Julia Yang and take 2nd and 4th at the 2006 XC Nationals to lead the San Diego Roadrunners to their second national championship of the day.

RoadRunners are once again victorious despite harsh weather conditions.

The San Diego SoCal RoadRunners once again proved that freezing temperatures, snow flurries and even icy rain would not slow them down. Despite the harsh weather conditions, the team earned two more National Championship Team Titles and two 2nd place team titles. In addition, an unprecedented 15 runners earned All American Status by finishing in the top 25 in their race.

The Bantam girls led off the day with 4 outstanding All American performances, which earned the young team the National Championship Title for that division. Shelby Garritson once again led the group with a strong 3rd place finish, followed closely by Emma Abrahamson in 6th place, Alana Uriell in 9th place and Kathy Morales in 20th place. Quincy Hettinger also placed strongly in 27th place just missing All American by less than 4 seconds. The 5 front-runners were supported strongly by fellow teammates, Hallie Whitley (43) and Micaela St. Laurent (82). Rachel Heisner and Gabrielle Burns put in strong individual performances as well.

The Bantam Boys team boasts 2 All American Performances by Christopher Spiering, 8th place and Ruben Millan, finishing 20th. Frankie DeJong gave a strong performance finishing in 32nd place, with excellent support provided by Matthew Spiering, (82) and Carson Bieraugel (123) earning these 5 young runners a 2nd place team medal.

The Midget girls ran an exciting race with five talented runners giving All American Performances to earn the second National Championship title of the day for the RoadRunners. Sarah Heisner led the team with an impressive 2nd place finish followed closely by Julia Yang in 4th place, Kelly Bieraugel in 9th place and Catie Ledesma 11th place with Rebeckah St. Laurent in 25th place. Andie Ledesma put in an impressive performance finishing in 31st, followed by strong performances by Ellie Abrahamson (47) and Mariah Slack (62)

In the Midget Boy division, Aaron Acord and Buchanan Garritson both put in admirable individual performances with Aaron finishing 53rd and Buchanan finishing 112th.

The Youth Girls team once again carried the experience of "veteran" RoadRunners Shanna St. Laurent, Vanessa Zucker, Meaghan Garritson, Tiffany Duffy and Nicole Van Duzer. Shanna earned her 4th All American Title finishing in 14th place and Vanessa Zucker earned her 2nd All American Title finishing in 25th place. Maegan Garritson ran an excellent race just missing All American with a 26th place finish, with Tiffany Duffy (81), Nicole Van Duzer (134), and new comers Claire Menchaca (136) and MaKenna Yarbor (157) all providing strong support earning the RoadRunners another 2nd place team finish for the day.

Experience was also evident in the highly competitive Youth Boys division with Parker Stinson putting in yet another outstanding individual performance with a 22nd place finish earning his 3rd All American Title and Brad Littooy running a fine race to finish 131.

The Intermediate Boys finished 9th out of 15 very highly competitive High School teams. Collin Jarvis lead the team with an exciting overall 3rd place finish earning him his 2nd All American as a RoadRunner. He was followed by Richard Garritson (48), Samuel St. Laurent (56), Valente Villalobos (76), Graham Hettinger (78), Diego Vega (108), John Garritson (106) and Billy West (126)

And, finally, in the Young Woman's division, El Camino High School Senior Cori Marte joined the RoadRunners team for the first time and ran an impressive race finishing 41st in her division.

Congratulations to all our athletes for an outstanding 2006 National Championship meet!!!!