While most of the team took the weekend off after a hot and exhausting week of workouts and racing, six Downey Knights were up for more and ventured to UOP/Stockton for the Pacific Tiger Invitational. Sierra, Rocio, Rory, Aly, Pierson, and Kenji made the trip. The girls (all running varsity) were first up on the surprisingly hilly and difficult 5K course. Rocio got out well from the start in about 15th. Sierra was dealing with some hamstring tightness and was struggling in about 22nd. Rory was in about the middle of the pack when they all rounded the stadium in for the first set of hills. They then left the stadium hills and moved down onto the levee behind the school. Rocio and Sierra began to gradually move up on some of the other runners. Aly was toward the back of the pack but was beginning to pass several runners who had apparently gone out too fast. Sierra would finally catch Rocio on the final hill with about 400m left. The two of them would battle to the very finish. Rocio finished a strong 10th and Sierra placed 11th (both with the same time). Aly took a wrong turn along the course (at about 2.5 mi). She eventually knew that she was off the course, but she was unsure where it happened. She decided to just stop and call it a day. Rory finished strong and was the 4th frosh to cross the line.
10-Ramirez-Castro 21:58
11-Durham 21:58 (Sierra's first loss to another TDHS girl in almost a year...way to go ROCIO!)
28-Jimenez 24:00
DNF-Reynolds
The duo of Downey boys were next up on the course. The field include two very tough, highly rated teams (Chico and Franklin of Elk Grove). Both boys struggle for most of the race in the middle of the pack. Pierson ran in 25th to 35th most of the race. Kenji was about six places back of that. Upon entering the stadium the second time, the runners were susposed to loop the stands and then cross over the slower runners entering the stadium as the faster runners exited the stadium. It was a bit confusing, especially in the last 1/2 mile of a 5K race. While Pierson was on the stadium loop, Kenji entered the stadium. He got caught in the flow of the faster runners who were leaving the stadium. He left the stadium without looping it. He jumped from about 30th to 7th in the blink of the eye. I immediately stopped him and sent him back to go around the stadium (aly you're not the only one who got confused). However by this point, he had lost several places and all of his momentum. He would still push, and all things considered, run a fairly solid 5k time.
21-Devers 19:20
46-Soares 20:42
LINK TO TOTAL RESULTS:
http://home.surewest.net/zenrider/Web/Index.html
LINK TO PICT OF THE MEET:
We were back at the school by 11:30AM and another good Downey performance was in the books. Next Saturday is Castro Valley (10/9). We will leave school @ 7am.
No comments:
Post a Comment