News

(Updated: 3/11/2008 10:52 PM)

Congratulations to ALL of the 2007 El Toro Cross Country Athletes for a great season!

· Big 10 honors Bethke. [See new article].

· El Toro alumnus, Brandon Bethke, runs a 3:59.85 mile! Running indoors at the Mayo Invitational at Notre Dame University on Feb. 9, 2008, Brandon is only the 301^st person to break a 4-minute mile. He came in 3^rd overall, with the winning time being 3:59.40, less than a half second faster. CONGRATULATIONS BRANDON!

· Varsity Boys finish 10^th in their race, 16^th overall, at 2007 CIF Southern Section Cross Country Finals. (Click here for stats from DyeStatCal.com.)

· Cross Country Email list – To get on or off the Email list, please send an email message to: Lillian Senko at senkofamily@cox.net.

· If you have digital pictures that you’d like to share with the rest of the team, you can email them (less than 10 pics) to Stewart Imagawa at simagawa@us.ibm.com, OR create a picture CD (greater than 10 pics) and give it to the Coaches or to Kathleen Imagawa, OR upload them to a photo web site like Shutterfly or Picasa and send the link to Stewart Imagawa.

2007 Key Dates

Mon. Aug. 20- Mammoth High Altitude Training (click here for pictures-CN-JG-SI, Even more pictures!-DJ)

Sat. Sept. 8 1^st Meet: Laguna Hills Invitational (click here for full results)

Sat. Sept. 15 Woodbridge Invitational (click here for full results)

Sat. Sept. 22 Dana Hills Invitational (click here for full results)

Sat. Sept. 29 Stanford Invitational @ Stanford University, Palo Alto
Limited to the top 14 boys and 14 girls. (click here for full results)

Thu. Oct. 4 SEA VIEW LEAGUE CLUSTER MEET at Irvine Park (click here for individual results, click here for team results)

Sat. Oct. 13 Orange County Championships at Irvine Park (click here for full results)

Sat. Oct 20 Mount San Antonio College (Mount SAC) Invitational (click here for info)

Thu. Oct. 25 Trabuco Hills Dual Meet (all levels except Varsity) – ***CANCELLED***

Wed. Oct. 31 Team Pictures (Click Here for Halloween and Team Pictures)

Fri. Nov. 2 Sea View League Finals (click here for info). Meet location has changed to Woodbridge High School!

Sat. Nov. 10 CIF Southern Section Preliminaries – Boys Varsity – Congratulations on 2^nd place!

Sat. Nov. 10 CIF Southern Section Finals – Boys Varsity – Mount San Antonio College (Mt. SAC).

Thu. Dec. 6 2007 El Toro Cross Country Banquet – 6:00pm at El Toro High School. (Click here for Banquet Order Form)

If you have any questions, email the coaches:

Boys Coach: Rick Hagin haginr@svusd.org

Girls Coach: Dave Johnson johnsonda@svusd.org

For questions/comments about this web site, please send email to:

WebMaster: Stewart Imagawa simagawa@us.ibm.com

El Toro High School Chargers

2007 Cross Country Schedule and Results

Date	Meet	Site	Results	Runners of the Week
Aug. 20-25	Mammoth High Altitude Training Pictures-CN-JG-SI Pictures-DJ New Pictures-DC	Mammoth Lake, CA
Sat. Sept. 8	Laguna Hills Invitational Pictures-CN	Laguna Hills HS	Boys Results Girls Results Full Results	Boys: Ryan Careno Girls: Jessica Chadwick
Sat. Sept.15	Woodbridge Invitational (info) Pictures-KF More Pictures Pictures-DJ	Woodbridge HS	Boys Results Girls Results Full Results	Boys: Toby Villalva Matt Johnson Jordan Senko Girls: Natalie Lotz Kassandra Carrion
Sat. Sept. 22	Dana Hills Invitational (info) Pictures-KF Pictures-DJ	Dana Hills HS	Boys Results Girls Results Full Results	Boys: Landon Becker Alex Boyd Jake Gifford Girls: Erin Joyce Kathleen Imagawa
Sat. Sept. 29	Stanford Invitational (by invitation – info) Pictures Pictures-DJ	Stanford University Palo Alto, CA	Boys Results Girls Results Full Results	Boys: Ryan Germann Girls: Gianna Velasquez Jenna Nicoll
Thur. Oct. 4	Sea View League Cluster Meet (info) Pictures-Frosh Boys-GS Pictures-DJ	Irvine Park (OC course-map)	Boys Results Girls Results Individual Results Team Results	Boys: Chris Frey Bryce Marshall Luke Shelton Chris Laurino Connor Robertson Girls: Porter Bain Mariana Granados
Sat. Oct. 13	Orange County Championships (info) Pictures-DJ	Irvine Park (map)	Boys Results Girls Results Full Results	Boys: A.J. Kimura Girls: Elizabeth Seaver Christine Yorba
Sat. Oct. 20	Mt. SAC Invitational (info) Pictures-DJ	Mount San Antonio College Walnut, CA (map)	Boys Results Girls Results Full Results: B-Var, G-Var, B-JV, G-JV, B-Soph, G-Soph, B-Fr, G-Fr	Boys:Kyle Carruthers Jonathon Venanzi Tyler Mehbrodt Girls: Kristen O’Brien Francisca Garcia
Thur. Oct. 25	Trabuco Hills Dual Meet (all levels except Varsity) CANCELLED	Trabuco Hills HS	Meet Cancelled
Fri. Nov. 2	Sea View League Finals (info) Pictures-DJ Pictures-KF	Woodbridge HS	Boys Results Girls Results Full Individual Results Full Team Results	Boys:Ryan Wells Michael Moe Sam Sullivan Alex Torres Ren Jones Nic Susee Beau McRoberts Girls: Laura Cipolla Rachel Breuklander Rachel Burke Colleen McAvoy Marissa Wieland Ashley Wood Nicole Paul
Sat. Nov. 10	CIF Southern Section Prelims	Mt. SAC, Walnut, CA (map)	Boys Results
Sat. Nov. 17	CIF Southern Section Finals Pictures-DJ Video	Mt. SAC, Walnut, CA (map)	Boys Results Individual Results Team Results Overall Individual Overall Team
Sat. Nov. 24	California State Championships	Woodward Park, Fresno, CA (map)
Sat. Dec. 1	Footlocker Western Regionals Nike Team Nationals	Mt. SAC, Walnut, CA (map) Portland, Oregon
Thu. Dec. 6	2007 El Toro Cross Country Banquet	El Toro High School MPR

