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2011 XC Season

Important 2011 XC Season Dates:
 

  • The 2011 XC roster is now closed to new athletes.  The next opportunity to join XC/Track is winter track in November.

 

Important Information:
 

Please email Coach Soles with questions at dsoles@tvusd.k12.ca.us

Varsity Stiches

Varsity Stitches Embroidery
Warm Up Suit Personalization $18 for both pieces
($4 goes back to the XC PSG)
Weekly Pick Up/Drop Off at
Birdsall Park after XC practice 
Stand out from the pack while
ensuring your warm ups,
never get mixed up.
 
 
Please call Renee at (951) 505-5480 for details on pick up/drop off dates and times

 

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News/Announcements

Below we will list any XC news/announcements for the 2012 XC Season!

2012 Season Info

Important Dates and Info for the 2012 Season:

-June 9th - Incoming Frosh Informational Meeting - 10:00-11:30 am - GO Room 512

-July 16th - 1st day of season - Team Time Trial - Birdsall Sports Park - 7:30 am

-July 22-29 - Big Bear XC Camp - Top 12 boys & girls from Time Trial

2011 California State Meet

Woodward Park
Fresno, CA
11/26/11

 

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Micheal Hewitt leads the 'Pack Attack to State!
(Photo by Greg Smotherman)
 

Highlights:
Michael Hewitt continued to lead the boys team at State with an awesome 22nd place finish!  The pack of 5 senior boys and 2 juniors placed 4th at STATE in the toughest division in the country!  Awesome job boys, we are all proud of you!

The girls team continued their string of top 10 finishes at the state meet with their 4th in a row with a 7th place finish.  Pauline Mandel finished a fine Senior campaign with a 16th place finish, and Junior Kim McNamee had an awesome race, finishing 41st for the Wolfpack!  Great job ladies!

Thank you to all of the parents and PSG members who made the trip an awesome one for our kids! :)

CIF SS Finals

Mt. SAC
11/19/11

 Congratulations to our boys team for a 3rd place finish!  Michael Hewitt's 15:14 lead the boys team to the #2 time in Riverside County History at Mt. SAC!  Solid races from Kevin Chamberlain, Eddie Carrillo, Jack Balder, and Brenden Emery proved enough for the boys to qualify to their 2nd State Meet!  Great job boys!

Congratulations to our girls team for a 3rd place finish!  Pauline Mandel and Miranda Kewley lead the Pack attack with solid 9th and 17th place finishes!  The girls team qualifies to their 4th State Meet in a row and is listed as one of the favorites to win!  Go get them ladies!

CIF Prelims

Mt. SAC
11/12/11

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Boys and Girls PACK it up to cruise through CIF Prelims! (photos by Tim Woods)

Important Announcements!!!

-Athletes, please make sure to turn in your uniform ASAP!

-If you missed the sign-up meeting, please print off these forms and return membership form with check to Coach Soles in room 707 - Forms

 

Club Website: www.southtemeculatrackclub.com

2011-12 Winter Track Meet Series

Below are the dates and times for our 2011-12 Winter Track Meet Series at Great Oak:

Dec. 10th - Meet Results

 

Date

Time

Cost

Division

Meet

Location

Saturday

Dec. 10th

9:00 am

$5

Open

Temecula

All-Comers #1

Great Oak

High School

Saturday

Jan. 7th

9:00 am

$10

Open & State Qualifier Heats

Indoor State Meet Qualifier

Great Oak

High School

Saturday

Feb. 11th

9:00 am

$5

Open

Temecula

All-Comers #3

Great Oak

High School

Saturday

Feb. 25th

9:00 am

$5

Open

Temecula

All-Comers #4

Great Oak

High School

End of Season Schedule

  • November 3rd - League Finals (last day of competition for anyone not making CIF Team)
  • November 3rd - CIF Team will be posted online that night
  • November 7th - ALL non-CIF team members need to have washed and turned in uniform to Mrs. Jordan in the girls PE office.  If it is not received it will be charged to the athlete's account after this date!!!
  • November 12th - CIF Prelims (CIF Team Only)
  • November 19th - CIF Finals(CIF Team Only)
  • November 26th - State (CIF Team Only)
  • November 14th - South Temecula Track Club (Winter Track) starts for interested athletes (Click Here)
  • December 13th - XC Awards Banquet in the PAC
 

