{"comments":{"858819":{"pb_id":"44660","pb_type":"members","likes":"0","parent_id":"0","pid":"858819","comment_id":"858819","member_id":"44660","comment":"This is the second San Pedro runner in the last few years that has broken out his senior year. Remember National Footlocker Qualifier Pablo Rosales
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\nhttp:\/\/www.athletic....aspx?AID=267060<\/a>
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\nJust evidence that Coach T at San Pedro does a great job developing his athletes.","date_added":"Sep 17th 2013, 5:55pm","nest":0,"liked":false,"member":[],"can_delete":false,"item_id":177200,"item_type":"news","pb_image":"https:\/\/fbcdn-profile-a.akamaihd.net\/hprofile-ak-prn1\/t5\/41505_3204023_5074152_q.jpg","pb_title":"MatthewXCoutry","pb_url":"profile.php?member_id=44660","pb_url_dns":"https:\/\/MatthewXCoutry.runnerspace.com\/","pb_wally_id":"1087908"},"858348":{"pb_id":"383","pb_type":"members","likes":"0","parent_id":"0","pid":"858348","comment_id":"858348","member_id":"383","comment":"All race videos and photos are now uploaded to the meet's page on DyeStatCal:
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\nhttp:\/\/www.dyestatca...44789&year=2013<\/a>","date_added":"Sep 16th 2013, 11:51pm","nest":0,"liked":false,"member":[],"can_delete":false,"item_id":177200,"item_type":"news","pb_image":"members\/avatar\/3631.jpg","pb_title":"Donal Pearce","pb_url":"profile.php?member_id=383","pb_url_dns":"https:\/\/DonalPearce.runnerspace.com\/","pb_wally_id":"101"},"858058":{"pb_id":"47538","pb_type":"members","likes":"0","parent_id":"0","pid":"858058","comment_id":"858058","member_id":"47538","comment":"We're all hoping for the best for De La Rosa and the Arcadia crew. He'll have his hands full with guys like Blake Haney and Austin Tamagno in the race with him, but I think he can take them down. Despite his 4:00 1500 time, which in my opinion is very soft for him; he does have a 14:40 5k that he did on the track at the Oxy Distance Carnival","date_added":"Sep 16th 2013, 6:20am","nest":0,"liked":false,"member":[],"can_delete":false,"item_id":177200,"item_type":"news","pb_image":"i\/no_avatar.png","pb_title":"socalxcfan","pb_url":"profile.php?member_id=47538","pb_url_dns":"https:\/\/apachealum.runnerspace.com\/","pb_wally_id":"1156111"},"857880":{"pb_id":"50627","pb_type":"members","likes":"0","parent_id":"0","pid":"857880","comment_id":"857880","member_id":"50627","comment":"We all expect a "different Arcadia team" to show up next weekend.
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\nDoing a bit more digging around I see Bryan Fernandez went 14:19 for the win at Woodbridge last year after running 4:18\/1600 the previous spring. There is a lot of pressure on De La Rosa and Arcadia, and historically they thrive on that, so maybe he can pull off the individual title and team title. I'm pulling for De La Rosa, specifically because he is a "cross country runner's XC runner" who gets better as the conditions get worse, and that is inspiring. He's going to have to run inspired to take down someone who has a 1500m best that is 16 seconds faster (3:44 vs. 4:00). Interestingly, Mary Cain's 1500m best is only 4 seconds behind De La Rosa.","date_added":"Sep 16th 2013, 4:49am","nest":0,"liked":false,"member":[],"can_delete":false,"item_id":177200,"item_type":"news","pb_image":"i\/no_avatar.png","pb_title":"cerutty fan","pb_url":"profile.php?member_id=50627","pb_url_dns":"https:\/\/www.runnerspace.com\/profile.php?member_id=50627","pb_wally_id":"1212787"},"857837":{"pb_id":"47538","pb_type":"members","likes":"0","parent_id":"0","pid":"857837","comment_id":"857837","member_id":"47538","comment":"If you dig around and do some research, you will find out that De La Rosa was injured last summer and ran his season debut at Woodbridge. He ran that 14:29 off of very little summer training. I think he definitely has more in the tank and can run a very fast time at Woodbridge. I have no comments on his loss to Steve Corrrea. Correa handily won that race and showed that he is a legit contender in the state. I think De La Rosa will improve on this showing and show us why he got that high ranking.
