2009 LB Poly Boys XC Team

Weekly Fall Newsletter #7

PAST WEEKS HIGHLIGHTS & COACHES THOUGHTS:

It was another great day of competition at Moore League Dual Meet #2 on Signal Hill. The JV race started the w/ a solid pack of Brian, Josh, Derek, Kenny & Saul w/ only a 21 second spread but it was not enough to break a tight Wilson pack that came in only 10-15 seconds ahead.   We are getting closer & if the JV keep focused & keep improving, we can get them at Moore League Finals!

         
The F/S really stepped it up this week & had the tightest race of the day in a three way battle between Poly Wilson & Millikan.  We tied Wilson 28-28 but our #6 was faster so we get the win.  Somehow Millikan slipped in front of us & beat us by 1 point.  And Wilson ended up beating Millikan!!!  Three way tie!  But it was a real team effort by the F/S & they can build o that momentum.

          The Varsity had another solid performance and won by going 2356&10. We did not win the individual title (this time) but the team ran brilliantly w/ Jazeel keeping the pace honest in the first lap & stringing it out a bit.  A solid 2nd lap & dominating third lap (like you are supposed to run it) was key to the win!  The varsity boys have now run the two fastest team times in their first 2 Moore League races since 2002!

One final race note, it was amazing to see so many of our Poly athletes running their tails off on one of the most difficult courses in Southern California  That was absolutely phenomenal!  Way to go guys!!! Carry that momentum & confidence into Mt. SAC & beyond.  DonÕt stop nowÉkeep up the good work! 

 FINALS ARE ONLY 2.5 WEEKS AWAY!!!

 

Week #7 at a glance(this week):

Mondays: Beach 2-4:15 Long Run w/ some tempo...Bluff Park

Tuesdays: Beach 2-4 Core, Drills & Sprints

Wednesdays: MLK 2-4 Intervals MLK (MilerÕÕs & 400Õs)

Thursdays: Bixby 2-4

Fridays: 2-3 Poly Pre-meet

Saturdays: Mt. SAC Invites (Race times TBA)

Sunday: Off, rest, stretch & drink lots of water!


  OR Alternate race for non-SAC runners!!!  See Below...

 

Week #8 at a glance(next week):

Mondays: Poly 2-4 Beach Run Core

Tuesdays: Poly 2-4 Signal Hill Back Side Repeats 


Wednesdays: Poly 2-4 Bixby Drills & Sprints

Thursdays: Poly 2-4 Intervals 
MLK

Fridays: Heartwell Park Preview run.  No Return Bus!!!

Saturdays: Varsity  Whittier run, all others EZ on own

Sunday: Off, rest, stretch & drink lots of water!


 

Important Upcoming Dates & Info:

 

*Team Dinner:

Dinner on Fri. Oct. 23 ,5:30-7pm

Race = Sat. Oct. 24 Mt SAC

Penn Home   2531 California Ave.  Signal Hill, CA 90755 426-4109

 

*THANKS!!!: We had an outstanding crew of parent volunteers helping us run the meet last Thursday.  Set-Up, Tear Down, Course Monitors, Timing Crews & many others that were all superb!  We could not have put on this meet without you.  Thanks for helping make the Signal Hill meet run so smoothly!

 

*Mt. SAC Race Times:  Our Varsity squad will hopefully be racing in the sweeps race.  All others should be racing in the morning this year. The heat sheets donÕt come out until Monday morning.  I will send out a supplemental email with exact heat times on Monday.

 

*Mt. SAC Course: For those of you that would like some extra visualization for Sat. race, check out the interactive link below! http://events.mtsac.edu/ccinvite/course.htm

 

*Alternate Race for Mt. SAC Weekend:

With the new Mt. SAC rules of no JV (unless we get into the sweeps) & limited F/S runners based on speed (boys need to have run 22 minutes) we are trying to set up an alternate race to keep the boys sharp & on the same training page as the rest of the team.  We have two races that we are looking at, both on Sunday Oct. 25th.

1. is the LA Cancer Challenge 5K Walk/Run http://www.lacancerchallenge.com

 

2. is the Davita Kidney Awareness Run/Walk in Long Beach.

https://www.kidneyawarenesstime.org/eventhome.php?WalkathonID=148

 

Look over the two sites & we will decide in the next few days which race we will be participating in.

 

*Video: Do we have any volunteers to video Moore League Finals.  It is nice to have the video of our last league race showing during dinner at the banquet.

 

*Athlete of the week (Last Week):  Jazeel & Carl!  Check the website for details on their fine accomplishments.  Will it be you next week?

 

Quote of the Week:  Hey...how about you actually read it this week instead of just cutting & pasting it!!!

ŌThere are certain situations when you canÕt fake it.  And in races, when itÕs crucial, and thereÕs someone who really wants it and someone who doesnÕt, someone who loves doing it and someone that doesnÕt, that is going to be the deciding factor.Ķ


    Bonus prize at MondayÕs practice for the first person who emails me the author of this quote.

 

Go Jackrabbit Runners!!!  Coach Fillipow

www.lbpxc.com  DonÕt Wish It...Make It Happen!  3   7

 

Moore League #2 Results 2009 – Signal Hill

F/S

 

 

SH09

Barker

Chris

9

23.49

Bogarin

Fernando

10

18.41

Bogich

John

10

19.29

Dadashzadch

Shya

9

31.09

Dingman

Christopher

9

23.50

Dybens

Kevin

9

22.41

Eastly

Johnathan

10

20.32

Erickson

Joshua

9

23.23

Eskinder

Henok

9

21.34

Ford

Cameron

10

18.36

Gutierrez

Edwin

10

22.21

Hao

Rithia

9

20.59

Jordinson

Shawn

9

20.30

Livoja

Cole

10

21.44

Madsen

Peter

10

21.05

Mayfield

Joshua

10

20.26

Monaco

Colin

10

19.07

O'Keefe

Christian

10

21.17

Ortiz

Erik

10

22.59

Pavey

Randy "Jr"

9

22.03

Pingol

Miguel

9

23.07

Rainier

Nicholas

10

21.00

Richter

Sean

10

19.33

Sanders

Kenji

9

22.46

Stahl

Caleb

10

21.24

Tran

Richard

10

22.30

Vazquez

Raul

10

18.00

Weinstien

Elliot

10

21.17

 

 

 

 

Jr/Sr.

 

 

SH09

Berkowitz

Oren

12

20.39

Castro

Adam

12

20.52

Crawford

Ray

11

20.08

Echous

Noah

11

21.43

Flores

Eduardo

11

20.23

Gonzalez

Zachary

12

23.08

Grabinski

Jaime

11

 

Groce

Ahmed

12

19.22

Holstad

Kenny

12

18.36

Jantz

David

12

20.34

King

Riley

12

20.49

Liu

William

11

23

Macias

Bryan

11

18.46

McDonald

Jabari

12

20.35

Mendoza

Brian

11

18.18

Mora

Saul

12

18.39

Ortiz

Alfonso

12

19.45

Pierce

Eric

11

24.11

Reynaga

Rene

12

21.21

Roa

Bradely

11

19.33

Soriano

Chris

11

20.28

Tellier

Dillon

12

20.1

Toyofuku

Joshua

12

18.29

Yi

Derek

11

18.35

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VAR

 

 

 

Baerga

Ruben

11

16.42

Espinosa

Victor

12

17.1

Garcia

Jazeel

10

16.54

Penn

Christian

12

17.03

Price

Sean

12

16.32

Romero

Sergio

12

17.22

Turner

Glenn

12

18.06