Inland Empire Cross Country Challenge: Welcome
12th Annual
Riverside County Championships
San Bernardino County
New website: www.inlandempirechallenge.com
Complete 2011 Results!
For Pictures and videos click here!
Thanks Donal Pierce!!!
Tuesday, May 1
(Riverside and S.B. County Championships)
Canyon Springs and Rancho Cucamonga High Schools once again welcome and invite your Cross Country Team to Southern California’s most exclusive Cross Country Invitational. The IEC is the premier showcase of Inland Empire, State caliber talent from San Bernardino and Riverside Counties.
The meet is divided into three (3) Challenges: Small Schools (CIF Div. 4 & 5), Medium Schools (CIF Div 3 & 2), and Large Schools (Div 1) which includes the feature race, the Sweepstakes Race, where the top schools in each county compete head to head for the over-all bragging rights in our counties, as well as the over-all Inland Empire Champion.Place: Glen Helen Regional Park.Gate open @ 6:00 AM, 7:00 AM, Spectators
Cost: $40.00 per team per race (5 or more athletes)/ $8.00 per individual. ($300 maximum for Div I Schools, unless enter both a Varsity and a Sweepstakes - $320)
Results: Immediately following every race, posted on the Internet that day.
Registration: Will be done online through www.runnercard.com, website.
In the absence of extreme circumstances, teams must enter a varsity team if they are entering a JV team. Please let us know beforehand.
Divisions: Three (3) racing divisions based on 2011-2012 CIF CBEDS Classification: A Combined Div IV & V division (Small Schools); A Division I (large Schools); and a combined Div II and Div. III (Medium Schools), plus a Sweepstakes Race, where schools, regardless of size will race with up to the best nine schools from Riverside County and San Bernardino County. Meet management will determine sweepstakes placement (factors: CIF ranking, strength of program, and prior Invitational success.)
AWARDS: Level Awards: Varsity, Junior Varsity, and Frosh/Soph; Medals for the top 40 runners in each race. Sweepstakes, top 50 runners.
Awards to top 2 Varsity teams from each county, Champions and runners-up, in all Divisions. Trophies in the F/S, Frosh, Soph, JV, Div 1 Varsity, and Sweepstakes; top 3 teams per race, regardless of county. Perpetual Trophy for the number one boys and girls team of the day from each county. All-County awards (Riverside, San Bernardino) to top boys’ and girls’ Varsity runners from each county in each category (SS,MS, Div 1).
Inland Empire Championship Plaque to the #1 Sweepstakes team.All County Awards: Given to the 7 fastest boys and 7 fastest girls of the meet by grade level and by county, regardless of race.
Where: Glen Helen Regional Park 2555 Glen Helen Parkway, San Bernardino, CA)
Restrooms: Restrooms are located throughout the park.
First Aid: Athletic Trainer and assistants will be on site.
Other: Coaches consider bringing plenty of water and possibly a canopy.
T-Shirts Multicolor championship T-shirts will be on sale for only $10.00
We've added a fee calculation worksheet. Reminder, once you have calculated your meet fees, make the check payable to Rancho Cucamonga HS. click here to determine your teams fees. Check below for more information.
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Preliminary Interest Form. Please complete the information sheet below and mail or email to us. Include an updated e-mail address, since much of our future contact will be done through e-mail. You are not registered in the meet until you register online at www.runnercard.com.
School____________________________ Telephone( ) __________
Are you in San Bernardino ___ or Riverside County ___ ?
Boys’ Coach __________________________ Telephone( ) __________
E-Mail Address ____________________
Girls’ Coach __________________________ Telephone( ) __________
E-Mail Address_______________ E-Mail Address_______________
Would you like to be considered for sweepstakes? Explain Why.
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Send this form to:
Rancho Cucamonga H.S.
11801 Lark Dr.
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91701
Attn: Mark Cushman
e-mail: coach_morales@juno.com, rchscc@hotmail.com
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Consider making a day of it! Plan a picnic for the team after the awards ceremony.
Glen Helen is a great place for a team get-together!
Wednesday, May 13
Here is the map for the new course. It should be fast and it should be very spectator friendly!
