March 18th through March 24th Highlights

Last week the Knights competed against the Vikings of JoHo and some ran at the Bella Vista Bronco Distance Carnival while a few others participated at the StanCo v Merced County Clash Meet.

Downey v Johansen

All I really know from this meet is that Downey beat Joho in both varsity divisions and the F/S boys.

PHOTOS

Bella Vista Bronco Distance Carnival

In the VB 800m Andrew Osgood finished 11th in 2:07.98 and Jake Crenshaw finished 23rd in 2:15.34.

For the girls 800m Alicia Bargas was 33rd with a time of 2:48.12 and Rory Jiminez ran 2:51.00 for 42nd place.

In the VB 1600m William Music squeaked under 5min (4:59.7) for 28th place.

Sierra Durham placed 20th in the 3200m with a time of 13:08.53

RESULTS
PHOTOS

County Clash StanCo v Merced @ Turlock HS

For the boys the best place of the evening was Richard Lopez' victory in the LJ.
200m--12th Richard Lopez 23.48
400m --11th Jaedon Webb 55.40
800m--4th Blake Lopes 2:03.91
110mH--7th Joe Camp 46.21
4x100mR--Lopez, Best, Castillo, Harris 44.09--#7 all time at Downey


HJ--7th Tristan Best 5-6
LJ--Richard Lopez 20-3
TJ--4th Richard Lopez

For the girls the best mark of the evening was the 2nd place finish by Micayla Lowe in the 100m.
100m--2nd Micayla Lowe 13.02--#8 all time at Downey
100m--10th Deja Martin 13.49
4x100mR--6th Lowe, Martin, Garcia, Hall 52.92--#6 all time at Downey

RESULTS

Week's Action

Downey vs Modesto Dual Meet @ Downey HS
The following individual scored for their respective teams during the meet:

VARSITY BOYS:
110mH--3rd Camp 18.38
1600m--1st Osgood 4:48
400m--1st Lopes 54.49; 2nd Zigala 55.34
LJ--1st Lopez 20'7"; 2nd Hannon 18'3"
SP--1st Baldonado 41'0"
DISC--3rd Capps 91'6"
100m--2nd Sanchez 12.32
300mH--3rd Evans 50.62
TJ--1st Lopez 40'3"; 3rd Solorzano 37'9"
800m--2nd Lopes 2:13
200m--1st Lopez 23.79
HJ--2nd Best 5'10"
3200m--2nd Music 11:11
Modesto 79   Downey 52

VARSITY GIRLS
100mH--Peterson 19.66; 3rd Casey 21.38
4x100m--1st Downey
1600m--2nd Ramirez 6:02
400m--2nd Osgood 1:09.66; 3rd Redding 1:14.11
LJ--1st Serna 13'5"; 2nd Rabe
SP--1st Alvarez 24'7"; 3rd Navarro 22'8"
DISC--2nd Navarro 55'8"; 3rd Ocanada 51'7"
100m--1st Lowe 13.66; 2nd Hall 14.17; 3rd Martin 14.21
300mH--1st Peterson 57.37; 2nd Redding 59.84; 3rd Casey
800m--2nd Bargas 2:51.16
200m--2nd Peterson 29.31
HJ--1st Rabe 4'0"; 2nd Santana 4'0"; Gonzales 3'6"
3200m--1st Durham 13:53
Modesto 40  Downey 63

F/S BOYS
400m--2nd Heller 66.85; Aguilar 69.62
LJ--Bingham 14'11"
100m--1st Daniels 12.22
SP--1st Nickelson 36'9"
DISC--2nd Roy 73'
200m--1st Daniels 25.16; 3rd Barron 26.12
HJ--2nd Escarcega 5'2"; 3rd Eppler 5'2"
Modesto 85  Downey 29

F/S GIRLS
800m 3rd Limon 3:07
Modesto 28  Downey 1

RESULTS
PHOTOS

Lauren Pettis/Delta King Invite @ Stagg HS
400m--2nd Blake Lopes 53.19
4x100m--3rd Lopez, Best, Castillo, Harris