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\nAs for the Arcadia team, they were missing three usual varsity members. Josue Gonzalez, Bryan Ngo, and Thomas Tran were not racing yesterday. Gonzalez and Ngo were on the top 7 at State and Nationals last year (Gonzalez: 15:40 @ state, Ngo: `6:05 @ state) and Tran ran 15:38 at Mt. Sac last fall. I think having those guys would influence the scoring quite a bit. Arcadia does tend to sit guys out at the Laguna meet and they tend to bring them back for Woodbridge and have their coming out party then. Expect a different Arcadia Team than what you saw yesterday.","date_added":"Sep 16th 2013, 3:50am","nest":0,"liked":false,"member":[],"can_delete":false,"item_id":177200,"item_type":"news","pb_image":"i\/no_avatar.png","pb_title":"socalxcfan","pb_url":"profile.php?member_id=47538","pb_url_dns":"https:\/\/apachealum.runnerspace.com\/","pb_wally_id":"1156111"},"857819":{"pb_id":"50627","pb_type":"members","likes":"0","parent_id":"0","pid":"857819","comment_id":"857819","member_id":"50627","comment":"

<\/a>Scott Joerger, on , said:<\/p>

\nA few thoughts on the Laguna Hills Results. First the Boys <\/strong>...
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\nFirst off, merged results revealed some surprises. Here are the merged scores:
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\n1 Canyon (Ana) 121
\n2 Warren 133
\n3 El Toro 176
\n4 Corona 205
\n5 Dana Hills 218
\n6 Vista Murrieta 225
\n7 Arcadia 261
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\nYes I pulled in 7 teams for a reason - Arcadia <\/strong>was a surprising 7th. Arcadia was missing their projected #3 man, and their 4-5 were different than projected as well. Is this not the same Arcadia team we've seen before, or were they just laying off for their season opener. Time will tell.
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\nOn the other end, Canyon of Anaheim<\/strong> was a big surprise, with the top four blowing away the times I had projected off of last years results. They will definitely get a nice boost in the rankings this week.
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\nEl Toro<\/strong> and Corona <\/strong>also had multiple runners beat their projected times.
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\nIndividually, of course the big surprise was Steve Correa<\/strong> of San Pedro beating Estevan De La Rosa<\/strong> of Arcadia, 14:51 to 15:09. Honestly the big surprise here is an amazing performance by Steve Correa, not a poor one by De La Rosa. De La Rosa didn't hit a home run but 15:09 on a relatively slow Laguna Hills course is very solid and I would say he out-performed the rest of the Arcadia squad on a relative basis. But 14:51 for a kid that hasn't previoulsy distinguished himself for any distance over a mile - well that's amazing.
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\nThe deck continues to shuffle...
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\nCorrea as Fr
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<\/div>16:48 at Woodward Park (Nov 27) after starting his season off in the mid 19's then 4:31\/1600 in the spring.
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\nCorrea as So
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<\/div>15:58 winning his race at Laguna Hills Inv & 15:16 at Woodbridge, followed by a 4:17\/1600 in the spring.
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\nCorrea as Jr
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<\/div>15:26 winning his race at Laguna Hills Inv & 14:54 at Woodbridge, followed by a 4:15\/1600 in the spring.
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\nCorrea as Sr
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<\/div>14:51 winning his race at Laguna Hills Inv.
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\nDe La Rosa as Fr
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<\/div>16:54 at Woodward Park (Oct 9) & 16:11 at Woodbridge, followed by a 4:35\/1600 in the spring.
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\nDe La Rosa as So
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<\/div>15:49 winning his race at Laguna Hills Inv & 14:41 at Woodbridge, followed by a 4:22\/1600 in the spring.
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\nDe La Rosa as Jr
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<\/div>Skipped Laguna Hills (teammate Pratt won Sr race in 15:09) then ran 14:29 at Woodbridge (Pratt 14:27), followed by a 4:18c\/1600.
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\nDe La Rosa as Sr
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<\/div>15:09 for 2nd at Laguna Hills Inv.
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\nNow, I didn't have money riding on Correa in Vegas either, but if you look at the numbers above, it's hard to bet against him. He clearly had far less miles in his legs coming in as a freshman (looks like zero to me) running mid 19's halfway through the season, compared to De La Rosa who was running 16 flat already. By the end of the track season that same year Steve shows his quality and is 4 seconds ahead in the 1600.
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\nWhat I see above is a case of two very high quality runners, but De La Rosa had a huge head start and further developed his aerobic power by running big miles through high school. Correa showed tremendous capacity to assimilate training load with his initial meteoric rise in fitness, dropping 3:00 off his 3 mile time in the space of 6 weeks his freshman year. Based on that freshman season alone it seems logical Correa's depth would eventually come along and he would be in the position he currently is, contesting for the win among the best.
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\nDe La Rosa has seen little improvement since his sophomore season over fast-flat courses like Woodbridge, although he had an admirable jump up on the "true xc" courses like Mt. SAC that require greater concentration and shifts in speed. It will be very difficult for him to run under 14:20 at Woodbridge, which will be needed to contest for the win. Look for De La Rosa to be on the wrong side of 14:20 there, and Correa just under, good for about 3rd or 4th place. :o
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\nIf nothing else, given that Correa and De La Rosa had never lost at the Laguna Hills Inv, we certainly should have expected one of them to win.","date_added":"Sep 16th 2013, 2:22am","nest":0,"liked":false,"member":[],"can_delete":false,"item_id":177200,"item_type":"news","pb_image":"i\/no_avatar.png","pb_title":"cerutty fan","pb_url":"profile.php?member_id=50627","pb_url_dns":"https:\/\/www.runnerspace.com\/profile.php?member_id=50627","pb_wally_id":"1212787"},"857724":{"pb_id":"4588","pb_type":"members","likes":"0","parent_id":"0","pid":"857724","comment_id":"857724","member_id":"4588","comment":"And now the girls<\/strong>.
