06.12.08
Posted in Results, Road Races, Schools at 10:58 pm by Administrator
before the race, i spoke to jesus gomez (mcfarland class of 2008) and asked him where he was running in the fall. he said he may be at BC in the fall.
I also spoke to galvin gonzales (former mcfarland great) and he told me he is planning on running a 6 mile race in fresno on father’s day. he also said he was thinking of running his first marathon, with an eye towards running the on in fresno in november,
the race went off as planned and in the end it was galvin in first with jesus coming in 3rd. the rest of the top 9 was mcfarland’s 2007 varsity squad. followed by a mcfarland junior higher and then my son christopher.
nearly twenty runners went under 20 minutes and quite a few were younger than high school. so it looks like the mcfarland machine’s future looks bright.
the next race is june 24th. dont miss it!
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Posted in Results, Road Races, Schools, The Colonel, Training at 7:01 am by Administrator
chris and i went up to mcfarland to run this race. we got lucky with the weather and tried to forget how much gas cost and headed to race.
the race course is a about two miles south of the high school, west of 99. we found out that the mcfarland team runs from the school to this course as a warmup each day. we were able to spot the race because of the sea of red warming up at the entrance of the almond orchard.
coach ayon and his team warmly greeted us and told us about the course. it was basic a rectangle that ran through and around the orchards. these orchards are where the team runs daily unless it drives out of town to run in the hills.
the good thing about running in the orchards is that there is some shade and the distances are known because the fields are laid out in nice even half mile and mile intervals.
the race was a quick one and galvin won it in a sub 16 performance. at least 10 runners were under 18 minutes and my son, chris ran 18:15 for the 5k course.
hopefully more bakersfield runners will run the other races in this series this summer.
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06.08.08
Posted in Invitationals, Schools at 7:44 pm by Administrator
complete results HERE
meet website HERE
Event 25 Boys Triple Jump -A Section
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Name Year School Finals Wind
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1 CHRISTIAN TAYLOR GA,Sandy Creek High 15.53m 0.6 50-11.50
14.25m(+0.0) 15.19m(0.6) 15.14m(-0.0) 15.44m(-0.0) 15.45m(0.6) 15.53m(0.6)
2 KASEN COVINGTON 11 ID,Capital High Sch 14.75m NWI 48-04.75
14.19m(0.7) 14.14m(+0.0) 14.75m(-0.0) FOUL 14.51m(-0.0) FOUL
3 JOSH BUTLER 11 NV,Damonte Ranch 14.55m 0.6 47-09.00
14.12m(0.8) 14.55m(0.6) 13.88m(-0.0) FOUL FOUL FOUL
4 DUKE WILLIAMS NV,Hug High school 14.49m 0.6 47-06.50
14.18m(0.7) 14.49m(0.6) 13.71m(-0.0) 13.78m(-0.0) FOUL 14.33m(-0.0)
5 CHAD JONES 11 CA,Bishop O’ Dowd 14.29m 1.1 46-10.75
14.29m(1.1) 13.74m(+0.0) 13.84m(+0.0) 13.25m(-0.0) FOUL 13.91m(-0.0)
6 PHILIP BURKS CA,Royal High Schoo 14.11m NWI 46-03.50
14.08m(0.8) 13.82m(+0.0) 14.11m(-0.0) 13.93m(-0.0) 13.99m(-0.0) FOUL
7 RYAN SWAFFORD JR 12 CA,Vista Murrieta H 14.07m NWI 46-02.00
13.36m(0.8) 13.93m(+0.0) 13.85m(-0.0) 13.85m(-0.0) FOUL 14.07m(-0.0)
8 GARY ELLIS 12 GA,Collins Hill Hig 14.03m 0.7 46-00.50
14.03m(0.7) 13.83m(+0.0) FOUL 13.81m(-0.0) 13.67m(-0.0) FOUL
9 JOHNNY CARTER 9 CA,Ridgeview 13.60m +0.0 44-07.50
Event 27 Boys Discus Throw -A Section
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Name Year School Finals
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1 JORDAN CLARKE 12 AK,Bartlett High Sc 62.17m 204-00
50.81m 56.24m FOUL FOUL 62.17m FOUL
2 COLIN QUIRKE 12 CA,Los Gatos 55.81m 183-01
55.81m 51.55m 52.23m 54.42m 55.76m 52.56m
3 MATT DARR 10 CA,Frontier High Sc 54.87m 180-00
