NCS Championships
Hayward High School
Hayward CA
Saturday, November 20, 2010

RESULTS AT BOTTOM OF PAGE

VERDON RULES NCS
Duo Sets Fastest Times as Girls Romp in Wet, Muddy Conditions; Boys Finish 2nd

Leaving little doubt about the identities of the North Coast Section's top two runners, Carrie Verdon (12) and Grace Orders (11) rushed to an early lead in the Division III race on the Hayward High School 3.0 mile course. Not only did the tandem dominate the rest of the DIII competition, they left the entire section in their wake, finishing with the top two times of the day out of the five division field that included 572 athletes from 169 schools at the 2010 NCS cross country Championships.

Verdon's 17:19 mark also crushed the DIII all-time course record by 18 seconds, while Orders finished in 17:38 for the third fastest course performance in division history. Verdon's time is just over a minute faster than her 3rd place clocking of a year ago, while Orders dropped 48 seconds from 2009. Considering the windy, wet conditions on Saturday only magnifies their achievement!

The varsity girls also claimed the team title in decisive fashion with clutch efforts from Rachel Meadows (12), who crossed the line 6th in 18:40, and 10th and 11th place finishes from Juliet Farnan (12) and Sara Mostatabi (11), respectively. For Farnan, it is a thirteen place, 21 second improvement over her heroic 2009 performance. Meadows, who never ran a varsity race until the 2010 season, is easily the division's rookie of the year.

The varsity boys held on to second place behind the continued front-running prowess of Thomas Joyce (12), who finished third in the fastest East Bay Area athlete time of the day. Not far behind were teammates Dylan Laucher (11) in 11th, and Vinson Compestine (12) in 16th. Joyce improved 59 seconds over his 47th place finish in 2009.

The North Bay's squad from Petaluma used an impressive cluster of four athletes in the top twelve to beat the favored Cougars, who now advance to the CIF State Championships on November 27th.

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Full NCS Division III Boys' Results HERE! Combined Boys' Results (all divisions) HERE!

Full NCS Division III Girls' Results HERE! Combined Girls' Results (all divisions) HERE!

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BOYS' VARSITY
Grd TOTAL PR CR Plc.
THOMAS JOYCE 11 1535 3
DYLAN LAUCHER 12 1554 11
VINSON COMPESTINE 11 1602 16
GREG GARCIA 12 1613 21
BRADLEY MILLER 12 1629 29
LELAND WONG 11 1633 33
KEITH GEIGER 1647 43

Petaluma 65, Campolindo 80, Las Lomas 124, Piner 144, Acalanes 163, Maria Carrillo 185, Miramonte 200, Northgate 210, Eureka 219, O'Dowd 246, Redwood 289, Dougherty Valley 333, Alhambra 356, Albany 366, Novato 380, Sonoma Valley 422, Analy 448, Ygnacio Valley 528, Dublin 533, Tennyson 621, Concord 622, Encinal 655

Boys' 1st team All-NCS
Luis Luna (11) Piner #1 15:23 5:07
Daniel Milechman (12) Tamalpais #1 15:25 5:08
Forrest Shaffer (12) Petaluma #1 15:31 5:10
Thomas Joyce (11) Campolindo #1 15:35 5:11
John Lawson (10) Sir Francis Drake #1 15:43 5:14
Ryan Douglas (10) Petaluma #2 15:44 5:14
Kevin Poteracke (10) Petaluma #3 15:49 5:16

Boys' 2nd team All-NCS
Jeff Bickert (12) College Park #1 15:50 5:16
Trevor Ehlenbach (12) San Rafael #1 15:51 5:17
Tyler Troxel (11) Acalanes #1 15:51 5:17
Adler Faulkner (10) Acalanes #2 15:51 5:17
Aidan Goltra (9) Las Lomas #1 15:52 5:17
Tyler Hanson (10) Miramonte #1 15:52 5:17
Daniel Hauptman (12) Maria Carrillo #1 15:53 5:17

