Orinda Meet on October 1
6th
Grade
For the Orinda meet, our annual team
bus ride took place and just about every seat on the bus was filled going to
the meet. This provided a bit of a break for our parent carpool drivers and we
appreciate all your support this season by driving the kids to and from the
meet. Regarding the meet itself, there were several record breaking
performances and overall the team really did well. Meet results can be found on
the team website: http://www.pmscc.com/meet-
Erin Hong continued her fine running
finishing 3rd overall and breaking the PMS 6th grade
girls record for the course in a time of 6:56. This is the first time a 6th grade
Piedmont girl has run under 7 minutes on this course. PMS girls finished in 3rd through
8th place, a very dominating performance for any team as Erin
was followed by Laila Adakar, Elie Cole, Ruby Wakefield, Naomi Hollinger, and
Josie Gross-Whitaker respectively. In addition, other runners who finished in
the top 20 were Lillian Brien placed 13th, Zoe Ricard was 15th,
Lily Keville in 18th place. All the girls ran well considering
the heat and should be proud of their performance. I wish I could name every
girl and boy who competes in the meets.
The 6th grade boys
were equally as impressive, and in the most exciting race of the season so far,
Lorand Cheng ran down the race leader in the very last yards of the race and
placed first by one second. His time of 6:42 broke the old 6th grade
PMS boys course record. Sam Von Herrmann in 3rd place and a
time of 6:48 also broke the old school course record. Our 6th grade
boys team captured seven of the top 10 places with Henry Cooper, Dylan Thayer
and Dylan Han 4th, 5th, and 6th; followed by Josh Rogers
in 8th place and Mitch Curtis in 10th place. A
total of 18 PMS boys ran in this race, the most of any school and again all the
boys are to be congratulated for running in such warm conditions.
7 & 8th Grades
the 7 & 8th grade girls team showed a lot of
depth as we placed 5th through 8th with Ava Podell
leading the way, followed by Minnie Cooper, Kate Gross Whitaker, and Ellie
Coleman respectively. In 15th place was Monty Miller, Nicole Jiang
in 26th place and Rose Eisenbach in 28th.
On the 7 & 8th grade boys side, Blake Gruendl was
our top finisher in 10th place. Right after him were Joseph Chu and
Daniel Jones in 13th & 14th place, and in a very fine
race was Walter Teitelbaum in 19th place.
Orinda Meet on October 4
6th
Grade
Offical results for the meet at
MLK are not available, but unofficially for the girls Erin Hong finished
in 2nd place, Frannie Lahey-Teare was 5th and
Ella Jeffries was the 6th place finisher, Gillian Truesdell was
20th, and in her first cross country Veda Skatter was 23rd.
On the boys side, Lorand Cheng was 3rd, with Sam Von Herrmann 8th and
Darryl Tjogas was 9th.
7 & 8th Grades
Skyler Liu ran a fine race and won the race. Piedmont
fielded a rather small team this time out with Ava Podell finishing 14th,
Cece Garofolio 15th, Emma Nash 23rd, Charlotte Puscasiu
37th, Kayla Lim 40th, and Franny Baronian in 60th
place. Unfortunately, at this time I don’t have the placings for Eleanor Brown,
Nicole Jiang, or Eva Hunter.
In the boy’s race, Piedmont was led by Nick Loduca in 16th
place. In addition, Keith Sibal placed 25thand Reece Proctor was 47th.
Until the host school issues results I don’t have any placing for our
other boys who ran in this race.
Prospect-Sierra Meet on October 4
6th
Grade
This meet was held at Cerrito Vista
Park in El Cerrito. The weather was cool and overcast, with even a little
drizzle. This course is tight, with lots of twists and turns and many runners
make wrong turns as a result of its somewhat confusing nature. In the 6thgrade
girls’ race, we had a nice team turnout, with 12 girls running in the race.
They were lead by Naomi Hollinger in 2nd place in a time of
8:16 and Ella Jeffries in 3rdplace in 8:17, followed by Franny
Lahey-Teare in 8th place in 8:43, Several girls also placed in
the next grouping as Isabelle Wilson was 14th, Julie Huffaker was 15th,
and Chelsea Fox was 19th. Overall it was a very solid showing by our
girls’ team. I should mention that we had 3-5th graders from
our “development team” run in this race, Piper Palmeri, Julie Ray, and Julia
Pappas. They are gaining valuable experience in preparation for when they can
run as middle school’ers. Once results are available, they will be posted on
our website.
On the 6th grade
boys side, 13 from our team participated and we had two in the top 10
finishers, Ethan Argue in 7th in a time of 7:52 and Darryl
Tjogas in 10th place in 8:01. In addition, David Schwarz
finished in 20th place, Justin Casey 21st place,
Dimitri Manolis in 22nd place and Jamie Tucher in 25th place.
Again a very nice showing by all the boys who ran and they got to experience
running on course that is very quirky.
7 & 8th Grades
In the 7 & 8th grade girls’ race, we had a nice team
turnout, with 10 girls running in the race. They were lead by Skyler Liu
in 2nd place. Skyler led much of the race, but due to a
wrong turn, lost ground and was passed by another runner. Despite this
small detour, Skyler still broke the PMS 8th grade girls course
record with a time of 7:50. As mentioned, over the years, I have seen
many runners, including one year the entire pack going the wrong way and this
is just one of nuances of cross country running. In 5th place
with a fine run was Leah Kochendoerfer in 8:16. The 15th place
finisher was Cece Garofoli in 8:46, 18th place was Isa Harrison
in 8:49, and Emma Nash was the 21st place runner in 8:53.
All the girls ran hard, and showed a lot of determination, a necessary quality
for endurance running and something that is best learned by experiencing it, in
my opinion. When the meet director issues results, I will post it on our
website. On the 7 & 8th grade boys side, 16 boys ran in the race and
they were led by Nick Loduca in 13thplace with a time of 7:40. Our next finisher was Joseph Chu
in 17th place in 7:46, followed by
Daniel Jones in 22nd place in
7:51. Aaron Jeffries and Reece Proctor rounded out the top five
finishers from PMS. Again a very nice showing by all the boys who ran and they
got to experience running on a course that is very quirky.
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