The Sonora Cross-Country team raced Friday at the Twilight Classic at Shadow Mountain Park, in Sparks, NV. All races were 2.48 miles. Jackson Mcllroy finished first out of 64 runner and six teams with a time of 13:39. He beat his 2014 time by 41-seconds. Patrick McConnell came in ninth with 14:31; Ian Smith 17th with 15:15; Kiernan Kostlivy 41st, 16:53 and Gonzalo Pazoz finished 62nd with 18:44. “Jackson (Mcllroy) had a great start and owned his race,” said Sonora head coach Glenn Bass. “He would have also won the large school race. Patrick (McConnell) looked very strong and did a nice PR for the course. Ian (Smith) PR’d by almost a full minute. Kiernan (Kostlivy) did a fine job and gained some great experience. Gonzalo (Pazoz) ran his first ever cross country race, with some mileage under his belt he will get …show more content…
They finished behind South Tahoe, 35; Dayton, 76; and Selma, 87. The ‘Cats finished in front of Sierra Lutheran, who finished with a score of 90, Cassie Land finished first out of 26 girls with a final time of 15:18. She, like Mcllroy, improved from her 2014 time by 50-seconds. Victoria French was the third to cross the finish line with a time of 16:47; Matteson Burgess finished 10th with a 18:13; Kaarina Thompson finished 15th with a 19:03; Natalie Hawks came in 16th with 19:04, and Kennedy Bruce finished in 18th place with a 19:21. “Cassie also had another fantastic race won by 27 seconds, and set a new PR,” Bass said. “Victoria (French) ran well despite feeling under the weather and ran a new PR for this course. Matteson (Burgess) just cruised. I missed her at the mile mark because she was faster than I had expected. Kaarina (Thompson) and Natalie (Hawks) cruised the course together and finished strong. Kaarina’s new PR was outstanding and all her hard work is showing. What a treat to have full ladies team on the course. Nice way to start the season, too, with three good
Tied at two after an inning in game one, the Ladies scored two in the second and two in the third to open up a 6-2 lead. With two outs and no one on in the second, infield singles by junior Payton LeBlanc and sophomore Haley Campbell put two on for senior Anna Dunn. Dunn doubled to left center to clear the bases and put Centenary up for good.
Austin College took the lead in the second thanks to a costly error. Vara doubled to begin the inning snd scored on a one-out throwing error on Aldridge. A sacrifice and a two-out single by Clevinger put the home team up 2-1 after two
Texas Lutheran was led by Estes’ 3-for-4 day from the plate with two runs. Veny Pizana recorded the win in relief, allowing just three hits in the final 4.2 innings of
Sonora junior Joe Montelongo finished the day 2 for 4 with a run scored, Nate Gookin was 1 for 3 with a run and Dalton Butow drew two walks and scored twice.
Sonora has lost a number of close games this season, the most recent a 83-81 defeat at home to Summerville.
SHERMAN, Texas – After dropping a straight-set match to McMurry (2-0) 25-15, 25-17, 25-12, the Ladies rally fell short against Howard Payne (2-0) 25-22, 20-25, 25-17, 21-25, 15-13) as Centenary (0-2) dropped the first two matches of the season at the annual Austin College Classic Friday, September 1, in Sherman, Texas.
Senior Caitlyn Faulhaber was the top Centenary finisher in 1:11:56.7 to place 22nd. Sophomore Tori Boyle finished 29th with a time of 1:15:15.6. Sophomore Jessi Jordan rounded out the Ladies contingent, finishing 32nd with a time of
With the Ladies trailing 4-2 in the bottom of the third, junior Anna Dunn was hit by a pitch and scored when freshman Haley Campbell doubled to cut the deficit to one. In the fourth, sophomore Payton LeBlanc drew a one-out walk, stole second, and advanced to third on a groundout. Dunn drew a walk, and sophomore Wendy Gillet cleared the bases with an 0-2 double to right. Centenary led 5-4 after four innings.
The Wildcats knocked off the Oakdale Mustangs 13-6 to capture the Valley Oak League championship Tuesday afternoon at Sonora Sport and Fitness Center. And during the postgame celebration, Personius was pushed into the water where he was joined by the rest of his team.
Shortly after the race started, Nikki Hamblin from New Zealand tripped on the ground, causing US athlete Abbey D'Agostino to collide with her, who also fell. D'Agostino quickly stood up, and gently patted her opponent on the shoulders and asked her to get up. Then both started running again, even though they knew that they had lost hopes of winning the gold.
Next came the 450s our class was mixed with the 450 vet which were riders over 40 that use to be pro. The signs came up and the gate went down. I had a bad start because my bikes power did not match there’s, but luckily I was able to keep a smooth consistent ride and pass a couple of riders. I had no idea what place I was in until the race was over when I checked the result. 6th… I got 6th place, the best I had ever done in a 450 arenacross race, and just one place away from getting a plaque.
In game one, York grabbed a three-0 lead in the backside of the primary inning, however Bethany spoke back by means of scoring seven runs over the next three innings to take a 7-5 skills heading into the fifth. The Panthers managed to get two runs to pass dwelling plate within the 1/3.
After another great year of running and training, Chino Hill’s Cross-Country team ended with an amazing season. Throughout all the hard-core training and rigorous races, both the boy's and girl's teams had successful results. Injuries had been a recurring problem, as some runners didn't train during the summer. Despite struggles and injuries that had occurred throughout the season, there were many improvements and achievements in the team. In League the Girl’s Varsity Team won first, and the Boy's Varsity Team achieved second. The Boy’s JV, Frosh/Sophomore, as well as the Girl's JV placed second. In Boy's Varsity the top runners were, Andrew Arvizu, Jake Bergmann, and Noah Rehfeldt, and the Girl's Varsity the top runners were, Rachele Sunagawa,
As the weekend went on, there were many highs and lows for us. We ended up coming out ahead in our last game against a team from Duluth, MN and winning U18 Minnesota State Playdowns. Overall our team completed this competition undefeated with a 4-0 record under our belts. Winning this competition meant that we would be traveling to Cedarburg, WI for the U18 Nationals a month and a half
Right out of the gate in the high school boys race, everybody knew Junior Zach Kreft from Buckeye Valley would run away with the victory but the 2nd overall finisher was still a question. Freshman Luke Malone and Gavin Frick worked off each other the entire race moving from as far as 17th and 18th place early on to finishing 2nd and 4th. The two were able to run a 5:17 and 10:52 for their mile splits. At the end, Malone was just able to beat out Frick and Sophomore Adam Brown from North Union to race into 2nd place racing to a PR of 16:58. Frick was able to PR, finishing just behind Malone running a 17:03. The two were able to beat Buckeye Valley’s number two,