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It’s hard to have perspective on track and cross country in California. We are the biggest state, and the CIF Southern Section is bigger than all but three states itself. Just the San Gabriel Valley has more people than 14 states. That’s why it’s a big deal that ten SGV teams are the first 2018 . . . → Read More: 10 SGV Teams in the First 2018 State Rankings There were a few small moves in this week’s CIF-SS ranking, with the only move in or out being California dropping from the Div. 1 rankings after a bit of a rough day at last week’s Del Rio League meet. Rankings are difficult to do during this part of the season, when teams are racing . . . → Read More: CIF Rankings – Week 5: Holding (Mostly) Steady The SGV #7 Bonita boys moved into the CIF SS rankings for the first time this year – entering Div. 3 in the 10th spot. The Bearcats have been solid all year – their most recent achievement was a narrow third place finish Saturday in the very tough Palomares League preview meet. The Claremont girls . . . → Read More: CIF Rankings – Week 4: Bonita Moves In Defending CIF-SS Div. 2 Champs Claremont began the season with a small edge in the pre-season rankings, but off of early performances, the Wolfpack has run away from the field. Adding a transfer and a soph making a big jump in performance to their scorers, and having seven (!) boys already under 15:00, in a . . . → Read More: SGV Boys Rankings – Week 3: Claremont Extends Their Lead The Claremont girls are three-time defending CIF Champs and two-time defending State Champs, so they came into 2018 as the class of the SGV. But even starting from a high level, the Wolfpack have taken a big step forward. Returning four of their first five from 2017, they’ve add super frosh Maddie Coles (#4 in . . . → Read More: SGV Girls Rankings – Week 3: Claremont is Way Up The California boys (8th D1) and Walnut girls (7th D1) rode strong performances in the Woodbridge Invitational Sweepstakes races to jump into the CIF Rankings this week.  Claremont (boys & girls) and the Flintridge Prep boys remain top ranked in their divisions. The Arroyo boys fell out of the rankings, leaving the SGV with . . . → Read More: CIF-SS Rankings – Week 3: Cal Boys & Walnut Girls – Case Made Sixteen San Gabriel Valley teams rank in the Top Ten of the CIF-SS five divisions. Unlike other sports that try to group schools by “competitive equity” cross country’s divisions are solely by enrollment. The big move comes from the La Cañada girls, who were dropped from the rankings last week after running a partial team . . . → Read More: CIF Rankings – Week 2: Claremont Boys to the Top, La Cañada Girls Back In. On the strength of their big opening effort at The Great Cow Run the Arcadia boys have jumped back into the CIF-SS Div. 1 Rankings at #7 The SGV moves from 16 to 15 ranked teams because as Arcadia moved in, two were dropped. The La Cañada girls moved out of the Div. 4 rankings, . . . → Read More: CIF Rankings – Week 1: Arcadia Boys Move In Claremont has been the strongest cross country program in the SGV for the past several years, and the Wolfpack boys are favored to defend their league and CIF Championships and to remain on top in the 2018 San Gabriel Valley Pre-Season rankings. All of the traditional SGV powers are here, with La Serna, Arroyo and . . . → Read More: Boys Pre-Season Rankings: Claremont at the Top The Claremont girls are three-time defending CIF-SS Div. 2 Champs and two-time defending state champs. They are likely to repeat in both, and this makes them massive favorites to once again be the top team in the San Gabriel Valley. In the mock scoring done for these rankings, the Wolfpack are 122 points clear of . . . → Read More: SGV Girls Pre-Season Rankings – Claremont is Far Ahead of the Rest |
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