Cross Country

The girls cross country team finished 7th in the CIF State Cross Country Championships, Division 3, held in Fresno on Saturday. The finishing order for the team (overall finish) was Annie Marggraff (14th), Kelly Collins (50th), Amy Hollshwandner (53rd), Tara Bozzini (83rd), Kelli Berge (90th), Caith Wright (140th) and Kyra Ruegg (170th).  Kelly Collins improved by 2:18 over her time in last year’s state championships.

Tyler Troxel finished 18th overall, improving by 27 sec over his time last year at the state championships and is now 2nd on the Acalanes All-Time list for the state course.

David Faulkner

The girls team placed 2nd at NCS Division 3 and qualify for State Championships next weekend in Clovis (near Fresno). Also qualifying for the State Championships as individual runner was Tyler Troxel. The boys team placed 7th in Division 3.

Annie Marggraff finished a strong 3rd place with Amy Hollshwandner right behind in 4th.  The rest of the team followed close behind with Kelly Collins (8th), Tara Bozzini (9th), Kelli Berge (27th), Caith Wright (44th) and Kyra Ruegg (47th).  With their performances, Annie, Amy, Kelly and Tara are now in the top 5 on the Acalanes All-Time list for the Hayward HS course.  Tyler is now 2nd on the All-Time list.

New personal records were recorded by:  Annie (0:40), Amy (0:22), Kelly (1:14), Tara (0:31), Tyler (0:28), Keenan Byrne (0:14), and Scott Bertics (0:12).

The cross country teams competed in the NCS Meet of Champions at the division 3 level with great success. The girls finished 2nd as Annie Marggraff finished in 3rd place, Amy Hollshwandner 4th, Kelly Collins 8th, Tara Bozzini 9th, Kelli Berge 27th, Caith Wright 44th, and Kyra Ruegg 46th. The boys finished 7th as Tyler Troxel finished in 5th place, Michael Wang 44th, Keenan Byrne 46th, and Marshall Crawford 50th.

R. Takahashi

The DFAL Cross Country League Championships were held on Saturday, 5th at Hidden Valley Park. It was a cool but dry afternoon and there were some great efforts by the Acalanes teams.

The first race was the Frosh/Soph Girls. The team finished 4th with Briana Grether finishing 12th overall. The remainder of the team, Julia Machol, Katie Anderson, Emily Cavanaugh, Diane Halm finished together, 18th, 19th, 21st and 22nd.

Frosh/Soph Boys raced next with the 5th as a team. Freshman Ian Stuertz finished first for the team.

The JV Girls finished 3rd as a team with standout performances by Caroline Wilcox (3rd place) and Haley Kisner (6th place).  Ali Bergmann finished in the top 20.

For the JV Boys Scott Lindsay finished first.  He led the whole race holding off Campo’s top runner the entire 2 mile race.  The team finished a very strong 2nd place.  Nick Warren had a very strong race finishing 5th.  The remaining team was: Luc Van Oss (13th), Jack Connolly (23rd) and Ricky Brundage (24th).

The Varsity Girls finished 2nd as a team with some very impressive individual performances.  Annie Marggraff finished 2nd overall, Kelly Collins (7th), Amy Hollshwandner (9th), Tara Bozzini (10th) and Kelli Berge (13th).  The girls are in a good position to do well in the NCS Championship race in two weeks.  Annie is now 2nd on the all-time list for Acalanes on the Hidden Valley course.  Kelly is 4th and Tara 5th.

The following athletes established new personal records for themselves on the Hidden Valley course (time improvement in parentheses):

Scott Bertics (0:17), Greg Bontemps (0:21), Jared Brinton (0:17), Keenan Byrne (0:09), Ryan Cheng (1:18), Taiki Chiba (1:35), Jack Connolly (0:19), Sam Griebstein (0:32), Tristen Guzaitis (0:31), Curtis Haist (0:17), Griffin Haz (0:47), Luke Johnston (0:48), Scott Lindsay (0:38), Jack Main (2:17), Kieron McKeon (0:57), Amir Nowrouz (0:20),  Danny Padilla (2:22), Juan Pestana (0:34), John Strauser (1:22), Ian Stuertz (0:29), Preston Tso (1:18), Larry Wang (2:08), Nick Warren (0:49), Brad Wash (0:41)

