NCS Championships
Hayward High School
Hayward, CA
November 21st, 2009
Falcons SWEEP Both Division 2 NCS Crowns...Twinnings!
The morning was chilly, the course wet from the previous days' storm, as the Falcon girls squad prepared for the first race of the day. The mission at hand...claiming the Division 2 NCS championship. College Park's girls' squad held nothing back. Alycia Cridebring (10) clinched third in a season best time of 17:54 for the 3 mile course. She was followed by stellar freshman performances from Kendall Stuscavage (13) and Caitlin Schillings (13) who worked together to blaze through the course in 19:07 and 19:10 respectively. Falcon Marissa Buckley (11) running a solid second for the squad, pulled away midway through the course to close up the gap. Maintaining a top position in the race Buckley was forced to an unexpected stop at the 700m mark. This could have turned the tide for the Falcon girls, as the race was very close. However determination persevered and Buckley re-entered the race, pulling herself back up to a 12th spot in a time of 19:11. The top 5 was rounded off with Marina Ota's (10) sub 20:00 finish in a time of 19:53, a :28 second pr over last year. It was a close race in team scores, only 12 points separated the top 3 teams, and the harriers emerged victorious by 11 points over Casa Grande.
One down, one to go. The boys entered the race ranked first and there was no disputing that ranking. Top gun Jeff Bickert (11) ran a solid race side by side with the leaders Byers of Santa Rosa and Zellman of Ukiah. Finishing in third place overall in a career best time of 15:23, Bickert led the way for more to come. More in the way of 8th, 9th, 12th, and 13th place. The falcons had their five runners in the top 13 with only :53 separating their top 5! Anthony Ortolan (11) placed second for the squad in 16:01, followed by Will Holland (11) in 16:03, Kevin Strongman (10) in 16:12, and Cooper Shanks (11) in 16:16. Another NCS Championship. Twinnings!
RESULTS AT BOTTOM OF PAGE
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VARSITY GIRLS' RACE
Place Name Grade Time
3 Cridebring, Alycia 12 17:54
8 Stuscavage, Kendall 9 19:07
11 Schillings, Caitlin 9 19:10
12 Buckley, Marissa 11 19:11
23 Ota, Marina 12 19:53
28 Shidara, Kie 12 20:05
40 Gallagher, Kelsey 12 20:49
1ST PLACE CHAMPS CP 57, Casa Grande 68, Carondolet 69,
Montgomery 76, Santa Rosa 131, Clayton Valley 157, Arroyo 226, American 229, Alameda 276
Hayward 283, Rancho Cotate 309, Heritage 365, Mt Eden 409
VARSITY BOYS' RACE
Place Name Grade Time
3 Bickert, Jeff 11 15:23
8 Ortolan, Anthony 11 16:01
9 Holland, Will 11 16:03
12 Strongman, Kevin 12 16:12
13 Shanks, Cooper 11 16:16
30 Cervantes, Adrian 12 16:52
43 Qu, Brandon 12 17:23
FIRST PLACE CHAMPS CP 45 Santa Rosa 96, Alameda 97,
Casa Grande 106, Mt Eden 171, Montgomery 223, American 224, Arroyo 225, Heritage 253, Clayton Valley 260,
Ukiah 265, Liverty 278, Irvington 297, Windsor 343, Rancho Cotate 348, Pinole Valley 439