Sarah Baker Leads Drillers to a Win

Two time SEYL individual champ Sarah Baker (Jr) is looking to dominate this season. She easily won last week's EB Invite and today won the girl's race by 73 seconds. Those who have followed Baker's career, know her previous MO was to sit and kick but this season it looks like she wants to hammer everyone including the boys.

Her 19:22 would of gotten her 5th in the boys race just behind her fellow Driller's Jacob Langston's 19:20, which made her the third fastest Driller of the day (at Eb she was the second fastest). In the team race, three of her team mates were only 8 seconds apart and took 3rd, 4th and 5th.

Baker, Garcia, Lerma and Shuford were undefeated in duals last season but lacked a 5th runner in the league meet and did not defend their 2007 SEYL crown. So far this season, they still have not found a fifth runner.

Girls:
Bakersfield 22, Garces 33 at the Kern River Parkway, 3-mile course

1. Baker, B, 19:22; 2. Guzman, G, 20:35; 3. Garcia, B, 21:24; 4. Lerma, B, 21:29; 5. Shuford, B, 21:32; 6. Brown, G, 21:37; 7. Cruz, G, 22:06; 8. Vu, G, 23:36; 9. DeLaHuerta, B, 24:07; 10. Lombardo, G, 24:20.

JV, F/S -- Garces won by forfeit.


Boys:
Garces 27, BHS 28 at the Kern River Parkway (3 miles)

After their last place finish at the EB Invite (They won in 2007 and placed second in 2008), no one would of expected a close boys race today. But Garces ended up only winning by a point and a very slow boys race. O'malley's time of 17:22 by himself is a decent time but the rest of the field was pretty slow.

1. O'Malley, G, 17:22; 2. Fred, G, 18:16; 3. Garner, B, 18:20; 4. Langston, B, 19:20; 5. Scrivano, B, 19:27; 6. Real, G, 19:43; 7. Miller, B, 1951; 8. Newman, G, 20.00; 9. Amidon, B, 20:19; 10. Gill, G, 20:31.

JV -- Garces won by forfeit; F/S -- BHS 21, Garces 34

Kingburg Invite - 3200 Races by Class

Only the Drillers traveled north for the meet and the top boy was Steven Garner who ran 11:26 for 4th place in the freshmen race. He was also the fastest Driller at the EB Invite.

On the girls side, many of the team did not go to this meet. Gracie Garcia was the fastest Lady Driller with a clocking of 12:53 which got her 9th place in the junior race.

Below are the other Driller marks and complete results can be found HERE.

DyeStatCal Chat on Meet HERE.


#4 Men 3200 Meter Run CC SENIOR MEN
Comp# Name School Time Points
1 293 Reedy, Heath Buchanan High School 9:25.76
54 150 Gaul-Sanchez, Dylan Bakersfield High School 13:14.15

#3 Men 3200 Meter Run CC JUNIOR MEN
Comp# Name School Time Points
1 42 Vilhauer, Justin Redwood High School 9:35.00
30 156 Smith, Anthony M. Bakersfield High School 11:26.30

#2 Men 3200 Meter Run CC SOPHMORE MEN
Comp# Name School Time Points
1 274 Albertson, CJ Buchanan High School 9:46.68

#1 Men 3200 Meter Run CC FRESHMEN MEN
Comp# Name School Time Points
1 267 Brazeal, Cody Buchanan High School 10:27.18
4 149 Garner, Steven Bakersfield High School 11:26.72
17 144 Cotton, Bryson Bakersfield High School 12:52.24
34 142 Cassady, Brandon Bakersfield High School 16:05.43

#4 Women 3200 Meter Run CC Seniors
Comp# Name School Time Points
1 188 Janzen, Chelsea Buchanan High School 11:35.00

#3 Women 3200 Meter Run CC Juniors
Comp# Name School Time Points
1 183 Bricks, Macy Buchanan High School 10:59.00
9 29 Garcia, Gracie Bakersfield High School 12:53.00
45 33 Logan, Kristina Bakersfield High School 16:15.00

#2 Women 3200 Meter Run CC Sophomore
Comp# Name School Time Points
1 161 Archie, Sharessa Clovis North High School 12:11.00
16 30 Gutcher, Ema Bakersfield High School 14:51.00

#1 Women 3200 Meter Run CC Freshman
Comp# Name School Time Points
1 180 Hagen, Reedy Buchanan High School 11:47.00

Driller Stats HERE.

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Going For The Three-Peat

Sarah Baker (photo) has two SEYL individual titles and one team title so far plus a fist full of SEYL track titles too. In 2007, her squad one the team title with some help from Highland at the league meet. That year the Drillers lost a dual to Foothill but won the league meet.

