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A Commitment to Excellence |
Last update: 11/07/08
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The 2008 Season (nearly) Comes to an End On Wednesday at the WCAL Championship Meet at Crystal springs in Belmont the Freshmen, Sophomore and Junior Varsity teams ended their season with (all) fourth place finishes in the league. The Varsity go onto the CCS Championships on Saturday November 15. |
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11/07/08 |
Awards and Potluck on Thursday, December 11 The Boys Cross Country Awards and Potluck dinner will be on Thursday, December 11 at Saint Francis. The evening will start at 5:00pm. It is a potluck affair so keep tuned for what to bring. We will also send out an Angel message when food assignments. |
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11/05/08 |
WCAL III - Varsity Takes 3rd - Qualifies for CCS On Wednesday most of the Boys Cross team finished their season at the WCAL Championship meet. The race took place at the Crystal springs Cross Country course in Belmont. The Varsity team finished third again this week, and finish the season in third place in the WCAL. This week the team was lead by sophomore Chris Ries’ 8th place finish in a PR time of 16:11 (he also moves up from 17 to 16 in front of Phil Pompei on the sophomore SFHS All-Time Crystal Springs List). He was followed very closely by senior Nick Hart (10 in 16:15) and junior Kyle Anderberg (14 in 16:25). Senior David Glenday (24 in 16:52) finished 4th for the team. Steven Foster (26 in 16:57) and Nick Fiore (27 in a big PR of 16:58) rounded out the team. Colton Wright finished in 17:37. The team will continue on the the CCS Championships on Saturday November 15 in Toro Park. They qualified by being the first Division II team in the WCAL, and also by eclipsing the CCS At-Large mark of 87:05 with a team time of 82:40. The Junior Varsity boys finished in fourth place. Ian Midiere was unable to finish due to a knee problem. Junior Andres Schrier stepped up and finished first for Saint Francis (13 in 17:43). Seniors Chris Lee (17:53), Cody Stahl (18:07), David Stallman (18:31) and Joey Madigan (18:37) finished out their Saint Francis XC carriers today. The Sophomore boys finished in 4th place. Eric Gasmin again lead the way with an 11th place finish in huge PR of 17:58. Zac Comstock (18 in 18:36) barely managed to stay in front of Christian Mara (19 in 18:37). Erik Munoz (19:22) and Casey Sheehan (20:18) rounded out the Top 5. The Freshmen finished their season with a 4th place finish (there seems to be a pattern). The first 4 runners finished within 12 seconds of each other. They were lead by Benjamin D’Costa (16 in 18:57), Keenan Donath (17 in 18:58), Julian Hinojosa (22 in 19:08) and Carter Tinsley (23 in 19:09). Justin Lazaruk (31 in 19:25) was the fifth team member. |
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10/28/08 |
Another Good Run at Mt. Sac On Friday the Boys Varsity team headed down to Walnut (Southern California) for the Mt. San Antonio Invitational. They raced on Saturday in Race #60 (in all 462 teams and over 7,000 athletes ran at Mt. Sac this year. The Lancers finished 4th out of 27 teams in their race, and 71 out of 462 overall. Leading the way this week was senior Nick Hart. He had a 1:42 improvement over last year to finish 14th place in 16:21. Kyle Anderberg (23 in 16:35 for a 1:09 improvement over last year), Chris Reis (37 in 16:44), David Glenday (43 in 16:49) and Steven Foster (51 in 16:58) rounded out the top 5. Colton Wright (57 in 17:06) and Nick Fiore (105 in 18:06) finished #6 and 7 of the team. The team ran 2:32 faster than last year’s team that won their race. To compare last year to this year:
Year Plc Points Time Gap Avg Pace 2008 4 163 1:23:27 0:37 16:41 5:34 2007 1 68 1:25:58 1:31 17:12 5:44
Race 60 and Saint Francis and other CCS teams results are available here. |
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10/23/08 |
WCAL II - Shoreline On Wednesday the Saint Francis Boys Cross Country team resumed WCAL competition at Shoreline Park in Mountain View. Saint Francis is the host of this meet. The Junior Varsity Boys started off the meet with Ian Midiere placing sixth overall with a time of 17:35. The team of Cody Stahl (18:31), Joey Madigan (18:58), Jamie Eldridge (19:34) and Sam Levy (19:34) finished fourth this time around. The Varsity team finished third this week. They were lead again by Kyle Anderberg (9 in 16:28) and Nick Hart (1 in 16:37). They were closely followed by Chris Reis (14 in 16:49) and David Glenday (17 in 16:56). Nick Fiore (29 in 17:37) rounded out the top 5. Kyle moves to #5 on the SFHS All-Time Shoreline List (#2 junior), Nick moves to #6, Chris to #9 (#2 sophomore) and David to #13. The Sophomore boys had a disappointing day finishing seventh. Eric Gasmin had his usual strong race, finishing 14th in 18:35. He was followed by Christian Mara (19:27), Zac Comstock (19:35), Erik Munoz (20:04) and Casey Sheehan (20:49). The Freshmen team was mostly intact this week and it showed in the scoring. They finished second overall. Ben D’Costa (12 in 19:07), Julian Hinojsa (13 in 19:28) and Keenan Donath (16 in 19:37) bunched up nicely in the top 20, and Zac Howe (24 in 20:01) and Carter Tinsley (25 in 20:04) ran tough as well. We placed several athletes on the Shoreline Park XC Course Records list as well. Check these out at the Shoreline Course website. |
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10/16/08 |
Crystal Springs Invitational On Saturday the Boys and Girls teams competed at the Crystal Springs Invitational at the legendary Crystal springs Cross Country Course in Belmont. The Varsity Boys competed in the Championship Varsity Boys race. The team finished 5th (actually tied for 4th but the other team wonder the tie-breaker based upon the team's 6th place finisher). This week the team was lead by sophomore Chris Reis (15 in 16:18). He was followed by Kyle Anderberg (16:23), Nick Hart (16:28), Colton Wright (16:30) and David Glenday (16:33). Once again the team grouped up nicely with only 15 seconds and 16 places separating our first and fifth. The team also grabbed the #29 spot on the SFHS All-Time Crystal Springs List and Chris Reis slide into the #17 spot on the Sophomore list. The Junior Varsity boys finished 4th out of 16 teams. Jamie Eldrige had another 2-minute improvement over last year to finish first for the team (17:53). He was followed by David Stallman (18:21), Joey Madigan (18:24), Bredndan Welch (18:30) and Sam Levy (18:37). The Sophomore Boys finished 10th. Eric Gasmin lead the way again with a time of 18:06. Christian Mara (19:27), Casey Sheehan (19:29), Eriok Munoz (20:16) and Zac Comstack (20:21)rounded out the top 5. The Freshmen Boys (running without 3 of their top 5) nevertheless finished a respectable 7th place. Benjamin D'Costa (18:41) and Keenan Donath (18:49) lead the way. Theye were followed by John Colford (20:06), Zachery Howe (20:10) and Carter Tinsley (20:42). |
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10/08/08 |
WCAL I - Golden Gate Park On Wednesday the Saint Francis Boys and Girls teams competed in Golden Gate Park for the first of three West Catholic Athletic League (WCAL) races. All of the WCAL member teans were present. The Junior Varsity boys started the meet off. Lead by Chris Lee and Cody Stahl (both running identical 18:52 on the 5K course for 12 and 13), the team finished fourth to Bellarmine, Serra and SI (10 points ahead). Jamie Eldridge (19:17), Brendan Welch (19:21) and David Stallman (19:30) rounded out the top 5. In the Varsity race the Lancers finished in third behind Bellarmine and SI. Nick Hart and Kyle Anderberg (both oddly enough at 16:57) once again led the way. Junior Colton Wright (17:07) had a good race and finished third for Saint Francis. Steven Foster (17:48) and Nick Fiore (17:53) finished out the top 5. The Sophomores were lead by Christopher Ries’ second place finish in 17:29. Eric Gasmin (18:48), Chris Mara (20:00), Casey Sheehan (20:08) and Zac Comstock (20:32) finished out the top 5. The team finished in fourth place. In the final race of the day, the Freshmen team finished fifth (without their number 1, 3 and 5 finishers from the last few races). The team was lead by Ben D’Costa (20:16), Keenan Donath (in spite of a knee to the head at the recalled start he still ran a 20:18), Julian Hinojosa (20:45), Evan Morrison (20:25) and Zac Howe (21:01). |
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10/06/08 |
At the Artichoke… …on Saturday in Half Moon Bay the Varsity, JV and Sophomore teams competed in the Large School Division of the meet. The Varsity Boys finished second to Castro Valley. The Varsity team showed great grouping again this week with 10 places and 20 seconds separating our first and fourth runners. David Glenday had a particularly good race finishing second for the team in a time of 12:36 (5:15 / mile pace). Nick Hart lead the team this week (12:34) and was followed by Kyle Anderberg (12: 45), Steven Foster (returning to racing at 12:54) and Nick Fiore (13:18). Not to be outdone, the Junior Varsity team put 8 runners in the top 22 places with merely a 40 second gap. Andres Schrier lead the way with a sixth place finish in 13:48. He was followed closely by Chris Lee (11 in 14:06), Cody Stahl (14 in 14:11), Sam Levy (17 in 14:15) and David Stallman (18 in 14:20). The Freshmen had the day off, so the Frosh/Soph race was run by just the Sophomores. Chris Ries finished fifth in the race with a time of 13:04. He was followed by Eric Gasmin (14:08), Casey Sheehan (15:06), Zac Comstock (15:19) and Christian Mara (15:46). |
