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On an overcast and gloomy Halloween afternoon, the Matadores of La Mirada prepared for Suburban League finals by handily defeating the Monsoons from Mayfair High School. The Lady Mats (10 - 0), showing the effects of a hard week, closed out regular season competition in 1st place with a 15 to 49 score against the Mayfair team. Leading the way over the 3-mile course this week were Destinie Martin (21:16) and Amanda Stephens (21:17). The Matadores are certain that their lackadaisical effort this week will not affect their performance at next weeks league finals race where they hope to achieve back-to-back titles in the Suburban league and extend their string of consecutive CIF-SS prelims appearances to 17 years.
The boys varsity team enters Suburban League finals in 2nd place with a 5 - 1 record in league competition (8 - 2 overall). The Matador runners, led by Nathaniel Moore (16:55) and Dag Tesfaye (16:56), outscored their opponents this week 15 to 50. Having raced to the fastest school team time at Mt. SAC in 12 years, the young Matador team has their goal set on another CIF-SS prelims appearance.
Led by Freddie Ramirez (18:29), the Frosh-Soph boys swept the Monsoons and completed Suburban League competition with a record of 5 - 1. The Girls JV team, led by Sonia Linares (23:22) and Marlene Guerrero (23:46), remains undefeated at 6 - 0.
Suburban League finals will be held at Mt. SAC on Wednesday, November 6th. The first race begins at 12:00 noon.
La Mirada Cross Country Bids Farewell to Daniel Lee
One of La Mirada High School's brightest young prospects, Daniel Lee, sophomore member of the Cross Country team and Varsity athlete, is leaving La Mirada High School to attend school in Denver, Colorado. Thanks to his sister, Eunice, Daniel began his running career at La Mirada as a Freshman, training minimally his first summer and earning a PR of 19:46 for a 3-mile course. His talents became apparent during track season, when he closed in on the 5-minute mile mark. This summer, Daniel trained hard and earned a spot on the Varsity team. He raced to a PR of 16:47 at the Glenn/Artesia Meet and posted a terrific time of 16:53 at this year's Mt. SAC. Invitational. The entire boys team showed up for a farewell party for Daniel to show him how much he will be missed.
Daniel at the Glenn/Artesia Meet
We all extend the best of wishes to Daniel and his family. We are all blessed to have had the opportunity to know and compete beside him.
The La Mirada Cross Country members took to the hills at this year's Mt. SAC Invitational and all of them experienced great success. The highest placing team for the day was the Girls Varsity team, who placed fourth in their respective Varsity race. Leading her team in their quest on this day was Senior, Audrey Serrata. Her time of 20:22 was fast enough to place her 2nd on La Mirada's Mt. SAC elite list and her 15th place finish earned her a prestigious Mt. SAC Medal. Sophomore Ana Poblet tied the sophomore record with her time of 20:31, and Freshman Destinie Martin finished as the third varsity girl, while breaking the School Freshman Record, racing to a time of 20:57. Rounding out the Varsity girls on this day were Seniors Vanessa Thomas (21:06), and Jen Minero (21:45), Junior Jackie Martinez (22:08), and Sophomore Kendal Van Wuyckhuyse (22:47). In what was better news then the girls 4th place finish, was the return from injury of Captain Amanda Stephens who placed 6th in her Junior Varsity race, with a time of 21:33, placing her as the Lady Mats 5th runner overall.
Going into their race the Varsity boys hoped for a top ten finish. Knowing that they had drawn the toughest Varsity race outside of the days Sweepstakes races, the boys looked forward to the challenge of running against tougher competition. In the end the boys stepped up their racing level and fought through the fast moving, crowded field to conquer their goal and finish in ninth place. Their Varsity team time of 85:01 is one of the fastest, if not the fastest, times ever run at Mt. SAC by a La Mirada Boys Varsity team. Leading the way on this day were three Sophomores and a Senior. Nathaniel Moore, and Jared Bird were only separated by two seconds as they both broke the old Sophomore record to finish in 16:42 and 16:44 respectively. Daniel Lee followed in a time of 16:53, with Dag Tesfaye trailing only a second behind to finish in 16:54. Seniors Mario Perez (17:48) and Ben Ramirez (17:50) raced as the teams 5th and 6th men, while Sophomore Jake Cooley was back in the pack a bit running in at a Mt. SAC PR time of 18:09.
The highest finishing Matador at any race level on the day was Freshman Ryan Holash who placed 4th in his Freshman race, finishing in a time of 17:38, thus placing as his teams 5th best runner overall for the day.