In 2008, Bakersfield had a really good foursome (Baker, Lerma, Shuford and Garcia) but without a 5th, large field meets were a problem. They went undefeated in duals but without a 5th girl like they had with Sandy Felix (08) they could not defend their title.

Going into the 2009 season, they should have this tight foursome and have quite a few girls who can be their fifth runner and solve their big meet scoring problem. Besides going after SEYL titles, Baker looks to qualify for the state in the super fast division one, where no Kern County team has a shot at qualifying for the most part.

Last year, late season injuries kept two (Lerma and Garcia) of their four runners from competing at the valley meet.

10.   261  BAK/Bakersfield High                                     (  23:38  1:58:10)

1     25  Sarah Baker                    So    919    25   20:45
2     41  Emily Shuford                  So    920    41   21:43
3     62  Sarah Scrivano                 So    921    62   23:38
4     66  Maddie DeLaHuerta              So    924    66   25:56
5     67  Sara Stidham                  Jr    923    67   26:08
6   ( 68) Donna East                     Sr    922    68   26:42

Womens 1600 Meter
Rank Mark Name Grade School Section Meet Date
1 5:19.43 Sarah Baker 10 Bakersfield CE Patriot Games 04/24/09


Womens 3200 Meter
Rank Mark Name Grade School Section Meet Date
1 11:55.44 Sarah Baker Bakersfield CE Southeast Yosemite Lg Fi... 05/09/09

Drillers Rock the Pier!

I knew I would regret not going to this year's race and then the texts came in. The first from Ariey (Sporting race shirt in photo.) was "Its not everyday you get to race with an Olympian..." and "I ran the first half mile with him!". The him was Billy Nelson (2008 Steeplechase Olympian) and he went on to crush the course record.

Ariey and Holt ran the whole race together and PRed with their 9th and 10th place finishes. They ran 34:15 and 34:17 and got second and third in their age group. In 29th place, another former Driller, David Van Matre out kicked retiree Bruce Deeeter.

Sarah Baker - 2009 All-Area girls track first team

Sarah Baker

Bakersfield | sophomore

It was routine to see Baker do something very uncommon at meets this year: Win all three distance events. Did it most impressively at SEYL meet and South Area meet, then took sixth in the 800 at the section meet. Best 800 time (2:21.06), 1,600 time (5:19.43) and 3,200 time (11:55.44) all ranked in the section's top 12.

88:39 Team Time - 17:44 average by Bakersfield at Valley 08

88:39 Team Time - 17:44 average by Bakersfield at Valley 08

8. 211 BAK/Bakersfield High ( 17:44 1:28:39)

1 23 Andrew Ariey Sr 926 23 16:57
2 35 Zach Holt Sr 928 35 17:28
3 49 Jake Purcell Sr 929 49 17:55
4 51 Andrew Edquist Sr 927 51 18:05
5 53 Chris Anderson Jr 932 53 18:14
6 ( 68) Nick Flores Sr 931 68 20:05
7 ( 69) Robby Harris Sr 930 69 22:03


The Drillers have been improving over the past three years but now face a rebuilding year. They were 4 and 2 in duals in 2007 and 5 and 1 in 2008. In fact, their only lost to Highland by two points in the final dual of the season on Highland's very challenging home course. Dual meet success did not carry over in the league meet however. Depth was always an issue and last year they had a good group of five but no one in reserve. So if one runner had a bad day, their goose was cooked.

Going into 2009, the entire varsity squad from 2008 is gone. The fastest Driller going into this year is actually Sarah Baker who has broken 19 minutes on the Hart Park course and 20 minutes on the Woodward Park course. But with a school as big as BHS, there will be someone coming along I am sure. Two returnees that may have an impact this year are Jacob Langston (Jr) and Bart Elliot (So). Both mainly ran frosh/soph last year and could do well this year.

27th Bakersfield /ce CE 4:07.63

Bakersfield's 1,600 relay team (Torres, Shinead McDonald, Wandick, Keaidra White): Finished 27th in 4:07.63.

