Relive the 2014 USATF Outdoor Track & Field Championships!
Presented by The Pacific Association/USATF and the Sacramento Sports Commission
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NEWS
Updated July 8, 2014
- Links to Videos of Championships Action
- Spectacular Slide Show of Championships Action from Sacramento Sports Commission Photographer Bryan Patrick
- Capitol Shot Put Men’s Final; Entire Event
- Capitol Shot Put Women’s Final
- News 10 Interview with Michelle Carter
- FloTrack Results and Interviews
- Bernard Lagat 5,000m Win
- Conley/Hasay 10,000m Battle
- Galen Rupp’s 10,0000m Win
- Huddle takes on Rowbury for the 5,000m Win
- Highlights of Men’s and Women’s 100m. Michael Rodgers and Tianna Bartoletta win.
- 2014 USA Track & Field Outdoor Championships Overview
- Day 2 Report from KCRA News
- Is Sac on Track for more Track & Field? by Alice Voisin, courtesy of the Sacramento Bee
- Day 5: Tarmoh finally earns 200 meter title. by Mark Winitz
- Is Sac back on track for more events? courtesy of the Sacramento Bee
- Kori Carter wins first national title in 400-meter hurdles courtesy of the Sacramento Bee
- Sacramento Bee Final News & Notes featuring PA’s Stephanie Brown Trafton’s Return to Competition
- Day 5 News & Notes courtesy of the Sacramento Bee
- Photo Galleries courtesy of the Sacramento Bee
- Day 4: Day Four Yields Solid Performances at 2014 USA Track & Field Outdoor Championships. by Mark Winitz
- Day 4 News courtesy of the Sacramento Bee
- Day 3: Huddle and Rowbury Wage Memorable Duel for 5,000 meter crown. by Mark Winitz
- Golden West Invitational Results
- Echo Summit Dedication Press coverage
- KCRA Video: “Paying tribute to Olympic heroes in Echo Summit”
- Mountain Democrat: “Protest duo at documentary showing”
- Tahoe Daily Tribune: “Olympians return to Echo Summit”
- USATF News: “1968 Olympians Return to Echo Summit”
- Day 2: Conley and Rupp Garner 10,000 meter Titles. by Mark Winitz
- Kim Conley wins W10,000m: Press Release from John Schumacher
- Juniors Star in Decathlon on Day 2: Press Release from Fred Baer
- Michelle Carter at the Capitol Shot Put from Joe Davis, Sacramento Bee
- Day 1 – Capitol Shot Put: In Depth Article by Mark Winitz
- Pacific Association Athletes Competing at the US Outdoor TF Championships List
- Californians Competing at the US Outdoor TF Championships List (courtesy of Mark Winitz)
- Sacramento Bee’s very helpful Guide to 2014 USA Track & Field Outdoor Championships
- Event schedule for the US Outdoor TF Championships is posted: Check it out!
- Event schedule for the US Outdoor TF Championships is posted: Check it out!
- Local favorite Kim Conley will compete in the 10,000m. Run the Billy Mills 10K (7 pm, 6/26) and then stay to cheer her on! Entry to the Billy Mills 10K includes a ticket for the Nationals June 26 events.
- Echo Summit Track Dedication to be held the morning of June 27. Press Release
- “Capitol Shot” will kick off Championships… at the State Capitol on June 25! Read more.
- 2-Day TF Champs Tickets Are Now Available
- TF Outdoor Champs to host Billy Mills 10K on June 26, 7 pm, before the TF Champs 10,000m event. Entry includes TF Champs ticket!
- 55th Annual Golden West Invitational will be held in conjunction with National Outdoor TF Championships on Saturday, June 28.
- Click HERE for online ticket sales.
- Tickets are available!
- Official USATF Press Release
- FloTrack.com Report
- KCRA News Report
- Sacramento Bee Report
► 2009 Men’s Ultra Grand Prix Standings
2009 Men’s Ultra Grand Prix Standings
Through Quad Dipsea, 11/28/2009 8:00
Aloha! Congrats to all Western States runners and good luck to all Tahoe Rim Runners. Thank you for your support. Inquires, complains and suggestions can be directed to [email protected] Next Ultra GP event is Jedediah Smith 50K on 02/06/2010 9:00 Open Men 29 and under QD HK HK WT FT SNR SK TR WS OW SS QS QS MW RA RA RA AR WTC JS Total No. No. 50k 50m 50k 50k 50m 53m 50k 100m 100m 50k 50k 50k 50m 100k 100k 50m 50k 50m 50k 50k Plc, Points Name Age Evt 50+ * 1.0 1.6 1.0 1.0 1.6 1.7 1.0 3.3 3.3 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.6 2.0 2.0 1.6 1.0 1.6 1.0 1.0 1, 237.00 Chikara Omine 27 8 5 * 37.0 32.0 39.0 30.0 30.0 37.0 32.0 30.0 New Balance Excelsior pts dropped: JS50k 2, 211.40 Sean Lang 27 9 6 * 27.2 27.2 28.9 56.1 20.0 17.0 32.0 27.2 20.0 Quicksilver RC of San Jose pts dropped: AR50m SS50k 3, 71.00 Brett A Rivers 28 1 1 71.0 unattached 4, 46.20 Zachary Landman 22 1 1 46.2 unattached 5, 39.60 Nick White 27 1 1 39.6 Golden West Athletics Club 6, 22.40 Michael Bailey 54 1 1 22.4 Buffalo Chips RC 7, 20.00 Adrian Jue 27 1 0 20.0 Pamakids 7, 20.00 Jonathan M Kimura 29 1 0 20.0 West Valley Joggers and Striders 9, 17.00 Joseph Binder 25 1 0 17.0 unattached Senior Open Men 30-39 QD HK HK WT FT SNR SK TR WS OW SS QS QS MW RA RA RA AR WTC JS Total No. No. 50k 50m 50k 50k 50m 53m 50k 100m 100m 50k 50k 50k 50m 100k 100k 50m 50k 50m 50k 50k Plc, Points Name Age Evt 50+ * 1.0 1.6 1.0 1.0 1.6 1.7 1.0 3.3 3.3 