Ventura County Championships

I'll begin with the report on the Boys Team, and will post the Girls Report once I receive it from Coach Prater.  So keep checking back.

The Ventura County Championship Meet was held at the beautiful setting of Lake Casitas, and involved the 25 or so schools from the county area.  Since this area is considered one of the strongest cross country regions in the nation, the meet is always a good one.  The Marmonte League, as always, dominated both the individual and team races, even though Royal did not run its varsity boys team due to injuries and the like.

Chris Baird added to his great season by finishing 2nd in the Boys Varsity Race.  This cements his position as a first team All-County performer for the second year in a row.  His time was 15:52, less than a second behind the County Champion.

The boys sophomore team ran an awesome race, finishing 3rd overall in the county.  The scoring performers were Brandon Severson (6th -- 17:31), Adam Brosh (9th -- 17:50), Sean Slavin (14th -- 18:08), Cameron Thomas (17th -- 18:12) and Alex Bown (67th -- 20:09).  Three of these sophomores will be running varsity at League Finals.

The boys freshmen also showed their great potential.  Bryan Quintanilla (19:03), Ben Wolhaupter (19:38), and Brennan Bown (19:38) all broke 20 minutes, while Aaron Argiso, Max Byer and Richard Avery also put in good performances.  All of these runners are developing a good work ethic and offer a lot of promise (together with our strong sophomore class) for the Agoura Cross Country team in the next few years.

Congratulations to Harrison Sobel, who defeated 7 county runners on Friday.  I probably should stop publicizing Harrison's accomplishments; otherwise, other coaches may start recruting him away from Agoura!

League Finals is on Thursday, and we will lay it all on the line during what is annually one of the best League Finals meets in the nation!