WEEK 8--Runners of the Week

Durring Week 8 the Knights ran against the rest of the MMC in the League Championships. There were several fine races and 6 different Downey runners earner all MMC status.

RORY JIMINEZ--had perhaps her best race ever. She scored a huge PR on the Legion Park course to place 10th with a time of 20:48 (#5 all-time for Downey on this course). For her efforts Rory earned 2nd team all-MMC status (her first all-league recognition).

ANDREW OSGOOD--place 4th overall with a time of 16:37 (#1 all-time on this course for Downey). Andrew earned his third first team all MMC status.

MMC Championship

For the final time this season the MMC teams raced against each other. League titles, individual all-MMC status, and certainly pride were on the line.

The F/S girls were up first on the Legion loop course. Enochs moved several varsity runners down and certainly went for this race. MoHi also fielded a strond squad. The Downey team headed by Jamie Becerra ran well and was in the mix. They would ultimately finish 3rd in the race and for the season as a whole.

3-Jamie Becerra 13:55
9-Erin Redding 14:45
11-Victoria Meyer ZH 14:53
12-Esther Limon 14:58
19-Celene Talavera 15:37
25-Daniela Esparza 16:23
28-Iliana Ambriz 16:46
38-Gabby Trejo 18:35

The F/S boys hit the course next. Justin Goering led the way as he has much of the year. The TD boys finished 4th behind MoHi, Enochs, and Gregori.

15-Justin Goering 12:08
22-Jose Torres 12:39
27-Tanner Walsh 12:51
28-Conner Hannon 12:53
29-Alejandro Lemus 12:59
35-Doug Ward 13:13
75-Jim Sok 20:49

 

The VG were third up on the course and the first to take on the full three loops. They were securely in 2nd place so it was the individual all-MMC patches that were on the line.As a team the finished in 2nd with 61 pts. They were behind MoHi with 39, and ahead of Bey=70, Greg=81, Enoch=114, GD=166

8-Rocio Ramirez-Castro 20:17  1st team all-MMC
10-Rory Jiminez 20:48  2nd team all-MMC
12-Sierra Durham 21:02  2nd team all-MMC
14-Natalie Franco 21:19 2nd team all-MMC
17-Haylee Osgood 21:35
20-Madeleine Soza 22:03
24-Alicia Bargas 22:11
33-Anna Casas 23:14
37-Deja Martin 23:42
43-Carolyn Fraze 24:14
52-Karina Redding 24:57
60-Adriana Lopez 26:31
62-Vianney Chavez 26:57
68-Krista Rocha 27:37
72-Vanessa Marin 28:51
75-Alex Elwood 29:43

The VB were the last racers of the day. With the team soundly in 3rd place behind MoHi and Gregori, the only thing left to decide would be individual places and all-MMC status. The final scores were: M=21, Gr=45, TD=70, B=131, E=133

4-Andrew Osgood 16:37  1st team all-MMC
15-William Music 17:44  2nd team all-MMC
17-Guadalupe Torres
19-Jake Crenshaw 17:54
23-David O'Bryan 18:15
24-Saul Zigala 18:19
29-Gerson Zuniga 18:30
34-Max Giblin 18:49
35-Danny Mauricio 18:50
39-Pierson Devers 19:10
45-Tyler Bingham 19:34
46-Tyler Azevedo 19:35
54-Jose Gonzales 20:08
57-Alec Carson 20:16
61-Alfonso Urbano 20:34
63-Seiji Soares 20:43
67-Francisco Solorzano 20:42
72-Cristian Lopez 21:42
76-Oscar Cortes 22:04
77-Frank Heyward 22:06

RESULTS

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Week 6--Runners of the Week

Week 6 was a busy one for most of the team. Wednesday was the third MMC cluster meet at Davis Park, and Saturday most of the team ran in the tough hills at the Castro Valley Trojan Invitational. There were some nice performances at both meets. Since there are no meets during week 7 the coaches decided to select four runners for this week.

SIERRA DURHAM--placed 9th in MMC Cluster meet #3 in a time of 21:21. Coach Osgood said that it was her best race so far this year. She held her own, made up positions and did a great job.

