League Championships

SEYL League Championship
Hart Park - Bakersfield, CA, Thursday, November 06, 2008

SWYL League Championship
Hart Park - Bakersfield, CA, Thursday, November 06, 2008

  • 2008 Photos HERE.
  • 2008 Driller results HERE.
  • Race 1                 Girls Frosh/Soph               SEYL RESULTS. SWYL RESULTS.
  • Race 2                 Boys’ Frosh/Soph               SEYL RESULTS. SWYL RESULTS.
  • Race 3                 Girls’ Junior Varsity             SEYL RESULTS. SWYL RESULTS.
  • Race 4                 Boys’ Junior Varsity           SEYL RESULTS.  SWYL RESULTS.          
  • Race 5                 SEYL - Girl’s Varsity           RESULTS.
  • Race 6                 SWYL - Girls’ Varsity          RESULTS.
  • Race 7                 SEYL - Boys’ Varsity           RESULTS.
  • Race 8                 SWYL - Boys’ Varsity          RESULTS.

Southeast Yosemite League championship At Hart Park; 3-mile course:

Boys Team scores  Highland 46, East 54, Bakersfield 84, Foothill 85, Garces 107, Liberty 134, Golden Valley
160.

Individuals 1. Schwartz, F, 15:18; 2. Van Zandt, H, 15:52; 3. Herrera, E, 15:53; 4. Ariey, B, 15:54; 5. Lewis, H, 16:12; 6.
Turner, H, 16:13; 7. Sandles, G, 16:16; 8. Ramirez, E, 16:20; 9. Zaragoza, E, 16:22; 10. Edquist, B, 16:27; 11. Holt, B, 16:
28; 12. Esquivias, H, 16:30; 13. Lopez, F, 16:34; 14. O'Malley, G, 16:34; 15. Guzman, G, 16:40; 16. Mosquedo, E, 16:47;
17. Bedard, G, 16:49; 18. Valdez, E, 16:56; 19. Hicks, L, 17:07; 20. Bantista, F, 17:08.

Final standings 1. Highland, 2. East-BHS (tie), 4. Foothill, 5. Garces, 6. Liberty, 7. G. Valley.
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Girls Team scores Highland 53, Foothill 54, BHS 72, Liberty 86, Garces 108, G.Valley 124.

Individuals 1. Baker, B, 18:51; 2. Fernandez, F, 18:51; 3. Garcia, E, 18:55; 4. Berry, H, 19:50; 5. Guzman, G, 19:59; 6.
Shuford, B, 20:05; 7. Rocha, GV, 20:31; 8. J. Rodriguez, H, 20:32; 9. Veloz, F, 20:35; 10. Lerma, B, 20:41; 11. Barton, L,
20:45; 12. Mayberry, H, 20:48; 13. Wilson, L, 20:59; 14. Mrasak, F, 21:00; 15. Rodier, H, 21:02; 16. C. Rodriguez, F, 21:
04; 17. Castro, F, 21:14; 18. Bailey, L, 21:38; 19. Vasquez, H, 21:39; 20. Silva, GV. 21:42.

Final standings 1. Highland, 2. BHS, 3. Foothill, 4. Liberty, 5. Garces-Golden Valley.

Southwest Yosemite League championship At Hart Park; 3-mile course:

Boys Team scores Ridgeview 23, Stockdale 41, Centennial 82, Frontier 93, North 118, South 170.

Individuals 1. Garcia, R, 15:44; 2. Solis, R, 15:53; 3. Kelly, St, 16:09; 4. Lewis, R, 16:13; 5. Vincent, C, 16:26; 6. Slaton,
St, 16:28; 7. Baker, R, 16:32; 8. Burke, St, 16:37; 9. Munoz, R, 16:40; 10. Bernaba, St, 16:44; 11. Ralls, N, 16:52; 12.
Peralta, F, 16:55; 13. Lopez, N, 16:58; 14. Dao, St, 16:58; 15. Heiter, C, 17:00; 16. Golich, F, 17:03; 17. Beechinor, F, 17:
07; 18. Smith, C, 17:07; 19. Urmston, F, 17:10; 20. Anseno, R, 17:14.

Final standings 1. Ridgeview, 2. Stockdale, 3. Centennial, 4. Frontier, 5. North, 6. South, 7. West.
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Girls Team scores Ridgeview 23, Stockdale 49, North 80, Centennial 80, Frontier 126, South 174, West 190.

