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WelcomeContact Information for De Anza XC Coach Nick Mattis Head Coach Nick Mattis Phone: 408.864.5731 Address:
State ChampionshipsThe 2011 Cross Country Teams finished up their season for the fifth straight year at Woodward Park in Fresno. Site of the California Community College State Championships. The women finished as the top northern California team at the state meet finishing in 9th place overall. Oddessy Tapia finished her strong freshman campaign leading the women with a 44th place finish overall out of the 215 runners. Dominique Guinnane was the second woman in, followed in order by Kristine Talbot, Alexa Torres, Luisa Westley, Martha Gotkuoch, and Melissa Chaidez. This the second time in 3 years the women's team has finished in the top 10 at the state meet and only the 3rd time in school history. The men's results may not have looked good in the standings, but all the men ran one of their best races of the year. Sophomore Daniel Damian led the Dons to their 26th place finish. Damian was also honored at the meet as being a member of the All-State Academic Team. Other members of the Dons who competed at State were: Erick Almaguer, Cameron Shawhan, Benny Reeves, Jonathan Hernandez, Cristhian Montenegro and Marcos Garrido. Northern California ChampionshipsThe Championships season hit full stride at the Northern California Championships held at Crystal Springs race course. The women came into the race as the favorites and as the number one ranked team in Northern California. They did not disappoint. In one of the fastest championship races in many years, the Lady Dons held on for an 11 point victory over conference rival Hartnell and beat the Big 8 Conference Champions Modesto by 31. This was the first Northern California Championship for the Lady Dons in 6 years. Much as they have all year the ladies won as a team as opposed to a few strong individuals. Without having one lady on the first team All-Northern California Championship Team, the ladies had to win as a group. They placed four of their five scoring runners on the second team list. Oddessy Tapia again continued her strong second half of racing by finishing in 8th place out of the 98 runners completing the course. Tapia ran the time with a lifetime best time of 19:12. She was just ahead of former high school teammates Alexa Torres in 11th place and Dominique Guinnane in 12th place as they both crossed the line together in a time of 19:20. Sophomore Kristine Talbot, who was the fourth member of De Anza's lead pack, was close behind in 14th place with a time of 19:28. The victory was sealed when Sophomore Luisa Westley had her best performance of the season to finish in 29th place, which was close enough to Hartnell's third, fourth and fifth runners to hold on for the championship trophy. Westley ran the course in 20:09. Melissa Chaidez and Martha Gotkuoch came in 40th and 42nd place overall to complete the team. Both of their times would have been among the top five runners for all teams competing except Hartnell. Chaidez completed the course in 20:50 and Gotkuoch was right behind in 20:53. This marks the 4th year in a row the ladies have taken home a trophy from the Northern California Championships. For the men, after a less than stellar performance at the Coast Conference Championships they needed to rebound to qualify for a fifth consecutive year to the State Championships. Led once again by the lone sophomore on the team, Daniel Damian, the men did just that. Damian completed the 4.19 mile course in 22:50 to finish in 25th place out of the 105 competitors finishing the race. Behind him much like the women, the men advanced to the state meet as a team. Finishing in 50-53 place, the next four runners ran and finished as a pack. Erick Amaguer, Benny Reeves, Ricardo Almaguer, and Cameron Shawhan all came across the line within 2 seconds of each other just under a minute behind Damian. This was a solid enough performance to finish 8th as a team and extend their season by two more weeks. Cristhian Montenegro finished in 68th and Jonathan Hernandez finished in 75th place to complete the squad. The teams will run at Woodward Park in Fresno for the state championships on November 19th, with the women's race beginning at 10:00 AM. Coast Conference ChampionshipsThe Women's Cross Country Team finished the month of October perfectly with winning it's third Coast Conference Title in the last four years. The ladies overcame a tough challenge from Hartnell College who at the two mile marker of the 3.1 mile race were leading the Dons. However, a powerful charge from the Lady Dons in the final