This website is dedicated to the hardworking athletes and parents of the Corona High Cross Country program!

GIRLS LEAGUE CHAMPIONS
1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007

GIRLS CIF FINALISTS
1991, 1992, 1993, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2011

GIRLS CALIFORNIA STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
1993, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2011

BOYS LEAGUE CHAMPIONS
1961, 1962, 1963, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1982, 1984, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

BOYS CIF FINALISTS
1993, 1994, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

BOYS CALIFORNIA STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
1994, 2009, 2010

New Athlete Orientation – Saturday, June 15^th  9:00-10:00am in Room P-8
First Official Day of Summer Training Camp – Thursday, June 20^th

We will offer two workouts – 7:30 am and 4:30 pm .  All workouts will begin in the Corona High Stadium.  7:30 am is required for all athletes.  Our afternoon workout will be those competing for varsity spots.  Those of you attending Summer School must email Coach Gardner at allamricn@sbcglobal.net

Summer Camp Training = $50.   Please make all checks out to Corona XC Boosters at first day of summer training. 
**We have hired more coaches and want to help pay these coaches as they are not covered by the school district.  This will also go towards a Beach Trip in August.  All athletes will also be expected to sell twelve (12) Car Wash tickets as this will go towards paying for the Team Dinners, Team T-shirts, and Invitational fees. 

All athletes must submit a new Athletic Clearance Packet before training. 
Official team is selected on August 12^th.  Approved athletes will be enrolled into our 6^th period Advanced Athletics course. 

Big Bear Varsity Camp = July 31 - August 5   Time Trial will be Butterfield Park (Red & Gold) meet course (2.25 miles) to qualify. 

2013 Tentative Schedule
Aug. 29   Red & Gold X
Sept. 6     Seaside Invitational
Sept. 14   Laguna Hills Invitational  (beach trip afterwards from 1-5 pm)
Sept. 21   Woodbridge Invitational
Sept. 26   Big XIII League Meet #1
Oct. 12    Inland Empire Championships
Oct. 17   Big VIII League Meet #2
Oct. 26   Mt. SAC Invitational
Nov. 7    Big VIII League Finals
Nov. 16  Division I CIF Prelims
Nov. 23  Division I CIF Finals
Nov. 30  Division I California State Finals

Thank so much for a great awards banquet and thank you for everything!

BOYS AWARDS
Most Valuable Athlete - David Aguilar
Coaches Award - Glenn Cochran
Leadership Award - Brandon Smithson
Most Positive Athlete - Josh Soler
Most Improved Athlete - Brook Solomon
Top Freshman Athlete - Saul Gallardo

GIRLS AWARDS
Most Valuable Athlete - Alicia Williams
Coaches Award - Vanessa Putnam
Leadership Award - Melanie Williams
Most Positive Athlete - Julia Vasquez
Most Improved Athlete - Haley Smart
Top Freshman Athlete - Sani Shabgahi

Congratulations to Haley Smart and Eric George for being selected to Big VIII All-Academic Team

Capping off a solid 2012 campaign, our boys finished 13th place at the 2012 CIF Finals.  This team was our first in six years that was not slated to make the CIF Finals.  Vowing to keep that streak going, our boys worked harder than any other group we've ever had to qualify for a 6th year in a row.  After being ranked 16th a month ago, the boys finished 13th while running the 26th fastest team time overall out of all divisions (out of over 500 schools in the Southern Section).  We also ran the 4th fastest team time of all Riverside County schools while all of this coming from a group of boys that only included one boy with sub 4:40/10:20 credentials leaving last track season.  Unfortunately, we did not get to compete on the actual Mt. SAC course due to the rain that fell in the morning.  A rash decision by CIF perhaps, but the rain course did not help our cause as we are much better suited for longer, tougher courses.  With the course becoming a road race with no hills, favoring speed over strength allowing weaker runners to be done 45-60 seconds faster, we would have definately finished higher on the actual Mt. SAC course! 

David Aguilar, who leaves as our 2nd fastest Cross Country boy in our school's history, gave it a ride and finished 15th overall.  His time was amongst the Top 40 in the entire Southern Section.   Jumping back into the mix as our #2 scorer was senior Josh Soler.  Soler bounced back from the stomach flu last week and an October injury that put him out for two weeks to finish the season on a high note.   Junior Eric George and sophomore Liam Brooks finished right behind Soler as the pack stayed together as much as could be expected.  Some would estimate that all three were right in that 15:50-16:00 minute zone for the regular course.  Senior Glenn Cochran closed out our scoring with another solid effort while Paul Araujo left the season as perhaps our biggest surprise.  Our captain, Brandon Smithson, was able to fight off a nagging head cold to leave the course with his head high.  He was such a driving force behind this group stepping up to be one of the best teams in the county and achieve our goal of CIF Finals.     