Girls individuals 1. Lynch, R, 18:47; 2. Huizar, R 19:19; 3. Duran, R, 19:23; 4. Haney, St, 19:29; 5. Armendariz, R, 19:42;
6. Moyer, N, 19:44; 7. Nelson, St, 19:47; 8. Lopez, N, 19:53; 9. Moore, St, 20:04; 10. Pennel, St, 20:07; 11. Crowe, C, 20:
15; 12. Lazo, R, 20:23; 13. Folsom, C, 20:24: 14. L. Gonzalez, R, 20:40; 15. Meadows, F, 20:50; 16. Dahl, C, 20:51; 17.
Martinez, C, 21:14; 18. Maltos, F, 21:19; 19. Diaz, St, 21:22; 20. Y. Perez, N, 21:23.
Final standings 1. Ridgeview, 2. Stockdale-North (tie), 4. Centennial, 5. Frontier, 6. South, 7. West.

 Highland and Ridgeview won the boys and girls team titles. Chris Schwartz (Foothill
Sr.) and Sarah Baker (Bakersfield Soph.) defended their SEYL titles. On the SWYL
side, Alex Garcia (Ridgeview) and Tijerra Lynch (Ridgeview) won individual titles and
lead their teams to team titles.

Today was a tale of two very different leagues. In the SWYL, it was a changing of the
guard. For years, Randy Jones's Centennial squads dominated the SWYL. His boy's
squads were undefeated for over 5 years in duals and I have been told that his girl's
squads had been undefeated since Centennial opened.

This year, Adam Setzer's young squads ended those streaks and went undefeated in
dual meets. They also won the league meet in a dominating fashion. With all the young
talent Ridgeview has, the Wolf pack may go on a winning streak of their on now. Of
course, Stockdale has very large teams and they are young too but right now
Ridgeview is very dominate in the SWYL.

 If you have a SWYL report, I would like to share it. Since I am a SEYL coach
(Bakersfield), I don't know the SWYL story very well. Please send me your reports to
andynoise@yahoo.com.

 In the SEYL, things are not the same as the SWYL. Highland continued its winning
ways but the competition has been fierce. Last year, their boys team was very tough
and won league very handily but were challenged by Foothill. This year they went
undefeated in duals but were challenged by Bakersfield in the duals (They beat
Bakersfield 26 to 29) and by East at the league meet. In the end, they meet every
challenge and are the SEYL champs again. With their tough trio of juniors and large
supporting cast of younger runners, Coach Mayberry will be in the thick of it again next
year.

Last year, East only had Oscar Fuentes for the most part but this year they have a
young squad that came on strong at the end of the year. They lost to Highland and
Bakersfield in duals but gave Highland a run for its money in the league meet. East
also won the boy's JV race and they will be back next year for sure. This year they
came in third in the duals and second at the league meet and tied Bakersfield for
second in the overall SEYL standings.

Bakersfield was a veteran squad this year. The team was six seniors and one junior
throughout the year. The core of the team (Ariey, Edquist, Purcell and Anderson) have
been together since 2006, when Coach Anderson took over the team. That first year
they did real well in frosh/soph races: winning the Mount Whitney Invite, coming in
second to McFarland (30 to 42) at the Kern Invite and winning the SEYL frosh/soph
title. That year Bakersfield's varsity was not a factor in duals or the league meet.

In 2007, the quartet teamed up with Van Matre (Sr) and two newcomers, Holt (Jr.)
and McCarthy and improved to 4 and 2 in duals but came up short in the league meet.
This year, the team went 5 and 1 in duals and only lost to Highland by three points in
the last dual meet of the season. The team had a strong five but never found a strong
6th and 7th runner.

The bench was very thin especially when compared to Highland or East. The five lead
by Ariey (who only lost to state champ Chris Schwartz) went into the league meet,
knowing they were up against two very tough squads. After Schwartz took off, the lead
pack was Ariey, Van Zandt (Highland) and East.

With a quarter mile, Ariey had a good lead but Van Zandt (with his sub two minute 800
speed) and a Herrera (East Sr) cut the lead down to yards with a 100 yards to go and
ended up taking second with Herrera getting third. Ariey got 4th and broke sixteen
minutes for the first time. Sandles from Golden Valley took 5th and then Highland's
Lewis and Turner took 6th and 7th.

Bakersfield's Edquist and Holt came in tenth and eleventh. In the end, Bakersfield
came in third and tied with East for second place overall. With such a senior ladened
team, Bakersfield will be a very different squad next year. The good news for
Bakersfield is that two of their underclassmen (Langston and Elliot) did place in the top
ten in the frosh/soph race and will join Anderson on the varsity squad next year.

