F/S Boys' Distance Medley Relay
This was the first event of the evening and the Downey athletes may not have gotten completely warmed up. Alfonso Urbano led off with the 1200m leg. He is one tough frosh, but he found himself in with the "big boys" on this leg. Halfway through his leg we were well behind the rest of the teams, but he hung in there to run 4:00.34 for his leg. Saul Zigala took the baton next for the 400m leg. He made up a significant portion of the gap with a solid 59.68. Anthony Garcia closed the gap and passed two teams in his 800m leg of 2:16.29. Jake Crenshaw ran the 1600m anchor leg. He passed another team and had to hold off a late charge. His PR 1600m relay split of 5:12.29 finish the race for us in 8th place (12:29.91).
F/S 1600m
With a very short time to recover and warmup again, Jake Crenshaw doubled back in the F/S 1600m. He was the just about the last person to get into the fastest of the two heats. As such he may have been overmatched and still tired from the DMR. He struggled the whole race near the back. Eventually gutting out the finish in 5:24.57, finishing in 41st place out of almost 80 in the 2 heats.
Varsity Boys' 1600m
Andrew Osgood fought from the back of the 1600m pack to the middle by the 800m mark. As the kickers began to move he struggled to hang on. Eventually he crossed the line with a huge PR of 4:37.54 for 13th place. This mark currently ranks him as #4 in Stanislaus County.
F/S Boys' 800m
In the F/S Boys' 800m Anthony Garcia bolted to the front as is his tradition. He gave up a few places over the middle 400m and then finished with a burst to hold on to 4th place and earn the only Downey medal of the evening. His 2:10.59 was a PR andranks him currenty as #10 in the county. Saul Zigala ran in the second heat. He is generally a sprinter but adjusted to the 800m nicely. He closed hard over the final 200m, passing many runners to finish 23rd overall in 2:21.51.
F/S Boys' 3200m
Alfonso Urbano laced up his racing shoes again for the F/S 3200m. It was a very fast and difficult field. He struggled to hang on to the last couple of runners for most of the race but managed to gut out a PR performance of 11:53.05 for 25th place.
Girls' 3200m
Sierra Durham toed the line in an enormous 42 runner field for the 3200m. She knew it would be a fast race and we were looking for her to be towed along to a fast time. That is exactly what happened as she went through the 1600m mark in a near best of 5:48.68 and hung on during the second mile to finish in 14th place with a time of 11:51.12. This time was a PR by 20 seconds and ranks her as #3 in the county for the year. More importantly it moved her into the #5 spot all-time for Downey. As sheis one of only 5 girls ever at Downey to break twelve minutes in the 3200m.
Varsity Boys' 3200m
Andrew Osgood doubled back from his successful 1600m race in the large field of the 3200m. He ran most of the race near the back of the lead pack. As the pace increased and the pack thinned, he struggled but hung on for a big PR. His placed 16th with a time of 10:18.73. This mark ranks him 4th in the county and #8 on the all-time Downey F/S 3200 list.
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Link to complete results:
http://rise.espn.go.com/track-and-xc/california/2011-track/Results/April/08-Bronco-Rdup-SJ.aspx?pursuit=TrackAndXC
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