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| Mumin, Benji, Cristian and Julio take 6th at Arcadia Invite!
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| Group at Top of the World in El Moro during Spring Break
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Welcome to the Valencia High School Track and Field website! 2011 Track season has begun! Check out the schedule and training runs slide show. Upcoming Events: Saturday, May 14: CIF Prelims at Moorpark High School Saturday, May 21: CIF Finals at Cerritos College Wednesday, May 25: Banquet, 6:00pm! website link for Valencia Cross Country Congratulations 2010 Seniors, 100% attending colleges! - Sean Krinik - University of Washington
- Diego Baiza - Cal State Fullerton
- Ruben Aguilar - UC Irvine
- Connor McCullough - University of Miami
- Leon Cisneros - Fullerton College
- Luis Avellaneda- Fullerton College
- Raul Bustamante - Fullerton College
- Bianca Lara - Fullerton College
- Lizbeth Maldonado - Cal State Fullerton
Link to Valencia Cross Country website!
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Sean Krinik, National Champion!
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Thursday, April 21
Beach Day at Crystal Cove!
We started with an awesome run up Moro Canyon to the feared and fabled Elevator! Up the Elevator to Missing Link and regrouped for a group shot on Top of the World! Down Moro Ridge to I Think I Can and back to the Ranger Station, fantastic run in cool weather, everyone did amazing. Picnic lunch then across the PCH to Crystal Cove beach. It was chilly but fun playing in such a lovely area.
Sunday, May 15
CIF Prelims!
The 2011 Track season ends very upbeat as runners gain experience at the CIF level and sets their sites on next year! Benji Preciado placed 14th in the 3200 meters, 6th in his heat to get quite close to qualifying for Finals. His time of 9:35 was 1 second from his PR. Cristian Aviles gave it his all in the same event, fighting a cold and placing 36th. Julio Gonzalez ran an aggressive race going to the front on the first lap before getting boxed in on the second lap. He placed 25th with a 2:00 time for the 800 meter event.
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Sunday, February 6
2011 Track Training Runs, Got Miles?
Sunday, May 8
Empire League Finals...FS Boys Win, Varsity Boys 2nd!
The Tigers were fierce at the Empire League Championships competing with heart for their team and themselves! The Frosh/Soph boys and girls came away with the team titles, the varsity boys came so close, losing by 11 points finishing in 2nd place, and the varsity girls came in 4th. The distance crew advance three athletes to CIF Prelims: Benji Preciado and Cristian Aviles in the 3200 meters and Julio Gonzalez in the 800 meters. These runners were spectacular sweeping the 1600 meters 1-3 spots, Julio won the 800 meters and Benji and Cristian were 2nd and 3rd in the 3200 meters. Chase Brothers scored a point in the 1600 meters with his 6th place finish as did Gio Ruiz in the 3200 meters. Alfredo Coria continued his improvement in the 800 meter event and placed 5th! Brian Garcia was the frosh/soph standout winning the 1600 and 800 meters and finishing 2nd to his brother, William in the 3200 meters! Rafael Gallardo placed 5th place in the 1600 meters and came back later to place 4th in the 3200 meter event. Eddie Diaz added points by placing 5th in the 3200 meters. FS personal records were set by: William, Eddie and Jeremy Yang in the 1600 meters, Brian in the 800 meters, and William, Brian, Eddie, Austin Plascentia, Arthur Sunga and Christian Isaac in the 3200 meters. Varsity best times were set by: Chase, Julio and Matthew Pope in the 1600 meters, Alfredo and Thien Nghiem in the 800 meters, and Gio, Jose Gallardo, and Thien in the 3200 meters. Great efforts and improvement from this young, hard working team!
Saturday, May 7
Empire League Prelims!
The team advanced many athletes to the Empire League Finals in all events setting up a nice duel with rival Pacifica High School on Friday evening! Qualifying in the varsity boys 1600 meters: Cristian Aviles, Julio Gonzalez, Benji Preciado, Chase Brothers, Mumin Mirvokhidov and Matthew Pope. Chase and Jose Gallardo recorded personal records for their efforts! Qualifying in the frosh/soph 1600 meters: Brian Garcia, Rafael Gallardo, William Garcia, Eddie Diaz, and freshman, Jeremy Yang. Arthur Sunga ran a PR in this event! Qualifying in the 800 meters for varsity boys: Julio Gonzalez, Benji Preciado, Cristian Aviles and Chase Brothers. Once we dropped Benji and Cristian so they could focus on the 3200 meters on Friday, Alfredo Coria and Thien Nghiem advanced! Benji, Alfredo and Thien all ran best times. Qualifying for the frosh/soph in the 800 meters was Brian Garcia and Rafael Gallardo. We scratch Rafael so he can run the 3200 meters on Friday. Arthur recorded another PR in this event!
Saturday, April 30
Boys Win at Kennedy!
