The varsity boys and girl competed in the Stanford Invitational this past Saturday. The races were huge and fast (and a little overwhelming).
The boys were led by Andrew's very strong 33rd place. His time for the 5K course was a PR 16:37. The gap behind Andrew was huge. Guadalupe and Pierson placed 177th and 186th respectively (19:00 and 19:11). The rest of the team finished in the final 15 of the 207 racers on the course. This race illustrated that although Downey may be third in the MMC, they have much that needs to be improved before they will be competitive on the larger stage.
On the girl's the results were also telling. They finished 26th out of 29 teams. Sierra got out too slow and them struggled to find room to make up ground. She finished in 66th place, 20:27. Rory ran a fine race, finishing in 21:29, 119th place. Rocio faded a bit as the race progressed (135th, 21:54). Natalie went out too fast and suffered through the later stages finishing in 175th (22:47) just ahead of the hard charging Katie in 181st (23:00). The other two girls finished in the final 15 competitors, again showing that there is much work to do if they hope to qualify for the Sac Joaquin section meet.
After the races the team ate lunch and then returned to the Stanford campus. They ran on the Stanford track and explored the Canter Art Museum. To complete the day they walked around a portion of the 8000 acre campus.
links to photos from the day:
link to full results:
http://rise.espn.go.com/track-and-xc/california/2011-xc/Results/September/Week-5/24-Stanford.aspx?pursuit=TrackAndXC
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