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09/29/08 |
Varsity
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09/29/08 |
Westmoor Ram Invitational On Saturday the rest of the team traveled to Westmoor High School in Daly City for the Westmoor Ram Invitational. The meet started with the Freshmen Boys team taking (we believe - official results are not yet available for all races) third place. Colin Mack lead the way with a fifth place finish in a fine time of 14:26 for the 2.4 mile course. The remainder of the team was Benjamin D’Costa (28 in 15:30), Justin Lazaruk (40 in 15:58), Keenan Donath (41 in 15:58), John Colford (47 in 16:08), Daniel Xiao (48 in 16:11) and Evan Morrison (49 in 16:13). The Sophomore Boys were lead by Eric Gasmin in sixteenth place in 14:43. The Junior Varsity team only ran 3 athletes from Saint Francis: Michael Condon (15:32), Brendan de Lara (16:10) and Brian Shufflin (20:51). The Varsity team was represented by the 7 members of the Junior Varsity team (the rest of the Varsity team was at Stanford). The team was lead by Ian Midiere (14:07), Cody Stahl (14:27), Jamie Eldridge (14:37), Christopher Lee (14:44), Sam Levy (15:01), Joe Madigan (15:03) and Brendan Welch (15:17). |
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09/21/08 |
Lowell Results On Saturday the Boys teams competed at the Lowell Invitational in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. The Varsity Boys team (less Steven and Chris) finished 4 out of 23 teams in the Varsity Race #1. This week the team was again led by Nick Hart (11 in 15:45) and Kyle Anderberg (13 in 15:48). David Glenday (16:18), Colton Wright (16:25) and Andreas Schrier (17:13) rounded out the top 5 on the 2.93 mile course. The Junior Varsity team was lead to a fifth place finish by Nick Fiore’s third place (16:54). The Sophomore team was lead by the recovering Christopher Ries (7 in 12:11). Eric Gasmin was second for the team in a time of 13:13. The Freshmen ran as a team this week (versus Frosh/Soph) and finished in fourth place. Colin Mack (11 in 12:55) and Benjamin D’Costa (20 in 13:34) ran very good races over the 2.13 mile course. Complete results and photos are available below. |
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09/19/08 |
Updated Schedule for Lowell Because so many teams are coming to this year’s meet on Saturday, the schedule has been expanded. A complete list of the team attending the meet, and which teams are in which race is provided in the expanded meet information packet available here. The schedule for the meet is (our races are mark in bold-talics):
DIVISION START TIME DIVISION START TIME Frosh Boys 1 9:00 AM JV Boys 2 11:55 AM Frosh Boys 2 9:25 AM JV Girls 12:30 PM F/S Girls 1 9:10 AM Var Girls 1 1:00 PM F/S Girls 2 10:15 AM Var Girls 2 1:30 PM Soph Boys 1 10:40 AM Var Boys 1 2:00 PM Soph Boys 2 11:05 AM Var Boys 2 2:30 PM JV Boys 1 11:30 AM |
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09/13/08 |
Chieftain Invitational Saturday at the Palma Chieftain Classic at Toro Park in Salinas the Boys teams competed on the 3.0-mile course for the first time since 2006. The Varsity Boys team finished in third place. The team of Nick Hart (7 in 16:33), Kyle Anderberg (9 in 16:36), Colton Wright (23 in 17:09), Steven Foster (30 in 17:23) and David Glenday (33 in 17:27) easily exceeded the CCS AT-Large qualifying mark of 88:23 by running a team time of 85:08. This time indicates that the Boys Varsity team should be able to earn at least an At-Large spot for the CCS Championships on this course in November. Also, Nick and Kyle made it onto the SFHS All-Time Toro Park List. The Junior Varsity team finished in second place. They were led this week by Cody Stahl’s seventh place finish in 18:28. He was followed by David Stallman (18:44), Jamie Eldredge (19:03), Brendan Welch (19:21) and John Madigan (19:42). The Freshmen and Sophomores ran together in the first race of the day. Freshman Colin Mack (18:51) and sophomore Eric Gasman (19:37) led the way. |
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09/10/08 |
CCS At-Large Times Announced The Central Coast Section (CCS) at-large standards have been announced. These are the times that a team must run at either Crystal Springs or Toro Park in order to qualify for the CCS Meet if they do not finish in their league meet for an automatic qualifying place. The complete list of at-large standards is available here. For Saint Francis this year (D2), our marks are:
