Oakland Section Finals - 11/15/06

Skyline's Andrew Sylvester took individual honors as Oakland boys champion on Wednesday. Sylvester, a junior lead Skyline to its first team Championship since 1997. His time was the second-fastest league performance ever on the course! His 18:01 clocking ranks him behide Thomas Dileo's (Oakland '05) 17:51. Oakland's John Cheng, running up front with Sylvester most of the race, earned a trip to the State Meet, placing second in a fine 18:07, the league third all-time performer. Then came Skyline's Ryan and Sean Purcell, in 18:46 and 18:54 respectively, right in front of Oakland's Ryan Lok and Paul Cheng. This lead the way for the Skyline Titans 25-33 victory over Oakland. Oakland Tech was third with 75 points. The girls were lead by Skyline junior Amy Cordisco wire to wire win here at Joaquin Miller. Behind Cordisco were Skyline team members Jessica Wi and Bernadette Lu. This 1-2-3 finish made Skyline's victory possible. In fourth place was Oakland's Linda Liang, the Oakland Tech combo of Kaneesha Pierce and Shira Zingman-Daniels rounded up fifth and sixth places. Oakland Section Championships Wednesday, November 15, 2006 Joaquin Miller Park Varsity Boys Place Name School Time 1 Andrew Sylvester Skyline 18:01 2 John Cheng Oakland 18:07 3 Ryan Purcell Skyline 18:46 4 Sean Purcell Skyline 18:54 5 Ryan Lok Oakland 18:56 6 Paul Cheng Oakland 18:57 7 Jimmy Dileo Oakland 19:49 8 Jose Vazquez Skyline 19:58 9 Cameron Kohles Skyline 20:02 10 Jacobo McGuire Technical 20:33 11 Javier Alvarado Skyline 20:57 12 Steven Chu Skyline 21:04 13 Charles Sanchez Oakland 21:11 14 Ryan Potter Technical 21:21 15 Robert Nguyen Oakland 22:20 16 John He Technical 23:03 17 Conner Williams Technical 23:16 18 Joshua Johnson Technical 23:33 19 Donamico Mata-Silva Oakland 23:37 20 George Dick Technical 24:22 21 Jose Arciniega Castlemont 24:27 22 Davis Li Technical 24:47 23 Kash Gaines Castlemont 28:37 Team Scores 1 Skyline 1-3-4-8-9-(11)-(12) 25 2 Oakland 2-5-6-7-13-(15)-(19) 33 3 Technical 10-14-16-17-18-(20)-(22) 75 Varsity Girls Place Name School Time 1 Amy Cordisco Skyline 23:23 2 Jessica Wi Skyline 23:43 3 Bernadette Lu Skyline 25:13 4 Linda Liang Oakland 25:17 5 Kaneesha Pierce Technical 25:19 6 Shira Zingman-Daniels Technical 25:22 7 Caroline Sou Oakland 25:37 8 Jenny Sar Oakland 25:54 9 Danielle Quan Oakland 26:05 10 Giano Gallo Oakland 26:09 11 Kim Bowen Skyline 26:15 12 Alana Ayasse Skyline 26:53 13 Bonnie Huang Oakland 27:31 14 Katherine Bagby Underwood Skyline 27:32 15 Jamesa Wheeler Technical 27:43 16 Victoria Lam Skyline 27:58 17 Pamela Mean Oakland 28:22 18 Kara Anderson Technical 28:42 19 Tiffani Phillips Technical 29:25 20 Hillary Hecht Technical 29:30 21 Darisha Moran Castlemont 36:23 Team Scores 1 Skyline 1-2-3-11-12-(14)-(16) 29 2 Oakland 4-7-8-9-10-(13)-(17) 38 3 Technical 5-6-15-18-19-(20) 63