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2007 St. Francis |
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Last Update: 05/14/08
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“Nothing was
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Their Last Race Together… Saturday the Varsity Girls competed for the final time this year as a team at the CCS Championships in Belmont. The team finished fourth in Division 2. While the team did not make it to the State Meet this year, they finished at the seventh fastest team of the day, and moved up to the #4 spot of all-time for St. Francis girls teams at Crystal Springs. Pictured here are (L-R) Courtney Albini, Ashmi Pathela, Taylor Groseclose, Shelby Golan, Rachel Gunsaluz, Annelise Brochier and Dakota Taylor. |
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05/14/08 |
Shelby Scores Big at Wildflower Triahlon Senior Shelby Golan competed in the Wildflower Triathlon on May 3, 2008. It was an Olympic distance course (.9mi swim, 24+ mile bike, 6.2mi run). Out of 2,374 athletes of all ages and competition levels, male and female, Shelby finished #95 overall. In the process she: Set a new Course Record for her age group (17-19), beating the next fastest girl in her group by 20 minutes, finished second in the 29 and under group for women, and the sixth women overall for the day. Shelby qualified for the National Triathlon Championships in September with her finish. Even more impressive was her time for the 10K portion of the race. She ran the hilly course in a time of 38:37 - 6:09 per mile. That’s just slightly slower than her pace at the California State Cross Country Championships last November. Shelby will be attending Williams College in Massachusetts in the Fall and competing in Cross Country and the Triathlon. |
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12/10/07 |
Update to SFHS Crystal Springs Al Time List Coach Benham pointed out to me that there was an error in the SFHS All-Time Crystal Springs Marks list. The 1992 team time (#3 on the list) was reported as 96:43. Adding up the times, the team time should be 97:43 (#6). This moves this year’s team up to the #3 spot all time for St. Francis. Nice job girls (and Coach Benham). The team is also the #49 team on the All-Time Crystal Springs List of all team ever to run the course. |
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12/04/07 |
WCAL All-League Team Announced: St. Francis Gets 3 The West Catholic Athletic League announced today the 2008 Cross Country All-League teams. The First Team includes senior Shelby Golan of St. Francis. Shelby ran extremely well in all three WCAL Meets and CCS (taking second in Division II with an outstanding time of 17:55) this year, and was the sole member of the St. Francis team to make it to the State Meet (#18 in a time of 18:38). Senior Ashmi Pathela and sophomore new-comer Annelise Brochier also made the WCAL Second Team selection. |
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11/24/07 |
California State XC Championships: Shelby Finishes in 18:38! Senior Shelby Golan finished eighteenth overall in the Division 2 race at the California State Cross Country Championships on Saturday at Woodward Park in Fresno. Shelby ran the sixth fastest time of the day for any girl in CCS with a time of 18:38. Her time is also the second fastest time ever run by a St. Francis girl on the Woodward Park course. Her time was also the #58 time, out of 951 girls who ran in all 5 divisions on the day. Nice way to end the season Shelby. |
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11/26/07 |
Weight Lifting at the YMCA If you are not doing a Winter sport, come on out to the “Y”. Weight lifting and general conditioning start the Monday after Thanksgiving. If you have any questions, contact Coach Benham or Steve Fuller. |
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11/27/07 |
Team Awards and Pot Luck This year’s team awards and potluck will be held on Tuesday, November 27 from 6:00 – 8:00pm in the Malcom Center. Since it is a potluck, we need you all to bring food (St. Francis supplies the drinks and paper products). Seniors: Garlic Bread! Juniors: Dessert Sophomores: Side Dish / Salad Freshmen: Main Dish Bring enough to serve 10 people, except garlic bread, bring enough for 12! |
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11/22/07 |
5K Thanksgiving Turkey Trot – Downtown San Jose If you want to get out of your early morning Thanksgiving Day chores, or you want to make sure you have a good appetite for a slice of each pie and you want to help a good cause and see your cross country buddies, come run!!! Let Coach Benham know if you are running: mandyfrance@yahoo.com. If interested, visit http://www.svlg.net/events/turkeytrot2007/ - click on” register online”. The race starts at 9:00am. Register online before November 20, or the day of the race. |
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11/15/07 |
