Monday, October 1, 2012

Pumas at Stanford Invitational

We had some very strong performances at the Stanford Invitational this past Saturday.

The Boys finished 5th in the D2 race, just 4 points behind their NCS D2 rivals Alameda.  This sets up a close and exciting contest for the NCS title in November.

The boys were led by Ryan Anderson, who placed 9th in a time of 16:20.  Also placing in the top 5 were Nick Jensen, Harrison Luft, Colin Metcalfe and Zac West.  The boys were the overall fastest team from the Redwood Empire from all the races at Stanford.

The girls, despite missing our top two runners in the scoring, managed to finish 4th in their race with some very gutsy individual performances.  The girls were led by a very strong 21st place finish by Brynna Thigpen in a time of 19:41.  Shaz Breedlove was just behind Brynna with an outstanding effort of 19:50.  Also scoring for the Pumas were Cecilia Avelar, Sophia Mahoney, and Sam Perry.  The girls were easily the fastest Redwood Empire team and also the fastest NCS D2 team at the meet.

After the race, we had a chance to have lunch on campus and hear from a couple of current Stanford athletes - Erik Olsen, a junior cross country runner from Novato and Maya DiRado, and junior swimmer from Maria Carrillo.  They both gave us some flavor for what college life is like for an NCAA athlete, and they provided some perspective about their high school preparation.  This session was an eye-opener for many of our student-athletes!

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