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Valencia High School Track Team: 2006 Season
Valencia High School Track Team

3200 start
Start of 3200 meter run
Sunday, May 14
Josh Linen goes on to CIF Finals!
Roman 3200 leader
Roman leads the 3200 from the start

Congratulations to all who qualified and competed at CIF Finals and to Josh Linen who goes on to CIF Finals in the 3200 meter run!

Talal Khan and Geo Popoca gave it their best in the 1600 meter run with Talal placing 15th overall and Geo, 31st overall. Talal ran a fine 4:26 effort and gained valuable experience as a sophomore running with the "big boys"! Geo was very aggressive and stayed in it as long as possible, he has really improved his speed this year!

The 3200 meter run was exciting as all three Tigers were in the first heat. Roman Pena took the lead hoping to run away with the race before the kickers started but a sideache ruined his plans. Talal came back in the 3200 and finished 1 second from his best time and again, the experience of CIF racing will benefit him greatly in the next two years. Talal went from freshman PR's of 4:41 and 10:07 to 4:23 and 9:41 his sophomore year!

Josh Linen patiently worked his way through the pack the first 1600 meters then positioned himself well for the last four laps, finishing 4th in his heat and qualifying for CIF Finals next Saturday! Congrats, Josh!

Click on heading for complete results and check for more pictures in the "photos" section.


Geo 1_1
Geo gives it his all in the 1600!

Varsity 1600 top 3
Talal, Josh, Geo, Top 3 in varsity 1600!
Saturday, May 6
Boys Varsity finish 2nd in League, Many go on to CIF!
Talal wins 3200
Talal is Empire League Champion in 1600 and 3200!
Golden West College proved to be a great venue for the Tigers as most ran their best races of the year at League Prelims and Finals.

The boys varsity 1600 was a highlight as Talal Khan, Josh Linen and Geo Popoca finished 1-2-3 with Roman Pena adding a point for his 6th place finish!   Geo ran his best race of the year outkicking a strong runner from Loara whom he had never beaten and recorded a PR tie of 4:28! Talal and Josh looked very good controlling the race from the front on the final laps and finished with 4:24 and 4:25 times! Talal and Geo will be running the 1600 meter event at CIF Prelims. Josh will drop the 1600 to concentrate on the 3200 meters.

Mayra Villegas ran a lifetime best PR in the varsity 1600, 5:48 placing 9th in a talented field. Sarah Garcia placed 10th. The frosh/soph girls all ran their PR's in this race! April Wong was fifth and Arlin Sandoval was 6th. Both runners broke 6 minutes for first time! Salma Ratanjee went out boldly and placed 9th; Monica Macias was 11th.

Angel Aguirre ran a tactically perfect race for him and placed 3rd with his best time. Jose Gutierrez broke his PR by 12 seconds, running 4:43 and placed a surprising 6th place! Erick Pacheco also PR'd, placing 11th.

The varsity 800 meter run featured Adrian Meza who ran his best effort of the year, 2:04, good for 5th place. Denise Salceda ran a gutsy race, really going to make CIF! She finished 5th with her best race of the year as well, 2:32. Aunjel Fullington pulled a muscle in the long jump and was unable to compete :( . Lauren Maserjian and Kelly Pipkin placed 4th and 5th in the frosh/soph race with Lauren PR'ing once again!

Talal Khan came back and won the varsity 3200 meters with Roman Pena 2nd, Josh Linen 3rd and Geo Popoca 4th! Great dominant effort by the Tigers. The top 3 will run the event at CIF.

Mayra had a solid double as well as she placed 8th in the varsity girls 3200 with her second fastest time 12:38! Ayn Learn finished in 12th place with her best run of the year in this event. Sarah had an off day, but her enthusiasm and effort was there to inspire the rest of us!

Our CIF runners are:

Talal Khan: 1600 m, 3200 m
Josh Linen: 3200 m
Geo Popoca: 1600 m
Roman Pena: 3200 m
Jon Hamilton: Shot Put
Carter Griffin: 100m, 200m, High Jump
Felipe Gonzalez: Triple Jump, 300 Inter Hurdles

Erin Straughter: 110 High Hurdles
Ayn and Sarah 3200
Ayn and Sarah in varsity girls 3200

Tuesday, May 2
Lots of Qualifiers at Empire League Prelims!
Talal leads 1600_1
Talal leads 1600 qualifier

The Tigers looked strong at the Empire League Prelims qualifying many to the Finals Thursday, May 4th.

