DAL Center Meet #1
Hidden Valley Park
Martinez CA
Wednesday, September 28, 2016

RESULTS AT BOTTOM OF PAGE

Cougars Make Big First Impression, Win 55 of 56 Match ups to Open New League

Both frosh soph teams did their part to set the right tone at Wednesday's inaugural Diablo Athletic League cross country center meet at Hidden Valley Park, where the Cougars rolled to wins in 55 of the 56 dual match ups across the 6 divisions.

The meet began with a surprising surge for the boys' youngsters, sparked by Colin Lekki's (19) come-from-behind win. Also moving up in the 2nd half on the rugged 2-mile course was the freshman trio of Pablo Nguyen (20), Owen Hunger (20) and Dylan Cronin (20). The scoring was completed by the vastly improved Max Essl (19), who knocked another 23 seconds off his course best to help the boy's squad to 15-point perfect scores against 10 out of 11 opponents. The only complete team to break up the Cougar sweep was College Park.

Maddie House (20) and the rest of her team stayed poised in the early going of the frosh soph girls' race as other competitors streaked to the front. The superior fitness of the Cougars was evident as House, along with Kira D'Iorio (19) and Sarah Naughten (20), breezed by opponents on their ascent of Finale Hill to capture 3 of the top 4 places.

The frosh soph girls' races featured some of the biggest improvements for the Campolindo harriers, including drops of over a minute for Catherine Zhang (20), Tracy Si (20), Jacklyn Wang (19) and Roni Ayalon (19). The top improvement on the day came from Kate Norton (20), who finished 39th in the race and exactly 2 minutes and 26 seconds ahead of her pervious 2-mile PR.

The school's longest undefeated streak was defended with an emphatic win by the junior varsity boys. The Cougars looked a bit greedy, snatching 7 of the top 10 places overall and tallying 10 perfect scores. Thibualt Gourlin (18) broke away in the final 400m to take the individual win while Ethan Sauerberg (18) closed well to finish 2nd. Jeremy Ahn (18) and Derek He (18) continued to demonstrate what a summer of consistent training can do, improving by 25 and 24 seconds, respectively.

The lone loss of the day came at the hands of the Falcons, who took advantage of an uncharacteristically broad pack margin. College Park placed 2 athletes in front of the Cougars' 2nd finisher and 4 athletes in front of the Cougars' 3rd finisher to steal a 3-point victory, 26-29. Juliet Arnswald (17) came back from recent injury to earn runner-up honors while international endurance start Petra Nord (17) finished 5th.

The most improved JV girl was Grace Stafford, who knocked 1:07 from her pervious best to finish 47th overall.

Predictably, the varsity boys out-classed the rest of the field over the 3-mile HVP course. Clayton Valley, a division 2 school, was the only team to score more than 19 points against the defending NCS division 3 champions. After a conservative start, Jared Yabu (17) turned on the afterburners to pull away from Miramonte's Jonathan Fierro for the individual win. While the pack margin was over a minute, the Cougars did manage to place 4 in the top 10 and all 7 athletes in the top 16.

The most dramatic competition of the afternoon was surely the varsity girls' race, where the defending league champions were pushed to the brink by the return of a foe from long ago. It's been 8 years since the Cougar and Falcons both resided in the DFAL and contributed to what was then considered the most competitive league in California.

In just their 1st face-off in the newly convened DAL, the 2 squad fell back into their old habits. A tightly packed Falcon squad took advantage of the under-maned Cougars. Hannah Ruane (18) and Isabella Chao (18) finished over a minute ahead of the 1st College Park runner, but with the dual scoring format, the purple pack was able to neutralize that effort with advantages at the 3rd, 4th and 5th positions.

Luckily, Kira Riegelhuth (19), who overcame injury to finish in the number 5 position on the team, was able stay ahead of College Park's 6th and 7th runners to preserve a 1-point win and a perfect record.

BOYS' VARSITY
Grd TOTAL PR CR Plc.
JARED YABU 12 1552 1
RAY DIAZ 12 1616 4
RICHARD GONG 12 1642 5
NIKI MOORE 12 1656 9
KYLE FLETT 12 1659 11
ANDREW TSENG 11 1712 14
EDWARD BUCKLEY 10 1726 16

Campolindo 15, Acalanes 50
Campolindo 15, Alhambra 50
Campolindo 15, Berean Christian 49
Campolindo 21, Clayton Valley 40
Campolindo 15, College Park 50
Campolindo 15, Concord 50
Campolindo 19, Las Lomas 43
Campolindo 19, Miramonte 44
Campolindo 15, Mt. Diablo Inc.
Campolindo 19, Northgate 42
Campolindo 15, Ygnacio Valley 50

BOYS' FROSH SOPH
Grd TOTAL PR CR Plc.
COLIN LEKKI 10 1126 1
PABLO NGUYEN 9 1159 4
OWEN HUNGER 9 1223 9
DYLAN CRONIN 9 1224 10
MAX ESSL 10 1225 11
SAM MORASCH 9 1301 34
AGUSTIN MENESESE 10 1340 59
MAX GARCIA 10 1348 67
ERIC FOSSEN 10 1408 83
ANISH VISHT 9 1526 119
NOLAN WILSON 9 1640 151
ANDRES ARTALE 9 1650 158

