Artichoke Invitational Half Moon Bay High School Saturday October 7. 2017

2.33 miles • = earned medal The Broncos had another successful weekend at the races with a fine team showing at the Artichoke Invitational. 62 runners finished races, another 9 injured runners came for support, and hordes of parents helped with the driving. We ended up with 21 individual medals, 15 PR’s, 9 additions to the All-Time list for this course, and the JV Girls won another invitational. Not a bad day at all. The entire day also showcased a series of individual improvements as many Broncos exhibited the new levels of performance. Yes, workouts do work. Of course, the ensuing beach party was a big attraction too. Even with the Homecoming dance peeling off a chunk of runners from attending the party, we still had a great crowd of happy beach splashers at the end of a good day.

LARGE SCHOOL FROSH BOYS 1. COLLEGE PARK 34 2. EVERGREEN VALLEY 52 3. NORTHGATE 70 4. CASTRO VALLEY 87 5. J. A. GREGORI 90

! Dylan D. had the big irmprovement of the freshman boys today. Workouts work.

(57 finishers) 1 DOMAS PLACIAKIS (College Park) 13:57 • 5 ADAM BURKES 9 14:04 # 2 NG All-Time • 12 DYLAN DOAN 9 14:34 # 7 NG All-Time • 14 BRAYDEN HOPKINS 9 14:43 # 10 NG All-Time • 20 DYLAN GATES 9 14:53 28 KELLEN DOGGETT 9 15:23 32 NATHAN LEDESMA 9 15:57 46 VISHAL VERMA 9 17:05 54 SURYA DHAM 9 21:03

55 JONATHAN ZAKHAROV 9 21:04 56 JAY LEE 9 22:05 57 RISHI SHAH 9 22:39

This was a small race, and even though we couldn’t keep pace with our nemesis College Park in this race, our brave little bunch did grab 4 individual medals. Adam was once again our team leader, but it was Dylan D coming through with the being improvement to be our #2 today. Brayden was strong as usual, and Dylan G made a big move to grab the last medal spot. Kellen set the pace for our next bunch, pulling away from Nathan mid race. Vishal looks good for haviingony joined the team recently. Jonathan, Jay, and Rishi are finally learning how to run the whole race.

LARGE SCHOOL FS BOYS 1. MONTA VISTA 48 2. JAMES LOGAN 54 3. EVERGREEN VAL. 104 4. J. A. GREGORI 152 5. COLLEGE PARK 154 6. NORTHGATE 156 7. MENLO-ATHERTON 157 8. INDERKUM 210 9. CUPERTINO 221 10. MODESTO 260 11. PITMAN 264 12. GALILEO ACAD. 264 13. FREMONT 354 14. GRACE M. DAVIS 418

! Aidan W. stepped up to be our final scorer today. Workouts work.

(197 finishers) 1 MAKAIO MIMS (Logan) 13:13 • 13 KARL LINDEMAN 10 13:51 PR :32; # 8 NG All-Time • 23 LOGAN HARLOW 10 14:11 27 KYLE WALSH 10 14:17 PR :09 50 LEONARD GARCIA 10 15:03 59 AIDAN WEITL 10 15:11 67 OLIVER SHI 10 15:20 95 RYAN DRESDEN 10 15:52 PR 1:10 111 TIM QIU 10 16:15 112 REED BLOMQUIST 10 16:16 PR :02

144 CHRISTO MALINOV 10 16:59 163 ANDREW LIU 10 17:40 176 MATTHEW REYES 10 19:06 185 AIDAN ROBERTS 10 19:52 191 JONAH PAMPLONA 10 21:32 192 COLBY LAUTRUP 10 22:25

Typically the FS race is second only to the Varsity as the fastest race, and today was no exception. In the largest race of the day we managed to grab a respectable 6th, only a few points back of that pesky College Park team. Karl again was our leader, earning a medal, a PR, and a place on the All-Time list. Logan and Kyle were close behind to give us a nice team grouping. Leonard flattened out from his recent improvement curve. Aiden continued his rise in the team picture. Oliver showed that his good finish last week was no fluke. Ryan popped a nice PR to lead our trailing group. Tim moved up well during the race. Reed eked out a narrow PR. Christo slogged in a bit later, Andrew was tentative, Matthew trotted in safely. Aidan suffered, Jonah is more focused than before, and Colby obeyed coach instructions and beat 5 other runners in the race.