The Boys varsity 1600 is loaded with Valencia runners: Talal Khan, Josh Linen, Roman Pena, Geo Popoca, and Erik Miranda. The fs boys qualified Angel Aguirre, Erick Pacheco, and Jose Gutierrez. The varsity girls 1600 will feature Mayra Villegas and Sarah Garcia while Arlin Sandoval, April Wong, Salma Ratanjee and Monica Macias represent the girls FS effort. Omar Reyes, Joe Perez, Karin Zaldana, Jose Gutierrez, and Luis Avellaneda all ran personal best times!

The 800 meter qualifying heats saw the boys varsity runners of Talal, Josh and Roman running the best times of the day but were scratched in favor of running the 1600 and 3200 strong for Finals and leaving some for CIF. Adrian Meza will run the 800 for the Tigers. Aunjel Fullington and Denise Salceda ran great races and qualified for the varsity girls 800. Kelly Pipkin and Lauren Maserjian qualified for the fs girls 800. Lauren PR'd again as did Aunjel!

Congrats to Arlin Sandoval who placed 3rd in the FS Girls 3200 meter run, running a 27 second personal record, 12:55! Angel Aguirre led the entire FS boys 3200 final but was outkicked by a strong Kennedy runner in the last lap. Great job Angel who finished 2nd with Erick Pacheco earning the 3rd place with a big PR, 10:19. Jose Gutierrez and Luis Avellaneda also ran personal records and really had outstanding freshman track seasons!

Good luck at Finals! Pictures are up!


Arlin 3200
Arlin places 3rd in fs 3200 Final!

Geo wins 3200
Geo wins varsity 3200 against Cypress
Saturday, April 29
FS Girls Undefeated, Varsity Boys 4-1 in League!
FS Girls 1600
FS Girls 1600, pack it up!

The Frosh/Soph girls go into Empire League Finals undefeated and the varsity boys finish 4-1 in League duel meets! Both teams finished ahead of Cypress in the last home track meet of the season.

The varsity 1600 was won by Talal Khan in 4:32 followed by Josh Linen in 2nd with a 4:36 time. Roman Pena completed the sweep in third with Erik Miranda right there as well. Angel Aguirre finished 2nd in the FS 1600, it was a very close race with Jose Gutierrez running a personal best time to place 3rd. Also running PR's in the boys 1600's were: Joe Perez, Craig Wojciak, Adnan Aldwir, Christian Montanez, Daniel Aldama, Juan Juaregui, and Ian Chen.

The girls varsity stayed with the strong Cypress girls until the 4th lap with Mayra Villegas and Sarah Garcia placing 2nd and 3rd. Arlin Sandoval continues to run strong for the FS girls and placed 2nd with April Wong a close 3rd. Monica Macias ran a personal best in this race!

The varsity 800 meter run was exciting as the Cypress men took it out hard, but Talal and Josh came through by the end for 1st and 2nd place. Angel and Karin Zaldana gave it their all to scoree 2nd and 3rd points for the FS Boys. Aunjel Fullington and Denise Salceda placed 1st and 2nd for the varsity girls and look ready for league prelims! Kelly Pipkin and Lauren Maserjian placed 2nd and 3rd for the FS girls. Lauren improved her 800 meter time by 8 seconds!

The 3200 meter run was swept by Geo Popoca, Erik Miranda and Roman Pena for the varsity boys. Erick Pacheco and Jose Gutierrez placed 1st and 2nd for the FS boys and Arlin Sandoval won the FS girls in her best time of the season!

The 4 x 400's were a lot of fun as Cypress also put together some "B" and "C" teams. The varsity boys team of Carter, Blake, Adrian, and Jack placed 1st. The frosh/soph team of Luis, Trent, Aman and Chris made a great effort for 2nd place. The varsity girls team of Aunjel, Allyson, Denise and Sarah looked good as did Lauren, Marcella, Kelly and Kirsten for the frosh/soph girls winning uncontested.

Good luck everyone at League Prelims and Finals!