Event 33 Boys Shot Put -A Section
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Name Year School Finals
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1 JORDAN CLARKE 12 AK,Bartlett High Sc 19.77m 64-10.50
FOUL 19.38m FOUL 19.77m 19.73m FOUL
2 COLIN QUIRKE 12 CA,Los Gatos 18.95m 62-02.25
17.77m FOUL FOUL 17.94m FOUL 18.95m
3 MICHAEL CARDINAL 12 ID,Blackfoot High S 17.13m 56-02.50
16.53m 17.13m FOUL 16.47m 16.79m 17.06m
4 LEVKIV ANDREY 11 WA,Hazen 17.01m 55-09.75
15.73m 16.84m 17.01m 15.45m FOUL FOUL
5 DANE CHOBANIAN CA,Scripps Ranch Hi 16.95m 55-07.50
16.95m 16.64m 15.72m FOUL 15.84m FOUL
6 MATT DARR 10 CA,Frontier High Sc 16.84m 55-03.00
Event 65 Girls Discus Throw -A Section
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Name Year School Finals
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1 JESSICA SHARBONO 10 MT,Billings West Hi 47.99m 157-05
41.44m 47.99m 34.63m 45.34m FOUL 41.81m
2 ALEX COLLATZ 9 CA,Stockdale H.S. 47.73m 156-07
42.45m 47.73m FOUL 42.41m 45.34m 42.98m
3 KAYLA KOVAR 11 CA,Burroughs High S 45.84m 150-05
41.58m 45.84m FOUL 44.94m 43.20m 40.10m
Event 71 Girls Shot Put -A Section
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Name Year School Finals
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1 KATIE EVANS 11 MO,Putnam County HS 13.38m 43-10.75
12.54m FOUL 13.38m FOUL 13.16m 13.24m
2 SARAH BELLA 12 CA,West Morris Mend 13.25m 43-05.75
FOUL 13.25m 12.92m 13.02m 12.34m 13.21m
3 BROOKE GRITTERS 11 IA,Pella Community 13.04m 42-09.50
11.40m FOUL 12.80m 13.04m 12.68m 12.63m
4 SHANNON WATT 11 NJ,Jackson Memorial 12.21m 40-00.75
11.56m 11.22m 12.10m FOUL 12.20m 12.21m
5 JACKIE AH LOO 12 CA,St. Mary’s High 12.02m 39-05.25
11.22m 11.89m 10.74m FOUL 11.39m 12.02m
6 KAYLA KOVAR 11 CA,Burroughs High S 11.48m 37-08.00
11.22m 11.48m FOUL FOUL FOUL FOUL
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06.06.08
Posted in Yada Yada at 8:32 pm by Administrator
Vinyl records make comeback on local scene
By JOHN COX, Californian staff writer Photo by Barrios
e-mail: jcox@bakersfield.com | Friday, Jun 6 2008 6:56 PM
Last Updated: Friday, Jun 6 2008 6:43 PM
For nearly 20 years World Records stocked no records. Unless you placed a special order, CDs were what you got.
BAKERSFIELD-AREA RECORD STORES
Darkstar Records and Books
1024 Truxtun Ave.
859-0241
9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday, noon to 6 p.m. Sunday
Downtown Records
1518 19th St.
324-5235
Noon to 8 p.m. Monday, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday
Gigantic Vintage
1515 19th St.
859-1515
11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday
Going Underground
1822 G St.
477-8475
11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday
Midnight Music
1215 Olive Drive
399-3454
11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday
Rockit Music
429 James St.
746-0822
11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday
World Records
1824 G St.
831-3100
10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. SaturdayBY THE NUMBERS
15: The percentage by which vinyl album sales increased in 2007 as compared with 2006, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
70: The percentage by which vinyl sales are projected to grow this year over 2007 totals, based on sales in January through March, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
17.5: The percentage by which shipments of CDs declined between 2006 and 2007, according to the Recording Industry Association of America.
68: The percentage by which shipments of turntables increased in the first four months of this year compared with the first four months of 2007.Photos:
Photo by Henry A. Barrios/ The Californian
Darkstar Records and Books owner Dan Robertson, left, and son Andrew Robertson. Dan has a long history as a deejay in Bakersfield.
