Saturday, September 29, 2007

Photo Upload Instructions

If you have photos to upload, here's how:
  • Enter the Charger XC 2007 gallery at www.garymurray.smugmug.com
  • Enter the gallery you want to upload to
  • Find the login button toward the middle top and login with:
username: gary@murrayfirm.com
password: photos

  • Find the add photos button toward the upper left
  • Follow the directions
Call me at 280-3360 or email me if you have problems.

Gary

Thursday, September 27, 2007

MileSplit.us National Team Rankings

By: Scott Bush - Scott@Milesplit.com
Published: 2007-09-27 11:09:16

All the top teams in the country have had a chance to prove themselves this season. While a few of the teams only compete once up until this weekend at an invitational, many show their skills on a weekly basis. Many great matchups occur this weekend, which will undoubtably change the rankings, but here are our top ten boys and girls teams in the nation.

MileSplit.us National Team Rankings
Boys

1. Albuquerque Academy (NM)
2. Ventura (CA)
3. Danbury (CT)
4. Crater (OR)
5. North Central (WA)
6. Neuqua Valley (IL)
7. The Woodlands (TX)
8. Oakton (VA)
9. Germantown Friends (PA)
10. North Allegheny (PA)

Girls
1. Fayetteville-Manlius (NY)
2. Eldorado (NM)

3. Midlothian (VA)
4. Burnt Hills (NY)
5. Saugus (CA)
6. Carondelet (CA)
7. Mountain Brook (AL)
8. Eleanor Roosevelt (MD)
9. Westfield (IN)
10. Yankton (SD)

Snack Update

Here is an update on the snack schedule that many of you signed up for. All snacks should be seasonal fruit or popsicles.
  • Academy Invite - tomorrow: Clark and Cabarrus
  • Team Diner - next Friday evening: Davis, Cooper, Feddema maybe others
  • All-city - next week: Berg and Huynh
  • Highland on 10/12: Manning-Segal and Wynn
  • Rio Rancho on 10:20: Lesansee and Spross
  • Banquet - end of the year; Cindy Murray, Cheri Zacharias, Robin Thompson
  • Pictures; Gary Murray and any one else willing to help.
Thanks to all.
-Adam

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Academy Invitational

There will be 18 teams in attendance including Los Alamos, Gallup, Rio Rancho, La Cueva, St. Mike's, Sandia, and Eldorado.
The race schedule is-
  • 3pm boys varsity
  • 3:30 girls varsity
  • 4pm boys jv
  • 4:30 girls jv
  • 5pm boys c team
  • 5:30 girls c team6pm awards

Our tentative Varsity is-

  • Ben Johnson
  • Pat Zacharias
  • Kyle Cooper
  • Taylor Murray
  • Ryan Clark
  • David Feddema
  • Neil Longenbaugh

Our JV is-

  • Rich Feddema
  • Damon Campbell
  • Anthony Lauriello
  • Emmett Wynn
  • Harlan Pietz
  • Travis Willet-Gies
  • Owen Berg

All others will run on the c-team.

All runners in the top-20 and all 10 - 12 graders have Saturday AM practice. 7:45 am at school - on the course. For those of you that have not been to a meet this season I'd encourage you to come and see your son run. The course is directly east of the Administration building on campus.

-Coach

Monday, September 24, 2007

Dyestat Super 25 National Ranking

Rank School City State Pre-season
1 Danbury Danbury CT 1
2 Academy Albuquerque NM 3
3 North Central Spokane WA 2
4 Ventura Ventura CA 4
5 Wheat Ridge Wheat Ridge CO
20
6 Oakton Vienna VA 0
7 The Woodlands The Woodlands TX 9
8 Pinckney Pinckney MI 6
9 Neuqua Valley Naperville IL 15
10 Murrieta Valley Murrieta CA 0

Note: Nationally #2 is the highest our team has ever been ranked. It is also the highest a boys team from New Mexico has ever been ranked.