Los Gatos All-Comers Meet In an All-Comers pre-season, pre-season meet at Los Gatos on Thursday Ashmi Pathela ran a 5:17 in the 1500-meter race. That translates to around 5:35 in the 1600 – nice time for this time of year. Nice job Ashmi. |
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11/10/07 |
CCS Championships: Girls Finish Fourth On Saturday at the Central Coast Section Championships at Crystal Springs in Belmont the Varsity Girls finished in fourth place in Division 2. While a very good finish for the team, unfortunately only the top 3 finishers in the Division 2 race qualify for the State Meet. The team time of 97:05 is 2 minutes and 23 seconds faster than they ran at the WCAL Championships, and moves them into the #4 spot on the SFHS All-Time Crystal Springs Marks list. It was just a very strong year in Division 2. Senior Shelby Golan finished second in the D2 race (and with the sixth fastest time of the day) in a very impressive time of 17:55 – only the second St. Francis girl ever under 18 minutes. She qualified for the State Meet on November 24 as an individual. Second for the Lancers was sophomore Annelise Brochier in a time of 19:08 – a 15 second improvement over her WCAL time of this course. Senior Ashmi Pathela was third in 19:36, and freshmen Taylor Groseclose finished in 19:43 – an impressive 42 second improvement for WCAL III. Juniors Courtney Albini was fifth for the team with a time of 20:44, Rachel Gunsaluz was sixth in 21:01 and Dakota Taylor was seventh for the team in 21:09. Shelby’s time of 17:55 is the second-fastest time ever run by a St. Francis girl at Crystal Springs – just behind Domatilla Torrens 1992 time of 17:49. Her time also places her on the prestigious All-Time Crystal Springs List. Annelise moves up 1 spot to #4 on the Sophomore lis and Taylor Groseclose moves way up from #19 to #9 on the Freshmen list. |
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10/31/07 |
WCAL Championships: Girls Take Third On Wednesday the St. Francis Girls Cross Country team participated in the West Catholic Athletic League (WCAL) Championships at Crystal springs in Belmont. The Varsity Girls finished in third place. The team was lead by senior Shelby Golan’s seventh place finish in 19:05. She was followed by senior Ashmi Pathela (11 in 19:21), sophomore Annelise Brochier (12 in 19:23), and juniors Courtney Albini (29 in 20:44) and Rachel Gunsalus (31 in 20:55). Although it was not their best team race of the year, they qualified for the CCS Championships next week, and they more than easily exceeded the CCS at-large qualifying mark of 105:58 by over 6 minutes with their team time of 99:28. |
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10/31/07 |
WCAL III: JV Second, Frosh/Soph Third Also at Crystal Springs on Wednesday, the Junior Varsity and Frosh/Soph teams ran well at the WCAL Championships. It is the final race of the season for most of the girls (only Varsity is continuing onto to CCS). In the Junior Varsity race freshman Taylor Groseclose was the first finisher for St. Francis with a time of 20:25 - good for third place in the race. She was followed by Dakota Taylor (6 in 21:03), sophomore Carlie Mack (7 in 21:11), and seniors Alexis Perez (10 in 21:32) and Alyssa Arvin (14 in 21:53). The team finished in second place for the day and overall in the League. In the Frosh/Soph race the team of all freshmen finished third behind Presentation by a score of 68 to 77. The team was composed of Ashley Diamond (10 in 22:27), Erin Brown (13 in 22:59), Rosario Puga Dempsey (16 in 23:14), Juliet Rubio (17 in 23:15), and Samantha Nguyen (23:33). The sophomores ran in the Junior Varsity race. |
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10/20/07 |
Mt. Sac: Girls Grab Second On Friday at the Mt. San Antonio Invitational in Walnut, the Varsity Girls team took second place in the first of 3 heats in the Division 3 section of the meet. With only 1 days rest after Wednesday’s WCAL II Meet at Shoreline, the team of Shelby Golan (3 in 19:41), Ashmi Pathela (10 in 20:45), Annelise Brochier (12 in 20;46), Adriana Romero (34 in 22:02), Taylor Groseclose (39 in 22:18), Rachel Gunsalus (41 in 22:21) finished ahead of 20 other teams in their heat. The Heat 13, complete and CCS results are available below. |
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10/17/07 |
WCAL II: A 2-2-3 Repeat of WCAL I Wednesday at the Shoreline Amphitheatre Course in Mountain View, St. Francis hosted the WCAL II meet. The weather and course conditions were outstanding for racing, and the Shoreline Course All-Time List was almost completely rewritten. And there were significant changes to the SFHS All –Time Shoreline Marks as well. The Varsity team finished in second place to SI and just 3 points ahead of Presentation. The team was lead this week by senior Shelby Golan (4 in 18:24). She was followed by senior Ashmi Pathela (11 in 19:31), sophomore Annelise Brochier (14 in 19:34), junior Courtney Albini (17 in 20:07) and Taylor Grosclose (18 in 20:08) .The Junior Varsity team of Stephanie Kaufmann (5 in 20:28), Alexis Perez (8 in 21:03), Dakota Taylor (12 in 21:37), Aylssa Arvin (13 in 21:41) and Edie Richards (16 in 21:57) also finished in second place for the second time. And, you guessed it, the Frosh/Soph team finish was identical to WCAL I. This time around the team was lead by sophomore Carlie Mack (5 in 20:59). She was followed by Ashley Diamond (20 in 22:36), Erin Brown (22 in 22:48), Rosario Puga-Dempsey (23 in 22:51) and Juliet Rubio (36 in 23:41). |
