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The 8th Annual San Rafael Twilight Relays
Saturday, March 8, 2008
San Rafael High School
Start Time: 4:15 pm

Meet Preview, Time Schedule, and Heat Sheets
**Where the Stars Come out to Shine**
www.twilightrelays.com

Where Will You Be ...
This Saturday Night ...

Sitting at home ....
Watching TV ....
Going out for a movie perhaps ...
Out for dinner …

If so ... you will be missing out ...

Because ...

They are coming ...

The top sprinters ... in the Bay Area ... in the State ...

They are ready to race under the lights ...

The top distance programs in the Bay Area, Cross Country State Meet participants ...

Saturday Night .... They will be doing battle at
San Rafael High School ... Under the Lights ...

A Relay show down for the Ages ....

Don't Miss it ...

Be there ... and "Watch the Stars Shine" this Saturday Night!!!

The Twilight Relays is one of the largest sporting events in Marin County, bringing together
over 30 Bay Area High Schools and over 500 athletes from Antioch to Sausalito, South Fork to
the Peninsula, to run and sprint and race to the finish line in an event that brings
together teammates, parents, fans, and businesses. There will be several heats for
each relay race with the faster teams running in the latter heats based on pre meet seeding.
The top three team times of all of the heats in each relay race will receive special medals,
presented throughout the evening.

The Twilight Relays consists of six relay races, run at night, under the lights.
This year's event has grown from the previous years with more high schools sending their
best athletes to showcase sprinters and distance runners. The magic of this event is in
runners of all calibers competing as a team in unique relay distances at night.

The following teams are competing this year:

Albany HS
Antioch HS
Cardinal Newman
Casa Grande HS
Castlemont HS
College Prep HS
Crystal Springs Uplands
Foothill HS
Gunn HS
Half Moon Bay HS
John F. Kennedy HS
Kelseyville HS
Maria Carrillo
Marin Academy HS
Marin Catholic
Middletown HS
Montgomery HS
Mt. Eden HS
Novato HS
Oakland Tech HS
Petaluma HS
Piner HS
San Rafael HS
Skyline HS
South Fork HS
St. Patrick/St. Vincent HS
Stuart Hall
Tamalpais HS
Terra Linda HS
The Bay School
University HS

8th Annual San Rafael Twilight Relays
Saturday, March 8, 2008
Time Schedule and Heat Sheets

GSMR (100m-100m-200m-400m)
Heat 1 4:15 PM
Heat 2 4:22 PM
Heat 3 4:29 PM
Heat 4 4:36 PM
Heat 5 4:43 PM
Heat 6 4:50 PM
Heat 7 4:57 PM

BSMR (100m-100m-200m-400m)
Heat 1 5:05 PM
Heat 2 5:12 PM
Heat 3 5:19 PM
Heat 4 5:26 PM
Heat 5 5:33 PM
Heat 6 5:40 PM
Heat 7 5:47 PM
Heat 8 5:54 PM
Heat 9 6:01 PM

GDMR (1200m-400m-800m-1600m)
Heat 1 6:08 PM
Heat 2 6:28 PM

BDMR (1200m-400m-800m-1600m)
Heat 1 6:48 PM
Heat 2 7:05 PM
Heat 3 7:20 PM

Coaches 800m 7:35 PM

Coed 4 x 200 Meters (girl-girl-boy-boy)
Heat 1 7:40 PM
Heat 2 7:47 PM
Heat 3 7:54 PM
Heat 4 8:01 PM
Heat 5 8:08 PM
Heat 6 8:15 PM
Heat 7 8:22 PM
Heat 8 8:29 PM
Heat 9 8:36 PM

Coed 4 x 800 Meters (girl-girl-boy-boy)
Heat 1 8:43 PM
Heat 2 8:57 PM
Heat 3 9:10 PM

Girls Sprint Medley Relay (100m-100m-200m-400m)
(Meet Record: 1:50.89, Skyline, 2006)

Over 50 relay teams have signed up for this race, making a total of seven heats. This year,
it will be another showdown among the talented East Bay sprint squads of Castlemont, Mt.
Eden, JFK, and Skyline versus the North Bay squads of Tamalpais and Maria Carrillo.
Several of the teams perennially send 4x100 meter and 4x400 meter teams to the State Meet.
Skyline in particular brings Asha Tredwell, the 2007 OAL 300m IH champion and Joi Glass
and Chinwe Oniah of the OAL section 1600m Relay Team. All teams come in with estimated
times within 2 seconds of each other, so it will be a real close one at the line. Look
for a winning time around 1:50, which would challenge the very swift 2006 meet record.

