CIF-State Team Rankings
Released Wednesday, October 25, 2006

DIVISION IV BOYS
Rk. Team, City
1. McFarland (Central)
2. St. Mary's, Berkeley (North Coast)
3. Big Bear, Big Bear Lake (Southern)
4. Riverbank (Sac-Joaquin)
5. Laguna Beach (Southern)
6. Oaks Christian, Thousand Oaks (Southern)
7. Avenal (Central)
8. Palma (Central Coast)
9. Colfax (Sac-Joaquin)
10. Morro Bay (Southern)

Lake Casitas-MtSAC time comparisions

Ath LC-MSAC (Diff)
CP 16:41-16:34 (-0:07)
EL 16:59-16:34 (-0:25)
HH 17:22-17:11 (-0:11)
NC 17:35-18:13 (+0:38)
RG 17:38-18:34 (+0:56)
JS 18:28-18:26 (-0:02)
TT 18:48-18:50 (+0:02)
GS 19:35-21:25 (+1:50)
NM 20:27-20:08 (-0:19)
BV Team Time 86:15-86:58 (0:43)

If RG & NC had equalled their LC times the MSAC team time would have been 85:24!

SMR 21:36-21:12 (-0:24)

There is plenty of room for improvement for everyone! Keep raising the standard.

Mt SAC Hills, Heat Do Their Worst; OC Still Rolls

For the first time this season the boys team walked away from a course without a new team time OC Record, or an individual OC Record. Fastback, Woodbridge (fastest team time OC history), Oak Canyon Park, Stanford, Clovis and Lake Casitas records have been rewritten, but Mt SAC slipped away this time. The boys will get another shot in the postseason (CIF Prelims and Finals). The athletes who had previously run the full MSAC 2.91 mile course fared better than the first-timers, although the heat clearly took its toll on everyone.

The BJV got the racing started for OC in the hottest temperatures of the day. David pulled away from the rest of the BJV team to finish in 20:17. Greg (21:25), Robbie (22:11, a PR by 3:25) and Dylan H (22:16) also ran BJV. Shaleene was our sole GJV finisher.

Scott (22:13) and Kevin ran in the the boys freshmen race. Jenna and Lillian ran in the girls freshmen race. Nick M led all non-varsity perfomances when he placed 20th in the boys sophomore race with a PR 20:08. Anders (21:14) and Dylan B (25:08) was slowed by heat illness / deydration.

Technical problems with the meet timing led to no official times for some of our athletes. There were more than 19,000 entries in 100 races starting every 6-8 minutes for the two-day meet. I can understand some technical difficulties.

The girls varsity D4 sweepstakes race featured three OC girls. Samantha led the way with a PR 21:12, Morgan fought heat illness / deydration to a 23:28 and Emily posted a 24:58 - a 4:07 PR.

The boys varsity D4 sweepstakes closed the races for OC with the boys placing 4th as a team and defeating all the southern section teams. Charlie out leaned Ethan as but ran 16:34, respectively :37 and :52 second PR's. Charlie and Ethan are now tied for #3 in OC history (E Meissner & K Block both ran 16:30). Hunter (17:11) becomes #5 all-time OC runner slipping ahead of Stephen Roesler's 17:12. Others include Nick C (18:13), Justin (18:26), Rafael (18:34), and Tyler's (18:50)1:01 PR.

Tri-Valley League Meet #2

At the end of a hectic homecoming week the cross country teams traveled to Lake Casitas in Ojai, Ca to compete in the second installment of the Tri-Valley League (TVL) meets. The Lake Casitas course is host to the Ojai Invitational (Sep) and the Ventura County Championships (Oct), and it was formerly the site of the previous four Frontier League Finals of which a lot of the OC records were established.

The boys JV started the action. Sorely short-handed the boys faded to a third place team finish. Having placed second in the first TVL meet OC falls into a tie for second with Nordhoff's BJV. Both teams now have a record of 5 wins and 3 losses. Greg led the BJV performers with a 19:35. Nick M 20:27, Dylan H 20:37, Robbie 21:57, Dylan B 22:20 and Kevin 24:45 made the BJV team.

The girls varsity improved their team finish from the previuos TVL meet by placing fourth as a team. Sixth place last time and fourth this time moves them into fifth place and a point from fourth. Rosie led the girls with a 19:41 while Samantha 21:36, Morgan 22:27 (a 0:21 PR), Emily 23:48 (a 4:14 PR), Marta 27:18 and Shaleene 28:24 rounded out the team. In cross country ties are decided by the finish of the 6th runner, Shaleene's finish brokke the 111-111 tie with St Bonaventure.

Boys varsity continued the record-breaking ways by running 86:15 OC Team Time Record (old record: 87:36, 2004). Charlie equaled Kyle Block's OC Record 16:41 placing 2nd overall. Ethan's 16:59 is the #3 time in OC history. Hunter 17:22, Nick 17:35, Rafael 17:38, Justin 18:28 (a 0:25 PR) and Tyler 18:48 (a 0:42 PR) made the BV team.

