Lara Jansen ran a smart race and moved up throughout the entire 3 mile race at Hayward High. She ran a quick 19:07 finishing in 10th place and earned a spot to the State Championships in Fresno. Hayley Swanson ran 19:18 setting the school record for fastest junior on the course.
Three [...]
It was clear to me who earned MOTW honors for their performance at Saturday’s EBAL Championships.
Sophomore Julia Burton, who averaged 40 miles a week this past summer, took 1st place in the JV Girls’ race. Junior Alena Harris, who has been making a comeback, took 2nd place in the JV Girls’ race. They [...]
Well I haven’t done a good job with the 2007 MOTW award. Here is a quick breakdown of MOTW by a race by race evaluation.
Monte Vista Invitational - definitely goes out to Rachel Gaines who was the ONLY freshmen girl who competed that day for Granada. It was awesome to have her out [...]
The boys varsity team earned MotW award for our first official week of the 2007 season. Many of the boys greatly increased their weekly mileage to over 50 miles a week, including: Alex, Ramzy, Andrew, Mark, and Nathaniel. Here the boys are about halfway through a ten miler with Lake Del Valle in [...]
During the past eight days, four athletes have demonstrated not only their athleticism but also their desire to succeed as a team. This week we honor sophomores Drew Callen, Andrew Budiman, and Ramzy DeCastro as well as freshman Alex Summers with Matador of the Week.
At Hampton-Phillips, this foursome won the F/S Distance Medley in [...]
Albert Harris had over a 40 second PR against SRV to bring the first dual meet of the season down to the last event. The third year runner surprised everyone with his gutsy racing. “The race plan was for Doug to ‘go’ with a 1K left. I was surprised when he went [...]
Rebecca Paddack raced the 3200M “fresh” for the first time in her four-year track career for Granada. The senior crushed her previous best, which she ran in a time trial during cross country, by 44 seconds. Her unofficial time of 11:08 would be one of the top 5 times in the state so [...]
Jessica Burton has literally been putting in as many miles or more than 96.3% of the distance team. Her off season hard work paid off with stellar performances in the 1600 and the 4×800M Relay. The 21 second PR in the 1600M was a huge vote of confidence in establishing Jessi as a [...]
Douglas Whichard and Rebecca Paddack earned MotW honors for their efforts at NCS and State. This dynamic duo have been great leaders all season and it’s wonderful to see them fulfill their goal of reaching the CIF Championships. When most people reach their goal, it can be very easy to relax and take [...]
Sarah Herbeck, aka The Destroyer, obliterated the field on Saturday during the EBAL Championships in the Frosh-Soph Girls’ Race. Herbeck covered the course in a blazing 12:44 beating the field by 16 seconds. When asked by Coach Mattern how she felt during the race, Sarah replied “scared.” “I was in the lead,” [...]
