Cross Country and Track
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Foothill Star Chris Schwartz Leads
2007 All-State Boys Junior Squad
Boys Selections By Doug Speck
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Runner of the Year: Candace Carlson
North, junior
Had top times for girls from Kern County at the state and Central Section championships
Beat all Kern County girl runners head-to-head all season
Third consecutive first team All-Area pick
Placed first at Kern County Championships at Hart Park
Brianna Diaz
Delano, senior
Won Division II Central Section race to qualify for the state meet
Set Delano course record of 18:11
Was undefeated in East Yosemite League and Central Section
Ashley Nolasco
Stockdale, senior
Became second Stockdale runner in coach Bree Tape’s five-year tenure to reach Division I state meet
Second team All-Area in 2006
Ran 19:08 at Mount San Antonio College Invitational
Cassandra Salazar
Stockdale, senior
84th at state meet in Division III
Ran 18:04 at South Sequoia League championship, beating school record by 1:35
First team All-Area in 2006
Ashlee Thomas
Centennial, senior
Fourth in Central Section Division II race, leading Golden Hawks to team title
Fifth in SWYL meet
Personal record in 5-kilometer race is 20:00
Elizabeth Wittenberg
Shafter, junior
Qualified for the Division III state meet
Finished second behind teammate Cassandra Salazar at Atascadero Invitational and the Central Valley Championships
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girls runner of the year 1984-2006
First team All-Area in 2006
Coach of the Year: Randy Jones, Centennial
A blend of newcomers with veterans helped Centennial win its fifth Central Section girls cross country team title in the 10-year career of coach Randy Jones.
Jones earned The Californian’s All-Area girls cross country coach of the year honor for the third time in four seasons.
“Our boys (team) got one (a Section title) this year, too. It’s been a good run,” said Jones, who resigned as Centennial’s cross country coach but will continue to coach track and field.
Centennial won the Division II girls section title by placing five runners in the top 10. The Golden Hawks scored 33 points to easily outdistance Visalia-Golden West’s 63.
“That was our goal all season,” Jones said of the section meet. “We wanted to win that valley meet. I set up our training for that meet. We tried to peak there and we did.”
girls coach of the year 1987 to 2006
Second team All-Area
Lizzy Baker-Steimer, Centennial
Sarah Baker, Bakersfield
Halie Meadow, Frontier
Natalie Fernandez, Foothill
Ruby Lara, McFarland
Carolyn Haney, Stockdale
Honorable mention
Centennial: Jessica Crow, Kelsey Dahl, Rachel Tiner
East: Sophia Garcia
Garces: Monica Guzman
Golden Valley: Hanna Rocha
Highland: Denise Mercado, Angelina Roman
Foothill: Perla Veloz
McFarland: Corina Garcia
Ridgeview: Jessica Huizar, Yesmin Tanguma
Shafter: Cassandra Carillo, Amy Waters, Elizabeth Wittenberg
Stockdale: Brianne Curtis, Jessica Miller, Amber Nelson, Shelbe Penner
Tehachapi: Emily Leming, Sarah Whitson
Taft: Melinda Magee
Wasco: Alejandra Gutierrez
Carlson put together a dominant run
BY JEFF EVANS, Californian staff writer
e-mail: jevans@bakersfield.com | Thursday, Dec 27 2007 8:30 PM
Last Updated: Thursday, Dec 27 2007 8:35 PM
Candace Carlson proved to be unbeatable against Kern County opposition this season.
Carlson, a junior at North High School, was the dominant girls runner in the county and has been selected as The Californian’s All-Area Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year.
“I’m excited. That’s awesome,” Carlson said after learning she’s been named the top runner.
She is the second North runner to win the honor in three seasons. Amanda Montgomery won in 2005 when Carlson was a freshman.
“It’s cool following in her footsteps,” Carlson said.
Carlson said her best race of the season came at the Oct. 27 Kern County Championships, where she blistered the 3-mile Hart Park course in 18 minutes, 9 seconds.
