Home Page

The Beverly Hills High School

Track and Field & Cross Country Website

1930-2008

BHHS CROSS COUNTRY

79 YEAR TRACK & FIELD NEXT

ANNIVERSARY

Our Beverly Girls

Varsity Team

RAQUEL HEFFLIN

JAMIE BRATMAN

SYDNEY GREY

SARA JABBARI

NICOLE WEINSTEIN

BRIANNA SIMMONS

GITLA SHOOSTER

DOLLY AMARAL

AWARDS BANQUET 11/18/2008

The Scholar Athlete Award for XC went to Avi Hecht with a 4.6 GPA, with honorable mention to Alex Dubin with a 4.4 GPA. Raquel Hefflin received the MVP award for girls, while Alex Falcon won the MVP for boys. The best Freshman/Rookie awards went to Josh Galen for boys and Brianna Simmons for girls. Other runners recognized were Gunther Klaus, Sydney Grey, and Jamie Bratman. Special recognition went to Sara Jabbari. She ends her XC career at Beverly with the following legacy: since the inception of the program in 1930 she is the only runner to obtain 4 straight All League honors, the only runner to be on 4 league championship teams, she is on the most All Time lists in XC with a total of 10, is on the Dynamite Dozen list for Rancho Park, and has competed in 4 straight CIF championship meets. Thanks go out to the alumni and parents who support the team and those who made the banquet a success this year; and special thanks goes out to Fidel Dominguez our head cross country coach.

CIF @ MT SAC 2.91 Miles 11/15/08

GIRLS VARSITY MISSES MAKING CIF FINALS---

We can’t say that our Varsity Girls did not have a great season. Although we had injuries and surgeries ---the girls kept performing going undefeated in league and taking individual honors at various invitationals. Going into CIF prelims the team had won their 4th straight league title and Raquel Hefflin was league Champion, with 4 other girls making All League. Hefflin set school records for MT SAC, Kenneth Hahn Park and Pepperdine-Malibu, while Jamie Bratman set school records for Rosemead Invite and Cerritos Regional Park. The girls drew the toughest heat at CIF with 17 schools that qualified for the race, which included Saugus the No. 1 team in the nation, and Sultana, El Modena and Newbury Park all in the top 8 in CIF. That alone took 4 spots for the CIF Final, leaving Beverly, Loara and University (Irvine) to fight it out for the 5th and final spot to the CIF Finals. Beverly took 7th place, respectable but not enough, as University (Irvine) took the 5th spot, while Loara took 6th just ahead of Beverly. Out of the 123 runners, Raquel Hefflin was our first runner finishing in 18th place in a time of 19:36 (shy of her best on the course of 19:29--the school record), with a top 20 finish ---which has not been done by a girl runner at Beverly since 1993. Jamie Bratman finished in 43rd in 20:55 (moves up to #12 on the MT SAC All Time Beverly List), with Sydney Grey in 44th in 21:02 (moves up to #14 on MT SAC All Time Beverly List); Sara Jabbari in 50th in 21:23 (her best is 20:56 on the course #13 on the All Time List); Brianna Simmons in 61st in 21:51 (moves into #25 on All Time List); Nicole Weinstein in 62nd in 21:52 (her best is 21:42 as #22 on All Time List) and Gitla Shooster in 69th in 22:02 (missing the All Time List by 3 seconds, but improved her time on the course by over 1 minute!). Our league rival Santa Monica took 12th out of 14 teams in their Division 1 CIF heat, while Culver City took last place in the 17 field team in their Division 2 CIF heat.

BOYS VARSITY END LONG SEASON AT CIF PRELIMS

The Boys Varsity ended their long season at the CIF Prelims taking 12th out of 13 schools in their CIF heat. The boys looked worn out since league finals and ran much slower than their best times on the MT SAC course. Gunther Klaus who took 2nd in league finished in 49th place in 16:59 (which just made the All Time List at #20 for Beverly on the course); while Alex Cascante finished in 70th in 17:29; Alex Falcon in 72nd in 17:37; Nick Harper in 76th in 17:42; Ali Hatcher in 83rd in 18:03; Byron Myles in 88th in 18:32; and freshman Josh Galen in 91st in 18:37. We lose for next year seniors Gunther Klaus, Alex Falcon and Byron Myles, which means our boys varsity team will need to regroup if they want to challenge Santa Monica for the league championship next year. League champion Santa Monica finished in 9th place in their CIF Division 1 heat and failed to make CIF Finals.

CROSS COUNTRY ALL TIME LISTS , ALL LEAGUE & CIF IS NOW UPDATED

________________________________________________________________________________________

November 6, 2008. Ocean League Finals at Kenneth Hahn Park 3 miles.