Jose and Erick win FS 3200
Jose and Erick place 1st and 2nd in FS 3200

Talal Roman Josh 800
Talal and Roman placed 1st and 2nd in varsity 800
Wednesday, April 26
All levels win against Loara!
Aunjel Denise finish 800
Aunjel and Denise finish 1st and 3rd in varsity 800.


Varsity boys and girls, fs boys and girls all won against Loara! The meet was run under dry, sunny conditions, yea!

The frosh/soph trio of Arlin Sandoval, April Wong and Salma Ratanjee continue to sweep the 1600 meter event meet after meet! Sarah Garcia and Mayra Villegas went 1-2 for the varsity girls.

Talal Khan and Josh Linen took care of business for the varsity boys 1600 with very good duel meet times of 4:33 and 4:35. Joe Perez ran a personal best in the event. Erick Pacheco and Jose Gutierrez placed 1st and 2nd for the frosh/soph boys.

Talal also won the 800 meters for varsity boys with Roman Pena 2nd. Karin Zaldana put a big kick in at the end of the fs race to win the event with Paul Goslin scoring in 3rd position.

Aunjel Fullington won the varsity girls 800 with Denise Salceda placing 3rd, both runners ran negative splits! Kelly Pipkin, Salma Ratanjee, and April Wong swept the fs girls 800.

Angel Aguirre and Nick Hariri placed 1st and 3rd in the varsity 3200, with Erick Pacheco winning for the fs boys. Sarah Garcia and Mayra Villegas both came back in the varsity girls 3200 and were 1st and 2nd for the Tigers. Arlin Sandoval won her second event of the meet in the fs 3200 and Monica Sandoval placed 3rd.

The fs girls won the 4 x 400, as did the varsity boys and fs boys.


Karin 800
Karin Zaldana wins the fs 800!

Angel and Talal 3200 3
Angel and Talal in FS 3200, Talal is OC Champ, Angel 7th place!
Saturday, April 22
Tigers run well at OCC!
Josh early 3200
Josh leads the early laps of the varsity 3200 placing 6th

Orange County Championships were run under ideal distance running weather and the Tigers took advantage!

Talal Khan had a memorable meet as he won the FS 1600 meter run as well as the FS 3200 meter run in near record times for both events. He led from start to finish in both events and came away with two personal records: 4:23 and 9:41, nice double! He missed the County FS record by .05 seconds!

Josh Linen had a great day in the varsity 3200. No one seemed to want to lead out the race until Josh took got it going the second lap and the competition heated up. Josh ran a personal record time of 9:36 and had a very strong last lap, good for 6th place!

Angel Aguirre was the first racer of the day and learned a lot about running in traffic! Not used to running in such a big field he struggled to find space and his own rhythm but prevailed with a best time of 4:42.9 and a 7th place finish in the FS rated 1600 meter run. He later came back and placed 7th in the FS 3200 running with Talal in the early laps of the race.

Geovanni Popoca ran his best 1600 open race of his career, 4:30, only his relay split at Arcadia was faster at 4:28. He came back later in the day and placed 12th in the varsity 3200 with a 9:52 personal best!

Roman Pena ran the varsity 800 meters placing 14th in 2:01.68.
Click the headline for complete results. More photos are also up on the "photos" page.
Geo last lap 3200
Geo places 12th in the varsity 3200

Sunday, April 16
Varsity Boys, FS Boys and Girls win against Kennedy!
Talal Josh and pack
Josh, Talal and pack in the 1600
The long awaited meet with Kennedy finally took place with the Tigers winning all levels except for varsity girls.

Talal Khan, Josh Linen and Erik Miranda swept the varsity boys 1600 with Jose Gutierrez and Erick Pacheco placing 2nd and 3rd for the fs boys. Karin Zaldana and Deep Kahlon recorded PR's! Sarah Garcia won the varsity girls race in her season best time of 5:46. Arlin Sandoval, April Wong and Salma Ratanjee went 1-2-3 for the fs girls!

Talal and Adrian Meza placed 1st and 2nd in the 800 as did Jose Gutierrez and Luis Avellaneda for the fs boys. Kelly Pipkin won the fs girls race.

Josh, Angel, and Nick Hariri swept the varsity boys 3200 and Erick Pacheco won the fs level race. Arlin Sandoval placed 1st for the fs girls in this event.

