Tri-Valley League Meets #1 and #2

Tri-Valley League Meet #1 at Malibu

Thu, Oct 2nd - The Lions raced the TVL #1 meet at Malibu. This was the fourth time in OC history that the Lions raced on this Malibu campus course and first time as a TVL member. The last visit was in the 2005 season.

Boys JV placed second to Oak Park and defeated Carpinteria, Malibu and Fillmore. Stephen Cooper led the way in 19:02. Jacob White (19:27), Taylor Losi (20:07), Jack Ramsey (20:37), Kelley Cislo (20:45), Devin Long (21:07) and Grant Foraker (21:13) made up the JV team score. The JV "B" was Pablo Gomez (21:35), Kevin Sutman (22:51), Nick Oddi (23:27), Carl Neimi (23:29) and Joel Begley (24:41). Both the boys JV "A" and "B" teams ran the fastest times in OC history on the Malibu campus course.

Girls varsity placed third behind Oak Park and La Reina while defeating Carpinteria, Malibu and Fillmore. Cristy Garcia tied Roseanne Fleming's OC record and OC sophomore record on the course with a 4th place 19:28. Emily Fuld placed 7th in 20:30 setting the OC senior record. Tina Boskovich (21:31), Niki MacWhirter (21:35), Brittani Gardella (22:13), Fallon Cislo (22:17) and Catherine Price (23:26) made up the GV roster. Fallon's time is an OC junior record. The girls set the OC team time record breaking the old record by 3:35.

The boys varsity placed second behind Oak Park defeating Carpinteria, Malibu and Fillmore. Charlie Petrie cruised to a 2nd place 16:37 OC record. Hunter Hays (17:58), Ryan Huning (18:38), Vincent Colarossi (18:51), Nick Matra (18:51), Rob Thomson (19:16) and AJ King (19:21) comprised the varsity roster. The boys varsity set the OC team time record bettering the old record by 1:17. The previous record was set by the 2004 team which was the first team in OC history to make the State Finals.

The girls JV closed the the day's competition with a third place behind Oak Park and La Reina while defeating Carpinteria, Malibu and Fillmore. Megan Huning led the way in her high school cross country debut (23:06) followed by Madagan Riley (23:25), Jackie Brody (23:51), Brittany Burr (24:35), Clancee Wasson (25:21), Natalie Zaas (28:22), Stephanie Andresen (30:49) and Ashley McCabe (32:49). The girls JV set the OC team time best.
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Tri-Valley League Meet #2 at Carpinteria

Thu, Oct 16th - The Lions raced the TVL #1 meet at the Carpinteria high school campus course which was a last minute change due to the wildfire smoke in air at the scheduled site (Oak Cyn Park). This was the firsh time in OC history that the Lions have raced on the Carpinteria campus course. The course was 3.25 miles.

Boys JV placed third to Oak Park and Carpinteria while defeating Malibu and Fillmore. The boys were short two top runners due to injury and illness. Taylor Losi and Jacob White led the way in 20:18-20:19 respectively. Grant Foraker (21:20), Devin Long (21:23), Kelley Cislo (21:31), Carl Neimi (23:29) and Pablo Gomez (24:00) made the BJV top 7. Nick Oddi (24:08), Joel Begley (25:52) and Justin Schoppe (26:00) also ran JV.

Girls varsity placed third behind Oak Park and La Reina while defeating Carpinteria, Malibu and Fillmore. Emily Fuld placed 6th in 20:33 established the OC record on the new course. Tina Boskovich (21:37), Niki MacWhirter (21:48), Brittani Gardella (22:36), Catherine Price (22:50), Fallon Cislo (24:56 - did not feel well) and Marlo Smith (26:00 - her season debut) made up the GV roster.

The boys varsity placed second behind Oak Park defeating Carpinteria, Malibu and Fillmore. Charlie Petrie cruised and then crushed his opponent in the finishing sprint for an easy 2nd place 16:40 new OC record. Hunter Hays (18:13), Stephen Cooper (18:50), Ryan Huning (19:03), Nick Matra (19:11), Rob Thomson (19:22) and AJ King (19:48) comprised the varsity roster.

The girls JV closed the the day's competition with a third place behind Oak Park and La Reina while defeating Carpinteria, Malibu and Fillmore. Megan Huning led the way in her second race of the season (22:40) followed by Madagan Riley (24:18), Jackie Brody (24:34), McCartney Ruff (26:36 - HS cross country debut), Natalie Zaas (27:36), Brittany Burr (28:28), Jenna Smrz (35:43) and Lillian Khosravi (43:36).

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Stanford Memorable Weekend

Fri-Sun, Sep 26-28, 2008 - The Lions ventured north to Palo Alto for the ninth time in OC history for the Stanford Invitational three-day weekned. The team visited the campus and visited with Chris Owusu as well who took a group into the Stanford Football locker room (some thought this was exciting, I just thought it smelled bad).

The boys varsity raced first led by Charlie Petrie's OC record 16:12. Senior Hunter Hays (17:24), sophomore Ryan Huning (18:00), Vincent Colarossi (18:05), rookie junior Rob Thomson (18:49), and freshmen AJ King (19:04) and Stephen Cooper (19:05) made up the varsity squad. The boys placed 10th as a team.

The varsity girls raced next led by Cristy Garcia's 19:28 which ties Roseanne Fleming's OC sophomore record. Seniors Emily Fuld (20:17) and Tina Boskovich (21:01), sophomore Niki MacWhirter (21:16), junior Fallon Cislo (22:09), senior Catherine Price (22:18) and freshmen Madagan Riley (23:36) filled out the varsity roster. The girls were short-handed and on tired legs, and yet still showed that they will be a force in the post-season. The girls places 6th as a team.

The boys JV raced next in the heat in a combined division 1-2-3-4-5 junior varsity race. Senior Nick Matra (18:56), sophomore Jacob White (19:54), freshmen Taylor Losi (19:58) and Jack Ramsey (21:09), sophomore Grant Foraker (21:21), and freshmen Nick Oddi (21:31) and Poblo Gomez (22:54) comprised the JV team. This was the first time that the JV raced covered the full 5k distance as they were run at 3k in the past.

The girls JV rounded out the day with sophomore Jackie Brody (24:52), senior Clancee Wasson (25:13), freshman Brittany Burr (26:23), sophomore Natalie Zaas (27:48), and senior Marta Galan (30:27) comprised the girls JV team. Esther McFaden made the start but withdrew to rest her knee injury.