mile took home the victory. Oddessy Tapia passed 6 runners in the last mile and held off a final charge from teammates Kristine Talbot and Dominique Guinnane as the she led the trio to a 1, 2, 3 finish in the conference standings. Freshman Alexa Torres returned to compete after 3 weeks off from an injury to finish seventh overall for the Dons and become the fourth member of the team to earn first team all-conference honors. Freshman Melissa Chaidez also made a strong charge in the last mile to pass a number of runners and finish in 12th place to earn second team all-conference honors and seal the 10 point victory for the Dons. Luisa Westley finished in 14th place also earning second team honors and Martha Gotkuoch finished in 15th to round out the top seven runners for De Anza. This victory also sends them to the NorCal Regional Championships maintaining their number one ranking in the the North. The men didn't have their best race of the season, but they did manage to move on to the NorCal regional meet with a fourth place finish in the meet. Sophomore Daniel Damian, finished in 7th place overall to earn first team all-conference honors and lead the men. The teams will compete November 5th at Crystal Springs race course to earn a chance to make a fifth straight chance to compete at the state meet. Pat Ryan InvitationalFor the last regular meet of the season the Dons traveled to Santa Rosa to run in the Pat Ryan Invitational. For the women, the Dons won their fourth straight Pat Ryan Invitational. Sophomore Kristine Talbot was the individual champion for the second straight year. The ladies were two points away from a perfect score. Oddessy Tapia and Dominique Guinnane were close behind in second and third place. Another trio of Dons Melissa Chaidez, Luisa Westley and Martha Gatkuoch came in next in the 6th thru 8th place spots overall. Katherine Vande Pol rounded out the top seven finishing in 11th. For the men, Sophomore Daniel Damian finished in 3rd place overall. He was the only Don in the top 10 overall finishers. The Dons finished second to Las Positas college in the meet on the mens side. The Dons have a week off before the championship season begins. The Dons will next be in action Oct. 26th at Golden Gate Park for the Coast Conference Championships. It will be the first round of qualifying for the teams as they attempt to qualify for state for the 5th consecutive year. Modesto InvitationalThe cross country teams traveled to a new meet they have never been to before. The Modesto Invitiational was a flat course in the Tuolumme River Park. The Dons headed into this meet not at full strength. The men have been missing a couple runners the last couple weeks who started the year in the top 7 and hopefully they are close to returning. The women were down two runners from their normal top 5 runners. These difficulties didn't stop either team from starting October with two wins. The women continued to flex their muscles. Despite missing two of their best runners, for the first time in school history the depth of this team showed like it never has before. Freshman Oddessy Tapia, became the first individual winner of the season for the men or women in a meet. She passed 4 other runners in the last 800 meters of the race and outsprinted a girl from Santa Rosa and teammate Kristine Talbot at the finish to take the victory. Tapia finished the course in 19:36, which is another lifetime best for her at a 5K race. Two places behind and a few seconds behind Talbot was next in for the Dons. Dominique Guinnane just missing the 20 minute barrier finished in 20:00.6 to finish 5th. Normal 6th and 7th runners for the Dons, Melissa Chaidez and Luisa Westley stepped up to run season bests of 20:15 and 20:28 and finished in 7th and 9th place overall. With all of the top 5 runners finishing in the top 10 in the 50 person race, the Dons easily outdistanced second place Santa Rosa by 49 points. Martha Gatkuoch and Katherine Vande Pol were the 6th and 7th runners for the Dons finishing just over 21:00 minutes and placing 14th and 16th overall. The Dons 6th and 7th runners for the Dons displaced at least two runners from every other school's top 5. The 8th and 9th runners for the Dons who did not figure in the scoring actually would have placed in the top 5 runners for 5 of the seven teams at the meet. Nicole Sialaris and Brittany Adames finished in 28th and 29th overall in the race and both ran season best times. For the men, Martin Lomeli placed 5th overall to pace the men's team in a season best time of 21:34 on the 4 mile course. Like the women it was the depth that showed the men to their first victory. Lomeli was in