“That was my best time at Hart Park,” she said. “I felt so good that race.”
Carlson took the lead by the midway point of the race and steadily pulled away. She sped up and crossed the finish line in a sprint.
“I didn’t have any competition (that day), but even when you don’t have anyone to run with, you have to run for yourself,” she said.
Carlson won the Southwest Yosemite League individual title with a time of 18:52 at Hart Park, then placed fourth at the Central Section Division I race at Woodward Park in Fresno with a time of 19:04.
At the state meet two weeks later, her time was 19:28 — still faster than any other Kern County runner at the state meet but a disappointment to Carlson. She had a 19:14 on the same course at the state meet her sophomore year.
“I thought I would do a lot better the last two races this season, but I can’t be disappointed,” Carlson said.
She acknowledged it was difficult running among a pack of runners after often being alone ahead of everyone during Kern County races.
“You’re used to winning to having so many girls around you,” Carlson said. “It’s going to get into your head and break down your spirit a little bit.
“But that happens to everyone. I think I’m getting adjusted to it.”
One hurdle Carlson said she’ll need to overcome is the mental aspect of running at Woodward Park.
“That course is really hard for me, whenever I run there,” she said. “It seems like every time I’m there, I’m facing intense competition, which doesn’t help.”
Carlson said her goal is continued improvement next year, which she hopes will lead to a college athletic scholarship.
“My coaches all tell me I have a lot of potential,” she said. “I’m excited to see what I can do.”
Time-wise, she said she’d like to chop about 30 seconds off her time at Woodward Park while running below 18 minutes at Hart Park.
“I’m pretty excited for my senior year,” Carlson said. “If I can drop into the 17s, it gives me a lot of improvement from this year.
“That was my goal coming into this year, but I didn’t get my times down that low.”
She has taken a break from running in December but said she’ll be back running in January in preparation of track.
“I’ll start by running 5 miles a day, until I need to do some speed workouts,” Carlson said. “Track is different from cross country, of course. It’s hard to say what I prefer. It’s boring running eight laps around the track (for the 3,200 meters). The 1,600 goes so fast.”
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Runner of the Year: Chris Schwartz
Foothill, junior
First Kern County runner to win Division I state cross country title.
Placed first in 12 straight meets from Sept. 26 through the Nov. 24 state meet
One of only 15 juniors in the nation to qualify for the Foot Locker National Cross Country Championships in San Diego
Alfonso Cisneros
McFarland, junior
Finished second in Kern County, third in the Central Section and sixth at the Mount San Antonio College Invitational
Placed second in Southwest Sierra League
Cody Gragg
North, senior
Took home titles at Wolfpack Invitational, McLane Invitational and Golden West Invitational before winning Southwest Yosemite League
Ran 16:00 in Central Section meet, qualifying for the state meet
Jesus Gomez
McFarland, senior
Finished sixth in Kern County, third in Southwest Sierra League and 10th in Central Section Division IV finals
Placed sixth in Central Section individual meet to advance to state
Oscar Fuentes
East, junior
Second in Southeast Yosemite League in 16:08
Second in Central Section in 16:39
Ran 17:09 at state meet in Div. II
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boys runner of the year 1984-2006
Coach of the Year: Amador Ayon, McFarland
Ayon guided McFarland to its 17th straight Central Section title (20th overall) and a third-place Division IV finish at the state meet.
Ayon said the key to McFarland’s success was a hard-working group of runners.
“The highlight of the season was the whole season. Every single day was enjoyable to me,” Ayon said. “These kids were there every day. My assistant coaches were incredible.”
McFarland placed five runners in the top 10 at the Central Section Div. IV meet. Earlier in the season, McFarland cruised to the title at the Kern County Championships against county schools of all sizes by placing six runners in the top 9.
