WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY 2011

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November 19, 2011

California Community College State Meet Championships

Sara Howard made All American Honors by placing 10th in the State Meet Championships on November 19 in Woodward Park, Fresno.  She finished the 5k event in an impressive 18:53 after having captured both the Big 8 and the Northern California Championship Titles.

Our second Beaver finisher was Marissa Mendez who finished 65th in 20:02 followed by Haley Walker finishing 117th in 20:49, then Madison Houk  131st in 21:03 and Laneisha Barnette was 154th in 21:35. 

Monica Madavi who was our most improved beaver this season, having cut 3:07 from her earlier Fresno 5k Time.  She finished 177th with her 22:22. Rosa Guerrero finished up our Beaver Squad by finishing 187th in 23:20.

�It was a success meet for the Beavers, especially with the ARC men winning their State Title Championships, but the women did well to finish in 15th as well�, says Coach Powless.

Team scores were as follows:

November 5, 2011
Northern California Championships

Sara Howard is not only the Big 8 Conference Champion, but also the Northern California Champion as well. She took the lead shortly after the mile mark and never looked back to finish the challenging Crystal Springs Course in 18:08.  A personal best for her and a great lead into our State Meet Championships to be held on Sat. November 19, 2011.

Also setting a new personal best was our second beaver finisher, Marissa Mendez who finished 13th with All Nor Cal. honors in 19:27.

Madison Houk  also set her personal best finishing  28th in 20:04, she was followed by  35th finisher Haley Walker in 20:32, Laneisha Barnette finished 45^th in 21:02.

Monica Madavi was the most improved by slicing :50 off her previous best to finish 57th in 21:43 and Rosa Guerrero cut :38 off her previous best to finish 66th in 22:28.

�It was terrific to have Conference Champions in both the overall Men�s and Women�s races (with Wyatt Landrum winning the men�s race). I don�t think that has ever happened in the history of our school. It was also great to see every ARC lady have her best performance this season.  They are working hard and all moving in the right direction.  We�re really looking forward to our State Meet Championships�, says Coach Powless.

ARC ladies easily advanced to the State Championships, finishing 5^th of the top 10 schools that qualify forward.  Team scores were as follows:

October 28, 2011
Big 8 Conference Championships

The Lady Beavers finished a respectable 2nd in the Big 8 Conference Championships by qualifying to NorCal Championships in route to State Championships.

Team Scores:

Big 8 Conference Champion honors went to ARC�s team leader Sara Howard who set her season best mark along with a new course record of (18:32). Our second lady beaver was Madison Houk finishing 9th in (20:17), she was followed by Marissa Mendez,10th in (20:54). Haley Walker was 12th in (21:01), Laneisha Barnette finished 14th in (21:09). All five of these ARC ladies earned All Conference Honors.

Rounding out the top 7 Beavers also included Monica Madavi 24th in (22:34) and Rosa Guerrero 27th in (23:06). Breanna Carmichael also finished a respectable 32nd in (23:31).

"We had some great performances in addition to Sara�s win. The most improved went to Laneisha who cut 1:11 off her personal best. Also we sliced off another minute from our team spread getting it down to 2:37 from our first to our 5th beaver and that was significant for us. We are really looking forward to NorCal Championships and State Meet to come", says Coach Powless.

October 15, 2011
Mt. San Antonio  College Invitational

Stepping it up, the ARC women's cross country team had their best combined finish this season, placing 5th in the 64th annual Mt. SAC Cross Country Invitational on Friday, Oct. 15.

Among a large field of over 150 ladies in the competition, ARC's team leader Sara Howard was 6th overall (18:50) followed by Marissa Mendez who was 13th (19:29).

Madison Houk was our third beaver in 33rd (20:32), followed by Haley Walker 50th (21:25), Laneisha Barnette 76th (22:28), Monica Madavi 81st (22:33) and Rosa Guerrero 108th (24:08).

"This week the ladies did a great job competing against the strong teams from Southern California and Arizona.  The beavers said it was their most challenging and toughest race yet.  this should set us up to dominate our Big 8 Conference championships in our next competition in route to qualify to both the Northern California and State Meet Championships", says Coach Powless.

With over 20 teams in attendance, here are the top 15 teams:

September 30, 2011
WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY-CRYSTAL SPRINGS INVITATIONAL
  
The Lady Beavers had their best combined team time this season of (1:02.59), which landed them 5th in the Crystal Springs Invitational on Sept. 30, 2011.Sara Howard continued to lead her team with her individual 3rd place finish of (18:45). Marissa Mendez was 8th with (19:41), followed by 35th Madison Houk, (21:10), Haley Walker, (21:11) and Laneisha Barnette 49th in (22:07).

Monica Madavi was the sixth beaver in 56th with (22:48) followed by Rosa Guerrero 63rd at (24:38).

September 22, 2011
WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY-LOU VASQUEZ INVITATIONAL

Sara Howard captured the overall title in the Lou Vasquez Invitational Cross Country Meet held in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco on Sept. 22, 2011. She completed the 3-mile course in 19:11. Followed by teammate Marissa Mendez, who finished 3rd in (19:38).Haley Walker was 35th (21:21), Madison Houk 36th (21:40), Laneisha Barnette 44th (22:31), Monica Madavi 50th (23:01) and  Rosa Guerrero 56th (23:31).

Adding combined times the Lady Beavers pulled off a 4th place team finish behind Hartnell, De Anza, and Sequoias. "It was great to see the beavers leading this race.  Sara and Marissa both ran smart races while inspiring their teammates to step it up", says Coach Powless.

Next week is the Crystal Springs Invitational in the Hills of San Mateo which will later host our Northern California Championships.

September 10, 2011

WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY-FRESNO INVITATIONAL

During their first competition this cross country season, the lady beavers captured 9th place at the Fresno Invitational among the 21 competing teams from all over the State of California. They were the third team from northern California behind Hartnell and De Anza.

ARC's only returning sophomore, from Colfax High School, Sara Howard led her squad by finishing 15th in the 5k at (19:46). Just one second behind was freshman Marissa Mendez (19:47) from Visa del Lago HS for 16th, freshman Haley Walker was 59th (21:28) from Colfax HS, followed by freshman Madison Houk 63rd (21:32) from El Camino HS. Sophomore Laneisha Barnette finished 113th (23:47) from Sacramento City, freshman Monica Madavi was 131st (24:50) from El Camino HS and freshman Rosa Guerrero finished 146th (25:19) from Rosemont HS.

"With just one returning sophomore we have a very young and inexperienced team. The good news is that we have a huge margin for improvement and should improve more than any other team out there with hard work and commitment", says Coach Powless.