Gong 2:23 (70)
Franklin 2:28 (71)
Girardelli 2:33 (72)
Horning 2:35 (73)
Byrnes 2:42 (75)
Dobson 2:42 (75)

Madalyn 87 (400 only)

Grant 4:46 (2:21)
Joshua 5:01
Nick 5:02 (2:27)
Sterling 5:26 (2:40)
Jesus 5:26 (2:38)
Layo 5:38
Jacob 5:39
Hoggatt 5:44
Kyle 6:08 on his way to a 9:28 2400m

Carina 5:29
Maryann 5:29
Kelsey 5:39 (2:55)
Sarah 6:03
Alyssa 6:04 (2:57)
Emily 6:20
Tori 6:37 (3:17)
Sara 6:37
Sophie 6:45
Maddie 7:20
Renee 8:09

Thank you to Austin for setting this up!

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The Granada girls won the NCS DI Championship for the second year in a row. Carina Novell took 3rd despite twisting her ankle and injuring her calf four days earlier. Maryann Gong raced well and took 4th place in 18:17, just one second back of Carina.

Kelsey Girardelli battled a long lasting cold to take 16th. An ill Alyssa Horning raced superbly taking 18th and raced more than a minute faster than last year. Sarah Franklin raced the final hill amazingly well, passing two Amador girls in the process, crossing the finish line in 19th place.

Victoria Winter and Sara Novell completed the course in 20:10 and 20:49. This was a great experience for them as they hope to pace the team to another fantastic season in 2012.

The varsity boys raced like Prefontaine. They made it a “pure guts” race. The black and gold paced through the first mile perfectly in 5:11-5:23 for all seven runners. Through the first mile and a half the Matadors were winning the race. In the second half the men faded a bit which resulted in a 5th place team finish and the third fastest team time in school history. All five scorers raced personal bests on the Hayward course.

Tyler Menniti’s sensational kick over 200 meters in length, passing four other competitors, earned him a seventh place medal and a trip to the State Championships.

Joshua Knight had an outstanding performance with a time of 16:15 as did senior Patrick Patterson in 16:16. Spencer Jeppson had a personal best of 16:28 as well as senior Grant Salk in 16:33.

Congratulations Matadors…LET’S GO!

The varsity girls hang on to repeat as league champions and their fourth team title in six years. The combined teams took four All-League places, two All-League second team places, and three top 7 finishes at the junior varsity level.

The day started with the frosh-soph girls team that took 3rd place. Sophomores Julia Lee and Emily Byrnes were the top finishers. Shannon Payne was the top freshman girl in that race.

The frosh-soph boys team also took 3rd place. Sophomore James Baker was the first finisher and he was followed 2 seconds later by freshman Austin Armstrong. Freshman Jesus Bibiano and sophomore Austin Hoggatt made a major impact on the team’s strong showing.

Junior varsity girls did not field a complete team but senior Laura Franklin led the way to a third place finish. Fellow juniors Natalie Cruz and Renee Dobson competed extremely well for the Matadors.

The JV boys also brought it, as Joe Burton (11) stormed his way to second place and a sub 17 minute race (16:43). Senior Kyle Rosemark also shined and earned top seven accolades. Jaxson Kovacs, Tyler Neabeack, and Taylor Futral helped the team secure 3rd place.

The varsity girls had a lot to overcome on Saturday as three of the top seven were sick this week including seniors Novell (3rd) and Girardelli (9th). Horning (7th) had foot pain and scheduling demands. However, all the summer training paid off as the team eeked out a victory over Amador’s best race of the season. Gong finished in (5th) and Sarah Franklin’s (12th) dominate racing as one of the best #5 runners in the state secured the low points necessary to win.

The varsity boys had a crazy good pack on Saturday as 2nd thru 5th was within 4.5 seconds of each other. Senior Grant Salk had his best racing of the year completing the course in 15:39 and earning 6th place All-League honors. If the three lead seniors all have great races on the same day at NCS Champs then anything could happen for the Matadors including a state meet birth. Granada put their top 5 in before Amador and De La Salle, so the race in two weeks at Hayward should be exciting.

All results from EBAL 2011 have been entered in the Top 25 page.