SWL Finals

2615 Angler Ave
Diamond Valley Lake, Hemet
Thursday - November 3, 2011

Meet Highlights:
-Kevin Chamberlain runs the best race of his career to win the Individual League Title!!!
-Boys Varsity put 7 boys in the top 9 to win the Team title!
-Pauline Mandel and Miranda Kewley run solid races to lead the girls team to victory!
-Kaden Lapham shows he is finally healthy with a dominate win in the JV boys race!
-JV boys team wins handily with 5 in the top 6!
-Chrissy Calain runs a tremendous race to win the JV title!
-JV girls score perfect 15 going 1-5!

Awesome job to all athletes!
Thank you to our PSG for stepping up and making the meet run very smoothly!

CIF Teams Below

 

 

Selecing CIF, State & NXN Teams Info

Congratulations to our CIF Teams! These teams factored in performances for the entire season, not just league finals.  We had a couple athletes that ran well at league finals and just missed getting selected.  Please know that our team is extremely competitive and we encourage those kids to continue to work hard to make the CIF roster next XC season.  These teams are final and will not be changed.

All other XC athletes are encouraged to take a break until November 14th when they would start Winter Track.
Winter Track Info - Click Here

 

Rank Girls Roster Grade
1 Mandel, Pauline 12
2 Helbig, Ashley 10
3 Larsen, Maiya 9
4 Kewley, Miranda 11
5 Messerly, Alexis 11
6 McNamee, Kim 11
7 Bauer, Carly 12
8 Calain, Christian 10
9 Maggiacomo, Taylor 12
10 Dorris, Haley 10
11 Ortega, Ashley 11
12 McNamee, Kelli 11
13 Seymour, Rachel 11
14 Bales, Summer 9
15 Padilla, Miranda 9
16 Lyons, Percie 9

 


Rank Boys Roster Grade
1 Chamberlain, Kevin 12
2 Emery, Brenden 12
3 Messerly, Brandon 12
4 Hewitt, Michael 12
5 Balder, Jack 11
6 Velarde, Nathan 11
7 Carrillo, Eddie 12
8 Lapham, Kaden 11
9 Ayala, Oscar 10
10 Pierson, Trevor 12
11 Thomas, Gordie 11
12 Acomb, Brent 12
13 Van Hise, Seth 11
14 Lucas, Jonathan 10
15 Tapia, Tristan 9
16 Bowen, Jason 9

Team Picture Sites

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JV National Champ Girls

 

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XC Rankings

2011 Season Rankings

Riverside County Rankings
Girls (#1) - Boys (#1)
CIF Southern Section Division 1 Rankings   

Girls (#1) - Boys (#4)
ESPNHS Divisional State XC Rankings 

Girls (#1)  - Boys (#4)
ESPNHS California Regional XC Rankings (No Divisions)
Girls (#3)  - Boys (#5)

Harrier Magazine National XC Rankings - Super 25  
Girls (#20) - Boys (NR)
ESPNHS/Dyestat National - Fab 50
Girls   (#41) - Boys   (#23)

Team Accomplishments History

Team League Champions

Girls
2005 - 1st - De Anza League
2008 - 1st - Southwestern League
2009 - 1st - Southwestern League
2010 - 1st - Southwestern League
2011 - 1st - Southwestern League

 
Boys
2010 - 1st - Southwestern League
2011 - 1st - Southwestern League

 
Individual League Champions
Girls
2004 - Vars - Lauren Campfield - Big Sky
2005 - Vars - Heather Wilson - De Anza
2008 - JV - Megan McClain - SW League
2009 - Vars - Anna Johnson - SW League
2009 - JV - Rachel Seymour - SW League
2010 - Vars - Jessica Hilton - SW League
2010 - JV - Madison Baugh - SW League
2011 - JV - Chrissy Calain - SW League
 
Boys
2008 - JV - John Mattoon - SW League
2009 - JV - Brandon Messerly - SW League
2010 - Vars - Karson Fronk - SW League
2010 - JV - Nathan Velarde - SW League
2011 - Vars - Kevin Chamberlain - SW League
2011 - JV - Kaden Lapham - SW League
 