Heat 1 4:15 PM
1 Marin Catholic C
2 University B
3 Middletown
4 Kelseyville B
5 The Bay School
6 St. P/St. V B
7 Castlemont B
8 Albany

Heat 2 4:22 PM
1 Kelseyville A
2 Casa Grande B
3 University A
4 Piner C
5 St. P/St. V A
6 Half Moon Bay B
7 Maria Carrillo C
8 Antioch D

Heat 3 4:29 PM
1 Marin Academy B
2 Antioch C
3 Mt. Eden B
4 Montgomery C
5 Foothill B
6 Piner B
7 Marin Catholic B
8 Open

Heat 4 4:36 PM
1 Marin Academy A
2 Petaluma B
3 Casa Grande A
4 CSU B
5 Maria Carrillo B
6 Antioch B
7 College Prep
8 Open
Heat 5 4:43 PM
1 Gunn B
2 Novato
3 Piner A
4 CSU A
5 Ursuline B
6 Montgomery B
7 Marin Catholic A
8 Open

Heat 6 4:50 PM
1 Skyline B
2 JFK B
3 Gunn A
4 Petaluma A
5 Ursuline A
6 Montgomery A
7 Foothill A
8 Open

Heat 7 4:57 PM
1 Castlemont A
2 Tamalpais
3 Mt. Eden A
4 JFK A
5 Skyline A
6 Maria Carrillo A
7 Half Moon Bay A
8 Antioch A

Boys Sprint Medley Relay (100m-100m-200m-400m)
(Meet Record: 1:33.01, Castlemont, 2004)

This race is packed with talent and very fast teams, and stands as another popular relay race,
with nearly 70 teams and nine heats. While the meet record set by the incomparable Men in
Purple of Castlemont is likely out of reach, the competition for first will be fierce.
All parts of the Bay Area are represented tonight with the fast heat a battle among East
Bay sprint Powerhouses Antioch, Castlemont, JFK, and Mt. Eden, Santa Rosa area Maria Carrillo
and Montgomery, and Gunn from the Peninsula. The Castlemont team is filled with key players
of the OAL football championship squad. Chris Little, the anchor, recently signed with CAL
on a full football scholarship. This race usually comes down to the final few meters with
times in the 1:30 range.

Heat 1 5:05 PM
1 Albany C
2 Mt. Eden F
3 Casa Grande D
4 Kelseyville B
5 College Prep C
6 Albany B
7 Middletown B
8 Marin Academy C

Heat 2 5:12 PM
1 Casa Grande C
2 Marin Catholic B
3 Mt. Eden E
4 University
5 Albany A
6 Half Moon Bay D
7 Mt. Eden D
8 Middletown A

Heat 3 5:19 PM
1 College Prep B
2 Piner C
3 St. P/St. V B
4 Kelseyville A
5 Castlemont H
6 Half Moon Bay C
7 CSU B
8 Mt. Eden C

Heat 4 5:26 PM
1 Castlemont G
2 Marin Academy B
3 Casa Grande B
4 St. P/St. V A
5 Castlemont F
6 Half Moon Bay B
7 Stuart Hall B
8 Piner B

Heat 5 5:33 PM
1 Maria Carrillo C
2 Castlemont E
3 Foothill C
4 Marin Catholic A
5 Terra Linda B
6 San Rafael
7 Foothill B
8 Stuart Hall A
Heat 6 5:40 PM
1 Antioch C
2 Maria Carrillo B
3 Piner A
4 Mt. Eden B
5 Castlemont D
6 JFK B
7 Foothill A
8 Open

Heat 7 5:47 PM
1 Montgomery B
2 Half Moon Bay A
3 Gunn C
4 Castlemont C
5 College Prep A
6 Petaluma
7 Cardinal Newman B
8 Open

Heat 8 5:54 PM
1 CSU A
2 Casa Grande A
3 Cardinal Newman A
4 Terra Linda A
5 Marin Academy A
6 Castlemont B
7 Gunn B
8 Open

Heat 9 6:01 PM
1 Gunn A
2 Antioch A
3 Castlemont A
4 JFK A
5 MT. Eden A
6 Maria Carrillo A
7 Antioch B
8 Montgomery A

Girls Distance Medley Relay (1200m-400m-800m-1600m)
(Meet Record: 12:29.85, Bishop O'Dowd, 2005)

Some incredible cross country programs collide tonight. University (6th in D5), Casa Grande,
Montgomery, Skyline (21st in D1 XC State Meet), Gunn (10th in D2), Maria Carrillo (4th in D3),
Half Mon Bay (with Sammy Hamilton the CCS XC Champion), and Marin Academy (4th in D5 with
local flavor from NCS Champion Lucy McCullough and veteran Alessandra Rogers) -- a plethora
of "Who's Who" among distance titans in the Bay Area, perennially qualifying for the CIF State
Meet in the fall. The predicted times coming are all very close. While the incredible run
by Bishop O'Dowd set a high standard that is likely out of reach, teams will likely be close
to the coveted sub 13:00 mark.

