Practice Meet
Hidden Valley Park
Martinez CA
Saturday, September 2, 2017
RESULTS AT BOTTOM OF PAGE
Veterans, Rookies Test Fitness as Early Saturday Morning Offers Break from Heat
While rising early on Saturday morning may have been a challenge in itself, the cooler temperatures were a pleasant contrast to the afternoon highs experienced over the previous two days as the Cougars tuned up with races on the Hidden Valley Park 2.0 mile course.
Normally split into "rookie" and "veteran" contests, this year the practice meet included just two races, one for girls at 7:40am and one for boys at 8:10am.
While Isabella Chao (18) was credited with the win, she was accompanied by teammates Hannah Ruane (18) and Jenna Miles (18) for the duration of the race. The trio looked relaxed and comfortable as they crossed the finish line simultaneously in a time of 12:59. All three athletes have run faster on the course in the past.
Jessie Foxworthy (18) showed what a summer of increased mileage can do, knocking a whopping 40 seconds off her time from a year ago to finish 4th, just ahead of Paloma Hancock (20) in 5th.
Also revealing a new level of fitness was Ellie Guthrie (20), who ran an impressive 13:55 to finish 6th. The time is just seconds off her course best from last year's DAL championship meet and an impressive 2 minutes and 26 seconds faster than her performance in the 2016 practice meet.
Rounding out the solid racing by veterans was Adithi Subramaniam's (19) clocking at 15:16, which bettered her race time from a year ago by 1 minute and 44 seconds.
The top rookie girl finisher was senior Liv Lagomarsino (18), who used sound pacing to finish 10th in 15:13. Jessica Rosiak (21) earned the best freshman placing at 13th in 15:53.
In the wake of a blowout victory for Edward Buckley (19), many of the veteran boys appeared content to run as a pack through the early stages of their race. Eventual runner-up Andrew Tseng (18), along with Thibault Gourlin (18), Owen Hunger (20) and Jeremy Ahn (18) remained in contact for the entire race.
Freshman standout Dylan Gunn (21) debuted as the 4th man for the Cougars in a very respectable 11:43, just ahead of Hunger, whose 11:48 finish is an improvement by nearly a minute over last year.
Other improvements by a minute or more over last year's race time came from Sam Morasch (20), Dylan Cronin (20), Maximilian Essl (19), and Andres Artale (20).
Behind Gunn's top rookie mark, Owen Lekki (21) and Arik Nashan (21) were the next-best freshman harriers, finishing 11th and 13th place, respectively.
BE SURE TO CHECK OUT THE STATISTICAL BREAKDOWN OF THE MEET ON XCSTATS.COM HERE!
All Races 2.0 Miles
GIRLS'
RACE
NAME Grd TOTAL Place
1 ISABELLA CHAO 12 12:59
2 HANNAH RUANE 12 12:59
3 JENNA MILES 12 12:59
4 JESSIE FOXWORTHY 12 13:33
5 PALOMA HANCOCK 10 13:38
6 ELLIE GUTHRIE 10 13:55
7 CHLOE GUTHRIE 11 13:59
8 SARAH NAUGHTEN 10 14:36
9 MIA TRAVIS 10 15:06
10 LIV LAGOMARSINO 12 15:13
11 ADITHI SUBRAMANIAM 11 15:16
12 CATHERINE ZHANG 10 15:27
13 JESSICA ROSIAK 9 15:53
14 GRACIE WOIDAT 9 17:01
15 NATALIE ARNSWALD 11 17:12
16 IZABELLA AGRAZ 9 18:36
17 ALYSSA ELIASSEN 9 18:55
18 ELLE ESQUER 10 19:20
DNF ANASTASIA LOPEZ
BOYS'
RACE
NAME Grd TOTAL Place
1 EDWARD BUCKLEY 11 10:43
2 ANDREW TSENG 12 11:31
3 THIBAULT GOURLIN 12 11:38
4 DYLAN GUNN 9 11:43
5 OWEN HUNGER 10 11:48
6 JEREMY AHN 12 11:52
7 SAM MORASCH 10 11:54
8 COLIN LEKKI 11 11:55
9 DYLAN CRONIN 10 12:00
10 MAX ESSL 11 12:02
11 OWEN LEKKI 9 12:26
12 PABLO NGUYEN 10 12:47
13 ARIK NASHAN 9 13:07
14 ALEX GANTEN 11 13:08
15 AGUSTIN MENESES 11 13:15
16 EVAN YABU 9 13:56
17 ERIC FOSSEN 11 14:05
18 CHRIS RUANE 9 14:06
19 DAVID PENA 10 14:09
20 MASON GRUEBELE 9 15:06
21 ALEX CLARE 9 15:07
22 TAJ DONTHINENI 9 15:29
23 NICHOLAS STEPHEN 9 15:40
24 OLIVER FLYNN 9 15:50
25 JACK PIEPER 9 15:50
26 FINLAY PENNEY 9 16:02
27 JACK WILLIAMS 9 16:05
28 ANDRES ARTALE 10 16:16
29 TANNER ROBESON 9 17:02
30 KYLE MOE 9 19:14