the Top 9 but 6 Dons came in between 10th to 20th. Erick Almaguer (10th), Jonathan Hernandez (12th), David Ortiz (14th), Cristhian Montenegro (15th), Cameron Shawhan (18th) and Daniel Damian (20th) rounded out the top 7 for the Dons. All finished within 37 seconds of each other. Like the women the 6th and 7th runners for the Dons displaced runners from each of the other 7 teams at the meet which helped the Dons win by 7 points over Diablo Valley. The Dons have one more meet before the championship season begins. The Dons will travel to Santa Rosa to run in the Pat Ryan Invitational on Friday where the women have won 3 years in a row and the men are the defending champions as well. Crystal Springs InvitationalThe Crystal Springs Invitational served as a preview of the Northern California Championships, which will be held on the same course the first Saturday in November. With most of the schools from Northern California in attendance, plus a few southern schools, it gave teams a chance to have a mid season report on where they stand. It was a windy day at the Crystal Springs race course and the women were on the line first. For the first time all year the women came out as the victors of the race, beating Hartnell the only Northern California team to beat the women all year, and holding off a ranked southern California team Cuesta by one point. Again almost all the women ran a seasons best time in the race. Sophomore Kristine Talbot, regained her top spot on the team running under twenty minutes for the first time this season. She placed 9th overall with a time of 19:50. She was followed closely by Alexa Torres and Oddessy Tapia coming in at 11th and 13th overall in the race with 90 competitors finishing the race. Both were just a few seconds behind Talbot. Dominique Guinnane came in 16th place just over twenty minutes with a time of 20:12. Kendra Higgins rounded out the top 5 placers for the Dons to seal the victory with a 25th place finish in a time of 20:35. Luisa Westley continues to round back into her form that made her the number 4 runner on the 5th place in the state team from two years ago as the number 6 runner in the race for the Dons with a time of 20:59 in 33 place. Melissa Chaidez was the 7th Don across the line just one second and one place behind Westley. Marth Gatkuoch in 43rd place, Katherine Vande Pol in 50th, Nicole Sialaris in 65th and Brittany Adames in 74th place were the other entrants for the Dons in the race. For the men, they also continued their improvement as they finished in 5th place as a team. The highest finish for the team among the 17 teams that had runners entered. Lone sophomore Daniel Damian may have had his best race of his college career finishing in 15th place out of the 136 runners finishing the race. It was also his best time of his career on the 4.2 mile course. Damian finished the course in 22:49. Erick Almaguer and Martin Lomeli a pair of Willow Glen alumni were the next two across the line for the Dons in 20th and 29th place. Benny Reeves had by far his best college race of his young career cracking the top list of top runners for the team by breaking the 24 minute barrier and and finishing 40th overall with a time of 23:48. Ricardo Almaguer who is back after being sick for the previous couple weeks to round out the top 5 just a few seconds and places behind Reeves. Cameron Shawhan, David Ortiz and Cristhian Montenegro came across as the 6-8 runners on the team also all breaking the 24 minute barrier on this hilly tough course, and all breaking the Top 50 overall in the race. The Dons will travel to a new course they have never competed at next in Modesto to start the month of October races. Lou Vasquez InvitationalFor the first time this season the teams got to run a relatively easy course. The teams ran at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco around the old Polo Grounds. The freshman ladies continue to impress with their growth each week as college runners. The women placed 2nd behind Hartnell college out of the 17 teams that entered runners. The top six scorers for the Dons were all freshman. The top two ran lifetime bests again for a 5K also. Alexa Torres placed 7th out of 90 runners in the race and for the first time in her life ran under 20 minutes with a time of 19:54. Close behind her, also with a lifetime best was Oddessy Tapia just over the 20 minute barrier with a time of 20:04. Kendra Higgins continues her huge improvements each week getting back to her form that made her one of the top high school runners in the area before a foot injury that sidelined her career. Higgins was the third Don over the line in 16th place with a