuel Elizarraraz Pedroza (Golden Valley) 16:00.1
Xavier Glenn (Atwater) 16:02.0
Aaron Zuniga (Patterson) 16:04.6 
Juan Palos (Hughson) 16:05.0 
Daniel Valencia (Golden Valley) 16:07.0 
Giancarlo Reyes (Riverbank) 16:13.3
Melvin Leon (Golden Valley) 16:14.8
Ramon Ramirez (Patterson) 16:15.2 
Aiden Deniz (Merced) 16:16.7 
Francisco Medrano (Atwater) 16:19.7
Julian Arochio (Golden Valley) 16:24.8
 
What I found interesting wow there were some fast times!. Fernanda Cortes might run right out of her shoes. Yair Gonzalez, Dominic Urteaga, and James Barajas are so closely matched it is fun when they go head to head like they did twice this week. Atwater also nipped GV as a boys team once again. BUT it is that Atwater boys' pack that saved the day with three between 15:38 and 15:42. 
 
  
SAT 9/19 FROGTOWN INV @ Calaveras County Fairgrounds, Angels Camp
The competing South SJS teams were Atwater, Bret Harte, Buhach Colony, Calaveras, Central Catholic, Central Valley, Ceres, Chesterton, East Union, El Capitan, Escalon, Hilmar, Hughson, Johansen, Los Banos, Manteca, Mountain House, Oakdale, Orestimba, Pitman, Ripon, Ripon Christian, Sierra, Sonora, New Geneva, and Waterford. There are a lot of big name teams listed here that won't be running there "Big Guns" for one reason or another.
   
SSVG
1-HIL 37; 2-OREST 64; 3-RIP 65; 6-ESC 116
 
Carmona
2. Jade Carmona (Orestimba) 20:43.0
3. Sophia Jung (Ripon) 20:53
4. Emma Lynn Hogan (Central Catholic) 21:18
5. Breahna Alves (Hilmar) 22:02
6. Lisa Lee (Calaveras) 22:13 
  
SSVB
2-RIP 105; 4-OREST 172; 6-HUGH 193; 7-HIL 212; 8-CC 220; 9-BH 246
 
Cerna
7. Benjamin Cerna (Orestimba) 17:29
9. Carmelo Rodriguez (Ripon) 17:40
15. Lucas de Vera (Ripon) 18:08
17. Amanpal Dhaliwal (Calaveras) 18:09 
 
LSVG
5-SIE 133; 10-MAN 255
Dittman
3. Anna Dittman (Sierra) 19:11
12. Alysia Sinclair (East Union) 21:15
14. Abby Fraser (Sierra) 21:50
19. Avina Harrington (Manteca) 22:16 
 
LSVB
3-SIE 112; 5-CV 166; 10-EU 300
 
Paterson
4. Sebastien Paterson (Sierra) 16:58
10. Max Perez (Sierra) 17:26
11. Thiago Carneiro (Mountain House) 17:31
14. Eli Pimentel (Pitman) 17:32
17. Enoc Reyes (Central Valley) 17:40
18. Mariano Ibarra (El Capitan) 17:42
20. Isaiah Salvatier (Los Banos) 17:44
21. Eliseo Madrigal (Central valley) 17:46 
 
What I found interesting without Hughson, Atwater, Golden Valley, Beyer, Sonora, Turlock, Oakdale, Riverbank, Patterson...all of the teams that placed at the top of the league cluster meets there was quite a drop off. But it did give some teams and individuals who are often overshadowed a chance to medal and shine. 
 
 


 SAT 9/19 TOM LEIKANE INV @ Pinto Lake Co Park, Watsonville
The competing South SJS teams were Pacheco and Lathrop.
 
VG
4-Lath 94; 8-Pach 189
 
14. Morgan Emery (Lathrop) 20:05.40
15. Terra Campos (Pacheco) 20:08.27
24. Mackenzie Collins (Lathrop) 21:08.70
 
VB
8-Lath 211; 12-Pach 280
 
30. Raul Vides (Lathrop) 17:23.21
32. Tristan Ramirez (Lathrop 17:26.29
38. Rex Betschart (Pacheco) 17:33.94 
  
 

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