CIF SS Qualifiers
Girls
2004 - 5th in Div IV Finals - 1:44:18
2005 - 14th in Div II Finals - 1:43:49
2006 - 9th in Div I Prelims Heat - 1:41:51
2007 - 11th in Div I Finals - 1:33:58
2008 - 6th in Div I Finals - 1:34:33
2009 - 1st in Div I Finals - 1:30:51 
2010 - 1st in Div I Finals - 1:34:33 (Rain Course 3.25 miles)
2011 - 3rd in Div I Finals - 1:32:21
 
Boys
2005 - 13th in Div II Prelims Heat - 1:28:59
2006 - 7th in Div I Prelims Heat - 1:24:18
2007 - 12th in Div I Prelims Heat - 1:23:16
2008 - 15th in Div I Finals - 1:21:26
2009 - 9th in Div I Finals - 1:19:45
2010 - 7th in Div I Finals - 1:23:28 (Rain Course 3.25 miles)
2011 - 3rd in Div I Finals - 1:17:49
 
Individual State Champions
None
 
State Meet Team Qualifiers
Girls
2004 - 12th place - Division 4
2008 - 9th place - Division 1
2009 - 2nd place - Division 1
2010 - 1st place - Division 1
2011 - 7th place - Division 1
 
Boys
2010 - 14th place - Division 1
2011 - 4th place - Division 1
 
State Meet Individual Qualifiers
Girls
2007 - Abbey Gallaher - 24th - 18:29
 
Boys
2009 - Karson Fronk - 43rd - 15:56

NXN Teams
Girls
2006 - Open Race - 6th - 1:47:51 (Little Branch)
2007 - Open Race - 4th - 1:43:50 (Little Branch)
2008 - Open Race - 1st - 1:39:38 (Little Branch)
2009 - Open Race - 1st - 1:36:56 (Little Branch)
2009 - Open Race - 3rd - 1:42:06 - (STTC)
2010 - Championship Race - 13th - 1:43:34 (Temecula XC Club)
 
Boys
2008 - Open Race - 3rd  - 1:25:51 (Little Branch)
2009 - Open Race - 2nd - 1:25:18 (Little Branch)
2009 - Open Race - 8th - 1:30:36 (STTC)
 
Team Academic Champions
Girls
2008 - Riverside County
2009 - Riverside County
2011 - Riverside County
 
Boys
2007 - Riverside County
2011 - Riverside County

 
Inland Empire Team Champions
Girls
2006 - 1st - 1:33:30
2009 - 1st - 1:31:11
2011 - 1st - 1:32:18
 
Boys
None
 

Current Team Streaks (2 years or more)
Girls

Fastback Shootout Overall Champions - 3 years ('09, '10, '11)
Woodbridge Invitational Overall Champions - 2 years ('10, '11)
Arcadia Apache Invite Overall Champions - 3 years ('09, '10, '11)
Mt. SAC Division 1 Sweepstakes Champions - 3 years ('09, '10, '11)
Southwestern League Champions - 4 years ('08, '09, '10, '11)

Top 10 National Ranking (ESPN or Harrier Rankings) - 3 years ('09, '10, '11)

 

Boys
Southwestern League Champions - 2 years ('10, '11)

Great Oak High School | 32555 Deer Hollow Way | Temecula, CA  92592 |
Coach Soles' Cell: 951-326-6992 | dsoles@tvusd.k12.ca.us

Quicklinks

2010 State Champions!

2010 State Champions!

Donate to Cross Country

There are no longer any fees for athletics, but we still need funding for our great program (transportation, meet entries, etc).  This season we are asking all families for a $100 donation to help support our XC program.  Parents can write a check or use the link below to donate to XC.  All donations are voluntary, and the opportunity to give more if you would like to help our program even more is located on the link below.

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Thank you for your support!

2011 XC Articles

Alumni Updates

News

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Chocolate Milk!

Here is a great article on "why we should all drink" chocolate milk!

 

 

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The Long Green Line

Watch this amazing movie about the best high school team in history for FREE!
 

