Mt.SAC – Friday Preview

Assuming the rain will not change the schedule, most of the ESGV schools will compete on Friday, when Divs III, IV & V take to the three big hills at Mt.SAC in Walnut. This is the biggest XC meet in the country (and presumably in the world), and the famous 2.93 mile course is the . . . → Read More: Mt.SAC – Friday Preview

Week 6 Preview

This weekend will be somewhat quiet, sandwiched between a week filled with cluster meets and next weekend’s Mt.SAC Invitational.

Expect to see about ten local schools take part in the Bell Gardens Invite, a nice, low key affair run over the flat 3 mile DG paths at Legg Lake in South El Monte. Arroyo, Azusa, . . . → Read More: Week 6 Preview

Preview: Sierra & MVL #2 Clusters

Most SGV schools will compete in their second cluster meets, led off by today’s Mission Valley League meet over the flat, 3 mile course at Legg Lake in South El Monte, and the Sierra League on the new 3 mile Invite course at Bonelli Park in San Dimas.

The CIF and State ranked Clarmont boys . . . → Read More: Preview: Sierra & MVL #2 Clusters

Week 5 Preview – The Courses that Count

Cross-Country in our area has two championship courses – Mt.SAC, where several league finals and CIF Southern Section Prelims and Finals are held, and Woodward Park in Fresno, which is the home of the California State Championships. Our local teams will get their first look at these courses this weekend.

Last year, twelve local schools . . . → Read More: Week 5 Preview – The Courses that Count

ESGV Preview – Week 4

The SGV is the home of a new meet this week – the Top Speed Running Super XC Classic at Bonelli Park in San Dimas. Hosted by South Hills HS, the athletes will race over a newly created 3 mile course that allows spectators to see the runners through most of the race. Thirteen local . . . → Read More: ESGV Preview – Week 4

Week 4: League Cluster Meets!

So now the real competition begins, with almost all of the ESGV schools competing in their first league cluster meets. Cluster meets, in which all of a league’s schools compete as once, have replaced the older dual meets. Some of these meets are scored as “multi-duals” in which the scorers take the results and match . . . → Read More: Week 4: League Cluster Meets!

ESGV Preview – Week 3

With league competition beginning next week for all of the area teams, only a third will be competing this weekend, but they’ll be spread from Orange Country to L.A’s Griffith Park to the big, big Stanford Invite

Marissa Scott (L) & Lexie Jackson

The top local action should come from the top local . . . → Read More: ESGV Preview – Week 3

Week 2 Preview: Woodbridge and Rosemead

The second week of the season will see most area teams in two meets – the Woodbridge Invite at Estancia HS in Costa Mesa and the Rosemead Invite. Both meets are run over flat, 3 mile courses, both run many of their races under the lights, both finish in stadiums this year, and both feature . . . → Read More: Week 2 Preview: Woodbridge and Rosemead

ESGV Preview – Week 1

2010 Cross country makes it’s official start this Saturday, with local athletes traveling all over Southern California to open their seasons in Irwindale, Chino, Walnut, and Laguna Hills.

The meet with the biggest local participation and the only one in the area is the Bosco Tech Invitational at Santa Fe Dam Recreational Area in Irwindale.

. . . → Read More: ESGV Preview – Week 1

2010 Top XC Returners

Last year was a particularly strong year for East SGV cross country, and with most of the top athletes returning, and Claremont joining the group with their move to the Sierra League, 2010 should be even better.

Top 10 Returning Girls (Mt.SAC PR’s)

18:06Â Lauren Justus (Sr) – Glendora 18:29Â Marissa Scott (So) – Bonita . . . → Read More: 2010 Top XC Returners

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