11.24.07
Posted in Driller of the Week, Kern XC Results, Schools at 11:29 pm by Administrator
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Schwartz captures Division I boys title
BY JEFF EVANS, Californian staff writer
e-mail: jevans@bakersfield.com | Saturday, Nov 24 2007 6:45 PM
Last Updated: Saturday, Nov 24 2007 6:50 PM
FRESNO — Foothill High School cross country coaches Arron Rietz and Paul Contreras saw Chris Schwartz blow away the competition three years ago at a frosh-soph race.
Photos:
Photo by Casey Christie / The Californian
Foothill High’s Chris Schwartz, right, outsprints, Trabucco Hills’ Riley Sullivan, near the finish line Saturday in Fresno during the state championship cross country championships. Schwartz took first and Sullivan came in second.
“We said right then that Chris could be a state champion by his senior year,” Rietz said. “He made it a year early.”
race video HERE
interview HERE
Schwartz, a Foothill junior, passed Trabuco Hills’ Riley Sullivan with about 600 yards to go in the 3.1-mile race and outkicked Sullivan to the finish line to capture the state championship for Division I boys.
 complete kern results HERE
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Posted in Yada Yada at 10:49 am by Administrator
Skate shop packs ‘em in for deals
BY STEVEN MAYER, Californian staff writer
e-mail: smayer@bakersfield.com | Friday, Nov 23 2007 8:20 PM
Last Updated: Friday, Nov 23 2007 8:25 PM
Let’s face it. There’s nothing remarkable about finding holiday shoppers standing in line in front of retail malls and big box stores the morning after Thanksgiving.
Photos:
Photo by Casey Christie
A line of shoppers waits at the downtown Outer Limits skate shop and clothing retailer Friday morning.
In fact, the annual Black Friday pilgrimage to Target, Mervyns and “the mall” has become as assuringly predictable as Scrooge’s annual visit by the ghost of Christmas past.
But when lines of shoppers stretched down the sidewalk and around the corner in downtown Bakersfield — with no Target store in sight — inquiring minds wanted to know where they were going and why. Read the rest of this entry »
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11.22.07
Posted in Athletes, Profiles, Schools at 8:13 pm by Administrator
CIF-STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
MEET PREVIEW
Junior Chris Schwartz of Foothill (CE) in Bakersfieldis among the favorites after posting the best time of the year (15:21) on the Woodward Park course but his erratic racing style often has contrasting effects, sometimes intimidating the competition an it other times causing him to dive into oxygen debt. With a smart racing plan, he could enjoy yet another momentous breakthrough!
complete preview HERE
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11.21.07
Posted in Yada Yada at 9:42 pm by Administrator
my son christopher made BHS’s honor squad today. they had their academic decathlon scrimmage today and the the teams will be named next week. since he got the second highest score, he will be on this year’s squad.
click HERE for BHS AcaDec Scores video
last year, he was fourth and only the top three make the team.
Honor 3.75-4.00
Scholastic 3.00-3.74
Varsity below 2.99
technically his gpa put him in the Scholastic division but since his gpa was from bakersfield college. they felt it wouldnt be fair for him to compete as a scholastic so he was an alternate for the honor’s team.
this year he truly was an honor student and he made the honors team.
A team consists of nine students from the same school. The nine-member team is comprised of three Varsity, three Scholastic and three Honor students in the following categories:
Contestants may compete in a higher division than their own GPA, but not in a lower division (i.e., a Scholastic student may compete as an Honor student, but not as a Varsity student).
The final team score is made up of only six scores: the highest two Honor, two Scholastic and two Varsity totals. Because of this fact, no team carries more than nine members, and if fewer than nine students choose to participate, the team is still fully eligible for overall awards.
The California Academic Decathlon is a statewide non-profit organization that promotes an educational experience providing a format in which teams of nine high school students compete in academic events. All California public and private high schools are eligible to compete. The Academic Decathlon embodies a partnership of business, foundations and individuals in cooperation with the education community and county offices of education.
There are currently over 500 high schools in 42 counties and districts participating in the California Academic Decathlon. The makeup of each of the nine member teams must include three A students, three B students, and three C or below students.
