When you say the word ‘championship’, you get our attention! Nerf basketball championship of your living room? We are in! FUHSD cross-country championship? You bet, we’re in!
Lynbrook hosted the Lynbrook Invitational, which doubles as the Fremont Union High School District Championships. Lynbrook always puts on a good meet and this was no exception. The excellent management of the race was very impressive on a new course, as the Lynbrook course could not be used because of construction on Lynbrook’s athletic fields.
The Frosh-Soph boys were the first up, and they put on a great show. Rohan Choudhury and Zach Patti lead the group, finishing 4-5, and 15 seconds later Anand Rao and Steven Lim came in 14th and 17th. Ismaeel Sheriff completed the FS team scoring in 27th, and the team finished in 3rd place overall, only 5 points out of first.
The Varsity boys recorded a strong 2nd place finish behind Cupertino. Kevin Bishop lead the way with a 2nd place finish, followed by Takuto Doshiro in 7th place. Shivam Khanna ran possibly his best race of the year with a 12th place finish, while freshman Emilio Torres-Gonzales and senior Michael Lu completed the Varsity top 5.
Then came the Varsity girls! Jenny Xu ran another strong race, taking 2nd place behind a Wilcox senior. Bridget Gottleib, Kirsten Do and Pearl Law finished in an impressive group, finishing 7-8-9! Neha Jammu, Risako Tanida and Nandini Chitale completed the Monta Vista championship team, 34 points clear of the next school. Congratulations, ladies! Check out the smiles and the trophy in the photo gallery!
Bumpei Maeda is back from an injury, and he lead the Varsity-B boys with a 3rd place finish. Arvind Rao was close behind in 5th place, followed by Stephen Ting in 7th. Collin Marcroft and Sanjeev Dwarka completed the top 5, and the team finished in 2nd, only 5 points out of first place. Monta Vista’s top 5 finished in a very tight pack, only 37 seconds separating the first five runners.
The Varsity-B girls brought home another team victory, lead by Sameera Vemulapalli, who forced the pace of the entire race and ended up on the podium with a 3rd place finish. Super freshmen Chloe Li and Julia Chang (Julia had just returned from illness) came in right behind Sameera in the 4-5 spots. Alice Johnson, Sanjna Bharadwaj, Catalina Huang and Ellen Tang gave a clinic on working as a group, finishing 10-12-13-14. Alice’s sprint to catch a Lynbrook runner at the finish made a big difference! In the district championship scoring, the final score was MV 30, Lynbrook 32–so if Alice did not catch the Lynbrook runner, the teams would have tied! It’s true, every position counts…and MV showed again that the team is full of good finishers.
Speaking of being good finishers…several people commented to your coaches about how strong MV was at the finish. Top to bottom, Monta Vista runners fought at the finish; it was clear that many of you had committed to your sprint point and dug deep to battle for every spot. Your competitiveness was clear to all the spectators, and your coaches!
Great job, Monta Vista! You are looking great for leagues!
MV Results
(see http://www.dyestatcal.com/ATHLETICS/XC/2011/lyn_inv.htm for official results, or if I missed picking up your time–I apologize in advance for any errors!).