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.6 2.0 2.0 1.6 1.0 1.6 1.0 1.0 1, 439.90 Victor A Ballesteros 39 8 5 * 40.0 49.6 40.0 102.3 64.0 80.0 64.0 40.0 Tamalpa Runners, Inc pts dropped: QD50k 2, 313.70 Jason P Reed 30 10 6 * 24.0 64.0 40.0 30.4 52.7 19.0 31.0 38.4 38.0 49.6 New Balance Excelsior pts dropped: FT50m QD50k SK50k 3, 278.00 Grant D Carboni 39 7 4 31.0 79.2 24.0 49.6 49.6 25.6 19.0 Buffalo Chips RC 4, 218.00 Erik Skaden 37 4 3 132.0 132.0 62.0 24.0 unattached pts dropped: TR100 5, 208.20 Jed Tukman 38 5 2 31.0 31.0 79.2 48.0 19.0 Tamalpa Runners, Inc 6, 192.40 Scott H Dunlap 39 6 3 33.0 32.0 50.0 30.4 16.0 31.0 Bay Area Ultra Runners 7, 156.80 Klas Eklof 38 4 1 52.8 40.0 40.0 24.0 Tamalpa Runners, Inc 8, 144.00 Eduardo A Vazquez 36 3 1 40.0 64.0 40.0 Pamakids 9, 120.80 Brian D Miller 33 2 2 68.0 52.8 unattached 10, 113.70 Alan Abbs 39 3 1 62.7 40.0 11.0 unattached 11, 112.30 Christopher L Waters 30 2 2 49.6 62.7 Golden West Athletics Club 12, 104.20 Lance Hooper 39 5 2 40.8 16.0 22.4 9.0 16.0 Golden West Athletics Club 13, 102.30 Bob Shebest 35 1 1 102.3 Empire Runners 14, 102.00 Robert M Silva 38 4 2 14.0 24.0 25.6 38.4 Pamakids 15, 100.40 John A Burton 36 3 1 38.4 31.0 31.0 Quicksilver RC of San Jose 16, 77.80 Noe Castanon 39 4 2 22.4 11.0 30.4 14.0 Pamakids 17, 64.00 Dave Mackey 39 1 1 64.0 Tamalpa Runners, Inc 18, 55.00 Troy Howard 36 2 0 31.0 24.0 unattached 19, 50.40 William Taylor 33 2 1 12.0 38.4 Arete West 19, 50.40 Mark R Gilligan 38 2 1 38.4 12.0 unattached 21, 46.20 Rick A Massey 33 1 1 46.2 PACIFIC STRIDERS 22, 44.00 Jonathan De St Paer 36 2 1 16.0 28.0 Tamalpa Runners, Inc 23, 39.60 Kevin W Davis 38 1 1 39.6 Transports Adidas Racing Team 24, 36.30 John D Garvey 31 1 1 36.3 unattached 25, 32.00 Emmett D Rahl 38 2 1 24.0 8.0 Golden Valley Harriers 26, 31.00 Michael J Buchanan 48 1 0 31.0 unattached 27, 19.00 Andrew J Krone 31 1 0 19.0 Tamalpa Runners, Inc 28, 14.00 Richard A Blink 34 1 0 14.0 unattached 28, 14.00 Andrew T Anglemyer 30 1 0 14.0 unattached 30, 12.00 Jason M Jones 36 1 0 12.0 unattached 31, 10.00 Kenneth W Brown 40 1 0 10.0 Empire Runners Master Men 40-49 QD HK HK WT FT SNR SK TR WS OW SS QS QS MW RA RA RA AR WTC JS Total No. No. 50k 50m 50k 50k 50m 53m 50k 100m 100m 50k 50k 50k 50m 100k 100k 50m 50k 50m 50k 50k Plc, Points Name Age Evt 50+ * 1.0 1.6 1.0 1.0 1.6 1.7 1.0 3.3 3.3 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.6 2.0 2.0 1.6 1.0 1.6 1.0 1.0 1, 390.80 Jean D Pommier 45 11 5 * 40.0 49.6 68.0 40.0 79.2 40.0 74.0 20.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 Quicksilver RC of San Jose pts dropped: QD50k OW50k JS50k MW100k 2, 370.00 Pierre-Yves Couteau 43 8 6 * 38.4 49.6 52.7 102.3 19.0 60.0 48.0 38.4 Quicksilver RC of San Jose pts dropped: AR50m 3, 307.00 Mark T Lantz 43 4 3 132.0 80.0 64.0 31.0 Buffalo Chips RC 4, 220.60 Charles H Blakeney 47 8 6 * 30.4 16.0 52.8 52.8 11.0 30.4 80.0 16.0 unattached pts dropped: FT50m TR100 5, 203.90 Karl K Hoagland Iii 44 4 3 25.6 102.3 62.0 14.0 Tamalpa Runners, Inc 6, 191.40 Robert Evans 43 3 2 142.0 30.4 19.0 unattached 7, 135.60 Gary Wang 41 6 4 17.6 39.6 16.0 38.4 16.0 8.0 Tamalpa Runners, Inc 8, 126.60 Andy Benkert 42 6 2 19.0 14.0 38.0 31.0 17.6 7.0 Quicksilver RC of San Jose 9, 112.00 Ron M Gutierrez 42 3 1 64.0 24.0 24.0 New Balance Excelsior 10, 106.90 John K Nichols 44 4 3 62.7 24.0 11.2 9.0 Buffalo Chips RC 11, 103.20 Jeffery M Rogers 48 2 1 24.0 79.2 Bay Area Ultra Runners 12, 102.70 Rick A Santos 45 2 1 40.0 62.7 unattached 13, 102.40 Ray Sanchez 42 2 2 64.0 38.4 Buffalo Chips RC 14, 100.40 Greg Nacco 49 4 1 31.0 31.0 22.4 16.0 Tamalpa Runners, Inc 15, 80.60 Mark M Tanaka 42 2 1 31.0 49.6 unattached 16, 80.00 James Barstad 45 7 3 11.2 16.0 10.0 16.0 12.8 0.0 14.0 Golden West Athletics Club 17, 78.00 John R Mintz 43 3 0 14.0 40.0 24.0 Tamalpa Runners, Inc 18, 69.20 Adam Blum 45 3 1 31.0 19.0 19.2 Quicksilver RC of San Jose 19, 68.60 John R Blue 45 3 1 25.6 12.0 31.0 Buffalo Chips RC 20, 56.60 Rajeev M Patel 49 4 2 8.0 8.0 31.0 9.6 unattached 21, 55.60 Mark R Murray 46 2 1 49.6 6.0 Buffalo Chips RC 22, 46.20 Gregory J Rosenberg 46 1 1 46.2 SF Marathon Training Program 23, 45.40 David W Dean 40 3 2 28.0 14.4 3.0 unattached 24, 45.10 Eric R Ellisen 48 2 2 23.1 22.0 PACIFIC STRIDERS 25, 44.60 Eddie Schmidt 45 2 1 25.6 19.0 Buffalo Chips RC 26, 39.00 Bob A Gilbert 46 4 0 12.0 16.0 0.0 11.0 Golden Valley Harriers 27, 38.20 Eric C Wilson 44 2 1 19.2 19.0 unattached 28, 36.30 Michael J Buchanan 48 1 1 36.3 unattached 29, 35.40 Kai Huang 41 4 2 12.0 9.6 9.0 4.8 unattached 30, 33.00 James M Scattini 46 1 1 33.0 Monterey Bay WNLR 31, 32.00 Charles J Hofacker 43 1 1 32.0 Buffalo Chips RC 32, 30.40 Kevin M Rumon 48 1 1 30.4 Tamalpa Runners, Inc 33, 29.70 Scott A Evans 40 1 1 29.7 unattached 34, 28.40 Lance Fong 49 2 1 14.4 14.0 unattached 35, 26.40 Paul M Taylor 40 1 1 26.4 West Valley Joggers and Striders 36, 24.00 Tim Souza 49 1 0 24.0 West Valley Joggers and Striders 36, 24.00 Peter A Hsia 49 1 0 24.0 New Balance Excelsior 38, 22.40 Timothy