Our last duel meet of season went well with the Varsity Boys, FS Boys and FS girls continuing their winning ways! Varsity highlights were: sweeping all three distance races. In the 1600, Benji Preciado and Cristian Aviles tied for first with Chase Brothers finishing in third. Julio Gonzalez, Cristian and Benji went 1-2-3 in the 800 meters and Mumin Mirvokhidov, Gio Ruiz and Jose Gallardo swept the 3200 meters. Jose ran a PR in the 1600 meters too! The frosh-soph guys were just as dominate with Brian Garcia, Austin Plascentia, and Rafael Gallardo placing 1-2-3 in the 1600 meters. Brian also won the 800 meters followed by Austin and Eddie Diaz. The 3200 meters was won by William Garcia with Eddie and Arthur Sunga placing 2nd and 3rd. Personal records were run by Austin in both events!! Brian, Jeremy Yang and Christian Isaac also ran PR's in the 800 meters.
Monday, April 18
Hot times at OCC!
Despite the heat, there were a few personal records set and some brave races run at the Orange County Championships! Benji Preciado placed 8th in the 3200 meter race, our best finish for the distance guys. Cristian Aviles ran a PR in the 1600 meters, 4:26.1 as did Julio Gonzalez, 4:30.3. Cristian and Julio doubled, it was a tough day for that with the heat in the 90's. Julio had an awesome kick and finished with a 1:59. Cristian felt it around lap 5 and hung on! Brian Garcia ran a PR 4:41.9 in the 1600 meters and Rafael Gallardo tied his PR of 4:48. William Garcia ran a very brave 3200 meters, almost beating his best 1600 meter time enroute to 3200 meters! He did hang on for a PR of 10:46. Click on heading for complete results... Congratulations to Gabe Perez and Jack Van Dam who placed 1st and 3rd in the FS Shotput!
Wednesday, April 20
Boys Win at Western!
Varsity Boys, FS Boys and FS Girls triumph over Western! Benji Preciado won both the 1600 and the 3200 meters. Cristian Aviles placed 2nd in the 3200 and 3rd in the 1600 meters. Julio Gonzalez won the 800 meters while Alfredo Coria placed 2nd and Chase Brothers 3rd. Notable also for the varsity and FS boys, were strong runs by nearly everyone! The team is sharpening their race skills and getting ready for big jumps at League Finals. Brian Garcia won the FS 1600 meters and the 800 meters while brother, William took the 3200 meter win. Rafael Gallardo was 2nd in the 1600 meters and the 3200. Running PR's were: Gio Ruiz, Garret Gomez, Brian Garcia and Alfredo Coria in the 800 meters.
Monday, April 18
6th at Arcadia Invite 4x1600 Meters!
Great efforts by the Tigers on a cool Friday night at the Arcadia Invitational as they finished in 6th place in the Seeded 4x1600 meter relay! Cristian Aviles led off with a 4:30 followed by Julio Gonzalez, also a 4:30. First year runner, Mumin Mirvokhidov ran 4:44 to tie his PR before handing it off to anchor, Benji Preciado who passed several teams to bring us into the 6th position with a 4:30 clocking as well!
Wednesday, April 20
Varsity Boys Suffer First Loss to Pacifica
The amazing sprinters and jumpers from Pacifica combined for a few more points than the Valencia team and the Varsity Boys suffered their first loss of the season. We were only 9 points apart and it was a very competitive and exciting meet! The FS boys and girls won with the FS Boys unbeaten so far. Benji Preciado and Cristian Aviles went 1-2 in both the 1600 and 3200 meters. Julio Gonzalez won the 800 meters. No personal records were going to be set in such challenging conditions as these as it was quite cold and extremely windy! William Garcia won the FS 1600 and 3200 meters, Rafael Gallardo was 3rd in the 1600 meters, Austin Plascentia was 2nd in the 800 and Rafael and Austin completed the FS sweep of the 3200 meters!
Wednesday, April 20
Win Over Cypress!
The Tigers remain undefeated under sunny skies and hot temps! Despite the heat, the Tigers posted very competitive times. Benji Preciado, Julio Gonzalez and Cristian Aviles swept the varsity 1600 meters. Julio, Cristian and Chase Brothers swept the varsity 800 and Benji, Gio Ruiz and Matthew Pope went 1-2-3 in the 3200 meters! Julio also ran the anchor leg of the winning 4x400 meter relay. The FS team had similar success in the distance events, with William Garcia, Eddie Diaz and Rafael Gallardo taking all the scoring postions in the 1600 meters. Jeremy Yang, Rafael Gallardo and Josh Valtairo swept the 800 meters and William, Eddie and Austin Plascentia scored 1-2-3 in the 3200 meters. Great running Tigers!
Wednesday, March 30
The Meet of Champions!