McFarland had only one senior on this year’s team, No. 1 runner Jesus Gomez, and a solid crop of prospects are in the local junior high. “The cupboard is not bare by any stretch of the imagination,” Ayon said.
boys coach of the year 1987 to 2006
Second team All-Area
Eddie Garcia, McFarland
Arturo Ramirez, Centennial
Angel Moreno, Highland
Talon Reed, Liberty
Gerardo Alcala, McFarland
Marco Perez, McFarland
Honorable mention
Burroughs: Caleb Rosales
Bakersfield: Andrew Ariey
Centennial: James Diller
Frontier: Michael Golich
Garces: Conner O’Malley
Golden Valley: Robert Quintero
Highland: Colin Lewis, Andrew McCay, Thomas Tuner, Jake Van Zandt
McFarland: Eddie Bautista, Marco Camargo, Jose Gomez, Francisco Nava
Ridgeview: Robby Baker
Shafter: Joshua Wittenberg
Stockdale: Michael Bernaba
Tehachapi: Chris Sanchez
West: Tesfa Habebo
Wasco: Asencion Mendoza
Schwartz stepped up on big stage
BY JEFF EVANS, Californian staff writer
e-mail: jevans@bakersfield.com | Thursday, Dec 27 2007 8:30 PM
Last Updated: Thursday, Dec 27 2007 8:35 PM
Chris Schwartz was the first Kern County runner to win a Division I state cross country championship in the 21-year history of the state meet, and that wasn’t even Schwartz’s biggest highlight of the season.
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Photo by Casey Christie / The Californian
Foothill High’s Chris Schwartz, right, outsprints, Trabucco Hills’ Riley Sullivan near the finish line in Fresno, during the state championship cross country match. Schwartz took first and Sullivan came in second.
“Going to the nationals was my highlight,” said Schwartz, a junior at Foothill High School who is The Californian’s All-Area Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year.
“And I had my worst day ever at the nationals,” Schwartz added, referring to his 37th-place finish at San Diego’s Balboa Park in early December at the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships.
But Schwartz, 17, already had an outstanding season prior to that meet.
He was the dominant Kern County runner all season, including easy wins at the Kern County Championships and the Southeast Yosemite League meet.
Schwartz captured the Division I Central Section championship at Woodward Park, clocking 15 minutes, 31 seconds over the 5-kilometer course.
The state meet followed two weeks later.
With all eyes focused on co-favorites Riley Sullivan from Mission Viejo-Trabuco Hills and Brett Walters from Hesperia-Sultana, Schwartz used a late-race kick to pull ahead and win the race in 15:13, one second faster than Sullivan and eight seconds faster than third-place finisher Walters.
“I was planning to finish in the top-5, and I won,” Schwartz said.
The state meet marked the 12th straight race Schwartz had won, dating to a Sept. 26 triangular meet at Foothill.
Schwartz credited maturity and advice from Foothill track assistant coach Paul Contreras as the catalysts for his special cross country season.
“My track coach from last year (Contreras) helped me with pacing,” Schwartz said. “I couldn’t have done it without pacing.”
Schwartz, a state track meet qualifier last spring in the 3,200 meters, said he’s a stronger cross country runner.
“The further the distances, I’m much better,” he said. “I can’t outrun people. I’m more of a long-distance runner.”
Schwartz calls the late Steve Prefontaine, one of America’s greatest distance runners, as an idol who keeps him motivated, even though Prefontaine died in a 1975 automobile accident, many years before Schwartz was born.
“I know he died before I was born, but I want to catch his time,” Schwartz said.
Schwartz placed seventh at the West Regionals following the state meet, which qualified him for the Foot Locker national championships in San Diego. He was one of 40 of the top runners in the nation invited to the meet.
At the regionals, he out-kicked Sullivan again, “just like the state meet,” Schwartz said, and was the second-fastest runner from California.
He said he was one of only seven juniors at the Foot Locker meet.
“I was kind of surprised to make it,” Schwartz said. “I was the only junior making it from the Western Region.”
Schwartz is already planning to run in the Foot Locker meet next season.