F/S Showcase @ Turlock HS
100m Girls--9th Peterson 13.85; 28th Garcia 14.92
200m Girls--4th Hall 28.84; 23rd Garcia 31.21
800m Girls--6th Ambriz 2:47.16; 12th Gonzalez 2:57.82; 18th Limon 3:04.16
100mH Girls--2nd Peterson 18.26

200m Boys--11th Daniels 25.13; 29th Vargas 26.84
800m Boys--11th Hannon 2:21.68; 12th Goering 2:22.47; 25th Prado 2:30.87; 31st Glen 2:35.41; 32nd Romo 2:37.41; 42nd Puebla 2:49.04; 46th Sok 3:00.2
LJ--2nd Hannon 19'2.75"

RESULTS

County Track Meet

Last Friday the Knights took to the Turlock track to compete against the rest of the best track athletes in Stanislaus county. The top 8 place winners in each event are invited to compete for Stanislaus county against Merced county in the up-coming County Clash Meet

For the girls the best finish of the day was by Rocio Ramirez castro who placed 3rd in the 800m

4x100m Relay: 6th Lowe, Martin, Garcia, Peterson 54.76
 1600m: 14th Rory Jiminez 6:14.52; 14th Anna Casas 6:40.99
100mH: 11th Makala Peterson 19.71; 16th McCall Casey 21.91
400m: no entries
100m: 5th Micayla Lowe 13.36; 7th Deja Martin 13.69
800m: 3rd Rocio Ramirez Castro 2:32.55; 13th Alicia Bargas 2:49.04
300mH: 10th McCall Casey 59.44
200m: 12th Makala Peterson 28.99; 15th Erica Shaw 30.03
3200m: 4th Sierra Durham12:54.28
4x400m Relay: 7th Gonzalez, Santana, ??, Osgood  5:02.91
SP: 17th Elizabeth Alvarez 22-7; 21stKira Ocanada 18-7
HJ: 9th Susana Rabe 4-0; Citlaly Santana NH
LJ: 14th Susana Rabe 12-3
TJ: no entries
Discus: 16th Elizabeth Alvarez 64-4; 23rd Kira Ocanada 40-3

For the boys the best mark was the 42'2" first place TJ by Richard Lopez which is #8 on the all-time TD list. The 4x100m relay team also took first place.

4x100m Relay: 1st Lopez, Best, Sanchez, Harris 45.10
1600m: 15th William Music 5:02.98; 24th Max Giblin 5:22.16
110mH:4th Joe camp 18:11
400m: 7th Jaeden Webb 55.94; 17th Ronnie Mauck 58.65
100m: 18th Mario Sanchez 12.2; 24th Tyran Daniels?? 12.37
800m: 4th Andrew Osgood 2:07.41
300mH: 8th Joe Camp 45.02;  18th Mitchell Evans 50.51
200m: 4th Richard Lopez 23.62; 14th Tyran Daniels 24.80
3200m: 8th Danny Mauricio 11:15.91
4x400m Relay: 6th Zigala, Garcia, Webb, Devers 3:46.24
SP:12th Josh Baldonado 36-4.25; 28th MIchael Falepouno 27-4.5
HJ: 8th Tristan Best 5-6; 11th Herman Harris 5-4
LJ: 2nd Richard Lopez 20-2; 14th Conner hannon 18-0
TJ: 1st Richard Lopez 42-2; 7th Francisco Solorzano 39-3
Discus: 25th Kelly Peters 75-2; 27th Josh Baldonado 70-6

RESULTS

PHOTOS

Pitman Distance Wars

This past Friday was the kickout to the 2013 track season. The Downey distance crew were the first of the Downey tracksters to hit the oval. Knight runners participated in the 800m and the Distance Medley Relay.

