DAL Championships
Hidden Valley Park
Martinez CA
Saturday, November 4, 2017

RESULTS AT BOTTOM OF PAGE

Cougars Sweep Team Titles; JV Boys Claim Top 7 Places to Rout Field; Chao Sisters Take 2 at League Championships

As competitors neared the mile mark in the junior varsity boys' race at Saturday's DAL cross country championships on the Hidden Valley Park course, College Park's Jake Heinlein and Northgate's Patrick Thierry were the league's last hope for breaking up Campolindo's pack of 7 and spoiling a perfect score.

Hope died in the 2nd mile.

Led by an individual championship performance from Jeremy Ahn (18), the Cougars added a 10th league title to their 10-year undefeated streak in resounding fashion.

Runner-up Colin Lekki (19) finished just 2 seconds behind Ahn. Casey Chambers (18), Max Essl (19), Cameron Iniguez-Reyes (19), Charlie Woidat (19) and Timothy Sams (18) comprised the remainder of the long string of navy jerseys to cross the line ahead of the 1st non-Campolindo athlete.

While the junior varsity boys made their case for "best of all time," the rest of the Cougar squads successfully wrapped up each of their own perfect 2017 league seasons.

Depleted by the varsity "call up" of freshman star Sydney Roberts (21), the frosh soph girls showed their grit, fighting off challenges from Las Lomas and Acalanes. Veteran Catherine Zhang (20) took over the top gun title, placing 2nd overall in 13:50. Bianca Pierrat (20), Mia Travis (20) and Gracie Woidat (21) also earned "all league" honors with top 10 finishes.

Pierrat's time of 14:20 was an improvement over her 2016 championship performance by a whopping 1:59. Other big-time progress was shown by Izabella Agraz (21) and Katie Strohmeyer (21), who chopped 2:13 and 1:38, respectively, from their early-season course performances.

The frosh soph boys' team continued to rely on Sam Morasch (20) and Pablo Nguyen (20), who finished 2nd and 4th, respectively. Freshmen Owen Lekki (21) and Arik Nashan (21) also landed in podium positions while Evan Yabu (21) wrapped up the scoring in 13th place.

Yabu beat every other team's #4 and #5 scorers.

The contest expected to be most challenging for the Cougars turned into another dominating victory when Adithi Subramaniam (19) and Kira D'Iorio (19) bolted from the starting line to help their squad match the early intensity of College Park.

While D'Iorio was gathering up teammates Amy Flett (20) and Kiana Lew (18) over the final stretch, Bianca Chao (19) was crossing the finish line in an astounding 13:33. The 1st-year junior tore through the course unchallenged en route to the individual crown.

The varsity girls' individual competition was a bit of a re-run of the junior varsity race as Bianca Chao's sister, senior veteran Isabella Chao (18), also led wire-to-wire. Her win extends Campolindo's hold on the individual varsity girls' league title to 10 years.

The individual victory also helped the Cougar squad run away with the team championship in spite of a few missing pieces. Critical contributions came in the form of a 4th place finish from Alicia Hober (20) and a sub-20 minute clocking from Ellie Guthrie (20).

The final race of the day saw the return to form of Ethan Sauerberg (18), who set a new course record to finish 3rd for his squad and 9th overall. Also improving was Dylan Cronin (20), who ascended to the #5 position on the squad, earning "all-league" recognition as the 12th finisher.

Edward Buckley (19) ran at the front for the Cougars, finishing 3rd in his 1st sub-16 minute performance on the Hidden Valley Park 3.0 mile course.

The varsity boys held off a strong effort from Las Lomas to secure their 10th consecutive undefeated league season.

A 1:36 improvement over his 2016 championship performance from Andres Artale (20) and a 6:13 improvement over his previous course best from Kyle Moe (21) in the junior varsity boys' division provided additional highlights. Anastazia Lopez (21) knocked 2:45 from her 1st center meet time.

