Those who endure, conquer.
2021 Cross Country Team Captains: Jenna Cecil, Kyle Towne & Ashley Offord
Coach Contact: xccoachrogers@aol.com
2021 cross country
It's not too late to join Cross Country. We hope to continue getting new runners on the team throughout the month of August, and into September.
UPCOMING XC MEET: NEVADA UNION CROSS COUNTRY INVITATIONAL - SEPT. 11, SATURDAY
Saturday, September 1st, Lagoon Valley Classic Results:
Kyle Towne - 3 Mile 16:51.60 #8 All-Time 13th place
Getzabell Pacheco - 3 Mile 20:03.570 #5 All-Time 22nd place
Varsity Girls 3-Mile: https://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/meet/191811/results/778231
Varsity Boys 3-Mile: https://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/meet/191811/results/776590
JV Girls 2-Mile: https://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/meet/191811/results/778232
JV Boys 2-Mile: https://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/meet/191811/results/778226
Frosh/Soph Girls 2-Mile: https://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/meet/191811/results/778234
Frosh/Soph Boys 2-Mile: https://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/meet/191811/results/778228
Saturday, August 21st, Time Trial results: https://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/Results/Meet.aspx?Meet=196543&show=all
Cross Country practice is Monday thru Friday at 3:30pm on normal school days, at the track stadium.
We're required to cancel practice when the AQI reaches 150: https://www.airnow.gov/?city=Elk%20Grove&state=CA&country=USA
Most Invitationals are back for the 2021 season, and we'll have bus transportation.
CANCELED: Friday, August 28th: Our first Cross Country Meet of the season, the Eagle Invitational @Pleasant Grove HS
Our Next Meet:
Saturday, September 4th: Lagoon Valley Classic @Lagoon Valley in Vacaville.
Load bus: 6:15am
Return: 3:00pm
Sheldon HS on-line Athlete Clearance information & Physical form link:
http://egusdshs.ss13.sharpschool.com/programs/athletics/athletic_clearance_information
You can get a Student Alternate Transportation form from Coach Rogers
Current 2021 Cross Country Schedule:
https://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/School.aspx?SchoolID=741
2020 XC Rally Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifdup_X8W-o&feature=youtu.be
Thank you Gurvir for putting this together. We were only allowed a 1 minute video.
Matt Simon's 5 minute video at our 1st 2016 XC Meet:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8jW3EwL7yw&feature=youtu.be
How To Become A Better Runner:
A high school athlete made this 10 minute video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfX2T4ZYu9U&feature=youtu.be
Proper Running Form:
http://www.gugly.com/Archrunform.htm
2019 XC Slide Show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YZSZJRsd4k&feature=youtu.be
2018 XC Slide Show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJjVVOm4tDg&feature=youtu.be
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2021 TRACK
Marauder Delta League Championships Invitational(top 24) @Jesuit HS
Saturday, June 5th
Results: https://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/MeetResults.aspx?Meet=435962&show=all
Getzabell Pacheco - 1600m 5:34.50 #7 All-Time 3rd place
Getzabell Pacheco - 3200m 12:14.40 # 8 All-Time 5th place
Kyle Towne - 800m 1:58.13 #8 All-Time 3rd place
