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On a Flat Day For Many, Four Shine Through!
While many of the Matadores ran on heavy legs at this year's Central Park Invitational, there were a few exceptions to the trend. The first runner determined to not let the overall flatness of her team get to her was Freshman Destinie Martin. Racing in the Division I Varsity race, Destinie (20:38) finished as her team's #1 runner. In the process she earned a new PR and missed the La Mirada freshman record, set in 1986, by a mere one second! The next Matador to show that it would take more then tired legs to stop her was Sophomore Brianna Jaramillo. Running in the J.V. race, Briana displayed a fire and determination in her eyes that would bring her to a new PR while racing to a time of 26:32. Next it was the boys' turn to see if they could turn up the fire a notch. Unfortunately, the flat legs that seemed to plague the girls infected the boys as well. Leave it to a freshman and one very determined sophomore to break out of this trend. Ryan Holash would race to an early lead and ultimately place 3rd overall in his race. Ryan's time of 18:12 was a new PR and was fast enough to earn him the 6th man role for the day. His hard racing and determination also earned him a varsity spot for the next race. Rounding out the day, with the fire that seemed to elude so many Matadores on this day, was Sophomore Jim Palmer. Palmer ran a very strong race and held his ground throughout the challenging 3-mile course. His efforts and hard work would be rewarded when he crossed the finish line in a PR time of 21:51 . . . 3:41 faster then he had run on this course just a year earlier! For the entire team's results, check 2002 Results.
We congratulate the efforts of these four individuals who, on a lackluster day, shined through as the bright spots!
Central Park Invitational
October 5, 2002
Central Park
Huntington Beach, CA
Course: Moderate
Conditions: Cool
| Girls Varsity--9:30 a.m. | 2002 | 2001 |
| Destinie Martin | 20:38 PR | DNR |
| Serrata, Audrey | 20:53 | 21:13 |
| Ana Poblet | 21:25 | 23:29 |
| Thomas, Vanessa | 21:52 | 20:53 |
| Jackie Martinez | 22:15 | 21:56 |
| Kendal Van Wuyckhuyse | 22:43 | 24:49 |
| Jennifer Minero | 23:09 | 24:53 |
| Stephens, Amanda | DNR | 20:32 |
| Girls JV--10:00 a.m. | 2002 | 2001 |
| Mata, Cynthia | 23:53 | 22:27 |
| Serrata, Jackie | 24:47 | 25:25 |
| Linares, Sonia | 25:31 | 22:23 |
| Briana Jaramillo | 26:32 PR | DNR |
| Tara Sanchez | 27:21 | DNR |
| Kelly Wilson | 27:55 | DNR |
| Perez, Jennifer | 27:58 | 25:40 |
| Burbidge, Megan | DNR | 25:41 |
| Palmer, Tara | DNR | 27:06 |
| Boys JV--10:15 a.m. | 2002 | 2001 |
| Valdez, Chris | 19:06 | 22:11 |
| Meza, Sergio | 19:30 | 20:50 |
| Max Garnica | 20:46 | DNR |
| Boys Frosh--10:45 p.m. | ||
| Ryan Holash | 18:12 | |
| Paul Garcia | 23:34 | |
| Boys Soph--11:15 p.m. | 2002 | 2001 |
| Freddy Ramirez | 18:50 | 19:27 |
| Kevin Osborn | 20:38 | DNR |
| Jim Palmer | 21:51 | 25:32 |
| Elijah De Rosas | 22:42 | DNR |
| Casas, Mark | 31:14 | 30:28 |
| Boys Varsity--11:45 p.m. | 2002 | 2001 |
| Nathaniel Moore | 17:07 | 17:10 |
| Daniel Lee | 17:31 | DNR |
| Dag Tesfaye | 17:43 | 17:48 |
| Jake Cooley | 18:03 | 19:11 |
| Ben Ramirez | 18:11 | DNR |
| Jared Bird | 18:20 | 18:09 |
| Perez, Mario | 19:06 | 19:08 |
2002: La Mirada vs Norwalk and Cerritos HS
La Mirada vs. Norwalk and Cerritos HS
October 3, 2002
La Mirada Regional Park Varsity Team Time 89:31 Jesse Mirola 15:51 Norwalk Nitin Mahan 16:17 Norwalk Eddie Perez 17:04 Norwalk Froylan Morales 17:06 Norwalk Jared Bird 17:20 La Mirada Daniel Lee 17:35 La Mirada Nathaniel Moore 17:55 La Mirada Michael Boulos 18:08 Cerritos Dag Tesfaye 18:17 La Mirada Jake Cooley 18:24 La Mirada Mario Perez 18:26 La Mirada Ben Ramirez 18:33 La Mirada Armando Campos 18:40 Norwalk Neil Patel 18:50 Cerritos Tsukasa K 18:53 Cerritos Adam Kositonant 19:06 Norwalk Robert Alvarado 19:14 Norwalk Johnny Ku 19:23 Cerritos William Tuyor 20:13 Cerritos Harsh Shah 20:15 Cerritos Zain Bhombal 20:37 Cerritos Girls Varsity
La Mirada: 15
Cerritos: 41 Audrey Serrata 20:49
La Mirada
Elvira DelCastillo
21:30
Norwalk
Destinie Martin
22:06
La Mirada
Ana Poblet
22:09
La Mirada
Vanessa Thomas
22:31
La Mirada
Jackie Martinez
22:42
La Mirada
Denise Kuan
22:52
Cerritos
Melissa Trias
23:24
Cerritos
Stephanie Goings
23:25
Cerritos
Alana Atkins
Norwalk
Jenny Feng
23:30
Cerritos
Megan Burbidge
23:36
La Mirada
Jessika Cos
23:38
Norwalk
23:43
Cerritos
Marlene Guerrero
