Easter Relays 2010

100m
Vinnie Saucer 1st 10.82 nwi

3000m
Cristina Garcia placed 4th and ran a PR & OCR 10:51.34, this would have converted to an 11:34 3200 which is 14 seconds faster than her OCR at that distance. more records to come for Miss Garcia?

4x100m
Terry Johnson, Jaloni Williams, Niko Di Martino, Vinnie Saucer 1st 43.13

4x200m
Lauren Anderson, Kylie Diehl, Gillian Llyod, Dani Alakija 5th 1:49.27
Terry Johnson, Brett Medders, Niko Di Martino, Vinnie Saucer 7th 1:33.80
BFS
Mitchell Shelby, James Thomas, Patrick Trematerra, Franis Owusu 2nd 1:36.54

4x800m
Cristina Garcia, Niki MacWhirter, Amy Anderson, Stephanie Cekov 9th 10:43.14
Ryan Huning, Vincent Colarossi, Taylor Losi, AJ King 11th 9:13

800m SMR
Lauren Anderson, Kylie Diehl, Gillian Llyod, Dani Alakija 1st 1:54.26

1600m SMR
Patrick Trematerra, James Thomas, Francis Owusu, Vincent Colarossi 1st 3:49.69
HJ
Brittany Tayloe 3rd 5-0 =PR
Annalise Bachman 7th 4-8
Harrison Hanley 12th 5-8

PV
GV
Kim Sanchez 4th 10-0 =PR
Erin Triplett 5th 9-0 =PR
Imogen Browder 7th 8-6
Brittany Tayloe 7th 8-6
GFS
Hannah Packham 2nd 9-0 PR
Summer Knapp 5th 7-6 =PR
BFS
Alec Fiscalini 6th 9-6 = 9-6
Paul Hasegawa 6th 9-6 PR

LJ
Lauren Anderson 6th 16-6.25 PR
Annalise Bachman 8th 16-1 PR
Brittany Tayloe 12th 15-5
Niko Di Martino 1st 22-9 nwi

TJ
Annalise Bachman 5th 33-7.5
Harrison Hanley 3rd 42-3

Thanksgiving Day 10k

Jacob White placed 3rd overall in the dhp Thanksgiving Day 10k in Camarillo.

Jacob's first ever 10k he also took home the fastest finisher among 17 to 19 year old age group. His time was 39:44.

Next up is the best 10k in the area and the event that the OC record has been set multiple times. All cross country runners need to join us Sat, Dec 12th at the Venice Christmas 10k. http://www.w2promotions.com/public/eventdetail.php?ActiveID=1620392

Coach can get a OC van for the crew. get your studying done and take a break with a nice run....

Cross Country CIF Finals

Lions Claim Pair of Tenth Place Finishes

Sat, Nov 21, 2009 - Both Oaks Christian's cross country teams advanced to C.I.F. Southern Section Finals. For the girls this was the ninth consecutive year and the boys the seventh consecutive year that OC has been represented at CIF Finals.

The girls toed the line first for the Lions. Fallon Cislo led the effort with a 12th place and lifetime best 18:58 finish. Fallon earned second team all CIF honors in the process, and she ends her OC career as the second fastest performer in school history (Roseanne Fleming's 18:34 is #1). Cristy ran a season best 19:58. Niki MacWhirter with a 20:08, Megan Huning with a 21;07 and Madagan Riley PR'd with a 23:32. The team posted a 102:16 team time for the fourth fastest in OC history. This team time makes the state finals 16 of the previous 17 seasons, but not in 2009. Fallon missed qualifying for state by one position. The boys team time was 86:05 and the 5th fastest mark in OC history.

7 girls, 6 season bests, 5 PR's

The boys ran next with a solid 1-2-3 placing. Vincent Colarossi led the way with a 16:49 PR. Derek Stoutland was next with a :33 second improvement from last week's PR at 16:56. Ryan Huning was the Lions third finisher in 16:56. Taylor Losi posted a 17:33 PR, Jacob White posted a 17:50 PR and Andrew Levine posted a 17:58 PR. Arthur King ran 18:10. The boys placed 10th improving on their 13th place finish a year ago, but falling short of the goal of state finals. The boys are the third fastest team in OC history.

7 boys, 5 PR's

CIF Prelims Recap

Sat, Nov 14th – The Lions boys and girls cross country teams travelled to the 2009 CIF Southern Section Division 4 Prelims at Mount San Antonio College. There were 13 personal best performances on the Mt SAC course from the 14 athletes that raced.

