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(from L to R) Alex Morrison, Zac West, Colin Metcalfe,
Harrison Luft, Nick Jensen, Colin Bartlett, Ryan Anderson |
Following is the meet summary for the Pumas efforts at the CIF State Championships last Saturday.
- Click here to see MCHS all-time lists for CIF State Championships at Woodward Park.
Girls: Took 17th in a very competitive Division 2 field of 22 schools.Although the girls were the fastest Redwood Empire team at State and the team placed in line with pre-meet projections, the overall results fell short of what we planned for and what this team already showed it could do. The good news is that this is a very young team, and almost all of these young women will get the opportunity to learn from their experience, improve their preparation, and make the corrections which should lead to more enjoyable competitive experiences and satisfying results in the future.
Some individual highlights... a very solid 19:14 effort from senior Brynna Thigpen (2nd fastest effort by a Redwood Empire girl, 22nd fastest performance by a Puma girl at State, and 8 seconds off her PR); a sparkling 19:48 from freshman Cecilia Avelar (equivalent to about 19:00 effort at Spring Lake and 47 secs faster than when she ran this course on Oct 6 at the Clovis Invite). This makes Cecilia the 18th fastest Puma girl ever at State. And finally, a very speedy and poised 20:23 by soph Sam Perry (equivalent to about 19:35 effort at Spring Lake and 25 secs faster than at Clovis Invite). Way to go!
Our long-term program goal is to consistently finish in the top 10 teams in Division 2 at State (just as we did when we competed in Division 3). We already have the team that can accomplish this - let's believe and go get it!
17. 424 Maria Carrillo ( 20:05 1:40:22 1:44)
1 45 Brynna Thigpen SR NCS 19:14
2 71 Cecilia Avelar FR NCS 19:48
3 82 Andrea Natoli SO NCS 19:59
4 104 Samantha Perry SO NCS 20:23
5 122 Shannon Palladino SO NCS 20:58
6 (127) Shawn Cichosz SO NCS 21:06
7 (128) Shaz Breedlove SO NCS 21:07
Boys: Took 11th in Division 2 among 22 schools.
The Boys took a giant step forward and exceeded expectations with their performance (pre-meet rankings/projections slotted them somewhere in the 15th -17th range). Not only did this team lower the previous Maria Carrillo team time record by 1:40, but each of the seven runners ran the fastest MCHS time for their team place.
The boys were easily the fastest team from the Redwood Empire, 4th among all NCS schools, 9th among all Northern California schools (this includes NCS, Northern Section, Central Coast Section, and Sac-Joaquin Section) regardless of division, and 35th among the 114 teams in all the 5 divisions at State.
According to our research, this was the Redwood Empire's 6th fastest team time ever recorded at Woodward Park.
Individual Highlights: Ryan Anderson took 13th in a stellar 15:40. This is by far the best time ever run by a Puma boy at State (previous best, 16:05 by Steve Laurie in 1998). Ryan's time ties him for 11th all-time from the Redwood Empire and was 52nd among all boys in all 5 divisions this year.
Harrison Luft became the 7th fastest MCHS boy at State with a scintillating 16:19 PR effort (equivalent to about 15:40 at Spring Lake) and tied for 50th all-time from the Redwood Empire. Colin Metcalfe ran just off his 2011 PR, while Nick Jensen and Colin Bartlett moved to 13th and 14th respectively in the MCHS all-time list. Zac West and Alex Morrison's efforts moved them to 21st and 22nd on the all-time MCHS list. Awesome job Pumas!
11. 277 Maria Carrillo ( 16:26 1:22:07 1:08)
1 6 Ryan Anderson JR NCS 15:40
2 39 Harrison Luft SR NCS 16:19
3 68 Colin Metcalfe SR NCS 16:38
4 78 Nick Jensen JR NCS 16:42
5 86 Collin Bartlett JR NCS 16:48
6 (107) Zac West SO NCS 17:04
7 (110) Alex Morrison SR NCS 17:07
