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10/23/02 Spring Lake Meet
Montgomery shines
In big meets, the best rise to the top, and that was very true for this meet. Robinson "I put it into another gear." Fitch "I give all the glory to God" GIRLS Three of the top teams in the state raced together at the 2.97 mile Spring Lake course with record setting results. The start was rather conservative. "I didn't want to go out ahead of Amy." said Montgomery's Kim Handel. First mile saw Maria Carrillo's Amy Robinson leading with Handel and teammate Kim Conley right behind. First mile for the Vikings was 5:55. "Just what we wanted." said Conley. By two miles, the three where flying with Handel moving right onto Robinson's back. "I probably should have made a move on her then." said Handel, "but I wanted to wait until the end and she got away from me." "I could hear her behind me." said Robinson, "I just told myself I had to keep going." "During the last mile I told myself I can go faster." said Robinson, "I put it into another gear." That gear put her in rare territory as she, for the second week in a row, lowered her PR to 17:39. That dropped her below Montgomery great Sarah Bashel (17:40) to 6th on the all-time list. It was also only 33 seconds behind the Carrillo record of 17:06 by Jenny Aldridge in 2001. It also moved her ahead of Bashel and Santa Rosa State Champion Trina Cox on the all-time sophomore list. Only National Champions Julia Stamps and Sara Bei are ahead of her on that list. Robinson's teammates all improved on their times from last week (96:43 to 95:27) but the Vikings ran one of the great team races all-time on this course with a 92:41 total time to easily win the team battle with a score of 23 to 36 for Carrillo and 68 for Ursuline. Only last year's Carrillo team (92:23) and a Stamps lead 1996 Santa Rosa team (92:29) have ever gone faster. Last year's Viking team ran (93:32) and the 2000 State Champion team ran (93:55). Handel (17:47) and Conley 17:59) became only the 8th & 9th runners to ever crack the 18:00 barrier. Handel's time moved her to 6th among Seniors all-time. Conley's time moved her to 6th among Juniors all-time. Six girls broke 19 with 11 under 20. Girls (sub 21:00) Montgomery 23, Maria Carrillo 36, Ursuline 68 Course Record: 16:15 Julia Stamps, Santa Rosa 1995 17:39 Amy Robinson, Maria Carrillo 17:47 Kim Handel, Montgomery 17:59 Kim Conley, Montgomery 18:53 Kristin Fladseth, Maria Carrillo 18:55 Emma Conley, Montgomery 18:58 Carina Hendricks, Montgomery 19:02 Christy Sweaney, Montgomery 19:11 Julianne Baker, Maria Carrillo 19:15 Marissa Walsh, Montgomery 19:34 Kelly lane, Ursuline 19:40 Ashlee Drady, Maria Carrillo 20:04 Megan Boes, Maria Carrillo 20:18 Jen Clouse, Ursuline 20:33 Jenny DeGennaro, Ursuline 20:34 Rebecca Ochoa, Ursuline 20:43 Kelsy Boyd, Ursuline 20:53 Danielle Sanzari, Maria Carrillo 21:06 Kendra Cheney, Maria Carrillo 21:11 Jaqui Wentz, Maria Carrillo 21:32 Heather Evans, Ursuline 31:38 Rachael Cumbo, Ursuline 21:56 Cherie, Kolin, Maria Carrillo BOYS The boys were not about to let the girls get all the glory. A great battle was quickly established in the boys race as Newman's J.K. Withers lead Montgomery's Matt Fitch and K.C. Cody through