Schedule

  • Scrimmage 8/23 Thur B 4:00, G 4:30
  • UNM 9/8 Sat 8:45 AM
  • Liberty Bell 9/14 Fri 4:57 PM
  • Belen 9/22 Sat 9:00 AM
  • Academy Invite 9/28 Fri 3:00 PM
  • APS - All City 10/6 Sat 8:30 AM
  • Highland 10/12 Fri TBD
  • Rio Rancho 10/20 Sat TBD
  • Los Alamos 10/26 Fri 3:00 PM
  • District 11/2 Fri 3:00 PM
  • State 11/10 Sat G 10:30, B 12:30
  • NTN Qualifier 11/17 Tempe, AZ
  • NTN Championship 12/1 Portland, OR

Saturday, September 22, 2007

Belen Meet Results

Meet Results: Belen Sept. 22, 2007 Dist.: 2.9 mi. Temp: 75° - 80° Course: relatively flat

Highlights: 4 JV runners get to fill in on the varsity this week. Chargers of the Week: Ryan Clark, Emmett Wynn, Louis Jochems

Name, Place, Time, Next Week

  1. Clark, Ryan-10 v3 16:23 v
  2. Feddema, David-10 v13 16:46 v
  3. Longenbaugh, Neil-9 v16 16:59 v
  4. Feddema, Rick-12 v19 17:09 j
  5. Wynn, Emmett-9 j3 17:11 j
  6. Willett-Gies, Travis-12 v20 17:21 j
  7. Pietz, Harlan-11 j4 17:24 j
  8. Berg, Owen-9 j6 17:34 j
  9. Davis, Chad-12 v25 17:37 c
  10. Burgett, Taylor-12 j7 17:39 c
  11. Lesansee, Jared-11 j9 17:55 c
  12. Jochems, Louis-9 c1 18:04 c
  13. Thompson, Chris-10 c2 18:11 c
  14. Dellios, Nico-10 c3 18:11 c
  15. Cruz, Maurice-9 j12 18:15 c
  16. Rogers, Ben-12 j14 18:20 c
  17. Nickerson, Garrett-11 c7 18:30 c
  18. Kent, Brady-11 c8 18:31 c
  19. Fazio, Louis-10 c11 18:42 c
  20. Baack, David-12 c12 18:55 c
  21. Lauriello, Anthony-11 v46 19:01 j
  22. Machacek, Matt-10 c14 19:03 c
  23. Rael, Ashur-9 c16 19:11 c
  24. Farell, Brennan-10 c19 19:35 c
  25. Harley, Will-9 c21 19:41 c
  26. Herring, Alex-10 c23 19:44 c
  27. Lesansee, JR-10 c24 19:55 c
  28. Keegan, Trevor-10 c26 20:03 c
  29. Thai, Nathan-11 c27 20:04 c
  30. Leyba, Santiago-11 c30 20:19 c
  31. Cabarras, Jon-10 c33 20:30 c
  32. Gorvetzian, Andy-9 c35 20:44 c
  33. Chiaramonte, Macaulan-10 c36 20:54 c
  34. Miller, Elliot-9 c43 22:33 c
  35. Robertson, Nathan-9 c44 22:38 c
  36. Purcella, Corey-8 c48 22:52 c
  37. Spross, Tim-10 c47 22:48 c
  38. Shogry, Ed-12 c42 22:43 c
  39. Shah, Punit-12 c60 26:56 c
  40. Johnson, Benjamin-12 dnr v
  41. Zacharias, Pat-10 dnr v
  42. Cooper, Kyle-12 dnr v
  43. Murray, Taylor-11 dnr v
  44. Campbell, Damon-11 dnr j
  45. Zhang, Tony-8 dnr c
  46. Allen, Greg-12 dnr c
  47. Young, Andrew-10 dnr c
  48. Witt, Teddy-10 dnr c
  49. Gorvetzian, Joey-11 dnr c
  50. Terkirius, Thomas-11 dnr c
  51. Karr, Evan-12 dnr c
  52. Segel, Neil-12 dnr c
  53. Bergman, Will-9 dnr c
  54. Kim, David-10 dnr c
  55. Rieder, Jeff-9 dnr c
  56. Liang, Lloyd-9 dnr c
  57. Huynh, Alexander-9 dnr c
  58. Findley, Jake-8 dnr c
  59. Martin, Josh-12 dnr c
  60. Scarpetta, Simon-10 dnr c
  61. Nelson, Mark-8 dnr c

Team Scores: Varsity:

  1. Rio Rancho 49
  2. Gallup 53
  3. Academy 71
  4. Los Lunas 94
  5. Belen 136
  6. Del Norte 143
  7. Cobre 209
  8. EspaƱola 211
  9. Capital 241
  10. Moriarty 282

