News and Announcements
Varsity boys make it to State! 3 Varsity girls break 20 minutes!
With no rain and superb conditions for racing, the Matadors came away with a State qualification in the Varsity boys race (3rd place overall) and 3 of our Varsity girls breaking 20 minutes on the challenging 3-mile course at Hayward High School—Ariel Thomas, Jr, at 19:30; Sierra Ryder, So., at 19:43 and Andrea Tamminga, So., at 19:56.
9. 251 Miramonte ( 20:08 1:40:38 1:13)
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1 31 Ariel Thomas 11 19:31
2 37 Sierra Ryder 10 19:43
3 46 Andrea Tamminga 10 19:56
4 68 Rebekah Ent 11 20:44
5 69 Savannah Ryder 12 20:44
6 ( 80) Hannah Li 10 21:28
7 ( 93) Selena MacDuff 12 22:12
The last race of the day was the Div. III boys race, with our boys coming in third for a State qualification. The top 4 teams qualify for State.
3. 105 Miramonte ( 15:55 1:19:35 0:34)
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1 11 Dillon Read 11 15:40
2 14 Jamie Fehrnstrom 12 15:44
3 17 Tyler Hanson 11 15:46
4 30 Matt Stewart 12 16:11
5 33 Mark Tamminga 11 16:14
6 ( 40) Adam Roeder 12 16:22
7 ( 48) Lawrence Han 12 16:40
The Varsity boys will be competing in the Division III race at Woodward Park in Fresno on Saturday, November 26th, at 1:25pm.
http://www.cifstate.org/index.php/state-championships-/cross-country/369-championship-schedule
See the link below for the full results—the girls raced at 11:30 and the boys raced at 1pm.
Great job Mats!
Frosh-Soph Girls are #1 are DFAL championships!
We just missed the rain on Saturday, November 5th, as we closed the season with 6 races (Frosh/Soph and JV ran 2-mile races, with Varsity ran 3-miles) and an award ceremony. Team scoring is based on the top 5 finishers per school. Varsity will continue to train for the next two weeks as they prepare for NCS (North Coast Section) on November 19th at Hayward High School, which is the qualifier for the State meet in Fresno on November 26th.
The day of racing started out with the Frosh/Soph girls coming in 1st as a team. Not only that but Georgia Roden, freshman, won the entire Frosh/Soph Girls race with a time of 14:05.1! Coming in third was freshman teammate Sondra Abruzzo with a 14:14.2, then sophomore Lindsay Buckel at 4th place with a 14:20.9, Alexa Clark, freshman, coming in 5th with a 14:23.9 and sophomore Camille Anderson at 17th place with a 14:51.6.
The Frosh/Soph boys came in third as a team, with sophomore Miles McCaulou running a speedy 11:45.7 for 11th placed, followed closely by our top freshman, Brian Haufler, at 11:47.0 for 12th place. Sophomores Jeff Lee (18th at 12:04.4), Nick Laney (26th at 12:21.5) and Zach Barber (28th at 12:25.4) rounded out the top 5 scorers.
The JV girls were 4th as a team, with junior Alyssa Trumble making it just in time for her race after taking the SAT. She had a great race too, coming in 8th with a 14:39.9, with junior teammate Tina Romak at 10th place with a 14:43.5. Senior Emma Trevarthen was 14th with a 15:08.7, with juniors Catrin Farr in 25th at 15:47.4 and Izzie Lee at 28th with a 15:50.7.
Our JV boys were 5th as a team, with our top 10 runner, junior Jimmy McFeely, coming in 9th with an 11:27.1. All of our top 5 scorers are juniors, with Bobby Veres at 12th with a 11:32.8; Nick Choi was 28th at 12:01.8; Asher Jaffe at 31st at 12:08.3 and Drew Dowling, 37th at 12:37.8.
The Varsity girls were also 5th as a team, led by sophomore Sierra Ryder at 20:13.9 for 19th place, with sophomore teammate Andrea Tamminga at 20:19.9 for 20th place. Junior Ariel Thomas was 23rd with a time of 20:29.8, with sophomore Hannah Li at 30th with a time of 21:24.4 and junior Rebekah Ent at 35th with a time of 21:54.7.
The Varsity boys were 2nd as a team, with our top 5 runners all in the top 15. They were Dillon Reed, junior, at 5th place with a 16:00.2; senior Jamie Fehrnstrom 6th place at 16:05.4; senior Adam Roeder at 16:30.1 for 11th place; junior Mark Tamminga at 13th place at 16:35.3 and senior Matt Stewart at 15th place with a time of 16:39.2.
The next big meet will be NCS on November 19th. Go Mats!!!
