Official Arcadia 2024 Live Discussion Thread

Swoth wrote:

um ackshually wrote:

Trabuco ran 17:46 in the invite while Woodbridge ran 17:47. Still close and they definitely should've been in the invite, but just a correction to what you said.

At least Woodbridge had only 1 senior and 0 juniors in the lineup. So next year they will have a chance to make the Invite.

Yosemite would have gotten second to last in the seeded race. Don’t know how they made the invite this year. But next year they return 3 guys + Stegge. All will be seniors. No depth behind that. Hopefully they will have a better team than this year.

langley wrote:

I’m relatively new to the HS running scene- just started following it last spring because my kids started running. I live in California and just assumed that J Serra would win. I’d never heard of Union Catholic and now see that they’ve had 20 girls break 2:20 since 2016. That’s insane. (I also had never heard of Newbury Park til my daughter told me about them last spring when she started running.)

I hear from so many parents that you shouldn’t have the kids train too much before high school. Yet it looks like almost all the Union Catholic and J Serra girls started in elementary school.

Huangdi wrote:

jserra and union catholic also recruit. there was actually a huge controversy about union catholic a while ago.

langley wrote:

I’m relatively new to the HS running scene- just started following it last spring because my kids started running. I live in California and just assumed that J Serra would win.

I’d never heard of Union Catholic and now see that they’ve had 20 girls break 2:20 since 2016. That’s insane.

I dont want my name here wrote:

nice race wrote:

sadie split 2:07 for girls 3200m relay. ventura girls got 3rd

She had no one in range to race. Solo 2:07. Windy day too, I’m sure she could have gone a few seconds faster.

Good Luck With That wrote:

I dont want my name here wrote:

She had no one in range to race. Solo 2:07. Windy day too, I’m sure she could have gone a few seconds faster.

Sadie wasn't trying to run fast. She said that her goal at Arcadia was just to run a fast enough time to qualify for the state meet. They did that.

It will be interesting see how fast her 4x800 team runs at state.

Good Luck With That wrote:

langley wrote:

I’m relatively new to the HS running scene- just started following it last spring because my kids started running. I live in California and just assumed that J Serra would win.

I’d never heard of Union Catholic and now see that they’ve had 20 girls break 2:20 since 2016. That’s insane.

If you think that's insane, guess what another Union Catholic girl did in 2016? Sydney McLaughlin made the Olympic Team.

California runners are good, but there are lots of better runners in other states. Look at the results from NXN and Foot Locker. Not many California runners in the top 10.

langley wrote:

I’m relatively new to the HS running scene- just started following it last spring because my kids started running. I live in California and just assumed that J Serra would win. I’d never heard of Union Catholic and now see that they’ve had 20 girls break 2:20 since 2016. That’s insane. (I also had never heard of Newbury Park til my daughter told me about them last spring when she started running.)

I hear from so many parents that you shouldn’t have the kids train too much before high school. Yet it looks like almost all the Union Catholic and J Serra girls started in elementary school.

langley wrote:

I don't really follow cross country but it seems like Newbury Park and Great Oak were doing pretty well a year ago.

Cilom wrote:

So many sub-5 miles on the girls side

Winner was 4:54

Arcadia Sux wrote:

Terrible environment at Arcadia tonight. Been going for years and it seems fake and forced. What happened to the meet. Very disappointing

dustdevil wrote:

Arcadia Sux wrote:

Terrible environment at Arcadia tonight. Been going for years and it seems fake and forced. What happened to the meet. Very disappointing

I know some people that no longer go, because they think $22 + online fees to get into a mid season high school track meet is to much money. I always wondered how much they made off of this thing.