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East Bakersfield High Cross Country Invitational - 09/09/09 Meet Recap:
It was the same course as 2008 and the weather was in the in the 90s.
Girls Team scores -- 1. Stockdale 61; 2. Bakersfield 84; 3. Garces 96; 4. Foothill 126; 5. Liberty 144; 6. North 157; 7. Centennial 168; 8. Highland 174; 9. East 202; 10. Golden Valley 207; 11. South 289; 12. Frontier DNF. Individual results -- 1. Baker, B, 19:19; 2. Barton, L, 19:35; 3. Guzman, G, 19:50; 4. Haney, St, 19:57; 5. Nelson, St, 20:11; 6. Moyer, N, 20:20; 7. Perez, N, 20:24; 8. Patel, St, 20:30; 9. Rodriguez, H, 20:32; 10. Fernandez, Fo, 20:56; 11. Garcia, B, 20:59; 12. Gabby, B, 21:06; 13. Garcia, E, 21:09; 14. Broughton, C, 21: 26; 15. Shuford, B, 21:37; 16. Brown, G, 21:45; 17. Veloz, Fo, 22:03; 18. Mayberry, H, 22:07; 19. Jones, St, 22:14; 20. Thoennes, L, 22:17. JV--North 50, Stockdale 56, Foothill 145 By the time of the varsity girls race, the weather had turned comfortable. The poor underclassmen have to face the heat and the daunting three mile course in the first meet of many of their lives. Why everyone runs 3 miles at this season opening meet is a question that never gets answered. Year after year at the coaches meeting after the season, they all agreed that only the varsity should run three miles. Despite this decision, the EB Invite remains three miles for everyone. What I would like to see is make it a run around the lake and on the backside of the lake, run on the trail instead of the bike path. This course would be around 2 miles and year after year it would be the same. The 3 mile course has changed over the years, so comparing times is difficult.
coaches would not have to put underclassmen on varsity and the competition for class bragging rights would be interesting and would go on for four years. Plus everyone runs the same distance and it would be easy to compare times.
Ridgeview there, it was going to be a showdown between Stockdale's depth and Bakersfield's front runners. When the gun went off, Jorey Broughton from Centennial took off with Meadows of Frontier not to far behind.
freshman year when she qualified for the state cross country meet. Since then, she had a great freshman track season up to the West Coast Relays where she ran 5:33 (1600) and 11:53 (3200). The following day she ran in her school's invite and has been injured ever since. Her lower leg injuries have kept her from competing her sophomore year. Today was to be her return but at the halfway point of the race, her legs went numb and she could not continue. Hopefully she will get better soon. As the race proceeded through the Lake Ming parking lots, the crowd headed to the 1.75 mile mark, where the race peels off to the campgrounds for the final hilly mile before return to Lake Ming. The lead pack reach this point in 11:30. The pack included Guzman (Garces), Baker (Bakersfield), Barton (Liberty) and Haney and Nelson of Stockdale. At the finish, Baker put 16 seconds on her cross town rival Barton and took the win in a time of 19:19 which was the second best Driller time of the day (boy or girl). Barton also ran the final mile well and outdistanced Guzman by 15 seconds. On the subject of injuries, Barton had an injury plagued sophomore year to. At a late season meet she hurt ankle and then in the off season she broke her arm snow boarding. This set her back in track but after a summer of training, she look good at this meet. By the finish, two North athletes (Moyer and Perez) moved up through the field and took 6th and 7th and with the success of their JV squad (they won the JV race), this should be a good season for the Stars. I was told that their top runner was injured and did not run at this meet But the team battle was between Stockdale and Bakersfield. The Drillers took first, for one point and Stockdale took 4th (Haney), 5th (Nelson) and 8th (Patel) for 17 points. Then Garcia and Lerma came in 11th and 12th and the Drillers had 24 points with three runners in. Shuford came in 15th, so the Drillers now had 39 points with 4 runners in. Stockdale's fourth (Jones) came in 19th so now the score is Drillers 39 and Mustangs 36. Then the wait for the 5th runner began but the suspense was soon ended when the fifth Stockdale athlete finished before Bakersfield's 5th. Boys Team scores -- 1. Stockdale 33; 2. Highland 43; 3. Centennial 120; 4. East 122; 5. North 153; 6. Liberty 155; 7. Frontier 184; 8. Foothill 191; 9. Garces 215; 10. Golden Valley 275; 11. South 298; 12. Bakersfield 349. Individual results -- 1. Slaton, St, 15:52; 2. Lewis, H, 16:01; 3. Kelly, St, 16:04; 4. Sandles, GV, 16:08; 5. Van Zandt, H, 16:20; 6. Miller, St, 16:22; 7. Esquivios, H, 16:26; 8. Fisher, St, 16:30; 9. Turner, H, 16:36; 10. Hinsley, C, 16:40; 11. Bautista, Fo, 16:46; 12. Lazarit, E, 16:51; 13. Lopez, N, 16:53; 14. Shotts, L, 16:55; 15. Burke, St, 16:56; 16. Mosqueda, E, 17:01; 17. Millan, C, 17:04; 18. Hernandez, N, 17:15; 19. O'Malley, G, 17: 24; 20. Jungo, H, 17:26. JV--Stockdale 36, Frontier 61, Highland 79; FS--North 51, Foothill 98, Bakersfield 124 The boys race played out in much the same manner as the girls race. Again it was a true team battle that would come down to the team's fifth runner. The team race was also a contest between the young guns of Stockdale versus the veterans of Highland. The trio of Van Zandt, Thomas and Lewis have been 1,2,3 knockout punch for years now but have placed second at the valley meet two years in a row. This is their senior at Highland and they want a valley title. Stockdale with Curtis Kelly (soph), soph Cameron Miller and much anticipated frosh Connor Fisher filling out a squad with two veteran runners in Slaton and Burke are the highest ranked Kern County squad in division one. So at the 1.7 mile point in the race, it was no surprise to see two Mustangs and two Scotsmen with Sandles (Golden Valley) at the front of the race. Behind them was one from each school too. In the last mile, Slaton took the lead and held on for the win in under 16 minute as he predicted. When I found him with his family after the race, he was in his sweats and looked like he was waiting for his race to start. Behind him was an exciting race for second between Lewis (Highland) and Kelly (Stockdale). Lewis came on strong and when Kelly looked over his shoulder it was all over for him. Behind them was Sandles for fourth place. Then the team competition got fierce Van Zandt took 5th for Highland, Miller took 6th for Stockdale and was followed by Ivan (HHS). Then it went Stockdale and Highland again. But Burke came in 15th and sealed the win for the Mustangs. Posted on 9.9.09
Meet Preview:
purposed race times: * Frosh/Soph - 4pm (unlimited 9th & 10th grade) * JV girls - 430pm (unlimited number of runners) * JV boys - 5pm (unlimited number of runners) * Varsity girls - 530pm (top 7) * Varsity boys - 6pm (top 7)
BOYS
Girls
Boys 2008 individuals—1. Chris Schwartz, Foothill, 15:29; 2. Brian Solis, Ridgeview, 15:53; 3. Robby Baker, R, 15:53.5; 4. Alex Garcia, R, 16:13; 5. Andrew Ariey, Bakersfield, 16:13.5.
Top 2008 girls teams—1. Ridgeview 73; 2. Stockdale 89; 3. North 101. Girls 2008 individuals—1. Cecilia Lopez, North, 19:30; 2. Natalie Fernandez, Foothill, 19:36; 3. Ashley Barton,Liberty, 19:42; 4. Jessica Huizer, Ridgeview, 19:49; 5. Sophia Garcia, East, 19:59.
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