With this incredible group of seniors leaving us - they leave behind an incredible legacy of pride and work ethic.  With our boys possessing more 9th and 10th grade talent than ever before, if our younger ones adopt the work ethic of these seniors, we will be even better next year.  we can return back to the CIF Finals for a 7th straight year and continue competing amongst the best squads in the county.  

If applying a formula of multipling 1.06....
David Aguilar = 15:20
Josh Soler = 15:54
Eric George = 15:55
Liam Brooks = 15:57
Glenn Cochran = 16:10
Paul Araujo = 16:24
Brandon Smithson = 17:03

That would equate to a 79:16, which is four seconds faster than our best Mt. SAC regular course time.  We'll never know, but wanted to include our numbers to all of you for additional validation on what a great season these boys had!

 

One of the few Division I Boys teams to do so, Corona's boys qualified for their 6th consecutive trip to the CIF Finals.  Nestled here in the uber competitive Southern Section, only five other schools (Arcadia, Trabuco Hills, Dana Hills, El Toro, Rancho Cucamonga) out of over 105 schools have accomplished this feat.   David Aguilar cruised up front all throughout the race while we witnessed some huge step up performances from our two underclassmen in Eric George and Liam Brooks!  Back around 25th place halfway through, they both moved up with poise to secure some nice 12th and 13th place finishes as the 15:53 was a personal best for Eric.  Glenn Cochran and Paul Araujo were slightly off of what we were hoping back but will be back strong this week.  Josh Soler was fighting a bout of the stomach flu and was unable to match his same effort at league finals while Brandon Smithson head cold took more out of him than expected.   This squad only had one boy coming out of track season with sub-10:20 two mile and sub-4:40 mile credentials which is miraculous that they have transformed themselves into a CIF Finalist crew only six months later!   Just about every boy has improved by over 45 seconds.  They were not ranked in the top 20 going into the season and now find themselves ranked 14th going into this weekend.  Our boys have been the underdogs all season long and will continue to step up in that role once again this weekend!

They race at 8:05 am - yes, a very early start time!  We are not having a bus so anybody that wants to cheer for them, meet us at the front gate at 7:00 am and our Booster Club will pay for your entry.  There is a parking fee. 

Our girls finished up a frustrating season but nonetheless, walk away ranked amongst the Top 10 in Riverside County and a 2nd place finish in the Big VIII League.    We were placed in what is now been coined "The Heat of Death" as it was mis-seeded and too many great squads and individuals were placed in there.  For example, the overall 9th ranked team in CIF (expected to finish 2nd or 3rd) finished 5th and did not advance.  This was a team with state meet aspirations that is now done...  

more details to follow asap.....

Our CIF Varsity Squads compete this Saturday.  Girls compete at 1:10 pm and the boys compete at 4 pm.  We will provide a rooter bus and pay for your entry fee for any fellow teammates willing to come cheer them on!  Bus will leave at 11 am and return around 5:30 pm.  40% chance of rain with temps expected in the high 60's.  

BIG 8 LEAGUE FINALS RESULTS

Girls step up to take 2nd place in league!  Alicia Williams win the League Title!!!  Freshman Sani Shabgahi takes 3rd place as both earn 1st Team All-League honors!    Julia Vasquez and Haley Smart earn 2nd Team All-League honors while Vanessa Putnam earned a 3rd Team All-League patch!

Our boys, ranked #5 in Riverside County, took 3rd to two great squads.  David Aguilar took 3rd place to earn a 1st Team All-League patch.  Josh Soler, Glenn Cochran and Eric George earned 2nd Team All-League patches while Liam Brooks earned a 3rd Team All-League patch. 

Click one of the four links above to see complete results. 

***Senior David Aguilar leads our boys to our 2nd fastest team time in school history (79:30)!   He is now the 3rd fastest boy in school history for this course in going 15:18!  Seven boys all under 16:30! 

***Liam Brooks runs the 2nd fastest sophomore time in school history!

***Our top boys all improved by an average of 45 seconds compared to last year.....

***Junior Alicia Williams puts out another great effort on the Mt. SAC Course! She now holds four of the top 12 CXC times ever!     Julia Vasquez is back and under 20 minutes at Mt. SAC!!!

***Sani Shabgahi records our 5th fastest freshman girls' mark in school history!

Summaries and complete highlights to follow... 

