DAL Center Meet #2
Newhall Park
Concord CA
Wednesday, October 18, 2023

RESULTS AT BOTTOM OF PAGE

Anderson Provides Tight Pack Margin as Boys Hold off Matts with Tie-Breaker Win

In what amounted to a dual meet face off between the undefeated Cougar harriers and the rapidly improving challengers from Miramonte, the final cross country meet of the 2023 regular season will undoubtedly be remembered for years to come.

Campolindo entered Wednesday's varsity boys' competition at Newhall Park with the burden of a 15-year league winning streak on the line. While the rest of the DAL schools essentially surrendered prior to the start of the race, the upstart Matadors signaled their intentions early, surging to the front of the field to match the strong start of their rivals.

As competitors crested the park's only ascent, it became clear that the league's top 2 teams would be battling to the finish in a head-to-head match race while the remaining squads assumed the role of a trailing band of spectators. Miramonte's Asher Patel provided his team with a critical low stick, surging away from a chase group of 3, which included 2 of his teammates and Campolindo's Alex Thomasson (24).

Meanwhile, the Cougar's Cody De La Cruz (26) dropped back into a lonely gap between the leaders and the cluster of remaining scorers for both teams.

In the final 600 meters, Miramonte showed impressive mettle as their #4 and #5 runners attempted to move ahead of Campolindo's Paulo Trento (24) and Clark Gregory (27) to seal their victory.

While Thomasson summoned the last ounce of energy in his tired legs to edge the Matador's 2nd and 3rd finishers at the line and avoid a mathematically catastrophic 1-2-3 sweep, the Cougar's pack maintained its advantage down the final stretch. Siddharth Iyer (25) moved into 8th place to help his team counter Miramonte's 6-point trio. Yet a fourth green and grey jersey slipped across the finish just 1 second later.

Athletes from both teams staggered out of the finish corral in a state of shock and uncertainty. Recent Alhambra graduate Nolan Searls reported that his unofficial tally had the score tied at 28 (Miramonte 1-3-4-9-11=28; Campolindo 2-5-6-7-8=28), and indeed, the delayed official results proved him correct.

Yet, in the event of a tie through each teams top-5 scorers, cross country uses a tie-breaking rule that awards victory to the squad with the next-best finisher. That finisher was Campolindo's Cale Anderson (24), who was, in fact, responsible for adding 1 point to Miramonte's score by virtue of placing ahead of their 5th man and for breaking the tie by out performing their 6th man by 4 finishing places.

It was the narrowest margin of victory the varsity boys have experienced during their 15-year undefeated streak, and it sets up what is sure to be an epic league championship showdown!

The rest of the Campolindo army ruled over the rest of the league in impressive fashion. In fact, had the other 12 schools put forth an all-star team in each division, the Cougars would still have remained perfect in their league campaign.

With another record-setting performance, Shea Volkmer (24) streaked away from her competitors in the varsity girls' 3-mile race to win in record-breaking fashion. The senior broke the tape in 17:33, vaulting to the top of the all-time Newhall Park school record list ahead of Ellie Buckley's (23) 2022 winning time, as well as Campolindo all-time great Carrie Verdon (12), who earned back-to-back individual state championship titles in 2010 and 2011.

The biggest improvement for the boys was turned in by Taiyo Chiba (27), who bettered his 2-mile course record by 54 seconds. The greatest gains were turned in by Madeline Sheng-Williams (27). The freshman lowered her 2-mile mark by 1 minute and 43 seconds.

BOYS' VARSITY
2 ALEX THOMASSON 12 16:08
5 CODY DE LA CRUZ 10 16:26
6 CLARK GREGORY 9 16:36
7 PAULO TRENTO 12 16:38
8 SIDDHARTH IYER 11 16:39
10 CALE ANDERSON 12 16:45
17 DREW SHOGAN 9 17:11

Campolindo 15, Acalanes 50
Campolindo 15, Alhambra 50
Campolindo 15, Benicia 50
Campolindo 15, Berean Christian Inc.
Campolindo 15, Clayton Valley 50
Campolindo 15, College Park 50
Campolindo 15, Concord 50
Campolindo 15, Las Lomas 49
Campolindo 28, Miramonte 28
Campolindo 15, Mt. Diablo Inc.
Campolindo 15, Northgate 48
Campolindo 15, Ygnacio Valley Inc.