Fitzpatrick 48 1 1 22.4 Tamalpa Runners, Inc 39, 18.00 Todd K Mikolajczyk 46 1 1 18.0 Tamalpa Runners, Inc 40, 16.00 Kenneth W Brown 40 1 0 16.0 Empire Runners 41, 14.00 Jeffrey S Barbier 44 2 0 12.0 2.0 Buffalo Chips RC 41, 14.00 Baldwyn Y Chieh 40 1 0 14.0 unattached 43, 13.00 Tim J Ruffino 46 2 0 1.0 12.0 Golden West Athletics Club 44, 12.80 Greg N Lanctot 41 1 1 12.8 Quicksilver RC of San Jose 45, 11.00 Dan R Anderson 45 2 0 11.0 0.0 West Valley Joggers and Striders 45, 11.00 David B Bronstein 47 1 0 11.0 Tamalpa Runners, Inc 47, 10.00 David Leipsic 44 1 0 10.0 Tamalpa Runners, Inc 48, 8.00 Chris L Taylor 41 2 1 8.0 0.0 unattached 49, 6.40 Jose A Rodarte 45 2 1 6.4 0.0 Buffalo Chips RC 50, 5.00 Stephen M Itano 50 1 0 5.0 Tamalpa Runners, Inc 51, 4.00 Thomas Reiss 41 1 0 4.0 San Luis Distance Club 52, 3.20 Stephen C Payne 43 1 1 3.2 Nike Fleet Feet Racing Senior Men 50-59 QD HK HK WT FT SNR SK TR WS OW SS QS QS MW RA RA RA AR WTC JS Total No. No. 50k 50m 50k 50k 50m 53m 50k 100m 100m 50k 50k 50k 50m 100k 100k 50m 50k 50m 50k 50k Plc, Points Name Age Evt 50+ * 1.0 1.6 1.0 1.0 1.6 1.7 1.0 3.3 3.3 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.6 2.0 2.0 1.6 1.0 1.6 1.0 1.0 1, 359.00 John G Catts 56 7 4 31.0 64.0 40.0 64.0 80.0 64.0 16.0 Tamalpa Runners, Inc 2, 340.00 Keith Blom 53 6 4 40.0 49.6 132.0 40.0 48.0 30.4 Quicksilver RC of San Jose 3, 322.20 Joseph K Swenson 54 6 3 40.0 40.0 132.0 80.0 19.2 11.0 Bay Area Ultra Runners 4, 246.00 Jay Elkerton 51 9 5 * 12.0 30.4 22.4 79.2 31.0 31.0 28.0 14.4 24.0 Spartans Running Club pts dropped: AR50m QD50k 5, 197.70 Tom Wroblewski 50 5 4 68.0 62.7 19.0 32.0 16.0 unattached 6, 195.30 Stephen M Itano 50 3 2 31.0 102.3 62.0 Tamalpa Runners, Inc 7, 164.40 Chuck Amital 51 4 2 31.0 38.4 64.0 31.0 Pamakids 8, 164.30 Jeff L Jones 55 6 3 16.0 25.6 14.0 62.7 24.0 22.0 Bay Area Ultra Runners 9, 118.60 Scott D Laberge 52 4 2 19.0 49.6 38.0 12.0 unattached 10, 115.60 Todd Hayes 58 3 1 50.0 25.6 40.0 West Valley Joggers and Striders 11, 102.30 Michael A Smith 51 1 1 102.3 West Valley Joggers and Striders 12, 100.00 Michael L Palmer 56 4 2 14.0 30.4 16.0 39.6 PACIFIC STRIDERS 13, 95.40 Stephen E Tjonpiangi 54 4 1 19.0 40.0 22.4 14.0 Golden West Athletics Club 14, 95.00 Cecil J Baumgartner 53 2 1 64.0 31.0 West Valley Joggers and Striders 15, 79.20 Mike Sweeney 54 1 1 79.2 Tamalpa Runners, Inc 16, 66.30 Ken Crouse 53 3 1 36.3 24.0 6.0 Buffalo Chips RC 17, 63.00 Carl Jacob 56 4 0 11.0 12.0 16.0 24.0 Tamalpa Runners, Inc 18, 61.00 Steve Jaber 58 3 0 10.0 11.0 40.0 Bay Area Ultra Runners 19, 54.40 Tony Jankowski 56 3 3 22.4 19.2 12.8 Bay Area Ultra Runners 20, 52.80 Stephen A Menebroker 54 1 1 52.8 Asics Aggie RC 21, 49.60 Michael Miller 52 1 1 49.6 unattached 22, 46.20 John T Neely 54 1 1 46.2 unattached 23, 40.00 Mark P Richtman 53 1 0 40.0 Tamalpa Runners, Inc 24, 38.40 John P Feeney 50 1 1 38.4 Buffalo Chips RC 24, 38.40 Michael Bailey 54 1 1 38.4 Buffalo Chips RC 26, 36.80 James C Yee 59 2 2 19.2 17.6 Buffalo Chips RC 27, 31.00 Jim T Howard 54 1 0 31.0 Tamalpa Runners, Inc 28, 25.60 Tommy R Baker 53 1 1 25.6 unattached 29, 24.00 Robert E Johnson Jr 54 1 1 24.0 unattached 29, 24.00 David A Ripp 57 1 0 24.0 Tamalpa Runners, Inc 29, 24.00 Gary W Campbell 54 1 0 24.0 unattached 29, 24.00 Kenneth E Gregorich 50 1 0 24.0 PACIFIC STRIDERS 29, 24.00 Bruce E Labelle 54 1 0 24.0 Golden Valley Harriers 34, 19.00 Douglas Croall 56 1 0 19.0 unattached 35, 17.60 James A Reikowsky 53 1 1 17.6 unattached 35, 17.60 David A Evans 50 1 1 17.6 Buffalo Chips RC 37, 10.00 William S Pequinot 52 1 0 10.0 Buffalo Chips RC 38, 9.00 Allan P Abrams 52 1 0 9.0 unattached 39, 8.00 Pip Smith 52 1 0 8.0 Golden West Athletics Club 40, 7.00 Tim Aregger 54 1 0 7.0 Tamalpa Runners, Inc Super Senior Men 60-69 QD HK HK WT FT SNR SK TR WS OW SS QS QS MW RA RA RA AR WTC JS Total No. No. 50k 50m 50k 50k 50m 53m 50k 100m 100m 50k 50k 50k 50m 100k 100k 50m 50k 50m 50k 50k Plc, Points Name Age Evt 50+ * 1.0 1.6 1.0 1.0 1.6 1.7 1.0 3.3 3.3 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.6 2.0 2.0 1.6 1.0 1.6 1.0 1.0 1, 224.00 Jim Magill 63 7 6 32.0 34.0 66.0 20.0 32.0 40.0 27.2 Quicksilver RC of San Jose pts dropped: AR50m 2, 201.50 Charles W Savage 62 7 4 20.0 32.0 20.0 56.1 17.0 34.0 22.4 Tamalpa Runners, Inc 3, 112.00 Ernest K Takahashi 64 4 2 40.0 32.0 20.0 20.0 Buffalo Chips RC 4, 66.00 Thomas D Knight 60 1 1 66.0 West Valley Track Club Inc 5, 61.80 Ron H Peck 67 4 1 20.0 12.0 17.0 12.8 Buffalo Chips RC 6, 54.00 Wally G Hesseltine 66 3 0 17.0 20.0 17.0 Bay Area Ultra Runners 7, 44.20 Hans P Schmid 69 2 1 17.0 27.2 Tamalpa Runners, Inc 8, 44.00 Eric M Ianacone 62 3 1 14.0 16.0 14.0 Buffalo Chips RC 9, 36.20 Don C Wilkison 67 2 1 17.0 19.2 Golden West Athletics Club 10, 30.00 Frank A Bozanich 64 1 0 30.0 Tamalpa Runners, Inc 11, 26.00 Walter Underhill 62 2 0 12.0 14.0 Tamalpa Runners, Inc 12, 20.00 Wayne P Miles 63 1 0 20.0 unattached 13, 17.00 Dennis N Scott 60 1 0 17.0 Buffalo Chips RC 14, 14.00 Barry Spitz 61 1 0 14.0 Tamalpa Runners, Inc