The F/S girls were first up. Eventhough there were only six girls representing Downey in this race, they placed second behind MoHi and really ran well. Alicia Bargas led that way placing 4th (16:10) with Erin Redding right behind her in 5th (16:23). Deja Martin was the next Knight across the line. She passed about 10 runners in the final 400m to finish in 10th (17:14) just ahead of Eleni Quick in 11th (17:15). Rounding out the scoring was Carolyn Fraze in 14th (17:20). MHS 23/TD 32; TD 23/EHS 32
The F/S boys were next up on the circuit. Downey would put the bare minimum 5 runners on the line. Alfonso, with his varsity experience moved up after a slow start to place a strong 5th place in 12:34. There was a long wait for the remaining Knights to reach the line. Justin Goering was 31st (13:51), followed by Conner Hannon in 35th (14:07) and Tanner Walsh in 37th (14:11). Hopefully these young men will go out more assertively in future races. The final scorer was Haeden Puryear who crossed the line in 47th place (14:47). The F/S boys beat JHS and GDHS, both of who did not field a full team.
The varsity girls had lofty goals, high hopes, and a #3 county ranking going into this race. Modesto High was ranked #2 and Enochs #5. Gregori also brought a strong team to the meet. The combination of these four teams made this the most stacked race of the day. Sierra Durham took the early pace and led a pack of 14 runners through the half mile. She was still leading a group of 8 at the midway point. At the 2 mi mark she was tripped, did the splits, and bounced back up. Although the recovery was quick, she had slipped several spots in the pack and was unable to regain her full stride. She eventually finished 5th (20:45) behind 3 Enochs girls. The next wave of Downey girls came in the form of Rory Jimenez in 13th (22:24--this time puts her #9 all-time for TD on this course), Rocio Ramirez in 14th (22:35), and Natalie Franco (22:49). At this point Enochs, MoHi and Downey had all put 4 runners across the line. Unfortunately MoHi would have 5 more finish before our next pack of girls came in. Katie Schreder was 25th (24:00), Madeleine Souza was 27th (24:01), Karina Redding was 28th (24:15), and Anna Casas was 29th (24:17). Placing 8 runners in the top 29 would usually be a great day, but placing 3rd behind Enochs and MoHi was a bit disappointing.
Duel Meet scoring: MHS23/TD34; EHS 23/TD 34; EHS 26/ MHS 31; TD 25/GRE 32
Invitational scoring: EHS 47, MHS 54, TD 70, GRE 81, BEY 102
The competition in the varsity boys race wasn't as strong in the sense that there weren't as many top runners or strong teams BUT two of the top four runners in the county (#2 Osgood and #4 Heese) would duke it out for first place bragging rights. Also the old guard and tradition of Modesto Hi would battle the youth of Gregori in a very tight team race. Andrew Osgood and Naoh Hesse (MHS) would immediately break from the pack and open up a big gap by the 1/2 mile mark. Andrew settled in and let Noah do much of the work until the last mile when Andrew would surge away to take the victory in 17:01. This time improved his #1 all-time TD mark for this course by 2 secs. Again a lot of time would elapse before the rest of the Knights would hit the tape. Cameron Miller finished next in 18th place (19:30), Guadalupe Torres was 21st (19:42), Pierson Devers was 23rd in 19:44 and Danny Mauricio rounded out the scoring in 24th (19:55).
The boys would actually place third behind MoHi and Gregori. MHS 20/TD 43; MHS 25/GRE 31; GRE 20/TD 41
Invitational scoring had MHS beating Gregori 41 to 48.
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COMPLETE DOWNEY RESULTS:
| Last Name | First Name | MMC#1 9/14/11 | |
| Ayers | Chris | 12 | 3mi--22:29 |
| Baragas | Alicia | 10 | 2mi--16:10 |
| Bingham | Tyler | 11 | 3mi--21:20 |
| Carson | Alec | 11 | 3mi--22:37 |
| Casas | Adelaida | 10 | 3mi--24:17 |
| Cruz | Juan Carlos | 12 | DNR |
| Devers | Pierson | 11 | 3mi--19:44 |
| Durham | Sierra | 11 | 3mi--20:45 |
| Fierro | Stephanie | 12 | DNR |
| Franco | Natalie | 10 | 3mi--22:49 |
| Fraze | Carolyn | 10 | 2mi--17:20 |
| Fraze | Jessica | 11 | DNR |
| Garibay | Emanuel | 11 | 3mi--23:15 |
| Goering | Justin | 9 | 2mi--13:51 |
| Gunderson | Theron | 12 | 3mi--25:23 |
| Hannon | Conner | 9 | 2mi--14:07 |
| Hernandez | Jenny | 12 | 3mi--26:45 |
| Heyman | Justin | 12 | DNR |
| Holloway | Ryan | 12 | 3mi--21:24 |
| Homan | Abby | 10 | 2mi--17:42 |
| Jimenez | Aurora | 10 | 3mi--22:24 |
| Juarez | Gabe | 11 | DNR |
| Limon | Ernesto | 12 | 3mi--20:02 |
| Martin | Dejanee | 10 | 2mi--17:14 |
| Mauricio | Danny | 10 | 3mi--19:55 |
| Miller | Cameron | 12 | 3mi--19:30 |
| Nuon | Caroline | 11 | 3mi--31:50 |
| O'Bryan | David | 11 | DNR |
| Ortiz | Yaneli | 12 | 3mi--26:56 |
| Osgood | Andrew | 11 | 3mi--17:01 |
| Puryear | Haeden | 10 | 2mi--14:47 |
| Quick | Eleni | 9 | 2mi--17:15 |
| Ramirez-Castro | Rocio | 11 | 3mi--22:35 |
| Redding | Erin | 9 | 2mi--16:23 |
| Redding | Karina | 11 | 3mi--24:15 |
| Rojas | Eri | 12 | 3mi--22:40 |
| Scheder | Katherine | 10 | 3mi--24:00 |
| Soares | Kenji | 12 | 3mi--20:20 |
| Soares | Seiji | 11 | 3mi--21:16 |
| Solorzeno | Francisco | 11 | 3mi--24:11 |
| Souza | Madeleine | 9 | 3mi--24:01 |
| Thomas | Alex | 12 | 3mi--23:11 |
| Torres | Guadalupe | 11 | 3mi--19:42 |
| Urbano | Alfonso | 10 | 2mi--12:34 |
| Walsh | Tanner | 9 | 2mi--14:11 |
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