The 4 x 400 relays were fast and exciting with extra teams at both levels. The fs boys won and the varsity boys lost a close one. Best relay splits were recorded by Adrian, Josh, Omar Reyes, Jose Gutierrez, Luis Avellaneda, Daniel Aldama an Juan Juaregui.
Ignacio Sammy Miguel and Craig
Ignacio, Sammy, Miguel and Craig

Sunday, April 16
Tigers lose by 9 points to Orange Lutheran
April Arlin and Salma fs 1600
April, Salma and Arlin sweep fs girls 1600!
The boys varsity and fs teams lost to Orange Lutheran by only 9 points in a very competitive meet hosted at Concordia's all-weather track. The girls frosh/soph team remains undefeated in league action!

Talal Khan ran an even split race to win the varsity 1600 in 4:28 with Geo Popoca getting out kicked but scoring 3rd place. Angel Aguirre won the FS 1600 meter run in 4:45 with Erick Pacheco running a PR and placing 3rd. Luis Avellaneda, Jose Gutierrez, Angelo Lopez and Adnan Aldwir all ran best times in this event.

Mayra Villegas placed 3rd in the varsity girls 1600. April Wong, Arlin Sandoval and Salma Ratanjee swept the girls FS 1600, all recording PR's!

Talal came back to run the 800 and placed 2nd to a quick starting Orange Lutheran runner! Angel Aguirre and Erick Pacheco went 1-2 in the FS 800. Kelly Pipkin won the FS girls 800 leading start to finsh. Sarah Garcia ran her personal record in the varsity girls 800.

Josh Linen ran a solo 9:42 to win the varsity boys 3200 meters followed by Geo in 2nd at 9:57 and Talal Khan in third at 10:08. Jose Gutierrez ran a best time for the 3200 placing 2nd for the fs boys. Alex Torres also PR'd in this event. Arlin Sandoval won the fs girls 3200 tying her best time.

The 4 x 400's were really exciting and fun with the varsity boys winning the event, the fs boys very close, and lots of great times for the "B" and "C" teams!

fs Boys warmup
fs boys warmup

Erik
Erik Miranda runs leadoff in 4 x mile at Mt SAC
Sunday, April 16
Tigers place 7th at Mt SAC Invite in 4 x 800!
Mayra Villegas
Mayra runs a great anchor leg in 4 x mile at Mt SAC
The Tigers placed 7th in the 4 x 800 Invitational despite a dropped baton due to interference by a runner who failed to clear the track. Josh Linen started the team out with a personal record 2:01 leg and just as he was passing the baton to Talal Khan, a tired runner stopped to catch his breath in lane 1 (duh), Josh gave him a good bump and Talal quickly retrieved the baton and started his leg of the relay. Talal recorded a 2:04 time from a dead stop and handed the baton off to Geo Popoca. Geo ran his best 800 meters, 2:04 and passed off to Roman Pena. Roman was caught between packs but still finished with a 2:02 time, good for 7th place!

The girls 4 x Mile got the team rolling early Saturday morning with a 7:00 am start time! Sarah Garcia, Denise Salceda, Ayn Learn and Mayra Villegas placed 24th of 33 teams and set a school record for the event, 24:02. Way to go ladies! Sarah ran a 5:55 mile, Denise a 6:04, Ayn recorded a 6:08 and Mayra put in a 5:54 effort.

The boys 4 x mile team gained valuable experience in their 20th place effort of 46 teams in the race, lots of traffic! Erik Miranda got the baton rolling as the leadoff leg in a 4:49 mile, handing off to Angel Aguirre who recorded a 4:48 time. Erick Pacheco was the 3rd leg and ran a 4:56 effort before giving the baton to Nick Hariri, the anchor leg at 4:52.
Talal Khan
Talal picks up dropped baton keeps going!

Talal 1
Talal passed 5 teams during his leg at Arcadia!
Saturday, April 8
New School Record for 4 x Mile team at Arcadia!
Josh 1
Josh pr's in the mile at Arcadia!
Congratulations to the four Tiger milers who set a new school record for the 4 x Mile Relay team at the Arcadia Invite on Friday, April 7th! The team averaged under 4:30 for the four runners with their 17:58.36 effort!