Ali Bergmann (0:45), Tara Bozzini (1:03), Sage Catton (1:36), Emily Cavanaugh (1:03), Kelly Collins (0:30), Kendall Comins (0:59), Julia Conrad (0:39), Sophie Dunn (1:12), Miranda Gold (1:04), Briana Grether (0:58), Diana Halm (1:21), Lauren Hunt (1:51), Mariam Khan (3:27), Haley Kisner (0:27), Annie Marggraff (0:47), Olivia Marrone (0:55), Alyssa Milward (0:37), Jess Mould (1:10), Genevieve Tambornino (1:56)

D. Faulkner

The Acalanes Dons Varsity girls cross country team continues to do well this year, finishing 2nd at the second and only Center Meet (first one was rained out)  this year. Annie Marggraff finished 2nd overall, with Amy Hollshwandner in 5th, Kelly Collins in 9th, Tara Bozzini in 11th and Kelli Berge right behind in 12th. Annie, and Kelly set new PR’s for themselves on the Shadow Cliffs Park course.

Other notable performances were Alec Weber finished 4th in the F/S Boys race with nearly a 1 minute improvement over last year’s time.

Luc Van Oss finished a strong 9th in the JV race with Nick Warren in 13th.

For the Boys varsity, Tyler Troxel continues to have a strong senior year with a new PR for the course. He finished in 10th place overall.

David Faulkner

In yesterdays action…
The girls water polo team defeated Miramonte HS 6-3.
The boys water polo team was defeated by Miramonte HS 11-8.
The girls cross country team finished 2^nd and the boys 4^th at the DFAL Center Meet.

In todays action…
The girls tennis team has a match at Dublin HS at 3:30.
The freshman football team hosts Dublin HS at 5:00.

Yesterdays individual standouts…
Girls water polo – Megan Dietrich and Molly Quinn each scored 2 goals, and Megan Mes had 6 saves, and Katie Ramm had 4 saves.
Boys water polo – Connor Reid scored 5 goals, Tanner Cullen scored 2 goals, and Tucker Stone had 6 saves.
Cross country – Annie Marggraff finished 2^nd, Amy Hollshwandner 5^th, Kelly Collins 9^th, Tara Bozzini 11^th, and Kelli Berge 12^th
Tyler Troxel finished 10^th.

R. Takahashi

The JV and Frosh/Soph Cross Country Teams competed at the Crystal Springs Invitational Meet on Saturday, Oct 8th

The day started off with a strong 3rd place finish by the Boys JV team.  Led by Scott Lindsay who placed 5th overall.  Next in for the Boys JV were Ros Dudakov, Rick Brundage, Curtis Haist, and Jack Main.

In the Girls JV race, Caroline Wilcox finished 4th overall.

The Girls Frosh/Soph team placed 2nd overall with led by Kyra Ruegg.  Close behind were Lauren Chuck and Emily Cavanaugh.  Next was Ali Bergmann and Julia Machol.

Submitted by D. Faulkner

Both the Boys and Girls Varsity Cross Country Teams traveled to the Clovis Invitational on Saturday, 8 Oct

Photos – Courtesy David Faulkner

The Clovis Invitational Cross Country race was held on the same course as the State race which is held every year in November.  Many teams from the entire state attend this race so the competition was fierce.

The Boys raced in the Division 3 category and finished a very respectable 7th out of 29 teams.  Led by senior Tyler Troxel (who set a PR for himself and is now 2nd all time for Acalanes for the Cl0vis course) was followed by Adler Faulkner, Michael Wang, Keenan Byrne, Tristan Tarpey, Marshall Crawford and Scott Bertics.  Tyler finished 8th overall in the race, besting his previous time by 15 seconds.

The girls raced in the Championship category rather than Division 3.  The girls were placed in the Championship group by the meet directors most likely due to their appearance in the State finals last year.  Led by Annie Marggraff, the team finished 12th out of 28 teams in the Championship division.  Behind Annie, were Amy Hollshwandner, Tara Bozzini, Kelly Collins and Freshman Caith Wright.  Tara, Kelly and Caith finish times put them in the Acalanes top 10 on the Clovis course.