the first mile. Viking coach Josh Dorris gave instructions to his charges to get moving shortly after this and the three blazed the rest of the course. Fitch pulled away to a HUGE PR at 15:27. That moved him all the way to 6th all-time on the course and only one second off the Viking school record of David Toomey from 1993. "The last mile and the last hill I pushed it hard." said Fitch, "It was a tough race, God came through for me." The trio all moved onto the all-time Junior list with Fitch breaking the 1989 record of Santa Rosa's Steve Guerrini (15:28). State Champion Ryan Mack of Ukiah did 15:31 as a Junior in 1997. Withers time of 15:43 moved him to =8th on the Junior list tying him with the other future State Champion Celedonio Rodriguez of Elsie Allen. Cody grabbed the #11 spot on the Junior list at 15:50. Withers time moved him ten seconds ahead of Newman's all-time best by Brent Shaw back in 1998. Viking Regan Masi gave the Vikes three of the top four. The Viking team ran a super time as well, finishing in a combined 81:22 to move to 6th on the all-time list. Only a Masi lead 2000 team with Fitch's older brothers Zac and Jon on the team have run faster since 1998.Withers, Cody & Fitch at Viking Opener (by Cameron Potter) Boys Montgomery 23, Cardinal Newman 45, Maria Carrillo 54 Course Record: 14:50 Ryan Mack, Ukiah 1998 15:27 Matt Fitch, Montgomery 15:43 J.K. Withers Cardinal Newman 15:50 K.C. Cody, Montgomery 16:20 Regan Masi, Montgomery 16:44 Brian Whitley, Maria Carrillo 16:45 Michael Brew, Maria Carrillo 16:47 Alex Conley, Montgomery 16:58 Andrew Gallagher, Montgomery 17:08 G. Aymar, Cardinal Newman 17:20 Tim Cumbo, Cardinal Newman 17:24 Christian Henderson, Cardinal Newman 17:26 Diego Moulton, Maria Carrillo 17:38 A. Bertolli, Cardinal Newman 17:39 Michael Bailey, Montgomery 17:47 Joel Kerben, Maria Carrillo 17:50 Alex Wolf-Root, Maria Carrillo 17:53 Bryan Vann, Cardinal Newman 18:20 Jef Mills, Montgomery 18:33 Derek Mason, Maria Carrillo 18:45 Andy Roth, Maria Carrillo JV Girls MHS-15, UHS-45, MC- inc. Ashley Gnoss, M- 20:03 Kelly Richardson, M- 20:41 Molly McManus, M- 21:12 Barbara Hall, M- 21:18 Julie Mills, M- 21:33 Elizabeth Proctor, M- 21:48 Finleigh McCormick, U- 21:56 Hillary Buckley, U- 22:03 Jen Rielenberg, U- 22:05 Cathrine Fabiano, U- 22:57 Darien Buckley, U- 24:09 Ashley Huot, U- 24:18 Seung HeeNam, U- 24:52 Amy Baughman, MC- 24:47 Christina Lee, U- 25:00 Michelle Perry, M- 25:21 Makisha Maier, U- 26:16 JV Boys CN-20, MC-41, MHS-69 Bart Farrell, CN- 18:06 Derrick Johnson, CN- 18:21 Ryan Aldridge, MC- 18:30 Matt Brattin, CN- 18:31 Seamus Armanino, CN- 18:36 Glen Ellington, MC- 18:42 Logan Ensign, MC- 18:46 Kyle Roussean, CN- 18:47 Paul Bie, CN- 18:56 John Wright, M- 19:03 Greg DeSelle, M- 19:07 Robert Hope, MC- 19:11 Sean Thomas, MC- 19:16 Ryan Walsh, M- 19:26 Doug Anderson, MC- 19:29 Nikos Flaherty-Laub, M- 19:44 Jack Beithing, CN- 19:52 Lachlan Hall, M- 20:22 Daniel Hazen, M- 21:12 Reza Kazemin, MC- 21:16 Xander Marrin, M- 21:27 Dane Skabelund, MC- 21:28 Paul Mandanis, MC- 21:49 Randy Romirez, MC- 23:17 Cameron Cleveland, CN- 23:19 Tony Cassilas, MC- 24:09 Russell Albin, CN- 24:50 Ian Barnes, CN- 24:55
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