Geovanni Popoca was the leadoff runner and ran a savvy 4 laps starting out at the back and working the team up to 9th place from 17th place by the end of his leg finishing with a personal record, 4:29.9 mile time! Josh Linen took over the baton as the second leg finishing with his best time, 4:30.4, then handing off to Talal Khan as the 10th place team at that time. Talal ran inspired picking off 5 teams during his 4 laps and was rewarded with a huge personal record of 4:26.8 for the mile. His previous best was 4:39! Roman Pena ran the anchor leg and despite a wicked cold, secured 6th place for the Tigers with his 4:31.3 effort!

What a great evening and thanks to the Linens who helped drive, and to Angel, Jose, Erick and Tayyab who helped time and cheer!
Roman 2
Roman anchors the record setting team!

Talal leads 1600
Talal leads and wins the varsity boys 1600
Saturday, March 25
Varsity Boys and FS Girls win against Katella!
Denise and Kelly 800

Finally, a sunny track meet day! Talal Khan, Geo Popoca and Erik Miranda got the team rolling with a sweep of the varsity 1600 with very good duel meet times of 4:41, 4:42 and 4:50! Joe Perez ran a PR in this race and is improving every week.

Freshman, Jose Gutierrez and Eduardo Casio placed 1st and 2nd for the FS boys both finishing in 5:07 with Luis Avellaneda not far behind at 5:08! Alex Torres PR'd in 5:13, second week in a row for improvement!

Sarah Garcia and Ayn Learn placed 2nd and 3rd for varsity girls with April Wong and Salma Ratanjee finishing 1st and 3rd for the FS girls in the 1600 meter run.

Roman Pena led a strong 800 varsity boys race winning in 2:03, Talal Khan placed 2nd in 2:05 and Josh Linen in 3rd at 2:05. Geo tied his PR at 2:07 and really is developing wheels this year! Joe Perez PR'd in this event too as did Sammy Vazquez.

Karin Saldana and Eduardo Casio were outkicked just at the line and placed 2nd and 3rd for the FS boys in the 800. Ian Chen ran his best time for the 800.

Denise Salceda led most of the girls 800 race and finished 3rd to hard charging Katella runners. Kelly Pipkin won the FS 800 with Salma Ratanjee placing 3rd.

The 3200's were led by Angel Aguirre and Nick Hariri for the varsity boys going 1-2 with Jose Gutierrez winning the FS boys and Alex Torres finishing 3rd. Ayn Learn did most of the work on the girls varsity side by could not hold off a kick by a determined Katella runner. Arlin Sandoval ran a great race as well and finished 2nd for the FS Girls in the 3200.

The 4 x 400's were again really fun with runners testing their speed and determination. We had 3 varsity boys teams and 3 FS boys teams and varsity girls who won their race.


Omar Ignacio Joe 800
Omar, Ignacio and Joe in the varsity boys 800

Angel Aguirre 800
Angel had a great day, PR's in both events at the MOC!
Sunday, March 19
Great day at Meet of Champions!
April Wong 1600
April wins her heat and runs a huge PR in the 1600!
The weather was perfect all day for distance races at the Meet of Champions...until the evening Invitationals, then it poured! The team took advantage of excellent competition and track conditions and recorded 52 new Personal Records!

One of the MOC featured events is the Boys FS 3200 Invitational and it turned out to be one of the Tiger highlights as well with Talal Khan and Angel Aguirre taking 1st and 2nd running with confidence and solid tactics. Both runners recorded best times, 9:42 and 9:50, excellent sophomore times. Roman Pena and Geo Popoca represented the team in the Varsity 3200 Invite with Roman out kicking a couple of runners for 6th place and a great 9:47 time considering the conditions, and Geo placing 20th. The cold rain storm really had an effect on all the runners in that race, especially Geo!

Mayra Villegas improved her time in the 3200 by over 30 seconds and earned 9th place for her 12:30 effort! Sarah Garcia also broke 13:00 (12:50) and a PR. Arlene Sandoval and Monica Macias were very tough in their first 3200 meter run of the season. Arlene improved her time from last year by 30 seconds too!

Freshman, Jose Gutierrez and Luis Sandoval finished 1st and 2nd in their heat of the FS 3200 helping each other to a 10:58 and 11:00 clocking!

