Monday, November 3, 2014

Week #12 NBL Championships this Friday!


WEEK #12 NBL XC CHAMPIONSHIPS WEEK! 

-MCHS hosts NBL XC Championship this Friday, Nov 7th at Spring Lake:

Schedule:

12:30 Volunteers start arriving (see list below) for early set-up, finish chute, course monitors
1:40 - Coaches Meeting
2:00 - JVG
2:40 - JVB
3:15 - VG
3:45 – VB
~4:30 Awards Ceremony (expect it to be dark by 5:30-5:45!)

MCHS Volunteers: LuAnne Daly, Karen Reyes, Susan Langer, Lisa Wright, Carol Ahern, Gary Lawson, Dana Aguero, Louise Page, Michael Ingram, Beth Ingram, Jose Buenrostro, Erik Lacy, Lisa Longhetto, Todd Frediani, Leticia Costas, Jim Smith   (Greg will need 3 people out on the course to help keep things friendly with pedestrians)

GIRLS SEASON HIGHLIGHTS (SO FAR!):
NBL Championships 2004
-JV and Varsity finish NBL regular season undefeated, 7-0!
Varsity Girls complete 11th year undefeated NBL season record, WOW!
Varsity 7 for Friday:  Shaz, Sam, Shannon, Allie A, Cecilia, Carolina, Sydnie

Throw-back photo from 10 years ago, with the MCHS Varsity Girls out in front and en route to their 2nd NBL Championship in a row.   ...That streak is still going strong and up to 11 years in a row; will the girls make it 12 on Friday?!


BOYS HIGHLIGHTS THROUGH WEEK #12:
-JV  finish NBL regular season undefeated, 7-0!    
Tough Casa team edges out Varsity Boys by 1 point, Pumas finish season 6-1
Varsity 7 for Friday:  Jordan, Zac, Tommy, David, Ryan, Antoine, Jacob W
-Note: Boys can still win NBL pennant outright if they win on Friday due to the new point structure implemented just this year.

OTHER MCHS ALUMNI IN THE NEWS!

ALIA GRAY, MCHS '07 ran the fastest women’s marathon ever for an empire runner at 2:39:43 at the New York City Marathon Sunday.   -The old mark was 2:44:07 by Julia Stamps, NY Athletic Club (Santa Rosa HS ‘96) at the Olympic trials, Houston 1/14/12.  

1 104 Mary Keitany 2:25:07 Kenya
2 106 Jemima Sumgong 2:25:10 Kenya
3 116 Sara Moreira 2:26:00 Portugal
4 103 Jelena Prokopcuka 2:26:15 Latvia
5 109 Desiree Linden 2:28:11 MI United States
6 117 Rkia El Moukim 2:28:12 Morocco
7 108 Firehiwot Dado 2:28:36 Ethiopia
8 107 Valeria Straneo 2:29:24 Italy
9 102 Buzunesh Deba 2:31:40 NY United States ETH
10 115 Annie Bersagel 2:33:02 Norway USA
11 110 Deena Kastor 2:33:18 CA United States
12 112 Ana Dulce Felix 2:35:33 Portugal
13 105 Edna Kiplagat 2:36:24 Kenya
14 111 Kara Goucher 2:37:03 CO United States
15 114 Lauren Kleppin 2:39:13 CA United States
16 126 Alia Gray 2:39:43 CO United States

Link to interview with UCSD's Senior DANIEL HAUPTMAN, MCHS '11

...OK athletes, we are in the Championship season, so take care of yourself.    -Get your sleep, eat right, hydrate, and believe in the run!   ...Remember, pain is temporary, but awesomeness lasts forever!

...Leave it all out there on Friday!!!

-Coach Greg
Email: greg.fogg@comcast.net
Cell: (707) 291-2967
GO PUMAS!

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