Stanford Invitational
Stanford Golf Course
Palo Alto
Saturday, October 1, 2016

RESULTS AT BOTTOM OF PAGE

Ruane, Chao Earn Top Tandem Times at Stanford Invite; Boys Win on Tie-Breaker

Eclipsing the 2014 performances of Brighie Leach (15) and Toni Finnane (15), the latest Campolindo dynamic duo used favorable conditions at the 2016 the Stanford Invitational to set the best 1-2 performance of the day and climb to 2nd and 3rd All-Time on the Cougar course record board, behind 2-time state champion Carrie Verdon (12).

Hannah Ruane (18) and Isabella Chao (18) positioned themselves in the lead pack of the division 3 race from the gun. Just before the mile mark, Live Oak's Kaylah Grant surged ahead, eventually building a lead of 30 meters. Ruane and Chao stayed poised, and slowly recovered the distance. With just over a mile to the finish, Ruane took the lead. Shortly thereafter, Chao also passed the fading Grant and held close to her teammate for the remainder of the race.

Chao's time of 17:40 was 11th fastest overall and the best of any #2 runner at the meet. It was also an astounding 2:07 improvement over her time from the same meet in 2015.

The girls' team, which included the 5k debut of Maddie House (20), Sarah Naughten (20) and Kira D'Iorio (19), managed a 4th place finish.

The boys' squad was again led by 4-year varsity veteran Jared Yabu (17), who appears to be making progress after a 2-week bout of ankle issues. The senior was just 4 seconds off his 2015 mark, finishing in 15:40 to claim the 5th place in the division 3 race.

Ray Diaz (17) also cracked the top 10 in 15:55, a 21 second improvement.

Making a substantial jump from his DAL center meet performance of just 2 days prior, Niki Moore (17) helped tighten up the Cougar pack with a 16:16 finish, 7 seconds behind #3 man Richard Gong (17).

Also improving over his center meet effort was Edward Buckley (19), who moved up to the #5 spot with a time of 16:42.

The boys' team once again faced off against state rival Paso Robles, squeaking out a victory by virtue of Andrew Tseng's (18) 40th place finish, 10 places ahead of the Bearcat's 6th man.

BOYS' VARSITY
Grd TOTAL PR CR Plc.
JARED YABU 12 1539 5
RAY DIAZ 12 1555 8
RICHARD GONG 12 1609 12
NIKI MOORE 12 1616 14
EDWARD BUCKLEY 10 1642 31
ANDREW TSENG 11 1652 40
KYLE FLETT 12 1701 53

Campolindo 65, Paso Robles 65, Chico 183, Placer 203, South Hills 246, Tamalpais 252, Sierra 275, Bishop Amat 277, University City 340, Mills 342, Independence 363, Thomas Jefferson 394, Archbishop Riordan 394, Pleasant Valley 402, Enumclaw 404, Carmel 407, Maria Carrillo 433, Rosebug 434, Alameda 446, Casa Grande 460, Ukiah 520, Aptos 529, Benicia 614, Azusa 627, Shasta 632, North Monterey County 656, Kimball 698, Justin Siena 722, Fresno 756, Ripon 778, Marysville 843, Gunderson 901

GIRLS' VARSITY
Grd TOTAL PR CR Plc.
HANNAH RUANE 11 1734 1
ISABELLA CHAO 11 1740 2
JENNA MILES 11 2015 30
SAVANNAH HILTON 11 2012 34
MADDIE HOUSE 9 2103 76
SARAH NAUGHTEN 9 2127 90
KIRA D'IORIO 10 2223 128

Aptos 74, University City 89, Alameda 131, Campolindo 131, Justin Siena 161, Placer 192, Tamalpais 197, El Cerrito 263, Paso Robles 270, Shasta 298, Casa Grande 321, Chico 349, Roseburg 379, Carmel 380, Sierra 383, Thomas Jefferson 393, Ripon 445, Independence 454, Ukiah 475, Kimball 496, Pleasant Valley 542, Benicia 554, North Monterey County 612, South Hills 645, Fresno 739, Gunderson 840