Shawn Hobson …. VISTA – Those who like to hike the hills and visit the duck pond at Buena Vista Park were perhaps caught off guard by the overwhelming amount of people there Thursday afternoon.
Many of the 6th, 7th and 8th graders may eventually run for high school teams, and this event was a great start for them. The course is shorter than the 3.1-mile course that the high school kids ran in last week’s Avocado League cluster, in which only six schools participated at the park. The middle school event was six times larger and parking was limited on Shadowridge Drive.
The Open had four races. The 6th and 7th grade girls ran the first race, and the 6th and 7th boys ran second. The 8th grade girls raced third, and the 8th grade boys ran last. Team scores are tallied by the way the top-five runners finish. Some of the schools did not have the necessary five runners to tally a team score. In that case, the team forfeits, but it doesn’t diminish the results of the runners who compete on teams with less than five runners.
The next middle school event is at Moonlight Beach in Encinitas on Oct. 15.
TEAM RESULTS
1. San Marcos 59; 2. Diegueno 73; 3. MLK 92; 4. Valley MS 96; 5. Valley Center 160; 6. Lincoln 161; 7. Aviara Oaks 175; 8. Carmel Valley 190; 9. Guajome 195;10. Roosevelt 222; The following schools did not have enough runners to record a team score: Vista Magnet, Woodland Park, Earl Warren, High Tech, Jefferson, Madison Mustangs, Oak Crest, Olive Peirce, Rancho Minerva, Sullivan, VIDA.
8th grade girls
1. MLK 33; 2. Aviara Oaks 81; 3. Jefferson 98; 4. San Marcos 107; 5. Vista Magnet 111; 6. Olive Pierce 119; 7. Woodland Park 149; The following schools did not have enough runners to record a team score: Diegueno, Earl Warren, Guajome, Lincoln, Madison Mustangs, Oak Crest, Roosevelt, Sullivan.
6th and 7th grade boys
1. MLK, 28; 2. Aviara Oaks 105; 3, Roosevelt 111; 4. Valley MS 115; 5. Digueno 175; 6. Guajome 193; 7. VIDA 263; 8. San Marcos 264; 9. Woodland Park 266; 10. Valley Center 281; 11. Lincoln 286; 12. Pacific Trails 293; 13. Vista Magnet 296; 14. Olive Peirce 328; 15. Oak Crest 355; 16. Coastal Academy 377; 17. Carmel Valley 442. The following schools did not have enough runners to record a team score: Calavera Hills, Earl Warren, High Tech, Madison Mustangs, Sullivan.
6th and 7th grade girls
1.MLK 32; 2. Aviara Oaks 83; 3. Valley MS 151; 4. Diegueno 166; 5. Madison Mustangs 181; 6. Lincoln 203; 7. Valley Center 211; 8. Earl Warren 255; 9. Roosevelt 255; 10. Carmel Valley 268; 11. Vista Magnet 271; 12. Sullivan 273; 13. San Marcos 282; 14. VIDA 351; 15. Guajome 359; 16. Coastal Academy 390. The following schools did not have enough runners to record a team score: High Tech, Oak Crest, Olive Peirce, Rancho Minerva, Woodland Park.
TOP INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
8th grade boys
1. Jovanny Garcia, Rancho Minerva, 9:51; 2. Zach Reser, Valley Center, 10:06; 3. Augustus Soto, Valley MS, 10:06; 4. Christian Miguel, San Marcos, 10:13; 5. David Ricardez, San Marcos, 10:13; 6. Ian Jacobo, San Marcos, 10:32; 7. Nick Salz, Carmel Valley, 10:36; 8. Schuyler Dibacco, Valley MS, 10:40; 9. Julian Alvarez, Valley Center, 10:40; 10. Cody Lavitt, MLK, 10:42.
8th grade girls
1. Skyler Wallace, Aviara Oaks 10:31; 2. Amy Brown, Olive Pierce, 10:53; 3. Rachel Favela, Valley Center, 10:55; 4.Madeline Marron, Valley Center, 11:30; 5. Veronica Patyna, Diegueno, 11:33; 6. Tristin Hoffman, Madison Mustangs, 11:45; 7. Tanisha McCullough, MLK, 12:14; 8. Kayla Peters, MLK, 12:15; 9. Sydney Dresser, Valley MS, 12:24; 10. Riley Barrios, Sullivan, 12:31.
6th and 7th grade boys
1. Bode Horton, Oak Crest, 10:24; 2. Ethan Norton, MLK, 10:24; 3. Joel Gomez, Diegueno, 10:46; 4. Cole Ziomek, MLK, 10:48; 5. Shane Melton, MLK, 10:49; 6. Sammuel Jones, MLK, 10:57; 7. Luke Luschwitz, Pacific Trails, 11:01; 8. Logan Basta, Valley MS, 11:01; 9. Devan Sim, Woodland Park, 11:09; 10. Peter Milnes, Roosevelt, 11:12.
6th and 7th grade girls
1. Stormy Wallace, Aviara Oaks, 11:28; 2. Sky Miller, MLK, 11:38; 3. Hannah Ligon, MLK, 11:45; 4. Elizabeth Melcher, MLK, 11:48; 5. Sunshine Delia, Lincoln, 11:58; 6. Maggie Gillchrist, Earl Warren, 12:03; 7. Allie Tanita, Aviara Oaks, 12:03; 8. Nyla Lopez, Vista Magnet, 12:07; 9. Bella Longo, Vista Magnet, 12:10; 10. Camille Pokletar, Sullivan, 12:11
Contact Shawn Hobson at sportswriter@sbcglobal.net. Follow him on Twitter @HOBMediaWorks.
