Foothill Girls Win Independence Invitational

A new invite by a new school brings a small field to Independence high school. Being on the same day as the McFarland, is unfortunate and diluted both local events especially on a weekend when many teams look to travel out of town as well.

Despite all of the above, it looks like both the boys and girls races were good close races for the most part. In the boys race, Sandles (photo) won in a time 17:03 on the 5k course. He was followed by one athlete from each of the other competing schools.

In the end, North won the invite and was lead by Lopez who came in 3rd in a time of 17:52. The host took second by a point over Foothill. The results would have been different if Foothill's number one runner Jose Lopez had run the race.

Independence Invitational

Boys at Independence; 5K course

Team scores--North 30, Independence 46, Foothill 47

Individual results--1. Sandles, GV, 17:03; 2. Bautista, F, 17:42; 3. Lopez, N, 17:52; 4. Facho, I, 18:08; 5. Mosqueda, N, 18:11; 6. Davalos, N, 18:17; 7. Fisher, I, 18:25; 8. Garcia, F, 18:29; 9. Gamino, GV, 18:30; 10. Kostner, I, 18:34.

JV Foothill 42, North 43, Golden Valley 77, Independence 80

FS Foothill 35, North 43, Independence 50

The girls race was won by Natalie Fernandez (21:20) who lead her Trojans to the team win and has been improving with each meet this season. At the EB invite, the North's two girls beat her.

Girls at Independence; 5K course

Team scores--Foothill 37, North 50, Independence 52, Golden Valley 74

Individual results--1. Fernandez, F, 21:20; 2. Veloz, F, 21:29; 3. Moyer, N, 21:43; 4. Perez, N, 21:46; 5. Webb, I, 22:01; 6. Ingram, I, 22:07; 7. Sullivan, I, 22:08; 8. Marsala, F, 22:23; 9. Silva, GV, 22:47; 10. Perez, N, 22:56.

JV Golden Valley 21, Independence 34

FS North 16, Foothill 49, Independence 64

Trojans Add to Their Win Column

Good thing Golden Valley has Sandles, our they would be racking up a lot of 15 to 50 scores. He won the race and was followed by seven Trojans who were lead by Bautista (Photo).

Varsity Boys Foothill 20 GV 43

1. Sandles GV 16:42
2. Bautista F 16:55
3. Lopez F 17:13
4. Meyer F 18:19
5. Garcia F 18:21
6. Rodriguez F 18:34
7. Verdugo F 18:49
8. Espinoza F 19:10
9. Gamino GV 20:25
10. Razo GV 21:05
11. Lopez GV 21:23
12. Medina GV 21:30

The girls race was a lot closer than expected. I do notice that Foothill's number two runner (Perla Veloz) is not in the results. Last week she got sick during the race, stopped and then started again and still did real well. Perhaps this week she is sicker.

Varsity Girls Foothill 25 GV 31

1. Fernadez F 21:18
2. Castro F 22:01
3. Silva GV 22:14
4. Rodriguez GV 22:17
5. Salguna GV 22:20
6. Montoya F 22:22
7. Ibarra GV 22:29
8. Rodriguez F 23:56
9. Escudero F 23:02
10. Salgado GV 24:14
11. Reynoso GV 24:27
12. Alvero GV 26:33

Trojans are Victorious

It is a new era at Foothill in that Schwartz is gone and they have a new head coach. The season has started well for them with two wins in their first dual meet. In the boys race, they took the first two spots and had six in the top ten for the win.

In the girls race, Liberty's Ashley Barton (photo) won but Foothill won the team race with Natalie Fernandez leading them with her second place finish.


Boys:
Foothill 25, Liberty 31 At Liberty

1. Lopez, F, 16:53; 2. Bautista, F, 17:04; 3. Shotts, L, 17:14; 4. Moffit, L, 17:34; 5. Perez, L, 18:16; 6. Rodriguez, F, 18:24; 7. Garcia, F, 18:36; 8. Tenney, L, 18:41; 9. Verdugo, F, 18:48; 10. Espinoza, F, 19:11.

JV Foothill by forfeit.

Girls:

Foothill 24, Liberty 31 At Liberty

1. Barton, L, 20:01; 2. Fernandez, F.

JV Foothill by forfeit

86:52 Team Time - 17:22 average by Foothill at Clovis 08

6. 200 FT-B/Foothill - Bakersfield ( 17:39 1:28:14)

1 1 Chris Schwartz Sr 406 1 15:49
2 26 Jose Lopez Jr 407 26 17:30
3 32 Erick Bautista Jr 408 32 17:45
4 62 Genaro Quintanar Fr 409 63 18:20
5 79 Patrick Manrique Sr 411 81 18:50
6 ( 89) Justin Meyer Fr 410 92 19:03
7 ( 96) Daniel Rodriguez So 412 99 19:12

With Schwartz graduating, there will be a new SEYL champ this season. Also at Foothill, there is a new head coach, Paul Contreras who also ran for Foothill under legendary Coach Ted Oliver. Over the past seasons, Foothill has had large squads and I am sure the tradition will continue. The two returning runners of note for the Trojans are Erick Bautista and Jose Lopez.

2	4:53.84		Jose Lopez		Foothill	CE	Kern Relays	03/13/09
3	5:15.09		CesariEspinosa		Foothill	CE	Liberty Frosh-Soph Invit...	03/27/09
4	5:19.57		EduardoiVite		Foothill	CE	Liberty Frosh-Soph Invit...	03/27/09
5	5:20.72		Christian Paredes		Foothill	CE	Liberty Frosh-Soph Invit...	03/27/09
6	5:27.31		Cesar Espinoza		Foothill	CE	Frontier Frosh-Soph Relays