23:59
La Mirada
Kristen Torres
24:11
Angie Gonzalez
24:21
Norwalk
Jazmin Naranjo
24:22
Norwalk
Liz Ramos
25:16
Norwalk
Jeanette Martinez
25:28
Norwalk
Emily Tsai
26:41
Cerritos
Boys Frosh/Soph Ryan Holash 18:36
La Mirada Freddy Ramirez 19:18 La Mirada Luis Moreno 19:44 Marc Gonzalez 19:58 Norwalk Miguel Murillo 20:00 Norwalk Sam Moon 20:31 Cerritos 20:36 La Mirada Luis Pimentel 20:51 Norwalk Preetham Kumar 21:03 Cerritos Joseph Aranda Norwalk JT Nagayama 21:21 Cerritos Gene Lee 21:24 Cerritos Moses Baek 21:32 Cerritos Alberto Santiago Norwalk 21:51 Norwalk Jim Palmer 21:55 La Mirada Paul Garcia 22:10 La Mirada Elijah DeRojas 22:27 La Mirada Emmanuel Alvarado Norwalk Andres Curiel 23:48 Norwalk Taylor Yuen 23:52 Cerritos Andrew Kim 23:53 Cerritos Boys Junior Varsity Sergio Meza 19:38
La Mirada Chris Valdez 19:39 La Mirada Eduardo Lopez 20:51 Norwalk Jeff Hernandez 21:03 Norwalk Max Garnica 21:11 La Mirada Rayan Nawfal 21:14 Cerritos 22:03 Cerritos Austin Hwang 22:12 Cerritos Matthew Seril 22:27 Norwalk Francisco Gomez Norwalk Oliver Wang 22:53 Cerritos Angel Valdez 23:11 Norwalk Miguel Gutierrez 24:14 Norwalk Valente Rios Norwalk 25:12 Cerritos Ernesto Velasquez 25:53 Norwalk Marcos Rodriguez 26:08 Norwalk David Viramontes 26:19 Norwalk Girls Junior Varsity Kendal Van Wuyckhuyse 24:04
La Mirada Cynthia Mata 24:39 La Mirada Jackie Serrata 25:34 Krystle Collins 26:51 Norwalk Betsain Campos 26:56 Norwalk Vivian Lee-Su 27:45 Cerritos 27:46 Cerritos Heather MacDonald 28:00 Norwalk Nina Patel 28:22 Cerritos Tara Sanchez La Mirada Briana Jaramillo 28:59 La Mirada Jennifer Perez 29:18 La Mirada Nayeli Rodriguez 29:36 Norwalk Adriana Cuevas Norwalk 29:53 La Mirada Karina Arando 36:45 Norwalk
Course: 5K Moderate
Conditions: Warm
Boys Varsity
Norwalk: 22
La Mirada: 35
La Mirada: 17
Cerritos: 42
La Mirada: 19
Norwalk: 41
23:26
Uche Anene
Cerritos
Norwalk: 27
La Mirada: 32
La Mirada: 26
Cerritos: 29
Norwalk
Kevin Osborn
21:11
21:37
David Leandro
23:14
Jonathan Tse
29:20
Cerritos
Mark Hanna
29:22
Cerritos
Kevin Hsa
33:22
Cerritos
Mark Casas
33:40
La Mirada
Charles Kim
22:44
24:38
Kevin Jimenez
La Mirada
Lisa Patel
28:32
29:45
Angela Cho
Girls Race to Victory; Boys Split The Day
Girls Race to Victory; Boys Split The Day
In the boys race, Sophomores Jared Bird and Daniel Lee executed their races to perfection but were unable to hold off a veteran Norwalk team that placed their top four runners ahead of the Matadores to win 22 to 35. The boys did cruise to victory over Cerritos by a score of 16 to 43. The boy’s Frosh-Soph team defeated Cerritos, 26-29 but also fell to Norwalk, 27-32. Congratulations to Ryan Holash on his 1st place finish! Next week the Matadores face Glenn and Artesia High Schools at La Mirada Regional Park.
Seeking to retain the Suburban League title for another year, the Lady Mats opened the season with a 15 to 41 victory over Cerritos and a 19 to 41 win over Norwalk at La Mirada Regional Park this week. In a hard fought battle with Elvira Del Castillo, Audrey Serrata pulled away at the 2.5-mile mark to finish the 3.1-mile course in 20:47. Audrey was followed by Destinie Martin (3rd place), Ana Poblet (4th place), Vanessa Thomas (5th place) and Jackie Martinez (6th place). The La Mirada girls J.V. team also prevailed over both Norwalk and Cerritos.
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| October 2002 | La Mirada HS Cross Country Calendar Subject to change | |||||
| 1 GV: 6 miles BV: 5x3:40 min repeats |
2
Biola Trail |
3
Norwalk/Cerritos | 4
"Recovery" Run | 5
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| 6 BV: 38.9 m GV: 25-30 m 1st week of phase |
7
LSD Run |
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9
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10
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11
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12
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| 13
BV: 33.6 m |
14
Long Run |
15
BV: Repeats |
16
GV: Biola Trail |
17
Bellflower |
18
Biola Trail |
19
PSAT's |
| 20
BV: 31.2 m |
21
Long Run (9 miles) |
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23
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24
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25
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26
Mt. SAC
Invitational |
| 27
BV: 29.6 miles |
28
Long Fast Run |
29
BV: 200m Repeats |
30
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31
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