Veteran Men 70+ QD HK HK WT FT SNR SK TR WS OW SS QS QS MW RA RA RA AR WTC JS Total No. No. 50k 50m 50k 50k 50m 53m 50k 100m 100m 50k 50k 50k 50m 100k 100k 50m 50k 50m 50k 50k Plc, Points Name Age Evt 50+ * 1.0 1.6 1.0 1.0 1.6 1.7 1.0 3.3 3.3 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.6 2.0 2.0 1.6 1.0 1.6 1.0 1.0 1, 162.75 Bill R Dodson 74 10 5 * 15.0 24.0 24.0 25.5 15.0 24.0 18.8 24.0 15.0 22.5 Stevens Creek Striders pts dropped: WTC50k SK50k QD50k 2, 60.90 Ralph Hirt 71 3 2 22.5 19.2 19.2 Bay Area Ultra Runners Bonus Points Awarded: Chikara Omine 10.00 Jedediah Smith 50K Bill R Dodson 7.50 Jedediah Smith 50K Scott H Dunlap 10.00 RuthAnderson 50K Todd Hayes 10.00 RuthAnderson 50K Bill R Dodson 3.75 RuthAnderson 50K Chikara Omine 5.00 Quick Silver 50M Jean D Pommier 10.00 Quick Silver 50M Chikara Omine 10.00 Silver State 50K Pierre-Yves Couteau 20.00 Silver State 50K Frank A Bozanich 10.00 Silver State 50K Ralph Hirt 7.50 Silver State 50K Brett A Rivers 5.00 Tahoe Rim 100m Robert Evans 10.00 Tahoe Rim 100m Chikara Omine 10.00 Skyline 50k Chikara Omine 5.00 Sierra Nevada Endurance Run Chikara Omine 5.00 Helen Klein 50m The following people will move (or has moved) into a new age group this year. You will be scored you in the next age group when you enter the next age group unless you notify me to continue to score you in the current age group. Jonathan M Kimura 29 West Valley Joggers and Striders Victor A Ballesteros 39 Tamalpa Runners, Inc Lance Hooper 39 Golden West Athletics Club Noe Castanon 39 Pamakids Dave Mackey 39 Tamalpa Runners, Inc Greg Nacco 49 Tamalpa Runners, Inc Rajeev M Patel 49 unattached Lance Fong 49 unattached Tim Souza 49 West Valley Joggers and Striders Peter A Hsia 49 New Balance Excelsior Todd Hayes 58 West Valley Joggers and Striders Michael Miller 52 unattached James C Yee 59 Buffalo Chips RC David A Evans 50 Buffalo Chips RC Hans P Schmid 69 Tamalpa Runners, Inc
Points scored at Quad Dipsea, 11/28/2009 8:00 Difficulty Factor = 1.0 Bonus Factor = 0.50 Plc, Pts (Bonus) Name Age Time USATF# Club Open Men 29 and under : 1, 20.0 Jonathan M Kimura 29 04:23:59 M20 1910727538 West Valley Joggers and Striders Senior Open Men 30-39 : 1, 40.0 Victor A Ballesteros 39 04:15:37 M30 1913205938 Tamalpa Runners, Inc : 2, 31.0 Jed Tukman 38 04:49:23 M30 1913297638 Tamalpa Runners, Inc : 3, 24.0 Jason P Reed 30 05:03:25 M30 1912376938 New Balance Excelsior : 4, 19.0 Andrew J Krone 31 05:44:39 M30 1911035238 Tamalpa Runners, Inc : 5, 16.0 Jonathan de St Paer 36 06:07:56 M30 1910917238 Tamalpa Runners, Inc : 6, 14.0 Robert M Silva 38 06:18:12 M30 1911351338 Pamakids : 7, 12.0 William Taylor 33 07:20:55 M30 1910972738 Arete West Master Men 40-49 : 1, 40.0 Jean D Pommier 45 04:25:32 M40 1911214338 Quicksilver RC of San Jose : 2, 31.0 Greg Nacco 49 04:40:28 M40 1910235938 Tamalpa Runners, Inc : 3, 24.0 Jeffery M Rogers 48 05:42:22 M40 1911874438 Bay Area Ultra Runners : 4, 19.0 Andy Benkert 42 06:12:26 M40 1912650738 Quicksilver RC of San Jose : 5, 16.0 Kenneth W Brown 40 06:15:59 M40 1910178138 Empire Runners : 6, 14.0 John R Mintz 43 06:18:29 M40 1911709238 Tamalpa Runners, Inc : 7, 12.0 Kai Huang 41 06:44:07 M40 1910688938 unattached Senior Men 50-59 : 1, 40.0 Keith Blom 53 05:31:48 M50 1913510238 Quicksilver RC of San Jose : 2, 31.0 John G Catts 56 05:31:49 M50 1912710938 Tamalpa Runners, Inc : 3, 24.0 Bruce E LaBelle 54 05:38:10 M50 1910121138 Golden Valley Harriers : 4, 19.0 Scott D LaBerge 52 05:53:37 M50 1912230838 unattached : 5, 16.0 Jeff L Jones 55 06:37:34 M50 1911910638 Bay Area Ultra Runners : 6, 14.0 Michael L Palmer 56 06:45:20 M50 1915400438 PACIFIC STRIDERS : 7, 12.0 Jay Elkerton 51 06:46:38 M50 1911676338 Spartans Running Club : 8, 11.0 Carl Jacob 56 07:17:31 M50 1913573038 Tamalpa Runners, Inc : 9, 10.0 Steve Jaber 58 08:10:20 M50 1910192238 Bay Area Ultra Runners Super Senior Men 60-69 : 1, 20.0 Charles W Savage 62 06:19:31 M60 1910562638 Tamalpa Runners, Inc : 2, 17.0 Hans P Schmid 69 06:24:43 M60 1910374638 Tamalpa Runners, Inc : 3, 14.0 Barry Spitz 61 07:30:35 M60 1911222638 Tamalpa Runners, Inc : 4, 12.0 Walter Underhill 62 07:54:55 M60 1910563438 Tamalpa Runners, Inc Veteran Men 70+ : 1, 15.0 Bill R Dodson 74 07:09:47 M70 1911333138 Stevens Creek Striders
► 2009 Santa Rosa Express Youth Cross Country Meet
Santa Rosa Express Youth Cross Country MeetSpring Lake, Santa Rosa, CA – November 22, 2009 |
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| Distance | FirstName | LastName | Team | Time | Place | Grade | |
| 2,000 Meters Sub-Bantam Girls | |||||||
| Kate | Bowen | Santa Rosa Express | 9:48 | 1 | 401 | ||
| Elizabeth | Vastano | Palo Alto Lightning | 11:47 | 2 | 401 | ||
| Maya | Barragan | Buffalo Chips | 12:30 | 3 | 401 | ||
| 3,000 Meters Bantam Girls | |||||||
| Julia | Bounds | Pleasanton Heat | 12:08 | 1 | 402 | ||
| Marielle | Friedman | Santa Cruz Track Club | 13:19 | 2 | 402 | ||
| Jaxin | Woodward | Full Stride Track Club | 13:20 | 3 | 402 | ||
| Rylee | Bowen | Santa Rosa Express | 13:25 | 4 | 402 | ||
