By Linda Gill

ranMarin is back for the remainder of the cross country season. Please pass this news on to other runners, coaches, parents and fans.

Longtime Drake coach Bill Taylor took at fall last week and had to have surgery on a fractured hip. Coach Taylor is doing well and will now start the rehab process but he will not be able to return to coaching at this time. I have been asked by Coach Taylor and Coach Robyn Berry to take charge of the Drake Girls’ team in his absence. I will be assisted by Drake parent Rich Miller. We wish Coach Taylor a speedy recovery.

Coach Taylor and I at MCAL 2014

Thank you to Tom Benjamin for sending in these photos!

D5 State Cross Country Champion Julia Maxwell of Branson at 2 mile and finish

D5 2nd Place State Championships Trevor Reinhart of Marin Academy just past mile mark and Trevor and 5th place James Kinney just before 2mile mark.

Canadian National Cross Country Championships  November 30, 2013
Jericho Beach, Vancouver, BC

JUNIOR MEN                                                                                                             8K  Results http://racedaytiming.ca/raceday-results?display=xcnats2013jrmen
Clayton Hutchins (Drake/Cal Poly)  18th    26:58.72

CIF State Cross Country Championships Sat, Nov. 30 Fresno, CA

Full Results  http://www.rtspt.com/events/cif/xc2013/

D5 Girls Race Julia Maxwell of Branson won the D5 Girls race for the 3rd year in a row. Julia is the first MCAL athlete to win State 3 years in a row. Her time of 18:12 is #4 on the MCALGirls Top 10 list. Julia now owns 4 of the top 10 times (1,2,4,9). The Branson team made MCAL history as the FIRST MCAL Girls’ team to place 1st at State. The previous best was a 4th place finish by Branson in 2012.

• Julia Maxwell B 1st 18:12 (5:52)
• Bevin McCullough MA 15th 19:32 (6:17)
• Anna Harleen B 17th 19:35 (6:19)
• Allie Williams B 24th 19:47 (6:22)
• Ashley Delgado B 25th 19:48 (6:23)
• Lizzie Reeves B 45th 20:32 (6:37)
• Sayles Day B 51st 20:38 (6:39)
• Sophie Breck B 85th 21:20 (6:52)

D5 Boys Race. The MA team placed 2nd led by Trevor Reinhart who placed 2nd and James Kinney who placed 5th. Only one Marin Boys team have placed higher at State, San Rafael placed 1st in D4 in 2010.

• Trevor Reinhart 2nd. 15:25 (4:58)
• James Kinney 5th. 15:43 (5:04)
• Henry Fleming. 23rd. 16:42 (5:23)
• Connor Montgomery. 33rd. 16:57 (5:28)
• Jack Williams. 87th. 17:47 (5:44)
• Dustin Decker. 143rd. 18:39 (6:01)
• David Sutter. 136th. 18:30 (5:58)

D4 Girls Race

• Sophia Noto Drake. 27th 19:21 (6:14)
• Aislinn Miller Drake. 64th 20:10 (6:30)
• Teal Bullock Justin Sienna 79th. 20:26 (6:35)

D4 Boys Race   The San Rafael team placed 12th

• Nassim Kabbara SR 20th 16:22 (5:17)
• Sam Curtis SR 43rd 16:42 (5:23)
• Zach Bibeault TL 74th 17:06 (5:31)
• Blake Delaney SR 94th 17:18 (5:34)
• Jason Porzio SR 105th 17:29 (5:38)
• Cole Schwartz D 117th 17:37 (5:40)
• Walker Busby SR 153rd 18:11 (5:51)
• Jack Fukushima SR 179th 18:43 (6:02)
• Nick Tanaka SR 187th 19:02 (6:08)

D3 Girls Race The Redwood team placed 13th

• Glennis Murphy 30th 18:59 (6:07)
• Emma Gallagher 59th 19:34 (6:18)
• Julia Hansen 97th 20:10 (6:30)
• Annie Fogarty 110th 20:19 (6:33)
• Mary Monda Oewel 129th 20:36 (6:38)
• Rachel Bordes 145th 20:48 (6:42)
• Rebekah Katz 164th 21:09 (6:49)

D3 Boys Race   Fred Huxham of Redwood ran 15:08 which moves him to #2 on the MCAL Boys Top 10 list. Erik Olson of Novato has the #1 time of 15:01 from his D3 win in  2009.

• Fred Huxhum R 4th 15:08 (4:53)
• Andy Ehrengerg R 32nd 16:06 (5:11)

CIF State Cross Country Championships November 30, 2013  Fresno, CA

LIVE COVERAGE BY FLOTRACK                      http://www.flotrack.org/coverage/251187-CIF-California-Cross-Country-State-Championships-2013-Presented-by-Farmers

• RACE SCHEDULE 
• Division I Girls Race 8:30 a.m.
• Division II Girls Race 9:05 a.m.
• Division I Boys Race 9:40 a.m.
• Division II Boys Race 10:10 a.m.
• Division III Girls Race 10:40 a.m.
• Division IV Boys Race 11:15 a.m.
• Division V Girls Race 11:45 a.m.
• Division III Boys Race 12:20 p.m.
• Division IV Girls Race 12:50 p.m
• .Division V Boys Race 1:25 p.m.

LIVE RESULTS http://rtspt.com/events/cif/xc2013/