NORTHERN CALIFORNIA RUNNER OF THE YEAR
YEAR RUNNER SCHOOL RUNNER SCHOOL
2022 SEAN MORELLO ALBANY HANNE THOMSEN MONTGOMERY
2021 ZACHARY AYERS DAVIS SOPHIA NORDENHOLZ ALBANY
2020 COVID (no teams selected)
2019 MATT STRANGIO JESUIT ALEXANDRA KLOS VISTA DEL LAGO
2018 LIAM ANDERSON REDWOOD RILEY CHAMBERLAIN DEL ORO
2017 LIAM ANDERSON REDWOOD ELENA DENNER OAK RIDGE
2016 LUIS GRIJALVA ARMIJO GLENNIS MURPHY REDWOOD
2015 MICHAEL VERNAU DAVIS CATE RATLIFF SANTA CRUZ
2014 TREVOR REINHART MARIN ACADEMY FIONA O'KEEFFE DAVIS SR
2013 AIDAN GOLTRA CAMPOLINDO FIONA O'KEEFFE DAVIS SR
2012 AIDAN GOLTRA CAMPOLINDO JULIA MAXWELL BRANSON
2011 AUBREY MYJER MT VIEW CARRIE VERDON CAMPOLINDO
2010 DANIEL MILECHMAN TAMALPAIS CARRIE VERDON CAMPOLINDO
2009 ERIC OLSON NOVATO JULIE NACOUZI MONTGOMERY
2008 GARRETT ROWE MT VIEW JACQUE TAYLOR CASA GRANDE
2007 GERMAN FERNANDEZ RIVERBANK LAURYNN CHETELAT DAVIS SR
2006 BRENDAN GREGG DAVIS ALEX KOSINSKI OAK RIDGE
2005 BEN SITLER SR FRANCIS ALEX KOSINSKI OAK RIDGE
2004 JAKE SCHMITT LARKSPUR TORI TYLER GUNN
ARIEL WRIGHT BISHOP O'DOWD
2003 ALEX DUNN SAN LORENZO VALLEY MELISSA GRELLI PRESENTATION
2002 TIM NELSON LIBERTY CHRISTIAN RACHEL BRYAN LAGUNA CREEK
2001 YONG-SUNG LEAL ARROYO AMBER TROTTER UKIAH
2000 BRETT GOTCHER APTOS SARA BEI MONTGOMERY
1999 JESSE MCLEOD LASSEN SARA BEI MONTGOMERY
1998 JUSTIN WILLINGHAM BEYER SARA BEI MONTGOMERY
1997 MIKE ALTIERI JESUIT TRINA COX SANTA ROSA
1996 DAVID RODRIQUEZ MISSION SJ JULIA STAMPS SANTA ROSA
1995 DANIEL SIKIRIC LELAND JULIA STAMPS SANTA ROSA
1994 JASON BALKMAN LYNBROOK JULIA STAMPS SANTA ROSA
1993 MATT FARLEY JESUIT EMILY ALLISON LELAND
1992 JASON BALKMAN LYNBROOK MIESHA MARZELL BISHOP O'DOWD
1991 MICHAEL KATRI FORTUNA SHELLEY TAYLOR EDISON
1990 TESFAYE BEYENE NEWARK MEMORIAL NIAMH ZWAGERMAN TAMALPAIS
1989 JEREMY SEVEN DELASALLE BECKY SPIES LIVERMORE
1988 DAVID WELSH JESUIT TINA GORBET LASSEN
1987 BEN AYERS CHRISTIAN BROTHERS KATY MCCANDLESS CASTILLEJA
1986 MASON MYERS VACAVILLE KATY MCCANDLESS CASTILLEJA
1985 MARK MASTALIR JESUIT LAURIE CHAPMAN GUNDERSON
1984 CALVIN GAZIANO CASTRO VALLEY REBECCA CHAMBERLAIN LEIGH
1983 CALVIN GAZIANO CASTRO VALLEY JONI MOONEY VACAVILLE
1982 JIM FREY YREKA CORY SCHUBERT DEL MAR
1981 HAROLD KUPHALDT BELLA VISTA LORI SHANOFF PETALUMA
1980 JAY MARDEN MISSION SJ LORI SHANOFF PETALUMA
1979 JOHN FRANK CENTRAL VALLEY KERRY BROGAN LOS ALTOS
JAY MARDEN MISSION SJ
1978 STEVE STRANGIO MISSION SJ KIM SCHNURPFEIL SAN MATEO
1977 DAVE COULMAN SAN MARTIN IRENE CROWLEY OVERFELT
1976 TIM HOLMES DOWNEY DARCY BURLESON CHICO
Grade winners all 4 years:
73-76 Tim Holmes (Downey)
81-84 Calvin Gaziano (Castro Valley)
91-94 Jason Balkman (Lynbrook)
97-00 Sara Bei (Montgomery)
00-03 Alex Dunn (SLV)
02-05 Ben Sitler (St Francis)
06-09 Jacque Taylor (Casa Grande)