“Next year I won’t be as nervous and I’ll know the course more. And most of the kids who will be coming will be running it the first time, or I ran against them this year.”
Wolf Pack’s Lauderdale dominated
BY BRAD RIDDELL, Californian staff writer
e-mail: briddell@bakersfield.com | Friday, Jun 22 2007 11:50 PM
Last Updated: Friday, Jun 22 2007 11:53 PM
She spent the season blazing around the turn, running the fastest 200 meters in Central Section history. She created a purple blur, running her way to state in the 100 meters as well.
2007 All-Area track and field selections
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Boys
Athlete of the Year
Dayshan Ragans
Junior, Foothill
* Dominated Central Section throw this season, joining the exclusive 180-60 club (180-foot discus throw, 60-foot shot put)
* Finished second in the discus at the CIF State meet
* Won Central Section titles in the discus (190-01) and shot put (58-10)
Valley Girls 4×100 Meter RelayOriginally uploaded by andynoise
Girls track and field
Southwest Yosemite League
Track Athlete of the Year: Dominique Lauderdale, Ridgeview
Field Athlete of the Year: Alana Alexander, Centennial
First team
Romesha Anderson, Stockdale; Elisha DeLeon, Centennial; Taylor Nichols, Stockdale; Ashlee Thomas, Centennial
Second team
Candace Carlson, North; Holly Moseley, Centennial; Emnet Habebo, West; Jessica Crowe, Centennial; Brittany Hicks, Ridgeview
Southeast Yosemite League
Track Athlete of the Year: Brushay Wandick, Bakersfield
Co-Field Athletes of the Year: Shanesha Epps, Golden Valley; Catherine White, Garces
First team
Ashley Richardson, Liberty; Molly Fitch, Liberty; Amanda Klinchuch, Liberty; Joyce Cross, Foothill; Candace Gonzales, Foothill; Felisia Torres, Bakersfield; Channel Reaves, Bakersfield; Sierra Weaver, Bakersfield; Angelina Romano, Highland; Monica Guzman, Garces; Victoria Riley, Garces
Valley Boys 4×100 Meter RelayOriginally uploaded by andynoise
Boys track and field
Southwest Yosemite League
Co-Athletes of the Year: Jason Ward, South; David Charleston, West
First team
Cody Gragg, North; Clint Carter, Centennial; Jay Garber, Stockdale; Deleon Carter, West; Arturo Ramirez
Second team
Tesfa Habebo, West; Justin Faulkenberry, Centennial; Christian Johnson, Centennial; Daniel Lozano, Stockdale; Oshea Webber, South; Anthony Mitchell, North
Southeast Yosemite League
Co-Track Athletes of the Year: Chris Schwartz, Foothill; Cameron Jost, Liberty
Field Athlete of the Year: Dayshan Ragans, Foothill
First team
Pablo Javalera, Foohill; Andre Smith, East; Eddie Morrow, East; Phillip McCullum, Garces; Adrian McCullum, Garces; Emmanuel Turner, Bakersfield; Johnny Norwood, Bakersfield; Isaiah Purvis, Liberty; Tracy Davis, Liberty; Will Beathia, Golden Valley; Cesar Mireles, Golden Valley; Emmett Hodges, Golden Valley
2006 California All-State Senior Girls Cross-Country Squad
three teams ten deep - listed alphabetically within those teams
Senior Runner of the Year
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Lauren Saylor (Buchanan, Clovis—CS)
Lauren Saylor of Buchanan (Clovis) opened her major invitational schedule with a second place finish to Christine Babcock of Woodbridge (Irvine) and for the remainder of the season rarely had an off day. She followed up Woodbridge with a second place finishes to Marie Lawrence of Reno (Nv.) at Stanford in 17:27, at Clovis in 17:45 and at Mt. San Antonio Div. I-II Team Sweepstakes in 17:10. She then went on to win the Central Section Division. I title in 18:02, and finish third at State in 17:41. She was the second Californian at the Footlocker West Regional before suffering her only off day of the season at the Foot Locker National championships in San Diego.
