By Bob Ramsey, on September 4th, 2018  Teams come to The Great Cow Run meet in Cerritos to open their season by running fast for a full three miles. There are always several strong teams there to lead the races, and two of the SGV’s best took advantage to post strong performances to lead off 2018.
The Arcadia boys won the large school race and finished second overall, led by big step up performances from junior Jacob Hsu (14:59) and soph Tianyuan Pei (15:10). Following a strong summer with new AHS coach (and alum) Chris Lee, Jacob improved his flat 3 mile best by a whopping 50 seconds, and Tianyuan by 92 seconds! Their team time of 76:27 is already 14 seconds better than their returning athletes’ cumulative best from 2017. Watch out for the Apaches this year!
California also turned in a strong, but controlled opening performance, dropping a 77:22 to finish fourth overall, with senior Angel Salinas (11th/15:18) up front. That time was 41 seconds faster than the Condors’ cumulative bests from last year, and yet with only a 18 second 1-5 gap.
On the girls side, Bishop Amat were the winners of the small school race, and finished fifth overall in 97:34 – led by senior Olivia Paz (15th/18:37). California (6th/97:58) and Rosemead (9th/99:45) also got out fast for 2018. The Condors were led by senior Zoe Gurule (36th/19:12) and the Panthers by senior Melanie Mach (14th/18:36).
Arcadia senior Joyce Wu had the SGV’s top individual performance, finishing second overall with a very nice 17:43. The Apaches had several key runners on the sideline nursing injuries, so they didn’t factor in the team scoring.
Complete Results & Coverage
SGV Top 10 Performers, Team Rankings and the Top Performer for each team after the jump.
Continue reading Great Cow Run: Arcadia Boys and Amat Girls are HOT Out of the Gate
By Bob Ramsey, on September 4th, 2018 Four SGV teams scattered over three meets this past weekend, ranging from Riverside to Santa Barbara.
La Mirada – especially their boys team, expect to finish their season in Riverside, so they took part in the Riverside Showcase - run over a 2.3 mile version of the course used for this year’s CIF Prelims and Finals.
The boys finished second in the small school race, with senior Christian Santiago winning the race by a solid margin in 11:24. He was 9th overall all while the team was 10th among twenty-one schools.
Top girl for LMHS was soph Mariah Waters, who was 41st overall at 14:24. The team was 10th overall.
Results: Finished Results  Athletic.net
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Pasadena Poly went north to open at the Gaucho Invitational on UC Santa Barbara’s campus, featuring a flat, 3-mile course. Neither team entered enough Varsity athletes to score, but junior Sophie Finney got off to particularly strong start, running 19:16 to finish 3rd. Junior Evan Hayes (41st/17:54) was Poly’s top boy.
Results:Â Athletic.net
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Alhambra and Edgewood started their season at the inaugural Jeff Nelson Invitational, run over a hilly 3-mile course at Griffith Park in Los Angeles. The Alhambra girls started off well, finishing third (107:48) in a 14 team field. Tops for the Moors was senior Serena Duenas who was ninth in 20:03. Senior Carissa Biliecki (51st/24:05) was the best for 13th-placed Edgewood.
Neither boys team scored in the Varsity race. The Lions were led by junior Nicholas Castillo Davidson (30th/17:46) and senior Bryan Albarran (69th/19:40) was best for AHS.
Results: Finished Results Athletic.netÂ
By Bob Ramsey, on September 2nd, 2018  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 are picked to step up to the top of the podium in 2018.
Here are the ranked teams, along with how they finished in 2017.
