WILDCATS WIN
>From Dave Ponas via Doug Speck
Oakland High's Cross Country team had a historic day at
Joaquin Miller Park Wednesday November 18th. For the first time
ever both Oakland boys and girls won the OAL Championships. And
we topped this monumental achievement with Oakland's J.V. team
winning also. So it's on to Fresno for the California
Interscholastic Federation State Championships. The girls were
crowned champions with their 26-29 win over Skyline. A close
race as Wildcat runners Karen Chan, Sherry Duong and Josefina
Padilla locked up 3rd, 4th, and 5th place, all beating Skyline's
number two runner by over one minute. Mariana Anaya, Lesly
Yasol, and Lizette Martinez secured the win with powerful runs.
On the boy's side, the Wildcats dominated, taking five of the
first seven places to defend their OAL title. Lead by Jeremy
Chuck, 2nd, and James Fortune, 3rd. The boys posted a 18-36 win.
Jeadi Vilches and Benedict Janea collected All-City honors.
Dario Mutabdzija ran possessed to beat Skyline and held down our
5th spot in 7th place.
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care of Dave Ponas - this should give you something to chew on as we look to
Fresno next weekend.
Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Oakland athletes all run in Division I (in
response to question or two about that). Everyone else chooses to not
discriminate against small peoples schools and allows them to run where they
fall in enrolllment.
Doug Speck
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Oakland Section of California Results Agate
1998 Final Oakland Athletic Leagle Cross Country Results
Wednesday November 18, 1998
Joaquin Miller Park
Clear and 64 degrees at Start (Nice)
>From Dave Ponas via Doug Speck
Boys
Place
1 Esaysa Messele Tech 20:13
2 Jeremy Chuck Oak 20:32
3 James Fortune Oak 20:52
4 Aaron Johnson Sky 21:13
5 Jeadi Vilches Oak 21:24
6 Benedict Janea Oak 21:28
7 Dario Mutabdzija Oak 21:46
8 Desalegn Alemu Sky 21:57
9 Aaron Hsieh Sky 22:32
10 Nick Lucas-Rose Sky 22:32
11 Jeremy Jue Sky 22:50
12 Zhberi Harmachis Sky 23:09
13 Zeriacado Kidane Sky 23:10
14 Antonio Arredondo Fre 23:54
15 Antwan McMahan Fre 23:55
16 Brian Wong Oak 24:19
17 Lorenzo Hooker Oak 24:22
18 Jason White McC 25:07
19 David Seth Fre 25:14
20 Land Adams McC 26:22
21 Rashad Allen McC 26:31
22 Alberto Montesinos Fre 26:53
23 Danny Grant Fre 28:06
1 Oakland 18 (1-2-4-5-6)
2 Skyline 37 (3-7-8-9-10)
3 Fremont 81 (13-14-17-18-19)
McClymonds, Tech had incomplete teams
Castlemont had no runners
McClymonds had two DNF
J.V. Score
Oakland 15 Skyline Incomplete
Girls
1. Emily Dixon Sky 23:04
2. Maria Young Tech 23:51
3. Karen Chan Oak 24:24
4. Sherry Duong Oak 25:28
5. Josefina Padilla Oak 25:43
6. Akannu Ogbu Sky 26:41
7. Kidst Hailemarian Sky 26:41
8. Marianna Anaya Oak 27:17
9. Salam Tarekegn Sky 27:45
10. Iyana Craft Sky 28:20
11. Lesly Yasol Oak 28:41
12. Lizette Martinez Oak 28:58
13. Monica Moore Tech 29:42
14. Meyhaw Saephan Fre 31:30
15. Alejandra Cerda Sky 32:42
16. Julie Waters Sky 33:41
17. Huong Tran Fre 35:10
18. Nai Saephan Fre 35:28
19. Sivanthan Pak Fre 37:27
Scoring
1 Oakland 26 (2-3-4-7-10)
2 Skyline 29 (1-5-6-8-9)
Tech, Fremont had incomplete teams
McClymonds runner DNF
Castlemont had no runners