08-11 Carrie Verdon (Campolindo)
15-18 Liam Anderson (Redwood)
16-19 Matt Strangio (Jesuit)
FRESHMAN SOPHOMORE JUNIOR SENIOR
2022 Abbott (Jesuit) Holman (Sonora) Morganfeld (Paly) Morello (Albany) *
Anderson (Los Altos) Thomsen (Montgomery) * Searls (Alhambra) Buckley (Campolindo)
2021 Holman (Sonora) Morganfeld (Paly) Morello (Albany) Ayers (Davis) *
Thomsen (Montgomery) Williams (Acalanes) McNatt (McClatchy) Nordenholz (Albany) *
2020 COVID
2019 Lodewick (Campolindo) Steplight (Vacaville) Peattie (Bellarmine) Strangio (Jesuit) *
Soobrian (Los Altos) Klos (Vista Del Lago)* McClain (St Helena) Mendoza (Presentation)
2018 Steplight (Vacaville) Peattie (Bellarmine) Strangio (Jesuit) Anderson (Redwood) *
Chamberlain (Del Oro) * Kackley (Gregori) Gescuk (Carlmont) Peterson (Healdsburg)
2017 Murray (Menlo) Strangio (Jesuit) Anderson (Redwood) * Beaudoin-Rousseau (Bellarmine)
Ruiz (Watsonville) Wilson (Monte Vista) Garrett (Oakland Tech) Denner (Oak Ridge) *
2016 Strangio (Jesuit) Anderson (Redwood) Beaudoin-Rousseau (Bellarmine) Grijalva (Armijo) *
Fauria (St Francis-Sac) Lodigiani (Davis) O'Keeffe O (Davis) Murphy (Redwood) *
2015 Anderson (Redwood) Miranda (Menlo) Vernau (Davis) * Robison (Lynbrook)
Haskell (Miramonte) Friedman (Santa Cruz) Murphy (Redwood) Ratliff (Santa Cruz) *
2014 Miranda (Menlo) Teare (St Joseph ND) Kurdy (Jesuit) Reinhart (Marin Academy) *
Gee (Cupertino) Iyer (Harker) O'Keeffe (Davis Sr) * Lacy (Menlo)
2013 Teare (St Joseph ND) Lehr (St Ignatius) Reinhart (Marin Academy) Goltra (Campolindo) *
Castiglioni (Davis Sr) O'Keeffe (Davis Sr) * Leach (Campolindo) Maxwell (SLV)
2012 Zaeske (Los Altos) Schumann (DeLaSalle) Goltra (Campolindo) * Estifanos (Milpitas)
Bell (Granite Bay) Ando (Berkeley) Maxwell (Branson) * Pianin (Amador Valley)
2011 Reinhart (Marin Academy) Arias-Sheridan (St Jo's) Lawson (SF Drake) Myjer (Mt View) *
Gibson (Soquel) Robinson (Gunn) Garcia (Oakmont) Verdon (Campolindo) *
2010 Goltra (Las Lomas) Estifanos (Milpitas) Luna (Piner) Milechman (Tamalpais) *
Carroll (Granite Bay) Fraser (Scotts Valley) Verdon (Campolindo) * Santisteban (Castro Valley)
2009 Ho (Leland) Luna (Piner) Kigar (El Camino) Olson (Novato) *
Garcia (Oakmont) Verdon (Campolindo) Nacouzi (Montgomery) * Taylor (Casa Grande)
2008 Luna (Piner) Milechman (Tamalpais) Rowe (Mt View) * Landrum (Liberty)
Verdon (Campolindo) Petersen (Carlmont) Taylor (Casa Grande) * Bergman (Vly Christian)
2007 D'Acquisto (Enterprise) MacQuitty (Palo Alto) Johnson (Palma) Fernandez (Riverbank) *
Hinds (St Ignatius) Taylor (Casa Grande) Malone (Folsom) Chetelat (Davis Sr) *
2006 MacQuitty (Palo Alto) Hunt (Aptos) Abdalla (Willow Glen) Gregg (Davis) *
Taylor (Casa Grande) Barnett (Leland) Habatmu (Roseville) Kosinski (Oak Ridge) *
