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2005 San Diego Section Report

Mt. Carmel Invitational:

Grossmont Conference runners’ fast feet do the talking

SAN DIEGO, Sept. 18, 2005 -- East County high school cross country runners clearly let their feet do the walking – and talking – at this year’s Mt. Carmel Sundevil Invitational. The feet of Valhalla’s Anthony Bareno and West Hills’ Kristen Peters, in particular, proved to be the talk among San Diego Section runners.

Both Grossmont Conference harriers captured individual race titles at the Sept. 18 event at Balboa Park’s Morley Field. Bareno won the Division II boys junior race in 15:32 while Peters ran to a first-place finish in 16:29 in the Division II girls senior race. Boys raced 2.95 miles while girls raced 2.7 miles.

Bareno’s time was fourth best among boys in the two divisions (third among section runners) while Peters’ time ranked among the top 20 girls times (third among section runners in all four Division II races). This year’s event once again attracted runners from throughout California as well as out-of-state and served as an early season preview of what to expect at the upcoming section finals and state championships.

East County runners overall posted a fine showing:

Valhalla’s Ryan Doherty captured top finishing honors in the Division II boys freshman race in 17:40.8.

El Capitan’s Kyle Phipps was second in the Division II boys sophomore race in 16:14.8. Trailing Valhalla’s Bareno in the Division II boys junior race was Monte Vista’s Muluken Baressa, who finished second in 15:40.1.

El Capitan’s Christy James was second in the Division II girls sophomore race in 16:43.2, followed by Steele Canyon’s Megan Meyer in 17:00.4.

West Hills’ Dan Gonia was third in the Division II boys senior race in 15:46.1. Monte Vista’s Patrick Palmiter was fifth in 17:08.7.

West Hills’ Johanna Fisherova placed third in the girls Division II senior race in 16:56.4 to give the Wolf Pack two of the top three finishers. El Capitan’s Mallory Bawkey was fourth in the same race in 16:57.6 to give East County three of the top four finishers in a blockbuster showing.

Kelsey Hall of West Hills (third, 16:34) and El Capitan’s Katie Martin (seventh, 17:22) both showed promise with top 10 finishes in the Division II girls freshman race.

Granite Hills’ Josh Sandoval was fourth in the Division I boys race in 15:49.3. Sandoval’s younger sister, Ashli, placed 11^th in the girls Division I junior race in 16:54, while also for the Eagles, Alex Guaderrama was 14th in the Division I boys junior race in 16:26.

Stephanie Cook (17:45) finished ninth in the Division II junior girls race for El Capitan while El Cajon Valley’s Leena Norwarekar (16^th, 18:11) and Monte Vista’s Heather Mayer (19^th, 18:16) also posted top 20 finishes in the race.

Steele Canyon’s Bethany Rangel placed seventh in the Division II girls sophomore race in 17:35 while Steele Canyon's Kyle Fox was 10th in the boys junior race in 16:42.

Also for Monte Vista, Michael Ramirez placed eighth in the Division II boys senior race (16:24) while Juan Lepe was 11^th in the Division II boys junior race (16:43) and Darius Nocon was 19^th in the Division II boys sophomore race (17:37).

The Division II boys sophomore race included a number of top 25 East County finishers. Brian Randlett (16:45) was sixth for Valhalla, followed by teammate Brett Johnson (16:50) in ninth place, Steele Canyon’s Adrian Sherrode (17:14) in 13^th place, El Capitan’s Miles Segni (17:17) in 15^th place, El Capitan’s Chris Torres (17:37) in 20^th place, Steele Canyon’s Tim Buckmaster (17:38) in 21^st place, West Hills’ Tom Dolan (17:40) in 23^rd place and Santana’s Anthony DeBarrows (17:42) in 25^th place.

In the Division I girls sophomore race, Grossmont’s Sablle Scheppmann finished 16^th in 17:04.

In the Division II boys freshman race, West Hills Jerry Fisherova (eighth, 18:19) and Steele Canyon’s Eli Aguirre (10^th, 18:32) both managed top 10 finishes.

The 2005 prep cross country season continues Friday, Sept. 23, with the 32^nd annual South Bay Invitational at Rohr Park in Chula Vista. The event, which features single-division boys and girls varsity and junior varsity races and a freshman-sophomore boys race, steps off at 3:30 p.m.