BEVERLY HILLS, SANTA MONICA, CULVER CITY, INGLEWOOD & MORNINGSIDE

GIRLS VARSITY TAKES OCEAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP FOR FOURTH STRAIGHT YEAR IN CONVINCING FASHION

RAQUEL HEFFLIN WINS INDIVIDUAL LEAGUE TITLE SETTING NEW SCHOOL RECORD; WHILE 5 GIRLS TAKE ALL LEAGUE HONORS

The Girls Varsity showed why they were undefeated in League this year winning their 4th straight league championship, taking 5 of the first 7 places in league. Junior Raquel Hefflin took the individual league championship in first place setting a new school record over the Kenneth Hahn 3 mile course in a time of 20:41.74, breaking Valerie Wirtschafter’s school record of 21:11.06 in 2006, and becoming the first girl at Beverly to break the 21 minute barrier on what is considered one of the toughest cross country courses in Southern California. If that were not enough all league honors were bestowed upon sophomore Sydney Grey who took third in 21:14.17 (Beverly’s third all time best performance on the course); junior Jamie Bratman in fourth in 21:36.83 (Beverly’s seventh all time best performance on the course---coming off a leg injury otherwise she would have been favored to take no less than 2nd in league); senior Sara Jabbari in sixth in 22:03.27 and a surprise finish in seventh by freshman Brianna Simmons in 22:07.24. What was even more astounding in their performance was that are top 5 girls averaged 21:32.66 as a team when the old school record for an individual was 21:11.06 before the meet! It should be noted that senior Sara Jabbari made history by becoming the first cross country runner at Beverly to garner all league honors for 4 straight years. The girls now go to the CIF prelims on Saturday November 15, 2008 at MT SAC.

Ocean League All League Honors go to top 10:

1. Raquel Hefflin BH 20:41.74; 2. Julie Harreshou SAMO 21:02.71; 3. Sydney Grey BH 21:14.17

4. Jamie Bratman BH 21:36.83; 5. Amanda Botfeld SAMO 21:51.30; 6. Sara Jabbari BH 22:03.27

7. Brianna Simmons BH 22:07.24; 8. Gabi Cruz SAMO 22:12.85; 9. Esme Levy SAMO 22:19.28

10. Matisse Ventura SAMO 22:44.22

Other Runners for Beverly: 13. Nicole Weinstein 23:29.69; 14. Gitla Shooster 23:49.71

TEAM TITLE: 1. BH 21; 2. SAMO 34; 3. Culver City 93; 4. Morningside 98.

BOYS VARSITY TAKES DISTANT SECOND TO SAMO

Gunther Klaus Takes Surprise 2nd place in League

The Santa Monica Boys dominated the league finals as Beverly was relegated to 2nd place, but which still qualifies them for the CIF prelims. The star performance was by senior Gunther Klaus taking second place to top runner Ezana Tesfu of SAMO. Klaus time of 17:34.57 was good enough to make the Beverly all time list (6th best) on the Kenneth Hahn course. The only other runner to make All League was junior Alex Cascante in eighth place in a time of 18:01.00. The team other than Klaus have run better on the course and a number of our runners who should have been on the top 10 to make All League just did not have a good day.

Ocean League All League Honors go to top 10:

1. Ezana Tesfu SAMO 16:49.85; 2. Klaus Gunther BH 17:34.57; 3. David Rubin SAMO 17:36.83

4. Jordan Keslow SAMO 17:37.02; 5. Daniel Ridick SAMO 17:42.64; 6. Nick Alvarez Culver 17:48.22

7. Sohorob Raja SAMO 17:53.70; 8. Alex Cascante BH 18:01.00; 9. Sepehr Raja SAMO 18:02.13

10. Cody Safron SAMO 18:20.79

Other Runners for Beverly: 11. Alex Falcon 18:31.65; 12. Nick Harper 18:37.87; 13. Byron Myles 18:47.94; 14. Ali Hatcher 19:40.61

TEAM TITLE: 1. SAMO 20; 2. BH 46; 3. Culver City 82; 4. Morningside 104.

BEVERLY’S JOSH GALEN WINS FRESHMEN LEAGUE TITLE AS TEAM IS EDGED BY SAMO

Freshman Josh Galen won the individual league championship in 18:58.54 nearly 30 seconds ahead of his next rival. Santa Monica edged out Beverly for the team title by just 3 points due to the fact that Gabe Laemmle did not compete who was favored to take second place for Beverly. However, 5 runners made All League in the freshmen division for Beverly, which included Galen in first, Spencer Fogelman in third in 19:46.10; Alexander Tsankov in sixth in 20:19.63; Michael Huntsman in ninth in 20:48.02 and Cameron Moulene in tenth in 20:57.30.

TEAM TITLE: 1. SAMO 26; 2. BH 29; 3. Morningside 85

GIRLS & BOYS JUNIOR VARSITY TEAMS TAKE SECOND TO SAMO

The Girls JV team took second to Santa Monica without our top runner Katie Grey who was out due to her asthma. The race was won by Llosa Montserrat of SAMO in 22:38.89. However, Beverly had two girls that made All League; Darya Famininy in fifth in 24:31.00 and Rachel Karen in eighth in 24:47.68. The Boys Junior Varsity took second place without a single runner making All League. James Karlin of Beverly took eleventh place in 19:53.83, just one spot away from making All League and Sam Nussbaum in 20:25.30 took eighteenth place.

GIRLS JV TEAM TITLE: 1. SAMO 17; 2. BH 49; 3. Inglewood 76

BOYS JV TEAM TITLE: 1. SAMO 15; 2. BH 50; 3. Inglewood 99; 4. Morningside 105; 5. Culver City 138.