| Ailey | Leduff | American Canyon Striders | 14:03 | 5 | 402 | ||
| Erin | Cummins | Roseville Express | 14:13 | 6 | 402 | ||
| Skyler | Haataja | Palo Alto Lightning | 14:15 | 7 | 402 | ||
| Elezabeth | Meehan | Unattached | 14:22 | 8 | 402 | ||
| Claudia | Denove | Palo Alto Lightning | 14:31 | 9 | 402 | ||
| Emma | Meehan | Unattached | 14:39 | 10 | 402 | ||
| Sarah | Stoner-Nicolosi | Santa Cruz Track Club | 15:01 | 11 | 402 | ||
| Salma | Ewing | Santa Rosa Express | 15:25 | 12 | 402 | ||
| Emily | Perez | Castro Valley Track Club | 15:47 | 13 | 402 | ||
| Sarah | Naranjo | Santa Cruz Track Club | 16:08 | 14 | 402 | ||
| Annaka | Barragan | Buffalo Chips | 16:36 | 15 | 402 | ||
| Vera | Ewing | Santa Rosa Express | 16:45 | 16 | 402 | ||
| Kendra | Simpson | Santa Rosa Express | 16:55 | 17 | 402 | ||
| Rachel | Guararie | Pleasanton Heat | 17:07 | 18 | 402 | ||
| Catherine | Rauch | Santa Rosa Express | 17:42 | 19 | 402 | ||
| McKenna | Weitzel | Roseville Express | 19:04 | 20 | 402 | ||
| Sophie | Haugen | Santa Rosa Express | 19:23 | 21 | 402 | ||
| 3, 000 Meters Midget Girls | |||||||
| Nina | Besselo | Castro Valley Track Club | 12:34 | 1 | 403 | ||
| Priscella | Lee | Umoja | 12:58 | 2 | 403 | ||
| Franny | Kiles | Onalysis | 13:08 | 3 | 403 | ||
| Chase | Worthen | Roseville Express | 13:18 | 4 | 403 | ||
| Katie | Fraticelli | Pleasanton Heat | 13:40 | 5 | 403 | ||
| Kaylie | Gunderson | Santa Rosa Express | 13:42 | 6 | 403 | ||
| Delaney | White | Santa Rosa Express | 13:51 | 7 | 403 | ||
| Hannah | Vernot | Pleasanton Heat | 14:05 | 8 | 403 | ||
| Xinni | Chai | Los Gatos Track Club | 14:06 | 9 | 403 | ||
| Megan | Moore | Santa Rosa Express | 14:27 | 10 | 403 | ||
| Kerry | Norton | Unattached | 14:35 | 11 | 403 | ||
| Erica | Esparza | Umoja | 14:46 | 12 | 403 | ||
| Cassandra | Barragan | Buffalo Chips | 15:01 | 13 | 403 | ||
| Alexandria | Geremew | Pleasanton Heat | 15:33 | 14 | 403 | ||
| Anthogone | Pirratano | Umoja | 16:05 | 15 | 403 | ||
| Gina | Audiss | Santa Rosa Express | 16:07 | 16 | 403 | ||
| Kimble | Minor | Hilltop Speed | 16:08 | 17 | 403 | ||
| Vida | Stamey | Santa Rosa Express | 16:41 | 18 | 403 | ||
| Monique | White | Hilltop Speed | 19:51 | 19 | 403 | ||
| Sasha | Sinclaire Scott | Hilltop Speed | 21:01 | 20 | 403 | ||
| 4,000 Meters Youth Girls | |||||||
| Danielle | Nivinski | Roseville Express | 14:56 | 1 | 404 | ||
| Selena | Friedman | Santa Cruz Track Club | 15:15 | 2 | 404 | ||
| Monique | Esparza | Umoja | 16:04 | 3 | 404 | ||
| Candy | Janachowski | Marin Waves Track & Field | 16:28 | 4 | 404 | ||
| Bridget | Gottlieb | Unattached | 16:30 | 5 | 404 | ||
| Sara K. | Davis | Unattached | 17:01 | 6 | 404 | ||
| Emma | Dreymann | Palo Alto Lightning | 17:16 | 7 | 404 | ||
| Kylie | Joerger | Roseville Express | 17:20 | 8 | 404 | ||
| Sarah | Withers | Santa Rosa Express | 18:33 | 9 | 404 | ||
| Marcella | Jacquemain | Asics Aggie | 20:16 | 10 | 404 | ||
| Imara | Seale | Hilltop Speed | 21:00 | 11 | 404 | ||
| 5,000 Meters Intermedite Girls | |||||||
| Katie | Alioto | Unattached | 20:49 | 1 | 405 | ||
| Linsey | Ploshay | Los Gatos Track Club | 21:03 | 2 | 405 | ||
| 2,000 Sub-Bantam Boys | |||||||
| Nick | Clay | Roseville Express | 9:25 | 1 | 401 | ||
| Gabrial | Gomez | L.S.I. Sprint | 9:59 | 2 | 401 | ||
| Kurtis | Lee | Umoja | 10:06 | 3 | 401 | ||
| Dasch | Ainer | Castro Valley Track Club | 10:39 | 4 | 401 | ||
| Julian | Booker | Santa Rosa Express | 10:43 | 5 | 401 | ||
| Obadiah | Donaghy | Santa Rosa Express | 11:56 | 6 | 401 | ||
| 3,000 Meters Bantam Boys | |||||||
| Tim | Falls | Pleasanton Heat | 11:50 | 1 | 402 | ||
| Kent | Slaney | Palo Alto Lightning | 11:58 | 2 | 402 | ||
| Gavin | Hill | Castro Valley Track Club | 12:04 | 3 | 402 | ||
| Sampson | Reynolds | Pleasanton Heat | 12:09 | 4 | 402 | ||
| Derek | Vrendenburgh | Roseville Express | 12:25 | 5 | 402 | ||
| Miles | Worthen | Roseville Express | 12:59 | 6 | 402 | ||
| Noah | Seto | Pleasanton Heat | 13:10 | 7 | 402 | ||
| Zachary | Martinez | Marin Waves Track & Field | 13:51 | 8 | 402 | ||
| Daniel | Blake | Los Gatos Track Club | 13:58 | 9 | 402 | ||
| Jackson | Halderman | Santa Cruz Track Club | 13:59 | 10 | 402 | ||
| Ben | Dahlgren | Pleasanton Heat | 14:11 | 11 | 402 | ||
| Gregor | Dairaghi | Palo Alto Lightning | 14:36 | 12 | 402 | ||
| George | Yoshinaga | Unattached | 14:38 | 13 | 402 | ||
| Leo | Jordan Ainer | Castro Valley Track Club | 14:39 | 14 | 402 | ||
| Joey | Fraticelli | Pleasanton Heat | 15:02 | 15 | 402 | ||
| Autin | Mellick | Roseville Express | 15:36 | 16 | 402 | ||
| Roy | Nehoran | Unattached | 16:46 | 17 | 402 | ||
| 3,000 Meters Midget Boys | |||||||
| Logan | Taggart | Roseville Express | 11:47 | 1 | 403 | ||
| Jake | LaVine | Santa Rosa Express | 11:49 | 2 | 403 | ||
| Spencer | Lachman | Roseville Express | 11:57 | 3 | 403 | ||
| Liam | Galbraith | Santa Rosa Express | 12:32 | 4 | 403 | ||
| Owen | Weitzel | Roseville Express | 12:35 | 5 | 403 | ||
