MCAL CROSS COUNTRY STANDINGS AS OF OCTOBER 1, 2015

Roy Griak Invitational              Saturday Sept. 26, 2015        Minneapolis, MN

CAL’s John Lawson (Drake) placed 16th in the Mens Gold Race running 25:22 on the 8km course. John was CAL’s second runner and helped his team to place 3rd at the Roy Griak Invitational.

CALS’s Megan Bordes (Redwood) competed in the Women’s Gold Race to finish 31st in 22:26. Megan was CAL’s 3rd runner to help the team place 5th.

Washington Invitational           Friday Oct. 2, 2015          Seattle, WA

Womens 6km Race

Stanford’s Julia Maxwell (Branson) ran a PR to place 20th in 20:20. Julia was Stanford’s 5th scoring runner and she helped the Cardinals to place 3rd at the Washington Invitational. The race was won by Aisling Cuffe of Stanford in 19:41.

Mens 8km Race

Washington’s Fred Huxham (Redwood) placed 21st in 23:42. Fred was Washington’s 2nd man and helped his team to place 6th at the Washington Invitational. The race was won by Edward Cheserek of Oregon in 23:15.

San Rafael, Novato, Branson and Justin-Sienna raced at IVC in Novato.

Complete Results of the IVC Race:  XC IVC 10-1-15 Nov SR B JS

Juliette Nast of Justin-Sienna leads in the early stages of the girls race. Grace Dailey of Branson would go on to win.

Matt LoVetri leads Munir Kabbara and Blake Delaney up “Double Hill”. LoVetri would go on to win the race. (Photo courtesy of Sophi Rutherford)

Elsewhere across the county:

San Marin, Marin Catholic and Terra Linda raced at Ohair Park in Novato.   Complete Results: XC SM-TL-MC 10-1-15

Redwood, Drake, and Tam raced in Fairfax.                                                        Complete Results:  Drake v. Tam v. Redwood October 1 2015

Several Marin County cross country teams traveled to Stanford University on Saturday, September 26 to compete in the highly competitive regional cross country race.  Some of the team and individual results are below.  Full results can be found at:  http://www.rtspt.com/events/stanford/xcinvite15/

Division 4 Boys Race:

Drake High School – 4th place

Jeremy Leary (Drake) 6th place in 15:36

Wyatt Miceli (Drake) 17th place in 16:05

Griffin Persily (Drake) 24th place in 16:22

Zach Bibeault (Terra Linda) 31st place in 16:25

Division 3 Boys Race

San Rafael High School – 12th Place

Blake Delaney (San Rafael) 8th place in 16:02

Munir Kabbara (San Rafael) 12th place in 16:09

Division 5 Boys Race

Marin Academy – 2nd Place

Henry Fleming (MA) 2nd place in 15:48

Connor Montgomery (MA) 8th place in 16:24

Division 5 Girls Race

Branson – 2nd Place

Grace Dailey (Branson) 4th place in 18:43

Callie Jones (Branson) 11th place in 19:45

Girls Seeded Race (mixed divisions)

Redwood – 14th Place

Gillian Wagner (Redwood) 17th in 18:16

Boys Seeded Race (mixed divisions)

Redwood – 22nd Place

Andy Ehrenberg (Redwood) 21st in 15:37

COLLEGE RESULTS

Julia Maxwell (Branson) a sophomore at Stanford placed 11th out of 255 runners in the College Women’Race. Julia was Stanford’s 4th scoring runner to help the Stanford team place 1st at the Stanford Invitational.
Julia’s time was 21:07 for the 6km course.

The MCAL Cross Country season starts Monday August 17, 2015

2015 MCAL Cross Country Schedule

Sept 9  Stinson Beach Relays  Boys 4pm Girls 5pm

Starting Time of League Meets is 4:15pm  and DST 3:30pm

Sept 17

• D,N @ Marin Catholic
• SM,SR @ Redwood
• TL,B,JS @Tamalpais

Oct 1

• R, T @ Drake
• SR,B,JS @ Novato
• MC,TL @ San Marin

Oct. 7

• JS,D,SM @Branson
• N,TL@ Redwood
• MC,T @ San Rafael

Oct. 29

• B, MC,R @ Justin Sienna
• N,T @San Marin
• D,SR @Terra Linda

Nov. 11   MCAL CHAMPIONSHIPS @ Indian Valley College
Varsity Boys Race 3:15 pm       Varsity Girls Race 4:00 pm

Nov. 21   NCS Championships @ Hayward HS

Nov. 29   CIF State Championships @ Woodward Park,  Fresno