Del Norte HS

WOW! What a fantastic weekend for Del Norte Cross Country.  We had fantastic races across the board at one of the toughest courses of the season.  Every single boy and almost all the girls who ran here last year ran a pr with many inproving by over 60 seconds.  As a team our freshman boys placed 5th, the junior boys placed 12th and the Sophmore boys 1st (beating second place by over 70 points) out of well over 20 teams from all over California, Arizona, Nevada and Colorado.

Coaches Commentary

Boys

Jared Brungard – 70 sec pr…if we can even out those splits, you could have run 15 sec faster

Brennan Bunn – great race…I liked how you and kindig worked together

Nick Cahill – prob a little fast 1^st mile…but you run tough and finished really well

Bradley Cai – pushed hard and ran great after the hills and moved up a ton of spots…great race

Jason Chander – good race…this week you need to hang on to leitner as long as you can that last mile

Aaron Chidester – 69 sec pr…great race…perfect first mile and then you closed really well

Pablo Costes – you ran the first 2 miles close to your bronco time…that bodes well for dana hills

Garret Grant – good race…our race this week at dana will build your confidence for the 5k up even more

Saman Hasemipour –not your best race…this weeks course is a good one to be on after that

Spencer Hoffman – 1 min 44 sec pr…way to be tough at the end…like mark lets work on being patient

Paul Holbel – a little fast through the mile, you worked really well in the middle and after the 2 mile

Eric Inumerable – 1 min 58 sec pr…you ran great in the middle miles...great job moving up

Andrew Jefferson – You went out a little fast…slow that first mile down and you will run 10-15 sec faster

Daniel Khasanov –  2 min 26 sec pr…just keep working hard every week and you will have a great season

Carson Kidwell – 1 min 54 sec pr…good race…as we start to back off in practice you will feel better

Austin Kindig – you Brennan and Bradley need to run together at practice and work together in races

Jared Leitner – 90 sec pr...you ran great splits that were really even in spite of the course..good job

Bryce Lennan –you had a great start and went out a little fast, but you ran tough over the 2^nd half

Mitch Manis – Great race…you ran a faster time than our top finisher ran last year

Colton Manusky –you ran a good race on a tough course…this weeks course is much easier…flat and fast

Greg McLorg – 2 min 54 sec huge pr from your first race last year…it really shows your improvement

Nadir Merchant – 2 min 40 sec pr…great race…you should run with Porus this week at Dana.

Blake Meyers –you went out confident, but a little fast, which is ok…you will race really well this week

Eric Ohler –good race…you went out about where you were suppose to be and moved up the 2^nd half

Akhil Penumudi – 2 min 20 sec pr…keep working hard at practice and you will pr like that every race

Matteo Pinto – relax your shoulders and lets work on slowing that first mile down a bit

Mark Quiroz – 1 min 40 sec pr…lets work on being patient…its ok to sit back and let others set the pace

Aaron Reichner – 45 sec pr…you will benefit a lot by the speed work that we will be doing in Oct

Deangelo Seguban – you and greg should work together next race…really work on not swinging

Ryan Short – great first race of the season on a tough course…the races will only get easier from here

Porus Siganporia – you ran even splits for the first 2 miles…remember to stand tall and drive your arms

Patrick Thompson – way to stay tough and finish the race

Sunny Zhang – 61 sec pr… you ran the same 2 mile split as you ran at bronco…sub 7 this week at dana

Girls

Nikki Barrett – your first mile and overall pace was faster than it was at bronco…great race

Carisa DeKalb – great race…a little fast through the first mile, but you ran tough over the 2^nd half

Monica Doyle – 51 sec pr from last year…that’s great…go for that type of a pr this week at dana

Sina Faizy – 50 sec pr…good race…you went after it and hopefully gained some confidence from it

Jasleen Ghumman –you ran a comparable time to last year. keep working hard and it will come back

Christa Hoffman – way to be patient over the first mile and a great close over the 2^nd half of the race

Peyton Howard – great race…there is not a course or distance you cant finish…always be positive

Katelyn Kalley – 2 min 2 sec pr from last year…you closed really well…I still think you can go faster

Sierra Kindig – 36 sec pr from last year…good consistent splits even with the hill

Shannah McCann – 2 min 43 sec pr from last year…missing that week didn’t hurt you at all..great race

Ashley Mitchell – 40 sec pr …as you get more miles in you will get up to where you should be

Jodi Simeroth – 1min41sec pr…that is where you should finish every week…don’t be afraid of those girls

Amy Zhangada – great race…you ran faster overall this week on a longer course then you did at bronco

What another great day of racing for our athletes!  We had 30 out of the 49 athletes who raced take home medals.  We had some outstanding individual races with 12 athletes finishing in the top 10 in their race.  Every single boy who ran this race last year pr'd, many improving by over a minute!  Over half the girls returners also pr'd this weekend.  Not to be outdone, the freshman and other first time XC runners also had great races with many running faster then last week.

