Cross Country Teams Finish Dream Season

Photo by Sheryl Germany

Congratulations to all the runners on the SLV High boys and girls cross country teams for another outstanding season.  Both the boys and girls teams finished undefeated in dual meets, won the league and CCS titles and finished 2nd (girls) and 4th (boys) in the State Championships.

For the boys, Junior Cody Johnson  and Senior Nick Hicks were the team leaders with Johnson taking the individual title at both the league and CCS meets. Landis MacMillan, Jacob Hicks, Matt Abernathy, Stephen Bracken and Branden Caldwell also all had great years.

For the girls, Sophomore Anna Maxwell added individual titles at Hawaii, Stanford, Mt Sac., SCCAL and CCS to her impressive resume.  Fellow underclassmen Claire MacMillan (so), Abby Sherman (so), Jessica Germany (fr), Jessica Jensen (so), and Katrina Luque (so) along with senior Hyllery Hershberger joined Maxwell accepting silver medals for their second place team finish in the CIF State Championship.

Here are the final times and finish places for SLV runners at the State Championships:

4 Anna Maxwell 18:06
7 Claire MacMillan 18:45
15 Abby Sherman 19:06
32 Jessica Germany  19:39
58 Jessica Jensen  20:16
82 Hyllery Hershberger 20:54
98 Katrina Luque 21:17


10 Cody Johnson  16:04
13 Nick Hicks  16:17
25 Landis MacMillan 16:34
46 Jacob Hicks  16:51
88 Matt Abernathy  17:26
91 Stephen Bracken  17:28
149 Branden Caldwell 19:01

SLV High Sweeps Prestigious Meet on the Big Island

The SLV High boys and girls cross country teams returned to class today with lots of memories, a bunch of medals and two course records. Nearly two dozen Cougar runners competed on a grassy course in the foothills outside of Hilo winning both individual and team titles in the Varsity division at the King Kamehameha Invitational Meet on Saturday. They added an individual first and a team second in the open division

On the girls side sophomore Anna Maxwell added to her elite status by setting a new course record in 17:54:36 while leading her team to a first place finish in the girls varsity division. Claire MacMillan, Jessica Jensen, Abby Sherman, Jessica Germany, Hyllery Hershberger and Emily Lamb joined Maxwell on the victory stand. SLV entered a complete second team in the open division and Katrina Luque, Jen Housek, Raquel Yeomans, Adela Weigel, Michaela Sanchez and Mariah Lindberg combined to bring home the silver medal.

In the boys races, Senior Nick Hicks held off teammate Junior Cody Johnson as both runners shattered the previous course record finishing 1-2. The boys easily won the team title with 4 finishers in the top 5. Landis MacMillan, Jacob Hicks, Branden Caldwell, Matt Abernathy and James Spriggs rounded out the Cougar Varsity gold medalists. In the boys open division Stephen Bracken took first place and Karl Johnson finished fourth.

Here are the times and finish place for the Cougars:

Girls Varsity:

1 Maxwell, Anna 17:54.36
5 MacMillan, Claire 19:38.70
12 Jensen, Jessica 20:28.98
14 Sherman, Abby 20:37.12
16 Germany, Jessica 20:44.73
18 Hershberger, Hyllery 20:54.39
38 Lamb, Emily 22:23.87

Boys Varsity:

1 Hicks, Nick 16:16.15
2 Johnson, Cody 16:21.31
4 MacMillan, Landis 17:04.64
5 Hicks, Jacob 17:21.89
14 Caldwell, Branden 18:24.05
16 Abernathy, Matt 18:29.62
18 Spriggs, James 18:34.39

Open Boys:

1 Stephen Bracken 18:46:39
4 Karl Johnson 19:57:45

Open Girls:

3 Katrina Luque 21:46:.31
5 Jen Housek 22:38:12
6 Raquel Yeomans 22:42:94
7 Adela Weigel 22:51:96
13 Michaela Sanchez 23:42.06
15 Mariah Lindberg 23:50:74

Cougar Distance Runners Continue to Impress

The long and proud tradition of great distance runners at SLV under the guidance of Rob Collins and Thea Jorgenson appears to be continuing.

The San Lorenzo Valley High School Cross Country team ran in their first meet Saturday and the results hold promise for the Cougar harriers. The 3 mile course at the Early Bird Invitational at Toro Park in Salinas drew over 1500 runners from 45 schools throughout Northern California.

The freshmen girls, with a 1,2 finish by Anna Maxwell and Abby Sherman combined with Claire MacMillan, Adela Weigel and Jessica Jensen to claim first place among ninth graders. The Sophomore girls, led by Emily Lamb and Raquel Yeomans took 5th place.

In the combined score SLV finished 5th overall out of 39 schools based on combined time and would have placed 3rd had the meet been scored in the traditional manner by finish order. Sophomores Allison Mears, Jennifer Housek, Jesssica Patterson and Juniors Hillery Hershberger and Mariah Lindberg all posted quality times.

Juniors Landis MacMillan and Nick Hicks were the best finishers for the boys. The combined times of MacMillan, Hicks and sophomores Cody Johnson and Karl Johnson and senior Alex Rinkert and freshmen Jacob Hicks was good enough for 8th place overall among the 45 schools competing. Freshmen Matt Abernathy and Junior Branden Caldwell also placed high overall.

The other Cougar boys competing were sophomores, Ran Barton and Daniel Genis, junior, James Spriggs and seniors Nick Sherrell, Erik Johnson, and Dillon Kennedy who all finished with respectable times.

Complete meet results including times can be found here:

http://www.dyestatcal.com/ATHLETICS/XC/2010/ebird.htm
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