| Cole | Miller | Marin Waves Track & Field | 12:59 | 6 | 403 | ||
| Dennis | Mandudzo | Palo Alto Lightning | 13:02 | 7 | 403 | ||
| Ryan | Mays | Pleasanton Heat | 13:16 | 8 | 403 | ||
| Christopher | Hitchcock | Castro Valley Track Club | 13:17 | 9 | 403 | ||
| Dylan | Edelson | Pleasanton Heat | 13:29 | 10 | 403 | ||
| Andrew | Mellick | Roseville Express | 13:29 | 11 | 403 | ||
| Justin | Fang | Palo Alto Lightning | 13:59 | 12 | 403 | ||
| Jermaine | Ellis | Hilltop Speed | 14:06 | 13 | 403 | ||
| Justin | Plott | Santa Rosa Express | 14:57 | 14 | 403 | ||
| Jared | Kozak | Pleasanton Heat | 15:13 | 15 | 403 | ||
| Nicholas | Rauch | Santa Rosa Express | 15:28 | 16 | 403 | ||
| Ben | Gurarie | Pleasanton Heat | 15:33 | 17 | 403 | ||
| Greg | Poteracke | Santa Rosa Express | 15:42 | 18 | 403 | ||
| Effie | Nehoran | Unattached | 15:43 | 19 | 403 | ||
| Jeremy | Mayhew | American Canyon Striders | 16:07 | 20 | 403 | ||
| Kyle | Minor | Hilltop Speed | 19:59 | 21 | 403 | ||
| 4,000 Meters Youth Boys | |||||||
| Bradford | Avilla | Pleasanton Heat | 12:45 | 1 | 404 | ||
| Gabriel | Arias Sheridan | Pleasanton Heat | 12:45 | 2 | 404 | ||
| Tristyn | Martin | Roseville Express | 13:27 | 3 | 404 | ||
| James | Kinney | Marin Waves Track & Field | 13:35 | 4 | 404 | ||
| Nielson | Powless | Roseville Express | 13:41 | 5 | 404 | ||
| Simon | Novich | Pamakid Runners | 14:01 | 6 | 404 | ||
| Paul | Zeiss | Roseville Express | 14:04 | 7 | 404 | ||
| Julia | Maxwell | Tampala Runners | 14:05 | 8 | 404 | ||
| Frederick J | Huxham | Tampala Runners | 14:11 | 9 | 404 | ||
| Harley | Norton | Asics Aggie | 14:21 | 10 | 404 | ||
| Reed | Horton | Unattached | 14:40 | 11 | 404 | ||
| Kai | Seale | Hilltop Speed | 14:45 | 12 | 404 | ||
| Steven | Cummins | Roseville Express | 15:04 | 13 | 404 | ||
| Austin | Taggart | Roseville Express | 15:45 | 14 | 404 | ||
| Johan | Brouwer | Unattached | 16:08 | 15 | 404 | ||
| Caleb | Olivarez | Castro Valley Track Club | 16:17 | 16 | 404 | ||
| Carlos | Booker | Santa Rosa Express | 16:17 | 17 | 404 | ||
| Barry | Nehoran | Unattached | 17:14 | 18 | 404 | ||
| Byron | Mayhew | American Canyon Striders | 17:16 | 19 | 404 | ||
| Ryland | Stamey | Santa Rosa Express | 19:36 | 20 | 404 | ||
| 5,000 Meters Intermediate Boys | |||||||
| Dave | Nehoran | Unattached | 20:56 | 1 | 405 | ||
| 5,000 Meters Young Men | |||||||
| Kieren | Broussard | Full Stride Track Club | 16:58 | 1 | 406 | ||
► Sam Blake 2009 JO XC Championships
Samuel Blake
2009 Midget Boys JO XC National Champion!
2009 Junior Olympic MIdget Cross Country Champion Sam Blake
Midget Boys runner, Samuel Blake, awins teh Midget Boys race with a late race surge.
by Bob Burns
Link to Top PA Midgets Photos and Finish Times
Sam Blake has few peers when it comes to multi-tasking. He juggles straight A’s in middle school with overlapping schedules of swimming and running. His mother sometimes catches him watching YouTube clips of Olympic track on his computer while polishing off a math or history assignment. No sweat.
Sam particularly enjoys watching the tactics used by the great Ethiopian runner, Kenenisa Bekele.
“I like the way he waits until everyone else is fading and then just takes off,” Sam said. “He’s pretty much unbeatable.”
It might be a bit soon to compare him to Bekele, but Sam Blake has few peers at his age level when it comes to distance running. He clocked a 4:56 mile last spring as an 11-year-old. He won the Midget Boys title at the 2009 USATF National Junior Olympic Cross Country Championships in Reno, outracing a field of 233 finishers in a snowstorm.
Blake covered the 3,000-meter course at Rancho San Rafael Regional Park in 10 minutes, 12 seconds, imitating Bekele’s late-race surge to win by 13 seconds. It was the second national championship for Blake, a Campbell resident who competes for the Los Gatos Athletic Association Track Club. Despite being a year younger than most of the top challengers, he won the 2008 Junior Olympic title in Virginia by a three-second margin.
“Last year I tried to raise my arms up as I finished but I was too tired to lift them,” said Blake, who turned 12 on Nov. 18. “I was able to raise them this time. It was really fun.”
Sam’s mother wonders whether he was born to run.
“I have four kids, and his was the only pregnancy when I kept running,” Susie Blake said. “He was running as soon as he could walk. He’d have to run up and down the hallway before he could get to sleep.”
For the time being, at least, running must give way to swimming. Sam is an excellent swimmer who, because of a fortuitous birthday, hopes to clean up in the pool this spring. This fall, he mixed in three or four swim practices a week while running about the same amount. Rather than compete in the 2010 Junior Olympic Track and Field Championships in Sacramento, he plans to concentrate on swimming and the Far Western Regionals.
When he finished one recent cross country race and his mom said he must be exhausted, Sam said it was nothing compared to a hard workout in the pool.