800m
For the boys Blake Lopes got the season off in fine form by placing third in 2:04.58

3. Blake Lopes 2:04.58
21. Max Giblin 2:18.53
25. Danny Mauricio 2:19.45
28. Conner Hannon 2:22.04
30. Justin Goering 2:22.83
36. Jose Gonzales 2:24.01
45. Tyler Bingham 2:28.89
57. Cristian Lopez 2:33.92
58. Bing Glenn 2:34.08
66. Luke Harrell 2:39.50
70. Hunter Kropp 2:41.20
75. Porter Kincheloe 2:50.89
77. Jim Sok 2:56.63
78. Gerardo Puebla 2:57.10

For the girls Anna Casas, Rory Jiminez, and Analicia Gonzalez all broke 3 minutes

30. Anna Casas 2:54.95
31. Rory Jiminez 2:55.07
33. Analicia Gonzalez 2:55.96
38. Esther Limon 3:03.43
42. Iliana Ambriz 3:06.61
54. Vianny Chavez 3:16.98
56. Carolyn Fraze 3:17.37

Distance Medley Relay
The girls placed 6th out of 11 teams with a time of 14:40.31. The splits were:

1200m--Alicia Bargas 4:38
400m--Haylee Osgood 1:10
800m--Rocio Ramirez 2:41
1600m--Sierra Durham 6:09

The boys placed 6th out of 18 teams with a time of 11:52.76. The splits were:

1200m--Jake Crenshaw 3:40
400m--Pierson Devers 59.3
800m--Saul Zigala 2:15
1600m--William Music 4:56

RESULTS

PHOTOS

Berkeley All-Comers

A handful of Downey distance runners competed in the 800m at this past Saturday's all-comers meet in Berkeley.

For the boys the most impressive mark of the day came from Andrew Osgood who PRed in the 800m with a time of 2:03.33.

On the girl's side the best time was produced by Rocio Ramirez Castro who was timed in 2:39.46.

Pierson Devers 2:19.37
Tyler Azevedo 2:27.94
Tyler Bingham 2:30.27
Jose Gonzales 2:32.72
Cristian Lopez 2:38.28

Sierra Durham 2:47.46
Alicia Bargas 2:58.81
Iliana Ambriz 3:03.24
Esther Limon 3:05.67


RESULTS
PHOTOS

XC Awards

This post is long overdue. I will finalize the XC season by posting the award winners.
GIRLS:
F/S Blue Knight--Esther Limon
F/S Most Inspirational--Daniella Esparza
VG Most Improved--Adriana Coggins
VG Coach's Award--Rory Jimenez
VG Most Valuable--Rocio Ramirez Castro

BOYS:
F/S Most Improved--Justin Goering
F/S Blue Knight--Jose Torres
VB Most Improved--William Music
VB Blue Knight--Guadalupe Torres
VB Most Valuable--Andrew Osgood

X-Country Awards

Awards are Monday Night at Doud Ward's house!

Sac-Joaquin Section

Nine Knights made the trip to the very challenging Willow Hills course to compete against in the section championship meet. It was a sunny but brisk morning when the F/S girls took to the course. Haylee Osgood and Jamie Becerra would both have solid races to earn a shiney CIF medal.

8-Haylee Osgood 14:25
10-Jamie Becerra 14:26
40-Esther Limon 15:51
42-Victoria Meyer Zur Hyd 15:56
50-Daniella Esparza 16:47
51-Erin Redding 16:56
52-Celene Talavera 17:00

As a team they finished 6th in the section with 116 pts

Next up was Justin Goering in the Soph D2 race. He got out very fast and faded some in the hills, but he still managed to earn a medal with his 15th place finish.

15-Justin Goering 12:03

Rocio was the final Downey participant of the day. She ran in the varsity D2 race. She ran a solid PR by about 50 secs to finish in 48th place. She was the 7th fastest finisher on the day for Stanislaus County.

48-Rocio Ramirez Castro 21:05


RESULTS

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All-MMC Knights

 

One measure of the greatness of a XC season is the number of athlete who earn all league honors. This season 8 Knights earned that status.

For the girls Rocio Ramirez Castro grabbed the 8th and final spot on the 1st team all-MMC. It was her second all-league honor as she was on the second team last year.