Our varsity and junior varsity boys competed well and gave it everything they had!  We're very proud of their efforts....  but came up just short.   Junior Varsity boys took 2nd place while our varsity boys took 3rd to two of the top four squads in the county!

Junior Varsity Boys
For most of the race, it was a ML King / Corona dual meet!  Midway through the race, they held a slight 27-28 advantage over our boys with Austin Bradley moving up along with Saul Gallardo and Brook Solomon.  In the end, King's depth and strength took over as they won, 23-37.  This was a huge step up race for Bradley who continues to see the extra morning runs making him stronger!  His time would have had finishing 21st place in the overall varsity boys race.  Gallardo was again the fastest freshman in the league while this was Solomon's 2nd straight solid effort.  We were sitting out one of our top boys while two others had off days to say the least. King's clinched the league title but we can share it them if we can leapfrog them at the league finals on November 1st.

Junior Varsity Girls
In sitting out four of our top 12 girls along with another having a very tough outting here, we were never really in this race as a team.  Finishing a distant 4th place has not happened often around here.  But, we will get everybody healthy and motivated for the league finals and work our way up to 2nd place (where we can honestly finish with everybody on board).   Freshmen Sophie Schuring and Claudia Valdivia continue to improve and ran great races! Sophie moved up from finishing 22nd place at the 1st league meet to 17th while Claudia did not race at the first league meet.  Sophie Garrido has put the injuries behind her and ran her best races in years here.   

Varsity Boys
With Roosevelt and ML King being respectively #3 and #4 in Riverside County, our boys had their work cut out for them! But, they continue to improve by challenging both squads all the way to the finish.  We finished 3rd again unfortunately, but created some extra tension in other two squads.  David Aguilar, training better than ever, was able to stay in 4th place after being in 7th place halfway through.  Sophomore Liam Brooks continues to shine while this was, by far, Glenn Cochran's best race of 2012!  Eric George turned in another solid performance while Paul Araujo rounded out our team scoring.  A couple places here and there and we were right there, knocking on King's door in this race.  All three squads were only 35 seconds apart in the overall team time.       

Boys JV Girls JV Boys Varsity Girls varsity stopped mid-race due to lightening

THERE WILL NOT MAKE-UP THE GIRLS RACE.  THEY WILL COUNT LEAGUE FINALS AS 2/3 OF THE OVERALL TEAM SCORING WITH THE FIRST MEET COUNTING AS 1/3. 

Solid Day at the Inland Empire Championships! 
After the longest and most unprecedented summer that any of else can remember, it looks like the hard training is beginning to pay off.  Especially for our boys as we witnessed some huge breakthroughs from our younger boys at the 12th Annual Inland Empire Championships!

Starting with the boys, there were a number of huge breakthroughs!  With the sun still rising in the early morning race, sophomore Sean Bell led our boys to a 3rd place trophy.  Undaunted by the level of competition, Sean ran with the front pack all throughout the race and finished in 5th place.  Despite very limited training this past month and being his first season, his 16:10 is very impressive.  Nik Lee, Brook Solomon and Ben Caudillo all finished strong and only six seconds apart while Chris Morales put out a huge personal best to complete our scoring.  All boys broke 16:55 on the course!   

With several of our top senior boys taking the SAT. we opted out of the Sweepstakes Race and into the large schools varsity race.  Liam Brooks continues to put together a fine sophomore campaign here with his 15:32 victory.  Liam ended up being the 6th fastest sophomore in the county here.    Placing four in the top 15, our boys ran to an easy team victory here.  Eric George was the county's 5th fastest junior with his solid 15:40 performance.  Paul Araujo continues to cement himself in our top seven with his 15:52 time while Glenn Cochran (15:57) is working himself back into what we saw in the summer.   Junior Austin Bradley broke 16:20 here for another personal best!  

Our boys freshmen race may be the true team highlight of the day!  Saul Gallardo proved that he is one of the best freshmen in Riverside County with his 4th place 16:17 finish.  Jason Spatter and Moises Orduna were a little off of their 'A' game today but still finished in the top 15.   Isaac Martinez (unable to run all week) performed brilliantly.  But, sitting out one of our better freshman, we needed others to step up.  Santiago Vega, suffering from shins splints all season long, stepped up for his best performance of the season in running to a 17:25.  After five runners, we were tied with Great Oak!  Tie goes to the faster 6th runner and that runner was Josh Madriaga!  By finishing two places in front of GO's #6, Josh was responsible for capturing that 1st place trophy!    All six boys broke 18 minutes.