Preliminaries
1 Poly (Lb) /ss SS 3:46.74Q
1) Ndipagbor, Akawkaw 10 2) Leeke, Tia 11
3) Logan, Neausha 11 4) Winston, Erica 11
2 Rancho Verde /ss SS 3:48.97Q
1) Herring, Alycia 11 2) Bozeman, Brittany 12
3) Clark, Amber 11 4) Estell, Gabby 10
3 Serra /ss SS 3:49.56Q
1) Brown, Maya 09 2) Harrell, Urina 9
3) Baucham, Dawnielle 10 4) Thompson, Turquoise 12
4 Etiwanda /ss SS 3:50.49Q
1) Bolden, Kelse 12 2) Jones, Vanessa 10
3) Bailey, Brikel 11 4) Lakey, Lauren 11
5 Paraclete /ss SS 3:49.33q
1) Chapman, Melanise 12 2) Wright, Saedra 11
3) Gibson, Mariah 12 4) Washington, Chelsey 10
6 Carson /la LA 3:50.37q
1) Fisher, Keshawna 12 2) Belt, Alisha 12
3) Merchan, Arbony 10 4) Cannon, Kiana 12
7 Edison /ce CE 3:50.79q
1) Anderson, Jenise 2) Thompson, Breeauna
3) Horton, Janae 4) Anderson, Shanae
8 Artesia /ss SS 3:50.94q
1) Perkins, Nikki 12 2) Flowers, Gwendolyn 12
3) Brown, Tyniesha 12 4) Meggs, Monay 10
9 Colony /ss SS 3:51.47q
1) Malik, Macea 11 2) Edwards, Bria 10
3) Cooke, Ashley 11 4) Wilson, Katie 11
10 Deer Valley /nc NC 3:52.77
11 Wilson/LB /ss SS 3:54.01
1) Smith, Christina 11 2) Presley, Alycia 11
3) Cousar, Nyjah 12 4) Espinoza, Fabrina 11
12 Birmingham /la LA 3:55.46
1) Davison, R'Eanna 12 2) Carr, Vanessa 12
3) Watley, Briauna 11 4) Anthony, Areanna 12
13 Mt. Carmel /sd SD 3:55.93
1) Wright, Alex 12 2) Menefee, Erin 11
3) Hall, Lauren 10 4) Parks, Alex 10
14 Los Osos /ss SS 3:57.05
1) Rhines, Kelly 09 2) Franklin, Ashly 11
3) Hasan, Tamia 09 4) Collins, Tiarra 11
15 San Ramon Vlly/nc NC 3:57.12
16 Davis /sj SJ 3:57.15
1) Bisgaard-Church, Elliana 12 2) Devanbu, Josephine 11
3) Zavala, Melinda 12 4) Krovetz, Hannah 9
17 St. Mary's /nc NC 3:57.35
18 Granite Hills /sd SD 3:57.91
1) Collins, Devin 9 2) Larchmiller, Taylor 9
3) Delgado, Laura 10 4) Larchmiler, Nikki 9
19 Woodcreek /sj SJ 3:58.60
1) Cabiness, Maya 11 2) Harvel, Jacque 9
3) Hardy, Hannah 10 4) Sederberg, Lauren 10
20 St. Francis/cc CC 3:58.89
1) Madigan, Lauren 10 2) Garrity, Kathleen 09
3) Tarantino, Lauren 10 4) Landen, Shanie 12
21 El Camino Real/la LA 3:59.09
1) Ray, Catherine 12 2) Woods, Jasmine 11
3) Stewart, Alexis 09 4) Stewart, Alexandria 09
22 Vista /sd SD 3:59.58
1) Littleton, Danielle 11 2) Jefferson, Elena 12
3) Floyd, Vanessa 11 4) Cruz, Michelle 11
23 Valley Christian Sjose/Cc CC 4:00.01
1) Khoury, Rawan 11 2) Goranson, Hannah 11
3) Mcmillian, Cherrelle 12 4) Davis, Jenna 11
24 Clovis North/ce CE 4:00.55
1) Gabourel, Nia 2) Archie, Saressa
3) Nakamura, Jennifer 4) Francis, Alisia
25 Archbishop Mitty/cc CC 4:01.62
1) John, Stephnie 12 2) Seymour, Jessica 10
3) Steele, Amy 10 4) Duxbury, Elizabeth 11
26 Acalanes /nc NC 4:02.47
27 Bakersfield /ce CE 4:07.63
1) Torres, Felisa 2) McDonald, Shinead
3) Wandick, Brushey 4) White, Keaidra
28 West Valley /no NO 4:10.31
1) DeBonis, Cassie 11 2) Lambert, Taylor 11
3) Hinkle, Corinne 9 4) Johnson, Michelle 12
29 Lowell /sf SF 4:16.64
1) Jarvis, Katherine 11 2) Gao, Eva 11
3) Speech, Melanie 09 4) Purpura, Tamara 11
-- St. Mary's /sj SJ FS
1) Easter, D'Asia 9 2) Ezeji, Priscilla 10
3) Garcia, Anissa 11 4) Gibson, Ali 10