REVIEW: Pacific Coast League Cluster Meet #2 was a most exciting and successful meet for the Warrior Harrier Squad. 65 of our athletes (out of the 79 that competed) ran season best times and our teams ran our fastest times of the year. Dillon Scott turned in the #4 all-time WHS performance as he dipped under 15:00 minutes to lead the boys to the Varsity victory that moved Woodbridge to a tie for first place in the league standings. Although the girls varsity, led by Coco Evans (she ran her fastest time of the year and just 3 seconds off her all-time best performance) lost by the score of 41-40, our team is still tied for the league lead.
Our boys ran a school record 77:07 (previous best was 77:56 set last year at the Arcadia meet). This time was about a minute faster that the 78:05 we ran in the first League Cluster meet (same course). Our girls ran the second fastest time in school history 89:07 as they improved from the 90:37 we ran in the first cluster meet. Our lower level teams performed well also. Our JV boys moved from 4th to 2nd in the league standings, our JV girls moved from 5th to 3rd and our frosh/soph teams for the boys and the girls remained in second place. Individually, we had two boys (Jackson Marshall and Jeremy Carter) and two girls (Hannah O’Connor and Hanna Levine) run Varsity letter times while competing in the frosh/soph teams.
ATHLETES OF THE MEET: Dillon Scott broke 15:00 minutes to move to #4 on the all-time list for WHS and Jason (Dragan) Simic (probably the most amazing performance in school history) for the boys. Olivia Rodriguez (18:32) and Annie Chan (17:46) both broke significant time barriers for the first time for the girls. Most improved honors go to Maryam Akbarian and Carlos Diaz (both had significant improvements on their times). Rookie of the Meet honors go to Jackson Marshall (earned his varsity letter) and Hannah O’Connor (earned her varsity letter) as 9th graders.
WEEK’S SCHEDULE:
WEEK’S SCHEDULE:
LEAGUE FINALS MEET at Irvine Regional Park on Friday. WHS to Jamboree and turn right. This road dead-ends at the Irvine Park entrance. Just be careful what lane you are in as you cross Chapman (stay on the right lane after Chapman).
1) RACE SCHEDULE:
- 1:00pm - JV Boys
- 1:30pm - JV Girls
- 2:00pm - Frosh/Soph Boys
- 2:30pm - Frosh/Soph Girls
- 3:00pm - Varsity Boys
- 3:30pm - Varsity Girls
2) The buses will leave at 11:30am and you will be dismissed at the end of 3rd. This means that you need to be dressed for the meet at home as you will miss 4th and 5th period classes. Be sure that you have all assignments in these classes prepared and that you turn in any assignments that will be collected from the other students in your class. Eat lunch at snack or the bus.
3) Our teams have a lot at stake at this meet. Our Varsity teams are poised to become double league champions and our lower level teams have a chance to pull off the upsets and also finish as league champions.
4) This course is as fast as the WHS Invitational and the Mason Park course. With focused and determined efforts, we should run our fastest times of the year. Good luck to all!
5) Uniforms (except for the CIF athletes) must be brought to school on Monday and turned in at that time in room E-208 at snack, lunch, or the start of 6th period. Remember to place them in a bag with your name on the outside. Lost uniforms must be paid for in order to receive credits earned in the class.
I cannot believe that our season is over this week for the majority of our athletes. I have enjoyed watching each of you mature in cross country. The sport is very tough and you have demonstrated the toughness and character needed to conquer this tough sport. I hope that each of you enjoyed and valued your participation on our team and that you want to help our teams do well in the future years, maintain good fitness and improve as runners. Many of you will compete on the varsity teams in future years. Remember that it takes time to develop the endurance and strength to run at your potential. One year is too short to realize your total potential.
I will expect all of you to join us for track in the spring and if you do not have a winter sport, you will remain in 6th period off-season track. Track will offer another great opportunity for improving your speed, competing in meets, improving as distance runners, adding some new events (hurdles, pole vault, sprints, jumps, etc.) and enjoy new teammates in high school sports.
Now is the time to also do some recruiting for new distance and track & field athletes. We will have about 3 months to have these athletes ready for competition. Some athletes wanted to join our distance team when cross country started but that was not enough time to get them ready for racing. However, these next few months will give us enough time to introduce new athletes to distance running and slowly build up their miles (as we did with all of you in the summer months). Please help your distance team grow and progress to higher and higher levels by encouraging your friends that are not in sports or do not have a sport in the spring to join our distance team and participate in track in the spring.
It has been a fun year for Woodbridge Cross Country. We have accomplished a lot. Both the boys and the girls have competed well and have improved over the season. All of our teams have the chance to be league champions. We have excellent varsity athletes on the varsity teams and are stockpiling many more athletes that can be on the varsity teams in the near future (like next year). Our returning athletes have shown tremendous improvement from last year, our new athletes have progressed well, and they have registered some impressive marks. We enjoyed a wonderful Mammoth trip and many other team functions. I am looking forward to a more competitive team next year as well as another special Mammoth Camp and maybe even a road trip. It should be a very special and fun 2011 season for you.
As our varsity teams progress through the post season competitions (CIF Southern Section and California State Championships), check our website for news and results and plan to attend these meets to cheer the teams on.
We will be training as usual during 6th period in our preparation for the January 8th 5K race that our school puts on. For this race, we will ask that each family recruits 3 neighbors, friends, co-workers, etc. to participate in the event. They can walk, jog, or run the 5K race. This is a great Woodbridge event that puts the school on the map and raises lots of money for our athletic programs. Each family can help in this venture by recruiting people to walk, jog or run the 5K or the half marathon or by securing food sponsors, mile marker sponsors, or cash sponsors. Let us know if a family has contacts in any of the areas mentioned. Our race committee will do the rest.
Thanks again for a most enjoyable season and best wishes for a great League Finals meet.
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