The Group: Saylor was just one of six first-team athletes who where also first teamers as juniors in 2005. The other repeaters were Shannon Murakami of Saugus, Sarah Cummings of Corona del Mar (Newport Harbor), Christy Adamyk of Glendora, Alex Kosinski of Oak Ridge (El Dorado Hills) and Anna Sperry of Simi Valley. Murakami was fourth at the Mt. SAC Div. I-II Team Sweepstakes race at 17:34 and then went on to win the Southern Section Div. I title in 17:13 and finish fourth at State in 17:52. She was also 21st at the Nike Team Nationals (NTN) in Portland despite being sick. Cummings was fourth at Stanford in 17:40 and won the Mt. SAC Div. III Team Sweepstakes race in 17:37. She went on to win both the Southern Section title in 17:42 and the State meet in 17:58. Cummings was the top-finishing California athlete at NTN, which qualified her for the Foot Locker nationals. Adamyk timed her season well. After finishing ninth in the Stanford Sweepstakes race in 18:00, she was sixth at the Mt. SAC Div. I-II Team Sweepstakes in 18:00 and fifth in the Southern Section Div. I race in 17:55 before a come-through fifth place at State in 17:59. Kosinski did not race until late in the season due to an injury but won the Sac-Joaquin Section title in 19:01 and finish second at State in 17:33. A week later she finished seventh in the Foot Locker West Regional to qualify for the national finals in San Diego. Sperry was second in the Southern Section Div. I race in 17:14 and third at State in 17:34. Kristabel Doebel-Hickok of Palisades (Pacific Palisades) was one of the season’s revelations. She finished eighth in the Mt. SAC Individual Sweepstakes race in 17:57 before placing second in the Los Angeles Section finals at Pierce College in 17:16 and ninth in the State Div. I finals in 18:11. Kate Grace of Marlborough (Los Angeles), who has run 2:10.31 for 800 meters, stepped up in distance to win the Southern Section Division IV title in 18:21 and the State title in 18:24. Grace Gonzales of Ayala (Chino Hills) was a very pleasant surprise. She was tenth in the Southern Section Division II race in 18:22 and 15th at State in 18:18 to lead her team to a third place finish. Lauren Lewis of Yuba City never reached post season competition but her Division I win at Stanford in 18:17 and a winning effort of 17:46 at the Mt. San Antonio Invitational was enough to earn first team honors.
First Team
Christy Adymck (Glendora—SS)
Sarah Cummings (Corona del Mar, Newport Beach—SS)
Grace Gonzales (Ayala, Chino Hills—SS)
Kristabel Doebel-Hickok (Palisades, Pacific Palisades—LA)
Kate Grace (Marlborough, Los Angeles—SS)
Alex Kosinski (Oak Ridge, El Dorado Hills—SJS)
Lauren Lewis (Yuba City–SJS)
Shannon Murakami (Saugus—SS)
Lauren Saylor (Buchanan, Clovis—CS)
Anna Sperry (Simi Valley—SS)
Second Team
Ashley Chan (Arroyo, San Leandro—NCS)
Hannah Dillard (Chico—NS)
Brittany Escamilla (El Molena, Forestville–NCS)
Caitlin Fitzgerald (Highland, Palmdale—SS)
Maritza Garcia (Riverbank—SJS)
Dominique Jackson (Fairfield—SJS)
Alma Martinez (Whittier—SS)
Melissa Mead (Newport Harbor—SS)
Rocio Pelayo (Bolsa Grande, Garden Grove—SS)
Tali Sproat (Moorpark—SS)
Third Team
Taylor Bryson (Newport Harbor, Newport Beach—SS)
Leanne Fogg (Maria Carrillo, Santa Rosa—NCS)
Andrea Jacobs (Vista—SDS)
Thea Lee (Carmel—CCS)
Lindsey Keough (Claremont—SS)
Katherine Nielsen (Irvine—SS)
Lauren Pischal (Country Day, La Jolla—SDS)
Ashley Richie (Silverado—Victorville—SS)
Brook Russell (Hart, Newhall—SS)
Elizabeth Soria (Ayala, Chino Hills—SS)
2006 California All-State Senior Boys Cross-Country Squad
three teams ten deep - listed alphabetically within those teams
Runner of the Year - Chad Hall (Big Bear-SS)
As near as possible to a perfectly timed season was that of the state’s 2006 Senior Runner of the Year, with Chad Hall (Big Bear) starting with a huge Course Record at the Woodbridge Invitational in mid-September that kind of left observers wondering how he could hold it until December, yet ending with a gutty carefully planned run in the National Championships in San Diego to a victory there! With dad as Coach, and international level runner brother Ryan adding suggestions, the hard-training Big Bear star carefully threaded that needle that takes talented, elite level runners right along the edge and hopefully to great successes, as came along here.
