North Coast Section Championships Preview

by Keith Conning
North Coast Section Announcer
e-mail: keithconning@aol.com

North Coast Section League Champions

Girls Division I 10:30 a.m.

86 Jena Pianin 11 (Amador Valley, Pleasanton) 1st East Bay Athletic League, 7th in this meet last year in 18:52, 10th Clovis 18:26, 9th Mt. Sac 18:00

221 Diribe Abdo 9 (Berkeley) 1st Alameda Contra Costa Athletic League.
Diribe immigrated from Ethiopia this year. She and her two siblings, Biritu and Tariku, were adopted by their aunt and uncle in Berkeley.

456 Jessica Siemens 10 (Deer Valley, Antioch) 1st Bay Valley Athletic League

695 Tiffany Monsalud 12 (James Logan, Union City) 1st Mission Valley Athletic League, 47th last year in 20:46

Girls Division II 12:30pm

398 Kendall Stuscavage 11 (College Park, Pleasant Hill) 1st Diablo Valley Athletic League, 9th DI last year in 18:55, that time would have placed her 4th in the DII race, 19th Stanford DI 19:20

Girls Division III 11:30am

240 Marie Diaz 12 (Bishop O'Dowd, Oakland) 1st Hayward Area Athletic League, 36th last year in 20:03

296 Carrie Verdon 12 (Campolindo, Moraga) 1st Diablo Foothill Athletic League, 1st last year in 17:19, 1st Stanford DIII 16:59

1066 Kyra Johnson 12 (Piner, Santa Rosa) 1st North Bay League.
Kyra is in her first season of cross country.

Girls Division IV 8:30am

141 Elizabeth Ford 9 (Arcata) 1st Humboldt Del Norte Conference

502 Nicole Lane 12 (El Molino, Forestville) 1st Sonoma County League, 2nd last year in 19:05, 3rd Stanford DIV 18:07

1344 Spencer Moore 10 (St. Mary's College, Berkeley) 1st Bay Shore Athletic League, 1st last year as a freshman in 18:32, 4th Stanford DIV 18:37

Girls Division V 9:00am

260 Julia Maxwell 10 (Branson, Ross) 1st Marin County Athletic League, 4th last year in 18:44, 1st Stanford 18:16
Julia's father: "PowerBar founder Brian Maxwell came to Cal in 1971 on a track scholarship, coached the Golden Bears in distance running, and singlehandedly launched the energy-snack craze. In 1977, he was ranked the No. 3 marathon runner in the world and in 1980, was part of the Canadian Olympic team that boycotted the games in Moscow. PowerBar started in his kitchen in 1987, when Brian and his wife, Jennifer, began to cook up prototypes out of frustration with the junk food his athletes favored. Before his death in 2004, Maxwell was a generous supporter of his alma mater, helping renovate Haas Pavilion and underwriting new turf for Kleeberger Field, now known as the Maxwell Family Field. http://berkeley.edu/tour/students/famous_alumni.html

409 Amanda Glavin 11 (College Preparatory, Oakland) 1st Bay Counties League East, 22nd last year in 20:37

883 Erin Thomas 10 (Mendocino) 1st Coastal Mountain Conference, 67th last year as a freshman in 23:28

1156 Bridget Blum 12 (San Francisco University) 1st Bay Counties League West, 3rd last year in 18:37

Boys Division I 12:00pm

662 Noah Pena 11 (Heritage, Brentwood) 1st Bay Valley Athletic League, 48th last year in 17:41

Boys Division II 11:00am

49 Cameron Tu 10 (Alameda) 1st Alameda Contra Costa Athletic League in 16:34, 36th last year as a freshman in 17:34

1241 Parker Deuel 12 (San Ramon Valley, Danville) 1st East Bay Athletic League, 1st last year in 15:58

1475 Nolan Petersen 11 (Washington, Fremont) 1st Mission Valley Athletic League, 7th last year 16:32

Boys Division III 1:00pm

252 Andrew Melendez 10 (Bishop O'Dowd, Oakland) 1st Hayward Area Athletic League, 48th last year as a freshman in 16:48

303 Thomas Joyce 12 (Campolindo, Moraga) 1st Diablo Foothill Athletic League, 3rd last year in 15:35, 5th Stanford DIII 15:40

532 Ezra Carlson 12 (Eureka) 1st Humboldt Del Norte League, 54th last year in 16:57

1019 Danny Stalters 11 (Northgate, Walnut Creek) 1st Diablo Valley Atheltic League, 13th last year in 16:00

1072 Luis Luna 12 (Piner, Santa Rosa) 1st North Bay League, 1st last year in 15:23, 1st Stanford D3 15:08

1305 Alex Conner 12 (Sonoma Valley, Sonoma) 1st Sonoma County League, 47th last year in 16:48, 2nd Stanford D2 15:22

Boys Division IV 9:30am

1277 John Lawson 11 (Sir Francis Drake, San Anselmo) 1st Marin County Athletic League, 2nd last year in 15:43

Boys Division V 10:00am

178 Tanner Shaw 10 (Athenian, Danville) 1st Bay Counties League East, did not run last year

382 Joe Carrillo 12 (Cloverdale) 1st Coastal Mountain Conference, did not run last year

1166 Connor Clark 11 (San Francisco University, San Francisco) 1st Bay Counties League West, 10th in Division IV last year in 16:29, he would have placed 5th in DV last year with that time.

1334 Nick Ratto 12 (St. Joseph Notre Dame, Alameda) 1st Bay Shore Athletic League, 5th last year in 16:46, 3rd at Stanford D5 in 15:52