On the girls side, Bakersfield does have youth on its side. In 2007, Sarah Baker lead
her squad to a team and individual title. She and her fellow freshmen, Gabby Lerma
and Gracie Garcia only lost to Foothill in duals. Then at league meet they won the race
with a clutch performance by senior Sandy Felix. They also got a lot of help from
Highland to take the league overall title. Foothill was first after the duals and the only
way Bakersfield could win an outright title, was for Highland to beat Foothill at the
league meet and they did.

This year, the young Bakersfield trio was joined by sophomore Emily Shuford but
could never find a strong 5th girl. They went undefeated in duals but in big meets, not
having a 5th was a problem. So they were looking for some outside help like they got
last year.

Ironically, Foothill could be that help this year. Highland was in second behind
Bakersfield in the dual meets followed by Foothill. If Foothill could beat Highland, there
would be a three way tie for first! Everyone would have 20 points (1st - 12 pts, 2nd -
10 pts and 3rd - 8 pts). In the end, Highland beat Foothill by one point and took the
outright SEYL team title with 22 points, Bakersfield came in second with 20 and
Foothill came in third with 18.

Even more ironic is that if Sarah had not won her second SEYL individual title against
Natalie Fernadez of Foothill, Foothill would of won the league meet and there would of
been a three way tie for first place!

Check back for more race recaps and complete results when I find them.

Races Start at High Noon!
               
STARTING TIMES:         
  • Race 1                 Girls Frosh/Soph                12:00 pm
  • Race 2                 Boys’ Frosh/Soph              12:25 pm
  • Race 3                 Girls’ Junior Varsity            12:45 pm
  • Race 4                 Boys’ Junior Varsity            1:10 pm                 
  • Race 5                 SEYL - Girl’s Varsity           1:40 pm
  • Race 6                 SWYL - Girls’ Varsity          2:10 pm
  • Race 7                 SEYL - Boys’ Varsity           2:40 pm
  • Race 8                 SWYL - Boys’ Varsity          3:10 pm

More meet info from race director HERE.
Meet Preview:

How does one win a League Team Championship? A team has to be good in two
types of meets: Dual meets and a seven school league meet. In a dual meet, one can
win the meet with three good runners. Go 1,2,3 and you win as long as your 4th and
5th runner finish the race.

In a league meet, you need at least 5 good runners and a 6th one would be nice in
case of a tie. In a league meet, every place is super important. In 2006, the Drillers
won the Mt Whitney Invite 58 to 59 because their 6th man beat the other teams 5th
man!

Locally, we make the dual meet record half the score and the league meet results the
other half. The points are allocated as such:
  1. 12 points
  2. 10 points
  3. 8 points
  4. 6 points
  5. 4 points
  6. 2 points
  7. 0 points

Please contact me if there errors in the standings at andynoise@yahoo.com.
Boys SEYL
  1. Highland's dual meet record was 6 and 0 - 12 points
  2. Bakersfield's dual meet record was 5 and 1 - 10 points
  3. East's dual meet record was 4 and 2 - 8 points
  4. Liberty was 2 and 4 - 4 points
  5. Garces was 2 and 4 - 4 points
  6. Foothill was 2 and 4 - 4 points
  7. Golden Valley was 0 and 6 - 0 points

Chris Schwartz (Foothill SR) is the defending Champ.

Now if Garces, Liberty or Foothill got in the top three at the league meet, things could
get really crazy. What makes the team race exciting is that the top runners on the
other teams can help or hurt the contending teams even if their team isn't that good.

How does Highland win the league title?
  • The easiest way is to win the league meet. They would have 24 points period.
  • Or they get second and East wins. Then the score would be Highland 22, East 20
    and Bakersfield 20.
  • If Bakersfield won and Highland took second they would tie for first: 22 to 22.

How does Bakersfield win the league title?
  • The Drillers win the meet and Highland gets third. The score would be Drillers 22,
    Highland 20 and East 20.
  • If Bakersfield won and Highland took second, they would tie for first: Driller 22,
    Highland 22

How does East win the league title?
  • East wins, Bakersfield gets second and Highland gets third. The score would be
    East 20. Highland 20 and Bakersfield 20.

