With visions of large trees in their minds the boys’ varsity team traveled north to Palo Alto over the weekend with plans on competing in the prestigious Stanford Invitational. Promises were made to go to Ghirardelli square if they ran well or Alcatraz if they did not. The team took to the 5k college course and left it all on the field. They placed 1st in Division 4 and 5th overall against California schools. Once again tight group running allowed them to surge to the forefront. Jose Almaguer, the varsity runner of the meet, led the pack this time around with his finish of 16:28. This was fast enough for eleventh place. Alexander Frias, Hugo Valdovinos and Anthony Rivas were next, finishing 15th, 18th and 19th respectively. Isaac Gomez was the final scorer for the team at 22nd place and Adrian Mejia and Nicolas Frias held off the competition and kept the other teams at bay. This was truly an impressive feat for the team, the likes of which has not been seen in 10 years.

11 Jose Almaguer 16:28
15 Alexander Frias 16:29
18 Hugo Valdovinos 16:31
19 Anthony Rivas 16:32
22 Isaac Gomez 16:37
28 Adrian Mejia 16:41
59 Nicolas Frias 17:12

Surfs Up for the Flashes at the Dos Pueblos Invite
The thundering crash of the surf and the howling wail of the wind didn’t deter the team from an impressive showing at Shoreline Park and Lead Better Beach on Friday. The three mile race included one hill of note and was a relatively fast course. The competition was run by class.

Stand performers on the day included Laura Garnica who placed 16th at 16:38 in the senior race, high enough to earn a medal. She also received varsity runner of the week for her efforts. Kiana Hope and Jordyn Vassaur also received medals in their race. The juniors finished 10th and 11th with respective times of 21:15 and 21:18. For the sophomores, Alexis Tafoya finished 13th earning some hardware and a swift time of 21:23. Having an impressive day with a consistent pace and diligent effort was Melissa Nunez. She garnered the junior varsity runner of the week title. To round out the medal winners was Justin Beach with his breath taking performance of the day. He finished 20th in the junior boys’ race and sped through the line with a 17:17. For his accomplishments he is the junior varsity runner of the meet.

Senior Girls
16 Laura Garnica 20:38
47 Amber Wilmot 23:05
68 Amanda Vassaur 25:05
72 Allisabeth Hernandez 25:34

Junior Girls
10 Kiana Hope 21:15
11 Jordyn Vassaur 21:18
32 Lizeth Cornejo 22:57
93 Melissa Nunez 30:39

Sophomore Girls
13 Alexis Tafoya 21:23
63 Sofia Gallardo 24:49

Freshman Girls

22 Briana Segoviano 22:59
26 Irma Torres 23:20
36 Kimberly Vasquez 24:30

Senior Boys
24 Frank Chavez 17:43
33 David Enriquez 17:56
40 Jovani Oregon 18:09
43 Sammy Martinez 18:16
44 Javier Rodriguez 18:17
53 Armando Vidal 18:37
64 Tyler Hackworth 19:25

Junior Boys
17 Vincent Chavez 17:10
20 Justin Beach 17:17
38 Mario Gaspar 17:47
60 Nick Johnson 18:42
102 Jaime Valdovinos 20:18
119 Anthony Larin 21:21
122 Malco Magana 21:30

Sophomore Boys
22 Jorge Hurtado 18:10
30 Francisco Erazo 18:22
44 Jamie Vargas 18:48
64 Gerardo Rodriguez 19:11
86 Demitriouz Lozano 19:48
95 Andre Alvarez 20:03
128 Ivan Hurtado 21:27
155 Isai Bolanos 22:52
158 Billy Vollmert 23:15

Freshmen Boys
111 Josue Baes 22:36