Michael Benavidez - 800m 2:02.73 #18 All-Time 5th place
Gurvir Sandhu - 3200m 10:32.13 30 second PR
Derik Klipfel - 3200m 11:21.69 14 second PR
Girls 1600m video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qd2HgNoHSwA
Girls 3200m video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ujq3KpJdrn0
Boys 800m video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmEYoiw6lDk
Boys 3200m video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lExFN9v-ULw
Sheldon @Pleasant Grove, Wednesday, May 26th
Michael Benavidez - 1600m 4:37.77 #17 All-Time
Sheldon Vs. Franklin, Thursday, May 20th
Getzabell Pacheco - 1600m 5:35.48 #8 All-Time
Sheldon @Jesuit/St. Francis, Wednesday, April 14th
Kyle Towne - 800m 1:59.10 #10 All-Time
Kyle Towne - 1600m 4:38.70 #18 All-Time
Getzabell Pacheco - 5:41.86 #16 All-Time
Varsity Boys 800m video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ic8rr1hWgBo
Varsity Boys 1600m video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3ZBzpBVPDE
Varsity Girls 1600m video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3ja4L48k30
Track Time Trials:
Wednesday, March 31st: https://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/MeetResults.aspx?Meet=421945&show=all
Monday, April 5th: https://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/MeetRe
2021 TRACK SCHEDULE for League Meets at 3:30pm:
Wednesday, April 14, Sheldon @Jesuit/(St. Francis): https://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/MeetResults.aspx?Meet=414967&show=all
Wednesday, April 28, Sheldon @Davis HS
Wednesday, May 5, Sheldon @Cosumnes Oaks HS
Thursday, May 13, Elk Grove @Sheldon HS
Thursday, May 20, Franklin @Sheldon HS
Wednesday, May 26, Sheldon @Pleasant Grove
Saturday, June 5, League Championship Invitational @ Jesuit HS at 9:00am
2020 CROSS COUNTRY
Cross Country Awards:
*FROSH/SOPH AWARDS*
Coaches Award - Miranda Truong
Rookie of The Year - Derik Klipfel
MVP - Aaron Hidalgo
*VARSITY AWARDS*
Most Improved - Sean McMorris
MVP - Getzabell Pacheco
MVP - Kyle Towne
*4 YEAR PLAQUES*
Cameron Robinson
Gurvir Sandhu
Michael Benavidez
Congratulations:
All-League Runners Top 12 - Kyle Towne-6th, Michael Benavidez-12th & Getzabell Pacheco-12th
Season Achievements:
Varsity race winners - Kyle Towne vs. Elk Grove, Kyle Towne vs. Pleasant Grove
Frosh/Soph race winners - Getzabell Pacheco vs. Cosumnes Oaks(ran Varsity the rest of the season)
Frosh Soph race winners - Derik Klipfel vs. Pleasant Grove, Derek Klipfel vs. Jesuit
Kyle Towne broke the Course Record on our home 5k course: 16:51.3, 3/19/21.
Meet Results:
Sheldon at Jesuit/St. Francis on 3/27/21, Meet Results: https://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/Results/Meet.aspx?Meet=188212&show=all
Sheldon Vs. Pleasant Grove on 3/19/21, Meet Results: https://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/Results/Meet.aspx?Meet=188775&show=all
Sheldon at Davis on 3/06/21, Meet Results: https://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/Results/Meet.aspx?Meet=189508&show=all
Sheldon Vs. Elk Grove on 2/26/21, Meet Results: https://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/Results/Meet.aspx?Meet=188670&show=all
Sheldon at Franklin on 2/19/21, Meet Results: https://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/Results/Meet.aspx?Meet=188784&show=all
Sheldon Vs. Cosumnes Oaks on 2/12/21, Meet Results: https://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/Results/Meet.aspx?Meet=188318&show=all