Earlier this year, though, young people started asking for vinyl. Now World Records’ new home on downtown G Street boasts a record section with new releases and reissues by Amy Winehouse, Parliament, The Velvet Underground and others.
Vinyl’s back.
U.S. record sales were up 15 percent last year over the year before, fed by growing interest in independent record stores like World Records and Darkstar Records and Books, another newcomer to downtown Bakersfield.
The resurgence has many roots, ranging from purists’ ideas about sound quality to availability of turntables at major retailers to the desirability of belonging to an exclusive, anti-digital subculture.
Vinyl’s growing popularity could have side benefits for Bakersfield. Independent record stores tend to promote the local music scene more than chain stores do. And downtown’s cluster of music stores could make it more of a destination for out-of-town collectors, boosting local tourism.
What surprises many longtime record collectors is how vinyl appeals to so many young people born after much of the nation turned its back on records when CDs were introduced in the 1980s.
A THING FOR VINYL
Consider the enthusiasm of 19-year-old Brenndan Morlan. He has amassed 140 or so albums since he began collecting records three or four years ago, and now spends $100 a week on vinyl recordings of classic jazz, psychedelic rock and exotic funk. His friends “don’t get it.”
“They’re just like, ‘How can you spend so much money on records?’” the Bakersfield sandwich shop employee said Thursday as he flipped through row after row of old vinyl at Darkstar on Truxtun Avenue.
Dan Robertson, the store’s co-owner along with his two sons, understands. His own collection numbers about half a million.
“I think (renewed interest in records) is almost a reaction against the digital,” said Robertson, a deadhead deejay who counted Buck Owens among his personal friends. He has been planning to open a record store for more than three decades.
DIGITAL DIVIDE
Distaste for digital music is common among record people. They tend to frown upon the carelessness others afford CDs, and relish the special care records require and the sense of history one gets when holding an album.
“It’s like having primary text from an author or a philosopher,” said 23-year-old Steven Koontz, the drummer for Bakersfield punk band Loser Life, which this week embarked on a European tour. Band members were planning to bring with them and sell more than 200 vinyl recordings of their music.
Then there’s the sound quality issue. Vinyl enthusiasts praise the medium’s warm sound as compared with digital recordings.
Listening to a record is “kind of like holding someone’s hand without a glove,” said Andrew Winton, a 29-year-old coffeehouse manager and regular at Going Underground, a punk music store on downtown G Street that sells and pays to have pressed many vinyl recordings that have never been transferred to CD format.
A RISING TIDE
The opening of two new record retailers so close in proximity has store owners hopeful that customers near and far will view Bakersfield as a hub for buying vinyl.
“The more the better,” said Alex Rodriguez, co-owner of downtown 19th Street’s Gigantic Vintage, which sells vintage clothing in front and records in back. “Kids aren’t just going to go to one (record store), they’re going to go to all of them.”
David Thomas, owner of Shafter’s Rockit Music, agreed. His 5,000-square-foot store, which has sold records since 1947, draws collectors from the Bay Area and the Los Angeles area. The more stores clustered in one area, he said, the more likely it is that serious collectors will come.
And when they drive in, collectors can drop big money. Jake Chavez, owner of Downtown Records on 19th Street across from Gigantic Vintage, said he once sold 200 records to a collector from Alaska driving on his way to a large show in Las Vegas.
STAYING POWER
Thomas suggested that independent stores such as those operating locally will outlast chains because of their personal touch.
“People want to go back (and) deal with neighborhood-type record stores where they can actually go in and talk about music,” he said.
This appears to be the case recently. Entertainment research company Nielsen SoundScan reported that three-quarters of all vinyl album sales in 2007 took place at independent music stores.
SIDE BENEFITS
But even aside from the business they do, record store owners say there is a benefit to having independent shops around: They help introduce young people to artists new and old.
Robertson, Darkstar’s co-owner, hopes to support the local music scene much the way Going Underground does, selling albums produced locally. He said that would mean opening up his offerings to include many different genres.
For now, though, he said he’s satisfied to be broadening the musical horizons of customers like 17-year-old Jordan Aguirre, who spent time this week checking out Robertson’s diverse collection.
Since becoming interesting in vinyl, Aguirre said he has come to a fuller understanding of the musicians who have influenced many modern recording artists.
“It’s kind of like an education,” he said.
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