2006
Girls Cross Country

 

 

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Last Update: 11/27/06

Quote(s) of the Week

 

“Mental will is a muscle that needs exercise, just like muscles of the body" “
– Lynn Jennings, three-time World Cross-Country champion
"The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare."
– Juma Ikangaa, Tanzanian marathoner

 

Picture of the Week

The 2006 St. Francis Cross Country Team

The Varsity team finished first.  The Junior Varsity team finished first.  The Freshmen team finished second.  A GREAT YEAR!

 

Next Up:

(11/30/06)

 

On Thursday, November 30 the St. Francis Girls Cross Country team will host their Awards Night.  The meeting will take place in the Malcom Center and last about 2 hours. 

 

11/11/06

CCS Division 2: Girls Finish Fifth
On Saturday at Toro Park in Salinas the Lancer Girls finished off their Cross Country season with a fifth place finish in the Central Coast Section Championships.  Of the 58 teams in all division that ran on that day, St. Francis finished #12.  There were several fine performances including junior Dakota Taylor’s #28 finish (#2 for the team in her first Varsity race of the year) with a time of 20:17, and senior Michelle Roemer’s #40 finish with a time of 20:39 (a 33 second improvement over her Monterey Bay Invitational time, and the #1 senior time of the SFHS All-Time Toro Park Individual Marks).  Freshmen Adriana Romero (21 in 20:00) and sophomores Stephanie Kaufmann (35 in 20:30) and Courtney Albini (43 in 20:57) were the other scoring members of the team.  Complete results are available here.

11/01/06

WCAL Championships: Lancers Take 2 of 3!

It was a very good day for the Lady Lancers at the WCAL Championships this past Wednesday at Crystal Springs.  For the first time since joining the WCAL five years ago, the Varsity team won the League title.  St. Francis scored 59 points to Sacred Heart Cathedral’s 74.  The team was lead by 3 sub-20:00 performances from freshman Adriana Romero (19:14) and sophomores Courtney Albini (19:44) and Stephanie Kaufmann (19:56) and a strong group under 21:00..  The team’s time of 99:24 moves them onto the #9 spot on the SFHS All-Time Crystal Springs Teams list.

The Junior Varsity team continued to dominate the league with a powerful 1-3-4-5-11 finish to also win the team title.  Leading the way again was sophomore Dakota Taylor in 20:07.  The team scored 24 points to SI’s 36.

The Freshmen team finished in second place.  Caroline Mack (4 in 21:36) and Catherine Ro-Smith (5 in 21:51) lead the way.

In all seven athletes made it onto the SFHS All-Time Crystal Springs Individual Marks.

10/26/06

Training Run at Crystal?
The girls that did not compete in the Crystal Springs Invitational went up to the Crystal Springs Center Meet #3 on Thursday for a training run.  Even with Coach Chisam having them come off the line late, the team ran well – especially for a training run.  Courtney Albini’s time of 20:05 (sixth place in the race and #15 on the SFHS All-Time Crystal Springs Individual Marks list) lead the Varsity team to a second-place finish.  All of the other girls ran in the Junior Varsity race and they too finished second.  Next week on Wednesday is the WCAL Championships at Crystal Springs.  Good luck ladies.

10/28/06

 
CCS At-Large Standards

There are two methods for qualifying from the WCAL Meet to the CCS Meet in Cross Country in 2006.  The first, and preferable, is to qualify by finishing in the top half of the league.  The second is for the team to run a time at Crystal Springs or Toro Park to automatically qualify for CCS. 

    Division 2 - Girls At-Large Standards For The CCS Meet
        105:58 at Crystal   We are at 104:00
        105:57 at Toro      We are at 102:58

We currently qualify at both Toro and Crystal Springs.

10/19/06

WCAL II - Varsity and JV Win Again!

