Granite Hills senior Jason Finch has arrived at the point where he is looking for challenges.
When he arrived at Lindo Lakes early this month, he was eager to race after a hard summer of training. After finding out that he wouldn't run against Serra's Marcus Chandler (he was in Division II), he set his sights on the course record of 10:20, set by Point Loma's Gil Serrano in 1992.
Competing in the Division I junior/senior race, Finch blitzed the field, chopped 15 seconds from Serrano's mark, and had a 38-second margin of victory. It was an impressive start.
Serra's Chandler, who is one of the few local runners in Finch's class, also looked very good, handily winning the Division II junior/senior race in 10:22, which missed the old record by just two seconds (in warmer conditions than Finch's effort). He had a 19-second cushion on his pursuers.
In girls racing, the fastest times of the day went to Orange Glen's Lorena Jimenez and Santana's Kim Pace, running unpressed in different races.
The best team effort by girls squads was by University City, which had three girls rank among the seven fastest of the day, and had a number of others run well. Host Valhalla was missing a number of significant contributors, including Carri Leto, Laura Trask, Elaine Lassen and Amy Kermott.
In boys racing, it was difficult to get a read on a number of good teams. Some were missing top runners, such as Vista's Justin Neuroth, and Granite Hills' Ian Bartonicek. And the different distance run by the frosh/soph boys made it impossible to collate the times of teams that have young runners in their lineup.
Most impressive boy in the frosh/soph races was Vista soph Ryan Montez, who just missed the course record, held by Jason Finch.
The Results:
At Lindo Lakes, Saturday, September 5.
Conditions: slightly overcast and mild in early races, warming up
by late races.
| BOYS:
The fastest ten, in junior/senior races: 10:05 Jason Finch, Granite Hills 10:22 Marcus Chandler, Serra 10:41 Patrick Grimes, Scripps Ranch 10:41 Jon Rankin, Monte Vista 10:43 Josh Pope, Poway 10:45 Michael Manzano, Chula Vista 10:47 Adam Van Wart, San Pasqual 10:48 Ben Wagner, Valhalla 10:54 Tom Jodoin, Mira Mesa 10:55 Jon O'Connor, University City Division I, Juniors/Seniors:
Division II, Juniors/Seniors:
Division I, Frosh/Soph:
Division II, Frosh/Soph
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GIRLS:
The fastest ten, all races: 9:54 Lorena Jimenez, Orange Glen 9:54 Kim Pace, Santana 10:00 Katherine Ziegler, University City 10:01 Mythili Duvvuri, Chula Vista 10:04 Jasmine Marquez, El Capitan 10:12 Leslie Crews, University City 10:13 Talisha Clophus, UniversCity 10:18 Shanna Cohen, Scripps Ranch 10:21 Dori McGuire, Mira Mesa 10:21 Theresa Hepler, El Capitan Division I, Juniors/Seniors:
Division II, Juniors/Seniors:
Division I, Frosh/Soph:
Division II, Frosh/Soph:
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