HEATH STARS AGAIN
Cal-Poly set a school record for a two round tournament with a 604 total at the Lamkin Cup Firestone Grill Cal-Poly Invitational held at Cypress Ridge Golf Course in Arroyo Grande. The Mustangs, who finished tied for 2nd (of 18 teams), were again led by JULIA HEATH (LHS). She strung together two of her top 5 rounds as a collegian for her own best-ever two round score of 147 which tied her for 5th.
Cal-Poly set a school record for a two round tournament with a 604 total at the Lamkin Cup Firestone Grill Cal-Poly Invitational held at Cypress Ridge Golf Course in Arroyo Grande. The Mustangs, who finished tied for 2nd (of 18 teams), were again led by JULIA HEATH (LHS). She strung together two of her top 5 rounds as a collegian for her own best-ever two round score of 147 which tied her for 5th.
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LOMPOC SHOULDERS AHC X-C
Lompoc Valley runners led the way for the AHC Bulldogs cross-country team this season, especially on the women's squad where by the end of the year four of the six harriers were from "the Valley".
This crucial level of participation enabled Hancock to field the five competitors necessary to post team scores in the meets down the stretch after missing the season opener at Moorpark. This is a problem for many junior and community colleges. In several large races, 20-30% of runners represented schools that could not field a full team.
LOMPOC SHOULDERS AHC X-C
Lompoc Valley runners led the way for the AHC Bulldogs cross-country team this season, especially on the women's squad where by the end of the year four of the six harriers were from "the Valley".
This crucial level of participation enabled Hancock to field the five competitors necessary to post team scores in the meets down the stretch after missing the season opener at Moorpark. This is a problem for many junior and community colleges. In several large races, 20-30% of runners represented schools that could not field a full team.
The premiere runner for the program this year was ARIANA FABING (LHS) (pictured at the top), who had taken a year off from competition, and hadn't started training until August. She was the #1 finisher for AHC in all eight of the races she started and, during the brief season, was able to reduce her time in the 3 mile (5K) races by over 4 1/2 minutes. The sole Bulldog qualifier for the state meet, she finished 116th of 189 competitors from around the world. [Some international racers come to U.S. JC's to try and qualify for entry into four-year schools. For instance, the SBCC team's only two women finishers were from Spain (65th) and Sweden (143rd).]
DUANIA EVANS (LHS) (pictured in the second shot) was recruited to run by the team #2 (Eden Haven) despite having only run X-C her senior year for the Braves - primarily as conditioning for soccer. She had not intended to compete and had not trained, but agreed to help. She exceeded expectations by scoring (usually #3 or #4) in each of her six meets, and cut her time by over three minutes.
Competing with her for that 3rd or 4th spot was TERRI LADJA (CHS) who also scored in all six races she ran, cutting two minutes off her time. Adding that required depth in four races were Paige Wagner and ALEJANDRA VALDEZ (LHS) who was a member of the LHS X-C team for one year as an underclassman. Except for Ms. Ladja, all are freshmen in athletic eligibility - but Ariana Fabing is a sophomore scholastically.
On the men's side, ORION CASTEEL (LHS) was the consistent #2 scorer behind Bishop HS grad Clay Behrendt, slicing his times over the four mile courses by a minute and a half. The young - all freshman - squad struggled at times, but was also assisted in two races by NATUAEL (TA-TA) GHEBNETNSAE (CHS). Coach Luis Quintana is exited about prospects for next year and is also trying to get many members of both squads to come out for track in the spring --- so stay tuned.
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