DFAL Championships
Shadow Cliffs Park
Pleasanton CA
Saturday, November 9, 2013

RESULTS AT BOTTOM OF PAGE

Cougars Sweep Individual Crowns, Win Five of Six Team Titles at Championships

Riley Felt (17), Jared Yabu (17), Haley Shipway (14), Chris Garvey (14), Brighie Leach (15) and Aidan Goltra (14) each contributed to a reoccurring theme at Saturday's DFAL Championships on the Shadow Cliffs course. Each claimed a dominant victory in their respective races, helping the Cougars sweep the individual titles.

Campolindo nearly pulled off the same feat in the team competition, earning wins in all but the junior varsity girls division. Yet, that team's performance was hardly one for which to hang heads, as they put together the fastest junior varsity team time on the course in school history.

Behind Shipway's convincing individual win, 40 seconds ahead of runner up Tessa Hanson of Miramonte, was a string of personal bests. Liz Timmons (16) improved her mark to finish 5th while Tori Oto (14) capped her high school career with a 21 second best. Nadia Aquil (15) and Fine Gumpert (16) rounded out the scoring five, lowering their course records by 18 and 14 seconds, respectively.

The frosh soph girls' squad earned the first team title of the day, using an impressively narrow spread between the front five. In addition to Felt, Ann Cherayil (17), Claire Cimino (17), Amalia Riegelhuth (17) and Erika Riepe (17) each claimed "All-League" distinction, finishing within the top 10. Their 23 points held off a talented Las Lomas squad that finished 2nd, just 12 points back.

The frosh soph boys enjoyed a front running tandem as Jonathan Semenza (16) finished on the heels of Yabu. Along with a spectacular closing half mile from Miguel Baliwag (16), who nabbed 4th place, Yabu and Semenza gave the Cougars an insurmountably low 7 point score for their first 3 finishers.

One of the heroic efforts of the day came from Gabriel Valverde-Turner (17), who picked himself up off the ground after a violent tumble at the mile mark to finish in the top 10, blood covered knee and all. Richard Gong (17) sealed the win with a 12th place finish.

Top improvements in the frosh soph boys' race came from Raymond Diaz (17) and Stone Mao (17), who dropped 22 and 18 seconds, respectively, from their previous bests.

The final 1.9 mile race of the day saw the junior varsity boys tested more than they've been in several years. Nevertheless, All-League performances from Omid Boozarpour (14), Tyler Takata (14) and Tyrone Yanaga (14), combined with Garvey's victory, allowed the squad to push their unprecedented league championship winning streak to seven years.

Cameron Atwood (16) topped the 17 Cougar improvements in the junior varsity boys race, knocking 25 seconds off his previous course result.

Climbing to the top of the all-time school record list for the Shadow Cliffs 2.95 mile course, Brighie Leach (15) surged away from all contenders in the final mile of the varsity girls' race, cruising into the finish for the win. The effort, in training shoes, eclipsed her previous course record by 51 seconds.

The varsity girls flexed their muscle, placing all five scorers in the top 10. Mary Orders (15) took over the number two position with a 4th place finish in 18:18. The mark moves her to 4th on the All-Time list.

Sarah Cella (16) was 5th, Rachel Johnson (15) 7th, and Robin Powell (17) crossed the line in 9th to wrap up the scoring. The girls' 21 point total was half the score of second place, and put an emphatic exclamation point on their reclamation of the league crown.

In the varsity boys' contest, Goltra hammered out a 14:49 clocking, the third fastest in course history. He was supported by All-League efforts from Ben Weinberg (14) in 6th, Parker Lothamer (15) in 8th, and Nathaniel Sauerberg (16) in 10th. Kevin Buckley (15) also earned All-League honors with a 13th place finish.

The varsity boys' team score of 38 out-distanced Miramonte's second place total by 20 points. The victory is Campolindo's sixth consecutive league championship win.

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Cross country: Goltra, Leach claim DFAL titles
By Phil Jensen

PLEASANTON -- Campolindo's Brighie Leach successfully defended her Diablo Foothill Athletic League championship girls cross country title Saturday in a very different situation from last year.

Leach won the 2012 race by .02 of a second when she kicked past two competitors in the last 15 meters of the race to win. On Saturday, the junior made a move on a flat portion of the second mile and won by nearly 18 seconds with a time of 17:33.9 for the 2.95 mile course at Shadow Cliffs Regional Recreation Area. Las Lomas' Chloe Hansel was second (17:51.7).

"I just decided to go," said Leach about her decision to make a move at that point of the race. "Chloe is very good at hills."

Campolindo's Aidan Goltra also was able to get separation from second-place Cameron Gaskell of Acalanes near the middle of the boys race. Goltra proceeded to win by almost 28 seconds with a time of 14:48.7, which was announced as the third-fastest time in course history. Gaskell, a sophomore, was second in 15:16.6.

