Miramonte Cross Country-OLD

The North Coast Section race on Saturday, November 20th was a first time experience for many of our Varsity runners, with 8 of the 13 MATS being new to this meet. The boys and girls races had on and off rain with cold temps, making the 3-mile course even more challenging. The MATS boys placed 7th overall out of 22 teams (153 runners) and the girls placed 11th out of 19 teams (128 runners) on the muddy course. The boys were the first race of the day, with our top 3 MATS being Sophomore Tyler Hanson at 9th overall with a 15:52, qualifying for the State championships in Clovis on November 27th, and Juniors Jamie Fehrnstrom at 16:04 and Matt Stewart at 16:46. Junior Adam Roeder was the 4th MAT with a time of 17:02, with Seniors Rory Fearon at 17:23 and Pierce Haley at 17:46, and Junior Lawrence Han, in his first NCS, ran a 17:54. The MATS boys ran much faster at NCS, even despite the conditions.
For the MATS girls, the top 3 finishers were Senior Leahna Purcell, posting a personal best with a 20:06 and placing 39th overall, followed by Freshman Sierra Ryder who came in 6 seconds later with a 20:12 and her sister, Junior Savannah Ryder at 21:01. Freshman Meg Swinton ran a fantastic race after being injured and ill, with a time of 21:04, with fellow Freshman Hannah Li coming in at 21:41 and first time NCS runner, Sophomore Mollie Larsen at 22:39. All six girls ran considerably faster at NCS then they did at the DFAL championships on 11/6.
Complete Division III results are posted on the Team Documents section of Team Pages.

Concluding our final DFAL meet at Hidden Valley Park in Martinez on Saturday, November 6th, we finished the season with thrilling finishes, lots of cheering and exceptional parent support. Thank you to the parents who were able to help at this meet! As we have had for the past two DFAL Center meets, the Frosh/Soph and JV ran on the 2-mile course and Varsity ran on the 3-mile course. Almost all of our runners ran significantly faster than the first and second races at Hidden Valley in September!
Our division places for the championships are as follows:
• Frosh/Soph Girls—5th place
• Frosh/Soph Boys—4th place
• JV Girls—4th place
• JV Boys—2nd place
• Varsity Girls—5th place
• Varsity Boys—3rd place (missing 2nd place by 1 pt to Las Lomas)
Top 3 finishers in per division are as follows:
Frosh/Soph Girls:
Leading the way in the Frosh/Soph girls race was Freshman Meg Swinton, coming in at 18th place with a 14:47, followed closely by Freshman Andrea Tamminga at 21st place and a time of 14:55. Alyssa Trumble was our third Frosh/Soph MAT with a time of 15:47 for 38th place. Special note: Freshmen Colleen McCullough and Hanna Abruzzo had two of the best finishes of the meet, with full blast sprints to the finish line, passing other runners until they crossed the finish line! This was very exciting to see!
Frosh/Soph Boys:
In the Frosh/Soph boys race the top 3 MATS all broke the 12-minute barrier, with Sophomore Dillon Read as the top Frosh/Soph MAT, with a 11:42 for 12th place, followed by Freshman Charlie Zamanian at 19th place with a 11:51, then Sophomore Cameron Hoyh at 21st with an 11:57.
JV Girls:
JV MATS girls had two seniors in the top three, with Junior Mary Doyle at 11th place with a 15:06. Senior Karen Fuhriman was 15th place with a 15:25, followed by Senior Miranda Sam at 22nd place with a 16:03.
JV Boys:
Our JV MATS boys were led by two seniors— Johnleigh Dean capturing 10th place with an 11:57 and Ashraf Mathkour just 5 seconds later for a 13th place at 12:02—followed by Junior Brent Glowatch at 21st place with a 12:18.
Varsity Girls: on 3-mile course
Leahna Purcell led the MATS Varsity girls with a time of 20:45 to come in 20th. Freshman Sierra Ryder was 23rd with a 20:57 and sister, Junior, Savannah Ryder was 26th with a time of 21:43.
Varsity Boys: on 3-mile course:
The last race of the day ended with the MATS Varsity boys accomplishing a sensational feat—3 boys in the top 10! Sophomore Tyler Hanson earned a 2nd place finish at 16:02 with teammate, Junior, Jamie Fehrnstrom at 3rd with a 16:10. Fellow Junior Matt Stewart finished strong with a 7th place finish at 16:35.
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November racing is still to come, with NCS on 11/20 at Hayward High School. The MATS boys will race at 8:30am, with the girls at 9:30am. State qualifications will be determined at this race, with the top 4 teams (or top 16 individual if not on a qualifying team) automatically qualifying for the CIF State race on 11/27 in Fresno. GO MATS!

There are some items that were found at the DFAL Championships on Saturday – Adidas Team Jacket with no name, blue Nalgene water bottle and a grey Sigg water bottle with a tree on it. Coach Zamanian will have these items. Please contact her if you are the ownder(s).

Thank you!

13 Miramonte XC runners competed in the Lafayette Reservoir Run on Halloween. It was a great day to run fast, have fun with teammates and enjoy the local community business booths.
The three different runs available on Sunday were the 5k that does not go through the reservoir, the 10k that takes you through the 2.7 mile reservoir perimeter, and the 2-mile fun run.
Full results can be found at http://results.active.com/pages/page.jsp?eventID=1878869&pubID=3.
Here is the recap for our MATS:
5K Results:
Sierra Ryder (Freshman) finished 1st overall with a 20:52 at the Lafayette Reservoir Run on Sunday, October 31st, just missing the 14-18 age group course record by 10 seconds! Her sister, Junior Savannah Ryder, was a close 2nd with a 20:58. Teammates Hannah Li (Freshman) came in 6th with a 22:26 and Hanna Abruzzo (Freshman) at 15th with a 26:04. Well done ladies!
For the boys, Freshman Charlie Zamanian was 3rd in the 14-18 age group with an 18:30, followed by sophomore Cameron Hoyh 4th at 19:05, junior David Boucher 5th at 19:27, sophomore John Sommerville 6th at 19:27 and freshman Zach Barber 11th at 21:50. Freshman Emmet Carn came in 8th in the 11-13 age group with a time of 22:20. Excellent performances guys!
10k Results:
In the 10k, Junior Matt Stewart improved his time from last year by a whopping 7 minutes, finishing 6th overall and 1st in the 14-18 age group with a time of 38:11. Junior Adam Roeder also had a fantastic run, breaking 40 minutes in what is known locally as one of the hardest 10ks, finishing 10th overall and 2nd in the 14-18 age group with a time of 39:31. Senior Francisco Ortega came in at 42 minutes. Way to go Matt, Adam and Francisco!

Thank you to all of the parent volunteers at the DFAL Championships yesterday! We couldn’t have done it without you.