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Thursday, January 5
2012 Race Schedule!
| 1- LS Soph Boys 7:45 |
11 - Sweepstakes Boys 9:30 |
| 2- MS Fr/Soph Girls 7:50 | 12- Sweepstakes Girls 9:50 |
| 3 - SS Varsity Boys 8:05 |
13 - LS Frosh Boys 10:15 |
| 4 - LS Soph Girls 8:10 | 14 - SS JV Girls 10:20 |
| 5 - MS Varsity Boys 8:25 | 15 - MS FR/Soph Boys 10:34 |
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6 - SS Varsity Girls 8:33 |
16 - LS Fr Girls 10:39 |
| 7 - LS Varsity Boys 8:46 | 17 - MS JV Boys 10:53 |
| 8 - MS Varsity Girls 8:51 | 18 - LS JV Girls 10:58 |
| 9 - SS JV Boys 9:04 | 19 - LS JV Boys 11:13 |
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10 - LS Varsity Girls 9:09 |
20 - MS JV Girls 11:23 |
Great Meet! Thanks to all of the support, parents' enthusiastic participation, and of course all of the athletes' great efforts, we had a wonderful day.
Thanks, as well to Rozina and Smith Physical Therapy from Upland who's tremendous level of expertise was added to provide medical assistance and care to the athletes as needed. Enough can't be said about the quality of care and attention tho health and well being of the athletes which they provided.
As the meet directors, we always strive to put on the best meet possible for the enjoyment of everyone involved not least of which are the volunteers as well as the participants. A deep sense of gratitude goes out to all of the volunteers who came out in the wee hours of the morning to prepare for the day's racing.
Riverside vs San Bernardino County Challenges by grade:
Frosh - Junior Girls, Senior Girls, Frosh - Junior Boys, Senior Boys
Race day re-cap
The Sweepstakes Race gave everyone a real treat as some of the best teams in the State competed to grab the headlines and the title of best team in the Inland Empire. With many people saying that the Rancho Cucamonga Boy's team could be number 1 in the state, the Cougars certainly laid down the gaunlet to take one more step towards a State Championship bid! RCHS captured the County title as well as the overall Inland Empire Challenge Championship, finishing well ahead of all challengers. With a score of 30 points, they far outdistanced a fine Vista Murrieta squad led by the Inland Empire Individual Champion, Porter Reddish. Vista Murrieta scored 99 points to finish ahead of Roosevelt, Corona, and Redlands East Valley high schools.
The head to head duel with Luis Gonzales (RCHS) and Porter Reddish that see-sawed between them was not determined until the final few strides with Porter nipping Luis by a half second 14:54.7 to 14:55.2, a new course record! After that the RCHS crew finished within 25 seconds of their leader, each showing themselves to be capable of holding their own on any other team competing. These were Calvin Davis,4th, Austin Esposito, 5th, Kevin Matthews, 9th and Jon Deliva, 10th.
The Girls' racing was highlighted by an upfront battle of individuals, all four capable of running for the State Championship. JW North's Mariel Mendoza, Centennial's Adrianna Olivas, Vista Murrieta's Erika Reddish, and La Quinta's Megan Huebner battled for the title. While Mendoza and Olivas were fighting up front during the early stages of the race it was ultimately Reddish and Huebner who dueled in the final stages to claim individual honors. Megan ultimately won in classic fashion and broke the course record (Hannah Valenzuela, Apple Valley, 17:13.1, 2010) with an outstanding 17:12.6, a scant 2.6 seconds ahead of Erika Reddish's 17:15.2. Watch video!
On the team side of the racing, Great Oak, running with basically their B team, still took home the title of Inland Empire Champion with 40 points. Finishing second, Vista Murrieta with 54 points placed very well. These two teams represented the Riverside County very well for 1st and 2nd.
Rancho Cucamonga, and their very estatic coach, Mark Cushman, finally claimed the San Bernardino County Championship trophy, finishing 3rd overall (77 points) ahead of runner-up, Granite Hills. Rancho Cucamonga's team of Carolina Guzman (18:31), Kiana Matthews, Brittany Bailey, Casey Barahona, and Ashley Collier combined a 55 second time gap to take home the SB County Crown.
Sunday, June 19
Park Entrance and Parking 2012
Transportation Concerns 2012