Our first league meet at Shadow Cliffs park in Pleasanton gave our runners a chance to race on the same course as they did for the Scott Bauhs Invitational, minus one mile for Frosh/Soph and JV. Varsity races were 3 miles whereas Frosh/Soph and JV races were 2 miles. As a team, we placed well in each division. See below for the highlights of the top 3 Mats per division, with complete results via the link below. The next race is our DFAL championships at Hidden Valley Park in Martinez on Saturday, November 1st, starting at 1pm.
Frosh-Soph Girls—3rd place (80 runners)
Lindsay Buckel, Sophomore, placed 8th with a 13:37, with sophomore Camille Anderson at 12th with a 13:47 and freshman Tessa Hanson at 16th with a 14:06.
Frosh-Soph Boys—3rd place (132 runners)
Miles McCaulou, sophomore, placed 5th with a blazing 10:43, followed by sophomore Jeff Lee (11th) at 11:04 and freshman Brian Haufler (13th) at 11:07.
JV Girls—2nd place (53)
Senior Selena MacDuff led the way coming in 6th with a 13:18, followed by juniors Alyssa Trumble (7th) at 13:20 and Tina Romak (8th) at 13:22.
JV Boys—4th place (79 runners)Junior Bobby Veres (10th) posted a 10:47 with fellow junior teammates David Allen (26th) at 11:26 and Asher Jaffe (27th) at 11:28.
Varsity Girls—5th place (56 runners)
Sophomore Sierra Ryder was our first varsity Mat with a 3-mile time of 20:02 for 22nd place, followed by sophomore teammates Hannah Li (25th) at 20:08 and Andrea Tamminga (26th) at 20:09.
Varsity Boys—2nd place (63 runners)
Senior Jamie Fehrnstrom crossed the finish at 15:18 for 2nd place, with juniors Dillon Reed (6th) at 15:34.2 and Tyler Hanson (8th) at 15:34.4.
Varsity boys and girls place 2nd at Mt. Sac!
The Mt. Sac Invitational in Walnut, CA, the world’s largest and possibly hardest 3-mile cross country course, turned out to be a great one for Miramonte.
We started out the day at 10:52 in the boys JV race. Jr. Mark Tamminga lead the race for most of the 3 miles, finishing in 16:42, with Jr. Jimmy McFeely 2nd at 16:59, both earning medals! Sr. Brent Glowatch, battling injuries, came in at 18:40 for 44th. This race had 200 runners!
Our JV girls, Seniors Selena MacDuff and Emma Trevarthen, ran a strong race, kicking it in at the end to finish with a 22:14 (18th place) and 22:56 (27th place) respectively, out of 149 runners.
Our only freshman, Scout Clark, ran in the girls freshman race, placing 21st with a 22:41, out of 148 freshman girls!
The Mats varsity girls’ finishes were very close, coming in 2nd as a team in their division, with Jr. Ariel Thomas as our top lady Mat at 20:11 (12th medal winner), sophomore Sierra Ryder at 20:12 (13th medal winner), sophomore Andrea Tamminga at 21:08 (30th), sophomore Hannah Li at 21:17 (31st), Sr. Savannah Ryder at 21:21 (33th) and Jr. Rebekah Ent at 21:41 (39th) out of 128 varsity girls.
The Mats varsity boys were in the sweepstakes division 3 race, which includes the very fast varsity teams, where they placed 2nd! The team was led by Sr. Jamie Fehrnstrom with a 15:40 (9th place medal winner), followed by Jr. Dillon Reed at 15:46 (15th place medal winner), then Jr. Tyler Hanson at 15:52 (19th), Sr. Adam Roeder at 16:13 (37th), Sr. Lawrence Han at 16:30 (58th) and Sr. Matt Stewart at 16:45 (71st) out of 119 sweepstakes varsity boys.
See full results at:
http://events.mtsac.edu/ccinvite/results.htm#HSDivision1020
Way to go Mats!
Parents,
We have a couple of upcoming events where we could use your help:
XC Meet on 10/26
Our XC team’s next DFAL regular season meet is coming right up. It is scheduled for Wednesday, October 26 at 3:30 pm at Shadow Cliffs Regional Park in Pleasanton. We need a few more parent volunteers to man the course for this meet. Working the meet is fun and easy. Please sign up to help today by clicking on the Volunteer Sign-up Link on the left side of our teampages home page. We greatly appreciate your help!
Car Wash
Our XC car wash fundraiser is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 29 from 10-1 pm at Orinda Motors. We could use the assistance of two or three more parents to help supervise the event. If you are available to help for an hour or so at the car wash, please sign up on teampages, or contact me (sonomajulie@gmail.com) or our Car Wash Coordinator, Kathy Christensen (randkchristensen@comcast.net) directly.
Thank you and GO MATS!!!
