2024 California HS XC CIF

Buchanan CA is at this for returners

4:11, 4:23, 4:24, 4:25, 4:26/9:29, 4:28

Both teams are very comparable (as in young and deep). You can compare where they are right now here:

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menlo could be an interesting team to watch in division 5. If they got a transfer and stay healthy, they could be a contender for a top 5 california team.

landon pretre - 8:53 (11)
William Hauser - 9:20 (11)
Henry Hauser - 9:48 (9)
Jared Saal - 15:07 (3.06 mile course)
Jonah Block - 4:45 (9)

Better than Yosemite for sure. Menlo’s 5th returner is way better.

Crystal Springs Uplands won D5 the last 2 years and returns 3 scorers from the state meet, and also a 10:18 freshman in the 3200.
But, like Yosemite, their 5th returner is not as good as Menlo’s.

Another solid D5 team (took 3rd at CIF last year)
San Francisco University
They return their top 3 from the state meet -
16:24, 16:26, 16:27
Also a 9:55 freshman
10:16, 10:24, 10:29 juniors that weren’t on varsity for XC
Also another 16:53 5k junior who doesn’t run track.

This team also has a strong freshman class

So they are looking to be really deep too, especially for a D5 team that is losing 4 seniors off of their varsity.

D5 is looking to be stronger than they have been as of late.

Holy carp!. Have you contacted the police.

Rightfully so.
When you look at what other teams return in D5, Yosemite probably won’t even podium.

I meant nowhere to be found in the results since February 16. He hasn’t raced since then.

He DNSed at the Dublin Distance Fiesta on March 16.

He did have strata posts lately though

Strava*

Ventura returns
9:39
9:42
9:57
10:01
10:17 (freshman)
They have a chance to return to the state meet in D2

Saw in another thread that Braden Herrera no longer attends Newbury Park. Looks like they won’t be making the state meet this year

I don't think it's impossible for them to make it with next year's guys. Div II isn't super strong outside the top 5 schools or so. This year at the Mt SAC rain course, you could scrape by to state with 1-2 sub 15 guys and then 3-4 around 15:30-15:40.

Dickran, Watson, Bernardino, Sax, Ingersoll is at least competitive. 3 Sub 16 3 mile XC guys and 2 just barely over 16 at least shows room for improvement by next year.

The doomed category is more around 17 minute 3 mile guys who are older than 9th grade. Just not enough time left in HS for them to improve.

Dana Hills returns 2 varsity scorers - Noonan and Hunter.
Other top returners:
Moersch (Jr, 4:29)
Williams (So, 4:39)
Not a bad group of 4.
Now these 1600 performances of Moersch and Williams need to translate to the XC course and they just need a 5th man. Probably freshman Craven (4:51) can step up.
Dana Hills always seems to find 5 guys.

Menlo Top 5 overall in CA? Ehh, I don’t see it

D5 will have studs Turk and Bouie, who will be pushing him to run faster times, which will put him in a better position in the merge

In the D2 Southern Section, I think the teams that will make it will be:
Hart, Tesoro, Glendora, Woodbridge, Ayala, El Toro, Ventura
El Dorado will be barely missing out but still better than Newbury Park.
But Newbury Park will do better in 2025 than in 2024. In 2024, they will have only 1 or 2 seniors on varsity, and they are going to have some solid underclassmen

Watson has been constantly injured the last 2 XC seasons. Hopefully he has a healthy senior year.

D2 Southern Section isn’t as easy as people think. Hart had some good track times and weren’t able to make it to state for XC. That’s how hard this section is. Maybe Hart is better at track than XC.