“The pain you feel in running comes from breathing,” Sam explained. “It’s not really physical pain like you feel in swimming, when your whole body is tired.”
Susie Blake, a former professional triathlete, coaches Sam in both sports. She stopped competing when she had the third of her four children (Sam is the second-oldest).
“We have the philosophy that we want to save him so he he’s running well when he’s 17 or 18,” Susie Blake said. “I think he’ll eventually choose running, but we’re a swimming family, and he enjoys doing both sports. He’s only 12.”
Normally, as defending champion, Blake would have been considered the favorite, but Sam said that wasn’t necessarily the case.
“I felt like I had the potential to win, but most of the kids in the race didn’t know me since I didn’t run JO track last spring,” Sam said.
Two feet of snow fell on the day of the race. Blake said the cold caused his chest to hurt in the first half of the race, but it didn’t keep him from making a decisive move going up a hill with about 700 meters to go. He finished 13 seconds ahead of the runner-up, Ryan Alexander of Southern California’s Equalizers.
“It was really cold and there wasn’t really a designated trail because there was so much snow on the ground,” Sam said.
In addition to winning the 2008 national midget title, Blake braved snowy conditions to finish fifth in the Bantam Boys class at the 2007 National Junior Olympics in Lawrence, Kansas.
“Two of his three national races had inclement conditions, so I guess it doesn’t bother him too much,” said Sam’s father, John Blake.
With Blake and teammate Steven Sum finishing 1-3 in Reno, Los Gatos finished second in the team battle with 38 points, just five points behind the first-place Southern California Roadrunners.
“I like the team aspect of cross country,” Blake said. “On the starting line, you can be nervous along with other people you know.”
While he’ll trade his running shoes for a swim suit this spring, Sam figures he’ll eventually concentrate on track.
“In the end, I’ll probably be better at running,” he said. “My goal is to make it to the Olympics in track. After the Olympics, if I make it, my goal is to do the Ironman Triathlon. I always feel happy when I do something really hard. I like the more strenuous sports because you can push yourself.”
► 2009 JO XC Pacific Association/USATF Region 16 Championships
Pacific Association / USATF2009 Junior Olympic Region 16Youth Cross Country ChampionshipsSunday, November 29, 2009 Rancho San Rafael Park (Reno, Nevada) Meet Director: Bob Shor at (707) 539-6787 or [email protected] This is the Pacific Association’s ONLY qualifying meet for the National USATF Junior Olympic Cross Country Championships. The National meet will be held two weeks later on December 12, 2009 on this same course.
Meet Entry Information
LATE REGISTRATION WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED THIS YEAR Race Day Timeline (November 29)
Races are contested youngest age group to oldest age group; girls then boys. Races will start shortly after the last finisher in the previous race crosses the finish line. If there are less than 21 runners in each of the Intermediate and Young age groups these races will be combined and contested at the same time. Based on pre-registration it will be announced in the morning coach’s meeting if these age groups will be combined.
Advancement from the Region 16 Junior Olympics to National USATF Junior Olympics The first twenty (20) finishers in each age group qualify for the Nationals. If a top 20 finisher decides not to advance to nationals, the athlete who placed 21 cannot go in their place. In addition to the individual finishers, the first three (3) teams in each age group will qualify for the Nationals. A team may have 5, 6, 7 or 8 runners and must be registered to compete as a team before the competition begins. At the start of each race, the Regional Coordinator will walk the starting line to validate that each runner is present and if a club is running more than one age group team in a single division they will be documented at that time (i.e., A, B, or C team). Do not leave this meet until you have paid your $20 advancement fee and turned in your Junior Olympic individual and team declaration forms. You cannot compete in the National meet unless this is done the day of this competition. Advancement fees can be paid as soon as results are available. If you are part of a club, then a club coach or designate is requested to submit team entries per age group. Coaches can also advance their entire team at the close of the Young Men competition.
Course Description The course is primarily rough grass with some gravel, a few drainage ditches, a few wooden bridges, several concrete walkways to cross and some long, gradual hills. Spectators will be able to see most of the race. This is the exact course that you will be running at the USATF Junior Olympic Cross Country Nationals. Awards The first twenty (20) finishers in each age group will receive a Regional USATF Junior Olympic medal.
Directions to the Park From California take I-80 East to Reno. Once in Reno take the Virginia Street exit. Turn left on Virginia Street to 9th Street. Turn left on 9th Street for one block. Turn right on Sierra Street. Go up the hill for about ½ mile and take a left into Rancho San Rafael Park. |
► 2009 Region 16 Volunteers Notice
Region 16 Volunteers
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► Pacific Association Youth Shine in the Snow at 2009 USATF National Junior Olympic Cross Country Championships
Pacific Association Youth Shine in the Snow!2009 USATF National Junior Olympic Cross Country ChampionshipsReno, NV
2009 JO Cross Country Championships Slideshow
National JOXC Championships Pacific Association Winner Profiles by Bob Burns
PA Youth Individuals and Clubs Shine through the Snow at the 2009 National Junior Olympics XC Championships |
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► 2009 USATF National Junior Olympic Cross Country Championships
Pacific Association Youth Shine in the Snow!
2009 USATF National Junior Olympic Cross Country Championships
Reno, NV
2009 JO Cross Country Championships Slideshow
National JOXC Championships Pacific Association Winner Profiles by Bob Burns
Christine Bayliss (Midget Girls Winner)
Samuel Blake (Midget Boys Winner)
Pleasanton Heat (Youth Boys Team Winner)
Buffalo Chips RC “Buffalo Babes” Team (Young Women Team Winner)
PA Youth Individuals and Clubs Shine through the Snow at the 2009 National Junior Olympics XC Championships
(updated 1/4/10 with photos of top finishers)
Courtesy of Maura Kent; photos courtesy of Scott Taggert, gentlearc.com
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► Julia Bounds 2009 JO XC Championships
Buffalo Babes
2009 Buffalo Chips Running Club Girls’ Team wins Young Women’s National Junior Olympic XC title
2009 Reno Junior Olympics Cross Country Kelsey Smith
Kelsey Smith of South Lake Tahoe led the Buffalo Babes, placing fourth in the 5,000-meter race in 19 minutes, 27.2 seconds. She was followed closely across the line by teammates Breanna Lewis (fifth in 19:28.3) and Hayley Scott (sixth in 19:30.4).
by Bob Burns
Link to Top PA Young Women and Young Men Photos and Finish Times
If their name doesn’t grab your attention, their uniforms will.
The Buffalo Babes were even easier to spot than usual at the USATF National Junior Olympic Cross Country Championships in Reno. With a snowstorm blanketing the course and visibility reduced by the whiteout, their bright pink jerseys stood out like a series of flashing beacons.
“It’s really easy to spot our runners in a crowd,” said team manager Joe Hartman.
The Buffalo Babes backed up their flashy name and color with a gritty showing Dec. 12 at the Junior Olympics, claiming seven of the top 15 spots in the Young Women’s (ages 17 and 18) race to win the national title with 26 points, comfortably in front of runner-up Team Idaho ‘s 51-point total.