The Group: An absolutely super group backs Hall up, with some big running come spring track season with this group!! Especially noteworthy were the end of season runs by Michael Cybulski (Royal, Simi Valley), with the Ventura County star spending the last three weekends of his season away from home at State, Nike Team Nationals in Portland, and at San Diego for the Foot Locker weekend, yet putting together a great last month of races the equal of any traveled prep in state history. With some folks from around the nation distance gatherings like Arcadia could equal any in history.
(Teams are listed alphabetically)
First Team
Eric Avila (Bonita Vista, Chula Vista-SD)
Muluken Beressa (Monte Vista, Spring Valley-SD)
Michael Cybulski (Royal, Simi Valley-SS)
Brendan Gregg (Davis-SJ)
Chad Hall (Big Bear-SS)
Dylan Knight (La Sierra, Riverside-SS)
Spencer Knight (La Sierra, Riverside-SS)
Kent Morikawa (Torrance-SS)
JT Sullivan (Trabuco Hills, Mission Viejo-SS)
Mikel Thomas (Clovis-CE)
Second Team
Hudson Andrews (Royal, Simi Valley-SS)
Ryan Gamboa (Upland-SS)
Austin Jett (Eastlake, Santee-SD)
Fawad Khan (Palos Verdes, PV Estates-SS)
Travis Kuhlman (Westview, San Diego-SD)
Josh Linen (Valencia, Placentia-SS)
Patrick Lynch (Davis-SJ)
Jonathan Peterson (Clovis-CE)
Michael Salvatierra (Jesuit, Sacramento-SJ)
Evan Watchempino (Jesuit, Sacramento-SJ)
Third Team
Alex Avilez (Valley Center-SD)
Victor Bonilla (St. John Bosco, Bellflower-SS)
Steve Calise (San Pedro-LA)
Marcos Corona (Willow Glen, San Jose-CCS)
Erick Garcia (Parlier-CE)
Luis Guevara (El Rancho, Pico Rivera-SS)
Robbie Knorr (Valley Christian, Dublin-CCS)
Sean Laurino (El Toro-SS)
Anthony Masci (El Toro-SS)
Chris Mosier (Trabuco Hills, Mission Viejo-SS)
Alan Lloyd (Burroughs, Ridgecrest-SS)
Phil McKennan (Jesuit, Sacramento-SJ)
Andrew Pilavjian (Arcadia-SS)
Jun Reichl (Royal, Simi Valley-SS)
Nathaniel Richardson (Madera-CE)
Choices for these teams were made with preferences to late-season championship efforts.
