Thacher swept the second Condor League cross country on a hot Cate course.The Thacher girls won with 19 points, with Cate finishing in second place with 45 points.The Lady Rams were led by senior Adrian Walsh, who finished fifth in 21:36, her best time of the year on the challenging Cate layout. Denali Tietjen was close behind in 6th at 21:40. Sophomore Jasmine Paz also had a good time on a hot day, finishing 14th in 24:39, followed by Grace Dickman in the same time. Meghan Killea … [Read more...]
San Marcos girls capture team title at Central Park Invite
Rocio Pacheco and Kaitlyn Kuehn finished sixth and seventh, respectively, to lead the San Marcos girls cross country team to the Division 2 team title at the Central Park Invitational in Huntington BeachThe Royals scored 76 points to edge out El Dorado by two points.San Marcos boys finished third in the Division 2 boys race. Godinez won the team title with 44 points followed by Buena Park (99) and San Marcos (111).Eric Salas was the Royals’ top finisher in 18th place.Pacheco … [Read more...]
Jeanson, Stuart hold up Warriors at Vanguard
Westmont's Jake Jeanson and Kate Stuart each placed fourth in their respective races at the Vanguard Cross Country Invitational on Saturday. Jeanson posted a time of 25:47 in the men's 8.000 meter race to lead the Warriors to a third place finish among 12 teams. Stuart's 5,000 meter time of 18:15 helped Westmont achieve a fourth place finish among 14 teams."We finished twelve points behind Master's," noted Westmont head coach Russell Smelley, "roughly the same place we were a month ago. We … [Read more...]
Cate shows strong at first Condor League meet
The Cate girls cross country team finished second at the opening Condor League meet at Thacher, and the boys team unofficially finished second to Thacher, pending final scores.For the girls Denali Tietjen led Cate and finished sixth overall with a time of 22:31. Other notable times in the race were Adrian Walsh (9th, 22:57), Charlotte Bowles (10th, 22:59), Grace Dickman (15th, 25:04), and Jasmine Paz (17th, 26:03).For the boys Jeffrey Acheampong led Cate with an eighth place … [Read more...]
Zerrener with another win as boys rest for Dos Pueblos
Addi Zerrener continued her spectacular start to her cross country career at Dos Pueblos, and won the Lagoon Meet and UCSB with a time of 18:24.The varsity boys team rested after an exhausting schedule earlier in the week.Freshman Elaine McClure had an incredible race and was the fastest freshman and the sixth fastest overall in the girls fleet with a time of 19:53.Dos Pueblos races next at the Clovis Invitational on October 8.OTHER DP SCORES:Redick, Emma (20:55) Urschel, … [Read more...]
Bishop’s Dentzel captures first Frontier League race
Bishop Diego’s Charlie Dentzel turned in a strong performance to win the individual boys title, and Carpinteria swept the team competition at the first Frontier League cross country meet on Tuesday at Cate School.Dentzel covered the tough, hilly, 3-mile course in 17 minutes, 39 seconds.“He did a nice job,” Bishop coach Ray Vasquez said. “The great thing is he looks like he can get better as well. He ran a smart race. He didn’t take off too early like he’s done in the past and … [Read more...]
Ventura boys, girls both ranked in CIF cross country
Ventura, which swept the first Channel League meet, is ranked in the top 10 in both the boys and girls CIF cross country polls.CROSS COUNTRY POLLSThe Cougars are fourth in the Division 1 girls poll and eighth in the boys’ rankings.Cate’s girls are the only Santa Barbara area team to cracking the rankings at No. 8 in Division 5. … [Read more...]