Course Div Boys Girls Toro Park D2 88:23 104:44 Crystal D2 87:05 105:05 |
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09/04/08 |
Gunn Alumni Meet On Thursday, September 4the Boys team traveled to Gunn High School for the annual Gunn Alumni Meet. This meet is non-scoring meet. It is a tune-up for the regular season which gets underway on Saturday, September 13 at the Palma Chieftain Classic. Results and Pictures are available in the Results section below. There were many significant improvements over times from the meet last year including senior David Glenday improving by 1:26 on the 2.19 mile couse (an improvement of 39 seconds per mile) to finish fourth for the Varsity team in 12:03. Similarly Eric Gasman (55 second improvement), Ian Midiere (39 seconds) and Jamie Eldredge (a whopping 1:58) also showed huge improvements. And freshmen Colin Mack finished eleventh for the entire team with a time of 13:21. |
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07/30/08 |
2008 C-Beds Announced The 2008 Divisions have been announced. The complete CCS listing is available here. The WCAL Boys teams are:
D1 (2001+) Bellarmine (3148), Serra (2032) D2: (1551 – 2000) Mitty (1661), Saint Francis (1622) D3: (1190 – 1550) Saint Ignatius (1427), Riordan (1284),
The top 3 teams in Division II at the CCS Championships qualify for the State Meet. |
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06/11/08 |
NCAA Does Away with Clearinghouse The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has replaced its previous “Clearinghouse” method of Division I and II registration for high school athletes. Now those athletes wishing to compete in sports in D1 and D2 schools will use the newer method of registration. The new site is available here. |
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12/19/07 |
Who Will Carry to Banner This Year? The 2008 season is fast approaching. Who will be in the VTG this year? Who will lead the charge? A great group of returning young athletes will be lead by last year’s All-Freshmen Second Team selection Chris Ries. Chris was singled out as one of the top 30 freshmen runners in the State of California by DyeStatCal.coml. Chris won both the WCAL I and WCAL II Freshmen races, and the Sophomore race at WCAL III. He then stepped up to Varsity for the CCS race and helped the team to the CCS Division II Championships. He then went on to the State meet and ran well there as well. Joining Chris this year should be: juniors Kyle Anderberg (Varsity last year), Andres Schrier, Colton Wright, Nick Fiore and Ian Midiere, seniors Steven Foster, Nick Hart (both on Varsity last year), Chris Lee and Cody Stahl. The Crystal Springs time for the top 5 returning runners from last year is 82:25 - which would have put us third at WCAL (where we finished in 2007) just ahead of Serra’s 82:58. |
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WCAL Meet I |
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NOV 05 |
WCAL Meet III |
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NOV 15 |
CCS Championships (Varsity only) |
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NOV 29 |
CIF Championships (Varsity only) |
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Interesting Links |
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CCS Race results and links to everything |
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State-wide Schedules and Race Results |
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League Information |
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Section Information |
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2008 CCS Division (1-5) members |
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State Information |
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College Bound High School Athlete Recruiting Rules |
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Crystal Springs XC Course Information and Rules |
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Food for Thought and Running |
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Convert Meters to Yards, etc. |
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Convert Kilograms to Pounds, etc. |
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Convert Crystal times to Toro times, etc. |
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Really cool map and distance tool for measuring runs |
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Where to buy your Running Shoe |
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History and Statistics |
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Head/Varsity Coach |
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