One of the most important factors in cross country is the mental side of running.  To be successful you have to believe that you can do it.  Such confidence comes from many things: working hard at practice, preparing yourself by doing the little things, knowing that your teammates and coaches love and support you, and knowing that when things get hard during a race, you will be tough.  This season, everyone on the Irish Cross Country team will be given a License to Believe, so that you can honestly say “I BELIEVE”.    

Thank you, everyone, for coming to the 2007 SHCP Cross Country Awards Banquet.  On behalf of the other coaches, thank you for the gifts.  Pictures from the event are in the Albums section. 

Congratulations to this year's award winners.  The updated list of all awardees from the last decade is below.

	Outstanding Varsity
	Male	Female
1998	Pat Moley	Shannon Rowbury
1999	Colin McAteer	Shannon Rowbury
2000	Don Sebastian	Shannon Rowbury
2001	Don Sebastian	Shannon Rowbury
2002	Misha Osipov	Michelle Gallagher
2003	Mike Bullard	Francesca Cannata-Bowman
2004	Mike Bullard	Rachel Giovannetti
2005	Nick Cannata-Bowman	Jackie Flynn
2006	Ethan Wicklund	Jackie Flynn
2007	Paul Rechsteiner	Jocelyn Rodriguez
	Outstanding JV
	Male	Female
1998		Becky Pashelinsky
1999	Sean Brewster	Aileen McAteer
2000	Andy Lee	Keiko Rosenstiel
2001	Andy Lee	Ashley Thrailkill
2002	Brian Clark	Eileen Sterling
2003	Brian Clark	Ashley Thrailkill
2004	Jack Shepherd	Lisa Doherty
2005	Eddie Hynson	Meghan Holland
2006	Colin Vranizan	Natalie Buchwald
2007	Trevor Jung	Yesenia Palacios
	Outstanding F/S
	Male	Female
1998	Steve Pacatte
1999	Steve Pacatte
2000	William McLoughlin	Francesca Cannata-Bowman
2001
2002	Josh Ling	Ashley McCahill
2003	Nick Cannata-Bowman	Brittany Thrailkill
2004	Nick Karsant, Jonathan Juntado	Jackie Flynn
2005	Paul Rechsteiner	Rachel Mills, Reilly Hall
2006	Trevor Jung, Brendan Lum	Marian Shively
2007	Michael Hynson, Jarrett Moore	Adrienne Dunlap, Nathalie Hechinger
	Outstanding 1st Year
	Male	Female
1998	Don Sebastian	Amy Townsend
1999	Ryan Griffith	Caitlin Kryss
2000
2001	Matt Gonzalez	Christel Chan
2002	Julius Santos	Melanie Scannell
2003	Bryan Tolentino	Krystal Yee
2004	Kevin DeCeoursty	Leanna Reyes
2005	Humberto Roque	Nerissa Martinez
2006	Tommy Redmond	Yesenia Palacios
2007	Joseph Sciancalepore	Alexis Garrett-Frank
	Most Improved Varsity
	Male	Female
1998	Vito Azzolino	Carmen Bullard
1999	Colin McAteer	Rose Dias
2000	Don Sebastian (Jr)
2001	Gino Giusti, Misha Osipov (runner-up)	Danielle Beck
2002	Tristan Arcelona	Rachel Giovannetti
2003	Gino Giusti	Rachel Giovannetti, Meghan Terrell
2004	Ethan Wicklund	Natalie Martinez
2005	Jonathan Juntado, Jack Shepherd	Jocelyn Rodriguez
2006	Paul Rechsteiner	Jocelyn Rodriguez
2007	Jim McHugh	Cassandra Devlin
	Most Improved JV