Academic Decathletes take 30 minute multiple choice tests in the subjects of Economics, Art, Music, Language and Literature, Mathematics, Science, and Social Science. In addition, each team member gives a planned 4 minute Speech and a 2 minute impromptu Speech, sits through a 7 minute Interview, and has 50 minutes to write an Essay. The only event open to the public is the Super Quiz Oral Relay which deals with either the Science or Social Science topic.
The Academic Decathlon season involves 4 rounds of competition. The United States Academic Decathlon publishes the curriculum in May. Round 1 is a non-scoring scrimmage typically held in November. Round 2 consists of district and county competitions held on the first Saturday in February. The winners of Round 2 plus a limited number of invited teams then compete in Round 3 which is the CAD State Finals held sometime in mid-March. The State Champion then represents California in Round 4, the USAD Nationals held in late April.
Since national competition began in 1982, California has performed in a superior manner, winning 10 national titles and posting 11 second place finishes.
click HERE for AcaDec website
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11.20.07
Posted in Results, Road Races, Schools at 8:12 am by Administrator
the 2007 mr.toad’s wild run had a large field and a beautiful day for running. it is always cold in the shade before the start but by the time you make it up the pistol range hill you are warm and shedding clothing.
mcfarland runners won the 5k and the 20 k in the men’s division and csub’s coach (Maija Rohde) won the woman’s 20 k race with pam boyles in second.
20 km results HERE
********** FEMALE OVERALL RESULTS ***********
   1 MAIJA ROHDE        23 BAKERFIELD     1:26:40
               ********** MALE OVERALL RESULTS ***********
   1 EDDIE GARCIA       16 MCFARLAND      1:20:08
5 km results HERE
********** FEMALE OVERALL RESULTS ***********
   1 LISET PEREZCHICA   13 BAKERSFIELD      22:48
               ********** MALE OVERALL RESULTS ***********
   1 GALVIN GONZALEZ    30 MCFARLAND        16:36
2007 photos HERE
video of 2007 start HERE.
race preview below:
Mr. Toads Wild Run – Register online for this off road 5K or 20K at Active.com. Or download and print an entry form you can mail in.
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11.19.07
Posted in Yada Yada at 7:45 pm by Administrator
Board out of their minds
More than 30 years ago, the Signal Hill Speed Run was a precursor of the X Games and gave skateboard daredevils a chance to show their stuff. After a series of crashes, it was ruled too dangerous to go on.
By Mike Horelick
Special to The Times
November 18, 2007
It was 1975 and skateboarding was hugely popular when Jim O’Mahoney, head of the U.S. Skateboard Assn., got a call from the producer of ABC’s television show, “The Guinness Book of World Records.” Read the rest of this entry »
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11.18.07
Posted in Kern XC Results, Schools at 6:50 pm by Administrator
 i made this excel spreadsheet of kern’s state meet results HERE
photos HERE
dyestatcal reports that:
David McCuthcheon of Vista Murrieta and Riley Sullivan of Trabuco Hills (Mission Viejo) led a pack of eight runners through the mile in 4:46. Included in that pack was junior Chris Schwartz of Foothill (Bakersfield), who moved to a small lead over Brett Walters of Sultana (Hesperia) and Sullivan at two miles passed in 9:48. Schwartz maintained his lead the rest of the way finishing in 15:13 to Sullivan’s 15:14 and Walters’ 15:21.
