Cross Country Results - Week of October 3
On Monday September 30, all grade levels competed in a meet at the Moraga Country Club. For Monday’s meet the team rented a bus
to take the kids to Moraga. The bus was pretty packed and I think the kid’s
enjoyed the experience. Monday’s venue was unique in that it was held at a golf course. Space
does not allow me to name all the Piedmont kids who ran in the race, but complete
results through the Moraga meet can be found at: http://www.pmscc.com/meet-
In the first race of the day, 6thgrade boys, we had three kids among the top 20 with Josh Berg, Kihiro Lambert and Colby Brookfield finishing in 12th,13th and 17thplaces respectively. Rounding out our top five finishers in the race were Cutter Mitchell in 25th and Matthew Sprague in 29thplace.
For the 6th grade girls we had two girls in the top 10, Maggie Black in 4th place and Sophia Zalewski in 6th places, very solid performances by both young ladies. Our next finisher was Samantha Castro, 22nd place, followed by Kelly Mitchell in 28th and Sophia Loucks in 45thplace.
Thanks to parent Roberto Castro, here is a link to some photos from the meet:
In
the 7 & 8th grade boys race, Lorand Cheng continued his fine
season with a 4th place finish overall and a new 7thgrade
PMS course record of 8:11.1. Next was 8th grader Vincent Titterton
in 9th place and a time of 8:26.6. The third PMS finisher across the
line was Toby Fischer in 11th place in 8:31.4, followed by Walter
Teitelbaum in 13th place and a time of 8:35.6. Our fifth finisher
was Dylan Thayer in 19thplace and a time of 8:46.9.
On Thursday October 3,a small group of 6th
graders ran in a meet in El Cerrito. Some say this
course has a certain charm, and harkens back to the early days of our league.
Anyhow, “official results” are not yet available; when they are they will be
posted on our website.
The report by Minori Tsuge is as follows:
6th grade girls:
(1) Josie Gross-Whitaker
(3) Maria Delrosario-chan
(4) Jihae Oh
(5) Fiona Hunter
(11) Alshley Nelson
(16) Samantha Castro
(18) Maura Cowan
(20) Kaia Kim
(28) Abby Wheeler
6th grade boys:
(8) Jayden Lee
(11) Max Podell
(27) Durant Fuller
(28) Benji Kostroun
(48) Mathew Sprague
They all ran very hard. Josie was
leading at the start. She got passed on the first loop but I kept telling her
to keep her in site and get her rhythm. At the very last loop I told her to
focus on the couple of up hills and try not to let the gap grow and take full
advantage of the downhill, especially the very last one. Sure enough, she made
her move at that last down behind the bleachers and took the lead and down the
chute. Maria was solo 3rd and kept her position throughout the entire race.
Fiona and Jihae worked with each
other and passed a few girls in the end to capture 4th& 5th. They were neck
and neck with each other. All girls ran a very good race. Ashley Nelson ran a
solid race and finished in 11th place.
As for the boys, Jayden hung in
there and pretty much kept his position throughout the race. Max was very even
and ran solid, and his down the chute sprint was very memorable. He passed the
boy in front of him right at the very end. Durant really tried hard, even
though he kept telling me that his throat hurt and said he walked a little,
which I did not witness. Benji ran a solid pace race. Mathew was trying very
hard and I was very proud to see his efforts.
All in all, they showed some
great sprints down the shoot and successfully passed kids in front of them.
Here is the link to photos from
the meet:
https://picasaweb.google.com/1
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