Talal Khan started his day with a 3rd place in the FS 800 fastest heat, 2:03.1 PR. Nearly every FS boy PR'd in the 800! Angel also placed 3rd and a big improved time of 2:08; Erick Pacheco was 2:11 for 4th in his heat, with PR's also recorded by Alex Torres, Chris Savinon, Paul Goslin (huge kick!), Daniel Aldama, Jeremy White, Brian Tsu and Deep Kahlon.

The girls were once again led in the 800 by Denise Salceda feeling flat but still running a fine, 2:37. Kelly Pipkin ran a two second PR also running a 2:37. Aunjel Fullington ran her first 800 meters and won her heat in 2:39! Gema Macias really raced her heat and improved her time by 10 seconds.

The varsity boys were led by Josh Linen in the 800 who placed 4th in his heat with a PR 2:02.3. Adrian ran a season best 2:05, Erik Miranda ran a PR 2:09 and finished 5th in his heat. PR's were also run by Nick Hariri, Omar Reyes, Ignacio Lopez, Joe Perez, Omar Arellano, Sammy Vazquez, Adnan Aldwir, and David Stack in the 800 meters.

Roman Pena ran the Invitational 1600 for varsity boys and placed 8th with a great early season time of 4:27.3. Geo ran negative splits to earn his PR, 4:32.2 with Josh not far behind in 4:33. Looks like the team has an outstanding 4 x mile team for Arcadia!
Also running personal records for the 1600 was Omar Reyes (great day for him!), Sammy Vazquez and Sithu Zaw (30 second improvement!).

The FS 1600 races featured a lot of gutsy racing by the Tigers, running near the front, making moves the third lap and fierce kicks on the final lap! Jose Gutierrez, Luis Avellaneda, Paul Goslin, Alex Torres, Chris Savinon, Jeremy White, Brian Tsu, Juan Juaregui and Angelo Lopez all improved their best 1600 meter times.

April Wong ran one of the memorable races for the girls 1600, as she took the lead and never looked back! She was rewarded by a 25 second PR. Denise Salceda ran her best time ever in the 1600 and leads the team with her 5:48 clocking! Mayra, Gema, Monica and Arlene all ran PR's as well. Gema won her heat with a 40 second improvement!

Results and photos are all up!
Brian Tsu leads 1600
Brian Tsu has a breakout day, leads the 1600, gets a PR!

2 milers on the line
2 milers on the line!
Friday, March 17
FS levels win against Fullerton!
Alex wins FS 2 mile
Alex wins FS 2 mile!
It was a fun meet against Fullerton starting with our varsity boys tradition of running over to Fullerton High School from Valencia and finishing with 6, 4 x 440 teams at the end of the meet! The FS girls and boys teams won.

The FS boys got things rolling with Jose Gutierrez and Eduardo Casio placing 1st and 2nd in the mile, great job freshman! The varsity mile was won by Talal Khan who made the 4:44 time look easy! Erick Pacheco broke 5:00 for the first time placing 3rd, great job sophomores! Omar Reyes, Joe Perez and Adnan Aldwir all ran PR's for the mile. Mayra Villegas ran a great race pacing off a strong Fullerton girl placing 2nd for varsity with Arlene Sandoval, Salma Ratanjee and Monica Macias placing 1st, 2nd and 3rd for FS girls in the mile!

Adrian ran the 400 for a little speed work this meet, winning the varsity boys with a solid time of 55.1. Chris Savinon did the same for the FS boys 400 winning in 59 seconds. 

The varsity boys 880 was exciting as Geovanni Popoca and Roman Pena took turns with the lead running a very controlled even paced 2:06 and 2:07. Angel Aguirre ran a PR in this event as did Omar Arellano. Karin Saldana ran a very good 2:19 in his first 880, good effort for a freshman and placed 2nd. Daniel Aldama and Brian Tsu improved their best times in this race. The girls 880 was won Denise Salceda who led from start to finish while Kelly Pipkin won for the FS girls. Big improvements came from April Wong and Gema Macias in this event placing 2nd and 3rd!

The 2 mile was handled by Josh Linen winning in 10:11 clicking off the laps looking strong. Nick Hariri was 2nd after reeling in a Fullerton runner. Freshman, Alex Torres won his first high school track race for the FS boys and now loves the event! Ayn Learn placed 2nd for the varsity girls in the 2 mile despite a nagging hip ailment, dang!