	Male	Female
1998	Dominic Bocci	Kimi Rosenstiel
1999
2000		Victoria Fontillas (Jr)
2001	Tristan Arcelona	Rhiannon Cadelinia
2002	Iain McIntyre	Amanda Gogna, Reina Heinz
2003	Eddie Hynson	Mariele Thadani, Sherie Lo Giudice
2004	Hideki Susaki	Meghan Holland
2005	Colin Vranizan	Stephanie Costa
2006	Jared Wicklund (Jr)	Cassandra Devlin
2007	Bernardo De Mesa, Aaron Romero	Tammia Hubbard, Eileen Shanahan
	Most Improved F/S
	Male	Female
1998	Sean Brewster, Peter Fleming
1999	Buck Major	Jeanette McDonald
2000	Brian Clark (Fr), Matt Sterling (So)	Elizabeth Goodwin (Fr), Jeanette McDonald (So)
2001
2002	Eddie Hynson
2003	Joshua Lopez
2004	Peter Hynson
2005	Albert Xiao (Fr), Jared Wicklund (So)	Eileen Shanahan
2006	Eric DeLara, Michael Courpet (Fr), Anthony Zuffo (So)	Tammia Hubbard
2007	Christian Koriganowitz (Fr), Michael Courpet (So)	Juliana Flynn
	Most Promising
	Male	Female
1998	Brian Martinezmoles	Rose Dias
1999	Don Sebastian	Lauren Porter
2000	Sean Mulligan	Danielle Beck
2001	Brian Conway	Kim Pacatte
2002	Michael Ramos	Natalie Martinez
2003	Niall O'Flynn	Heidi Lam
2004	Justin Abantao	Shawn Szurley
2005	Kyle Wong	Johanna Tan
2006	Daniel Koch	Ekekela Novero
2007	Carlo Santos	Ciara Silvestri
	Most Dedicated to the Team
	Male	Female
1998	Dominic Bocci	Stacie Solt, Deborah Williams
1999	Hitesh Patel	Gina Collignon
2000
2001	Steve Pacatte	Michelle Gallagher, Amy Townsend
2002	Jacob Wertz	Kim Pacatte
2003	Jacob Wertz	Kim Pacatte
2004	Jacob Wertz	Kim Pacatte, Bernadette Frias
2005	Nick Slepnikoff	Krystal Yee
2006	Colin Vranizan	Nerissa Martinez
2007	Michael Cunningham	Nerissa Martinez
	Most Inspirational
	Male	Female
1998	Tommy Lee	Gina Collignon, Brittany Hall
1999	Dominic Bocci	Brittany Hall
2000	Steve Pacatte	Aileen McAteer
2001	Buck Major	Keiko Rosenstiel
2002	Matt Gonzalez	Lauren Porter, Jessica Lau
2003	Sean Mulligan	Helena Silva
2004	Brian Conway	Veronica Martinez
2005	Mike Bullard, Hideki Susaki	Lisa Doherty, Sherie Lo Giudice
2006	Nick Cannata-Bowman	Reilly Hall
2007	Jonathan Juntado	Reilly Hall
	Performance of the Season
	Male	Female
1998	Steve Pacatte (WCAL Finals)	Shannon Rowbury (GPSL Finals)
1999	Steve Pacatte (Westmoor)	Rose Dias (GPSL #2)
2000	Steve Pacatte (WCAL Finals)	Shannon Rowbury (Cowchip Classic)
2001	Buck Major (WCAL Finals)	Lauren Porter (GPSL #2)
2002	Manuel Splain (WCAL Finals)	Rhiannon Cadelinia (Center Meet)
2003	Nick Cannata-Bowman & Niall O'Flynn (Castro Vly)	Gabriella Santimauro (Westmoor)
2004	Nick Cannata-Bowman (WCAL Finals)	Rhiannon Cadelinia (Oregon)
2005	Steven Arce (Oceanside)	Cassandra Hawthorne (HMB)
2006	Peter Hynson (WCAL Finals)	Jackie Flynn (Monterey Bay)
2007	Joseph Bautista (HMB)	Jackie Flynn (Oregon), Jocelyn Rodriguez (Toro)
	Valuable Runner
	Male	Female
2003	Tristan Arcelona	Melanie Scannell
2007	Jared Wicklund	Jackie Flynn