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10/15/07 |
Crystal Springs Invitational This part weekend the Girls traveled to Belmont for the Crystal Springs Invitational. The team went to the meet for a workout (they held at the line for 5 seconds then started to run), but the Junior Varsity and Frosh/Soph teams managed to win their races anyway. The Varsity team finished third (without Shelby Golan). They were lead by Ashmi Pathela (20:01), Courtney Albini (20:08), Annelise Brochier (20:30), Adriana Romero (20:40) and Taylor Groseclose (20:42). Even with the hold-back on the starting line the team managed to finish with the #17 SFHS fastest team time on the course, and Ashmi (18 for seniors), Courtney (20 for juniors) and Taylor (22 for freshmen) made the individual lists. Check out the updated list here. The Girls team time of 102:03 easy beat the CCS At-Large time of 105:58. The Junior Varsity team took first place (the results indicate Gilroy won the race, but they were eliminated for running their Varsity team in the race). The JV Girls were lead this week by Alexis Perez (5 in 21:02) and Stephanie Kaufmann (6 in 21:12). They were helped out by Edie Richardson (18 in 22:36), Andi Bo (19 in 22:36) and Monica Harnoto (22 in 23:09). The Frosh/Soph team tied with Hollister with a total of 78 points each. Our sixth runner (Amy Saxton) was the deciding factor for the win. The team was lead by Carlie Mack (4 in 21:20). She was followed by Ashley Diamond (8 in 21:50), Erin Brown (22 in 22:34), Rosaio Puga-Dempsey (24 in 22:45) and Juliet Rubio (41 in 23:45). |
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10/05/07 |
Girls Take 2, 2, 3 At WCAL I On Wednesday the Lady Lancers traveled to Golden Gate Park in San Francisco for the first of three league meets. The teams finished with 2 second-place finishes (Varsity and Junior Varsity) and 1 third place (Freshmen). The Varsity team was without senior Shelby Golan but still turned in a very fine team performance. They were lead by sophomore Annelise Bronchier (10 in 20:23) and senior Ashmi Pathela (11 in 20:24). The remainder of the top 5 was junior Courtney Albini (16 in 20:45), freshmen Taylor Groseclose (18 in 21:09) and junior Rachel Gunsalus (24 in 21:22). Despite a very good 4-5-6-14-15 finish, the Junior Varsity team of Carlie Mack (4 in 22:07), Alexis Perez (5 in 22:17), Monica Harnoto (6 in 21:21), Chelsea Norbriga (14 in 22:52) and Alyssa Arvin (15 in 22:56) also finished in second place. The Frosh/Soph team of Ashley Diamond (13 in 23:02), Juliet Rubio (27 in 23:59), Rosario Puga-Dempsey (32 in 24:18), Erin Brown (33 in 24:20) and Amy Saxton (36 in 24:38) finished in third place. |
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10/02/07 Stanford 18:56 |
Course Time Converter is Back Ever wanted to know how your times one course would convert to another course? Well, the Course Time Converter is back! Check it out here. Hank Lawson over at Lynbrook has taken over the program and will now maintain it on his site. Thank-you goes out (again) to Coach Lawson for providing yet another service of the CCS community. |
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09/29/07 |
Girls Take Fourth at Stanford! This Saturday the Varsity Girls competed at the Stanford Invitational at Stanford University in the Division 2 race. They had a very good race and finished fourth in field of 37 teams from around the western United States. Senior Shelby Golan had another outstanding race and finished third in the 5K race with a time of 18:56. She was followed by first-year runner and sophomore Annelise Bronchier (20 in 19:52), senior Ashmi Pathela (23 in 19:56), junior Adriana Romero (61 in 20:42) and junior Courtney Albini (104 in 21:33). The team was the #2 CCS team in D2 behind third place Mountain View (152 to 198). Way to go girls! |
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09/27/07 |
Fros/Soph and JV Girls at Westmoor On Saturday the non-Varsity teams competed at the Westmoor Invitational at Westmoor High School in Daly City. Results are finally in (10/02/07). In the Frosh/Soph race, the Lady Lancers finished third in Race 2. They were lead this week by Carlie Mack (10 in 17:27). She was followed by Erin Brown (24 in 18:28), Rosario Puga-Dempsey (30 in 18:56), Amy Saxton (39 in 19:35) and Julia Eschelbeck and Katie Kelly (43 and 44, both in 20:00). In the Junior Varsity race, the girls were lead to a fourth place finish by Dakota Taylor (3 in 16:51). Team team was rounded out by Chelsea Norbriga (20 in 17:49), Michelle Hess (30 in 18:16), Andi Bo (34 in 18:24 - her first race of the year) and Monica Harnoto (40 in 18:35). Complete results are available below. |