Heat 1 6:08 PM
1 Marin Catholic
2 JFK
3 Terra Linda
4 College Prep A
5 Skyline C
6 Skyline B
7 Piner
8 Half Moon Bay B
9 Antioch B
10 Albany A
11 Foothill B
12 The Bay School
13 Ursuline
14 Foothill C
15 Albany B
16 College Prep B
17 St. P/St. V
18 Kelseyville B
19 Middletown
20 Kelseyville A
Heat 2 6:28 PM
1 Tamalpais
2 University
3 Casa Grande
4 Montgomery A
5 Skyline A
6 Gunn A
7 Maria Carrillo A
8 San Rafael
9 Antioch A
10 Petaluma
11 Maria Carrillo B
12 Gunn B
13 Half Moon Bay A
14 Gunn C
15 Foothill A
16 Montgomery B
17 Marin Academy

Boys Distance Medley Relay (1200m-400m-800m-1600m)
(Meet Record: 10:46.28, Piedmont, 2005)

Epic! Titanic! Colossal! Huge! This might be the peak race of the night. Simply put … some of
the best NCS distance powerhouses collide on the track in one race for nearly 11 minutes of
gut wrenching, unforgiving battles. We have a huge battle among top NCS distance powerhouses
who all represented their schools in the XC State Meet this year: Skyline (14th in D1),
Petaluma (2nd in D2), Montgomery (20th in D2), Maria Carrillo (7th in D3), and D5 schools
University, College Prep, Crystal Springs Uplands, and South Fork (with Hank Carl, 3rd in D5).
In cross country, many of these teams were separated by divisions and sections, but track
relay races levels the playing field for a much sought after head-to-head match up that will
light up the track this year. Expect a lot of lead changes and inner battles during the
longer relay legs and very exciting relay handoffs and exchanges. Several teams will vie
for a shot of dipping under a very swift 11 minutes barrier.

Heat 1 6:48 PM
1 St. P/St. V B
2 Albany C
3 Middletown B
4 Kelseyville B
5 Piner B
6 St. P/St. V A
7 Albany B
8 College Prep C
9 Kelseyville A
10 Middletown A
11 Foothill C
12 The Bay School
13 Skyline F
14 Casa Grande C
15 Half Moon Bay B
16 Terra Linda B
17 Mt. Eden
18 Piner A
19 University B
20 San Rafael C
21 Marin Catholic

Heat 2 7:05 PM
1 Albany A
2 College Prep B
3 Montgomery B
4 University A
5 Skyline E
6 CSU
7 Skyline D
8 Castlemont
9 San Rafael B
10 Gunn C
11 Foothill B
12 Stuart Hall
13 Tamalpais B
14 Novato B
15 Cardinal Newman
16 Casa Grande A
17 Maria Carrillo B
18 Terra Linda A
19 Skyline C
20 Casa Grande B
20 Kelseyville A
Heat 3 7:20 PM
1 Half Moon Bay A
2 Tamalpais A
3 Petaluma C
4 Antioch C
5 Montgomery A
6 Gunn B
7 San Rafael A
8 Petaluma A
9 Foothill A
10 Skyline A
11 Marin Academy
12 Petaluma B
13 Skyline B
14 Gunn A
15 Novato A
16 South Fork
17 Maria Carrillo A
18 Antioch A
19 Antioch B
20 College Prep A

Coed 4x200 Meter Relay (girl-girl-boy-boy)
(Meet Record: 1:36.17, Berkeley, 2007)

The two coed races finish off the night and really bring together a great spirit of team
camaraderie with girls and boys working together and cheering each other on. The feeling
is going to be electric with over 60 teams and 9 heats, and most runners running their
second event of the night really ready to put it all on the line. It will likely be a
very tight finish with good handoffs making a huge difference. Sprint establishments Mt.
Eden, Maria Carrillo, Castlemont,, Foothill, and JFK will battle for king and queen sprint
honors. Look for winning marks in the mid 1:30 range. This race is run entirely in lanes
for safety purposes. The staggers are huge in the beginning, but close throughout the race.
Watch for the timing of hand-offs to determine early leaders. The final 200 meter stretch
will be an incredible battle for the line.