Girls
Div 1 -Â #7 Walnut (Finished 8th in 2017)
Div. 2 -Â #1 Claremont (1st)
Div. 3 –
Div. 4 Р#3 Mayfield (2nd); #5 La Ca̱ada (5th ); #6 Bishop Amat (4th)
Div. 5 – #2 Flintridge Prep (1st); #5 Pomona Catholic (5th); #6 Poly (8th)
Boys
Div 1 -Â #7 La Serna (Finished 20th in 2017)
Div. 2 -Â #2 Claremont (1st); #10 Arroyo (22nd)
Div. 3 – #9 Whittier (3rd)
Div. 4 – #4 South Pasadena (8th in D3); #7 Bishop Amat (5th )
Div. 5 – #1 Flintridge Prep (3rd); #6 Maranatha (11th);
By Bob Ramsey, on August 31st, 2018 The new, earlier cross country and track season kicks off this week. There’s only a few meets this weekend, with most teams holding off their first competition to next weekend (or even the next) so we’ll call this Week Zero.
 Two of the three meets, the Fastback Invitational and the Riverside Showcase are on short courses, so expect to see teams focus on novice and developing athletes, with many leaving their top runners out of the entries. The third race, The Great Cow Run in Cerritos is a full 3 miles, and top teams often come prepared to run fast here.
Full previews and meet details after the jump
Continue reading Here We Go! Week 0 Preview
By Bob Ramsey, on August 30th, 2018 2018 was a solid year for our boys as the top athletes and the top teams were tightly bunched in the final 2018 All-San Gabriel Valley Track & Field lists.
 Arroyo’s Noah Hibbard Four boys each earned All-SGV honors in three events: Chuma Azinga (San Marino, Sr) – 110 hurdles, High Jump & Triple Jump; and Ryan Cowgill (Claremont, Jr), Xian Shively (Poly, Sr), and Noah Hibbard (Arroyo, Jr) each in the 800m, 1600m & 3200m. But Noah was the only athlete to also place in the California Top 100 in each his three All-SGV events, so he earns top honors for 2018.
Monrovia bunched performances in the sprints, hurdles & relays to led all schools with 9 All-SGV performers and relays, followed closely by California, Claremont and La Serna with seven each.
The All-San Gabriel Valley Standard is 98% of the 100th best mark achieved in California in each event the previous year. An average of 8.3 boys met the standard in each event, while 2.8 per event ranked among California’s 100 best.
The SGV’s best event was the 800m, where a whopping 19 boys earned All-SGV status, with five ranking in the State 100.
You can download and view the complete 2018 Boys Track and Field All-San Gabriel Valley list here:Â 18 Final All SGV Boys
By Bob Ramsey, on August 30th, 2018  Arcadia’s Stephanie Yen competes in the varsity girls long jump during the San Gabriel Valley track and field Championships at San Dimas High School in San Dimas, Calif., on Saturday, April 22, 2017. (Photo by Libby Cline) Arcadia senior Stephanie Yen who will be attending UCLA this Fall, was 2018’s top All-San Gabriel Valley performer, meeting the All-SGV standard in five events: 200m, 100 hurdles, 300 hurdles, Long Jump and Triple Jump.
Stephanie’s marks in the long hurdles and long jump also ranked in the California Top 100 for 2018, and the mark in the latter event, 18-04.50, leaves her ranked #28 on the SGV All-Time Performers List.
Bonita led all schools with 13 All-SGV performers and relays, followed closely by Arcadia and Claremont with twelve each.
The All-San Gabriel Valley Standard is 98% of the 100th best mark achieved in California in each event the previous year. An average of 6.6 girls met the standard in each event, while 3.8 per event ranked among California’s 100 best.
Our girls’ best event was the 3200m, where 14 girls met the standard, with 7 ranking in the State 100.
You can download and view the complete 2018 Girls Track and Field All-San Gabriel Valley list here:Â 18 Final All-SGV Girls
By Bob Ramsey, on April 15th, 2018 Bishop Amat won their first Boys Team Championship – led by male Athlete of the Meet Nick Guajardo. Nick won the 400m in a SGV leading 48.88 (5th best ever in the meet) and led of the winning 4×100 relay at 43.09, the best time in SGV this year.
Arcadia defended the Girls team Championship and won both the Boys & Girls Frosh/Soph Championships.
The Apaches were led by female Athlete of the Meet Lauren Buehner who was honored for her unprecedented 4th straight championship in the 400m.