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2020 TRACK Season(shortened by Covid)
TRACK RESULTS:
Sacramento State Classic on Saturday, March 7th - Varsity Only
3200m
Patrick McGonigle 1:08, 1:12, 1:13, 1:12(4:45), 1:13, 1:12, 1:13, 1:09.38 = 9:32.38 1st place
800m
Elizabeth Nguyen 1:16.0, 1:18.1 = 2:34.17 16th place
The rest of the meet was canceled for all EGUSD schools
Clarke Massey Relays @Cordova HS
Saturday, February 29, 2020
3200m
Patrick McGonigle 1:15, 1:18, 1:17, 1:12(5:07), 1:16, 1:14, 1:12, 1:02.4 = 9:51.48 1st place Varsity
Kyle Towne 1:17, 1:23, 1:26, 1:30(5:36), 1:23, 1:22, 1:21, 1:15.6 = 10:57.62 1st place F/S
Steven Mai 1:20, 1:26, 1:31, 1:32(5:49), 1:34, 1:34, 1:34, 1:23.7 = 11:54.75
Alisa Zhdanov 1:32, 1:37, 1:34, 1:35(6:18), 1:34, 1:37, 1:38, 1:30.7 = 12:37.78 5th place Varsity
4x800m
Manuel Lara 1:05.1, 1:03.9 = 2:09.0
Gurvir Sandhu 1:04.5, 1:08.9 = 2:13.4 1st place
Evan Roybal 1:03.0, 1:07.1 = 2:10.1 8:37.35
Patrick McGonigle 1:02.3, 1:02.5 = 2:04.8
Jeremiah McIntosh 1:08.7, 1:09.4 = 2:18.1
Adrian Tellez 1:07.0, 1:14.5 = 2:21.5 2nd place F/S
Vaying Xiong 1:11.5, 1:12.3 = 2:23.8 9:18.02
Kyle Towne 1:04.0, 1:10.6 = 2:14.6
Jenna Cecil 1:18.6, 1:31.0 = 2:49.6
Elizabeth Nguyen 1:16.8, 1:21.1 = 2:37.9 4th place
Ashley Offord 1:22.3, 1:28.3 = 2:50.6 11:09.15
Kathy Nguyen 1:26.1, 1:24.9 = 2:51.0
Distance Medley
Patrick McGonigle 1:12.0, 1:09.4(2:21.4), 1:04.5 = 3:25.9
Jeremiah McIntosh 0:57.8 11:22.88 2nd place
Gurvir Sandhu 1:04.2, 1:12.2 = 2:16.4
Manuel Lara 1:06.7, 1:12.5, 1:15.0, 1:08.5 = 4:42.7
Elizabeth Nguyen 1:25.6, 1:29.5(2:55.1), 1:19.8 = 4:14.9
Ashley Offord 1:13.3 14:24.65 5th place
Kathy Nguyen 1:22.0, 1:28.7 = 2:50.7
Alisa Zhdanov 1:24.9, 1:32.1, 1:34.7, 1:34.0 = 6:05.7
Glenn Poole Invitational @ Oakmont HS - 2/29/20
1600m
Sean McMorris 1:25, 1:26(2:51), 1:28, 1:18.7 = 5:37.74
800m
Sean McMorris 1:15, 1:18.9 = 2:33.99
Kelly Le 1:20, 1:49.4 = 3:09.46
3200m
Cameron Robinson 1:21, 1:26, 1:25, 1:28(5:40), 1:33, 1:31, 1:32, 1:30.0 = 11:46.07
800m Time Trial Results(01-21, 2-11)
1. Patrick 2:04.36, 2:02.07 1. Elizabeth 2:39.43, 2:34.60
2. Miguel 2:07.21, 2:03.81 2. Alisa ----------, 2:40.19
3. Manuel 2:08.56, 2:06.19 3. Kathy 2:56.67, 2:45.88
4. Evan 2:08.02, --------- 4. Ashley 2:58.20, 2:48.76
5. Michael 2:08.85, 2:09.34 5. Jenna 2:58.00, 2:49.10
6. Kyle 2:20.15, 2:15.85 6. Kelly 3:18.35, 3:17.74
7. Gurvir 2:18.38, 2:18.74 7. Anna ----------, 3:18.12
8. Kaney 2:23.56, 2:31.96
9. Sean 2:33.07, 2:31.55
11. Adrian 2:39.16, 2:32.28
12. Vaying ----------, 2:32.98
13. Austin 2:38.33, 2:33.46
14. Steven 2:40.29, 2:33.78
15. Khani ----------, 2:34.12
16. Cameron ----------, 2:35.37
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2019 CROSS COUNTRY
*Congratulations*
Patrick McGonigle All-State Cross Country Team
9th at State - 15:13 New School Record
(Old Record: Abdul Hamid -15:23, 8th at State, 2013)
State Meet Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kspcQZYMTUk
All NorCal 1st Team:
http://lynbrooksports.prepcaltrack.com/ATHLETICS/XC/2019/allnorca.htm
2019 Cross Country Awards:
*Frosh/Soph*
Freshman "MVP" - Adrian Tellez
Sophomore "MVP" - Kyle Towne & Kathy Nguyen
Most Improved - Danyka Burrill, Sumit Rana & Kelly Le
*Varsity*
"MVP" - Patrick McGonigle, Alisa Zhdanov & Elizabeth Nguyen
"Outstanding Performance" - Manuel Lara & Michael Benavidez
Most Improved - Miguel Ayala, Ally Escamilla & Gurvir Sandhu