  • Highland went undefeated in the SEYL dual meet action this year and have a very tough trio leading them.
    Van Zandt, Lewis and Thomas won a SEYL title , took second at Valley and ran as a team at the State
    meet last year.
  • East also has a young squad who have been getting faster and faster with each meet. In SEYL dual meet
    action they came in third, only losing to Highland and Bakersfield in very close races. Last week they ran
    a very good race at the Meadow Park Invite.
  • The Drillers are a veteran team with six seniors and a junior who only lost to Highland in dual meet action.
    Lead by Ariey who only lost to Chris Schwartz in dual meets, the Drillers hope to come on strong at the
    end of the season.
  • Former Driller David Van Matre put together some individual SWYL rankings HERE and SEYL rankings
    HERE. To give you an idea of the athletes each school has. HERE are his team rankings.

Girls SEYL
  1. Bakersfield's dual meet was 6 and 0 - 12 points
  2. Highland's dual meet record was 5 and 1 - 10 points
  3. Foothill's dual meet record was 4 and 2 - 8 points
  4. Liberty was 3 and 3 - 6 points
  5. Golden Valley was 2 and 4 - 4 points
  6. Garces was 1 and 5 - 2 points
  7. East was 0 and 6 - 0 points

  • Highland is lead by Nicole Berry and her team only lost one dual meet this year to Bakersfield. They have been
    running well at invites recently and their coach knows have to bring teams to their peak at the end of a season.
  • Foothill is lead by Natalie Fernadez who had a sub 20 performance at Mt Sac last week. Foothill always has large
    teams and I am sure that someone out of that number will step up and improve their team's performance.
  • The Drillers were SEYL champs in 2007 and most of that team is back this year. The Drillers are lead by SEYL
    champ Baker and the rest of the team are sophomores too. This year they won all their SEYL dual meets and
    expect to defend that title in a few weeks time. The Kern Invite will be their first serious invite.

Sarah Baker (Bakersfield Soph) is the defending champ.

Boys SWYL
  1. Ridgeview's dual meet record was 6 and 0 - 12 pts
  2. Stockdale was 5 and 1 - 10 pts
  3. Centennial was 4 and 2 - 8 pts
  4. North was 3 and 3 - 6 pts
  5. South was 1 and 5 - 3 pts
  6. Frontier was 1 and 5 - 3 pts
  7. West was 0 and 6 - 0 pts

  • Ridgeview almost broke 85 minutes (sub 17 average) at the Roughrider meet a few weeks ago. Only
    Mcfarland in recent years has broken this barrier. They have a super solid team lead by Baker, Garcia
    and Solis and any of these three could be number one for them on any given day. They are also
    undefeated in SWYL dual meet action
  • Stockdale has a young squad who ran really well at Mt Sac. If they all run in the varsity race, watch out. I
    believe they came in second in SWYL dual meet action.
  • Former Driller David Van Matre put together some individual SWYL rankings HERE and SEYL rankings
    HERE. To give you an idea of the athletes each school has. HERE are his team rankings.

Girls SWYL
  1. Ridgeview's dual meet record was 6 and 0 - 12 pts
  2. North was 5 and 0 - 10 pts
  3. Stockdale was 4 and 2 - 8 pts
  4. Centennial was 3 and 3 - 6 pts
  5. West was 1 and 5 - 2 pts
  6. South was 1 and 5 - 2 pts
  7. Frontier was 1 and 5 - 2 pts

  • Ridgeview went undefeated in SWYL dual meet action and won most of the invites they entered. Like their boys
    team, they have a lot of depth. Lynch and Huziar are always in the front of every race they run.
  • Stockdale has a very large team and their numbers is their strength, They don't have a front runner but their pack
    is always near the front of the race.
  • North is lead by Lopez who is a threat to win a meet. If North had not lost Carlson, they would be right up there. Of
    course, one never knows if Carlson might not make a late season return.
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2008 Dual Meet Records

Highland 26 Bakersfield 29        Boys SEYL        6        0
Highland 23, Garces 33        Boys SEYL        6        0
Highland 22, East 33        Boys SEYL        6        0
Highland 22 Foothill 37        Boys SEYL        6        0
Highland 21, Liberty 38        Boys SEYL        6        0
Highland 17, Golden Valley 46        Boys SEYL        6        0
Bakersfield 25 East 30        Boys SEYL        5        1
Bakersfield 23, Garces 35        Boys SEYL        5        1
Bakersfield 23 Foothill 36        Boys SEYL        5        1
Bakersfield 19 Golden Valley 42        Boys SEYL        5        1
Bakersfield 17 Liberty 43        Boys SEYL        5        1
East 26, Foothill 32;          Boys SEYL        4        2
East 25, Garces 34         Boys SEYL        4        2
East 20, G. Valley 43        Boys SEYL        4        2
East 18 Liberty 43        Boys SEYL        4        2
Liberty 27, Garces 29;         Boys SEYL        2        4
Liberty 20, G. Valley 42         Boys SEYL        2        4
Garces 22, Foothill 29;        Boys SEYL        2        4
Garces 20, G.Valley 39;         Boys SEYL        2        4
Foothill 27, Liberty 28        Boys SEYL        2        4
Foothill 20, G. Valley 40        Boys SEYL        2        4