JV: Rio Rancho 26, AA 29, 10 teams

C-Team: Academy 21, Rio Rancho 39

Total Runners: Varsity 67, JV 53, C-team 60

Friday, September 14, 2007

Liberty Bell

Dist.: 3.1 mi. Temp: 72° perfect Course: flat and fast

Highlights: best Liberty Bell performance ever Chargers of the Week: Benjo

Name, Place, Time, Next Week
  1. Johnson, Benjamin-12 v1 14:52.4 not
  2. Zacharias, Pat-10 v8 15:49.6 not
  3. Murray, Taylor-11 v15 16:10.6 v
  4. Cooper, Kyle-12 v16 16:11.2 not
  5. Lauriello, Anthony-11 v17 16:13.6 v
  6. Clark, Ryan-10 v18 16:14.9 v
  7. Feddema, David-10 v20 16:18.8 v
  8. Longenbaugh, Neil-9 j1 16:50.3 v
  9. Campbell, Damon-11 j2 16:50.6 not

Varsity next Week:

  1. Lauriello, Anthony-11
  2. Clark, Ryan-10
  3. Feddema, David-10
  4. Murray, Taylor-11
  5. Longenbaugh, Neil-9
  6. Feddema, Rick-12
  7. Davis, Chad-12
JV next week
  1. Berg, Owen-9
  2. Pietz, Harlan-11
  3. Wynn, Emmett-9
  4. Willett-Gies, Travis-12
  5. Lesansee, Jared-11
  6. Burgett, Taylor-12
  7. Ben Rogers-12
Team Scores:
  1. Academy 57
  2. Los Alamos 96
  3. Cherry Creek CO 142
  4. Arapahoe CO 169
  5. Fairview CO 175
  6. Smoky Hill CO 178
  7. Rock Springs WY 221
  8. Cheyenne Central WY 258
  9. Eaglecrest CO 272
  10. Chaparrel CO 283
  11. Rocky Mountain, CO 288
  12. Boulder CO 303
  13. Douglas County CO 341
  14. St Michael’s 388
  15. Lewis Palmer CO 409
  16. Maranatha CA 417
  17. Palmer CO 452
  18. Overland CO 455
  19. Grandview CO 510
  20. Thorton CO 519
  21. Ponderosa CO 558
  22. Garden City KS 659
3 other division with a total of 86 teams.

YEAR 5-man avg. place scores
2002 16:07.0 1 1-AA 71, 2- Denver West 111
2003 17:09.4 7 1-Denver West, 7-AA 160
2004 16:18.8 1 1-AA 66, 2-Ft. Collins 95
2005 16:22.4 3 1-Ft. Collins 69, 3-AA 108
2006 16:13.2 1 1-AA 93, 2-Campbell Co 121
2007 15:51.0 1 1-AA 57, 2-LA 96

Summary:

It was another great day to be a Charger. Note that our competition this year may come from both Los Alamos and a new opponent Wheat Ridge CO who had a 5 man average of 16:00.3

Next Meet: Belen, Bus leaves at 7:00am, be 2 school by 6:45. Boys varsity runs at 9:30, Boys JV at 10:30, Boys C-team at 11:30.

Awards: medals for V 1-10, Ribbons for 11-20, JV 1-5 ribbons, c-team 1-10 ribbons

Next Week Practice: Monday –recovery, army ants, Tuesday – mile repeats, Wednesday – short run and early dismissal (5:10), Thursday – fire station, army ants, Friday – premeet, Saturday - race

Saturday, September 8, 2007

UNM

Meet Results: UNM Sept. 8, 2007 Dist.: 3.1 mi. Temp: 75° - 85° Course: lengthened to 5K - grass

Highlights: clean sweep, V, JV, C individual and teams Chargers of the Week: Davis, Nelson, Wynn, Bergman