LARGE SCHOOL JV GIRLS 1. NORTHGATE 40 2. MENLO-ATHERTON 44 3. COLLEGE PARK 88 4. MONTA VISTA 96 5. YERBA BUENA 141 6. CASTRO VALLEY 149 7. PITMAN 161

(76 finishers) 1 KATELYN KRIEGER (Downey) 16:01 • 5 HANNA CATALANO 9 16:49 # 4 NG All-Time • 11 AMANDA LEWIS 11 17:03 # 5 NG All-Time • 13 KARA CHUNG 10 17:14 # 6 NG All-Time • 16 LIZ WEBSTER 10 17:27 • 17 SYDNEY KUPSH 10 17:30 • 18 SELINA TUNG 12 17:34 PR :06 21 ANDREA HERNANDEZ 12 18:04 28 LOLA BAMBERGER 12 18:36 32 CORINNE ALLEN 11 18:45 41 OLIVIA YOSHII 9 19:23 50 REBEKAH HWANG 9 20:13 58 FRANCESCA STOLARZ 9 20:52 63 SARAH NG 10 21:26 68 JULIE JUNG 9 21:49

The JV girls won another invitational, which was a bit of a surprise; however, the bigger surprise was the contribution by different faces,.

The big eye-opener was Hannah unleashing a hitherto only suspected intensity and zoomed up our depth chart to be our team leader today. Amanda re-asserted herself into the team picture with an aggressive race. Kara has been quietly improving all season. Liz was the second big shocker, taking a top position after having been on the injured list all season with limited workouts.

! Hannah wowed the Northgate crowd with her breakthrough race today. Workouts work.

JV regulars Sydney and Selina were solid if not spectacular. Our top six girls all earned individual medals. Andy in 21st, despite her good race, was a heartbreak one place away from her own medal. Lola and Corinne started slowly and then came on strong at the end to get nearer to the front of our pack, and very near the top 1/3 of the race. Olivia had a consistent race. Rebekah played it more conservatively today after last week’s uneven race. Francesca’s knee was acting up, but she was able to power through and complete the race. Sarah stayed in her safe zone today. Julie, after 8 weeks of rehab, finally got into a race and was happy to be able to compete and finish without injury.

LARGE SCHOOL JV BOYS 1. JAMES LOGAN 59 2. MONTA VISTA 74 3. COLLEGE PARK 78 4. CUPERTINO 82 5. MENLO-ATHERTON 111 6. NORTHGATE 112 7. FREMONT 169 8. EVERGREEN VAL. 215 9. MODESTO 277

(112 finishers) 1 KEENAN REA (Menlo) 13:22 • 16 MIKE JEWETT 12 14:31 • 20 MAX MOHAMMADI 12 14:39 PR :51 • 24 ERIC HURST 11 14:50 PR :43 30 RON ABINA 11 14:57 PR :20

32 LORENZO BARRETT 12 15:02 42 LUCAS BURGOYNE 11 15:25 54 AKIRA LEVA 12 15:41 90 RYAN CROUCH 11 17:09 101 ROHITH MOOLAKATT 11 18:36 PR 4:14 105 MASON SCHIMMELL 11 19:36

This team was down a boy or two, due to the SAT and some promotions to varsity. Mike J. took charge for us today, and zipped in to grab a medal. Max recovered from his mid-race slump to sprint to his own medal. Eric had a good PR, and got a medal too. Ron was right behind him. Lorenzo bore down and gave us a decent race. Lucas never did get fully untracked today. Akira was in safe mode. Ryan is still recovering from recent foot soreness. Rohith wins the biggest improvement award with an astronomical PR. Mason chugged in with determination.

! Rohith on his way to the biggest PR of the day. Workouts work.

