El Molino’s Nicole Lane recently became the latest college recruit gold nugget mined by UC Davis out of the Redwood Empire. Lane has signed to run for Davis after graduating and the Redwood Empire has created some impressive runners for them in the past. Lane was first team All-Empire her junior year in both track and cross country. Expect her to be picked as runner of the year for the Empire following her senior year of cross country.… Read More »
Former Redwood Empire stars Alia Gray (Maria Carrillo) and Shannon Rich (Rancho Cotate) helped their Chico team take 7th at the NCAA division II Championships. See photos of them running in the snow and results here
Former Maria Carrillo runner Leanne Fogg has qualified for the NCAA National Championships. Indiana State will host the Championships, Nov. 21, at the LaVern Gibson Championship Course located at the Wabash Valley Family Sports Center in Terre Haute, Ind. Fogg’s Cal Poly teammate Meghan Breadmore was one of the other four individuals from the West Region to qualify on. See all qualifiers here
Thomas Benjamin sent in these shots he took at Stanford yesterday of former Redwood Empire runners now all leading there college teams.
NCAA Division 1 West Regional Cross Country Championships were held today at Stanford University. In the men’s 10k team battle it was all tied up between Stanford and Portland after their first four runners crossed the finish line. Stanford then won the team battle as former Novato high runner Erik Olson finished in 22nd overall in 29:57 to beat Portland’s fifth runner. Arizona’s Lawi Lalang won the race in 28:34. Former Santa Rosa high runner Reesey Byers was the first… Read More »
With former Healdsburg High runner Sarah Sumpter leading her team with a second place finish UC Davis won there first ever Big West Conference crown. Sumpter a junior at Davis finished the 6,000 meter course in 20:33.7 just behind Long Beach Senior Rosa Del Toro in 20:27. In third place was former Maria Carrillo runner Leanne Fogg of Cal Poly who clocked 20:41.9. Also part of the Davis team are former Ukiah runner Lauren Wallace and assistant coach Kim Conley… Read More »
Here is a little catch up on running stories of interest you may have missed. Former Vikings track star aiming for Olympics Hall overcame the mile-high altitude (elevation 5,138 feet) to become the first American ever to medal in the women’s 3,000m steeplechase Hall race results 10:03.16 Hall twitter about race Conley’s race results 17:00.90 Conley Set to Represent USA at Pan-Am Games Luna makes Honorable Mention for best runners in Nation … Read More »
Maria Carrillo grad Alia Gray topped the field at the California Collegiate Athletic Association Cross Country Championships at Spring Lake Regional Park Saturday. The meet was hosted by Sonoma State University whose womens team finished 11th. Gray’s Chico State team easily turned back all challengers to their fourth straight conference crown. Gray leads Wildcats to fourth straight CCAA title and eighth in last 10 years Women’s Results Gray, Rich will try to lead Wildcats to fifth straight CCAA title on… Read More »
Welcome to The Press Democrat running blog. The Press Democrat has hosted my running web page since 2002 which you can see at www.northbay.com/running/ This blog is focused on high school cross country in the fall and high school track in the spring. When time allows other running tidbits will be added here, like how local runners are now doing at college meets or locals competing in races like the Boston Marathon. Glad to have you on board. Jim Crowhurst