Our girls are still seeking that consistency indicative of the great teams out there.  Whereas Alicia Williams had a tough day in the midst of her best training span we've seen in her three years, freshman Sani Shabgahi surprised us with her monster effort!  Williams is a two-time state meet finalist, so she will definately bounce back from this race but Sani is just beginning to realize how good she is!  Williams still ended up making the All-County junior team while Sani ran the 2nd fastest time of any freshman.  The rest of our varsity lineup was either sick, off their game or taking the SAT! 

But, watching our freshman girls take 2nd place in the Large Schools race was a highlight.  Led by Sophie Shuring and the incredible improvement of Claudia Valdivia, this group continues to improve.   Samantha Garcia also put out another strong effort!  More impressive is that we had our top freshman in another race while another top girl is still on the mend.  This group as a whole is in a great place in their development. 

Ending the day on a great note, Brianna Sveinson and Anayeli Lopez led out JV girls to a surprising 2nd place finish.   It was surprising when you consider that we were without four of our top nine girls today, thus depleting our JV lineup.    

All in all, we entered eight races and came away with six team trophies!  And this was without some top seniors.   Great job - looking forward to carrying this momentum over to this upcoming Thursday!   Complete results link: http://www.runnercard.com/runner/data/725/3743/Result/2012_Bakers_Drive_Thru_IEC.htm

 Any non-varsity related issues, please contact our assistant coaches:
Coach Arcos  283-7296
Coach Fitch   403-2151
Coach Gardner  529-1056  (Top 20 boys and girls only please)

Here in 2012, the Big VIII League is down to six schools but the competition has definately not dimished.  Roosevelt's boys were able to run away with a victory in the first round while King's girls have definately put it back together for an easy victory. 

Humbling for sure, both of our varsity squads finished in 3rd place.  We endured the heat, the new course and incredibly slower times - but we will come back together as a league in three weeks.   Race summaries to come as soon as possible.  Complete result links are below. 

 Boys Varsity   Girls Varsity,  Boys JV,    Girls JV. 

Course link: http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/fullscreen/134824101/   

Course Map: http://photos-images.active.com/file/1/125232/optimized/fb4f549c-0f92-44c0-8c76-5e22e78d6823.jpg

Woodbridge Classic Highlights
In attending the Woodbridge Classic for the first time in three seasons, we were pleasantly surprised by how well our athletes competed and performed.  A two day invitational that is one of the largest in the United States, most of our athletes competed in races with well over 200 runners in them. 

With it being so early in the season, we opted out of the Sweepstakes races and competed at the grade level races.  With that in mind, we performed very well seeing some great individual efforts.  With those first several races being tough as it was still around 90 degrees, it became very nice for those that competed as the sun set. 

GIRLS HIGHLIGHTS:
After two frustrating weeks, junior Alicia Williams looked amazing in her victory in the Girls Varsity race.  Her 17:36 was was the 7th fastest time recorded outside the Sweepstakes races, as she led all throughout the entire race after an impressive 5:40 first mile.  Our other varsity girls continue to put in the hard training and some of those effects showed over the last mile.  We were happy with how Sani Shabgahi accepted the decision to move her out of the freshmen race (which she would have easily won) and into the nighttime, much more competitive varsity level.  We are confident that these girls' best races lie ahead of them as they are ranked #9 in Riverside County.     

In the other girls' races, the highlight was our Girls' Freshmen taking home a 6th place plaque.  Our younger girls continue to improve and learn how to race in a competitive atmosphere.  Sophie Schuring led the girls here with Samantha Garcia right behind her.  Most of the girls walked away with medals and continue to display how talented a group they are.  In the junior varsity race (still over 90 degrees) Xenia Alas ran well, despite going out too fast on that first mile.  We were also impressed with Haley Smart in the sophomore girls race (21st place) while Valerie Anderson rebounded nicely from last week.  Hannah Arroyo continues to improve as well as she broke into our 12 girls for the first time this season! 

Overall, our girls ran the 60th fastest team time out of almost 200 schools competing. 

BOYS HIGHLIGHTS:
David Aguilar and his fellow seniors were THE highlight of the day with their dominating performance and 1st place team plaque!  His 15:03 was the 8th fastest non-Sweeps performance out of the entire invitational.  David led the entire race but the real surprise here was the emergence of Paul Araujo.  With the boys being very aggressive, we had four in the top 12 spots halfway through the race.  Fading slightly over that last mile - we still came home with the easy victory as Glenn Cochran, Brandon Smithson and Araujo all broke 16 minutes.  We were also impressed with a great race from Blake Smart and the incredible effort of Josh Soler, despite being unable to run the latter part of the week.  We saw a solid 21 second gap between our #2 and #5 here. 