The girls raced first in heat one of three. Fallon Cislo led the team with a 5th place 19:21, the third fastest OC performance ever and the #2 senior time. Cristina Garcia racing in her second race since coming back from an injured posted a 20:23. Niki MacWhirter posted a 20:41. Cristy and Niki rank #5 and #7 on the all time OC junior list. Kahala Bonsignore at 22:04 and Amy Anderson at 22:36 were next posting the #7 and #11 freshman times in OC history. Jackie Brody ran 22:52 for #12 on the OC junior list and Madagan Riley ran 24:!1 for #15 on the OC sophomore list. The seven girls combined time was 17 minutes and 41 seconds faster than at the Mt SAC Invitational three weeks earlier (the top 5 ran 6:24 faster than MSAC). The girls team time is #5 all time in OC history. The girls place third as a team and comfortably advanced to this week’s CIF Southern Section Finals. This is the 9th consecutive year that OC has had a female individual or team compete at CIF Finals.

The Boys raced next in heat one of two. Vincent Colarossi led the team with a 16:52 and third fastest OC sophomore in school history. Ryan Huning is the #5 junior with his 16:55. Vince and Ryan became the 7th and 8th runners in OC history to dip under the 17:00 barrier. Derek Stoutland is now #9 OC Junior with a 17:29. Jacob White ran 17:51 for #10 OC junior. Taylor Losi leaped to #5 OC sophomore with his 17:34 and Arthur King climbed to #8 OC Sophomore with his 17:45. Andrew Levine made the most of his opportunity racing as an alternate following Nick Colarossi’s injury. Andrew posted the largest individual improvement with an 18:17 good for #12 on the OC sophomore list. The seven boy’s combined time was 3 minutes and 47 seconds faster than at MSAC (the top 5 improved by 1:31). The boys team time is #6 all in OC history. The boys placed 6th and advanced to their 7th consecutive CIF SS Finals.

Next Step….
Sat, Nov 21th @ Mt SAC
Both teams compete for Southern Section Finals honors and a position in the State Finals (top 7 teams advance).

Tri Valley League Finals

Lions Set Records Entering Post Season

Thu, Nov 5, 2009 - The cross country teams traveled to La Reina for the Tri Valley League Finals. The course with the highest degree of difficultly did not promise to produce fast times or easy passage into the post season, but this young batch of Lions left their mark in OC's history books.

Boys JV kicked things off racing first for the Lions. Andrew Levine brilliantly paced himself to a 4th place finish and the fastest ever OC boys JV time (19:17) on the La Reina course (old record Bobby Nordlund 20:31). Andrew was positioned in the high 30's in the first half mile but cruised past the competition into the top 4 at the finish. Devin Long may have delivered the performance of his career with a 19:51, also faster than the previous OC JV best. Both boy's times correlate to solid 18 min Mt SAC marks. Grant Foraker (20:35), Aaron Freedman (21:04) and Pablo Gomez (21:30) rounded out the team which tallied an OC boys JV team time record on the LR course of 102:18 (old record 105:05 in 2007). The boys tied for 2nd but lost the tie break and placed third in league.

Girls varsity were next led by Fallon Cislo's 7th place finish which earned her First Team All Tri Valley League and she bettered the OC record and senior best with a 20:22. Cristina Gracia, coming back from injury, was 12th in 21:30 while Niki MacWhirter was 13th in 21:30. Both earned Second Team All Tri Valley. Cristy also bettered the OC Junior best time. Megan Huning's 22:03 earned her the OC Sophomore best and Tri Valley Honorable Mention. Madagan Riley (23:43) and Jackie Brody (24:06) picked up Honorable Mention honors as well. Kahala Bonsignore posted a 24:45 to round out the varsity squad. The girls placed 3rd in league and beat Fillmore by 26 points. The girls set the OC team time record by shattering the 2007 team's time by 5:24. The 2007 team went on to win the state title.

Boys varsity ran intelligently by waiting for the hills to strike. Vincent Colarossi became only the second sophomore in OC history to earn runner up honors. Enzo's runner up equals Charlie Petrie's runner up in 2006, but Enzo's time broke Charlie's OC school record (set his junior year) by 2 seconds 17:35 to 17:37 respectfully. Ryan Huning was 4th and joined Enzo with earning First Team All Tri Valley honors. Ryan's 17:39 narrowly missed Charlie's OC junior best. Derek Stoutland (10th, 18:15) and Taylor Losi (11th, 18:18) both picked up Second Team All Tri Valley honors. Arthur J King (18:34), Jacob White (18:35) and Nick Colarossi (19:10) all locked down Honorable Mention honors. The boys team time shattered the 2007 team's record by 1:01. The 2007 team held every course record placed an OC best ever boys finish at the state finals of 7th.