Twenty-three personal records were set of the 36 races entered at the Meet of Champions! Benji Preciado and Cristian Aviles races in the evening Invitational Heat 2 of the 3200 meters with Benji placing a stunning 2nd with a new PR of 9:34! Cristian placed 10th with a new PR of 9:40. Julio Gonzalez raced in the Invitational heat of the 800 meters and tied his PR of 1:57 while placing 6th. Julio also places 7th in the 1600 meters with a 4:31 PR. Mumin Mirvokhidov led the 3200 meter day races with a 10:11 clocking, and a 4:44 1600 meters time. Not bad for a someone who has only been training since September! Matthew Pope was amazing as well with a 10:17 and 4:51 double, both best times. Jarrett Castillo's hard work in the off season paid off in the 3200 meters and a 10:46 best time. Breaking 5 minutes for the first time is a significant milestone (pun intended...) and we had Alfredo Coria and Thien Nghiem accomplish the feat. Other PR's for the Varsity were: Walter Herrador, Justin Tran and Garret Gomez. Rafael Gallardo had a big breakthrough placing 2nd in the 1600 meters and a 4:48 PR and a very fine 10:26 in the 3200. Also running best times for the FS were: Eddie Diaz, Jeremy Yang, Austin Plascentia, Christian Isaac, Matt Kawashima and John Mejia.
Friday, March 18
Tigers Win Over Tustin!
The Tigers begin their Empire League season with wins over Tustin High School at the Varsity Boys, FS Boys and FS Girls levels. The Varsity Girls tied. The boys varsity 1600 meters was outstanding as 10 of the 14 boys ran personal records! Benji Preciado and Cristian Aviles led the way pushing each other to 4:27 best times and scoring 1st and 2nd. Julio Gonzalez ran a fine 4:34 for third and sweeping the event. Also recording PR's were: Chase Brothers, Mumin Mirvokhidov, Geo Ruiz, Jose Gallardo, Alfredo Coria, Thien Nghiem, Walter Herrador, and Justin Tran. The fs boys race was won by Brian Garcia, followed by Rafael Gallardo and freshman, Jeremy Yang. Rafael and Jeremy both ran best times as did Austin Plascencia, Arthur Sunga, Oliver Rodriguez, Christian Isaac, Matt Kawashima, and John Mejia. Julio took care of business in the 800 meters with a 2:02 and Cristian finishing in 2nd place with a 5 second PR! Rapidly improving, Alfredo Coria scored a point in 3rd place. Thien ran another PR in this race! The fs boys were a little thin in the 800 meters due to illnesses but the freshman did their best to push the pace. Josh Valtairo placed 3rd and Austin, Christian, and Oliver ran best times. The 3200 meters was exciting at the varsity level as a strong pack stayed together lap after lap until Benji put the hammer down and beasted a nice negative split for the win. Mumin was 3rd and this was the first time racing this event for him! Rafael Gallardo and Arthur Sunga worked together to secure 1st and 2nd for the fs boys team. Great meet! It is all about training hard and winning easy!
Saturday, March 12
Terrific Triangular with San Juan Hills and Fullerton!
Twenty new personal records set at the triangular meet with San Juan Hills and Fullerton High School! The San Juan Hills distance runners pushed the Tigers to some brilliant runs. Highlights include Benji Preciado and Cristian Aviles 4:31 times in a very close 1600 meter race, losing to Brandon Pugh by a second! The distance medley team came back later in the meet and defeated the San Juan Hills crew in a fine team effort. Julio Gonzalez won the 800 meters in a 2:04 but ran a 2:00 flat in the relay! Mumin Mirvokhidov and Matthew Pope broke into the 4:00's at this meet with personal records also run by: Jarrett Castillo, Jose Gallardo, Thien Nghiem Walter Herrador, and Justin Tran. The frosh soph team also set some records in competitive races with San Juan Hills runners. Brian Garcia set a new best time of 4:49, good for second place in the 1600 meters. Rafael Gallardo recorded his first sub 5:00 with PR's also run by: Eddie Diaz, Jeremy Yang, Oliver Rodriguez, Henry Diaz, Christian Isaac, Arthur Sunga and John Mejia. Chase Brothers set a new PR in the 800 chasing and pushing Julio. Josh Valtairo and Austin Plascencia led the FS 800 runners.
Wednesday, March 9
Great start against El Dorado!!!
The boys varsity 1600 meter race was amazing with Julio Gonzalez, Cristian Aviles and Benji Preciado finishing 1-3 against an accomplished El Dorado miler, Tommy Poston! Personal best times were set by Cristian and Benji, Chase Brothers (4:48), Mumin Mirvokhidov, Matthew Pope, Jarrett Castillo, and Thien Nghiem. Brian Garcia won the frosh soph event with brother, William coming in second. Brian broke the 5 minute barrier for the first time with a 4:56! All 12 frosh soph runners set a new best time, what a great start to the season! Benji and Cristian were 2nd and 3rd in the 800, Brian Garcia won for the frosh soph and very strong times were run by Michael Pope and Mumin.
Wednesday, March 9
Relays at Earl Engman!
The varsity distance medley team of Benji Preciado, Danny Diaz, Julio Gonzalez and Cristian Aviles placed 3rd with a very fine time of 10:40! This was 7 seconds faster than our winning team of last year! We put together three 4x800 meter relay teams two distance medley teams and gained lots of experience and speed work!
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