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An Historic Day at Crystal Springs

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The afternoon of November 6 at the Crystal Springs course, the 2019 Bellarmine cross country program swept all four divisions, setting the all-time course record “in stunning fashion,” noted coach Patrick McCrystle.  The Varsity ran 76:10, breaking the 34 year record set by Jesuit High School by 5 seconds. McCrystle provided some conext, as follows: “Since the course opened in the early 1970s, over 20,000 Varsity teams have raced at Crystal Springs, including the greatest teams in the history of Northern California, and as of 4:45:33 pm this afternoon  {November 6}, Bellarmine is #1.”  For the Bells, the day resulted in four victories, four league titles, four individual race winners, and four almost perfect scores.  

Team/Scores/BCP top 7 with place in race and time

Frosh: 1. BCP 22  2. St. Francis 55, etc.   BCP: 1. Jorge Sosa 17:58  3. Nathan Petree 18:19  5. Colin Bailey 18:31  6. Soham Vohra 18:39  7. Noa Morishige 18:39  8. Ian Knight 18:46  10. Sonny Lowe 18:49

Sophs: 1. BCP 15 (perfect score) 2. St. Francis 58, etc.  BCP: 1. Rick Yanashita 16:20  2. Jack Glanville 16:22  3. Sebastian Penner Brown 16:49  4. Tanish Chettiar 16:53  5. Azariel Martinez-Sigala 16:55  7. Vibhu Krishnan  17:22  9. Uriel Ramirez 17:44

JV: 1. BCP 15 (perfect score)  2. SI 69, etc .  BCP: 1. Daniel Vaca 16:07  2. Tristan Lalonde (soph) 16:16  3. Matt Eckstrom 16:24  4. James Cuff-Alvarado 16:30  5. Ben Callon 16:38  6. Dylan Papenfuss 16:50  7. Holden Duflock 16:53  the first 16 finishers, and 22 of the top 25, were Bells!!!

V: 1. BCP 16  2. St. Francis 81  3. Mitty 93, etc.  BCP: 1. Colin Peattie 15:00  2. Nolan Topper 15:03  3. Clem Welsh 15:16  4. Galen Topper 15:17  6. Aiden Theocheung 15:32  8. Casper Aliaga 15:39  9. Christian Yarwood 15:44