In a repeat of WCAL I, the Varsity and JV Girls team again both took first-place honors at the WCAL II race at Shoreline this past Wednesday.  Leading the way for the Varsity team this week was sophomore Courtney Albini’s fifth place overall finish in a time of 19:15 for the 3 mile course.  She was closely followed by freshmen Adriana Romero (10 in 19:48), sophomore Stephanie Kaufmann (15 in 20:32), junior Ashmi Pathela (17 in 20:39) and Rachel Guinsalus (18 in 20:41).
In the Junior Varsity race, the girls went 2-4-5-6-10-11 to defeat SI by a score of 25 to 41.  Leading the way again this week for the Lancers was Dakota Taylor (20:54), followed by Alyssa Arvin (21:06), Chelsea Norbriga (21:09), Monika Harnoto (21:18) and the Bo twins (in their first race of the year) Ali (21:57) and Andy (22:08).
In the Freshmen race, Shannon Richards continued to impress the field with her second-place finish in 22:00.  She was followed by Caroline Mack (4 in 22:17), Catherine Smith (6 in 22:54), Kathy Dong (14 in 24:06) and Nicole Sapera (16 in 24:34).  The team took second overall.
While we have only been running Shoreline for 2 years now, we have started to collect the SFHS All –Time Shoreline Individual Marks and SFHS All –Time Shoreline Teams marks.  Check them out.

10/14/06

Crystal Springs Invitational

With the Varsity running Friday afternoon at Toro Park, the Crystal Springs Invitational was left to the JV and Frosh/Soph teams.  With Dakota Taylor nursing a sore hip, the Junior Varsity team still managed a great 2-6-10-15-18 finish in the 57-person field to capture second place over the 2.95 mile race.  The team was lead by Monika Harnoto (20:23), Alexis Perez (20:33), Erica Camerio (21:27), Eleanor Frymire (22:50) and  Audrey Kocmund (22:59).

The Freshmen and Sophomore Girls ran together.  The team of Shannon Richards (8 in 21:54), Caroline Mack (13 in 22:23), Catherine Smith (15 in 22:41), Kristen Kozlovsky (22 in 23:48) and Kathy Dong (23 in 23:55) took first place in their division.

10/13/06

Varsity at Monterey Bay Invitational

The Varsity squad traveled to Toro Park on Friday for the Monterey Bay Invitational.  The team finished fourth out of 21 teams in the race.  Leading the way again was freshmen Adriana Romero (12 in 19:39 and the second fastest freshmen to ever run the sourse for St. Francis).  She was followed by Courtney Albini (15 in 19:47 and the fastest SFHS sophomore ever on the course), Stephanie Kaufmann (33 in 20:47), Michelle Roemer (43 in 21:12) and Ashmi Pathela (57 in 21:33).  Rachel Gunsalus (58 in 21:34) and Chelsea Norbriga (61 in 21:40) rounded out the team.  Check out all of the new entries onto the SFHS All-Time Toro Park Individual Marks and SFHS All-Time Toro Park Teams lists.

10/08/06

Varsity Finishes 5th at Clovis Invitational

An abbreviated Varsity team, running in it’s third race in 8 days, finished fifth out of 17 teams in the D3 (Medium) division at the Clovis Invitational.  Once again freshmen Adriana Romero (14 in 20:25) finished first for the Lady Lancers.  She was followed by sophomore Stephanie Kaufmann (20 in 20:43), junior Ashmi Pathel (29 in 21:10), senior Michelle Roemer (31 in 21:11) and sophomore Rachel Gunsalus (55 in 21:54 running under the name Alexis Perez).  Adriana’s time is tied for the #3 fastest Freshmen time, and #12 overall, for all St. Francis runners on this course.  Stephanie’s time is the #4 Sophomore, and the #19 overall, time on the course.  The team time 1:45:25 is the seventh fastest St. Francis time run on the Woodward Park course.  Check out the updated SFHS All-Time Woodard Park Individual Marks and SFHS All-Time Woodard Park Teams lists for the course.

10/04/06

WCAL I: Varsity, JV First, Freshmen Second
It was a very good day for the Lancer ladies – despite the rain.  The Varsity and Junior Varsity teams both scored wins over their WCAL rivals in the first of 3 league races, and the Freshmen girls took second.  In the Varsity race, the team was lead by freshmen Adriana Romero’s (20:13) fourth place finish.  She was followed closely by sophomore Courtney Albini (7 in 20:21), Stephanie Kaufmann (12 in 20:49), Ashmi Pathel (17 in 21:02) and Michelle Roemer (19 in 21:11).

The Junior Varsity team was lead by another 1-2-3 finish from Dakota Taylor (21:36), Alyssa Arvin (21:40) and Monika Harnato (21:48).  The team was rounded out by Chelsea Norbriga (7 in 22:33) and Eddie Richards (14 in 22:51).

The Freshmen team finished second with a 6-7-9-15-17 placement.  The team of Shannon Richards (23:07), Caroline Mack (23:20), Catherine Smith (23:30), Kathy Dong (25:10) and Kristen Kozlovsky (25:28) improved greatly over last Saturday’s run at Westmoor and continue to develop into a very good squad (even with Adriana running on Varsity).

