El Cerrito High Mountain Bikers Take Honors at State Race

The El Cerrito High School Mountain Biking Team placed 7th among 17 teams in Division I in the 2011 California State Championships at the SG Dirt Club in Los Olivos, Santa Ynez Valley.

 Top finishers for El Cerrito were Molly Radosevich, who came in as state champion for sophomore girls, Sean Bennett (racing sick) coming in 4th for freshman boys, Riley Eyre (dropping her chain 3 times) coming in 7th for sophomore girls, and Julia Martien, a varsity rider coming in 14th place. All four qualified for Nationals this summer in Idaho.

The state championship race featured 56 teams overall from Northern and Southern California. The course consisted of 6-mile loops, mostly single track.

For JV boys Brian Seegers came in 21st, Adrian Studdiford came in 27th and Victor Fierros 36th. For sophomore boys Xan Marshland came in 22nd, Hal Paradish 41st and Takuya Naruse 42nd.

 Below is a summary of finishers, showing (in order) place, name, number, lap time, school and points:

Varsity Girls

1  Shayna Powless (27)  1:23:34  Independent 550

 2  Maren Cosens (23) 1:23:36  Trojans Comp 540

3  Sofia Hamilton (16) 1:23:51  Drake Pirates 531

4  Kate Courtney (9) 1:24:14  Branson Bulls 522

5  Mackinzie Stanley (17) 1:26:24  Drake Pirates 514

14  Julia Martien (14) 1:43:53  El Cerrito Racing 452

 Varsity Boys

1  Tobin Ortenblad (139)  1:31:02  Independent 550

2  Taylor Smith (134) 1:31:32  Marin Catholic 540

 3  Casey Williams (132) 1:32:01  Independent 531

4  Max Houtzager (111) 1:33:49  Redwood HS 522

5  Cody Phillips (101) 1:34:12  SGV COMP 514

 JV Girls 

1  Josie Nordrum (402)  0:56:26  Redwood HS 525

2  Amber Pacheco (424) 1:04:08  Independent 515

3  Elizabeth Maguire (411) 1:05:08  Casa Grande HS 506

4  Kirby Sikes (412) 1:05:15  Berkeley HS 497

5  Isabella Breen (408) 1:05:23  San Rafael HS 489

 JV Boys D1

1  Lucas Newcomb (202)  1:12:45  Drake Pirates 525

2  Jonathan Kaufman (223) 1:12:46  San Rafael HS 515

3  Skyler Taylor (237) 1:13:01  Tam High School 506

4  Joel Turner (201) 1:14:50  Hemet HS 497

5  Miles Lim (246) 1:15:50  Drake Pirates 489

 21  Brian Seegers (235) 1:24:31  El Cerrito Racing 390

27  Adrian Studdiford (250) 1:27:46  El Cerrito Racing 365    

36  Victor Fierros (254) 1:32:59  El Cerrito Racing 336

 Soph Girls

 1  Molly Radosevich (702)  1:07:09  El Cerrito Racing 500

2  Emily Cerna (708) 1:08:44  Salinas HS 485

3  Annie Brow (707) 1:09:13  San Rafael HS 471

4  Camila Fernandez (701) 1:09:17  Eastlake HS 457

5  Emily Lane (710) 1:10:04  San Rafael HS 444

6  Morgan Zurborg (704) 1:10:47  Woodcrest Christian 431

7  Riley Eyre (709) 1:11:32  El Cerrito Racing 418

Soph Boys D1

1  Dillon Charlton (520)  1:19:44  Tam High School 500

2  Wyatt Myers (501) 1:20:25  Independent 490

3  Jeremy Slavitz (537) 1:20:31  Branson Bulls 481 ]

4  Ben Suliteanu (539) 1:22:14  Redwood HS 472

5  Nicolas Aparicio (517) 1:23:53  Redwood HS 464

22  Alexander Marshland (526) 1:31:25  El Cerrito Racing 360

41  Harold Paradis (532) 1:49:16  El Cerrito Racing 300

42  Takuya Naruse (530) 1:50:54  El Cerrito Racing 298

Frosh Girls

1  Amanda Winne (774)  1:06:56  Woodcreek HS 500

2  Cara Woods (773) 1:10:15  Terra Linda 490

3  Dalma Felenyi (755) 1:11:40  Rim of the World HS 481

4  Nicole McGovern (759) 1:12:44  San Rafael HS 472

5  Melissa Lawrence (758) 1:12:52  San Ramon Valley 464

 Frosh Boys D1

1  Tanner Peery (801)  0:52:05  Woodcrest Christian 500

2  Kenny Valdez (820) 0:52:08  Hemet HS 490

3  Marcus Segedin (846) 0:53:34  Redwood HS 481

4  Sean Bennett (802) 0:53:41  El Cerrito Racing 472

5  Sean Bird (807) 0:53:48  St. Francis HS 464

 TEAM SCORES:  (El Cerrito High 7th out of 17 Division 1 Teams, and 56  overall teams competing)

1  Sir Francis Drake High School 3465

2  Redwood High School Mountain Bike Team 3351

3  San Rafael High School 3266

4  Woodcrest Christian High School 3191

5  Salinas High School Mountain Bike Team 3154

6  San Ramon Valley Mt Bike Club Team 3095

7  El Cerrito High School Mountain Bike Team 2957

8  Hemet High School 2890

9  Berkeley High School 2862

10 Tamalpais High School 2769

Editor's note: Special thanks to Pam Bennett, parent president of the El Cerrito High Mountain Biking Team, for submitting this information.