All results can be found in the link on the left.

Coaches Commentary

Boys

Jared Brungard – 7 sec pr even with the twisted ankle…way to be tough and grind out the 2^nd half

Brennan Bunn – Good 2^nd race…close to the same average mile as last week on a tougher course

Nick Cahill –Great race with a top 10 finish…running consistent with last week

Bradley Cai –Way to race hard and run a similar per mile average as last week

Jason Chander – nice race… I really like that you ran together as a group…lets keep that up in practice

Aaron Chidester – 65 sec pr…keep that positive outlook and focus and this will happen all season

Pablo Costes – good race…6:15 average mile is faster then last week and this was  a harder course

Garret Grant – Don’t be scared of these longer races and the hills…be confident you’re running well

Saman Hasemipour –nice top 20 finish even with the sore knee…lets get healthy this week

Spencer Hoffman – 75 sec pr…outstanding race…this was a great race after the hard week of practice

Paul Holbel – way to go after it from the gun…keep this up and you will have a great season

Eric Inumerable – 69 sec pr…great race…to run a pr like that tired is terrific

Daniel Khasanov –  2 min 5 sec pr…you averaged a min faster per mile then last year…amazing race

Carson Kidwell – 83 sec pr…perfect race…you went out in control and fought hard through the end

Austin Kindig – Very nice finish…way to be tough and go after it at the end

Jared Leitner – 30 sec pr…good race…consistent pace and you ran with our pack through the first mile

Bryce Lennan –way to work hard over the 2md half…this week run with kindig

Daniel Kuelbs – way to race well after thinking of not going at all…and a 5 sec pr as well

Mitch Manis – Outstanding 1sst race…glad a new pair of shoes was all you needed to feel better

Colton Manusky – Good race to start the season…now that you know what to expect it should get easier

Greg McLorg –nice race…you and Patrick need to work together in races from now on

Nadir Merchant – 2 min pr…great job!...keep working hard in practice and this is going to continue

Blake Meyers – Great first race!...nice per mile average for your first race

Eric Ohler – great race…as you learn how to race, your times will improve

Akhil Penumudi – 63 sec pr…great race…I think you should try to run with AJ or kuelbs this week

Matteo Pinto – Another great race…lets really focus on relaxing your shoulders at practice this week

Sebastian Pinzon – 90 sec pr from last year…looks like its time to bump up a group at practice.great race

Mark Quiroz – 82 sec pr…great race…good job being patient the first mile and then using the hills

Aaron Reichner – 13 sec pr…you ran a good race and looked strong and controlled…that’s a good sign

Deangelo Seguban – Great race with a top 20 finish…focus on not swinging your shoulders this week

Andrew Shea – Good race...with consistent practice you will run better every week

Porus Siganporia – another good race…this week work on standing tall and using your arms at practice

Patrick Thompson – 90 sec pr…congrats on an fantastic race

Sonny Zhao Yu – very good race…very close to being sub 7…that needs to be our goal all season

Girls

Nikki Barrett – great top 10 finish…keep working hard every week and you will have a great season

Erica Buenconsejo – great first race of the season….way to really set the tone for that race from the gun

Carisa DeKalb – way to go after it from the gun…you had the 4^th fastest freshman time in D2

Monic Doyle – 19 sec pr good job running with those CCA girls…that’s where you should be

Jasleen Ghumman – be confident in your ability and you will improve as the season progresses

Christa Hoffman –great race…especially over the last 800…way to go after the girls in front of you

Peyton Howard – outstanding race…way to work hard all the way through the finish

Katelyn Kalley – 45 sec pr…you also ran pretty even splits even with the hill…good job

Sierra Kindig – 6 sec pr…good race…especially working hard over the last 600

Ashley Mitchell – 2 min 37 sec pr…keep working hard and you will come all the way back

Ally North – great kick at the end of your race…now you need to start using that

Jodi Simeroth – 51 sec pr…outstanding race…way to be positioned where you needed to be

Ana Velarde – great race…way to fight back and compete with those girls

Brittany Werdeman –way to keep your teammates with you for the first mile…great job

Amy Zhangada – another great race…really try to go after Ally at the end this week

What a great way to start the season!  After a long summer of hard work and quality practices our Nighthawks opened the season with a fantastic first meet.

