On Saturday, February 27, a group of Bellarmine College Prep students competed in an interscholastic athletic competition -- after numerous months of being unable to do so due to pandemic-related restrictions -- as six schools competed in a cross country race on a three-mile course at Dublin High School. Coach Patrick McCrystle noted experiencing “the palpable joy and relief and elation from them and their families as they cheered each other on and celebrated all three of our huge victories.” McCrystle also gave credit to “the amazing people who have been coaching this group of students in pods of 12+ for months on end: Kasey Monaco, Pat Arnold, Chris Meyercord, Tony Ferrari, Chris Cozort, Jimmy Kniffen, and John Maloney…but perhaps my biggest thanks goes to Louie Agelson, Mark Moreno, Colin Mello, Michael O’Shea, and Sergio Lamas, who have gone above and beyond to insure a safe but meaningful and challenging experience for all our students.”
Below is a list of team scores (lowest points wins), followed by top Bellarmine runners by place in race with time:
V: 1. BCP 22 2. Dublin (4th best team in NorCal) 33 3. Piedmont (Alameda County) 100 4. St. Francis 101 5. Foothill (Pleasanton) 125. 1. Nolan Topper ’21 14:45. 2. Galen Topper ’21 15:00. 4. Ryunosuke Yanashita ’22 15:34 5. Daniel Luis Vaca ’21 15:38 10. Ben Callon ’21 15:57. 12. Jack Glanville ’22 16:00 16. Vibhu Krishnan ’22 16:25 19. Tanish Chettiar ’22 16:44 20. Ben Pinkel ’22 16:50 (but he ran with only one shoe for the last two miles!).
JV: 1. BCP 17 2. Dublin 42 3. St. Francis 97 4. Foothill 108 5. Piedmont 137. 1. Tristan Lalonde ’22 16:39 2. Jack Frida ’23 16:41 3. Joseph Sarmenta ’21 16:46 4. Uriel Ramirez ’22 16:49 7. Benthan Vu ’21 17:06 9. Matthew Affinito ’22 17:16 10. Isaiah Zamora ’21 17:19. (BCP had 11 of the top 20).
F/S: 1. BCP 24 2. St. Francis 71 3. Dublin 77 4. Piedmont 96 5. Foothill 100. 2. Jude Hammers ’24 17:08 3. Ian Knight ’23 17:15 4. Tanay Doppalapudi ’24 17:17 7. Tyler Craven ’24 17:20 8. Owen Botkin ’23 17:34 9. Reed Bodnar-Cohen ’24 17:41 11. Patrick Boyd ’24 17:48 (BCP had 11 of the top 20 runners).