Major compliments to Eric George and Austin Bradley for overcoming a huge pileup of athletes 300 meters into their race.  With Eric as far back as 73rd place at one point and 43rd midway through the race, he moved all the way up to finish 15th place!  Austin's 16:41 effort is great considering he was also a part of the early race log jam. 

Unable to compete with two of our top sophomores, we were surprised to see us come away with a 2nd place team plaque.  But, Liam Brooks simply looked incredible and left us with perhaps the best kick of the day as he took 2nd place overall.  Nik Lee continues to improve and Sean Bell competed well in his first 3 mile race.   

One of the finest freshmen groups we've ever had, they did not disappoint.  Saul Gallardo finished well despite being dead from a tough week of training.  Moises Orduna ran awesome, keeping Cesar Alegria with him.  Sewing up the 3rd place overall team plaque, Isaac Martinez and Jason Spatter finished together to close out an impressive 37 second scoring gap. 

Overall, the boys ran the 30th fastest team time out of almost 200 schools.  Our team scoring gap was 54 seconds.   

In our first trek to Ventura County to attend the Seaside Invitational, many of Corona's hardest working athletes came away with new personal bests and a better taste of great competition.  With the majority of our team being in their first season in the sport, this was their first real three mile challenge.  Competing on a bike trail with one of the more memorable starting lines, right along the side of Ventura Beach - it was a true road race where the kids were pushing the pedal down all throughout the race. 

Girls Freshman: Sani Shabgahi simply shined, competing for the victory all throughout and never backing down from the challenge for a strong 3rd place finish in 18:23.  One of the REAL surprises here was Sophie Shuring and her incredibly driven 21:06 effort!  Results were ALL messed up, but we are proud of this group of young ladies as we believe six of our young ones broke 23 minutes here. 
Girls Sophomore: This was Haley Smart's toughest and most relaxed performance yet in breaking 21 minutes for the first time ever.  She pushed the pedal down all throughout to a huge personal best.  Despite a tough week, Valerie Anderson ran well here with her 20:25 performance.  This was a nice performance turned in by newcomer Hannah Arroyo (20:56), giving us a glimsp of how good she can be when the consistent training kicks in. 
Girls Juniors: Alicia Williams fought a head cold which limited her breathing all throughout the race but she still managed to break 18:25!  This was the best XC race for Carly Lee to date...comfortable, confident and driven.   Xenia Alas looked better the previous week but continues to prove that she is minutes faster than year.   It was awesome to see Delia Manzanares continue to be a late race assassin, beginning her kick from a mile out and breaking 21 minutes. 
Girls Seniors: Melanie Williams and Vanessa Putnam posted huge personal bests here in both finishing together at 19:32.  In her first season of Cross Country, Kristen Ellingson later admitted that she let her nerves get the best of her here.  Albeit - she still almost broke 20 minutes.  We are very proud of the development of Brianna Sveinson and Anayeli Lopez in both breaking 22 minutes.
Boys Freshman: Wow!!!!   We captured the team championship here, despite competing against some of the top programs in the state!  Saul Gallardo raced like a seasoned veteran, moving up from 7th place to finish 4th in 16:33!  The real beauty was the 12 second gap between #2 and #5 from 17:17-17:29.  Isaac Martinez, Moises Orduna, Jason Spatter and Cesar Alegria made it evident that our future is bright here at Corona!
Boys Sophomores: Liam Brooks dazzled here with his 5th place 15:40 performance here.  We feel that that we would have competed for the team title here with a healthy Sean Bell and Josh Silva here.  Nik Lee continues to improve with his nice 16:27 performance while Brook Soloman threw down a 2+ minute improvement from last year with a 16:48 effort!    
Boys Juniors:    Eric George continues to show his dramatic improvement from two years ago with his stellar 15:39 performance!  We also witnessed a HUGE breakthrough and personal best from Austin Bradley (16:19). 
Boys Seniors: Despite a cold that hindered him this week, David Aguilar was very impressive in racing to an 8th place, 14:58 effort!  Josh Soler is rounding back into form with a solid 15:30 effort while Glenn Cochran came through in 15:47.  On a huge training week for Brandon Smithson, we were very encouraged with his 15:51 result.  Considering their lackluster start in the first half mile, we were very proud of this group's effort.    

Full results: www.royalresults.com

More to come....

Click onto the link for the following article - it's a great read with great advice. 

Athletes - simply click onto the title and go to the map of Corona. Follow the directions and you'll be able to map out how far you've run through the streets of Corona!  Enjoy and have fun! It will all make you more aware of all of your runs!

You can also click onto Running Routes in the land hand column to see previously marked out runs.