How many girls will qualify for the California state 1600 & 3200 finals from the Southern Section?!

I highly doubt that many girls will double up events.

7 Saugus girls at state includiong 3 doubling? They are the most likely to have multiple girls at state, but I think you are off on the amount. The state meet will be much more diverse than you are predicting!

P.S. When did Exeter move to SS?

This is girls qualifying from southern section finals into Masters. Basically, these are Masters Meet fields they are predicting. I doubt 7 girls from Saugus will qualify for the state meet. Maybe 4 or 5 in the 3200, but other than that, that's all.

I think the better question is how many letsrun posters could qualify...A few I think but not many!

readpeople wrote:

This is girls qualifying from southern section finals into Masters. Basically, these are Masters Meet fields they are predicting. I doubt 7 girls from Saugus will qualify for the state meet. Maybe 4 or 5 in the 3200, but other than that, that's all.

The thread title says state but the text says masters. Ugh

This should be an incredible year for the 3200m

With names like Molly Grabill, Sarah Baxter , Savannah Pio, Kaylin Mahoney, Catarina McCalister, Aryn Foland and Stephanie Bulder, this could be a race for the ages!

I say all 7 of those girls go under 10:20 by the end of the season! It's going to be a barn burner, that is guaranteed. I'd add Karis Frankian, Carrie Verdon, and Julie Nacouzi into the mix as well, all three have such incredible talent.

I'm almost more interested in seeing whether or not Saugus can send more than six - accomplished this in 2009 - under 11 minutes. A race for the ages would be if Rene had all eight of his stars work together to get all eight under 11 minutes in one race, now that be something to watch.

A couple items to note:

-Emily McCarty is a 400/800 girl.

-Jessica Hilton from Great Oak should be listed in the mile after her XC sesaon.

-90% of these girls will not be doubling.

-State times will not be fast in the 3200 if it is hot again this year. If it is over 100 during the day, expect a slow race.

-Only 1 Redondo girl on the whole list??? c'mon!

Uhhhh? wrote:

A couple items to note:

-Emily McCarty is a 400/800 girl.

You must be thinking of Alex Hampton, who has almost exclusively run the 400/800 during track (though the Saugus coach has joked that she'll be running longer this year). After her stellar cross country season, it wouldn't be a surprise if she ran some 1600s.

The 3200 has been Emily McCarty's best event thus far in her track career.

Even though Alex Hampton is a 400/800 girl, she still has an impressive 3200 run at the Long Beach Distance Classic in December and after such an incredible cross season, I wouldn't doubt she can go faster. As of right now the Saugus girls all-time bests are as follows.

Kaylin Mahoney 10:25 - 2008 California State Meet

Stephanie Bulder 10:30 - 2009 California State Meet

Karis Frankian 10:41 - 2009 Master Meet

Emily McCarty 11:04 - 2010 Arcadia Invite

Jenay Jauregui 11:06 - 2010 APU Distance Meet of Champs

Alex Hampton 11:08 - 2010 Long Beach Distance Carnival

Merissa Kado 11:09 - 2010 APU Distance Meet of Champs

Couldn't find Danielle Hernando's all-time best, but the next two girls are:

Nicole Penick 11:26 - 2010 APU Two-Miler

Abigail Frankian 11:34 - 2010 APU Two-Miler

Thank you to MileSplit!!

I can only see Mull from Redondo qualifying into Masters Meet, especially after the end of the season they had. I expected much much more from them at CIF Finals and state, very disappointing. They should of focused more on trying to run with Saugus instead of trying to run super fast at the beginning of the season.

Agree with the above post !

Also, it will be interesting to see which event Baxter chooses. If she chooses the 3200 we might very well see a four way battle between Baxter, Grabill, Pio and Mahoney similar to the Jordan Hasay showdown with Laureyne Chetlet in 2008.

If Anna Johnson makes it to the masters meet I don't think she will double. I think she will run the 3200 over the 1600. Definitely add Jessie Hilton to the 1600 list.

Consider adding Kelli Sugimoto to the 3200 list, a junior from Mira Costa who was 12th in state xc this year and had a pr last year of about 10:55 to 11 flat

The state title will be a three way battle between Baxter, Grabill and Mahoney, I can promise you that! Pio isn't as good on the track.

How incredible would it be to see 6+ Saugus girls and 3 Mira Costa girls in the same race! 9 girls from two teams is pretty outrageous. You almost have to feel sorry for the smaller programs in the state

Couldn't disagree more with the above post. It's two early to make predictions in my mind but there is no question by her performance this season that Pio can hang with Grabill, Mahoney and Baxter.

I bet if the Saugus and Mira Costa coaches arranged a race with the 8 Saugus girls and 3 Mira Costa girls in a 3200, all 11 could help each other all go under 11 minutes, maybe at APU...

They could be the FANTASTIC ELEVEN!!!!!