Ridgeview 22, Stockdale 37        Boys SWYL        6        0
Ridgeview 16, Frontier 45        Boys SWYL        6        0
Ridgeview 16, Centennial 41        Boys SWYL        6        0
Ridgeview 15, West 50        Boys SWYL        6        0
Ridgeview 15, South 50;         Boys SWYL        6        0
Ridgeview 15, North 50        Boys SWYL        6        0
Stockdale 27, centennial 28        Boys SWYL        5        1
Stockdale 22, north 36        Boys SWYL        5        1
Stockdale 17, South 42;         Boys SWYL        5        1
Stockdale 15, West 50        Boys SWYL        5        1
Stockdale 15, Frontier 33        Boys SWYL        5        1
centennial 24, north 32        Boys SWYL        4        2
Centennial 23, Frontier 32;         Boys SWYL        4        2
Centennial 21, South 40        Boys SWYL        4        2
Centennial 15, West 50        Boys SWYL        4        2
North 26, Frontier 29        Boys SWYL        3        3
North 25, South 30        Boys SWYL        3        3
North 24, West 31        Boys SWYL        3        3
Frontier 15, West 50;         Boys SWYL        2        4
Frontier 23 South 32        Boys SWYL        2        4
South 15, West 40        Boys SWYL        1        5

Bakersfield 27 Highland 29        Girls SEYL        6        0
bakersfield 27 East forfeit        Girls SEYL        6        0
Bakersfield 24 Foothill 31        Girls SEYL        6        0
Bakersfield 23, Garces 36        Girls SEYL        6        0
Bakersfield 23, Garces 36        Girls SEYL        6        0
bakersfield 23 Liberty 39        Girls SEYL        6        0
bakersfield 19 Golden Valley 39        Girls SEYL        6        0
highland d, garces        Girls SEYL        5        1
Highland 25 Foothill 30        Girls SEYL        5        1
Highland 23, Liberty 34        Girls SEYL        5        1
Highland 23, East 34        Girls SEYL        5        1
Highland 16, G. Valley 43        Girls SEYL        5        1
Foothill d. East;         Girls SEYL        4        2
Foothill 26, Garces 30        Girls SEYL        4        2
Foothill 25, Liberty 31        Girls SEYL        4        2
Foothill 23, G. Valley 36        Girls SEYL        4        2
Liberty 24, Garces 31;         Girls SEYL        3        3
Liberty 24 East forfeit        Girls SEYL        3        3
Liberty 23, G. Valley 37;         Girls SEYL        3        3
Golden Valley 29, East 30        Girls SEYL        2        4
Golden Valley 26, Garces 29        Girls SEYL        2        4
Garces d. East        Girls SEYL        1        5

Ridgview 19, North 38        Girls SWYL        6        0
Ridgeview 25, Stockdale 30         Girls SWYL        6        0
Ridgeview 20, Centennial        Girls SWYL        6        0
Ridgeview 15, West 50        Girls SWYL        6        0
Ridgeview 15, South 45;         Girls SWYL        6        0
Ridgeview 15, Frontier 50        Girls SWYL        6        0
North 26, Stockdale 29         Girls SWYL        5        1
North 23, Centennial 32;         Girls SWYL        5        1
North 19, Frontier 39        Girls SWYL        5        1
North 15, West 50        Girls SWYL        5        1
North 15, South 45        Girls SWYL        5        1
Stockdale 24, Cent. 31        Girls SWYL        4        2
Stockdale 20, Frontier 41        Girls SWYL        4        2
Stockdale 15, West 45        Girls SWYL        4        2
Stockdale 15, South 49;         Girls SWYL        4        2
Centennial 15, West 50;         Girls SWYL        3        3
Centennial 15, South 49        Girls SWYL        3        3
Centennial 15, Frontier 50;         Girls SWYL        3        3
West 15, Frontier 50        Girls SWYL        1        5
South 22, West 31        Girls SWYL        1        5
frontier 22 south 39        Girls SWYL        1        5