Campolindo 15, Acalanes 50
Campolindo 15, Alhambra Inc.
Campolindo 15, Berean Christian Inc.
Campolindo 15, Clayton Valley 50
Campolind 16, College Park 47
Campolindo 15, Concord 50
Campolindo 15, Las Lomas 50
Campolindo 15, Miramonte 50
Campolindo 15, Mt. Diablo Inc.
Campolindo 15, Northgate 49
Campolindo 15, Ygnacio Valley 50

BOYS' JV
Grd TOTAL PR CR Plc.
THIBAULT GOURLIN 11 1137 1
ETHAN SAUERBERG 11 1140 2
NAVID BOOZARPOUR 12 1144 3
TIMOTHY SAMS 11 1145 4
DEREK HE 11 1202 6
DYLAN HOOVER 12 1204 7
CASEY CHAMBERS 11 1219 10
MATTHEW LOPRESTI 12 1228 13
NICK WOLFORD 12 1228 14
JEREMY AHN 11 1231 15
WILL GIPSON 12 1256 23
STONE MAO 12 1301 27
GABRIEL VALVERDE-TURNER 12 1302 30
CHANO REAL 12 1308 31
JULIAN SOCHER 12 1316 36
CHRISTOPHER FLEMING 12 1330 41
CHRISTOPHE MARINIER 11 1433 76

Campolindo 15, Acalanes 50
Campolindo 15, Alhambra Inc.
Campolindo 15, Berean Christian Inc.
Campolindo 15, Clayton Valley 50
Campolindo 16, College Park 47
Campolindo 15, Concord 50
Campolindo 15, Las Lomas 50
Campolindo 15, Miramonte Inc.
Campolindo 15, Mt. Diablo Inc.
Campolindo 15, Northgate 49
Campolind 15, Ygnacio Valley 50

GIRLS' VARSITY
Grd TOTAL PR CR Plc.
HANNAH RUANE 11 1800 2
ISABELLA CHAO 11 1832 3
JENNA MILES 11 2041 14
SAVANNAH HILTON 11 2107 17
KIRA RIEGELHUTH 10 2132 25
ELIZABETH GARCIA 11 2419 53

Campolindo 15, Acalanes 42
Campolindo 15, Alhambra Inc.
Campolindo 15, Berean Christian Inc.
Campolindo 20, Clayton Valley 35
Campolindo 27, College Park 27
Campolindo 18, Concord 38
Campolindo 23, Las Lomas 32
Campolindo 26, Miramonte 29
Campolindo 15, Mt. Diablo Inc.
Campolindo 18, Northgate 37
Campolindo 15, Ygnacio Valley 44

GIRLS' FROSH SOPH
Grd TOTAL PR CR Plc.
MADDIE HOUSE 9 1427 1
KIRA D'IORIO 10 1444 3
SARAH NAUGHTEN 9 1445 4
REMY MORAN 10 1524 10
ELLIE GUTHRIE 9 1530 11
MIA TRAVIS 9 1548 15
CHLOE GUTHRIE 10 1701 34
KATE NORTON 9 1716 39
RONI AYALON 10 1728 41
KENDALL MONKARSH 9 1810 48
JACKLYN WANG 10 1820 49
CHLOE SHAFFEL 9 2029 70
TRACY SI 9 2037 72

Campolindo 15, Acalanes Inc.
Campolindo 15, Alhambra Inc.
Campolindo 15, Berean Christian Inc.
Campolindo 17, Clayton Valley 46
Campolindo 15, College Park 50
Campolindo 15, Concord Inc.
Campolindo 15, Las Lomas 46
Campolindo 17, Miramonte 46
Campolindo 15, Mt. Diablo Inc.
Campolindo 23, Northgate 36
Campolindo 15, Ygnacio Valley Inc.

GIRLS' JV
JULIET ARNSWALD 12 1443 2
PETRA NORD 12 1502 5
CLARE AHEARN 12 1527 6
NARALIE ARNSWALD 10 1538 10
CLAIRE CIMINO 12 1547 11
KIANA LEW 11 1605 17
FIONA QUIMBY 11 1614 19
EMMA VAN DE WYNGAERDE 11 1617 20
ELLE ESQUER 9 1620 22
DEVON ORTMAN 9 1626 24
OLIVIA HOM 10 1648 31
SARA LEMELIN 12 1707 33
GRACE STAFFORD 11 1752 47
KIM BAXTER 12 2024 67
AMALIA RIEGELHUTH 12 2149 74
MICHELLE PERELMUTOR 11 2311 83

Campolindo 15, Acalanes 50
Campolindo 15, Alhambra Inc.
Campolindo 15, Berean Christian Inc.
Campolindo 15, Clayton Valley 45
College Park 26, Campolindo 29
Campolindo 15, Concord 50
Campolindo 17, Las Lomas 42
Campolindo 20, Miramonte 43
Campolindo 15, Mt. Diablo Inc.
Campolindo 15, Northgate 50
Campolindo 15, Ygnacio Valley 50