*4 Year Award*
Miguel Ayala, Heman Bhatti, Joshua Daniels, Jordan Joshua, Manuel Lara, Patrick McGonigle & Allon Si
Section Championships @Willow Hills
Saturday, November 16
Varsity Boys – 5th place Jesuit-28, Davis-56, McClatchy-122, Folsom-149, SHELDON-157, Rocklin-159,
Pleasant Grove-162, Lincoln(s)-173, Cosumnes Oaks-189, Woodcreek-209
3. Patrick McGonigle-16:13 STATE MEET QUALIFIER
24. Manuel Lara-17:18 Medalist
28. Michael Benavidez-17:24
54. Evan Roybal-18:14
66. Gurvir Sandhu-18:31
68. Kyle Towne-18:34
70. Miguel Ayala-18:44
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2sD34vDYgs
Varsity Girls - 10th place Oak Ridge-34, McClatchy-79, Davis-84, Woodcreek-97,
Cosumnes Oaks-86, Gregori-171, Folsom-180, Lincoln-205, Turlock-222, SHELDON-236
39. Alisa Zhdanov-21:50
42. Elizabeth Nguyen-22:01
60. Emma Roybal-22:42
61. Kathy Nguyen-22:42
70. Jenna Cecil-23:37
71. Ally Escamilla-23:38
73. Danyka Burrill-23: 58
Freshman Boys
9. Adrian Tellez-12:10 Medalist
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3-bJT72Qv0
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2019 Track
Highlights:
1600m: Ryan Bradley - 103.9, 1:06.4, 1:05.3, 1:02.3 = 4:17.96 #2 All-Time @Section Championships
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUeYximQhug
3200m: Patrick McGonigle - 1:11, 1:11, 1:11, 1:11, 1:13, 1:13, 1:11, 1:08.3 = 9:29.38 #2 All-Time @SMOC
800m: Ryan Bradley - 0:57.9, 0:59.6 = 1:57.57 #6 All-Time @League Championships
800m: Miguel Ayala - 0:58.4, 0:59.4 = 1:57.83 #7 All-Time @League Championships
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlDnFg_joJQ
800m: Michaela Andrews - 1:09.2, 1:08.3 = 2:17.55 *New School Record @Section Championships
(Old Record: Briana Hendricks - 2:17.71, 2014)
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLnf7gmJiW0
Michael Benavidez - Frosh/Soph Delta League Champion 1600m & 3200m - 10:10.96, 11 second PR #8 F/S All-Time
1600m Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3JGx8n3u4A
3200m Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiFHJdSAuv0
Distance Medley (1200, 400, 800, 1600) 10:46.66 *New School Record @Stanford Inv.
Michael Benavidez - 1:05.4, 1:08.6, 1:11.4 = 3:25.4
Shuntaay Van Dyke - 0:53.7
Miguel Ayala - 0:57.9, 1:04.4 = 2:02.3
Ryan Bradley - 1:04.7, 1:08.6, 1:08.1, 1:03.8 = 4:25.2
Old Record: 10:48.31, 2017
(Johnny DeMesa-3:14.1, Isaac McInnes-0:53.9, Derek Dokter-2:03.9, Michael Ruiz-4:36.4)
4x800m 8:06.29 #3 All-Time @Arcadia Inv.
Miguel Ayala - 0:58.4, 1:02.4 = 2:00.8
Ryan Bradley - 0:56.6, 1:02.2 = 1:58.8
Evan Roybal - 0:58.2, 1:05.7 = 2:03.9
Patrick McGonigle - 0:56.5, 1:06.2 = 2:02.7
2018 Track
Masters Meet 1600m
Michael Ruiz 4th place
1:04.2, 1:06.9, 1:06.5, 1:04.4 = 4:22.01 #3 All-Time
Husky Invitational
Varsity Boys 3200m Sweep (Ryan Bradley, Patrick McGonigle, Michael Ruiz)
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GEHS1V-fIg&t=7s
2017 CROSS COUNTRY
SJS Section Championships
Michael Ruiz & Patrick McGonigle - State Meet Qualifiers
2014 Track League Championships
Varsity Boys 1600m & 800m Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBAE-_WmX38
2013 Cross Country League Championships
Varsity Boys Video:
Jesuit 27, Sheldon 35
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3b46v-ulP-s
2013 Varsity Boys League Meet #1 Video:
Sheldon 24, Jesuit 31
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jz4FDEhgRfA