Submitted by D. Faulkner

A great article on the Contra Costa Times website about Manny Myers and his cross country team.  It is worth reading. Read Here
Randy Takahashi

Frosh/Soph Girls
19th:Sophia Frumenti

Frosh/Soph Boys
2nd: Michael Wang (Acalanes course record for F/S Boys)

JV Boys
11th: Jack Connolly

Varsity Girls
4th: Team
10th: Amy Hollswandner
16th: Tara Bozzini
18th: Kelly Collins

Varsity Boys
7th: Tyler Troxel (Acalanes course record for Varsity Boys)

submitted by D. Faulkner

Photos courtesy D. Faulkner

In Saturdays action…
The girls cross country team finished first at the Ed Sias Invitational.

Individual standouts…
Varsity Amy Hollshwandner finished 3^rd, Annie Marggraff 5^th, Kelly Collins 6^th , Tara Bozzini 8^th, and Kelly Berge 14^th.
Tyler Troxel finished 10^th.
JV boys - Scott Lindsay finished 2^nd, and Rick Brundage 11^th.
Frosh-soph boys - Michael Wang finished 2^nd.
Frosh-soph girls - Katie Anderson finished 4^th, Lauren Chuck 5^th, and Morgan Samaniego 8^th.

R. Takahashi

Photos courtesy D. Faulkner

Partial results:

Junior Girls:
1st: Annie Marggraff
5th: Amy Hollshwander
8th: Kellie Berge
9th: Kelly Collins
15th: Haley McKay

Junior Boys:
3rd: Adler Faulkner
20th: Tristan Tarpey

Soph Boys:
3rd: Michael Wang
16th: Alec Weber

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The girls were the 31st best team in the State Championships, their best finish ever and they also set a new team time for the State Meet course.  Tyler Troxel and Adler Faulkner also had competed in State and they finished 64th and 65th, both in 16:18 for 3.1 miles.  And Campolindo’s girls were the top team at State in Division-III competition.

Manny

DeLasalle/Carondelet Nike Invitational results:

Varsity Girls – 3^rd Overall

Kelli Berge – 14^th – 19:08                                2^nd All Time for Acalanes

Annie Marggraff – 15^th – 19:08             3^rd All Time for Acalanes

Amy Hollshwandner – 16^th – 19:08                   4^th All Time for Acalanes

Nicolette Sorensen – 46^th – 20:02                     6^th All Time for Acalanes

Kelly Collins – 54^th – 20:21                              11^th All Time for Acalanes

169 Total Finishers from 22 Complete Teams 

Varsity Boys – 12^th Overall

Tyler Troxel – 25^th – 16:21                               4^th All Time for Acalanes

Adler Faulkner – 27^th – 16:23                           6^th All Time for Acalanes

Scott Bertics – 105^th – 17:44

Keenan Byrne – 116^th – 17:59

Dylan Harris – 125^th – 18:16

207 Total Finishers from 29 Complete Teams

JV Girls

Katie Salmon – 9^th – 14:15                               3^rd All Time for Acalanes

Kyla Aiuto – 16^th – 14:41

Ali Bergmann – 74^th – 16:32

Shelby Johnston – 96^th – 17:00

JV Boys – 13^th Overall

Ian Lundgren – 15^th – 11:34                             1^st All Time for Acalanes (School Course Record)

Ben Harbaugh – 35^th – 11:56                            5^th All Time for Acalanes

Patty Lundgren – 90^th – 12:57

Luke Johnston – 91^st – 12:57

Brad Wash – 108^th – 13:57

133 Total Finishers from 18 Complete Teams

F/S Girls – 7^th Overall

Caroline Wilcox – 14^th – 14:27

Lauren Chuck – 29^th – 14:51

Kyra Ruegg – 36^th – 15:02

Katelyn Rader – 90^th – 16:30

Stephanie Brannon – 149^th – 18:26

187 Total Finishers from 12 Complete Teams (16 incomplete!)

F/S Boys – 13^th Overall

Scott Lindsey – 58^th – 12:30

Elliot Champion – 66^th – 12:38

Amir Nowrouz – 85^th – 12:58

Curtis Haist – 96^th – 13:07

Makoyi Watson – 97^th – 13:08

157 Total Finishers from 22 Complete Teams