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Great Oak XC and Track Videos

New Great Oak XC and Track Video Site

 

Buy/Sell House

Dianna Kewley will donate $500 to Great Oak Track/XC for anyone who buys or sells a house through her!  If you are considering buying or selling a home or know someone who is in the market, please pass along Dianna's info!

 

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Great Oak XC Records Updated

Please take a look at the updated records after Arcadia:


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Arcadia Apache Invitational

Arcadia County Park
10/28/11

Arcadia

Meet Highlights:
Boys Varsity upsets #7 in the country Arcadia for their first invite win!  Kevin Chamberlain ran an amazing race finishing 4th out of over 200 to lead the charge!  Season best races by Brenden Emery, Michael Hewitt, and Kaden Lapham showed the boys are coming together at the right time!  Tristin Tapia breaks the frosh boys record running 16:11 and winning the frosh boys race, BUT Jason Bowen also runs 16:11 and finishes a very close 2nd!  Frosh boys win over a talented Glendora team!  Soph boys show they aren't done with their winning ways with Jonathan Lucas and Patryk Giba delivering top 5 performances to lead the soph team to victory!  Brent Acomb runs a solid race to lead the JV boys to a top 3 finish!

The ladies teams ran well, finishing 10 girls in the top 19 in the race!  Pauline Mandel leads the way, but Carly Bauer showed she is ready for the top 7 with a very strong run up front in 17:51!  Youngins Chrissy Calain (17:59), and Haley Dorris (18:05) show the future is very bright!  Frosh-Soph Girls win easily with Miranda Padilla leading the charge.  Also a huge PR for Ashley Cahalan (20:17) show she is one of our top up and comers!  JV girls win the large school race, although Yorba Linda took the overall race (they ran their varsity girls in jv...).  Haley Richins showed she is back to her old self with a stellar performance up front for the Wolfpack!

Mt. SAC Invitational

Mt. SAC
10/22/11


3rd time in 3 years!

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 Girls Win D1 Sweepstakes for 3rd year in a row!  Girls win JV National Champion D1 race for 3rd year in a row!  Girls dominate Freshmen and Sophomore races with scores of 15 (perfect!) and 17 (near perfect!) respectively!  Boys Frosh take 2nd, Sophs win!  JV National Champs team takes 2nd (best finish ever!) and Varsity overcomes adversity to finish 7th overall in loaded field!  Pauline Mandel and Jack Balder lead the varsity teams with amazing races! Great job to all athletes!

 

SWL Meet #2

Linfield High School
10/13/11

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Girls Varsity and JV Win!  JV Boys 2nd!  Var Boys Close 3rd to Mesa!  Great job to all athletes!

Inland Empire Championships

Glen Helen Regional Park, San Bernardino
10/8/11

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Girls Frosh, Soph, JV & Sweepstakes Win!  D1 Varsity team 2nd!

Boys Frosh, Soph Win!  JV 2nd!  Sweeps 7th!

Awesome job to all of our athletes!

Great American XC Festival

October 1, 2011
Wake Med Soccer Complex
Raleigh-Durham, NC
(Top 7's Only)

Boys take 2nd overall vs. a loaded field to a very good
Cardinal O'hara team from PA.  The girls had a tough field as well,
and managed to come back for a solid 5th place finish!
Brandon Messerly & Kevin Chamberlain led the way
for the boys, while Pauline Mandel and Miranda Kewley
ran solid up front for the girls team.  Congrats to both
teams for representing our program so well!

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SWL Meet #1

Temecula Valley High School
9/28/11

 

All 4 levels win, Chrissy Calain and Trevor Pierson lead the JV teams to victory:

Results - Videos

Dana Hills Invitational & Beach Party

September 24, 2011
Dana Hills High School

 

Malibu

 

Stanford Invitational

September 24, 2011
Stanford University

 

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Woodbridge Invitational

Estancia High School
September 17th, 2011

 

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Quick Highlights:
-Girls Team wins again!
-Boys team finishes a close 2nd to last year's national champions, Arcadia!
-Kevin Chamberlain breaks the school & senior records in 14:39!
-Jack Balder breaks the boys junior record in 14:47!
-Ashley Helbig breaks the girls soph record in 17:20!
-Maiya Larsen breaks the girls frosh school record in 17:15!
-Tristan Tapia breaks the boys frosh school record in 16:18!
-Colin Rogers improves his time from last year by over 11 minutes!