We are so proud of the Frosh/Soph Boys and Girls repeating as D2 Champions with the boys winning by almost 40pts!

We also placed well in the Jr/Sr Girls and Boys races with the Girls taking 2nd place and the Boys taking 5th.

Overall we had huge pr's by many of the returners and outstanding first races by our Freshman and other new runners.

Until the full results are posted on the left please visit

http://sdtrackmag.com/2011CC/Vaquero/VaqCCresults.html

to see how all of our athletes did.

Coaches Commentary

Boys

Jared Brungard –Last year you avged 5:33 on the short course…this year 5:21…its only gonna get better

Brennan Bunn – Good first race…lets focus the next few races on running with Bryce and Austin

Nick Cahill –Great first race…avged under 6:15 per mile…lets focus on that pace all season for races

Bradley Cai –Good first race…all that summer work is going to pay off throughout the rest of the season

Jason Chander – Good being under 6:00 pace…lets focus on that pace during the next few races

Aaron Chidester –way to get back up from that fall wash yourself off and go after it in your race

Pablo Costes – only 10 sec off your pr from last year…your fitness is coming back quickly…

Garret Grant – Overall good first race…from now on we are going to work on pacing the entire race

Saman Hasemipour -Great first race…lets focus on getting you under 6:00 pace by the end of the season

Spencer Hoffman – Last year you avged 5:33 on the short course…5:06 this time on the long one…wow

Paul Holbel – Outstanding race…the summer running really paid off,you are going to have a good season

Eric Inumerable –78 pr from last year…you went out right on pace and had a good finish

Daniel Khasanov – 75 sec pr…you paced that group through the mile at 5:15 which was great

Carson Kidwell –Last year you avged 6:14 on the short course…this year 5:40 on the long course

Austin Kindig – Great first race…I know you’ve been looking forward to it…great job

Jared Leitner –40+sec pr..your fitness is coming back quickly…the key is to work hard on the steady days

Bryce Lennan –good first race…I think that you will see huge improvements as the season goes on

Greg McLorg –good race…very close to being sub 6 pace the entire race…lets push for that next week

Nadir Merchant – last year you avged 7:08 pace on the short course…this year 6:24 on the long one

Eric Ohler – When you lose focus try and lock on to another runner to help you stay on pace

Akhil Penumudi – Good first mile, but didn’t have as good a 2^nd half…focus on using your arms will help

Matteo Pinto – Great first XC race…you went after it early and it paid off

Sebastian Pinzon –last year you avged 6:28 on the short course…this yeat 5:48 on the long course

Mark Quiroz – Outstanding race…63 sec pr from last year…fastest Frosh/Soph time of the day as well.

Aaron Reichner – 13 sec pr …your fitness is good and you are going to see lots of improvement this year

Deangelo Seguban – Great first race…you went out great and held on for a great time

Andrew Shea – Good first race…I think we can get you under 6:00 pace by the end of the season

Porus Siganporia – great first race…really work on trying to stand tall the next few weeks during practice

Patrick Thompson – 44 sec pr…great race…the pace and times will drop for you all season

Sonny Zhao Yu – very close to being sub 7 for the entire race…lets focus on that the next few weeks

Girls

Nicci Barret – Great race and finish…so close to getting a medal…you will have another chance this week

Carisa DeKalb – great first race…way to try and close on the girls in front of you

Monic Doyle –17 sec pr. be aware of the people around you. If you’re not where you should be move up

Sina Faizy – 4 sec pr…own your space…do not let other girls intimidate or push you around

Jasleen Ghumman – Close to your pr from last year…keep working hard in practice and you will be fine

Christa Hoffman – Way to finish tough.that focus and determination will take you a long way this season

Peyton Howard – Great first XC race…you run like this all season and its going to be a great one

Katelyn Kalley – 33 sec pr…great race…you went our hard and finished strong…lets do this all season

Sierra Kindig – 17 sec pr...try not to get stuck by yourself…its always easier to run with someone else

Shannah McCann – way to be a trooper…we are glad you are ok, and you’re gonna have some cool scars

Ashley Mitchell – 33 sec pr…be patient and focused and you will get back to where you want to be

Ally North – Great first race and outstanding finish…with so much left you now know you can go earlier

Jodi Simeroth – Amazing 41 sec pr…6:13 avg mile…you should focus on staying under that all season

Ana Velarde – Great first race…you followed your race plan perfectly and ran a great race

Brittany Werdeman – Outstanding 39 sec pr…keep this up and your gonna have a great season

Amy Zhangada – Great first race and outstanding finish…now you know you can go faster earlier

Another race, another history making day for Del Norte Cross Country!