The 4x400's were great for leg speed and a lot of fun! The varsity boys won the event with all distance runners: Adrian, Talal, Geo and Roman. The FS won with Luis Avellaneda, Jose, Paul Goslin and Eduardo. We fielded six teams and improvements were recorded by Brian Tsu, Ian Chen, Karin, Paul, Angel, Talal and Geo.

See photo albums for more.
1600 meter girls warmup
The FS Girls warmup for the mile!

Tents and Hail
Hail fell at the Brea Relays!
Sunday, March 12
Crazy weather, good race experience at Brea Relays!
Sarah and Mayra 1600
Sarah and Mayra pace together in the 1600
We had cold temps, rain, sun and hail at the Brea Relays! Despite some challenging weather, there were some PR's set.

Talal Khan and Angel Aguirre both ran their personal best times in the FS open 1600. Talal really displayed a will to win in the final stretch and finished in 1st place running 4:39. Angel was 7th running 4:48. Mayra Villegas and Sarah Garcia ran together in the varsity girls 1600 and improved their season best to 5:59 finishing in 12th and 13th place. Josh Linen and Erik Miranda represented the varsity boys in the 1600 placing 8th and 10th with times of 4:45 and 4:49.

The frosh/soph Distance Medley team of Erick Pacheco, Chris Savinon, Talal Khan and Angel Aguirre ran a great race to finish 2nd. Erick PR'd in the 800 split of his 3 lapper! The freshman team made up of Luis Avellaneda, Jeremy White, Paul Goslin and Jose Gutierrez ran tough and earned 8th place! Jose improved his 1600 meter time to 5:04 and Jeremy improved his 400 time too.

The varsity boys Distance Medley teams finished 8th and 12th. Good race experience was gained and next week times will drop! Adrian Meza ran a solid 55 for the one lap and Omar Reyes PR'd in his 800 meter leg.

Geovanni Popoca, Omar Reyes, Luis Avellaneda, Jose Gutierrez and Ayn Learn all competed in the open 800. The wind was stiff and the temps cold, but all close to their best times.
Luis and Erick DM
Luis and Erick run the first leg of the DM.

start 1600 girls
Start of girls mile
Saturday, March 4
Good start to 2006 season against El Dorado!
Roman and Geo 1600 winners
Roman and Geo go 1-2 in the mile.

The frosh/soph boys started the distance runners off right by racing aggressively with Jose Gutierrez and Luis Avellaneda helping each other to 1st and 2nd place. Eduardo Casio, Alex Torres, Karin Saldana and Paul Goslin were the next Tigers runners in ahead of any opponents.

The girls 1600 was highlighted by Sarah Garcia finishing 3rd and Mayra Villegas closely behind in 4th. Arlene Sandoval recorded a PR in the mile with Salma Ratanjee and Liz Mejia also close to their best times.

Roman Pena and Geo Popoca ran negative splits in the varsity mile placing 1st and 2nd with sophomore, Angel Aguirre in 3rd. Erick Pacheco, Omar Reyes, Joe Perez, and Sammy Vazquez all PR'd in this event!

The varsity 800 was won by Talal Khan who led from start to finish with his best time. Geovanni was 2nd with Adrian Meza 3rd. Omar Reyes and Adnan Aldwir PR'd.

Denise Salceda won the varsity girls 800 and Kelly Pipkin won the fs girls 800. Jose Gutierrez, Chris Savinon and Daniel Aldama went 1,2,3 for the fs 800.

Lots of fun in the 4 x 400's featuring mostly distance runners, it is good to get the feet movin!


Erick and Nick 800
Erick and Nick in the 800

Geo and Talal
Geo and Talal at mile 1
Monday, February 27
Good times, Good Food at Brea 8k!
Sarah and Denise mile 1
Sarah and Denise at mile 1
The Wildcat Tamers finished 3rd at the Brea 8k and were led by Josh Linen, Talal Khan, Geovanni Popoca and Mayra Villegas. Great weather, plenty of food, a raffle winner and a trophy were some of the highlights! Also participating in the fun run were: Erick Pacheco, Angel Aguirre, Nick Hariri, Eduardo Casio, Alex Torres, Daniel Aldama, Paul Goslin, Sarah Garcia, and Denise Salceda!

Complete results are available, click on the heading. More photos are on the Album page.
Boys group after race
Group after race


  
 
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