Announcement
After a strong performance at the Monte Vista Invitational on Tuesday, we had several revisions to the individual top 10 lists. On the boys’ side, Aidan Boyle made a dramatic debut, finishing third in the junior race in a time of 11:08. That time vaulted Aidan all the way to #2 on the list, one second in front of Amador Valley legend, Garrett Ward. No longer qualifying for the list is another AV legend, Mike Marlin. Mike is the founder of the Cal Poly Track Club and as an Amador Valley athlete ran times of 4:21, 2:00, and was under 10:00 in the 3200m. Mike also ran 11:28 on hot day at Monte Vista back in 2008.
On the girls’ side, Juliette Fletcher had a breakout race to finish second in the senior race in a time of 13:09. 13:09 matched Melodie Leroudier’s 2015 time for #3 all time. We sat waiting for Juliette to run a race like this for a big part of last year because we knew she was fit enough, but if this is a sign of things to come for this season, there is much to look forward to. Becky Laurence also joined the top 10 list, running a time of 13:47 to finish 5th in the junior race. Her time squeaked onto the list tying Annaka Green at #10. No longer qualifying for the list is Lauren McCarthy, who ran 13:51 in 2006. Lauren was a standout athlete for the Dons who both ran mid-distance and high jumped. She scored points at the league meet in the high jump and the 1600m, but only ran one season of cross country. Some of you may know her sister, Mrs. Heller, who is currently a teacher at Amador Valley. Lauren was a senior the first year that I coached here, but I wasn’t really coaching the girls at that time.
The document Monte_Vista.pdf was attached to this post.