Kelsey Smith of South Lake Tahoe led the pink charge in Reno, placing fourth in the 5,000-meter race in 19 minutes, 27.2 seconds. She was followed closely across the line by teammates Breanna Lewis (fifth in 19:28.3) and Hayley Scott (sixth in 19:30.4).
Michelle Mowry (10th in 19:43.8) and Katherine McFarren (13th in 20:05.9) rounded out the top five scorers. The Buffalo Babes’ depth was such that their “B” team placed fourth in the team standings.
“You could interchange them, they’re all so talented,” said Nekota Kay, the Vacaville High School cross country coach who serves as the Babes’ primary coach. “I’m in awe that they were able to run so well in a blizzard. The girls really wanted it.”
The Babes are the high school division of the Buffalo Chips, a Sacramento-based running club. Comprised of juniors and seniors from the Sac-Joaquin Section and Northern Nevada, the young women’s group joined forces following the 2009 prep cross country season to form an all-star lineup.
Smith is a three-time Nevada AAAA state champion in cross country for South Tahoe High School. Scott, an Oak Ridge senior, won the Sac-Joaquin Section Division I title. Lewis, a Sheldon senior, placed second at the section meet. Mowry finished fourth in the Nevada AAAA championships for Carson High School, and McFarren was second in the same race for Reno’s Bishop Manogue.
When high school competition concluded in mid-November, Kay organized informal workouts three times a week. Even though they spent much of the fall racing against each other, the runners gelled as a team as they prepared for the Junior Olympics. Smith traveled from the South Shore to Sacramento on weekends to train with her fellow Babes in more hospitable weather.
“We make sure that high school remains the focus,” said Hartman, whose duties include recruiting. “We have the high school coaches to thank for our success. Our whole goal is to give them different running experiences.”
The Junior Olympic race certainly qualified as a different experience.
“It was tough because the snow was coming down so hard, the visibility was horrible,” Smith said. “It just happened that we all ran awesome and managed to win it.”
At least Smith is accustomed to snow, living at Lake Tahoe. For the Sacramento-area runners, it was a novel experience.
“I had never even trained in snow before,” Scott said. “It was challenging, but it was fun.”
The Buffalo Babes were formed in 2000, and one of the club’s first runners was Caitlin Chalk, the former Granite Bay standout. At first, Thornton wasn’t sure what sort of reaction their name would receive.
“The girls love it,” he said. “They wouldn’t have it any other way.”
When he was assembling this year’s team, Hartman considered Reno’s altitude.
“It’s tough to go from sea level to 4,700 feet,” Hartman said. “That’s why I tried to get some Nevada girls on the team.”
Hartman, a Postal Service worker who lives in Rancho Cordova, cooked up the idea of outfitting the team in pink jerseys and headbands about a year ago. Again, his intuition was rewarded.
“I love ‘em,” Lewis said. “It’s our color and it’s bright.”
“It’s our tradition,” Scott said. “It’s fun to run in pink.”
The Buffalo Babes had a strong showing across the board in Reno, finishing second in the Girls Intermediate (15-16) race and eighth in Youth Girls (13-14 years old).
“John Mansoor and Bob Shor of the Pacific Association did an incredible job organizing the event,” Hartman said. “I know they must have been thinking, ‘I didn’t sign up for this,’ but they did a great job considering. It made for an unforgettable event.”
Surely Smith, the Tahoe recruit, felt right at home in snowy conditions, right?
Not really.
“I skied when I was younger, but not much anymore,” she said. “It’s too cold.”
► 2009 Cross Country Standings
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► 2009 RETC XC meet Update
Sunday, 15 November
2009
William Jessup
University
333 Sunset Blvd.,
Rocklin, CA 95765
What do you need to know?
- Registration:
- Roseville PAL is paying to have an automatic timer at this meet. For this to work you need to
pre-register.
Thank you! - Registration requested by midnight Wednesday, November 11
- Register by sending
an e-mail to [email protected] that contains:- Title of e-mail:
Nov 15 RPAL Express XC – athlete’s name, school name or club name - Body of e-mail:
Athlete’s Name, Date of Birth, Sex, USATF # (or state doesn’t have
one); use form below if club or school
- Title of e-mail:
- Check the RPAL Express
website (www.eteamz.com/RosevilleExpress) to confirm unattached, school or
club entries have been received
- Register by sending
- Same day registration
is acceptable, but your name will not show up in same day results …
only later in online results
- Roseville PAL is paying to have an automatic timer at this meet. For this to work you need to
- Cost:
- $6 per athlete (send
your registration fees to RPAL Express, 1442 Deerfield Circle, Roseville,
CA 95747) - There will be no
refunds so ensure your entries are correct
- $6 per athlete (send
- Awards:
Top 3 in each age division will receive a medal; participant ribbon
to all who place 4th and beyond in each race - Results:
Results will be posted within 30-minutes after each event is over and
on the PA/USATF website within 2-days after the meet is completed - Snack Bar:
RPAL Express will provide a concession stand beginning at 8 am - Volunteers:
RPAL Express will provide all volunteers to conduct races - Questions:
Contact Maura Kent @ [email protected] or (916) 786-7288
Meet Timeline
- Packet pick-up /
race day registration can begin 8:00 am - Course walk through
(occurs for all @ same time) 9:00 am - Sub-Bantam race
begins 10:00 am- If small # of Sub-Bantams,
Bantams will race @ same
- If small # of Sub-Bantams,
time but each age group
running their respective distance
- Order of competition
(distance of race)- Sub-Bantam (2K)
- Bantam / Midget
/ Youth Girls (3K)- Race together but
score separately
- Race together but
- Bantam / Midget
/ Youth Boys (3K)- Race together but
score separately
- Race together but
- Intermediate / Young
(5K) (will compete as one age group)- Same age division
girls & boys will run together but score separately - Last race of day:
only Intermediate/Young will earn awards … but parents, siblings &
coaches are invited to join in this race … cost is $6 per person
- Same age division
Age Groups
| Age Group | Birth Year | Age Group | Birth Year | |
| Sub-Bantam | 2001 or later | Youth | 1995-1996 | |
| Bantam | 1999-2000 | Intermediate | 1993-1994 | |
| Midget | 1997-1998 | Young | 1991-1992 |
Driving Directions
- From Reno
Take I-80 East to Rocklin. Take Highway 65 North (exit 106) toward
Lincoln/Marysville. Stay on Highway 65 for 4.9 miles. Turn
right on Sunset Blvd. (stop light intersection … major construction
on off ramp). Move to left lane. Turn left onto Atherton
Road (stop light entrance into college campus). Once into the
campus, turn left in front of the first building and circle around to
the back of the campus to park. - From San Francisco
Take I-80 West to Sacramento,
just as you finish crossing the Yolo Causeway (long low bridge between
Davis and West Sacramento) move to the right side of the freeway and
take the I-80 East to Reno exit. Follow directions above from
Highway 65 North to the college
- From Modesto
Take I-99 to Sacramento.
As you enter the Sacramento downtown area stay to the far left and take
the Business I-99 loop towards Reno. Merge onto I-80 East to Reno.
Follow directions in Reno from Highway 65 North to college.
Name of School, Club:
______________________________
| Athlete
Name |
Athlete
Birth Date |
Age Group
(i.e., Midget) |
Sex (Male or Female) | USATF # (or don’t have one) |