For the first time in school history both our Boys and Girls Teams had a chance to compete for the Valley League Title.  On both sides we had tremendous individual performances and close team finishes.  The men finished the season tied with Canyon Crest for 3rd Place in the league behind the strong finishes of Mark Quiroz (12th) and Spencer Hoffman (13th).  By finishing in the top 20 these gentlemen earned 2nd Team All Valley League Honors.  Mark was also the top freshman finisher in the league.

The girls race went down to the wire with our girls just missing out on our first Leage title, losing to Canyon Crest by 6 points (33 to 39).  The girls put on dominating individual performances placing 4 girls in the top 10 to earn 1st Team All League Honors; Ashley Mitchell (4th), Jodi Simeroth (5th), Katelyn Kalley (7th), and Monica Doyle (10th) and 5 girls in the top 13 with Sierra Kindig taking home 2nd Team All League Honors with her 13th place finish.

Our next race will be CIF Finals at Morley Field on Saturday November 20th.  Both the men's and women's teams look to place well and qualify for the State Meet.  We encourage both parents and athletes to come out and cheer on your teams, the boys race is at 9:00 AM with the girls race following at 10:05 AM.

Results

Coaches Comments

WOW! What a way to end the regular season!  This was a fantastic meet where all of our athletes fought down to the wire and left everything on the track.  There is not enough we can say about how our athletes competed and finished today.  21 out of the 22 boys who raced today ran a pr for the 5k distance, with most running almost 1 minute faster than they had ever before.  On the girls side 5 of the 13 who raced pr'd.

The Varsity Boys took home a well fought and tough earned win beating Canyon Crest by 4 points 26-30.  With the win the boys move to 2-2 on the season and look to improve their final league standings with a good race at League Finals.  The JV Boys defeated Mission Vista but lost by 1 to Canyon Crest to close out the season with a 3-2 record.

Our Varsity Girls had their first loss of the season in a close race with Canyon Crest to move to 3-1.  They look to avenge their loss and secure Del Norte's first league title at the League meet.  Our JV ladies were 1-1 on the day against Mission Vista and Canyon Crest to move to 3-2 on the season.

Our next race will be the Valley League Finals at Kit Carson Park on Saturday November 13.  This is a course we have seen before so with a good week of workouts we should race well.  We would encourage all JV athletes and parents to come out and support us.

Congratulations to all JV athletes.  You all had great seasons and now get a chance to enjoy some well deserved time off.

Results

Coaches Comments

Our athletes this week had a great meet on a tough course.  The boys competed well against a very good San Dieguito team, losing points only in the last 800 meters of the race.  Our varsity girls improved to 3-0 with another impressive performance.  This was an extremely tough course that challenges both the mental and physical toughness of the runners.  Our sucess at this meet is a testament to the time and effort that our athletes have put into their season.  Their hard work is paying off.

This week we will have a tri-meet with Mission Vista and Canyon Crest at Canyon Crest.  This is our final dual meet of the season and the last race for our JV athletes.  This meet will also be highlighted by the varisty girls race where our 3-0 Nighthawks will try to stay undefeated against the 3-0 ladies from Canyon Crest.  Good Luck Nighthawks!

Results 

Coaches Comments

Wow - Another week of great performances.  Again, new faces rising to the occasion.  Ashley Mitchell posts a personal best first mile, and first in for our girls varsity team to lead us to a 2nd place team finish on Friday.  With Ashley, Monica, and Jodi in the top 10, the meet provided a great preview of the possibilities for league finals in 3 weeks.  Spencer Hoffman leads the boys Varsity with Mark Quiroz, finishing in the top 20 of over 147 runners.  Sebastian Pinzon and Briana Matias led our JV teams to solid finishes in their respective races as well.

Our Varisty Girls matched the boys team finish from last week and earned their first podium finish by placing 2nd in the smalls schools divison out of 15 schools and 13th out of the 31 total teams (large schools included).