Heat 1 7:40 PM
1 San Rafael B
2 The Bay School
3 University B
4 St. P/St. V B
5 Middletown B
6 Albany B
7 Marin Academy C
8 Half Moon Bay C

Heat 2 7:47 PM
1 Terra Linda B
2 Antioch D
3 Piner D
4 College Prep E
5 Half Moon Bay D
6 Mt. Eden D
7 CSU F
8 Middletown A

Heat 3 7:54 PM
1 San Rafael A
2 St. P/St. V A
3 Marin Catholic
4 College Prep D
5 Piner C
6 Kelseyville B
7 Tamalpais B
8 Mt. Eden C

Heat 4 8:01 PM
1 College Prep C
2 Antioch C
3 CSU E
4 Albany A
5 Casa Grande B
6 Petaluma C
7 Piner B
8 Marin Academy B

Heat 5 8:08 PM
1 CSU D
2 University A
3 Kelseyville A
4 Maria Carrillo C
5 College Prep B
6 Antioch B
7 CSU C
8 Ursuline D
Heat 6 8:15 PM
1 Half Moon Bay B
2 Castlemont C
3 Montgomery B
4 CSU B
5 College Prep A
6 Ursuline C
7 Castlemont D
8 Montgomery C

Heat 7 8:22 PM
1 JFK B
2 Tamalpais A
3 Ursuline B
4 Marin Academy A
5 Mt. Eden B
6 Petaluma B
7 Piner A
8 Maria Carrillo B

Heat 8 8:29 PM
1 Montgomery A
2 Antioch A
3 Castlemont B
4 CSU A
5 Petaluma A
6 Casa Grande A
7 Terra Linda A
8 Open

Heat 9 8:36 PM
1 Mt. Eden A
2 Maria Carrillo A
3 Castlemont A
4 Foothill
5 JFK A
6 Half Moon Bay A
7 Ursuline A
8 Open

Coed 4x800 Meter Relay (girl-girl-boy-boy)
(Meet Record: 8:59.73, Bishop O'Dowd, 2005)

The last event of the evening will likely have all the spectators standing, as once again
the girls and boys of some amazingly talented distance programs consisting of a cadre of 2006
state cross country qualifiers blaze the track in a 2 lap effort. The favorites for team
honors in this one include Skyline, Maria Carrillo, Petaluma, College Prep, Half Moon Bay,
Crystal Springs Uplands, and Montgomery. Several teams have a shot to break the elusive
9:00 minute barrier and get close to the meet record.

Heat 1 8:43 PM
1 College Prep C
2 Marin Academy B
3 College Prep B
4 Marin Catholic
5 Terra Linda B
6 Middletown
7 Kelseyville B
8 Skyline E
9 Kelseyville A
10 Marin Academy A
11 Mt. Eden
12 Half Moon Bay D
13 Casa Grande B
14 Albany
15 Petaluma F
16 Half Moon Bay C
17 Skyline D
18 Petaluma E

Heat 2 8:57 PM
1 University B
2 University A
3 St. P/St. V
4 Skyline C
5 Piner
6 CSU C
7 Maria Carrillo C
8 Antioch D
9 San Rafael B
10 Petaluma D
11 Half Moon Bay B
12 Casa Grande A
13 Petaluma C
14 Foothill
15 Terra Linda A
Heat 3 9:10 PM
1 Antioch C
2 Montgomery B
3 Antioch A
4 Skyline A
5 Maria Carrillo A
6 College Prep A
7 Petaluma B
8 San Rafael A
9 CSU B
10 Cardinal Newman
11 Half Moon Bay A
12 Skyline B
13 Antioch B
14 Montgomery A
15 CSU A
16 Maria Carrillo B
17 Tamalpais
18 Petaluma A

Special Awards Presenter

Throughout the evening, Twilight Relays medals will be presented to the top three
teams in each event on our famous awards stand lit up by tiki torches. Tonight,
we are privileged to have Redwood High School alum Sam Skinner as our special
awards presenter. Sam Skinner began running his Sophomore year at Redwood High
School when he tried out for the Track & Field team. Over the next two years
(1980-82) he became one of the top high school distance runners in Northern
California winning:

4 MCAL 1600 and 3200 meter Championship titles
2 North Coast Section 3200 meter Championship titles
2 MCAL Cross Country Championship titles
2 North Coast Section Cross Country Championships titles

He was a state meet finalist in the 3200 meters his Senior year, and his 9:14.2 time in
the 3200 meters still ranks 5th All Time on the MCAL List. He went on to run at UC
Berkeley where he was a 4 year letterman on both the Track and Cross Country teams.
He specialized in the 3000 meter Steeplechase at Cal and was ranked 51st in the World
in 1986. His top time of 8:51 still ranks him 7th All-Time on the Cal Track & Field
list. His PR’s are 4:07 for the mile, 8:45 for the 2 mile, 14:25 for the 5,000, and
31:05 for the 10,000

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