The F/S girls were first up on the figure 8 2mi circuit. Ana Casas traded her varsity spot with Alicia Bargas and she tried to demonstrate her varsity prowness by taking the early pace. She would later fade and eventually fall to third place (14:41). Erin Redding was charging hard and had the race been 50m longer she might have caught Anna. Erin finished in 4th (14:44). The supporting cast also stepped up. Deja Martin was 7th (15:23); Eleni Quick was 10th (15:35) and Carolyn Fraze was 11th (15:42). The icing on the cake was that these girls WON the meet and moved to within one point of Modesto High. Whichever team wins in two weeks with the MMC F/S title!
We moved all of our F/S boys up to varsity for this meet.
In the Varsity Girls' race the record book was destroyed. It was a perfect storm of a late season league meet, a cool day, a flat/fast course, and tight pack of very competitive runners. The top six finishers all placed on the top ten all-time list for this course. Sierra led the way for Downey as she has for the past two years. She placed a somewhat disappointing 6th, but her time (19:47) was a minute faster that she ran on the same course last year. Rocio Ramirez-Castro, who is having a mid-season resurgance, had her best league meet finish in a year coming in 8th (20:27). Behind her the Downey pack was tight with our next four runners crossing within 38 seconds of each other. Rory Jiminez was 13th (21:03); Natalie Franco was 14th (21:05); Katie Scheder was 17th (21:23) and Madeleine Souza was 19th (21:41). Overall the girls finished second behing MoHi. There is still a chance they they could move up from the third spot in the standing to the second spot with a strong showing at the MMC championships. Using invitational scoring it would have been MHS 45, TD 58, EHS 69, GRG 80, BYR 101, JHS 168 GD no score
Below is the all-time Downey list for this course:
DRY CREEK FIGURE 8 3MI
Varsity Girls:
1. Sierra Durham 19:47 11th 2011
2. Rocio Ramirez Castro 20:27 11th 2011
3. Hope Davis 20:48 10th 2009
4. Rory Jimenez 21:03 10th 2011
5. Natalie Franco 21:05 10th 2011
6. Katie Scheder 21:33 10th 2011
7. Madeleine Souza 21:31 9th 2011
8. Ariel Cisneros 22:14 12th 2009
9. Laura Urena 22:24 12th 2009
10. Marissa Ontiveros 22:44 11th 2009
In the Varsity Boy's race Andrew Osgood was sitting out due to a sprained ankle. That left a giant void up front for the Knights. All of the F/S boys were moved up hoping that someone might pull out a great race. Guadalupe Torres went out with the leaders in an effort to step up. As the miles tacked on he faded but still managed a great time and race. His 17:28 (12th) vaults him to the top of the Downey list for this course. Kenji soares was the next Knight across the linein 20th (18:14 with Alfonso Urbano hot on his heels in 21st (18:15). Pierson, who was suffering from a lack of sleep, was next across in 27th (18:31) and Danny Maurico completed the team scoring with the 29th spot (18:51). Behind the top 5 Justin Goering took advantage of his opportunity and was the 6th Downey finisher in 32nd overall (19:04). The boys finished third as they have all season (even without Andrew).
Below is the all-time Downey list for this course:
DRY CREEK FIGURE 8 3MI
Varsity Boys:
2. Andrew Osgood 17:50 10th 2010
3. Kenji Soares 18:14 12th 2011
4. Alfonso Urbano 18:15 10th 2011
5. Kalem Schandler 18:15 11th 2008
6. Pierson Devers 18:31 11th 2011
7. Grant Linhares 18:46 12th 2008
8. Danny Maurico 18:51 10th 2011
9. Justin Goering 19:04 9th 2011
10. Brice Harmon 19:08 12th 2008
Link to full Downey Results:
http://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/Results/Meet.aspx?Meet=50595#789
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