Ventura High has always been dominant in cross country, but when it comes to second place in Channel League meets, there is some considerable parity nowadays.Host Dos Pueblos beat San Marcos by one point in the girls race and edged Buena by two in the boys race to pick up a pair of pleasant surprises for coach Leslie Wiggins-Roth on Wednesday, finishing second in both contests.San Marcos had the top individual performances of the three city schools, as Danielle Gemberling took second … [Read more...]

Gabrielle Wildfeuer took five minutes off of her previous mark at Lake Casitas and Ian Miley shaved off four minutes on a great day for the San Marcos cross country team at the Ojai Invitational."The kids really stepped up. This is an opportunity to compete more at an individual level instead of as a team, and I think we had about 20 kids come back with a medal," said coach Lawrence Stehmeier.Katelyn Rheinschild and Reed Peterson had particularly strong races, according to the coach. … [Read more...]

SAN LUIS OBISPO — Paige Colijn was the top finisher for SBCC in the Cuesta Invitational on Saturday, taking ninth place in cross country race. She ran 21:13 in the women's 5K, which was won by Katie Dunn of Glendale in 18:47. … [Read more...]

 SAN LUIS OBISPO — Paige Colijn was the top finisher for SBCC in the Cuesta Invitational on Saturday, taking ninth place in cross country race. She ran 21:13 in the women's 5K, which was won by Katie Dunn of Glendale in 18:47. The Vaquero women, who didn't field a full team in their first race at Ventura, placed fifth out of six teams with 115 points. Glendale won with 25 points. SBCC's Ivana Sanchez was 25th in 23:53, Sarah Gustavsson placed 32nd (24:55) and Cassidy Daum was 33rd … [Read more...]

 The Carpinteria Bluffs were the site of a three-school cross country meet on Wednesday involving Carpinteria High, Cate School and Bishop Diego. Fitttingly, it was the two Carpinteria schools that the boys and girls winners came from. Cate's Mackenzie Walsh and Carpinteria's Travis Madden took top honors for girls and boys respectively. … [Read more...]

   Danielle Gemberling finished second overall with a time of 19:05 in her first-ever cross-country meet Wednesday as the San Marcos girls beat out five other schools, edging second-place St. Joseph by 11 points at Riverside Park in Lompoc. Gemberling came out to run some distance this year after usually sticking to sprinting on the track. … [Read more...]

DOS PUEBLOS COACH: Leslie WigginsSEASON OUTLOOK:  With a record 108 students turning out for cross country this year, Wiggins will certainly have her hands full. Luckily for her, she has seven assistant coaches helping her get the squad ready for its first league meet on Sept. 24 at Dos Pueblos. The four captains, seniors Chris Braden, Luke Seale, Sarah Allen Jepkes and junior Alexa Canova-Parker, should provide plenty of leadership for a team that lost only three runners from last season. … [Read more...]

   While Olympic gold medalists Todd Rogers, Phil Dalhausser, Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh were competing in the AVP tour at Santa Barbara’s East Beach, two far more storied competitions were being held at Leadbetter Beach on the west side of Stearns Wharf. For 18 years, the Westmont Cross Country team has hosted Claremont-Mudd-Scripps at the Santa Barbara Waterfront in early September for a pair of prestigious events. … [Read more...]