2005 Lockert (Petaluma) Fernandez (Riverbank) Gregg (Davis) Sitler (St Francis) *
Tanski (Miramonte) Pappas (Bishop O'Dowd) Kosinski (Oak Ridge)* Huber (Acalanes)
2004 Abdalla (Willow Glen) Corona (Willow Glen) Sitler (St Francis) Schmitt (Larkspur) *
Pappas (Bishop O'Dowd) Kosinski (Oak Ridge) Wright(Bishop O'Dowd)* Tyler (Gunn) *
2003 Malain (Enterprise) Sitler (St Francis) Y Ghebray (Logan) Dunn (SLV) *
Bergren (Miramonte) Kirschman (Enterprise) LaBeaud (Folsom) Grelli (Presentation) *
2002 Sitler (St Francis) Y Ghebray (Logan) Dunn (SLV) Nelson (Lib Christian) *
Lemmon (Vacaville) Viehweg (St Ignaitus) Bryan (Laguna Creek)* Graham (Gunn)
2001 Schmitt (Larkspur) Dunn (SLV) Nelson (Lib Christian) Dambkowski (Granada)
Crouch (Placer) Chock (Granite Bay) Graham (Gunn) Trotter (Ukiah) *
2000 Dunn (SLV) Leal (Arroyo) Gotcher (Aptos) * Eastman (Placer)
Chock (Granite Bay) Graham (Gunn) Trotter (Ukiah) Bei (Montgomery) *
1999 Nelson (Liberty Christian) Gotcher (Aptos) Eastman (Placer) McLeod (Lassen) *
R Barrientos (SLV) Nolan (Antioch) Bei (Montgomery) * Gufstafson (Mills)
1998 Kinley (Maria Carrillo) Davis (Bellarmine) Morales (San Benito) Willingham (Beyer) *
Muller (Woodland) Bei (Montgomery) * Witt (Folsom) Cox (Santa Rosa)
1997 Martin (Los Gatos) McDonagh (St Ignatius) Gregg (Nevada Union) Altieri (Jesuit) *
Bei (Montgomery) Fischer (Granada) Cox (Santa Rosa) * Liebig (JF Kennedy)
1996 Springhorn (Central Valley) Mack (Ukiah) Stevens (Mission SJ) Rodriquez (Mission SJ) *
Witt (Folsom) Cox (Santa Rosa) Portley (Aragon) Stamps (Santa Rosa) *
1995 Ulibarri (Sierra) Perez (Serra) & Stevens (MSJ) Prindiville (DeLaSalle) Sikiric (Leland) *
Lizmore (Monte Vista) Akana (Lowell) Stamps (Santa Rosa) * Allison (Leland)
1994 Stevens (Mission SJ) Prindiville (DeLaSalle) Jones (Livermore) Balkman (Lynbrook) *
Newman (Marin Catholic) Stamps (Santa Rosa) * Wallace (Clayton Vly) Riedy (Mission SJ)
1993 Harris (Lassen) Stember (Mission SJ) Balkman (Lynbrook) Farley (Jesuit) *
Gordon (Carondelet) Allison (Leland) * Riedy (Mission SJ) Dickerman (Del Campo)
1992 Gillen (Yreka) Balkman (Lynbrook) * Cervelli (Santa Teresa) Pinal (Overfelt)
Bleisch (Silver Creek) Middlecoff (Los Gatos) Durnell (Merced) Marzell (O'Dowd) *
1991 Balkman (Lynbrook) Farley (Jesuit) Prindiville (DeLaSalle) Katri (Fortuna) *
Middlecoff (Los Gatos) Crouch (Aptos) Reeder (Santa Rosa) Taylor (Edison) *
1990 Spencer (Soquel) Wilkerson (Merced) Zachary (DeLaSalle) Beyene (Newark Memorial) *
Baldelli (SI) Webb (Bear River) Look (Shasta) Swagerman (Tamalpais) *
1989 Lopez (Watsonville) Arnold (York) Jovner (Gunderson) Seven (DeLaSalle) *
Hamady (Urban) Look (Shasta) Spies (Livermore) * Riley (Campolindo)
1988 Solorio (Gilroy) Douglas (Moreau Cath) Seven (De La Salle) Welsh (Jesuit) *
