Davis High School’s Fiona O’Keeffe is absolutely dominant in the Team Sweepstakes event at Mt. Sac, where she joins a very small club of sub 16:30 finishers. (FYI, the audio is dorked up in this video. It’s not your computer.)
Now to Portland!
The St. Francis Girls took second place at the Division I State Cross Country meet (and was scored 2nd place in California Power Merge).
The team’s top finisher was Junior Lauren Larocco, who came in 16th with a 18:10.
St. Francis has been invited to race at Nike Cross Nationals in Portland, Oregon, and we’ve heard that they’ve accepted the invitation.
This Saturday, in Balboa Park in San Diego, Roseville’s Karlie Garcia earned a 5th place finish at the Footlocker National Cross Country Championships with a 17:36 finish.
Garcia, who placed 15th at the nationals in San Diego in 2009, decisively won this year’s West Regional girls championship at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut on December 3rd in 17:46.
Coming in a bit back at the Nationals, but still quite respectably, was Vista Del Lago’s Clare Carroll in 27th position, at 18:18 on the hilly 5k course.
Complete results for the girls is here. The boys results are here.
By now, I think we can all agree that exercise is key to good health and aging well. If you’re reading this website, I’ll assume that you’re a runner. As runners, we all face motivation that ebbs and flows. We have training days that are hard. Mornings that are cold and dark. Workouts where we’re the only one that shows up.
Some days our muscles are still sore from the prior day’s workout.
There are days we feel fat, hungry, cranky, lazy, and sleepy. Some days our shoes hurt our feet. Some days our feet just hurt. Some days everything hurts.
One of many exciting starts
Folsom High School’s Willow Hills cross country course saw some heavy action at this weekend’s sectional championships.
There was laughter, there were tears. There were thrills and spills. There were zillions of volunteers.
Under perfect running conditions, Granite Bay Girls and Davis Senior Boys took the Division I titles.
It should be noted that Granite Bay has the seed of a dynasty in that their freshman Clare Carroll posted the fastest girl’s time of the day in 17:55.
Results and more on ESPNRISE.
