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2008 Track

Congrats to Michael Machado as he had a great time in North Carolina at the Nationals! He ran the 5000 meter and placed 10th overall in the country at 15:21!  He came back two days later and ran a great 6:20 2000 meter steeplechase good for 13th overall and 5th in his heat! His time was only 5 seconds off of our very own Nathan Huerta's CCS record of 6:15!The highlight of the meet came in the 2 mile as German Fernandez, whom Michael had the pleasure of hanging out with, ran an incredible 8:34 for a new national record! Full results are here! Michael's 5k race video is here, his steeple video is here, and the 2 mile video is here
Check out www.dyestat.com for full coverage with videos, results, inerviews, etc!
 
Congrats to Michael Machado as he ran in the very elite Golden West 2 mile and ran a fantastic 9:23 for 8th place.  The time was his 2nd fastest ever and was great under the warmer weather.  He was also the first finisher from CA! Here is the race video!

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STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS!!
Friday, May 30th-Saturday May 31st
Los Angeles, CA
(Click on picture for complete coverage!)
 
Congrats to Darryl Faust for wrapping up his career at the CA state meet.  He jumped over 45 feet in the triple jump.
The meet was simply incredible with an AMAZING double from German Fernandez running 4:00 in the 1600 and 8:34 3200!!
Christine Babcock runs 4:33 1600 and Jordan Hasay and Chetelat run 9:52 for 3200! WOW!!!
Click on picture for videos, results, pictures, etc.!

State Meet Results!

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WOW!
CCS CHAMPION TRIPLE JUMP DARRYL FAUST 45'8"!!!
CCS 3RD HIGH JUMP DARRYL FAUST 6'6"!!
CCS 7TH 3200 MICHAEL MACHADO 9:17!
What a night!  Darryl kicks off the action with a 3rd place 6'6" jump and punched his ticket to state early on.  He then followed it up by winning the triple jump by one inch going 45'8"!  Then, in the race of the night, Michael Machado does much of the pace setting for a fast chase pack and is rewared with a 9:17!  The time moves him to #2 All-Time at NMC behind Nathan Huerta's 9:08 and qualifies him to the Golden West and the Nike Outdoor Nationals meet!
Check out full results here!
Get complete State, Golden West, and Nike Outdoor Nationals coverage at dyestatcal.com!
 
Also, congratulations to everyone that participated in the CCS Trials.  Click here for trials results. 

Check out some MBL, CCS, State and National Rankings!!

MBL CHAMPIONSHIPS!
 
Frosh/Soph Boys and Girls are Monterey Bay League Champions!
The Boys win an incredible 20th title and Girls win an 8th title!!!
The Varsity Boys and Girls suffered a heartbreaking end to their league championship streaks by 2 points (girls) and 7 points (boys). 
Here are results from the trials from Thursday and results from Finals are here!
 

Congratulations to the great efforts at the Alisal Festival including the Girl's Varsity win and a runner-up effort for the Varsity Guys!
Results are here!

It was a great weekend at the CCS Top 8 Meet and at Bill Kearney!
The highlight was Michael Machado's 2 mile as he almost won the Top 8 meet placing 2nd in 9:31 and running the 6th fastest time ever at NMC and Jovita Trujillo improving her school record mile to 5:14!
At Kearney the highlight was a 3rd place Varsity Boys finish only 2 points out of 1st!
Click on the meet name for results!
And, good luck this Saturday at the Alisal Festival!
 
Congratulations to all the teams for their convincing wins over Watsonville, Monte Vista Christian, and Pajaro Valley.  Click here for complete results!
The team now boasts dual meet records of 4-0 for the Varsity Girls and the Frosh/Soph Girls and Boys.  The Varsity Boys are 3-1.
 

 

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Wow!
Michael Machado runs huge PR in the 5000 with a 15:19 good enough for 8th place and is part of a historic race as Chris Derrick from Illinois rolls to a 13:55!  The time is the fastest time ever by a high schooler in a high school only race! Click here for a great race video!  (Michael is wearing a black singlet with white on the side)
And, Darryl Faust leaps to a 46' 9" triple jump moving him within less than an inch of the school record as he won the day portion of the jumps!
Congrats guys!

2008 Track Schedule!

2 week re-cap!!
The team was thin for Spring Break but still had some good showings at the West Valley Relays, the FS Top 8 Meet in Los Gatos and the St. Francis Invite.
The team also kicked off the dual meet season with home victories against Monterey in the Varsity Girls, FS Boys, and FS Girls with a narrow 67-69 loss in the Varsity Boys division.  Check out the article in the Herald documenting the loss and how the the Condors will roar back at MBL Finals!
And, some great efforts were put up at Stanford and King City!
Click on links for results!! 

Wildcat Relays!
The invitational season kicked off with the Wildcat Relays!
 The highlights included the #2 All-Time triple jump in school history by Darryl Faust, soaring over 46 feet! Click here for un updated school record board!
Click here for full results!
This next Saturday is the North Salinas Viking Relays!

Looking for 2007 Cross Country coverage?

Congrats to Michael Machado for honoring Martin Luther King at the "Run for the Dream" indoor meet in Fresno. 
He ran the high school 2 mile during the professional portion of the meet and ran a fine 9:59 for 4th place on his first try indoors!
Click here for meet coverage!
 

Date
2008 Track Schedule
Coverage
2/28
NMC @ Aptos
Fun scrimmage on nice track!
 
3/8
Wildcat Relays @ Watsonville HS
Great relay meet!

Results!

3/15
Viking Relays @ North Salinas HS
Another fun relay meet!
 
3/28
F/S CCS Top 8 @ Los Gatos
Best in CCS go at it!

Info

3/29
St. Francis Invite @ St. Francis HS
Fun meet

Website

4/3
Monterey @ NMC
We kick off our league defense!
 
4/4-4/5
Stanford Invitational
Elite statewide meet!
4/5
King City Invite @ King City
We defend our titles!
 
4/11-4/12
Arcadia Invite @ Arcadia HS
Huge national meet!

Website

4/17
NMC, PV, MVC @ Watsonville
Quad meet on nice track!
 
4/18
CCS Top 8 @ Los Gatos
Best in CCS go at it!

Info

     
     
4/19
Bill Kearney Invite @ Hartnell
Fun local invite!
 
     
4/26
Alisal Festival @ Alisal
Great tune-up for league!

Info

5/1
Seaside @ NMC
Last dual!
 
     
5/8 Trials

5/10 Finals
MBL Trials & Finals @ Watsonville
We'll try to make school history with a 6th league title in a row for Varsity Boys & Girls!
 
5/17
CCS Trials @ Gilroy
Gotta get to Finals!

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5/23
CCS Championships @ Gilroy HS
Top 3 go to state!

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5/30-5/31
State Champs @ Los Angeles
State baby!!!!

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6/8
Golden West Invite @ Sacramento
Darryl went last year!

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6/13-15
National Championships @ North Carolina
Let's see who qualifies this year!

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6/19-22
Junior Nationals
Nate placed 6th and made All-American 3 years ago!

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