Cross-Country Off and Running [5-7 Sept]

There are 3 XC meets of interest this week to LPL fans and two next week. This week we had the Santa Maria City meet on the 5th, Lompoc at the Seaside Invitational (Ventura) on the 6th, Santa Maria, Nipomo & Morro Bay at the Big Ditch Invitational (AG) on the 7th.

Next week is the Lompoc Invitational (11th) & the Morro Bay Invitational (14th).


Local Teams

Friday, September 6, 2013 

Seaside Invitational at Ventura 
The Seaside is run down at the Ventura area state beaches and consists of 4 grade level [Sr., Jr., So., Fr.] races each for both boys & girls. Approx 40 high schools are represented in each race, with schools from Ventura & LA counties, and the Bakersfield area, among those present. There were 3 Santa Barbara County schools - Dos Pueblos, Santa Barbara, and Lompoc. Most of the schools are in Divisions 1 and 2 - Lompoc is Division 3.

[Complete Results - HERE]

Lompoc Individual Results

GIRLS:

Race	Place	Name		Time
Senior	45	Kristina Melero	19	:	55
[203]	101	Ester Elenes	22	:	21
Junior	59	Carina Rodriguez	20	:	36
[232]	95	Claudia Carillo	21	:	38
Sophomore	22	Lacei Sanders	19	:	11
[313]	86	Rylee Sager	21	:	29
	120	Daxhia Fabela	22	:	26
	130	Evelyn Acosta	22	:	37
	204	Gabby Moreno	24	:	26
Freshman	86	Frida De La Palma	22	:	50
[275]	114	Alejandra Gonzalez	23	:	37

BOYS:

Race	Place	Name		Time
Senior	44	Luis De La Palma	16	:	O3
[273 Runners]	85	Jose Guerrero	16	:	43
	113	Gabriel Leonides	17	:	O7
	141	Bo Burmudez	17	:	38
	162	Alexis Manzanarez	18	:	O1
	179	David Barnes	18	:	14
	227	Jorge Mirande	19	:	34
	261	Felipe Arevalo	22	:	23
Junior	45	Steven Alvarado	16	:	27
[270]	80	Diego Ramirez	17	:	O2
Sophomore	189	Noah Aragon	19	:	18
[334]	267	Eric Manzanarez	21	:	O3
Freshman	62	Isaac Acosta	18	:	41
[272]	115	Leo Calvo	19	:	57
	172	Jose Morales	21	:	10
	216	Robert Almanza	23	:	OO
	221	Juan Cervantes	23	:	17
	270	Austin Calabeza	52	:	47

There wasn't really a 'Team Competition' , but after all the race were run, there was a statistical made comparing the top 7 runners times from each school (by gender). Lompoc was ranked 25th of 42 girls teams & 25th of 40 boys teams. 

[Click photos to enlage]

Boys Page

Girls Page

Other LPL

Thursday, September 5, 2013
Cross-Country: 
Santa Maria City Meet at Orcutt Community Park [B/G, V/JV]
Santa Maria/St Joseph [Host]/Pioneer Valley/

Four out of the five SM area squads ran the hilly 5K course at the Rice Ranch development. Individual result information is limited. There was one race each for the girls and boys.

Team Scores:

GIRLS		BOYS
St Joseph	27	St Joseph	31
Pioneer Valley	67	Orcutt Academy	36
Orcutt Academy	79	Santa Maria	53
Santa Maria	96	Pioneer Valley	127

Saturday, September 7, 2013
Cross-Country: 
Big Ditch/Greg DeNike Invitational at Talley Farms (AG) [B/G, V/JV]
Santa Maria/Nipomo/Morro Bay/Arroyo Grande/Righetti/etc

The former "Big Ditch Invitational" was renamed for Greg DeNike. A long-time coach in the Arroyo Grande/Santa Maria area who passed away earlier this year. There were Fr/So and Jr/Sr races for both boys & girls.

[Complete Results - HERE]


Team Results

Girls	Frosh/Soph			Jr/Sr			Combined
	Arroyo Grande	20		Nipomo	45		Arroyo Grande	18
	Paso Robles	49		Arroyo Grande	63		Nipomo	74
	Rio Mesa	57		Righetti	125		Paso Robles	75
	Stockdale	91		Rio Mesa	129		Stockdale	93
	Morro Bay	134		Stockdale	158		Rio Mesa	131
	Carpinteria	172		Paso Robles	No Score		Morro Bay	195
	Righetti	202		Morro Bay	No Score		Righetti	216
	Santa Maria	291		Santa Maria	No Score		Carpinteria	320
	Nipomo	No Score		Carpinteria	No Score		Santa Maria	381
Boys	Frosh/Soph			Jr/Sr			Combined
	Arroyo Grande	32		Paso Robles	51		Paso Robles	46
	Paso Robles	46		Arroyo Grande	54		Arroyo Grande	48
	Morro Bay	122		Stockdale	68		Morro Bay	72
	Stockdale	131		Righetti	82		Stockdale	103
	Santa Maria	169		Morro Bay	98		Righetti	124
	Righetti	189		Santa Maria	160		Nipomo	226
	Carpinteria	220		Nipomo	201		Santa Maria	232
	Nipomo	No Score		Carpinteria	220		Carpinteria	342