BOYS' VARSITY
3 EDWARD BUCKLEY 11 15:56
6 DYLAN GUNN 9 16:22
9 ETHAN SAUERBERG 12 16:32
10 ANDREW TSENG 12 16:36
12 DYLAN CRONIN 10 16:51
15 OWEN HUNGER 10 16:58
17 THIBAULT GOURLIN 12 17:02

Campolindo 40, Las Lomas 56, College Park 117, Acalanes 120, Clayton Valley 122, Northgate 127, Miramonte 131, Concord 213, Berean Christian 252

BOYS' FROSH SOPH
2 SAM MORASCH 10 11:15
4 PABLO NGUYEN 10 11:24
8 OWEN LEKKI 9 11:38
9 ARIK NASHAN 9 11:39
13 EVAN YABU 9 11:52
27 CHRIS RUANE 9 12:29
32 EASTON MEANS 10 12:44
52 JAKE HARBERSON 9 13:12
56 ALEC DRIVER 9 13:18
57 MASON GRUEBELE 9 13:18
62 VISHAL LASHKARI 9 13:27
70 ALAN PIERRAT 9 13:34
79 ALEX CLARE 9 13:48
83 FINLAY PENNEY 9 13:57
109 JACK WILLIAMS 9 14:52
145 JAMES TANG 9 20:17

Campolindo 36, College Park 53, Clayton Valley 60, Acalanes 102, Las Lomas 122, Northgate 144, Miramonte 202, Concord 260, Mt. Diablo 262

BOYS' JV
1 JEREMY AHN 12 11:00
2 COLIN LEKKI 11 11:02
3 CASEY CHAMBERS 12 11:11
4 MAX ESSL 11 11:19
5 CAMERON INIGUEZ-REYES 11 11:21
6 CHARLIE WOIDAT 11 11:21
7 TIMOTHY SAMS 12 11:31
17 AGUSTIN MENESES 11 12:07
32 JACK PIEPER 9 12:41
43 DAVID PENA 10 12:56
59 BRYSON LEW 9 13:30
64 BRANDON GENTRY 10 13:36
72 NOLAN WILSON 10 13:53
74 ALEX LY 9 13:56
76 OLIVER FLYNN 9 13:57
96 TAJ DONTHINENI 9 14:52
100 ANDRES ARTALE 10 15:10
111 KYLE MOE 9 16:21
113 NATE MUSE 11 16:39

Campolindo 15, Northgate 74, Clayton Valley 84, College Park 90, Miramonte 135, Las Lomas 162, Acalanes 223, Concord 238

GIRLS' VARSITY
1 ISABELLA CHAO 12 18:22
4 ALICIA HOBER 10 19:02
8 EMMA OVERELL 12 19:36
9 JESSIE FOXWORTHY 12 19:44
12 ELLIE GUTHRIE 10 19:57
17 CHLOE GUTHRIE 11 20:25
29 SYDNEY ROBERTS 9 21:09

Campolindo 30, Las Lomas 75, Clayton Valley 76, College Park 87, Northgate 107, Concord 164, Miramonte 194, Acalanes 200

GIRLS' FROSH SOPH
2 CATHERINE ZHANG 10 13:50
5 BIANCA PIERRAT 10 14:20
6 MIA TRAVIS 10 14:21
9 GRACIE WOIDAT 9 14:27
13 JESSICA ROSIAK 9 14:35
18 SARAH NAUGHTEN 10 15:02
22 IZABELLA AGRAZ 9 15:26
50 SADIE HABAS 9 17:42
52 KATIE STROHMEYER 9 17:50
53 KENDALL MONKARSH 10 17:51
71 TRACY SI 10 21:19

Campolindo 35, Las Lomas 63, Acalanes 64, Clayton Valley 69, Northgate 153, College Park 169, Miramonte 178

GIRLS' JV
1 BIANCA CHAO 11 13:33
5 ADITHI SUBRAMANIAM 11 14:32
7 KIRA D'IORIO 11 14:39
8 AMY FLETT 10 14:41
9 KIANA LEW 12 14:45
15 ELIZABETH GARCIA 12 15:12
20 FIONA QUIMBY 12 15:23
24 NATALIE ARNSWALD 11 15:51
25 ALLY LEE 10 15:52
35 ELLE ESQUER 10 16:40
38 FATOU MIKNAS 11 16:45
49 OLIVIA HOM 11 17:25
55 ANASTAZIA LOPEZ 9 17:50
68 CHLOE SCHAFFEL 10 19:41

Campolindo 30, College Park 53, Northgate 66, Las Lomas 87, Clayton Valley 120, Acalanes 170