Boys' Perfomance of the Year, State Finals

Thanksgiving Day weekend means a time to give thanks for God's grace and blessing in our lives. What better way then dinner with family and friends on Thursday and a trip to Fresno on Friday and Saturday to compete in State Finals? Well, maybe not the Fresno part, but the State Finals are definitely a blessing.

The goal all year was to put together the best performance of the year at State Finals, and the boys clearly accomplished that goal. The boys improved their team time OC Record by 2 minutes and 11 seconds which was set at the Clovis Invitational in October. Also, six runners posted personal best times on the Woodward Park course. The overall team finish was 14th, two places better than the 2004 team (& 3:05 faster team time). The boys can clearly claim they are the best in OC history.

Charlie led the way again (10 of 11 times this season CP has been OC's fastest runner of the day) with a 18th place individual finish and a time of 16:24, both OC bests for the boys. Charlie broke Kyle Block's, last standing, school record of 16:41 by :17 seconds. Charlie was also the fastest sophomore in the D4 state final.

Ethan made good on his return trip to the State Meet by posting a 16:52 to rank him #3 in OC history. Ethan was the only OC runner competing that had any previous state experience. Ethan and Rosie are the only athletes in OC history to compete at more than one state final. Ethan placed 49th place (improving from 126th as a Frosh).

Hunter PR'd with a 17:24 and cracked the top 100 with a 94th place finish.

Mike ran his second race after sitting out all of October and early November to recover from a stress fracture. He debuted on th Woodward Park course with a 17:51, 123rd place and OC's #4 runner on the day.

Rafael continued his late season surge capping the season with a fine 17:54 PR and a 129th finish in State.

Nick C, the only frosh on the varsity squad PR'd with a 18:13, this ranks him as the #3 frosh in OC history behind CHarlie and Ethan. Nick was the 7th fastest frosh in the D4 state final, he placed 150th overall.

Justin rounded out the team with a 19:01 and 178th place finish.


Next stop...Awards Night Dec 3rd. Do miss it!!