Girls JV headed out last for the Lion racers. Amy Anderson took the lead with the fastest ever OC girls JV best time of 24:42. Torie Gates (25:24), Antonia Joy Bates (25:52), Danni Alakija (26:56), Kayla Smith (30:07), Ashley McCabe (30:32) and Kirsten Temanson (30:53) comprised the team which also took its place in the record book with the OC best ever girls JV team time.

Runners who ran on the La Reina course in 2007 bettered their times: Nick C 19:10 from 20:52 (-1:42), Ryan 17:39 from 20:48 (-3:09), Fallon 20:22 from 25:39 (-5:17), Niki 21:30 from 25:30 (-4:00), 24:06 from 26:03 (-1:57) and Devin 19:52 from 22:30 (-2:38).

Next step is CIF Southern Section Prelims on Sat, Nov 14th.

Tri-Valley League Championships

The Lions concluded a highly successful League campaign by capturing a League Championship and qualifying 28 athletes for the CIF prelims - 15 boys and 13 girls.

Leading the way for the boys were Jules Sharpe, Hunter Hays and Charlie Petrie. Jules captured 1st's in the HJ (6-08 1/4 League Record), the Triple Jump (46-05 1/4 League and School records), a 2nd in the LJ and a 3rd in the 4x400 relay. Hunter won the 800 (2:00.45), barely missed 1st (by .5 seconds) in the 1600 (4:28.67) and was part of the 3rd place 4x400 relay. Charlie won a stirring 3200 (9:34.5) over nemesis James Goldstein of Oak Park (9:34.81) who had earlier edged Hunter in the 1600. Noteworthy in Hunter's race was his negative splitting the final 800 (2:21 first 800, 2:07 second 800). And Charlie - after dueling James for 7 laps it came down to who had the most left. Charlie proved himself with a final lap of 60 seconds coming from behind before surging to victory in the final meter to win over Goldstein. Anchored by these solid performances, the Varsity Boys finished 2nd with 119 points to Oak Park (147) for the Team Title.

Other notable marks were: Brian Owusu (100 3rd 11.29), Niko Dimartino (LJ 1st 22-05 1/2), Scott Arellano (LJ 4th 20-02), Paul Vozzo (PV 8th 11-06), and Erik Kohler (Discus 4th 129-09).

On the girls side, Ally Courtnall led the way for the 1st time TRI VALLEY LEAGUE CHAMPION Lions with a 1st in the 100 (12.55), a 1st in the 200 (breaking her own recently established school record with a 25.55) and being a part of the 2nd place 4x100 and 4x400 relays. Lauren Anderson won the TJ (33-04) and finished 2nd in the HJ (5-00). Brianna Barrett was 3rd in the 100 (12.70) and 200 (26.26) as well as being a part of the 2nd place 4x100 and 4x400 relays. Annalise Bachman was another multiple event contributor with her 2nd place finish in the TJ (32-09), her 3rd place in the HJ (5-00) and her 5th place tie with Hanna Packham in the PV (8-02). Niki MacWhirter was also a multiple event contributor with a 4th place finish in the 800 (setting a new personal best of 2:23.28) and being a part of the 4x400 relay. Senior Stephanie Armstrong closed out her OC career with a 2nd place finish (by 2 inches) in the discus (98-05). Every point was needed by the girls who edged out La Reina by 1/3 point (135.34 to 135) to capture OC's first TRI VALLEY LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP.

Other notable marks were: Megan Huning (400 2nd 1:02.82), Imogen Browder (PV 3rd 8-08), Hannah Packman (PV 5t 8-02), and Erin Triplett (PV 8th 8-02).

The FROSH/SOPH BOYS finished a respectable 3rd with 95 points in the race for the team title. Stephen Cooper set PR's in the 3200 (11:05) and the 1600 (5:00). Vince Colarossi ran under 5:00 for the 1st time with a 4:57.

The GIRLS FROSH/SOPH team finished 5th with 36 points.

OC could have a fine showing at CIF if our qualifiers make it through prelims and do well in the Finals. Our CIF qualifiers are:

BOYS

Scott Arellano LJ, alt 4x400
Austin Buccieri alt 4x100
Niko DiMartino LJ, 4x100, 4x400
Hunter Hays 1600, 800, 4x400
Erik Kohler Discus
Tyler McGrath 4x400
Nick Nugwynne 4x100
Brian Owusu 100, 4x100, 4x400
Charlie Petrie 3200
Jules Sharpe HJ, TJ
Mitchells Shelby alt 4x100
Trey Smith HJ, alt 4x400
Allen Stevens TJ
James Thomas alt 4x100
Paul Vozzo PV

GIRLS

Stephanie Armstrong Discus
Lauren Anderson TJ, HJ
Kim Andrews alt 4x100
Annalise Bachman TJ, HJ, PV
Brianna Barrett 100, 200, 4x100, 4x400
Imogen Browder PV
Ally Courtnall 100, 200, 4x100, 4x400
Megan Huning 400, 4x400
Niki MacWhirter 800, 4x400
Hannah Packman PV
Jennifer Philen 4x100, alt 4x400
Karli Postel 4x100, alt 4x400
Erin Triplett PV

Championship Season Begins

This is what it is all about...

