Avocado:
Torrey teams take titles
Lanele Cox, Reed Steel win
In some years, a pair of Avocado team titles for Torrey Pines would
seem ho-hum.
This isn't one of those years.
And that made the pair of victories at last week's Avo meet all the more
sweet for head Torrey coach Brent Thorne.
The meet was held at Guajome Park on Friday afternoon.
Individual titles were won by Carlsbad junior Reed Steel, and by Escondido
soph Lanele Cox.
Torrey's boys, led by a rejuvenated Charley Hulsey, outran Ramona, San
Pasqual and Carlsbad to win the meet, and the league championship. The
Falcons were 7-0 in duals.
The boys team has been rated by most as one of the top county teams all
year --when they are healthy. The team has been nicked up for weeks, and
nobody knew what to expect.
But Hulsey, who is often troubled by asthma, ran well in the cold weather,
and took second in the race. Jason Lopresti was fourth, Noah Lidman was
ninth, and David Burke, who injured a hip in the race, was 11th.
Ramona, their nearest challenger, had a great pack, but only had one runner
(James Adams) in the top ten.
The Torrey girls win was definitely an upset. Escondido's girls had gone
7-0 in duals, but an injury had eroded some of their depth, and that was
fatal in this meet.
The Cougars had great up-front strength, with Lanele Cox in first, Marissa
Leivas in third, and Shawnele Cox in fifth.
Torrey countered with Jaclyn Nolan in second, and 8-9-10-13 places by Jen
Morris, Camille Dredge, Kathy Read and Laura Hilton.
Escondido also lost to Ramona by one point, and thus lost a tie for the
overall league title. The Avo determines league titles based half on duals,
and half on league finals.
"This is the most special of all the league championships," Thorne
said of his girls win. "A lot of this came out of themselves. They
were talking about this all week."
Except for Nolan, the Falcon scorers are new to this level. Morris, a freshman,
is a soccer player. Dredge, a soph, is a track sprinter. Read and Hilton
are steady athletes who have improved.
The individual boys race was a study in patience. El Camino's David Romero-Young
took out the early pace, and Ramona's Adams had opened a lead by the mile
mark.
Steel eventually took over the race, and opened up a big margin. Adams
faded to seventh, Romero-Young held on to third, and Hulsey moved up into
the second slot. Steel, unpressed, won by 23 seconds.
Lanele Cox and Nolan dueled for most of their race, but the Cougar soph
had just too much on this day. It was close between Nolan and Leivas for
second.
BOYS:
Teams: Torrey Pines 55, Ramona 73, San Pasqual 86, Carlsbad 100, Oceanside 139, La Costa Canyon 165, Escondido 165, El Camino 192.
Individuals (75 finishers):
1-5: Reed Steel (Carlsbad) 16:27, Charley Hulsey (Torrey Pines) 16:50, David Romero-Young (El Camino) 17:00, Jason Lopresti (TP) 17:06, Collin Steel (C) 17:10.
6-10: Adam Van Wart (San Pasqual) 17:15, James Adams (Ramona) 17:16, Sherwin Arce (Oceanside) 17:24, Noah Lidman (TP) 17:27, Ismael Pena (SP) 17:31.
11-15: David Burke (TP) 17:35, Matt McInvale (R) 17:36, Steven Meek (Escondido) 17:42, Kendall Richardson (SP) 17:43, Fernando Gonzales (R) 17:43.
16-20: Juan Ruvalcaba (R) 17:44, Brian Butcher (R) 17:44, Jorge Ramos (R) 17:45, David Shofstall (R) 17:48, Wes Austin (TP) 17:55.
21-25: David Dennis (La Costa Canyon) 17:58, Michael Breining (TP) 18:00, Alvaro Quintanar (O) 18:02, Jason Verostek (EC) 18:02, Alvaro Reyes (R) 18:03.
26-30: Brandon Miller (E) 18:05, Matt Proffitt (SP) 18:05, Blake Dorsey (LCC) 18:07, Oscar Gonzalez (C) 18:08, Jose Elena (O) 18:11.
31-35: Mike Johnson (SP) 18:14, Tad Crowe (SP) 18:18, Josh Stein (R) 18:22, Nuno Costa (C) 18:30, Mike Miller (E) 18:51.
36-40: Ezra Ash (SP) 18:35, Chris McCann (C) 18:37, Delfino Romero (O) 18:40, Chris Collins (LCC) 18:44, Jasba Symons (TP) 18:45.
GIRLS:
Teams: Torrey Pines 42, Ramona 62, Escondido 63, San Pasqual 112, La Costa Canyon 119, Carlsbad 168, Oceanside 212. El Camino, no score.
Individuals:
1-5: Lanele Cox (Escondido) 15:15, Jaclyn Nolan (Torrey Pines) 15:18, Marissa Leivas (E) 15:18, Sarah Shepherd (Ramona) 15:36, Erin Berhman (San Pasqual) 15:44.
6-10: Shawnele Cox (E) 15:46, Kennie Kwok (R) 15:49, Jen Morris (TP) 16:00, Camille Dredge (TP) 16:09, Kathy Read (TP) 16:09.
11-15: Jenny Roane (R) 16:10, Angela Van Dyke (Carlsbad) 16:11, Laura Hilton (TP) 16:26, Angel Reed (El Camino) 16:29, Jessica Bray (La Costa Canyon) 16:29.
16-20: Julia Carmano (LCC) 16:29, Cindy Lopresti (TP) 16:36, Sarah Wilcoxson (R) 16:37, Kristin Roth (TP) 16:40, Jane Brian (SP) 16:43.
21-25: Eva Lund (C) 16:47, Danielle Hennessey (R) 16:48, Amber Smith (SP) 16:53, Kristin Spivey (R) 16:55, Torey Connor (TP) 16:57.
26-30: Lindsay Brust (LCC) 17:02, Michelle Wagner (E) 17:03, Samantha Lankford (TP) 17:04, Kim Kirby (school?) 17:18, Amanda Johnson (C) 17:20.
31-35: Jessie Anderson (R) 17:22, Lauren Beresford (R) 17:23, Lara Schaefer (LCC) 17:24, Amber Trzin-ski (SP) 17:24, Michelle Reid (SP) 17:27.
36-40: Katie Pool (LCC) 17:34, Valerie Cornelius (SP) 17:35, Miriam Mendez (Oceanside) 17:41, Tori Gartrell (LCC) 17:42, Serena Grippo (SP) 17:42.