Our Varisty Boys team place 5th out of 21 teams

JV Boys placed 7th out of 17 teams.

JV Girls placed 7th out of 14 teams.

 This week we compete against San Dieguito Acadamey at San Dieguito Park.  This race is on a tough course, so we need to focus on having a good practice this week.

Results

Del Norte Cross Country hade some fantasic individual performances today at the SoCal Invite.  This was a unique expierence for our atheletes where our number 1 runner ran against the number 1 runner of the opposing teams, our number 2 against their number 2s etc.  Our varsity boys placed 11th out of 15 teams and took home their first podium finish at an invitational taking 3rd out of the Division 2 schools entered in the race.  Mark Quiroz led the way for the varsity boys by running a 27 sec pr over 5000meters to finish in 17:31 and run the 2nd fastest freshman time of the day.  Aaron Reichner and Spencer Hoffman also ran great races with Reichner also running his best 5k time of the season by 6 seconds.  We also saw big pr's from our returning runners: Jared Brungard (3 min pr), Aaron Chidester (2 min 30 sec pr), and Carson Kidwell (2 min 10 sec pr).

Ashley Mitchell  and Katelyn Kalley both had fantastic races to place well against the competition including one of the top teams in the state.  Monica Schifflet and Jasleen Ghumman each had solid races running consistent just as they have all season.

Out next race will be the Jaguar Invitational at Kit Carson Park.  This will be our last invitational of the season and a great opportunity for the varsity men and women to take a good look at the league finals course.  Lets have a great week of practice and have fun over these last few weeks of the regular season.

Results
(Note: Places are from combining all 7 varsity races)

Coaches Comments

Boys:

Mark Quiroz – So close to winning the bet and running faster than Coach Jacobs…2 sec faster and you would have done both…fantastic race, way to go after those guys in front of you and compete…as we do more speed work you will have more energy at the end to kick, I promise

Spencer Hoffman – Solid race again this week, congrats on beating Coaches time…you will benefit a lot from the speed work that we will be doing over the next month…no more waving before the hills though

Aaron Reichner – Good race…I promise you will start feeling fresher on race days as the weeks go on…way to stay in the mix and fight with those guys over the last half of the course…it also wouldn’t hurt you to go out a little faster…you can handle it

Jared Brungard – when you get tired you need to work on turnover…shorten your stride and take more steps, not longer ones

Andrew Muhn – you need to find a way to not hype yourself up…do not be content with running below your ability you need to want more

Aaron Chidester – You need to take a chance and go out faster…you averaged just a little faster than what you ran last week, so that was good and you ran 2.5 min faster than last year, which is great

Carson Kidwell – Don’t run by yourself, its harder…like Chidester you can go out faster and have a good race…great job working over the 2^nd half of the course to close the gap…also great pr of 2 min and 10 sec…wow

Girls:

Ashley Mitchell – you averaged a faster mile pace than you did last week on a longer course…you had a terrific race…keep believing and you will have a great post season

Katelyn Kalley – great week of practice and great race…you averaged almost 30 sec faster per mile than you ran last week…now that you know you can, lets do this every week

Monica Shifflet – great race…you went out and went after those girls in front of you…great job on staying focused and racing hard

Jasleen Ghumman – you ran simlar mile averages to what you ran on our shorter course last week…that’s fantastic considering the change in distance and competition…good job

What another tremendous step forward for our team!  Each week the quality and quanity of the success Del Norte XC sees just continues to grow.  This week against Orange Glen it was more of the same.  Our Varsity Boys took home their first league win in school history defeating the Patriots 17-58, and our top 4 varsity finishers all broke the old school record with Andrew Muhn setting the new bar at 17:46 for the 5k course and recording the men's first 1st place finish of the year.  The Varisty Girls, JV Girls, and JV Boys all recorded wins as well to move to 2-0 on the season.  Monica Doyle (16:59) and Jodi Simeroth (17:01) both dipped under the previous school record of 17:17 which Monica set last week.  On the girls side, every single girl who competed today pr'ed on this course, with some running 1 to 2 min faster than last week. 

Next week we have the SoCal Invite at Guajome Park which will be a varsity only race.  This gives our JV athletes a week to not only get in quality workouts, but another weekend to recover and get ready for their last 3 races of the season (we only have 2 more dual meets and 1 more invite that all our athletes will be competeing in before League and CIF Finals).

Results

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