LARGE SCHOOL VARSITY GIRLS 1. MONTA VISTA 51 2. NORTHGATE 81 3. COLLEGE PARK 86 4. CUPERTINO 101 5. MENLO-ATHERTON 138 6. SANTA CLARA 171 7. EVERGREEN VAL. 182 8. CASTRO VALLEY 199 9. INDERKUM 208 10. PITMAN 233 11. FREMONT 244 12. ENOCHS 283

(79 finishers) 1 CAITLYN BUTLER (Inderkum) 14:32 • 2 SARA WHEELER 11 14:36 # 2 NG All-Time; PR = ∞ • 6 OLINA WONG 11 15:05 # 5 NG All-Time; PR 1:23 • 21 KATRINA KOHLMEYER 11 15:44 PR :11 • 23 JESSIE BIDDLE 11 15:50 29 VIVIANA CASTRO 11 16:06 PR :08 The girls were down to the minimum 5 when Isabelle could not answer the bell

with her sore leg. Regardless, spirits were high come race time. Things were looking good early in the race, and even better when Sarah took the lead for a good part of the latter portion of the race. Olina made a strong move over the top of the hill to move up into the top 10 of the race. Katrina led Jessie and Viviana in our second group. Sarah finished a strong 2nd and with a top spot on the All-Time list. Olina also made the list. Our top 4 girls all earned medals. We took a very nice second place and to top it off, we finally beat College Park this season.

! Olina continues her PR binge this season. Workouts work.

LARGE SCHOOL VARSITY BOYS 1. CUPERTINO 54 2. MONTA VISTA 69 3. MENLO-ATHERTON 87 4. COLLEGE PARK 112 5. NORTHGATE 147 6. JAMES LOGAN 161 7. ENOCHS 177 8. FREMONT 244 9. MODESTO 274 10. THOMAS DOWNEY 278 11. PITMAN 286 12. CASTRO VALLEY 295 13. INDERKUM 320 14. J. A. GREGORI 358 15. GRACE M. DAVIS 402

(100 finishers) 1 OWEN TANAKA (Cupertino) 12:12 • 4 MICHAEL WHEELER 12 12:29 • 18 MICHAEL LIZZARAGO 12 13:00 PR :19 39 THOMAS DAVIES 11 13:37 44 SANJAY BAAS 12 13:41 PR :42 47 SAM DUDLEY 12 13:43 PR :04 59 PATRICK THIERRY 12 13:58 PR :38 61 JACK DOGGETT 12 14:06 The team goal for the remainder of this season is to move our pack of runners closer to Wheeler. This process has been

slow, but today we saw some movement towards that direction. Michael W. once again took care of business with a top spot, even flirting with the lead mid-race. Michael L. continues to work hard to move more towards the front of races, and earned a medal for his effort. Today’s top contribution to the team goal came from Thomas, who apparently has turned the corner and made a good move mid-race to be our new #3 runner today. Sanjay, Sam, and Patrick PR’d, but still were back in the team picture. Jack was close in his return to varsity after a stint on the JV squad. The top 5 finish is heartening, but College Park still has our number. The challenge remains for us to tighten up the team pack by the end of the season.

! Sam gets the full benefit of support - - Alumnus Steve Lizzarago; the Anderson family; teammates Mitch and Eric. Way to go Broncos.

COMBINED RESULTS These are results of all the races (FS, JV, V) of both small and large schools, sorted by team time. Even with Isabelle sitting out, our girls’ team looked very good today. As a no te , the Monta Vis ta (Cupertino) team is currently ranked 6th overall in the Central Coast Section.

GIRLS’ COMBINED RESULTS 1. MONTA VISTA 1:16:08 2. NORTHGATE 1:17:21 3. COLLEGE PARK 1:18:16 4. MENLO SCHOOL 1:18:28 5. CUPERTINO 1:19:00 6. INDERKUM 1:19:34 7. MENLO-ATHERTON 1:19:40 8. SCOTTS VALLEY 1:20:23 9. JUSTIN-SIENA 1:20:50 10. SOQUEL 1:21:01 11. EVERGREEN VAL. 1:21:48 12. SANTA CLARA 1:22:33 13. CASTRO VALLEY 1:22:34 14. HEAD ROYCE 1:22:41 15. WOODSIDE 1:22:47 16. THOMAS DOWNEY 1:23:35 17. MILLS 1:23:56 18. SONOMA VALLEY 1:23:59 19. PITMAN 1:24:02