boys div. one results:
 1  363 CS Chris Schwartz JR Foothill   15:13 4:54
   2 1894 SS Riley Sullivan SR Trabuco H  15:14 4:54
155  424 CS Cody Gragg     SR North Bak  17:07 5:31
complete rsults HERE
boys div. two:
121  352 CS Oscar Fuentez  SR East Bake  17:09 5:32
151  385 CS Talan Reed     SR Liberty    17:29 5:38
21.  609 Highland          ( 17:34 1:27:49)
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 1   101   381 CS Angel Moreno    SR  17:12
 2   111   378 CS Colin Lewis     SO  17:18
 3   117   384 CS Jake Van Zandt  SO  17:24
 4   136   382 CS Austin Stapley  SR  17:45
 5   144   380 CS Codyh Hughes    SR  18:10
 6  (146)  379 CS Jeff Marsh      SR  18:15
 7  (158)  383 CS Joseph Cox      SR  19:02
23.  647 Centennial        ( 17:46 1:28:49)
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 1   102   297 CS Arturo Ramirez  SR  17:13
 2   121   296 CS Brant Jones     SR  17:28
 3   131   294 CS Jim Diller      SO  17:36
 4   145   300 CS Chris Whitaker  JR  18:14
 5   148   298 CS Gehrig Smith    JR  18:18
 6  (159)  299 CS Zack Thomas     SR  19:29
complete results HERE
boys div. three:
144  463 CS Asencion Mendoz JR Wasco      17:44 5:43
complete results HERE
DIVISION IV BOYS
49  368 CS Connor O’Malley SO Garces Me  17:00 5:29
3.  142 McFarland         ( 16:47 1:23:55)
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 1    16   405 CS Jesus Gomez     SR  16:34
 2    18   403 CS Alfonso Cisneros  JR  16:35
 3    21   404 CS Eddie Garcia    JR  16:38
 4    39   402 CS Marco Camargo   SO  17:01
 5    48   401 CS Francisco Nava  FR  17:07
 6  ( 49)  406 CS Marco Perez     FR  17:08
 7  ( 96)  400 CS Gerardo Alcala  JR  17:44
complete results HERE
DIVISION I GIRLS:
84  423 CS Candace Carlson JR North Bak  19:28 6:16
189  451 CS Ashley Nolasco SR Stockdale  22:42 7:19
complete results HERE
DIVISION II GIRLS
189  351 CS Sophia Garcia  FR East Bake  22:57 7:24
22.  644 Centennial        ( 21:22 1:46:49)
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 1   102   291 CS Ashlee Thomas   SR  20:32
 2   125   287 CS Lizzy Baker-Steimer  SR  21:10
 3   128   289 CS Kelsey Dahl     JR  21:11
 4   142   292 CS Rachel Tiner    SR  21:48
 5   147   288 CS Jessica Crowe   JR  22:08
 6  (149)  290 CS Monica Morley   SR  22:11
 7  (153)  293 CS Jacquelynn Vaughan  SO  22:25
23.  686 Highland          ( 21:39 1:48:12)
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 1   126  1961 CS Gabrielle Breeding  SR  21:10
 2   130  1960 CS Angelina Roman  SR  21:18
 3   132  1963 CS Dennise Mercado  SO  21:21
 4   144  1964 CS Vikki Razo      SR  21:51
 5   154  1965 CS Jeannette Rodriguez  SO  22:32
 6  (155) 1966 CS Gabriela Rodier  JR  22:49
 7  (156) 1962 CS Angela Goodwin  SR  23:11
complete results HERE
DIVISION III GIRLS
80  366 CS Halle Meadows  FR Frontier   20:05 6:28
156  454 CS Sarah Whitson  SO Tehachapi  21:36 6:57
172  453 CS Emily Leming   SR Tehachapi  22:12 7:09
22.  602 Shafter           ( 22:22 1:51:47)
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 1    66   447 CS Cassandra Salazar  SR  20:10
 2    81   450 CS Elizabeth Wittenberg  JR  20:28
 3   145   444 CS Lindsee Handel  FR  22:27
 4   153   445 CS Katerina Plaza  FR  23:39
 5   157   449 CS Amy Waters      SR  25:03
 6  (160)  446 CS Anna Polley     SR  27:10
complete results HERE
DIVISION IV GIRLS
46  399 CS Ruby Lara      SO McFarland  20:13 6:31
112  398 CS Corina Garcia  FR McFarland  21:24 6:54
137  452 CS Melinda Magee  SR Taft       21:58 7:05
complete results HERE
DIVISION V GIRLS
141  267 CS Liz Adee       SR Bakersfiel  23:41 7:38
168  270 CS Noemi Montoya  JR Bakersfiel  27:13 8:46
complete results HERE
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