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First Team
Hudson Andrews Royal, Simi Valley-SS
Eric Avila Bonita Vista, Chula Vista-SD
Tony Bareno Valhalla, El Cajon-SS
Muluken Beressa Monte Vista, Spring Valley-SD
Michael Cybulski Royal, Simi Valley-SS
Ryan Gamboa Upland-SS
Chad Hall Big Bear-SS
Spencer Knight La Sierra, Riverside-SS
Kent Morikawa Torrance-SS
Mikel Thomas Clovis-CE
Second Team
Shaun Boyte Del Oro, Loomis-SJ
Marcos Corona Willow Glen, San Jose-CCS
Albert Davila Upland-SS
Brendan Gregg Davis-SJ
Luis Guevara El Rancho, Pico Rivera-SS
Austin Jett Bonita Vista, Chula Vista-SD
Chris McDonald El Toro-SS
Jun Reichl Royal, Simi Valley-SS
Matt Snyder St. Ignatius, San Francisco-CCS
J.T. Sullivan Trabuco Hills, Mission Viejo-SS
Third Team
Alex Alivez Valley Center-SD
Mark Ceraldi Piedmont-NCS
Erik Garcia Parlier-CE
Abdow Haji El Toro-SS
Brent Handa Fall River-NO
Fawad Khan Palos Verdes-SS
Robbie Knorr Valley Christian, Dublin-CCS
Alan Lloyd Burroughs, Ridgecrest-SS
Carlos Perez Barstow-SS
Andrew Pilavjian Arcadia-SS
Matthew Petrillo Los Gatos-CCS
Michael Salvatierra Jesuit, Sacramento-SJ
Conrad Wozniak Woodbridge, Irvine-SS
The Times’ All-Star girls’ cross-country team
January 5, 2007
FIRST TEAM
Christine Babcock, Irvine Woodbridge, Jr.
The Times’ girls’ cross-country runner of the year broke course records in winning the Woodbridge Invitational and Orange County championships, won Sea View League, Southern Section and state Division II titles.
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Elizabeth Coe, Fountain Valley, Jr.
Won the state Division I title and qualified for the Foot Locker national championships. Placed second to Babcock at the Orange County Championships, won the Sunset League title and finished third in the Southern Section Division I finals.
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Sarah Cummings, Corona del Mar, Sr.
Won Southern Section and state Division III titles and qualified for the Foot Locker national championships. Finished fourth in the sweepstakes race at the Stanford Invitational and third at the Orange County Championships. Will run for Princeton.
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Janina Emery, Irvine University, Jr.
The surprise of the season after rebounding from a 26th-place finish at the season-opening Woodbridge Invitational to finish fourth at the state Division II championships. Emery also finished third at the section championships and sixth in the individual sweepstakes race at the Mt. SAC Invitational.
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Shannon Murakami, Saugus, Sr.
Led program to its first state Division I title by finishing fourth overall. Murakami, who signed with UCLA, opened the season with a fourth-place finish at the Woodbridge Invitational, finished third in the team sweepstakes race at the Mt. SAC Invitational and took second at the section championships.
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Anna Sperry, Simi Valley, Sr.
Placed second at the Southern Section Division II final and third at state. Defended her Marmonte and Ventura County titles, finished fifth at the Woodbridge Invitational and fourth in the individual sweepstakes race at the Mt. SAC Invitational.
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Kauren Tarver, Phelan Serrano, Jr.
Qualified for her third consecutive Foot Locker national championships after a victory at the Southern Section Division I final and a runner-up finish at state. Continued pulling double duty while also competing with the girls’ tennis team.
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Coach of the year: Rene Paragas, Saugus
Kept the Centurions in contention for their first title from their season-opening victory at the Woodbridge Invitational, to their win in the team sweepstakes race at the Mt. SAC Invitational and, ultimately, to their dominating performance at the state Division I championships.
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SECOND TEAM
Christy Adamyk, Glendora, Sr.
Claire Collison, Crescenta Valley, Jr.
Alex Dunne, San Clemente, So.
Stephanie Felix, La Mirada, Jr.
Katja Goldring, Los Angeles Hamilton, Jr.
Vanessa Hancock, Brea Olinda, Jr.
Sandrine Urias, Whittier La Serna, Fr