Look (Shasta) Prichard (Vacaville) Gorbet (Lassen) * Lewis (Santa Catalina)
1987 Mankin (San Rafael) Berkowitz (Hayward) Davis (Vacaville) Ayers (Chrstn Bros) *
Spies (Livermore) Gorbet (Lassen) Sites (Fremont) Ashe (Leland) *
1986 Phillips (Acalanes) Flanders (Casa Roble) Cole (Yosemite) Meyers (Vacaville) *
McCandless(Castilleja)* Mendoza (Presentation)
1985 Champeny (Bellarmine) Meyers (Vallejo) M Mastalir (Jesuit) *
McCandless (Castilleja) Stearns (Slvr Crk) Chapman (Gunderson) *
1984 Gaziano (Castro Valley) *
Chamberlain (Leigh) *
1983 Naranjo (Sanger) Gaziano (Castro Valley)* Guisto (San Mateo)
Ilnicki (Harbor) Daley (Los Gatos) Goodykoontz (San Ramon) Mooney (Vacaville) *
1982 E Mastalir (Jesuit) Gaziano (Castro Valley) Vicencio (Del Oro) Frey (Yreka) *
Clark (Mt View) Garcia (Silver Creek) Mooney (Vacaville) Schubert (Del Mar) *
1981 Gaziano (Castro Valley) Golliher (Saratoga) Frey (Yreka) Kuphaldt (Bella Vista) *
Mooney (Vacaville) Sinner (Miramonte) Shanoff (Petaluma) *
1980 Ayers (Bellarmine) Alison(Andrsn)-Foster(MV)-Sellard(Bell)Kuphaldt (Bella Vista) Marden (Mission SJ) *
Carter (Nova) Tully (Alhambra) Shanoff (Petaluma) * Brogan (Los Altos)
1979 Lopez (Modesto) Berry (Pleasant Hill) Marden (Mission SJ) * Frank (Central Valley) *
Van Leeuwen (Carlmont) MacSwain (Terra Linda) Brogan (Los Altos) * Strangio (Mission SJ)
1978 Carroll (Los Altos) Marden (Mission SJ) Soto (Mt Pleasant) Strangio (Mission SJ) *
Fuller (Mira Loma) Manning (Carondelet) Koudela (Monta Vista) Schnurpfeil (San Mateo) *
1977 Vasquez (Watsonville) Soto (Mt Pleasant) Downs (Skyline) Coulman (San Martin) *
Dennison (El Camino) Huyck (Aptos) Crisp (Downey) Crowley (Overfelt) *
1976 Kurr (Gunn) Carrasco (Mt Pleasant) Berry (Redwood) Holmes (Downey) *
Burleson (Chico) * Stevenson (Castro Vly) Robinson (Pleasant Hill)
* = Also RUNNER of the YEAR
YEAR RUNNER SCHOOL NCS/CCS TEAM CHAMP COACH OF TEAM CHAMP
1975 TIM HOLMES DOWNEY SERRA RICK FAMBRINI (CCS)
1974 ROY KISSIN SAN RAMON TAMALPAIS CLYDE KRUSINSKI (NCS)
PACIFIC GROVE DICK CHAMBERLIN (CCS)
1973 RICH KIMBALL DE LA SALLE SAN RAMON BOB VINCENT (NCS)
LEIGH HOMER LATIMER (CCS)
1972 DAVE TAYLOR MERCED REDWOOD DOUG BASHAM (NCS)
WATSONVILLE (LG) LEN DAVIES (CCS)
MT PLEASANT (MD) RICH KENNEALY (CCS)
OCEANA (SM) BILL LAFORGE (CCS)
1971 STEVE BROOKS MT PLEASANT WASHINGTON, FRE LOU BUFKIN (NCS)
CARLMONT (LG) LOREN LANSBERRY (CCS)
MILPITAS (SM) KEITH AVERA (CCS)
1970 CHUCK MORK WASHINGTON MT DIABLO K. WEIDKAMP (NCS)
MIKE HART WILLOW GLEN WILLOW GLEN (LG) ORBIN JONES (CCS)
HANS TEMPLEMAN CARLMONT LICK (SM) KEITH ANTES (CCS)
1969 TOM HALE CAMPOLINDO MT DIABLO K. WEIDKAMP (NCS)
HOMESTEAD JACK JURIAN (CCS)
1968 CHRIS CAREY CARLMONT YGNACIO VALLEY RAY EDMAN & RON ROCHEFORT (NCS)
HOMESTEAD JACK JURIAN (CCS)
