2025 California T&F Thread

I can see Lomeli going sub 9 at state

Great Oak really sucks these days

Just like Newbury Park and Arcadia. Some really accomplished California programs lost their dynasties

Some things come to an end. You can't be great forever. Though I will say, schools like Great Oak and NP had the advantage of stars practically aligning - two groups of brothers with insane genetic talent and a great coach with a great program

The situations at Great Oak, Newbury Park, and Arcadia are more similar than you might think. When those schools lost their coaches, their programs deteriorated. It goes to show just how crucial coaches are for the success of a team. Without strong leadership, everything can fall apart. Let's remember the value of having dedicated coaches and the impact they have on a program's achievements.

True fax here. A dedicated coach is what can make or break a program. And no matter what, the athletes won't do well if they don't have a coach to believe in

Her brother is 18 years older than her???

Yes

https://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=12363960

Could be a half sibling, who knows. Not your typical age gap but it can happen. I myself have a half-sister who is 17 years younger than me

The 39.95 by Morgan Herbst in the 300H is a state record, breaking the old record of 39.98 set by eventual Olympic gold medalist Lashinda Demus more than 20 years ago.

I thought at first you were asking for the other kid to be DQ'd for the pacing and then dropping to the back.

Eli Fitchen-Young ran 8:57 for the fourth time (if you include his 8:56 PR) in his career at CCS finals. While he qualified for state, similar to Broen Holman, could he be facing a plateau of some sort in that event?

If Jesuit lived up to credos they would not allow those 800m kids to advance. Wtf is that. You know the officials should have dq Ed them.

If Jesuit has true values they should self dq and scratch out their athletes from the 800m. Sending out their runner hard. 150m the other runner pushes two athletes and barrels into them. On top of the age cheating. Jesuit do the right thing. Scratch out.

I think Landon will win the 3200 - and on last year's thread I called him rolled and said he would loose to Grant.

I know you'll see this Landon, good luck! Make CCS proud!

By biggest takeaways from CCS Finals (distance events):

1. I also think Landon Pretre is going to win the state 3200m. He has not lost to any Californians in any of his 3200m race so far this year and Evan Noonan isn’t as dominant as last year.

2. I think Benjamin Bouie is going to win the state 1600m. Conor Lott is going to be his biggest competition but Bouie is the highest returner from last year’s 1600m final and will want the victory more since he’s only racing one event at state and not doubling like Lott.

3. Stephen Sziebert of Bellarmine may be a dark horse to best represent CCS during XC this fall based on his surprise state qualification in the 1600m, which I would say is more impressive than the…

4. 3200m’s ran by Ryan Fitzpatrick of Nueva (9:04) and Alijah Murillo (9:07). While both of them have run 15:26 and 15:12 at Woodward consistently, I expect them to likely dip under 15 in XC and 9 minutes in track next year given their improvement from last year.

Can someone give me context to what happened in the 800?

I have a feeling the 1600 winner will be from SoCal. Hot take but Grant Miller is winning state

If anything, I feel like Holman may do slightly better than Fitchen-Young at state. He finally broke 9 at section after being stuck in sub 9:05 range. Though, both are not going to crack top 5 at state. Honestly, I think Evan Noonan could still win if it’s a sit and kick race- Landon is an amazing runner but he doesn’t have the kick. Also, watch out for Yosef Berhan- he definitely has a shot for top 3 or even state champ. I’m predicting some breakouts this 3200- specifically from SJS and NCS