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09/27/07 |
REMINDER: GOING HOME WITH PARENTS AFTER RACES In order for you to go home with your parent/s after a race, you must have a note from your parent, to a coach, before you get on the bus. If you forget your note, you will have to take the bus back to school after the race. You are required to stay at the race until ALL of your teammates have competed. So plan your day accordingly! |
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09/27/07 |
Westmoor and Stanford Invitationals This Weekend This Saturday the teams head up north for 2 different meets. The Varsity Girls will be competing at the Stanford Invitational at Stanford University at 1:52pm in the Division 2 race. Meet at Stanford at 12:30! Directions to Stanford are available ion the Meet Packet below (Results section). The Junior Varsity, Sophmore and Freshmen will be heading to the Ram Invitational at Westmoor High School in Daly City. The bus leaves St. Francis at 7:45am. The bus will be back by 3:30pm. Click here for directions to the meet. The Schedule for the Girls races is: 10:00 – Girls Fr/So Race 1 12:00 – Girls JV Race 10:30 - Girls Fr/So Race 2 1:30 - Girls Varsity |
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Chronicle Athlete of the Week Shelby Golan today was named the San Francisco Chronicles Athlete of the Week. The Chronicle reported:
Shelby Golan St. Francis cross country |
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09/23/07 |
Girls Take 1, 5, 3 At Lowell; and The Fastest Girls Too… The Girls team opened up the official season at the Lowell Invitational in Golden Gate Park this past Saturday. In the first race of the day for the Lady Lancers, the Frosh-Soph team finished first in their race. They were lead by a 1-3-4 finish over the 2.13-mile course by Annelise Brocheir (14:21), Taylor Groseclose (14:27) and Adriana Romero (14:50). Ashley Diamond (18 in 15:50) and Erin Brown (25 in 16:10) rounded out the top 5 for St. Francis. Annelise was also the fastest girls on the 2.13-mile course of the day. In the Junior Varsity race (2.99 miles) Alyssa Arvin (21:03), Monica Harnoto (21:05) and Carlie Mack (21:09) finished 4-5-6 to help the girls finish fifth out of 14 teams. The Varsity team was once again lead by a superb performance by senior Shelby Golan. Shelby ran the 2.99-mile course in 17:42 – the fastest time of the day by any girl in any race. Ashmi Pathela (9 in 19:10), Courtney Albini (13 in 19:25), Alexis Perez (26 in 20:15) and Stephanie Kaufmann (30 in 20:20 helped the team to a third-place finish in Race 1. |
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09/06/07 |
Practice Meet: Gunn, Paly, St. Francis The Girls Cross Country teams traveled to Gun High School in Palo Alto for a preseason tune-up. While no official score was kept, the Varsity team in particular looked impressive. The team was lead by senior Shelby Golan who finished second overall, ran the tenth fastest time ever run on the course, and set a St. Francis record on the course. Complete Results and Pictures are available in the Results section below. Also, Coach Chisam has provided the SFHS All-Time Gunn Meet Marks information for the course. That information is here and also in the History and Statistics section below. |
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09/05/07 |
Schedule September 5 through September 15, 2007 Here is the schedule for this week and next. WE 9/05 –
Tempo Fremont Older is about 10 min south of school on Foothill Expressway. Head down Foothill, to where it ends at Stevens Creek Reservoir. We will meet at the reservoir on the left side of the street. There is a parking fee if you park in the lot, but it is free if you park on the street. |
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08/27/07 |
Schedule for The Week of August 27, 2007 Here is the schedule for this week and next Monday. Next Monday is Loabor Day and there is no school. Mo / We - Intervals Tu / Th - Rancho Fr - Easy, Koosh, BBQ Sat - Fremont Older 7:30 AM * Sun - Off
Mon - No Practice, run on your own. Fremont Older is about 10 min south of school on Foothill Expressway. Head down Foothill, to where it ends at Stevens Creek Reservoir. We will meet at the reservoir on the left side of the street. There is a parking fee if you park in the lot, but it is free if you park on the street. The Gunn meet is 1 week from this Wednesday! |
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08/18/07 |
Another New Coach The third new coach this year is Mr. Anthony Kunkel who will be handling the Freshmen Girls team. Mr. Kunkel joins the program and the St. Francis teaching staff this year from San Luis Obispo where he taught college English for many years.. |
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08/17/07 |
Updated Order Form Oops! I forgot to include sizes on the order form for the tee-shirt and sweats. I have updated the form. Please use the new form when ordering. If you already turned in your order, please fill out the new form and give it to Coach Benham. |