Jocelyn Rodriguez and Jackie Flynn, finished off the 2007 Irish Cross Country season with very good races at the State Meet.

Jocelyn was 35th in 19:21.

Jackie was 60th in 19:43.

There were 190 total runners in the race, so the two SHC runners were well ahead of most of the field.  They both executed the race plan well, running a patient first mile and then being aggressive on the 2nd mile.  That put them in the exact position they wanted to be in for the final mile of the season.  It isn't always that you can walk away from the State Meet race happy with your race.  But from the smiles on both Jocelyn and Jackie's faces they were pleased and proud of their performances.

Thanks to all the supporters who came to Fresno to cheer them on!

Pictures from Andy's camera are uploaded in the Albums Section.

Video of their race from flotrack: http://www.flocasts.org/flotrack/coverage.php?c=126&id=5684

Full State Meet Results: http://www.dyestatcal.com/ATHLETICS/XC/2007/stateres.htm

You can download the State Meet Results Sheet below.

2007 marks the 20th year of the California State Meet.  You can read some nostalgia about the 1st State Meet here: http://www.dyestatcal.com/news/xc2007/September/1987%20CC/1121/Summary.htm

Coach Andy has been lucky to attend all 20 years:

- 1987-88 as an athlete for Lowell (150th/156 at the first State Meet, yes that's 7th to last!)

- 1989-1992 as the team manager for UCLA (went to recruit athletes)

- 1993-1997 as an asst. coach at Lowell

- 1998-2007 as the head caoch at SHC

Thanks to Jocelyn and Jackie, his streak of spending Thanksgiving Saturday in Fresno continues.

Check out the CCS pictures from Andy's camera in the Albums Section.  Some great group shots of the Boys, the Girls, Everyone, the Support team and Alumni. 

Also, the Pre-CCS Video (the one we showed at Rachel's house at the Friday dinner) has been uploaded to YouTube.  You can watch it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVnEPHYsgH4

The Irish ran races to be proud of at the CCS Championships at Crystal Springs, Saturday November 10.

The Boys ran an incredible team time of 84:36, making them the fastest team in the Chanman era and probably also school history.  "These guys were 37 seconds faster than the team that went to State Meet two years ago," said Coach Andy Chan, "I am impressed and proud.  We had a patient race plan and it paid off with some phenomenal races."  Thanks to their clutch performances the Irish placed 8th/16 teams after coming into the meet seeded 11th.

The Girls, too, ran solid races that resulted in a team time of 98:36.  That's the 3rd fastest performance in school history behind the league finals and CCS races of the 2001 team (led by Rowbury and Gallagher).  Unfortunately the Irish placed 4th/16 teams, just 10 points behind 3rd place (the final State Meet qualifying spot).  It was the third year in a row that the Irish were 4th, one spot away from State.  "It's disappointing to just miss again," said Chan, "But I certainly am proud of the effort we put forth.  North Monterey County just ran very well.  Especially their 3rd and 4th girls.  Frustrating as it is, all we can do is tip our hat to them.  It may be different faces in the future, but we'll be back to fight again." 

But the Irish will still have representation in Fresno on Thanksgiving weekend at the State Meet.  Jocelyn Rodriguez (7th in 18:44) and Jackie Flynn (12th in 19:03) qualified individually for the State Championships.  For Rodriguez, it will be the first State Meet for an athlete who started out running the 800 in track in the 2:50's.  For Flynn, this will be her second State Meet, having competed there as a sophomore.  Flynn, just like in 2005, grabbed the final individual State Meet spot as the 5th individual in 12th place overall.  She was one second ahead of the 6th individual and 13th place so she made it by the narrowest of margins.  Flynn can also be proud that the athlete she beat out for the final State Meet spot came from Sobrato, our nemesis from last season's one point near miss.

Complete CCS Results: http://www.dyestatcal.com/ATHLETICS/XC/2007/ccsres.htm

SHCP RESULTS

Division III Boys
27.	Paul Rechsteiner (-)	16:31
37.	Jared Wicklund  (:15)	16:41
47.	Jarrett Moore (:30)	16:55
58.	Tommy Redmond (:29)	17:10
64.	Jonathan Juntado (-)	17:19
68.	Jim McHugh (:21)	17:24
78.	Kyle Wong (:07)	17:36
	119 Total Runners
Team Results
1.	Aptos	63
2.	SI	83
3.	Willow Glen	84
4.	NMC	112
5.	Terra Nova	155
6.	Saratoga	187
7.	Monterey	197
8.	SHCP (84:36)	223
9.	Sobrato	237
10.	Cupertino	278
11.	Burlingame	281
12.	Riordan	290
	16 teams total
Division III Girls
7.	Jocelyn Rodriguez (-)	18:44
12.	Jackie Flynn (:09)	19:03
23.	Reilly Hall (:09)	19:52
29.	Nathalie Hechinger (:17)	20:12
42.	Cassandra Devlin (-)	20:45
44.	Rachel Mills (-)	20:48
52.	Nerissa Martinez (-)	21:01
	119 Total Runners
Team Results
1.	SI	56
2.	Aptos	62
3.	NMC (97:42)	95
4.	SHCP (98:36)	105
5.	Sobrato