Amador Valley High School Cross Country Time Trial

Shadow Cliffs Regional Park
Pleasanton, California
Friday, August 22, 2014
by Keith Conning

I moved from Vacaville to Pleasanton in January, in order to be closer to my granddaughter, who lives in Dublin. We bought a home in Vineyard Estates Mobile Home Park, which is just south of Shadow Cliffs.

I retired from coaching cross country at Berkeley High School in 1999. We competed against Amador Valley, when present Amador Valley coach Jason Oswalt was on the team. Jason went to Cornell University.

Cornell University (/kɔrˈnɛl/ kor-nel) is an American private Ivy League and federal land-grant research university located in Ithaca, New York. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, the university was intended to teach and make contributions in all fields of knowledge — from the classics to the sciences, and from the theoretical to the applied. These ideals, unconventional for the time, are captured in Cornell's motto, a popular 1865 Ezra Cornell quotation: "I would found an institution where any person can find instruction in any study."[1] Wikipedia

Jason taught intermediate alegebra and math at Amador Valley last year.

From Facebook: Amador Valley High School Cross Country

The Amador Valley cross country team completed its annual time trial today on the Shadow Cliffs 3k course. It was just us this year, but we were joined by numerous parents and alumni who came to support the team. The team didn't disappoint, registering 8 all-time top 10 marks despite being asked to run as a pack for well over the first mile of the race. This strategy probably prevented Peter Schlachte from breaking his own course record as the pack crossed the mile mark in times north of 5:30, but even with the backhill in his way (where he was still running with the pack), he ran 4:40 the rest of the way to finish in 10:10 and win the race by a full 20 seconds over Andy Buck. Andy's 10:30 was enough to net him the #9 time all-time, with Dylan Dantzig and Nick Roskopf coming in 3-4 in 10:37, which will leave them tied for the #10 time ever on the course. No longer qualifying for the list are Tim Riddle, who ran 10:44 in 2006 and Forrest Hansen, who ran 10:41 in 2007.

On the girls' side, despite the pack running strategy, freshman Kaitlin Cartwright became just the second Amador Don to break 12:00 on the course, stopping the clock at 11:55. Smita Nalluri showed off her strong summer, moving up from #7 to #3 on the all-time list, running a time of 12:07. Junior Kayla Schroeder made an impressive debut for the Dons, as her #8 mark of 12:24 was a huge improvement from where she ended the track season. Just behind her in the #9 position was sophomore Karly Laffer at 12:28. Although Jennifer D'Addabbo ran 20 seconds faster than last year, finishing in 12:34, it was only good enough to keep her at #10 on the all-time list.

No longer qualifying for the all-time list are Stephanie Duret, who ran 12:49 last season, Paige Lommerin, who ran 12:45 in 2011, and Nina Razavi, who ran 12:44 in 2012.

Shadow Cliffs (3k) Name Time Year
1. Jena Pianin 11:40 2011
2. Kaitlin Cartwright 11:55 2014
3. Smita Nalluri 12:07 2014
4. Melodie Leroudier 12:08 2013
5. Kim Sannjust 12:11 2013
6. Kelly Parsons 12:17 2011
7. Annaka Green 12:24 2013
8. Kayla Schroeder 12:26 2014
9. Karly Laffer 12:28 2014
10. Jennifer D'Addabbo 12:34 2014

Shadow Cliffs (3k) Name Time Year
1. Peter Schlachte 9:55 2012
2. Connor McCarthy 9:57 2012
3. Connor McKinnon 10:08 2013
4. Jacob Schlachte 10:12 2012
5. Kevin Huey 10:13 2012
6. Kellen Cole 10:21 2006
7. Zach Beston 10:22 2013
8. Dan Arthur 10:23 2012
9. Andy Buck 10:30 2014
10. Dylan Dantzig 10:37 2014
10. Nick Roskopf 10:37 2014