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08/17/07 |
A Day at the Beach… Some of the Girls Cross Country team members headed down to Seacliff beach on Friday for a run, some food and RnR before the season started. It was a beautiful day. School and mandatory practice start on Monday! |
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08/15/07 |
Practice Schedule Sorry for the delay in
posting the schedule changes – I was in New Mexico with the Boy Scouts (at
11,736 feet). The schedule for the remainder of this week is: Monday is Freshmen Orientation. We need all athletes to meet at the school to sign up freshmen runners. |
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CBEDS are in… The Divisions for this XC season are now set. Check them out here. It’s Mitty, Presentation and St. Francis in DII. SI, NDB and SHC will battle for the DIII spot. VC is alone in D4 and Sacred Heart has D5 to themselves again. |
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06/01/07 |
CCS Division II: 3 and 3 This year the Central Coast Section gets 3 automatic qualifiers to the State Meet for both the Boys and Girls teams this year. Given the size of last year’s freshmen class at St. Francis it is assumed we will remain a D2 school. The complete list of automatic entries per division and section is available on the CCS website or here. |
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06/01/07 |
Get Your Forms in… The 2007 St. Francis required forms are available in the Athletic Office, from Coach Benham, or are available for downloading here. Get them done now to avoid problems come the Fall. |
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06/01/07 |
2007 Preliminary Schedule and Website is Available The “expected” 2007 Girls Cross Country Schedule is now available here (and in HTML and PDF formats at the link above). This is a tentative schedule as some of the races have not yet posted official dates, and Coach Benham will probably add other races. The 2006 Season information has been moved to the Prior Seasons section below. |
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05/22/07 |
New Season, New Coaches After many seasons as the Girls Head Cross Country Coach, Roberta Chisam is stepping aside to devote more time to her academic responsibilities. This year the team will be headed by Mrs. Mandy Benham. Mrs. Benham previously was an assistant coach at Lynbrook High School and this past Track season was St. Francis’ High Jump coach. Mrs. Benham ran cross country and track in both high school and in college. Mrs. Benham is joined by a new assistant coach this year. Ms. Leslie Muller will assist with the JV girls. Ms. Muller currently is entering her fifth year as a teacher at St. Francis, has coached with great success the boys and girls horizontal jumpers in Track, and is an alumni of St. Francis and the St. Francis Track team |
Results
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Gunn Meet – Directions |
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SEP 29 |
Stanford Invitational (Varsity only) |
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OCT 3 |
WCAL Meet I (Golden Gate Park) |
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OCT 17 |
WCAL Meet II (Shoreline) |
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OCT 20 |
Mt. Sac Invitational (Tentative - Varsity only) |
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OCT 31 |
WCAL Meet III (Crystal Springs) |
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NOV 10 |
CCS Championships (Varsity only) |
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NOV 24 |
CIF Championships (Varsity only) |
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Interesting Links |
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State-wide Schedules and Race Results |
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Race results and links to everything |
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League Information |
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Section Information |
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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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What, and what not, to eat |
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Really cool map and distance tool for measuring runs |
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History and Statistics |
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Head Coach |
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JV Coach |
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(650) 968-1213, x682 |
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Athletic Director |
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School |
(650) 968-1213 x455 |
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Principal |
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