JAKE CRENSHAW--placed 15th in MMC Cluster meet #3 in a time of 18:14. Coach Osgood said that he ran a great race to a season best.

MADELEINE SOUZA--placed 25th at the Castro Valley Trojan Invitational in the F/S 2.1 mi race with a time of 16:31.5. She was the only team member to win a medal.

SAUL ZIGALA-placed 78th at the Castro Valley Trojan Invitational in the VB 3 mi race with a time of 19:02. Coach Osgood said that he ran a personal best to finish as the 2nd boy on the VB team. He excelled in the hills.

Castro Valley Invitational

About 40 to the running Knights traveled to Castro Valley for the Castro Valley Trojan Invitational. The course includes several challenging uphills and some treacherous downhills.

For the F/S girls Madeleine Souza medaled (the only Knight to do so).

 

 

25-Madeleine Souza 16:31

57-Victoria Meyer ZH 17:37.1

58-Esther Limon 17:37.4

71-Erin Redding 17:57

179-Illiana Ambriz 21:17

186-Gabby Trejo

In the Frosh boys race Jose Torres had a solid race to finish in 32nd with a time of  14:12 over the 2.1 mile course

For the Varsity girls Sierra led that way although she struggled through the hills.
46-Sierra Durham 23:01
59-Rory Jiminez 23:27
93-Carolyn Fraze 26:02
97-Anna Casas 26:36
104-Karina Redding 27:52

The Varsity boys were led by Andrew. He started strong but faded as the race progressed on the rugged course.
68-Andrew Osgood 18:45
78-Saul Zigala 19:02
87-Guadalupe Torres 19:09
91-Emmanuel Georgopoulis 19:15
99-William Music 19:26
107-Jake Crenshaw 19:40
111-David O'Bryan 19:51

JV Girls
81-Vianney Chavez 19:47
99-Adriana Lopez 20:55
107-Rebecca Donis

For the JV Boys Max Giblin continues to improve.
51-Max Giblin 14:17
59-Tyler Bingham 14:26
69-Seiji Soares 14:35
79-Donald Connacher 14:48
103-Alec Carson 15:23.3
105-Francisco Solorzano 15:23.7
146-Cristian Lopez 16:32
155-Oscar Cortes 16:44
164-Frank Heyward 17:00


After the meet the team traveled over to Shadow Cliffs park. Here they ate, relaxed, played some football on the beach beside the lake, got wet, and generally had a chance to act like teenagers.

A HUGE THANK YOU to Mr Music for providing the food and cooking it. Thank you to all of the parents how drove. Witout your support these adventures wouldn't be possible.

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MMC Cluster #3

Yesterday the Knights competes against the rest of the MMC for the third time this year. For the first time in several years the schools met on the twisty and confusing Davis Park course.

The F/S girls were first up on the short 1.7mi (?) single loop. Esther Limon led the way with a 5th place finish.
5. Esther Limon 11:44
10. Erin Redding 12:02
14. Victoria Meyer 12:17
19. Celene Talavera 12:44
26. Daniella Esparza 13:08
34. Gabriela Trejo 14:50
35. Iliana Ambriz 14:51

The F/B hit the course next. Justin Goering tried to stay with the leaders as long as he could and eventually finished 15 secs back in 8th place.
8. Justin Goering 9:30
10. Jose Torres 9:39
19. Conner Hannon 10:07
20. Tanner Walsh 10:08
27. Doug Ward 10:25
32. Alejandro Lemus 10:31

The Varsity Girls were the first to tackle the double loop circuit. Rocio Ramirez Castro led the way as she has all season, finishing an impressive 5th place. On the team side it was not a good day. The girls not only lost again to Modesto (20-40) but also fell to Gregori (26-29).
5. Rocio Ramirez Castro 20:48
9. Sierra Durham 21:21
16. Natalie Franco 22:04
20. Rory Jiminez 22:11
23. Madeline Souza 22:31
27. Alicia Bargas 22:55
31. Haylee Osgood 23:39
45. Anna Casas 24:43
47. Carolyn Fraze 25:05
50. Deja Martin 25:26
54. Karina Redding 26:16
58. Adriana Lopez 27:02
59. Vianney Chavez 27:03
61. Krista Rocha 27:10
62. Adriana Coggins 27:21
72. Abby Homan 29:18
76. Vanessa Marin 30:23
78. Alex Elwood 30:59
79. Rebecca Donis 31:48