4:36

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Santiago boys have a solid returning squad

Jake Rubalcaba (11) 4:24/9:45/14:55

Jace Lay (11) 1:57/4:28/15:25 (first track season)

Brandon Fonseca (11) 2:01/4:28/9:44/15:21

Noah Lay (9) 4:31/9:56/15:39

Alijah Cox (11) 2:02/4:35/15:34

Jeremy Luber (9) 2:08/4:45/16:05

based on the girls team and past boys results, they could very well make it to state or even podium

my mid track season rankings

#1
Jesuit CA
Issac Abbott - 9:11 (10)
drake hoferer - 9:19 / 4:13 (10)
matthew ogilvie - 9:28 / 4:17(9)
lucas alberts - 9:56 / 4:20 (9)
Navin Kadel - 4:26 (11)
Rafael Jopson - 9:55 / 4:36 (9)
Kyle Jakary - 4:29 (10)
Chase Cressman - 4:36 (11)
#2
Great Oak CA
Westin Brown - 4:10 / 9:15 (11)
Jack Paradise - 4:18 (11)
Jacob Brown - 4:21 (11)
Christian Gump - 9:42 (11)
Marco Franco - 9:50/4:27 (10)
Carson Lynch - 9:57 (11)
Ruben Sanchez - 10:01 (10)
#3
ML King CA
Maximo Zavaleta - 8:54 (10)
Brayden Lunetta - 9:32 / 4:18 (11)
Logan Carlson - 9:38 / 4:20 (10)
Bradley Quezada - 9:41 / 4:24 (10)
Alex Wesołowski - 9:58 / 4:25 (11)
Frank Stewart - 4:34 (10)
John Sosa - 10:05 / 4:38 (9)
#4
Buchanan CA
Luke Sanders - 4:11 (11)
Jansen Geyer - 9:29 (10)
Michael Pritsky - 4:24 (10)
Andrew Ray - 4:25 (9)
Dylan Rea - 4:27 (9)
Deaglan Givan - 9:48 (11)
Amani Rodriguez - 10:05 (10)
#5
Jserra CA
Bradley Arrey - 4:18 (11)
Alden Morales - 4:10 (10)
Luke Friedl - 9:26 / 4:18 (10)
Jack Burnett - 4:27 (10)
Zac O’Leary - 4:28 (9)
#6
Beckman CA
Christian Weber - 9:20 (10)
Aaron Feaster - 9:41 / 4:17 (11)
Mason Nguyen - 9:37 / 4:20 (10)
Ryan Barris - 9:36 / 4:27 (9)
Anthony Barrera - 9:52 (11)
Brandon Boatman - 4:36 (9)
Hassan Syed - 4:39 (9)
#7
Mira Costa CA
Isaac Faynsod - 9:15 (11)
Ian Hansen - 9:19 / 4:16 (11)
Carson Ehman - 9:31 / 4:23 (10)
Krish Desai - 9:41 / 4:21 / (10)
Killian Cistone - 10:03 / 4:32 (9)
JT Kaplan - 4:32 (10)
Max Mironowicz - 10:07 / 4:36 (10)
Luuk Van Meurs - 10:10 (10)
Ryan Burger - 4:36
#8
Hart CA
Eli Ahten - 9:22 (11)
Alejandro Cueto - 9:29 (11)
Nicolas Zamora - 9:34 (10)
Josue Lopez - 9:32 (11)
Alireza Tofangdar - 9:50 (11)
Josiah Himsl - 9:57 / 4:36 (9)
Samuel Aina - 10:00 / 4:39 (9)
Jack Stitzinger - 10:07 / 4:34 (11)
Andre Galoostian - 10:09 / 4:36 (11)
Jordan Ibarra - 10:10 (10)
#9
Tesora CA
Griffin Kurshen - 4:12 (11)
Ryan McNamara - 9:32 (11)
Chase Manning - 9:33 (10)
Parker Wolfe - 9:49 (11)
Ezra Bryden - 9:51 (11)
#10
Bellarmine CA
Shrey Chettiar - 9:24 (11)
Will Burch - 9:37 (11)
Zander Verhoeven - 9:44 (11)
Devansh Shah - 9:50 (11)
Dane Flores - 9:54 (11)
Ben Penzel - 9:56 (10)


Duncan Burk - 10:03 (9)
Dylan Connel - 10:09 (10)