Girls
Jenny Xu (9) Monta Vista 12:09.3
Bridget Gottlieb (10) Monta Vista 13:04.3
Kirsten Do (10) Monta Vista 13:04.8
Pearl Law (12) Monta Vista 13:09.3
Neha Jammu (12) Monta Vista 13:40.7
Risako Tanida (11) Monta Vista 13:57.8
Nandini Chitale (12) Monta Vista 14:06.6
Sameera Vemulapalli (10) Monta Vista 14:10.8
Chloe Li (9) Monta Vista 14:13.0
Julia Chang (9) Monta Vista 14:16.8
Alice Johnson (10) Monta Vista 14:37.4 7:05
Sanjna Bharadwaj (9) Monta Vista 14:45.6
Catalina Huang (11) Monta Vista 14:46.8
Ellen Tang (11) Monta Vista 14:47.3
Kiersten Chuc (10) Monta Vista 15:06.8
Lena Chen (11) Monta Vista 15:16.8
Hita Bhagat (11) Monta Vista 15:23.0
Sarah Weinberg (9) Monta Vista 15:48.1
Emily Chi (11) Monta Vista 16:02.4
Tiffany Nguyen (11) Monta Vista 16:39.6
Miranda Chen (9) Monta Vista 16:51.8
Zara Dickinson (11) Monta Vista 17:10.5
Boys
Kevin Bishop (12) Monta Vista 10:22.3
Takuto Doshiro (10) Monta Vista 10:40.0
Shivam Khanna (12) Monta Vista 10:56.1
Emilio Torres-Gonzalez (9) Monta Vista 10:59.7
Michael Lu (12) Monta Vista 11:05.9
Ajay Rajamani (11) Monta Vista 11:12.2
Bumpei Maeda (11) Monta Vista 11:19.4
Rohan Choudhury (9) Monta Vista 11:22.4
Ryan Bishop (10) Monta Vista 11:23.4
Arvind Rao (12) Monta Vista 11:26.4
Zachary Patti (10) Monta Vista 11:27.8
Stephen Ting (11) Monta Vista 11:29.5
Anand Rao (10) Monta Vista 11:37.8
Steven Lim (10) Monta Vista 11:42.1
Collin Marcroft (11) Monta Vista 11:47.6
Sanjeev Dwarka (11) Monta Vista 11:56.8
Nishant Greene (12) Monta Vista 12:00.2
Ismaeel Sheriff (10) Monta Vista 12:02.5
Benjamin Chang (12) Monta Vista 12:07.6
Archit Dua (10) Monta Vista 12:13.6
Shanmukh Challa (9) Monta Vista 12:14.4
John Hsiao (10) Monta Vista 12:16.6
Seunghun Oh (10) Monta Vista 12:24.3
Nikhil Sinha (9) Monta Vista 12:25.1
Sameer Rao (9) Monta Vista 12:25.6
David Wang (9) Monta Vista 12:29.2
Andrew Hua (11) Monta Vista 12:32.7
Prashanth Swaminathan (12) Monta Vista 12:40.4
Wyatt Liao (10) Monta Vista 12:42.5
Alex Wang (11) Monta Vista 12:42.6
George Yang (10) Monta Vista 12:43.1
Rizwanulla Mohammed (9) Monta Vista 12:44.2
Tyler Pennebaker (9) Monta Vista 12:48.4
Rana Singh (9) Monta Vista 13:07.8
Sai Paladugu (11) Monta Vista 13:09.4
Edward Yi (10) Monta Vista 13:11.0
Jiuyi Li (10) Monta Vista 13:18.5
Haree Srinivasan (11) Monta Vista 13:22.9
Aditya Kumar (10) Monta Vista 13:28.8
Ryan Ke (11) Monta Vista 13:30.3
Leon Zhou (12) Monta Vista 13:36.8
Siddarth Kadiyala (12) Monta Vista 13:39.4
Andrew Cai-Li (12) Monta Vista 13:43.4
Salvador Torres-Gonzalez (10) Monta Vista 13:47.0
Nicholas Bates (12) Monta Vista 13:49.4
Leon Rovner (9) Monta Vista 13:54.2
Thomas Huang (12) Monta Vista 14:00.6
Donald Swen (10) Monta Vista 14:16.0
Myron Loke (10) Monta Vista 14:27.7
Tharun Sankar (10) Monta Vista 14:36.3
Momin Khan (11) Monta Vista 14:37.9
Nick Huynh (12) Monta Vista 14:46.9
Glenn Hua (9) Monta Vista 14:57.0
Vincent Huang (11) Monta Vista 15:03.5
Spencer Huang (11) Monta Vista 15:30.1