"I just wanted to go out, feel relaxed and stay controlled throughout the whole race," said Goltra, who is the defending California Interscholastic Federation Division III state champion. "I was pressing the whole time ... but it was a controlled race."

Campolindo also won both team titles and clinched overall DFAL titles. The girls squad placed five in the first nine for an excellent score of 21. The boys team had four in the top 10 on their way to a score of 38. It was the sixth straight league championship meet title for the Cougars boys team.

BOYS' VARSITY
Grd TOTAL PR CR Plc.
AIDAN GOLTRA 12 1449 1
BEN WEINBERG 12 1559 6
PARKER LOTHAMER 11 1607 8
NATHANIEL SAUERBERG 10 1609 10
KEVIN BUCKLEY 11 1615 13
WILL MORAN 12 1629 19
SAM LEE 11 1646 28

Campolindo 38, Miramonte 58, Las Lomas 79, Acalanes 90, Dublin 107, Dougherty Valley 129, Alhambra 207

BOYS' FROSH SOPH
Grd TOTAL PR CR Plc.
JARED YABU 9 1024 1
JONATHAN SEMENZA 10 1033 2
MIGUEL BALIWAG 10 1047 4
GABRIEL VALVERDE-TURNER 9 1051 7
RICHARD GONG 9 1058 12
RAYMOND DIAZ 9 1118 21
STONE MAO 9 1122 25
DYLAN HOOVER 9 1125 28
KYLE FLETT 9 1127 30
BRANDON EWERT 10 1136 37
JACK STRONG 9 1154 50
RYAN MCCORMICK 9 1159 54
MAX LEE 9 1204 58
MATTHEW LOPRESTI 9 1217 68
NAVID BOOZARPOUR 9 1218 69
EVERETT KIM 9 1221 75
JULIAN SOCHER 9 1223 78
EVEN RIEDEL 9 1243 88
BEN FISH 9 1302 94
JASON LIN 9 1324 103
JEFFREY ZHU 9 1355 113
HARRIS SAHAR 9 1829 121

Campolindo 26, Las Lomas 51, Dublin 97, Dougherty Valley 98, Miramonte 128, Acalanes 146

BOYS' JV
Grd TOTAL PR CR Plc.
CHRIS GARVEY 12 1020 1
OMID BOOZARPOUR 12 1028 2
TYLER TAKATA 12 1038 6
TYRONE YANAGA 12 1039 7
SEAN PAPPA 11 1047 14
KEKOA NELSON 10 1116 23
JOSH STEINGRUBE 10 1136 33
WILL BUCKLEY 10 1137 35
MATT MCAULIFFE 10 1142 39
TYLER BOHON 11 1145 45
THOMAS HEUTMAKER 10 1145 46
AARON LIN 10 1202 55
JULIAN HARESCO 10 1212 56
COLE WHITLEY 12 1228 59
DOMINIC EDWALL 9 1231 60
THOMAS LIAO 10 1241 64
ANTHONY KIM 9 1315 74
HAYDEN WELLS 9 1329 77
CAMERON ATWOOD 10 1338 79
TRENT CAPURRO 11 1417 89
VICTOR PETERSEN 10 1427 90
SEAN GARVEY 10 1439 91

Campolindo 30, Miramonte 49, Dougherty Valley 84, Las Lomas 85, Dublin 112, Acalanes 171

GIRLS' VARSITY
Grd TOTAL PR CR Plc.
BRIGHIE LEACH 11 1734 1
MARY ORDERS 11 1818 4
SARAH CELLA 10 1836 5
RACHEL JOHNSON 11 1843 7
ROBIN POWELL 10 1859 9
SARAH SHIPWAY 10 2002 20
EMMA ISHIDA 10 2002 21

Campolindo 21, Las Lomas 42, Dougherty Valley 82, Miramonte 90, Dublin 141

GIRLS' FROSH SOPH
Grd TOTAL PR CR Plc.
RILEY FELT 9 1240 1
ANN CHERAYIL 9 1301 2
CLAIRE CIMINO 9 1306 5
AMALIA RIEGELHUTH 9 1313 6
ERIKA RIEPE 9 1351 9
KATIE NUNN 9 1501 24
SARA LEMELIN 9 1539 37
MEG NEWTON 10 1554 41
KATY LY 9 1554 41
KIM BAXTER 9 1624 47
ASHLEY KOHAN 9 1632 51

Campolindo 23, Las Lomas 35, Miramonte 84, Alhambra 106, Dougherty Valley 109

GIRLS' JV
Grd TOTAL PR CR Plc.
HALEY SHIPWAY 12 1217 1
LIZ TIMMONS 10 1314 5
TORI OTO 12 1329 7
NADIA AQUIL 11 1359 17
FINE GUMPERT 10 1429 22
KATE CIMINO 10 1446 26
NATASHA MCCULLOUGH 10 1526 33
SKYE MAK 10 1531 35
CLARINA HE 11 1537 37

Las Lomas 38, Miramonte 40, Campolindo 50, Dougherty Valley 124, Acalanes 130