09/30/05

Meanwhile, at Stanford…
While the Freshmen, Sophomores and Junior Varsity girls were at Westmoor, the Varsity Girls traveled to the Stanford University golf course for the Stanford Invitational.  The team was lead by freshman Adriana Romero’s 55th place finish in a time of 20:28 for the modified 3.06-mile course.  Adriana was followed by Stephanie Kauffman (67 in 20:36), Ashmi Pathela (74 in 20:41), Michelle Roemer (90 in 20:57) and Alexis Perez (109 in 21:11).  Rachel Gunsalus (122 in 21:22) finished sixth for the team.  The team finished tenth out of 40 teams in the 268-person Division II field.

09/30/05
 

JV Girls Dominate at Westmoor Invitational
The Junior Varsity Girls team finished an astounding 1-2-3-4-7 to capture the team title at the Westmoor High School Ram Invitational on Saturday.  Patience was the theme of the day as the lead group of SFHS girls was back in eight place approaching the first hill, but by the mile mark had taken control of the race.  The team was lead by Dakota Taylor (1 in 16:45), Monika Harnato (2 in 16:50), Chelsea Norbriga (3 in 16:50), Alyssa Arvin (4 in 17:05) and Eddie Richards (7 in 17:17).

The Frosh/Soph team finished 6 out of 12 teams.  The Freshmen were lead by Shannon Richards (30 in 17:49).  She was followed by Caroline Mack (36 in 18:08), Catherine Smith (37 in 18:09), Kristen Kozlovsky (51 in 19:07) and Kathy Dong (52 in 19:11).

09/23/06

Lowell Invitational
On Saturday the Girls Cross Country team headed up to San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park for the running of the Lowell Invitational.  The Varsity Girls finished fifth out of 17 teams in the first Varsity race.  The team was lead over the 2.8 mile course by senior Michelle Roemer (23 in 20:08).  Michelle was followed by sophomores Courtney Albini (27 in 20:17), Stephanie Kaufmann (30 in 20:22) and Rachel Gonsalus (34 in 20:33), and junior Ashmi Pathela (35 in 20:34).

The Junior Varsity team finished second out of 20 teams over the same 2.8 mile course.  The team was lead by a fine 2-3 finish from junior Alexis Perez (20:54) and sophomore Dakota Taylor (21:01).  They were followed by sophomore Chelsea Norbriga (8 in 21:12), junior Alyssa Arvin (15 in 21:44) and sophomore Shannon Richards (16 in 21:45).

The Frosh/Soph Girls were lead to a second place finish by Adriana Romero (14:20) over a shorter 2.0 mile course.  Caroline Mack (23 in 16:23), Monica Harnato (36 in 17:03), Catherine Smith (37 in 17:05) and Kristen Kozlovsky (54 in 17:42) rounded out the team.

09/07/06

Gunn Results
On a very nice day at Henry S. Gunn High School in Palo Alto the Lancer Girls kicked off their season with a relatively low-key practice race.  Other teams present were Gunn, Palo Alto and Castilleja.  The Varsity team ran without two starters but the team picked it up and finished 6-9-10-11-14 out of a field of 25.  Senior Michelle Roemer lead the way with a time of 14:07 for the 2.18 mile course.  Junior Alexis Perez (14:10), sophomore Stephanie Kaufmann (14:10), junior Ashmi Pathela (14:10) and sophomore Dakota Taylor (14:10) were close by.  In the Junior Varsity race freshman Adriana Romero lead start to finish with a fine time of 14:27.  She was followed by sophomores Rachel Gunsauls (2 in 15:02) and Chelsea Nobriga (3 in 15:02).  Edie Richardson (15:37) and Shannon Richards (15:50) rounded out the scoring.  Complete results and pictures are available below.

Tower Run – Really Fast
The Girls Varsity Training Group ran their traditional 9 mile Tower Run (to Stanford) on Saturday and the group finished in a very impressive 61 minutes (6:47 per mile – as a group!).  A nice training run so early into the season.  Click here for more pictures

08/31/06

Gunn Meet Schedule

The first meet of the year is set for one week from today – Thursday September 7 at Gunn High School in Palo Alto.  The meet schedule is listed below.  Directions to Gunn are available here.