Boys' 3rd team All-NCS
Dylan Laucher (12) Campolindo #2 15:54 5:18
Clark Bernard (12) Petaluma #4 15:56 5:18
Anthony Ortolan (12) College Park #2 15:57 5:19
Parker Deuel (11) San Ramon Valley #1 15:58 5:19
Danny Stalters (10) Northgate #1 16:00 5:20
Nick Kraus (12) Eureka #1 16:00 5:20
Cole Williams (12) Urban School of San Francisco 16:01 5:20
Ned Tannenbaum (12) San Francisco University Boy 16:01 5:20
Evan Quigley (11) Alhambra #1 16:01 5:20

Honorable Mention
Vinson Compestine (11) Campolindo #3 16:02 5:20
Jamie Fehrnstrom (11) Miramonte #2 16:04 5:21
Roman Alyas (12) Novato #1 16:05 5:21
Sam Kane (11) Bishop O'Dowd #1 16:09 5:23
Robin O'Connell (12) Eureka #2 16:12 5:24
Greg Garcia (12) Campolindo #4 16:13 5:24
Nolan Tonkyn (11) Albany #1 16:13 5:24
*tie for 7th spot

GIRLS' VARSITY
Grd TOTAL PR CR Plc.
CARRIE VERDON 11 1719 1
GRACE ORDERS 12 1738 2
RACHEL MEADOWS 11 1840 6
JULIET FARNAN 11 1904 10
SARA MOSTATABI 12 1907 11
HALEY SHIPWAY 9 1924 22
MEGAN MCMILLAN 10 2023 46

Campolindo 30, Acalanes 66, Las Lomas 127, Redwood 145, Petaluma 168, Maria Carrillo 207, O'Dowd 211, Dougherty Valley 225, Eureka 239, Northgate 290, Miramonte 290, Novato 294, Dublin 315, Albany 371, Alhambra 375, Piner 432, Analy 466, Encinal 510, Concord 609

Girls' 1st team All-NCS
Carrie Verdon (11) Campolindo #1 17:19 5:46
Grace Orders (12) Campolindo #2 17:38 5:52
Kelsey Santisteban (12) Castro Valley #1 18:00 6:00
Sophie Hartley (9) Granada #1 18:12 6:04
Carina Novell (11) Granada #2 18:21 6:07
Lucy McCullough (12) Marin Academy #1 18:23 6:07
Holland Reynolds (11) San Francisco Univ #1 18:28 6:09
Lauren Kraus (10) Maria Carrillo #1 18:28 6:09
*tie for 7th spot

Girls' 2nd team All-NCS
Elaine McVay (12) California #1 18:31 6:10
Spencer Moore (9) St. Mary's College HS #1 18:32 6:10
Maryann Gong (10) Granada #3 18:35 6:11
Bridget Blum (11) San Francisco Univ #2 18:37 6:12
Amy Hollshwandner (10) Acalanes #1 18:38 6:12
Jewlez Andrews (12) Alhambra #1 18:39 6:13
Rachel Meadows (11) Campolindo #3 18:40 6:13

Girls' 3rd team All-NCS
Shelby Nickles (12) Dublin #1 18:41 6:13
Ashley Moffet (10) Casa Grande #1 18:43 6:14
Julia Maxwell (9) Branson #1 18:44 6:14
Elizabeth Hebel (11) San Ramon Valley #1 18:48 6:16
Annie Marggraff (10) Acalanes #2 18:49 6:16
Kelsey Girardelli (11) Granada #4 18:50 6:16
Imogene Carson (12) Eureka #1 18:52 6:17
Jena Pianin (10) Amador Valley #1 18:52 6:17
*tie for 7th spot

Honorable Mention
Jessica Gerards (12) Washington #1 18:53 6:17
Natalie Dimits (11) Livermore #1 18:54 6:18
Kendall Stuscavage (10) College Park #1 18:55 6:18
Alexandra Tate (11) Clayton Valley #1 18:58 6:19
Adrienne Strait (12) College Preparatory #1 18:59 6:19
Juliet Farnan (11) Campolindo #4 19:04 6:21
Nicole Lane (11) El Molino #1 19:05 6:21