Lagoon Valley, Vacaville Meet Info

The Lagoon valley Classic is coming up this Saturday. The bus will be leaving the Downey parking lot at 6:30 sharp--so plan on being there prior to 6:30.

The following girls are running in the varsity girls 5000m race: Sierra, Rory, Natalie, Karina, Katie, Adelaida, and Rocio. All the other girls are running in the JV girls 2 mi.

The following boys are running in the varsity boys 5000m race: Andrew, Kenji, Ernesto, Pierson, Guadalupe, Ryan, and Cameron. All other boys are running in the JV boys 2 mi.

Directions to the park:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=FTKaPgIdthHK-Cmt4GMMEFSQgDG6e0tktoaofw%3BFdTqSAIdTEm6-Ckz3OGqxheFgDGO2ku9yZ4u8w&q=1000+coffee+rd,+modesto+to+lagoon+valley+park,+vacaville&aq=&sll=37.99621,-121.52103&sspn=0.727253,1.668549&vpsrc=6&ie=UTF8&ll=37.805444,-120.901794&spn=1.458268,3.337097&t=h&z=9&saddr=1000+coffee+rd,+modesto&daddr=lagoon+valley+park,+vacaville&layer=c&ei=jgpbTvL5GpSMsAOcobgf&pw=2

Info on the Lagoon Valley Meet: http://internal.vusd.solanocoe.k12.ca.us/Staff/xcountry/lagoon.htm
 2mi course map:

3 mi course map:

Timed Mile(?) @ Legion Results

Guadalupe and Pierson easily distanced the field (with Andrew O still nursing a sore ankle) and battled each other for bragging rights. Sierra ran away from all the girls (and many of the boys) but behind her Rory, Natalie, and Katie all looked strong and competed to the finishline.
Below is a link to the pictures of the event:

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1713511376773.71199.1807850130&l=a98801c1b5&type=1

Last Name	First Name		M/F	8/18/2011
Torres	Guadalupe	11	M	5:45
Devers	Pierson	11	M	5:52
Holloway	Ryan	12	M	5:58
Soares	Kenji	12	M	6:05
Limon	Ernesto	12	M	6:10
Mauricio	Danny	10	M	6:13
Miller	Cameron	12	M	6:16
O'Bryan	David	11	M	6:18
Soares	Seiji	11	M	6:18
Bingham	Tyler	11	M	6:22
Durham	Sierra	11	F	6:28
Ayers	Chris	12	M	6:32
Hannon	Conner	9	M	6:47
Garibay	Emanuel	11	M	6:48
Heyman	Justin	12	M	6:48
Solorzeno	Francisco	11	M	6:51
Jimenez	Aurora	10	F	6:55
Walsh	Tanner	9	M	6:57
Franco	Natalie	10	F	6:58
Martinez-Gonzalez	Omar	11	M	6:58
Carson	Alec	11	M	7:00
Scheder	Katherine	10	F	7:02
Rojas	Eri	12	M	7:02
Redding	Karina	11	F	7:11
Thomas	Alex	12	M	7:18
Ramirez-Castro	Rocio	11	F	7:19
Souza	Madeleine	9	F	7:20
Baragas	Alicia	10	F	7:24
	Adelaida	10	F	7:29
Redding	Erin	9	F	7:35
Gunderson	Theron	12	M	7:38
Puryear	Haeden	10	M	7:40
Hernandez	Jenny	12	F	8:22
Homan	Abby	10	F	8:28
Quick	Eleni	9	F	8:30
Fraze	Carolyn	10	F	8:42
Ortiz	Yaneli	12	F	8:43
Nuon	Caroline	11	F	9:45
Goering	Justin	9	M
Ippolito	Nick	11	M
Osgood	Andrew	11	M
Urbano	Alfonso	10	M

Stanislaus County Preseason XC Rankings

Picking up right where they left off in track and last year's XC season, Andrew Osgood and Sierra Durham ranked highly in the county's preseason list. Andrew showed that he has really gained the respect of the local coaches and boosters by grabbing the second spot on the list. His strong showing in both the 1600 and 3200m in track showed that the leg issues that haunted his frosh campaign are behind him. He will have to work hard to maintain his lofty ranking as there are a pack of young and talented county athletes right behind him.

In what is an incredibly talented girls field, Sierra Durham grabbed the fifth spot. She was ranked in the top five for almost the entire season last year, but many runners greatly improved their status over the track season.

Downey is well represented by these determined and hard working runners. Sierra finished 30th in last year's sub-sect meet and has her sights set on a top twenty section finish this year. Andrew just missed qualifying for last year's section championship, and I know he has ambitious goals for his junior season.

For the complete rankings:
http://runninruben.blogspot.com/

Summer Conditioning: Saturday @ Berkeley

A handful of Downey XC runners travel to the Berkeley area today. They met up with Crystal Esparza (former Beyer standout runner and current Cal runner) for a workout on the trails and hills at a park in the hills above Berkeley. It was foggy when we got there (way different than Modesto's summer climate), and the trails where muddy in a few spots; but the kids seemed to have a great time and a good workout. Then we drove down the hill to the Cal campus. We walked around a bit and Crystal showed us the Cal track and took us down to actually stand on the golden circuit. The Osgoods treated everyone to a lunch of pizza from Blondies. All in all a really nice day!

picts from the trip:

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1693573918349.70248.1807850130&l=985bd2bb56&type=1