time of 20:21. Dominique Guinnane and Melissa Chaidez came across next for the Dons in 22nd and 23rd place. Martha Gotkuoch and Luisa Westley, the lone sophomore in the race for the Dons, rounded out the top 7 with huge improvements coming in just over 21 minutes for both of them. The men also had their best performance of the season as a whole. Martin Lomeli bounced back from a poor performance the week before to lead the Dons to finish the 4 mile course in 25th place out of 148 runners. Lomeli covered the course in 21:27. Daniel Damian was next over the line in 21:43, finishing 33rd place. Erick Almaguer finished the course in 22:06 in 44th place to be the 3rd runner across the line for the Dons. Jonathan Hernandez and David Ortiz rounded out the top 5 finishing in 22:20 and 22:29. Ryan Miranda and Cristhian Montenegro let a pack of 5 Dons who finished together to come in 6th and 7th. The men finished in 6th place out of 15 teams in the team competition. The teams start school this week and will have a friday afternoon meet this week at historical Crystal Springs race course. Mills InvitationalThe Dons Men's and Women's teams headed to Oakland to tackle a tough long course, against mostly 4-year schools. They ended up holding their own. The women stepped up for the second time this season to running a 6K rather than their normal 5K distance. The young ladies stepped up really well once again. The women finished third overall as a team behind two NCAA Division II teams Cal State East Bay and Sonoma State. They did finish ahead of NCAA Division I, Big West Conference, University of Pacific, who beat the ladies two weeks earlier. Leading the way for Dons was freshman Oddessy Tapia who finish 10th overall out of 122 runners in the race, with a time of 25:07. Right behind her was another freshman Alexa Torres finishing 12th overall with a time of 25:16. Kristine Talbot was right behind both freshman in 15th place with a time of 25:29. Dominique Guinnane was in her normal 4th spot on the team with a time of 26:07 and in 31st place overall. Kendra Higgins was right behind her with a 32nd place finish and a time of 26:19. Melissa Chaidez and Martha Gotkuoch rounded out the top seven finishers for the Dons in 37th and 41st place respectively. For the men, lone sophomore Daniel Damian led the Dons with a 23rd place finish out of the 107 runners competing. The young men's team ran for the only time of the season on an 8K or 5 mile course. One mile longer than their usual distance. Erick Almaguer was 2 seconds behind Damian for a 24th place finish with a time of 29:06. David Brody was next for the Dons in 33rd place. Jonathan Hernandez in 39th place and Ricardo Almaguer in 51st place were the rest of the top five for the men who finished in 6th place out of 11 teams. Benny Reeves and David Ortiz completed the scoring team for the Dons in 54th and 55th place. Both nudged out teammates Cristhian Montengro and Cameron Shawhan by seconds who were the next two across the line. The Dons will have a short week running this Thursday at the Polo Grounds in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco for the Lou Vasquez Invitational. The women will start the racing at 3:30 in the afternoon. This will also serve as the preview for the conference course the Dons will compete on in a little over a month for the Coast Confernce Championships. Fresno InvitationalThe Dons Men's and Women's Cross Country Teams traveled to Fresno for an early season overnight trip. The trip was to the Fresno Invitational, which has become the unofficial state preview meet. Many of the men and women had not ever run at Woodward Park, which is host of the community college and high school state championships. And for most of the few that had been to the park had not competed on the exact course they ran due to the men's race in college being longer than the high school distance. A lot of team bonding occured and hopefully the teams will come out of this meet stronger than before. Being a young team for the women did not seem to affect the outcome for the new look Dons. For the first time in Coach Mattis' coaching career the Women's team came away with a plaque. There was 24 teams with runners entered in the race for the women. 