XC AWARDS WINNERS

The 2011 Downey XC Award Ceromony was held last night. many varsity letters and certificates were dispensed.

Andrew Osgood, Guadalupe Torres, Sierra Durham, Natalie Franco, Rocio Ramirez-Castro, and Katie Scheder earned All-MMC status.
However the big carrots of the evening were the10 Downey Knight achievement plaques that were awarded.

For the F/S boys Alfonso Urbano was awarded as most inspirational.
Also for the F/S boys Justin Goering earned the most improved award.

On the F/S girls side Carolyn Fraze was most improved.
Alicia Bargas won the most inspirational plaque for the F/S girls.

For the varsity girls Jennifer Hernandez won the coach's award.

Rory Jininez earned the most improved recognition
Sierra Durham claimed the most inspirational plaque.

For the varsity boys Alec Carson was noted as the most improved.
Guadalupe Torres won the most inspirational recognition.
Andrew Osgood received the coach's award

Link to pictures of the evening:

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1969710301586.79024.1807850130&type=1&l=5b15049f47

XC AWARDS

The 2011 XC Awards Night is Tuesday, November 29th in the Downey Cafeteria from 6:30 to 8PM.
The Varsity boys and girls should bring a dessert. The JV/ F/S runners should bring waters to drink.

Parents and families are invited to join in the celebration of the season and the recognition of the accomplishments of our hard working runners.

Sac-Joaquin Section Finals

5 Knights qualified and participated in the Sac-Joaquin Section finals at Willow Hills yesterday.

Justin Goering ran in the F/S boys race and placed a solid 33rd with a time of 12:53

In the D1 VG race Sierra Durham started slow and was side-by-side with Rocio after 1 mile. But, she seemed to wake up and get her legs moving. Her 37th place was better than last year's place, but her time of 21:26 was slower. Rocio Ramirez-Castro ran well placing 43rd, 21:57.

For the D1 VBs, Andrew Osgood ran with the lead pack for the first 1.25 miles. As the pace quickened he faded on the second loop of hills. He was 32rd with a time of 17:35, which maybe the fast time for a Downey boy ever on this course. Guadalupe Torres, who barely snuck into the meet, ran respectablly placing 53rd with a time of 18:30.

PICTS OF THE MEET:

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1901568398081.77706.1807850130&type=1&l=2419f58ca1

FOR COMPLETE RESULTS:
http://redcaptiming.com/2011/SJS_Section_XC/

WEEK 10--Runners of the Week

Week 10 included the Sub-sections at Frogtown. It was an extremely cold day. The varsity boys and girls both placed 11th in the section. It was the best section place by the girls since probably 1994. It was the best finish by the boys in at least the last ten years.

VARSITY GIRLS--the girls placed 11th in the section. Although they have been aiming for a berth in the section finals all season, it was an amazing effort for a team with no seniors. On this day the team consisted of Sierra Durham, Rocio Ramirez-Castro, Katie Scheder, Natalie Franco, Madeleine Souza, and Ana Casas.

VARSITY BOYS--the boys also placed 11th in the section. Had they not moved 3 of their top 6 down to the soph level they would have easily made it to the section championship, but on this day it was not to be. The team was composed of Andrew Osgood, Guadalupe Torres, Pierson Devers, Kenji Soares, juan Carlos Cruz, David O'Bryan, and Tyler Bingham.

Downey All-MMC Recognition

The top 8 finishers in the varsity MMC Championships earn all MMC honors. The next 7 runners make second team all-MMC. Additionally each school may choose to select one boy and one girl to be named as honorable mention all-MMC. Downey awards its all-MMC athletes with the "baby blue block D."

This year the girls stepped up. Sierra scored her third all-MMC honor (and second 1st team honor). Rocio received her second honor. She was injured last year and was named as honorable mention. This year she made the second team. Natalie landed on the second team for the second year. This year's honorable mention runner for Downey is Katie Scheder who placed 16th in the championship, just missing the second team.

For the boys Andrew made the fist team for the second year in a row. this year's honorable metion individual is Guadalupe (who earned the same honor last year). That is six XC Knights earning the all-MMC "D" this year!

Sub Section Results

A bus load of Downey runners traveled up the hill yesterday to the infamous Frogtown course for this year's Sac Joaquin Sub Section qualifying meet. To say the it was cold would be an understatement. At the start of the first race it was about 34 degrees!

The F/S girls were first up on the course. They had had little time to warm up and really struggled in the cold temperatures. Alicia Bargas was the first Knight to finish. She was 63rd (16:00). Erin Redding finished 82nd (16:53) and barely nosed out a hard charging Carolyn Frazein 85th (16:58). Deja Martin injured her leg and limpped across the line in 98th (17:14). Completing the scoring was Eleni Quick in 118th (18:00). As a team they finished in 11th place with 318 points.

The soph boys took the course next. Danny Maurico and Alfonso Urbano had been moved down from the varsity team to compete along side the three frosh boys. The first Knight was Justin Goering who placed 31st (12:44) and grabbed one of the ten individual qualifying spots for next week's section championships. Close behind him were Alfonso in 44th (13:01) and Danny in 47th (13:03). Connor Hannon, 63rd (13:24); Tanner Walsh 73rd (13:42); and Gerson Zuniga, 99th (14:35) rounded out the Downey soph runners.