GUNN MEET TIME SCHEDULE:
    3:30   FROSH-SOPH BOYS
    3:55   VARSITY GIRLS AND ALUMNI WOMEN
    4:00   JUNIOR VARSITY GIRLS
    4:30   VARSITY BOYS AND ALUMNI MEN
    4:35   JUNIOR VARSITY BOYS

08/30/06

What is Cross Country?

Glad you asked.  Check out this article from the University of Okalahoma.  It contains lots of historical facts about the sport.

08/23/06

Schedule Changes
There have been a couple of changes to the Schedule.  The Artichoke Invitational on October 7 has been cancelled this year.  The Monterey Bay Invitational is a two day meet.  Originally the schedule had the team going to the Saturday morning event.  Now we will be traveling to the Friday afternoon meet.  Also, the Mandatory Parent Meeting is set for Thursday, August 31 at 7:00pm in the Malcom Center.

08/13/06

It’s Official – We are Division 2 (by 6 students)

According to the latest CCS CBED numbers St. Francis Boys and Girls Cross Country will be competing in Division II this year.  As expected Los Gatos, Gunn and Aptos are also in D II.  The complete list is available here.  WCAL teams are:
D1  None

D2  St. Francis, Presentation, Mitty

D3  St. Ignatius, Notre Dame, Sacred Heart Cathedral

D4  Valley Christian

D5  None

07/22/06

Get Your Forms In NOW!!!
If you have not already done so, please get in all required forms prior to the first practice.  Forms are available in the Athletic Office or online here.  Please return all completed forms to Coach Chisam.

07/22/06

St. Francis to Division II?
With our enrollment over 1,600 this year, St. Francis will probably be moving to Division II this year.  DII in CCS includes such powerhouse teams as Los Gatos, Aptos, Palo Alto, Gunn and Mitty.  Archbishop Mitty is the only other WCAL team in Division 2.  Click here for a view of the top 45 returning runners at Crystal from last year.

 

Results

Date

Opponent

Results

Pictures

September 7

Gunn Meet – Directions

Results

Pictures

September 23

Lowell Invitational

Results

Pictures

September 30

Westmoor Ram Invitational - Directions

Results

Pictures

September 30

Stanford Invitational (Varsity only)

Results

Pictures

October 4

WCAL Meet I (Golden Gate Park)

Results

Pictures

October 7

Clovis Invitational (Varsity only)

Results

Pictures

October 13

Monterey Bay Invite - Directions

Results

Pictures

October 14

Crystal Springs Invitational - Directions

Results

Pictures

October 18

WCAL Meet II (Shoreline)

Results

Pictures

October 26

Center Meet

Results

Pictures

November 1

WCAL Meet III (Crystal Springs)

Results

Pictures More

November 11

CCS Championships (Varsity only)

Results

Pictures

 

Interesting Links

 

DyeStatCal

State-wide Schedules and Race Results

Lynbrook High Schhool Cross Country

Race results and links to everything

West Catholic Athletic League (WCAL)

League Information

Central Coast Section (CCS)

Section Information

California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) XC

State Information

National Collegiate Athletic Association

College Bound High School Athlete Recruiting Rules

Crystal Springs Cross Country Course

Crystal Springs XC Course Information and Rules

Dietary Recommendations for XC Runners

Food for Thought and Running

Metric-to-English Distance Conversion 1, 2

Convert Meters to Yards, etc.

Metric-to-English Weight Conversion

Convert Kilograms to Pounds, etc.

Course Time Conversions

Convert Crystal times to Toro times, etc.

XC Dietary Recommendations

What, and what not, to eat

GMap Pedometer

Really cool map and distance tool for measuring runs

 

History and Statistics

 

SFHS All-Time Crystal Springs Individual Marks

2005 Season

SFHS All-Time Crystal Springs Teams

2004 Season

SFHS All –Time Shoreline Individual Marks

 

SFHS All –Time Shoreline Teams

 

SFHS All-Time Toro Park Individual Marks

 

SFHS All-Time Toro Park Teams

 

SFHS All-Time Woodard Park Individual Marks

 

SFHS All-Time Woodard Park Teams

 

What is Cross Country

 

 

Contact Information

 

Head Coach

Roberta Chisam

School

(650) 968-1213 x623

JV Coach

Todd Parker

 

 

Frosh Coach

Bob O’Connor

School

(650) 968-1213, x698

Athletic Director

 

Mike Pilawski

School
Fax

(650) 968-1213 x455
(650) 968-0856

Principal

 

Patricia Tennant

School

(650) 968-1213 x410

 

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