16 SGV Teams in the Initial CIF Rankings

The preseason rankings for the CIF Southern Section were released on Friday, and 8 girls and 8 boys teams are ranked among the best in the biggest and strongest high school sports section in the country.

The Claremont girls are expected to repeat as champs for the fourth straight year, while the Flintridge Prep boys . . . → Read More: 16 SGV Teams in the Initial CIF Rankings

10/5 CIF Rankings – We’re Up to 21

We missed covering last week’s rankings, when the South Pasadena girls moved into the Div. III Top Ten and two schools moved out.

This week, two more schools entered the rankings - Webb at #7 in the Div. V boys, largely on the strength of a dominating performance at their first league meet, and the . . . → Read More: 10/5 CIF Rankings – We’re Up to 21

9/21 Rankings: We’re Up to Twenty!

In his commentary on the latest CIF Southern Section Division Rankings, Rich Gonzalez remarked that there were “minimal changes” this week, with only five new teams entering the rankings.  But from our regional perspective - this was big news: three of those five are from the SGV, so we now have 20 ranked teams!

. . . → Read More: 9/21 Rankings: We’re Up to Twenty!

9/14 CIF Rankings – Seventeen SGV’s Among the Best

There was a bit of a shake up in the second CIF rankings for 2015, released on Monday.

This time, seventeen SGV schools are ranked in the Top 10 of their divisions, nine girls and eight boys.  The St. Paul girls, tenth last week, fell out of the Div. IV rankings.  But the . . . → Read More: 9/14 CIF Rankings – Seventeen SGV’s Among the Best

CIF Rankings: Five SGV Schools at #1!

The San Gabriel Valley boasts three defending CIF champs - Bishop Amat in both the Boys and Girls Div IV, and Flintridge Prep in Girls D5.

In the first official CIF-SS rankings, five SGV teams are projected to be champions this year – that’s half of the titles!  Among the boys Claremont and Flintridge . . . → Read More: CIF Rankings: Five SGV Schools at #1!

2015 SGV Girls XC – Pre-Season Rankings

Gabi Bennett, left and Lacy Coan of Flintridge Prep, Defending CIF Div. V Champs

The girls of the SGV had a great 2014 cross country season, taking two of the five CIF Championships: Bishop Amat in Div IV and Flintridge Prep in Div V.  FP followed up with a State Championship and . . . → Read More: 2015 SGV Girls XC – Pre-Season Rankings

2015 SGV Boys XC – Pre-Season Rankings

Bishop Amat lifting the ’14 California Div IV Champions Trophy

2014 was an excellent year for the 78 schools of the San Gabriel Valley in Cross Country. Â Twelve boys teams advanced to CIF finals, with four moving on to the State meet.

Bishop Amat were CIF-Southern Section and California State Div. IV . . . → Read More: 2015 SGV Boys XC – Pre-Season Rankings

Damien & Arcadia Top Final 2015 Team Rankings

The Damien boys and Arcadia girls lead the San Gabriel Valley in the Final Team Rankings for 2015.

The goal was to create a ranking system that measures overall team strength more than a few top athletes. Â This system got closer, but was still more weighted toward championship scoring over dual meet strength. Â . . . → Read More: Damien & Arcadia Top Final 2015 Team Rankings

Arcadia & Damien Still Tops in the Team Rankings

With more teams posting dual meet results and lots of strong marks from the SGV Champs, the latest Team Rankings are even more representative.

The Arcadia Girls have widened their lead in the SGV Team Rankings (methodology below), with Walnut and Ayala flipping spots from the previous ranking.  The biggest move further down was . . . → Read More: Arcadia & Damien Still Tops in the Team Rankings

Arcadia Still Bosses the Girls After Week 7

Arcadia, Ayala & Walnut remain solidly atop this week’s SGV Girls Team Rankings. Â The biggest mover was California, led by soph Lauren Anderson‘s 120-09 school record in the discus in the La Serna Dual Meet

Sydney Mosley anchoring the relay at Arcadia

At the massive national Arcadia Invitational, Monrovia senior Sydney Mosley . . . → Read More: Arcadia Still Bosses the Girls After Week 7

SGV Track & XC

This site is maintained by Bob Ramsey – a SGV T&F athlete (Arroyo ’80), and former coach at Glendora HS and Meet Director of the SGV Champs. Bob is currently Director of Track & Field and Cross Country at Whittier College