Girls JV rounded out the day with Kayla 26:02, Sara 26:20, Jenna 32:11 and Lillian 37:39.

Clovis

The teams traveled to Fresno, Ca and beautiful Woodward Park for the Clovis Invitational. Woodward Park is the location of the State Finals and the Clovis Invitational provides an early run of the course.

The girls varsity ran first led by Roseanne (19:34) fourth overall in the division 3 race. Samantha PR'd with a time of 21:29. Morgan (23:33) and Emily (24:08) also PR'd.

The boys varsity added to the record-breaking string of performances with another OC team time record. Charlie led the boys with a PR (16:56) and 15th overall finish in the division 3 race. Ethan's 17:09 was a having not raced on the course since freshmen year, he was sidelined with an injury for last year's meet. Hunter (17:39), Rafael (18:24), Nick (18:28) and Justin (18:29) tested the course for the first time, while Tyler PR'd (19:02) to complete the varsity squad. The boys team finish was 8th overall and the OC Record team time of 88:36 was faster than the 2004 State Finals team.

The girls JV: Emily (25:20), Kayla (27:59), Shaleene (34:59), Jenna (35:03) and Lillian.

The boys JV: Greg (19:35), Chase (20:20) in his season debut, Nick (20:27), Dylan B (20:59), Scott (21:20), Anders (21:46), Robbie (23:42) and Kevin (24:18). The BJV set the BJV OC Record team time 102:41.

State Rankings

Boys move into the State D4 Rankings for the first time this season. A day after achieving the highest CIF SS ranking in OC history (4th) the boys jump to 7th in the state polls also the best ranking in OC history. Last season the boys were briefly ranked 10th in the State.

DIVISION IV BOYS STATE RANKINGS
Rk. Team, City
1. McFarland (Central)
2. Big Bear, Big Bear Lake (Southern)
3. Laguna Beach (Southern)
4. Colfax (Sac-Joaquin)
5. Morro Bay (Southern)
6. Carmel (Central Coast)
7. Oaks Christian, Thousand Oaks (Southern)
8. Maranatha, Pasadena (Southern)
9. St. Mary's, Berkeley (North Coast)
10. Christian Brothers, Sacramento (Sac-Joaquin)

DIVISION IV GIRLS STATE RANKINGS
Rk. Team, City
1. Carmel (Central Coast)
2. Maranatha, Pasadena (Southern)
3. Bret Harte, Altaville (Sac-Joaquin)
4. Marlborough (Southern)
5. La Reina, Thousand Oaks (Southern)
6. Paraclete (Southern)
7 Morro Bay (Southern)
8. Laguna Beach (Southern)
9. West Valley, Cottonwood (Northern)
10. Harbor, Santa Cruz (Cental Coast)

CIF SS Ranking, Boys 4th

The week 5 CIF SS Rankings were made available Monday night 10/2 and the boys have moved up another position. Starting the year unranked in the preseason then the boys rocketed to the #5 spot after Woodbridge. The boys retained the #5 for week 3 and now have climbed one more position to #4 following the Stanford Weekend. This is the highest ranking for the OC boys team in school history. Ranked 5th most of last season the boys faded in the postseason due to untimely illness.

Oak Park also moved up the rankings for division 3. The OP boys are now #5 and the OP girls are #2 in D3. La Reina has been hot as well and have climbed to the #3 spot in division 4. Fillmore's boys have fallen out the rankings but are still a likely CIF Finalist team. All this makes for a very competitive Tri-Valley League, that will be well represented at the State Finals.

CIF SS D4 Rankings Week 5:

BOYS
Rk. Team, City (Previous weeks, with most recent listed last)
1. Big Bear, Big Bear Lake (1-1-1)
2. Laguna Beach (2-2-2)
3. Morro Bay (3-3-3)
4. Oaks Christian, Thousand Oaks (NR-5-5)
5. Maranatha, Pasadena (4-4-4)
6. Harvard/Westlake, North Hollywood (NR-NR-NR)
7. Notre Dame, Sherman Oaks (NR-NR-7)
8. Crespi, Encino (NR-NR-8)
9. Paraclete (6-7-9)
10. Templeton (NR-NR-NR)
Others: St. Joseph, Santa Maria (NR-NR-10); Fillmore (7-8-NR); La Salle (9-10-NR); Segerstrom (NR-NR-NR)

GIRLS
Rk. Team, City (Previous weeks, with most recent listed last)
1. Maranatha, Pasadena (1-1-1)
2. Marlborough (2-2-2)
3. La Reina, Thousand Oaks (10-5-4)
4. Paraclete (3-3-3)
5. Morro Bay (4-4-5)
6. Laguna Beach (5-6-6)
7. Westridge, Pasadena (6-7-7)
8. Louisville, Woodland Hills (7-9-8)
9. Big Bear, Big Bear Lake (8-8-9)
10. Desert Christian, Lancaster (NR-NR-10)
Others: Marymount (9-10-NR)