Fri, May 1,2009

Moorpark HS - Every high school season can be broken down in to different seasons. The winter season is primarily conditioning practices. Then the regular season where the dual meets and invitationals take place. But most important is the championship season. For some athletes the championship season may only be a week long for some it stretches 6-10 weeks. The Ventura County Championships acts as a prologue or opening ceremonies to the championships. After the VCC comes the Tri-Valley League Championships, CIF Southern Section Div 4 Championships, the Southern Section Master's Championships, the California State Championships and for some the National Championships. Each successive meet more important the the one before all the while facing elimination which would bring a conclusion to the season.

If the Ventura County Championships acts as a prologue then the OC Lions looks poised for a successful run in the championships. 1 Ventura County record, 3 Ventura County Titles, 8 OC school records, 24 personal best marks (plus 5 season best marks) in 36 events contested.

Jules Sharpe has made a habit of stealing the show and he made no exception at the VCC. winning 2 Ventura County Titles. Jules won the high jump for the second year in a row then added a triple jump title to his resume and then took second in the long jump runner up setting the OC record in the process. Jules' triple jump mark of 44-9.75 was a personal best by more than 2 ft and ranks him as the county leader. He also is the county leader in the high jump.

Before Jules got to work the VCC began with the girls invitational 4x800m. OC toed the line with three of last year's defending championship team. Junior Fallon Cislo led off with the second fastest 800 of her career and seasonal best time of 2:28. Sophomore Cristina Garcia took the baton and ran straight into the led with a second best lifetime and season best 2:31. Junior Niki MacWhirter extended the team's lead with her second best lifetime and seasonal mark of 2:26. Freshman Megan Huning anchored the effort with a 9 second personal best 2:34 improving on her previous best mark set two days earlier. The girls ran an official time of 10:00.38 to break their own Ventura County record and OC school record from last year's championship.

The boys invitational 4x800m was the next race on the track and OC fielded 2 freshmen and 2 sophomores who took down the OC BFS record taking 18 seconds off the old record held by Charlie Petrie, Hunter Hays, Ethan Long and Justin Sullivan.

The next race for the Lions was the girls invitational 4x100m. Senior Jennifer Philen, sophomore Ally Courtnall, senior Karli Postel and freshman Brianna Barrett became the first team in OC history to go under the 50 second barrier placing 3rd at the VCC's which was also a OC best. The girls set the OC record at 49.54 to earn All Ventura County Honors and are ranked 3rd in the county.

Hunter Hays was next to perform and set an OC record when he posted a 4:26 in the boys invitational 1600m. Hunter later ran a season best 2:03.30 on the 800m

The girls seeded 100IH featured the next OC performer where senior Lindsay Cooper ran away with the heat victory and the OC record posting a 16.38. The old record of 16.51 was held by Amanda Lompart.

The sixth consecutive OC race run resulted itself in the sixth consecutive OC record broken. In the invitational 100m both Ally Courtnall and Brianna Barrett dipped under the existing OC record. Ally's 12.25 replaces Whitney Acton's former record of 12.63. Brianna moves into the #2 spot in OC history with a 12.62. Brianna also set a personal best in the long jump at 16-3.

Later in the evening Ally would take down another OC record (third of the night) with a 25.12 in the invitational 200m. This mark ranks her in the top 30 in the state of California and she is ranked 5th in the 100m and 7th in the 200m among sophomores in the state.

Other performers include Charlie Petrie, winner of the seeded 3200m in a season best 9:47, Allen Stevens (HJ, TJ, LJ), Trey Smith (HJ), Scott Arellano (SP), Brian Owusu running lifetime best 11.19, James Thomas (200m), Niki MacWhirter (800m), Fallon Cislo (800m), Cristina Garcia (3200m 12:05 SB), Emily Fuld (3200m 11:53.63 PR), Lauren Anderson (TJ), Annalise Bachman (HJ, TJ), Brittany Tayloe (PV, LJ), Erin Triplett, Pauls Vozzo and Imogen Browder in the pole vault, Kennedy Holt (SP), Stephenie Armstrong (SP, DT).

Tyler McGrath, Hunter Hays, Mitchell Shelby and James Thomas joined forces for the boys 4x400 while Ally, Brianna, Niki and Megan joined forces for the girls 4x400m.