2011 All-Area boys cross country selections
| Sunday, Jan 01 2012 09:49 PM
Last Updated Sunday, Jan 01 2012 09:54 PM
Boys cross country
Runner of the Year
Cameron Miller * Sr * Stockdale
The pace-setter and usually the top finisher for the nationally ranked Mustangs, Miller led as much by example as he did vocally as a coach on the course. The Stanford hopeful finished with teammate Blake Haney at the county championships (14:47), was third in the section (15:43) and eight in the state (15:23) before qualifying for the Foot Locker Nationals by finishing sixth in the West Region.
First team
Connor Fisher * Jr * Stockdale
Part of the Mustangs' dominating top five, Fisher finished seventh in the county (15:27), ninth in the Division I section race (16:12) and 44th at state in 16:03, the third-best time of any local.
Angel Gil * Jr * Shafter
A year after toiling on the Generals' frosh-soph team, Gil zoomed to the front, winning the SSL title (15:49) and the Division III section title (16:02). He also finished third in the county (15:10) and had the fifth-best local time at state (16:08).
Blake Haney * Soph * Stockdale
As if his sophomore season weren't special enough -- it already included first-place finishes in the SWYL and county races (alongside Miller) -- he punctuated it with a big kick to a Division I section championship in 15:37 at Woodward Park.
Curtis Kelly * Sr * Stockdale
Split No. 3 duties for the mighty Mustangs with Fisher. Kelly was fourth in the SWYL (15:56 alongside Fisher), sixth in the county (15:23) and sixth in the Division I section race (15:57), helping Stockdale to the first D-I boys title by a Bakersfield team since 1971.
Jose Monrreal * Sr * McFarland
The Cougars' top runner always is formidable, and Monrreal was no exception: Fourth in the county (15:17), sixth in the D-III section race (16:30) and the sixth-best local time at state (16:26).
Omar Nunez * Sr * Delano
After finishing in 16:11, second to Angel Gil in the Division III section finals, Nunez turned the tables and edged Gil with a 16:06 at state for a 38th-place finish as the top local in Division III and fourth-best overall. Also eighth at county finals (15:29).
Second team
Gustavo Del Castillo, soph, West
Jordan Dickson, sr, Highland
Jose Espinoza, jr, Shafter
Erik Garcia, jr, McFarland
Aldo Gil, jr, Shafter
Ivan Gonzalez, jr, Ridgeview
Cesar Patino, sr, Wasco
Honorable mention
Centennial: Eric Millan, Craig Varner
Highland: Ivan Esquivias
Liberty: T.J. Moffitt
McFarland: Sergio Avelar, Abram Ayon, Danny Garcia
Shafter: Augustin Duenas, Luis Mireles, Jose Pelayo
Stockdale: Keane Kelley, Troy Mullen, Tyus Thompson
Tehachapi: Cameron Gamble
Wasco: Arturo Mendoza
West: Tyler Moore