Head Boys Coach: Rick Hagin

Head Girls Coach: Dave Johnson

El Toro Cross Country Team Achievements:

Boys

1981 – League Champions
1981 – MSAC Team Sweepstakes Champions
1981 – CIF Finalist (3rd, Div 4A)
1982 – League Champions
1982 – Orange Co. Team Sweepstakes Runner-up
1982 – CIF Finalist (4th Div 4A)
1983 – Orange Co. Team Sweepstakes 4th
1983 – CIF Champions (4A, #1 in California)
1984 – Orange Co. Team Sweepstakes Runner-Up
1984 – CIF Finalist (4th, Div 4A)
1989 – Orange Co. Team Sweepstakes Runner-up
1989 – CIF Preliminaries
1990 – League Champions
1990 – Orange Co. Team Sweepstakes Runner-up
1990 – CIF Finalist (2nd Div 1A)
1990 – State Finalist (7th Div 1)
1991 – CIF Preliminaries
1992 – CIF Preliminaries
1993 – CIF Preliminaries, Indiv. CIF Finalist
1994 – Indiv. CIF Preliminaries & Finalist
1995 – CIF Preliminaries, Indiv. CIF Finalist
1996 – Orange Co. Team Sweepstakes 4th Pl.
1996 – CIF Finalist (7th, Div 1)
1997 – CIF Preliminaries, Indiv. CIF & State Finalist
1998 – CIF Preliminaries
1999 – Orange Co. Team Sweepstakes 4th Pl.
1999 – CIF Finalist (6th Div 1AA)
2000 – CIF Finalist (4th Div 1)
2000 – State Finalist (12th Div 1)
2001 – Orange Co. Team Sweepstakes Champions
2001 – South Coast League Champions
2001 – CIF Finalist (5th Div 1)
2002 – Orange Co. Sweepstakes-4th
2002 – CIF Finalist (10th Div 1)
2003 – Orange Co. Sweepstakes-4th
2003 – CIF Finals (13th Div 1)
2003 – Individual State Finalist (3rd Div 1)
2004 – Orange Co. Sweepstakes Champions
2004 – Mt. SAC Sweepstakes Champions
2004 – CIF Finalist (5th Div 1)
2004 – State Finalist (3rd Div 1)
2004 – Nike Team Nationals Finalists, 17th
2005 – Orange Co. Team Sweepstakes Champions
2005 – South Coast League Champions
2005 – CIF Finalist (6th Div I)
2005 – State Finalist (2nd Div I)
2006 – Orange Co. Team Sweepstakes-3rd
2006 – CIF Finalist (3rd Div I)
2006 – State Finalist (4th Div 1)
2006 – Nike Team Nationals Open Race (2nd)
(Fastest Nationwide Team Time)
2007 – Orange Co. Team Sweepstakes-5^th
2007 – CIF Finalist (10^th Div I)

Girls

1982 – CIF Preliminaries
1983 – CIF Preliminaries
1985 – League Champions
1985 – CIF Preliminaries
1987 – League Champions
1987 – CIF Finalist (9th, Div 4A)
1988 – League Champions
1988 – CIF Finalist (7th Div 4A)
1989 – CIF Finalist (6th Div 4A)
1991 – League Champions
1991 – CIF Finalist (5th Div 1A)
1992 – CIF Finalist (5th Div 1A)
1993 – CIF Preliminaries, Indiv. CIF Finalist
1994 – Orange Co. Team Sweepstakes Runner-up
1994 – CIF Finalist (3rd Div 1A)
1994 – State Finalist (8th Div 1)
1995 – CIF Preliminaries
1996 – CIF Finalist (4th Div 1)
1996 – State Finalist (9th Div 1)
1997 – CIF Finalist (10th Div 1)
1998 – CIF Preliminaries
1999 – League Champion
1999 – CIF Preliminaries
2001 – CIF Finalists (15th Div 1)
2001 – Individual State Finalist
2002 – CIF Preliminaries
2002 – Individual CIF Finalist
2003 – CIF Preliminaries
2004 – CIF Preliminaries, Individual Finalist
2006 – Orange Co. Champions (Div. 2)