1967 RICK SWENSEN ST MARY'S MISSION SJ JACK MARDEN (NCS)
BERNIE LADHE ST FRANCIS MILLS JOE DEES (CCS)
1966 MIKE ISOLA MT DIABLO PITTSBURGH RAY KRING (NCS)
PALO ALTO ROSS PRESSLEY (CCS)
1965 RAY CELAYA TENNYSON TENNYSON JIM UNDERHILL (NCS)
JOHN WALKER HOMESTEAD HOMESTEAD PHIL CASAROLI (CCS)
1964 MIKE RYAN WILCOX HOMESTEAD PHIL CASAROLI
1963 MIKE RYAN WILCOX CARLMONT LOREN LANSBERRY
1962 MIKE RYAN WILCOX MIRAMONTE DON UNDERWOOD
1961 DAN RYE PALO ALTO HILLSDALE CONNIE SMITH
1960 MORGAN GROTH ALHAMBRA WASHINGTON, FRE WIL KING
1959 MIKE LEHNER PALO ALTO LOS ALTOS LEO LONG
1958 GEORGE LINN PALO ALTO PALO ALTO FORREST JAMIESON
1957 JOHN NORTHWAY PALO ALTO PALO ALTO FORREST JAMIESON
1956 KEITH WALLACE PIEDMONT PALO ALTO FORREST JAMIESON
1955 RON LARRIEU PALO ALTO PALO ALTO FORREST JAMIESON
1954 RON LARRIEU PALO ALTO CARLMONT PHIL ARNOT
1953 ROGER STEPHENS PALO ALTO no offiocial NCS meet
FRESHMAN SOPHOMORE JUNIOR SENIOR
1975 Carrasco (Mt Pleasant) Berry (Redwood) Holmes (Downey) * Shulz (Redwood)
1974 Berry (Redwood) Holmes (Downey) Paulin (Camden) Kissen (San Ramon) *
1973 Holmes (Downey) Paulin (Camden) Kingery (San Carlos) Kimball (DeLaSalle) *
1972 Munoz (Watsonville) Kingery (San Carlos) Kimball (DeLaSalle) Taylor (Merced) *
1971 Kingery (San Carlos) Burrough-Thurwachter-Aguilar(SCrk) Manriquez (Mt Pleasant) Brooks (Mt Pleasant) *
1970 Miller(Jesuit) & Lawson(SCarlos) Miller (Carlmont) none agreed on Mork(Wash)-Hart(WG)-Templeman(Carl) *
1969 MacMitchell(T)-Lewis(H)-Manriquez(MP) Kinsella(Soq)&B Geiken(Cub) Hale (Campolindo) * McCarty (St Francis)
1968 Robinson (Pleasant Hill) Hale (Campolindo) Brassell (Homestead) Carey (Carlmont) *
1967 Hale(Camp)-Mahon(Cup)-Hager(Awlt) Clark(MSJ) & McCarty(StF)Carey (Carlmont) Swensen(St Mary) & Ladhe(St F)*
1966 Gaesser(Homestead) & Silva(Wats) Carey (Carlmont) Mahon (Lynbrook) Isola (Mt Diablo) *
1965 Alfare (Pittsburgh) Bruce (Pleasant Hill) Walker (Homestead) * Celaya (Tennyson) *
1964 Mahon (Homestead) H Carter (Pittsburgh) Celaya (Tennyson) Ryan (Wilcox) *
1963 Cardinalli (Central) Gamaz (Foothill) Ryan (Wilcox) * Kay (Miramonte)
1962 Celaya (Tennyson) Ryan (Wilcox) * Kay (Miramonte) Graham (Los Altos)
1961 Ryan (Wilcox) Ortegon (Irvington) Rios (Sunset) Rye (Paly) *
1960 Ortegon (Wash-Fre) Long (Carlmont) Hewlett (Paly) Groth (Alhambra) *
1959 Carter (Wash-Fre) McGrath (Clayton Vly) Lehner (Paly) *
1958 Stringer (S Clara) Linn (Paly) *
1957 Ochoa (El Cerrito) Linn (Paly) Northway (Paly) *
1956 Linn (Paly) Northway (Paly) Wallace (Piedmont) *
1955 Northway (Paly) Jent (Carlmont) Larrieu (Paly) *
1954 Jent(Carl)&Wallace(Pied) Larrieu (Paly) * Harvey (Richmond)
1953 Larrieu (Paly) Antes(Lick)&Rector(Jeff) Stephens (Paly) *
* = Also RUNNER of the YEAR
Plato Yanicks coaching at M-A HS (1959-2004)