Landing on the second team were Rory Jiminez who placed 10th, Sierra Durham who placed 12th, and Natalie Franco who placed 14th. For Rory it was her first all-leage recognition. Previously Sierra had been on the 2nd team in 2009 and the 1st team in 2010 and 2011. This was Natalie's 3rd time earning 2nd team all-MMC status.

Additionally the coaches have the option of recognizing one athlete for Honorable Mention All-MMC status. This year Haylee Osgood, who had placed 17th), was named to the honorable mention list.

For the boys Andrew Osgood placed 4th to qualify for the 1st team for the 3rd time in three years.

William Music placed 15th in the MMC meet to grab the final spot on the MMC 2nd team. This was his first all-league recognition.

The honorable mention berth was given to Guadalupe Torres who placed 17th in the league meet. For Guadalupe it was his second time receiving the honorable mention status.

To review the all-MMC(CCC) teams for the past 11 years follow the link:
http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=2941447388073449125#editor/target=page;pageID=4381973798653730609

Sub-Section Results

This past Saturday the Knights competed against the rest of the Sac-Joaquin Section in the Sub-Section meet on the infamous Frogtown course. What was at stake??? Berths in the section championship meet, section team and individual status, and certainly pride.

 

F/S Girls
The girls were led by the strong up-front performances of Haylee Osgood and Jamie Becerra. The girls placed 5th overall out of 16 teams to grab one of the 6 team qualifying spots for the section championship.
5-Haylee Osgood 14:31
11-Jamie Becerra 14:51
49-Esther Limon 15:59
62-Victoria Meyer ZH 16:19
74-Erin Redding 16:36
89-Celene Talavera 17:05
101-Daniella Esparza 17:30
104-Iliana Ambriz 17:34
141-Gabby Trejo 20:04

JV Girls
The five girls running this race struggled to hold on to the rest of the pack over the ruged hilly course. Karina Redding barely nosed out Adriana Coggins. They finished 10th out of the ten teams competing.
97-Karina Redding 27:46
98-Adriana Coggins 27:49
103-Vianney Chavez 28:01
121-Rebecca Donis 29:46
131-Alex Elwood 31:47

Varsity Girls
The girls had hopes of qualifying for sections but absence of two of their top 5 runners led to a dissappointing 12th place finish (out of 19). Harder still to swallow was the reality that they finished behind MMC rivals Beyer and Gregori (both teams that they easily beat in leaguge competition). They would be 20 points out of the money. Rocio Ramirez-Castro led the way as she has all season. She also was the only one of the group to qualify for the section meet.
42-Rocio Ramirez Castro 20:57 (#4 all-time for Downey)
59-Sierra Durham 22:07
70-Natalie Franco 22:44
74-Madeleine Souza 22:49 (#7 all-time for Downey)
86-Alicia Bargas 23:24 (#10 all-time for Downey)
116-Anna Casas 25:07
118-Carolyn Fraze 25:21
121-Deja Martin 25:41

Soph Boys
Justin Goering moved down from Varsity to anchor the Soph team. He made the most of the opportunity by placing 18th and winning a medal. He also was the only Downey boy to qualify for the section meet. The team would place 15th out of 18 teams.
18-Justin Goering 12:11
75-Conner Hannon 13:15
80-Tanner Walsh 13:21
117-Doug Ward 13:56
118-Jose Torres 13:56
123-Alejandro Lemus 14:01

JV Boys
Tyler Azevedo produced perhaps his best race of the year in leading the JV boys to 18th out of the 23 teams.
106-Tyler Azevedo 19:58
117-Tyler Bingham 20:16
127-Seiji Soares 20:35
131-Jose Gonzales 20:43
141-Donald Connacher 21:0
171-Alec carson 21:57
196-Cristian Lopez 22:53
202-Francisco Solorzano 23:07

Varsity Boys
Last year the VB team place in a tie for 10th place in the D1 race of this meet. This year with a move down to D2 and the absence of two of the top five runners (taking the SAT) there chances were slim. They would ultimately place 19th out of the 24 teams. However Andrew was still trying to to grab one of the ten individual qualifying spots. He went out hard but faded badly in the hills and struggled through a personally disappointing effort.
83-Andrew Osgood 18:13
99-Guadalupe Torres 18:30
117-Saul Zigala 19:04
122-William Music 19:09
126-Gerson Zuniga 19:17
131 Danny Mauricio 19:29
144-Pierson Devers 19:56
161-Alfonso Urbano 20:27

RESULTS

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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

PHOTOS: Album A    Album B

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.