There were 12 All-Time Meet Performances for both the Boys and the Girls, and 12 in the Boys Frosh/Soph Division and 3 in the Girls
Here are the results
More to follow
By Bob Ramsey, on May 19th, 2017 The San Gabriel Valley is just one part of the massive CIF Southern Section. Bigger than all but three states, just advancing to CIF is like going to any other state meet, and our CIF Finals is superior to making almost every other State’s Finals.
That’s why we should give great honor to the athletes who have advanced to Saturday’s big meet at Cerritos College. Â The SGV will be represented by…
- Div. I: 6 boys, 9 girls and 1 relay
- Div. II: 8 boys and 11 girls
- Div. III: 30(!) boys, 16 girls and 8 relays
- Div. IV: 6 boys, 14 girls and 2 relays.
And here are this past week additions to the San Gabriel Valley All-Time Performers Lists
- G400/55.78 - Shalee Reynolds – Sr, Glendora – #15
- G400/56.24 - Shyann Reynolds – Sr, Glendora – #20
- G400/57.45 - Sami Riggs – So, Bonita – #46
- G100H/14.64 - Micah Fulton – Jr, Muir – #23
- G300H/44.34 - Shaylynn Wynn – Jr, San Dimas – #21
- GHJ/5-03 - Ulani Rouse-Wells – Jr, Los Altos – #50=
- GPV/11-00 - Emeliza Fernandez – So, California – #14=
- GLJ/18-02 - Stephanie Yen – Jr, Arcadia – #37
- BPV/15-00 - Garrett Silva – Sr, California – #27
And here are the latest 2017 All-SGV Lists
By Bob Ramsey, on May 9th, 2017 The 2017 season concluded with a bang for most of the SGV athletes as the leagues held their championship meets.
The top female performer this week was Arcadia junior Lauren Buehner. The long sprinter won both events at the Pacific League Finals in historic times. Her 24.90 200m moves her to #38= All-Time SGV and her 400m was even stronger – her 56.35 places her #19 A-T SGV.
 Lauren Buehner (R) wins the SGV Meet over fellow AT’ers Shalee & Shyann The top male performer is pole vaulter Max McGuire (Sr, Claremont). A 13-04 jumper coming into the season, Max has PR’d four times this year, capped off by his 15-00 clearance to win the Palomares League title. He now ranks #27= A-T SGV.
Here are last week’s other All-Time Performances:
- G 400/56.41 - Shyann Reynolds – Glendora, Sr – #21
- G 400/56.43 -Â Shalee Reynolds -Â Glendora, Sr – #22
- G 400/56.97 - Christina Taylor – South Pasadena, So – #32
- G 300H/45.26 -Â Shaylynn Wynn -Â San Dimas, Jr – #44
- G 4x100R/47.73 - Glendora – #18
- G 4x400R/3:53.75 - Glendora – #39
There were 51 new or improved girls All-SGV performances and 60 for the boys. Here are the updated lists:
By Bob Ramsey, on April 25th, 2017 The local Track & Field action in week 9 of the 2017 season was at the SGV Championships, where California and Arcadia repeated as the boys and girls team champions.
Chloe Arriaga (So, Walnut) and Thomas Prata (Jr, Damien) were Athletes of the Meet, and so also our Athletes of the Week.
Here are the latest All-SGV Lists for 2017 – there were 24Â additions or improvements to the list for the Girls and 29 for the Boys
And here are this past week’s SGV All-Time Top 50 Performances:
- G 800/2:16.37 - Trinty Ruelas – Bishop Amat, Sr – #39
- G 100H/15.04 - Citlalli Anguiano – La Mirada, So – #45
- G 4x100R/48.03 - Glendora – #35
- B Pole Vault/14-07 - Thomas Prata – Damien, Jr – #45=
League Dual Meet competition concludes this week while the Prep League will contest our area’s first League Championship meet on Friday, April 28 at John Burroughs HS in Burbank
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Teams come to The Great Cow Run meet in Cerritos to open their season by running fast for a full three miles. There are always several strong teams there to lead the races, and two of the SGV’s best took advantage to post strong performances to lead off 2018.