13 NorCal Teams and 11 SoCal Teams. The women won an award for being the second place team from NorCal, the top two teams from both regions win awards. The women were again led by Sophomore Kristine Talbot, who ran 36 seconds faster than she did a year ago in the same meet and finished 27th overall out of 165 runners, completing the 5K course in 20:21 seconds. Freshman Alexa Torres who missed the opening week due to a family wedding started her college career off well with a lifetime best 5K time of 20:30 finishing 3 places behind Talbot. Oddessy Tapia also ran a lifetime best 5K finishing third for the Dons and right behind the first two runners with a time of 20:37 finishing in 34th place. Dominique Guinnane was fourth in for the Dons with a time of 21:15 for a 54th place finish. Kendra Higgins moved up in the order for the Dons after last week to finish 5th on the team this week in 21:44 to round out the scorers. The overall standings for the teams the ladies finished in 6th place due to Martha Gatkuoch beating the sixth place runner from traditional southern power Moorpark college in the tie-breaker. Katherine Vande Pol finished 3 seconds behind Gatkuoch in 22:11. They were in 81st and 82nd place overall. In total 9 of the Dons finished the course in 22:15 or faster. This depth and competition among the ladies looks to make them strong all year. For the Men, the story was a bit different. Two of the scorers a week ago at Crystal Springs failed to complete the 4 mile course in Fresno, which placed a lot of pressure on the remaining runners. Martin Lomeli led the Dons this week with a time of 22:59 to place in 69th place out of 208 runners competing. Daniel Damian, the lone sophomore on the team was second on the team for a second week finishing in 89th place. Ryan Miranda, David Brody and David Ortiz rounded out the top five for the Dons. The men placed 13th out of the 25 mens teams competing in the meet. They were the 5th place NorCal team at the meet. The Dons will travel to Oakland for their next meet Sept. 17th for the Mills Invitational. The women's race will be a 6K beginning at 9:00 AM and the Men will go up in distance as well this week to run an 8K at 10:00 AM. 2011 NDNU Battle of the BayThe 2011 Season kicked off with two very different looking teams for the Dons. With 23 men and women competing only 3 had ever worn a De Anza singlet before. For the men, Erick Almaguer a freshman came in first for the team and in 30th place overall out of 70 runners competing. He completed the 4.2 mile course in 23:39. The next Don across the line was the lone sophomore on the team Daniel Damian who came in 13 seconds later. Only 41 seconds seperated the number one from the number 7 runner of the 13 Dons who completed the course. Martin Lomeli, Ryan Miranda, Ricardo Almaguer, David Brody and Jonathan Hernandez rounded out the top 7 respectively. The Dons finished in 5th place out of the 9 schools that entered the meet. The women, also have a young team with only two sophomores on the team of 10 that competed today. The women, worked on some race strategy for the race today, working on pack running and finding pace on the 6K course as most of the athletes have never raced this distance before. The women were led by Sophomore Kristine Talbot who ran 25:14 and placed 23rd out of the 100 runners who finished the race. The next 6 runners, who were all freshman were Oddessy Tapia, Dominique Guinnane, Martha Gotkuoch, Melissa Chaidez, Kendra Higgins and Katherine Vande Pol. The women finished in 6th place out of the 12 teams competing. Only 3 men's and women's teams were community colleges in the race today as most teams were NCAA Division 1 and 2 teams. The Dons will be back in action next Saturday morning at Woodward Park in Fresno for the state preview meet. 2010 Season Recap
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2009 Season Recap
Women's Highlights
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2008 season team highlights2008 Women's Cross Country Team 2008 Coast Conference Champions 
Back Row (L to R): Coach Nick Mattis, Felicia Costa, Maura Villanueva, Devin Powell, Yasamin Yazdi, Kate Braham, Stephanie Nguyen, Coach JJ Noble Front Row (L to R): Jessica Paranthaman, Kim Kilgroe, Lauren Rosiles, Kirsti Whitmyre, Vanessa James, Kim Chew Women
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De Anza Dons 2008 Men's Cross Country Team De Anza's 2008 Men's Cross Country Team was named to the All-State Academic Teams recently recognized for their outstanding performance in the classroom and success in competition. The team was one of three teams to be named an All-State Academic team from De Anza for the 2008-2009 seasons. 2007 season team highlights
Individually Cynthia Chaidez received All-State Honors with her 12th place finish at the State Championships. Other top performances were Angie Sandoval, Lauren Rosiles and Chaidez receiving All-Conference Awards for the Women. For the Men, Trevor Addison was named to the All-Conference Team |
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