The varsity girls came into the race with hopes of sneaking into the top ten and qualifying as a team for next week's meet. They started slowly but in solid position, moved up on the flat, but really struggled in the hills. Sierra Durham crossed the line first in 43rd (21:09), with Rocio Ramirez-Castro close behind in 44th (21:17). Katie Scheder, running perhaps her best race of the season, placed 59th (22:07); just ahead of Natalie Franco in 68th (22:24). Rounding out the scoring was Madeleinne Souza, who was experiencing this course for the first time. She placed 77th (22:59). The last Downey finisher was Anna Casas in 87th (23:32). The bad news came when saw the results and realized that they finished outside the money in 11th place with 267. Since the team didn't qualify Sierra and Rocio qualified as individuals.

The varsity boys took the course last. Andrew Osgood ran in good position (top 5-10) most of the race. He eventually would fade over the last mile to 17th (16:58). The next Knight was Guadalupe Torres in 61st (18:24). Rounding out the top five were Pierson Devers in 80th (19:26); Juan Carlos Cruz in 94th (20:10); and Kenji Soares in 99th (20:32). When all was said and done the boys tied for 10th place with 315 points. The top ten teams moved on. The tie breaker is the sixth runner. Our sixth runner was David O'Bryan in 109th (21:03). The other teams 6th runner was 108th, so they earned the 10th team spot. That meant that Andrew and Guadalupe would get individual qualifying spots.

Complete results can be found on: http://redcaptiming.com/2011/SJS_Subs_XC/

Pictures of the race:

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1883864435493.77290.1807850130&type=1&l=c645898ab5

and

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1883744392492.77288.1807850130&type=1&l=d4e8dfd23a

 

WEEK 9--Runners of the Week

During Week 9 the Knights ran against the rest of the league in the MMC Championship.

KATIE SCHEDER--Katie finished 16th in the MMC, narrowing missing the second team all--MMC. Her time was 21:28, a two and one-half minute improvement since last running on this course in Cluster #1. Coach Osgood says, "For Girl's XC League Meet, Katie Scheder- running a Personal best and stepping up to the #4 runner, to help her team to an overall 2nd place finish in the MMC. Great effort!!"

DANNY MAURICIO--was 25th overall in the MMC Championship as just a sophomore. He ran 18:57 and was Downey's #5 runner. Coach Ip says, "Rounded out our top 5 for MMC each meet. At the MMC finals, Danny ran 3 miles in 18 min and 57 sec. Has been consistently one of our key runners all year for varsity and he’s only a sophomore. His work ethic in practice is commendable as well."

MMC Championship and misc

They still haven't finalized results from last Friday's MMC Championship meet. The problem lies in the fact that the ring of tags from the VG race was dropped during the awards ceremony. That means that the order of finish was lost! It doesn't effect the results from the other races.

There are some things that I know for sure...the Downey F/S girls won league!!!! It is the only division not won by MoHi. Congratulations to Anna Casas, Alicia Bargas, Erin Redding, Deja Martin, Carolyn Fraze, Eleni Quick, and Abby Homan.
3. Ana Casas (14:50)
4. Alicia Bargas (15:08)
5. Erin Redding (15:09)
9. Deja Martin (15:31)
12. Carolyn Fraze (15:48)
15. Eleni Quick (16:11)

I also know that Andrew Osgood placed 3rd (17:01) in the VB races, earning himself 1st team all-MMC honors. The VB placed third in the meet and 3rd overall in the MMC (the same as last year).
3. Andrew Osgood (17:01)
18. Guadalupe Torres (18:10)
21. Pierson Devers (18:28)
23. Alfonso Urbano (18:53)
25. Danny Maurico (18:57)
27. Justin Goering (19:03)
34. Jun Carlos Cruz (19:38)
38. Ernesto Limon (19:52)
40. Tanner Walsh (19:56)
44. Connor Hannon (20:12)
48. Tyler Bingham (20:15)
49. Kenji Soares (20:26)
50. Alec Carson (20:44)

I know that Sierra Durham placed 5th (19:47), Rocio Ramirez-Castro placed 14th (21:21), Natalie Franco placed 15th (21:24), Katie Scheder placed 16th (21:28), and Madeleine Souza placed 17th (21:34). I believe that Rory Jimenez finished 23rd (22:13).  That means that Sierra was 1st team all-MMC, and Rocio and Natalie were second team all-MMC. The girls finished 2nd in the meet and moved past Enochs to finish second in the league. The scores from the meet were M-45, TD-67, E-73, G-80, B-89, J-182. Their highest finish in over 10 years. The girls' results completely rewrote the top-ten list for Downey on this course>>>

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Varsity Girls:
1. Monica Frailing                               17:46               12^th      2004
2. Sierra Durham                                 19:43               10^th      2010
3. Hope Davis                                     20:35               9^th        2008

4. Rocio Ramirez Castro                     21:21               11^th      2011
5. Natalie Franco                                 21:24               10^th      2011

6. Katie Scheder                                 21:28               10^th      2011

7. Madeleine Souza                             21:34               9^th        2011
8. Ellie Matthews                                21:55               ?          2006
9. Mary Contreras                               22:08               ?          2004

10. Rory Jimenez                                22:13               10^th      2011


Additionally the Downey VG are ranked #3 in the county and hopefully will be able to carry some momentum into this Saturday's Sub-Section meet at Frogtown. Sierra is ranked #9 in the county (a mark that may be a little low). Andrew is ranked #6 and the boys are tied with Turlock for #5.