20. SONOMA ACADEMY 1:24:26 21. MODESTO 1:24:37 22. FREMONT 1:25:23 23. JAMES LOGAN 1:25:30 24. INTERNATIONAL 1:25:30 25. CONVENT & S.H. 1:25:43 26. PROSPECT 1:25:56 27. AMADOR 1:26:59 28. MOREAU CATHOLIC 1:27:15 29. HARKER SCHOOL 1:27:58 30. HALF MOON BAY 1:28:06 31. J. A. GREGORI 1:28:23 32. VANDEN 1:29:18 33. ENOCHS 1:29:47 34. BAY SCHOOL SF 1:30:36 35. TERRA LINDA 1:31:07 36. KIPP SAN JOSE 1:31:54 37. HILMAR 1:32:04 38. YUBA CITY 1:32:25 39. MONTEREY 1:33:02 40. JAMES LICK 1:34:19 41. OCEANA 1:36:57 42. EASTSIDE C.P. 1:37:46 43. YERBA BUENA 1:38:09 44. GRACE M. DAVIS 1:39:27 45. CA SCH FOR DEAF 1:57:40 T h e b o y s ’ c o m b i n e d r e s u l t s ameliorate in part our concern about team grouping. Our boys still placed 9th our to 61 total teams running today, which is impressive.

BOYS’ COMBINED RESULTS 1. CUPERTINO 1:03:41 2. MONTA VISTA 1:04:38 3. MENLO-ATHERTON 1:05:09 4. COLLEGE PARK 1:05:36 5. HALF MOON BAY 1:05:54 6. MOREAU CATHOLIC 1:05:57 7. CONVENT & S.H. 1:06:25 8. HEAD ROYCE 1:06:25 9. NORTHGATE 1:06:30 10. JAMES LOGAN 1:06:58 11. ENOCHS 1:07:31 12. WOODSIDE 1:07:33 13. SCOTTS VALLEY 1:07:36 14. TERRA LINDA 1:07:43 15. AMADOR 1:07:46 16. MENLO SCHOOL 1:07:55 17. MILLS 1:08:21 18. EVERGREEN VAL. 1:08:32 19. SONOMA ACADEMY 1:08:43 20. SAN MARIN 1:08:58 21. FREMONT 1:09:16 22. THOMAS DOWNEY 1:09:24 23. HILMAR 1:09:31 24. CASTRO VALLEY 1:09:49 25. BAY SCHOOL SF 1:09:52 26. JAMES LICK 1:09:59 27. SANTA CLARA 1:10:10 28. INDERKUM 1:10:16 29. VANDEN 1:10:29 30. MODESTO 1:10:29 31. ALHAMBRA 1:10:31 32. J. A. GREGORI 1:10:43

33. PITMAN 1:10:46 34. OCEANA 1:11:08 35. TECHNOLOGY HS 1:11:16 36. SOQUEL 1:11:20 37. JUSTIN-SIENA 1:11:31 38. YUBA CITY 1:11:41 39. HARKER SCHOOL 1:11:44 40. EASTSIDE C.P. 1:12:16 41. SONOMA VALLEY 1:12:58 42. SIR FR. DRAKE 1:13:50 43. PROSPECT 1:13:51 44. GALILEO ACAD. 1:13:53 45. LATINO C.P. 1:14:35 46. MONTEREY 1:14:45 47. KIPP SAN JOSE 1:14:59 48. SAN LORENZO 1:16:53 49. GRACE M. DAVIS 1:16:56 50. HAYWARD 1:16:59 51. NUEVA SCHOOL 1:18:47 52. SAN MATEO 1:19:36 53. SF WALDORF 1:20:51 54. SUMMIT DENALI 1:21:41 55. IMPACT ACADEMY 1:21:46 56. OAK GROVE 1:22:10 57. SUMMIT SHASTA 1:26:47 58. JEFFERSON 1:26:56 59. ALMA HEIGHTS 1:34:21 60. ROBERTO CRUZ 1:34:33 61. CRISTO REY 1:36:25 And Where Do You Stack Up? TEAM RANKINGS THIS WEEK GIRLS: SARA WHEELER 11 14:36 OLINA WONG 11 15:05 KATRINA KOHLMEYER 11 15:44 JESSIE BIDDLE 11 15:50 VIVIANA CASTRO 11 16:06 HANNA CATALANO 9 16:49 AMANDA LEWIS 11 17:03 KARA CHUNG 10 17:14 LIZ WEBSTER 10 17:27 SYDNEY KUPSH 10 17:30 SELINA TUNG 12 17:34 ANDREA HERNANDEZ 12 18:04 LOLA BAMBERGER 12 18:36 CORINNE ALLEN 11 18:45 OLIVIA YOSHII 9 19:23 REBEKAH HWANG 9 20:13 FRANCESCA STOLARZ 9 20:52 SARAH NG 10 21:26 JULIE JUNG 9 21:49