RESULTS  or RESULTS 2

PHOTOS:  Album1    Album2

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

PHOTOS: Album A  Album B

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.

MMC Cluster #2

Last Wednedday the seven MMC schools met up for the second time this year, racing this time on the figure 8 Dry Creek course.

The F/S girls led by some strong up-front running won the meet. Jami Becerra took 1st and Victoria, Esther, and Erin were close behind.
1. Jamie Becerra 14:32
4. Victoria Meyer Zur Heyde 14:51
5. Esther Limon 15:12
6. Erin Redding 15:25
19. Celene Talavera
23. Daniella Esparza
32. Gabriela Trejo 19:44
35. Lliana Ambriz 21:00

There was a timing issue in the middle of the race, thus the missing times.

The F/S boys were led once again by Jose Torres who placed 8th. They placed 4th behind MoHi, Gregori, and Enochs.
8. Jose Torres 11:57
17. Tanner Walsh 12:42
21. Doug Ward 12:51
22. Conner Hannon 12:52
30. Alejandro Lemus 13:10
75. Jim Sok 21:24

The varsity girls again had a strong up front showing, placing 5 runners in the top 15 (maybe the first time that has happened) and more improtantly 5 runners in front of MoHi's #4 runner. Unfortunately just like two weeks ago, it still wasn't enough. They lost 26 to 29 to Modesto again. On a scarier note they beat Beyer by the narrowest of margins 27 to 28.
6. Rocio Ramirez-Castro 20:30
10. Sierra Durham 21:06
12. Rory Jimenez 21:26
14. Natalie Franco 21:35
15. Madeleine Souza 21:48
30. Alicia Bargas 22:51
32. Anna Casas 23:21
33. Katie Scheder 23:34
45. Carolyn Fraze 24:50
49. Karina Redding 25:16
54. Deja Martin 26:41
60. Adriana Coggins 27:24
61. Krista Rocha 27:50
62. Adriana Lopez 28:04
65. Abby Homan 28:26
67. Vianney Chavez 28:48
68. Vanessa Marin 29:35
74. Alex Elwood 31:33

For the Varsity boys there were many PR times but they are still unable to break into the MoHi/Gregori lock on the top two places. They were third as they have been in the past 6? MMC meets. ,Andrew led the way, again placing second.
2. Andrew Osgood 16:49 #1 AT for Downey and #6 AT for the course
8. Guadalupe Torres 17:09 #2 AT for Downey
11. William Music 17:16 #3 AT for Downey
22. Emmanuel Georgopoulis 18:10 #4 AT for Downey
24. Danny Mauricio 18:19 #8 AT for Downey
25. Jake Crenshaw 18:19 #8 AT for Downey
28. Saul Zigala 18:27 #10 AT for Downey
30. Alfonso Urbano 18:32
36. Justin Goering 18:48
40. David O'Bryan 19:11
41. Pierson Devers 19:12
42. Gerson Zuniga 19:12
43. Max Giblin 19:13
49. Tyler Bingham 19:36
52. Donald Connacher 19:52
55. Francisco Solorzano 20:04
58. Seiji Soares 20:07
59. Jose Gonzales 20:08
76. Alec Carson 21:05
79. Tyler Azevedo 21:18
85. Jerel Constantino 22:04
88. Frank Heyward 22:19
89. Cristian Lopez 22:28
90. Oscar Cortes 22:29

COMPLETE RESULTS

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