The Varsity Boys were the last up on the course of indetermined length. After a relatively slow first loop, Andrew Osgood took control and pulled away for the win. As with the past two cluster meets, the boys lost to both MoHi and Gregori.
1. Andrew Osgood 16:59
13. Guadalupe Torres 18:10
14. William Music 18:11
15. Jake Crenshaw 18:14
23. Saul Zigala 18:31
24. Emmanuel Georgopoulis 18:32
27. David O'Bryan 18:37
28. Danny Mauricio 18:38
30. Alfonso Urbano 18:42
31. Gerson Zuniga 18:45
48. Pierson Devers 19:38
49. Tyler Bingham 19:44
50. Max Giblin 19:52
51. Donald Connacher 19:56
55. Seiji Soares 20:03
60. Tyler Azevedo 30:30
63. Alec Carson 20:38
68. Jose Gonzales 20:53
77. Francisco Solorzano 21:23
89. Oscar Cortes 22:47
90. Frank Heyward 22:47
92. Cristian Lopez 23:05


RESULTS

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WEEK 5--Runners of the Week

During week 5 about 1/2 of the team was off while the other 1/2 ran at Artochoke Invitational in Half Moon Bay.

DANIELA ESPARZA--ran 21:56 over the rugged 2.33 mi course. She placed 49th in the Varsity B race. She was Downey's fastest F/S girl on the day.

DANNY MAURICIO--placed 63rd in the Varsity Boys race. He clocked 14:38 over the challenging 2.33 mile course. His time placed him as the second fastest Downey runner on the day.

Artichoke Invitational

About half the XC team competed Saturday at the Artichoke Inv at Half Moon Bay. The course consisted of a compact circuit composed of trail, track, hills, and hay bales.

The F/S boys were the first up (since we got stuck in traffic and the F/S girls missed their race). Justin Goering led the group (and actually ran the fastest Downey time of the day) finishing in 33rd with a time of 14:36.
33-Justing Goering 14:36
55-Conner Hannon 15:02
102-Doug Ward 16:13
162-Alejandro Lemus 18:49

The varsity boys ran next. Danny Maurico led the way, but most of the boys seemed to struggle with the up and down nature of the course.
63-Danny Mauricio 14:38
67-Gerson Zuniga 14:53
73-Pierson Devers 15:13
81-Alfonso Urbano 15:36
87-Tyler Azevedo 16:19
90-Jose Gonzales 16:34
93-Jerel Constantino 17:48

The four varsity girls ran in the next race. Rocio ran most of the race in about 15th position, but faded over the final 1/2 mile to cross the line in 19th and earn the only medal of the day.
19-Rocio Ramirez Castro 16:15
40-Natalie Franco 17:30
52-Alicia Bargas 18:32
71-Deja Martin 21:31

The last race of the day was the Varsity B (junior varsity) girls. It also include our F/S girls who missed their race.
45-Adriana Coggins 21:22
46-Krista Rocha 21:26
49-Daniella Esparza 21:56
53-Celene Talavera 22:14
56-Abby Homan 22:44
59-Vanessa Marin 23:37
62-Alex Elwood 25:11

After the meet we went to the beach and ate chicken and then "played" on the sand. A huge thank you to Mrs Franco, and Mr Ward for driving. For providing all of the food for the dinner feast, Mr and Mrs Hannon--THANK YOU. Deja's parent brought a pop-up to the meet that was greatly appreciated, thank you also.


RESULTS

PHOTOS

WEEK 4--Runners of the Week

During week 4 the Knights competed abainst the rest of the MMC in Cluster Meet #2 on the figure 8 course at Dry Creek.

JAMIE BECERRA--placed 1st in the F/S girls race leading her team to the victory. Her time of 14:32 was a PR by over a minute.

ANDREW OSGOOD--placed 2nd in the varsity boy's race in a time of 16:49. That time ranks as #1 all-time for Downey on the course and #6 all-time for anyone on that course.