11.24.07
Posted in Kern XC Results, Driller of the Week, Schools, Boys, Championships, State, Videos, XC, McFarland, Foothill, Delano, DyeStatCal, XC Course Records, Woodard Park at 11:29 pm by Administrator
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, Sports, Friends, Skateboarding, Giveaways, Business 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 Profiles, Athletes, Schools, Championships, State, Foothill, Rankings, Cross Country, DyeStatCal, XC Course Records, Woodard Park 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, Education, Academic Decathlon 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 Road Races, Schools, BHS, Results, Upcoming, Videos, McFarland, Bakersfield College, CSUB, Clubs, Bakersfield Track Club, Driller Noise, Road, Bakersfield Marathon Walkers, Bakersfield Distance Project 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, Sports, History, Skateboarding 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, Championships, State, McFarland, Foothill, Wasco, Shafter, North, East, Liberty, Stockdale, Centennial, Delano, Highland, DyeStatCal, Garces, Frontier, Tehachapi 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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Posted in Invitationals, Kern XC Results, Schools, Results, Championships, Grand Masters, McFarland, Foothill, Shafter, Liberty, Centennial, Ridgeview, Highland, Arvin, DyeStatCal, Garces, Frontier, XC Course Records, Woodard Park at 2:34 pm by Administrator
Central Section Grand Masters Meet
Thursday, November 15th, 2007
Woodward Park - Fresno - 5k
Kern Girls Results:
1 Allison Gonzalez Exeter 19:42
2 Cassandra Salazar Shafter 19:46
7 Halle Meadows Frontier 20:17
11 Ruby Lara McFarland 20:44
13 Elizabeth W. Shafter 20:49
17 Tamia Hernandez Arvin 20:59
19 Jessica Huizar Ridgeview 21:06
20 Hannah Taylor W Bakersfield 21:06
21 Corina Garcia McFarland 21:17
23 Ashley Duran Ridgeview 21:28
24 Natalie Fernandez Foothill 21:29
25 Yesmin Tanguma Ridgeview 21:30
30 Angelina Roman Highland 22:02
31 Monica Guzman Garces 22:03
38 Danielle Tildahl Tehachapi 22:22
39 Yanella Palacido Madera South 22:25
40 Dennise Mercado Highland 22:27
41 Vikki Razo Highland 22:35
42 Lindsee Handel Shafter 22:38
45 Perla Veloz Foothill 22:44
46 Gaby Breeding Highland 22:52
SCHOOL SCORE
1. BUCHANAN 31
4. RIDGEVIEW 133
5. SHAFTER 133
7. HIGHLAND 162
9. FOOTHILL 182
11. GARCES 266
complete results HERE
Kern boys results:
1 Chris Schwartz Foothill 16:05
3 Jesus Gomez McFarland 16:28
4 Alfonso Cisneros McFarland 16:33
5 Eddie Garcia McFarland 16:35
12 Brant Jones Centennial 16:47
14 Marco Perez McFarland 16:52
16 Francisio Nala McFarland 16:55
17 Marco Camargo McFarland 16:56
20 Gerardo Alcala McFarland 17:00
21 Brian Solis Ridgeview 17:05
23 Arturo Ramirez Centennial 17:08
29 Talon Reed Liberty Bak 17:18
31 Connor O’Malley Garces 17:19
32 Jim Diller Centennial 17:20
34 Angel Moreno Highland 17:22
36 Thomas Turner Highland 17:28
37 Colin Lewis Highland 17:29
38 Jose Montes Foothill 17:32
45 Jose Lopez Foothill 17:42
46 Chris Sanchez Tehachapi 17:42
47 Joe Gonzalez Centennial 17:43
49 Daniel Ricks Liberty Bak 17:45
50 Robby Baker Ridgeview 17:50
54 Steven Gonzales Liberty Bak 17:53
55 Michael Bedard Garces 17:54
56 Austin Stapley Highland 17:55
57 Gehrig Smith Centennial 17:58
58 Chris Whitaker Centennial 17:59
SCHOOL SCORE:
1. McFARLAND 42
4. CENTENNIAL 171
6. HIGHLAND 227
7. FOOTHILL 234
12. LIBERTY BAKERSFIELD 304
14. GARCES 363
15. RIDGEVIEW 385
16. TEHACHAPI 400
complete results HERE
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Posted in Yada Yada, Profiles, Coaches, Road Stories, Sports, Friends at 1:05 pm by Administrator
Travel Tales: Bicycling down California’s coast
By JIM COWLES, Contributing writer | Saturday, Nov 17 2007 4:00 PM
Last Updated: Friday, Nov 16 2007 1:35 PM
It is not about the destination. It is always about the journey. It was a bicycle journey of 15 days and 1,087 miles of California coast from Oregon to Mexico. It was a journey of deepening friendships. It was a journey of understanding interdependence.
From the beginning to the end, the most lasting impression was of the kindness and encouragement of the people at home and of those we met along the way. Another impression was of the abundant natural beauty of our state. A third was the pleasure of the companionship of a group of wonderful fellow travelers. We are: Rick Hixson, at 55 years old the youngster of the group (the rest of us are all in our 60s); Judy Reed and Marvis Friesen, the two most fit and experienced riders; Paul White, who was celebrating the third anniversary of his heart attack; John Rous, the biking Buddha (“Don’t force it. Let the hills come to you”); and me, Jim Cowles, the navigator. (I can find a bakery in any town in California.) Stan Friesen, who stayed with us for the first six days, was our much-needed and much-appreciated support driver, mechanic, shopper and cheerleader. Read the rest of this entry »
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11.17.07
Posted in Training, Bakersfield Marathon Walkers, Bakersfield Distance Project, Galloway at 9:14 pm by Administrator
By Jeff Galloway
For Active.com
May 30, 2007
You can gain control over the amount of fatigue in a race or long run by taking walk breaks, starting at the beginning. According to numerous surveys, you’ll also run faster — 13 minutes faster in a marathon with walk breaks than in a continuously run event.
Walk breaks help you mentally break up a challenging race or workout by concentrating on one segment at a time. Because you erase a lot of the fatigue with each walk break, your legs are strong at the finish — you can celebrate that evening and recover fast. Read the rest of this entry »
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