BOYS' JUNIOR VARSITY
2 TYLER NGO 12 11:16
3 HENRY JAFFE 12 11:36
4 BENOIT PELCHAT 11 11:46
5 SANTIAGO JORDAN 12 11:52
7 NOLAN HENWOOD 11 11:54
8 RUSSELL WANG 11 12:03
11 JOEY FLOYD 12 12:30
30 DECLAN ANDERSON 11 13:32
31 COLE HICKEY 12 13:32
34 SEAN HU 10 13:35
37 AARON WANG 10 13:43
40 CHRISTIAN PRIZEMAN 12 13:48
44 HANSON MA 10 13:59
59 TIGRAN PEREZ 9 14:34
61 JASPER TERAN 9 14:46
68 MACKIE HALL 11 15:03
95 CAMDEN SMITH 9 17:30

Campolindo 15, Acalanes Inc.
Campolindo 15, Alhambra Inc.
Campolindo 15, Benicia 50.
Campolindo 15, Berean Christian Inc.
Campolindo 20, Clayton Valley 43
Campolindo 15, College Park 50
Campolindo 15, Concord Inc.
Campolindo 20, Las Lomas 43
Campolindo 16, Miramonte 47
Campolindo 15, Mt. Diablo Inc.
Campolindo 15, Northgate 48
Campolindo 15, Ygnacio Valley Inc.

BOYS' FROSH SOPH
1 GAVIN GUNN 9 11:24
3 NIKOLA VAN DELFT 9 11:40
5 TAIYO CHIBA 9 12:01
6 SAMUEL HEARN 9 12:09
7 ARIA FALSAFI 9 12:12
9 BRODY HALL 9 12:23
16 ANTON KLISURA 9 12:43
18 ROBERT SILVERMAN 10 12:46
25 PETER SHEPHARD 9 13:05
45 NOLAN KNIGHTLY 9 13:39
58 ARNAV SHINDE 9 14:02
66 MATTEO MARCHETTI 9 14:10
70 MATTHEW BEARDSLEY 9 14:15
80 TIANCHEN CUI 9 14:37
88 URIJAH SMITH 9 15:02
90 ALEX MARINO 9 15:05
106 ZACHARY MIN 9 16:08

Campolindo 15, Acalanes 50
Campolindo 15, Alhambra 50
Campolindo 15, Benicia 50
Campolindo 15, Berean Christian 49
Campolindo 15, Clayton Valley 49
Campolindo 15, College Park 50
Campolindo 15, Concord 50
Campolindo 19, Las Lomas 44
Campolindo 15, Miramonte 49
Campolindo 15, Mt. Diablo Inc.
Campolindo 18, Northgate 40
Campolindo 15, Ygnacio Valley Inc.

GIRLS' VARSITY
1 SHEA VOLKMER 12 17:33
2 KATE KABENINA 12 18:34
3 DAISY PENNEY 12 18:50
4 SLOAN PULLEN 11 19:28
6 ANYA HOUSTON 10 19:42
8 AMALIA CONTRERAS 9 19:54
26 ANGELE TSENG 9 21:31

Campolindo 15, Acalanes 45
Campolindo 15, Alhambra Inc.
Campolindo 15, Benicia 50
Campolindo 15, Berean Christian Inc.
Campolindo 15, Clayton Valley 49
Campolindo 15, College Park 49
Campolindo 15, Concord Inc.
Campolindo 15, Las Lomas 44
Campolindo 15, Miramonte 49
Campolindo 15, Mt. Diablo Inc.
Campolindo 16, Northgate 44
Campolindo 15, Ygnacio Valley 50.

GIRLS' JUNIOR VARSITY
1 MAKENA WEBERSKI 12 13:21
2 MIA LAWRENCE 12 14:12
3 COLBIE FREESE 10 14:16
4 MEERAN GILL 11 14:30
5 LENA ESPIRITU 12 14:39
15 NATALIE FALSAFI 12 16:03
16 HELEN SHEPHARD 11 16:12
17 ELLE REISMAN 10 16:19
23 ANJALI RAO 10 16:38
32 SYDNIE FOSSEN 12 17:42

Campolindo 15, Acalanes 50
Campolindo 15, Alhambra Inc.
Campolindo 15, Benicia Inc.
Campolindo 15, Berean Christian Inc.
Campolindo 15, Clayton Valley 50
Campolindo 15, College Park Inc.
Campolindo 15, Concord Inc.
Campolindo 15, Las Lomas 44
Campolindo 15, Miramonte 48
Campolindo 15, Mt. Diablo Inc.
Campolindo 15, Northgate 42
Campolindo 15, Ygnacio Valley Inc.

GIRLS' FROSH SOPH
1 KIONA MCASLAND 9 13:13
3 NORA LAWRENCE 9 13:39
4 TORI GILBERT 10 13:54
5 EMILY KOEHLER 10 13:55
7 KAITLYN KINSEY 9 14:33
11 ENYA ZHENG 9 15:49
17 MADELINE SHENG-WILLIAMS 9 16:32
39 ALINA TOZLOVAN 9 18:29
53 MAI LAM NGUYEN 9 20:01

Campolindo 15, Acalanes 48
Campolindo 16, Alhambra 46
Campolindo 15, Benicia 50
Campolindo 15, Berean Christian Inc.
Campolindo 15, Clayton Valley Inc.
Campolindo 15, College Park 50
Campolindo 15, Concord Inc.
Campolindo 15, Las Lomas 44
Campolindo 15, Miramonte 49
Campolindo 15, Mt. Diablo Inc.
Campolindo 19, Northgate 43
Campolindo 15, Ygnacio Valley Inc.