Fastback Shootout

September 10, 2011
Mt. SAC

 

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 Brandon Messerly and the senior boys put on a show with 4 boys under 10 minutes for a solid win at the Fastback Shootout!  The boys were the overall fastest team of the day, putting 4 boys in the top 8 places out of over 900 athletes!  Brandon's individual win was the fastest time ever by a Riverside Country athlete!  Amazing job boys!  Nate Dog Velarde proved he can hang with the big boys with a solid 3rd place finish to lead the boys to a solid victory.  Jack Balder also placed well in 5th!  The soph boys improved a ton from last year to use solid pack running to place 3rd in their race.  Look for this group lead by Patryk Giba to really improve over the season!  The Frosh boys proved they were gamers, accepting their coach's challenge in still winning despite some of their top boys being out. Anthony Arvizu and David Carvajal lead the way with 4th and 6th place finishes!  Chase Nalitt really showed he has heart in scoring the crucial 5th man points to ensure the team victory!


Even though she was under the weather all week, Pauline Mandel battled back to lead the girls team to another convincing win!  Miranda Kewley stepped up big time to win the Junior girls race, followed by a pack of red uniforms for a sweep of the top 4 spots!  Ashley Helbig cruised to an easy victory in the Sophomore race, with 5 soph girls placing in the top 9!  A big improvement over their 3rd place last year here as 9th graders!  Not to be outdone, the 9th grade girls were lead by Maiya Larson's amazing 11:57 performance to a solid win.  Percy Lyons also stepped up big, and the girls depth really showed here in the 9th graders!

Baldwin Park 5k Results

Congrats to the varsity boys on their strong team victory at the Baldwin Park 5k on August 6th!  Brandon Messerly and Eddie Carrillo led the way as the top 2 high schoolers in the race!  Brandon's 15:31 shows that the boys hard work is starting to pay off! 
 

Pauline Mandel ran the 5th fastest female time of the day, but set the record for the fastest high schooler ever on the course in 17:32!  Look for her to be one of the fastest high school girls in the state this year!
 

Coach Soles got back into action with a blazing 32:53 5k running with his wife and 3 babies in running strollers!  In order to improve his time next month at a 5k in Irvine, he asks that athletes and parents refrain from giving him any baked goods, candy, or soda until he breaks 25:00 for a 5k. :)

Full Results

Independence Day 5K

Looking for a race?  Try the Coronado Independence Day 5K

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Click Here - Results

Boys dominate 4 of the top 7 race spots led by Eddie Carrillo and Kevin Chamberlain
Frosh Maiya Larson proves she will be a force with a solid 3rd place for the girls, followed in 4th by Alexis Messerly!

Nathan Velarde wins 5k in Laguna Niguel - Results

Flotrack Workout Wednesday

Workout Wednesday on Flotrack covers HS, College, and Pro workouts. 
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Time Trial Results

2011 Time Trial 

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The boys showed that they have indeed made huge strides over the summer!  Brenden Emery (SR) pulled off a major surprise in winning the time trial in a new record time of 14:48!  Hot on his heels was fellow SR Eddie Carrillo in 14:49!  Look for the boys to be one of the top teams in the state this year!  Tristan Tapia recorded the fastest time ever for a 9th grader in 17:32!
 

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Pauline Mandel threw down an unbelievable time to break the course record by 46 seconds, running 16:22!  The rumors of her running at a different level this summer are true!  Super Soph Ashley Helbig also betters the previous course record in 17:04!  Kim & Kelli McNamee prove that Great Oak still has a set of superstar twins!  Frosh Maiya Larsen runs the fastest time ever for 9th graders in 17:51, look for her to be one of the top 9th graders in the State this year!  If anyone thought our girls were going to be slower this year than last, they will be in for a real surprise!  Great work by all athletes this summer!

GOXC Practice Schedule 

All-Time Time Trial Records

2011 Time Trial Results
2010 Time Trial Results

2009 Time Trial Results
2008 Time Trial Results
2007 Time Trial Results
2006 Time Trial Results