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\nMerged results:
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\nPl Team\tScore
\n1 Capo Valley 96
\n2 Vista Murrieta 102
\n3 Poway 226
\n4 Chaparral 234
\n5 Mira Costa 246
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\nYes, Capo Valley <\/strong>is as good as we thought! The Cougars were ranked 5th statewide in the preseason rankings, and as a group they exceeded even thoose expectations. The Vista Murrieta<\/strong> girls also showed up ready to run, and were even more surprising placing only 6 points behind Capo Valley. By my math, the entire scoring 5 exceed expectations.
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\nAt the next level, Poway <\/strong>and Chaparral <\/strong>put themselves on the map and are possible top 25 teams now. We'll be crunching numbers on that for a day or two :)
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\nIndividually, Capo Valley's Natalie Herberg<\/strong> was a big highlight as the 800 runner stepped up and showed she could dominate in XC.","date_added":"Sep 15th 2013, 11:14pm","nest":0,"liked":false,"member":{"wally_id":"388","email_settings":"8191","email":"scott.joerger@gmail.com","address":"ScottJoerger","gender":"m","member_id":"4588","member_name":"Scott Joerger","avatar_location":"av-4588.jpg","avatar_type":"upload","avatar":"\/\/www.runnerspace.com\/forum\/uploads\/av-4588.jpg"},"can_delete":false,"item_id":177200,"item_type":"news","pb_image":"\/\/www.runnerspace.com\/forum\/uploads\/av-4588.jpg","pb_title":"Scott Joerger","pb_url":"profile.php?member_id=4588","pb_url_dns":"https:\/\/ScottJoerger.runnerspace.com\/","pb_wally_id":"388"},"857721":{"pb_id":"4588","pb_type":"members","likes":"0","parent_id":"0","pid":"857721","comment_id":"857721","member_id":"4588","comment":"A few thoughts on the Laguna Hills Results. First the Boys <\/strong>...
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\nFirst off, merged results revealed some surprises. Here are the merged scores:
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\n1 Canyon (Ana) 121
\n2 Warren 133
\n3 El Toro 176
\n4 Corona 205
\n5 Dana Hills 218
\n6 Vista Murrieta 225
\n7 Arcadia 261
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\nYes I pulled in 7 teams for a reason - Arcadia <\/strong>was a surprising 7th. Arcadia was missing their projected #3 man, and their 4-5 were different than projected as well. Is this not the same Arcadia team we've seen before, or were they just laying off for their season opener. Time will tell.
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\nOn the other end, Canyon of Anaheim<\/strong> was a big surprise, with the top four blowing away the times I had projected off of last years results. They will definitely get a nice boost in the rankings this week.
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\nEl Toro<\/strong> and Corona <\/strong>also had multiple runners beat their projected times.
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\nIndividually, of course the big surprise was Steve Correa<\/strong> of San Pedro<\/strong> beating Estevan De La Rosa<\/strong> of Arcadia, 14:51 to 15:09. Honestly the big surprise here is an amazing performance by Steve Correa, not a poor one by De La Rosa. De La Rosa didn't hit a home run but 15:09 on a relatively slow Laguna Hills course is very solid and I would say he out-performed the rest of the Arcadia squad on a relative basis. But 14:51 for a kid that hasn't previoulsy distinguished himself as a state-level contender for any distance over a mile - well that's amazing.
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\nThe deck continues to shuffle...","date_added":"Sep 15th 2013, 11:02pm","nest":0,"liked":false,"member":{"wally_id":"388","email_settings":"8191","email":"scott.joerger@gmail.com","address":"ScottJoerger","gender":"m","member_id":"4588","member_name":"Scott Joerger","avatar_location":"av-4588.jpg","avatar_type":"upload","avatar":"\/\/www.runnerspace.com\/forum\/uploads\/av-4588.jpg"},"can_delete":false,"item_id":177200,"item_type":"news","pb_image":"\/\/www.runnerspace.com\/forum\/uploads\/av-4588.jpg","pb_title":"Scott Joerger","pb_url":"profile.php?member_id=4588","pb_url_dns":"https:\/\/ScottJoerger.runnerspace.com\/","pb_wally_id":"388"}},"last_id":"857721","url":"comments.php?item_type=news&item_id=177200&item_url=gprofile.php?mgroup_id=3760"}