DAL Championships
Hidden Valley Park
Martinez CA
Saturday, November 9, 2024

RESULTS AT BOTTOM OF PAGE

Cougars Earn 6 Titles with 5-1 Finish at DAL Champs; Boys Avenge 2023 Loss

In the penultimate race of the afternoon, the varsity boys turned away challenges from 2 of the top teams in the section to reclaim the Diablo Athletic League championship meet crown on Saturday at Hidden Valley Park.

Gavin Gunn (27) assumed the top spot for the Cougars, leading a 3-man string of blue and white across the line to claim the 4th, 5th, and 6th places in the race. Maxson Cook (25) and Jack Durden (27) closed out the scoring in 10th and 12th place, respectively, helping to provide the 3rd fastest team-time performance on the course in school history.

The varsity girls wrapped up the competition with a convincing win against a motivated field that included a plucky pack effort from Northgate and front-running individual win from Las Lomas' Lily Montilla. The sophomore trio of Kiona McCasland (27), Amalia Contreras (27), and Kaitlyn Kinsey (27) snatched the 2nd, 3rd, and 5th places. The final "all-league" honor was picked up by Amalia Houston (26), who assumed the #4 scoring position for the Cougars.

Earlier in the day, the frosh soph boys kicked things off for the squad with a 41-point victory over their nearest rivals. Taiyo Chiba (27) and Samuel Hearn (27) ran unchallenged to the top 2 finishing positions while Koen Pretzlaf (28), Nikola Van Delft (27), and Anton Klisura (27) placed 5th, 6th, and 7th to shut the door on the rest of the league.

The frosh soph girls followed by completing their season-long comeback with an 11-point margin over Miramonte to claim sole possession of the league title. Mykenzie Fung (28) took the tape with teammate Nora Lawrence (27) close behind in 2nd.

Another year was added to the longest championship win streak in league history as the junior varsity boys dropped the Cougars' lowest score of the day. With 19 points, the squad pushed its title tally since 2007 to 16. Cody De La Cruz (26) was the top gun with a historically fast time of 10:44, the 23rd best in school history. Like the frosh soph boys, the JV team put all 5 scorers in the top 7, including a sweep of the top 3 as Taejin Chung (26) and Nolan Henwood (25) followed De La Cruz through the finish.

While the junior varsity girls finished 2nd in their race, their undefeated regular season record helped them forge a tie at the top of the final league standings. Claire Anderzejek (26) provided a sweep of the non-varsity individual crowns for Campolindo, finishing in 13:40.

The most improved performances came from Mai Lam Nguyen (27) and Erifili Vassilopoulos (27) on the girls' side and Ryan LaMarche (28) and Kai Bobell (28) on the boys'. LaMarche's improvement on the course by 4 minutes and 47 seconds was 22% faster than their last Hidden Valley Park 2-mile race.

BOYS' VARSITY
4 GAVIN GUNN 10 15:54
5 CLARK GREGORY 10 15:58
6 CADEN EHRHORN 9 16:00
10 MAXSON COOK 12 16:13
12 JACK DURDEN 10 16:25
19 JOSIAH BEARDSLEY 12 16:43
20 SIDDHARTH IYER 12 16:58
25 DREW SHOGAN 10 17:15

Campolindo 37, College Park 50, Miramonte 51, Las Lomas 89, Northgate 141, Clayton Valley 183, Acalanes 217, Alhambra 223, Benicia 262, Berean Christian 302, Concord 313

BOYS' FROSH SOPH
1 TAIYO CHIBA 10 11:02
2 SAMUEL HEARN 10 11:15
5 KOEN PRETZLAF 9 11:24
6 NIKOLA VAN DELFT 10 11:26
7 ANTON KLISURA 10 11:28
9 CARTER COOK 10 11:49
12 COLE KOSAK 9 12:02
15 OWEN THAYER 9 12:24
17 JONAH THOMPSON 9 12:31
19 AIDAN DAVIS 9 12:34
30 EHTAN ROJAS 9 12:57
39 ADAM AHN 9 13:15
54 ETHAN DONG 9 13:42
57 KAI BOBELL 9 13:49
78 THAD DEVINGER 9 14:24
84 JONAH CHAR 9 14:49
107 RYAN LAMARCHE 9 16:43

Campolindo 21, Miramonte 62, College Park 92, Las Lomas 117, Clayton Valley 136, Acalanes 152, Northgate 157, Berean Christian 141, Concord 251

BOYS' JV
1 CODY DE LA CRUZE 11 10:44
2 TAEJIN CHUNG 11 11:24
3 NOLAN HENWOOD 12 11:25
6 URIJAH SMITH 10 11:51
7 ARIA FALSAFI 10 11:52
12 BENOIT PELCHAT 12 12:06
13 PETER SHEPHARD 10 12:08
18 TIANCHEN CUI 10 12:23
21 CHARLIE WANG 11 12:27
28 BRODY HALL 10 12:40
31 NOLAN KNIGHTLY 10 12:40
36 NATHAN LITTELL 11 13:03
42 AARON WANG 11 13:18
43 ZACHARY MIN 10 13:19
46 MATTEO MARCHETTI 10 13:21
47 GUY SANDLER 10 13:21
50 ISAAC NARIDO 10 13:28
59 THOMAS EIRICH 10 13:43
63 HANSON MA 11 13:52
67 ROBERT SILVERMAN 11 14:00
78 CAMDEN SMITH 10 14:31
81 MACKIE HALL 12 14:41

Campolindo 19, Las Lomas 70, College Park 85, Clayton Valley 105, Northgate 105, Miramonte 131, Acalanes 233, Concord 246

GIRLS' VARSITY
2 KIONA MCCASLAND 10 19:15
3 AMALIA CONTRERAS 10 19:34
5 KAITYLN KINSEY 10 19:56
14 ANYA HOUSTON 11 20:35
15 MEERAN GILL 12 20:36
21 COLBIE FREESE 11 21:22
29 ENYA ZHENG 10 21:52

Campolindo 39, Northgate 52, Las Lomas 54, Miramonte 84, Clayton Valley 142, Benicia 174, Concord 225, Alhambra 226

GIRLS' FROSH SOPH
1 MYKENZIE FUNG 9 13:54
2 NORA LAWRENCE 10 13:59
7 ROUYAN LECHNER 10 14:49
10 VASY PRIDATKO 9 14:53
13 KATHERINE VONDERBRINK 9 15:17
15 PAIGE WILLIAMS 10 15:26
23 KEIRA DE LOS SANTOS 10 15:36
39 MAI LAM NGUYEN 10 17:21

Campolindo 33, Miramonte 44, Northgate 67, Las Lomas 80, College Park 158, Benicia 161

GIRLS' JV
1 CLAIRE ANDRZEJEK 11 13:40
3 LIBBY WONG 11 14:24
7 HELEN SHEPHARD 12 14:52
10 ANJALI RAO 11 14:54
12 CIEL SPECKMAN 10 15:06
21 MADELINE SHENG-WILLIAMS 10 16:23
22 ERIFILI VASSILOPOULOS 10 16:27
28 MCKENZIE KAHN 11 16:51

Northgate 28, Campolindo 33, Las Lomas 64, Clayton Valley 101, Miramonte 135, Benicia 154