BOYS: MICHAEL WHEELER 12 12:29 MICHAEL LIZZARAGO 12 13:00 THOMAS DAVIES 11 13:37 SANJAY BAAS 12 13:41 SAM DUDLEY 12 13:43 KARL LINDEMAN 10 13:51 PATRICK THIERRY 12 13:58 ADAM BURKES 9 14:04 JACK DOGGETT 12 14:06 LOGAN HARLOW 10 14:11 KYLE WALSH 10 14:17

MIKE JEWETT 12 14:31 DYLAN DOAN 9 14:34 MAXWELL MOHAMMADI 12 14:39 BRAYDEN HOPKINS 9 14:43 ERIC HURST 11 14:50 DYLAN GATES 9 14:53 RON ABINA 11 14:57 LORENZO BARRETT 12 15:02 LEONARD GARCIA 10 15:03 AIDAN WEITL 10 15:11 OLIVER SHI 10 15:20 KELLEN DOGGETT 9 15:23 LUCAS BURGOYNE 11 15:25 KIRA LEVA 12 15:41 RYAN DRESDEN 10 15:52 NATHAN LEDESMA 9 15:57 TIME QIU 10 16:15 REED BLOMQUIST 10 16:16 CHRISTO MALINOV 10 16:59 VISHAL VERMA 9 17:05 RYAN CROUCH 11 17:09 ANDREW LIU 10 17:40 ROHITH MOOLAKATT 10 18:36 MATTHEW REYES 10 19:06 MASON SCHIMMELL 11 19:36 AIDAN ROBERTS 10 19:52 SURYA DHAM 9 21:03 JONATHAN ZAKHAROV 9 21:04 JONAH PAMPLONA 10 21:32 JAY LEE 9 22:05 COLBY LAUTRUP 10 22:25 RISHI SHAH 9 22:39

! Mitch watches the sun finally dip below the waves, which signifies the finale of the team picnic each year.

Notes and Commentary: The whole day was a example of team unity and efficiency. Getting there: The carpool was smooth with sufficient vehicles, and the divergent groups of Homecoming and party were sorted out. The traffic to Half Moon Bay had no snarls or glitches of note. Team area: Our snack table was a force to be reckoned with, groaning under the burdenof so much food laid out for team consumption. The setup went well, and the takedown and area cleanup was accomplished at record pace. Races: Hard to argue with all those medals and PR’s and All-Time lists and high team placings.

Attendance: Getting 71 running Broncos, along with attendant siblings and families, to the meet was great. Homecoming and SAT were other concerns, but the Beach Party allure held its own well. And the beach: Great weather, and marvelous organization on the part of the parents. We really do have a tremendous support crew this year, and today was a remarkable display of that support. And we’re not done yet: We have one last carpool next week, the big road trip to Mt. SAC coming up, our last DAL Center Meet, and then the championship season of the DAL C h a m p i o n s h i p a n d t h e N C S Championships.

! Coach Ruth spent the afternoon exhorting the athletes in their final sprint to the finish.

! Lots of parents with cameras at the end of the picnic.