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Boys JV |
2002 | 2001 | 2000 |
|
Sergio Meza |
19:20 | 21:47 | DNR |
|
Keith Medina |
30:08 | 29:57 | 31:00 |
|
Girls JV |
2002 | 2001 | 2000 |
|
Amanda Stephens |
21:33 | 20:58 | 21:28 |
|
Cynthia Mata |
23:52 | 22:59 | DNR |
|
Marlene Guerrero |
24:19 |
25:07 | DNR |
|
Jackie Serrata |
26:17 |
26:31 | 27:19 |
|
Jennifer Perez |
26:18 | 25:56 | DNR |
|
Boys Varsity |
2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 |
|
Nathaniel Moore |
16:42 |
17:50 | DNR | DNR |
|
Jared Bird |
16:44 |
18:23 | DNR | DNR |
|
Daniel Lee |
16:53 |
21:33 | DNR | DNR |
|
Dag Tesfaye |
16:54 |
18:25 | 18:10 | |
|
Mario Perez |
17:48 |
20:14 | DNR | DNR |
|
Ben Ramierez |
17:50 |
19:33 | 18:44 | 19:34 |
|
Jake Cooley |
18:09 |
19:33 | DNR | DNR |
|
Girls Varsity |
2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 |
|
Audrey Serrata |
20:22 |
21:53 | 21:01 | 22:17 |
|
Ana Poblet |
20:31 |
24:04 | DNR | DNR |
|
Destinie Martin |
20:57 |
DNR | DNR | DNR |
|
Vanessa Thomas |
21:06 |
21:21 | 24:00 | DNR |
|
Jennifer Minero |
21:45 |
25:12 | DNR | DNR |
|
Jackie Martinez |
22:08 |
23:01 | DNR | DNR |
|
Kendal Van Wuyckhuyse |
22:47 |
24:55 | DNR | DNR |
|
Freshman Boys | |
|
Ryan Holash |
17:38 |
|
Paul Garcia |
22:19 |
|
Freshman Girls | |
|
Kelly Wilson |
26:32 |
| Sophomore Boys | 2002 | 2001 |
|
Freddy Ramirez |
18:22 | 20:21 |
|
Kevin Osborn |
19:16 | DNR |
|
Jim Palmer |
20:45 | 25:45 |
|
Elijah DeRojas |
22:05 | DNR |
|
Mark Casas |
30:08 | 32:45 |
| Sophomore Girls | 2002 | 2001 |
|
Megan Burbidge |
22:10 | 25:09 |
|
Sonia Linares |
22:43 | 25:35 |
|
Tara Sanchez |
26:04 | DNR |
|
Briana Jaramillo |
26:51 | DNR |
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Top 7 Girls Times - Team Time |
Top 7 Boys Times - Team Time | ||
|
Audrey Serrata |
20:22 |
Nathaniel Moore |
16:42 |
|
Ana Poblet |
20:31 |
Jared Bird |
16:44 |
|
Destinie Martin |
20:57 |
Daniel Lee |
16:53 |
|
Vanessa Thomas |
21:06 |
Dag Tesfaye |
16:54 |
|
Amanda Stephens |
21:33 |
Ryan Holash |
17:38 |
|
Jen Minero |
21:45 |
Mario Perez |
17:48 |
|
Jackie Martinez |
22:08 |
Ben Ramierez |
17:50 |
|
Team Time |
104:29 |
Team Time |
84:51 |
| Lynette Thompson | 19:42 | BF |
| Vanessa Thomas | 21:25 | LM |
| Ana Poblet | 21:29 | LM |
| Lilliana Yera | 21:53 | BF |
| Jennifer Minero | 21:57 | LM |
| Destinie Martin | 22:19 | LM |
| Megan Burbidge | 22:22 | LM |
| Audrey Serrata | 22:28 | LM |
| Jackie Martinez | 22:30 | LM |
| Rochelle Bennet | 23:36 | BF |
| Vanessa Gomez | 23:32 | BF |
| Janine Mena | 23:39 | BF |
| Cynthia Mata | 23:43 | LM |
| Sonia Linares | 24:05 | LM |
| Marlene Guerrero | 25:01 | LM |
| Ruth Rubio | 26:06 | BF |
| Jackie Serrata | 26:34 | LM |
| Briana Jaramillo | 26:43 | LM |
| Jennifer Perez | 26:45 | LM |
| Brenda Jacinto | 26:54 | BF |
| Tara Sanchez | 27:16 | LM |
| Angela Cho | 27:19 | LM |
| Kelly Wilson | 27:21 | BF |
| Tara Palmer | DNR | LM |
| Kendal Van Wuyckhuyse | DNR | LM |
| Amanda Stephens | DNR | LM |
| Freddie Ramirez | 18:38 | LM |
| Luis Flores | 19:06 | BF |
| Kevin Osborn | 19:24 | LM |
| Jason Thompson | 20:11 | BF |
| Paul Garcia | 21:03 | LM |
| Jim Palmer | 21:17 | LM |
| Elijah DeRosas | 21:44 | LM |
| Eli Lemus | 23:20 | BF |
| Eric Armenta | 24:27 | BF |
| John Adricula | 27:23 | BF |
| Mark Casas | 29:25 | LM |
| Keith Medina | DNR | LM |
| Nathaniel Moore | 17:21 | LM |
| Jared Bird | 17:33 | LM |
| Dag Tesfaye | 17:34 | LM |
| Daniel Lee | 17:36 | LM |
| Henry Laris | 17:39 | BF |
| Javin Ramos | 18:10 | BF |
| Aaron Garcia | 18:15 | BF |
| Ryan Holash | 18:28 | LM |
| Mario Perez | 18:35 | LM |
| Robert Armenta | 18:48 | BF |
| Sergio Meza | 18:55 | LM |
| Jake Cooley | 19:11 | LM |
| Casey Thompson | 19:15 | BF |
| Josh Franco | 19:18 | BF |
| Chris Valdez | 19:43 | LM |
| Caleb Oliver | 19:53 | BF |
| Lucio Santana | 20:34 | BF |
| Ernie Echeverria | 21:37 | BF |
| Kendrick Wong | 22:34 | BF |
| Dale Morgan | 25:27 | BF |
| Daniel Ulloa | 27:28 | BF |
| Ben Ramirez | DNR | LM |
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