Name: place time next week


  1. Johnson, Benjamin-12 v1 15:22 v
  2. Zacharias, Pat-10 v4 15:50 v
  3. Cooper, Kyle-12 v9 16:24 v
  4. Lauriello, Anthony-11 v14 16:28 v
  5. Clark, Ryan-10 v22 16:42.0 v
  6. Feddema, David-10 v23 16:42.9 v
  7. Murray, Taylor-11 j1 16:43.0 v
  8. Campbell, Damon-11 v52 17:12 j
  9. Longenbaugh, Neil-9 j3 17:24 j
  10. Feddema, Rick-12 j4 17:33
  11. Davis, Chad-12 j5 17:36
  12. Berg, Owen-9 j11 17:50
  13. Pietz, Harlan-11 c1 17:50
  14. Wynn, Emmett-9 c2 17:51
  15. Willett-Gies, Travis-12 j14 17:58
  16. Lesansee, Jared-11 j18 18:02
  17. Burgett, Taylor-12 c3 18:06
  18. Cruz, Maurice-9 c4 18:11
  19. Witt, Teddy-10 c5 18:14
  20. Thompson, Chris-10 c7 18:28
  21. Dellios, Nico-10 c8 18:31
  22. Gorvetzian, Joey-11 c9 18:34
  23. Kent, Brady-11 c11 18:44
  24. Baack, David-12 c13 18:48
  25. Fazio, Louis-10 c14 18:50
  26. Jochems, Louis-9 c16 18:50
  27. Machacek, Matt-10 c17 18:50
  28. Segel, Neil-12 c19 18:51
  29. Rogers, Ben-12 c21 18:55
  30. Bergman, Will-9 c23 19:07
  31. Herring, Alex-10 c26 19:16
  32. Nickerson, Garrett-11 c29 19:20
  33. Karr, Evan-12 c37 19:41
  34. Chiaramonte, Macaulan-10 c51 20:11
  35. Liang, Lloyd-9 c56 20:17
  36. Farell, Brennan-10 c57 20:21
  37. Gorvetzian, Andy-9 c61 20:33
  38. Thai, Nathan-11 c67 20:38
  39. Lesansee, JR-10 c71 20:46
  40. Keegan, Trevor-10 c82 21:03
  41. Leyba, Santiago-11 c87 21:07
  42. Harley, Will-9 c116 21:53
  43. Scarpetta, Simon-10 c141 23:02
  44. Nelson, Mark-8 c142 23:03
  45. Robertson, Nathan-9 c156 23:38
  46. Purcella, Corey-8 c157 23:39
  47. Spross, Tim-10 c158 23:39
  48. Shogrey, Ed-12 c169 24:13
  49. Zhang, Tony-8 c195 25:58
  50. Allen, Greg-12 c196 26:06
  51. Shah, Punit-12 c203 27:37
  52. Young, Andrew-10 dnr
  53. Terkirius, Thomas-11 dnr
  54. Rael, Ashur-9 dnr
  55. Kim, David-10 dnr
  56. Rieder, Jeff-9 dnr
  57. Huynh, Alexander-9 dnr
  58. Findley, Jake-8 dnr
  59. Martin, Josh-12 dnr
  60. Miller, Elliot-9 dnr
  61. Cabarras, Jon-10 dnr

Total Runners: Varsity 229, JV ~ 150, C-team 211

Summary:

What an amazing day. It is such and special thing to watch the Chargers run. Your team spirit, loyalty to each other, and competitive fire was on display for all to see this weekend. Many individuals made great progress since the scrimmage 10 days ago. Keep working and lets take over this state.

Team Scores: Varsity: Academy 50, Los Alamos 119, Cibola 147 (45) , Gallup 147 (81), Rio Rancho 183, Eldorado 218, Navajo Pine 235, Sandia 276, Manzano 321, St Pius X 377, West Mesa 379, Albuquerque 397, La Cueva 415, Cheyenne Mountain, CO 420, Pojoaque 423, Pecos 437, Wingate 442, Hope 452, Zuni 462, Highland486, El Dorado TX 493, Belen 534, Thoreau 588, Jemez 627, Santa Fe Indian 644, Del Norte 645, Penasco 681, Sandia Prep 691, Gallup Catholic 817, Mesa Vista 854, Rehoboth 925, Taos 957, Valley 985, Rehoboth no score, West las Vegas no score, Moriarty no score

JV: Academy 24, score malfunction C-team: Academy 15, Rio Rancho 87, (13 total teams)

Grade level scores: Seniors 40, Juniors 46, Sophomores 52, Freshman 79

Next Meet: Varsity to Liberty Bell on 9-14, Full team to Belen on 9-22

Next Week Practice: Monday – repeats at Academy Hills, Tuesday – recovery run, Wednesday – Suburbans or hills on XC, Thursday – travel and premeet or preemeet, Friday race or 2 mile time trial, Saturday and Sunday OYO this weekend.