February 24, 2008

Davis High cross country star Laurynne Chetelat, who likes to travel, turned 18 on Monday.

Two days later, she received one of her best gifts - a trip to compete in the World Cross Country Championships in Scotland on March 30.

December 9, 2007

Laurynne Chetelat wasn't particularly happy with the conditions Saturday, but said she had few complaints about her performance.

November 25, 2007

Davis High School coach Bill Gregg acknowledged that top runner Laurynne Chetelat never becomes too demonstrative after a race.

And that included the CIF State Cross Country Championships on Saturday at Woodward Park, although the DHS senior finally broke into a wide smile at the awards ceremony.

November 23, 2007

By all accounts, these are different times for Davis High School.

The Blue Devils won't be represented by runners like Brendan Gregg or Chelsea Reilly on Saturday at the CIF State Cross Country Championships at Woodward Park in Fresno. Those former standouts have graduated.

November 11, 2007

Though he was confident in the girls team, Davis High cross country coach Bill Gregg was uncertain about the chances of the boys team in the Sac-Joaquin Section championships even though the boys had won the previous three Division I titles.

October 27, 2005

The Davis High girls cross country team came into the Monticello Empire League championships tied for first with Vacaville in the season standings.

That's no longer the case.

October 6, 2005

Led by juniors Zach Bonner for the boys and Chelsea Reilly for the girls, the Davis High School varsity cross country teams ran away with top finishes in a showdown of Monticello Empire League heavyweights.

May 19, 2005

Davis High school track coach Spencer Elliot stood in the stands with his team, all of them listening as hard as they had just run. It was moments after the boys 4-by-400 relay team had run the fastest race of their lives, and the quartet waited with teammates to see if they would race again this season.

December 26, 2004

Sunday, November 28, 2004

The Davis High cross country teams sloshed through the California State Cross Country Championships on Saturday at Woodward Park in Fresno.

The Blue Devil boys finished 11th and the girls 13th out of 23 teams on the wet, 5,000-meter course.

Friday, November 26

While most of their classmates spent the week off from school sleeping in and enjoying extra helpings of turkey, a select group of Davis High runners was happy to pass the Thanksgiving break out on the cold streets of Davis this year.

Sunday, November 14

FOLSOM - For the first time in four years, there wasn't a single disappointed face at the Davis High cross country team's tent on section Saturday.

Despite a roller-coaster course, slippery terrain and hungry competition, both the Davis High girls and boys cross country teams brought home Sac-Joaquin Section banners from Willow Hill Reservoir on Saturday morning - the first time since 2000 that both varsity squads have won it all.

Thursday, October 7, 2004

Davis High School's cross country teams competed Wednesday in a dual meet against Monticello Empire League rival Vacaville at Community Park.

The results were much the same as last week's MEL Center Meet at Vacaville's Lagoon Valley Park. The varsity boys easily handled the Bulldogs, 21-38.

Thursday, April 1, 2004

As the first-year track and field head coach at Davis High School, Spencer Elliott has got his hands full.

Though he has a dependable group of assistants lending a hand, Elliott sometimes has to wear a few different hats. Since the Blue Devils were hosting Vintage in a Monticello Empire League meet on Wednesday, Elliott really didn't have much chance to bark any last-minute instructions at his charges.

November 30, 2003

Conventional cross country wisdom says the most important part of running a good race is the finish, but at the CIF State Championships, it's all in how you start.

November 16, 2003

Ignoring the rain, mud and pain, the Davis High School girls' cross country team successfully defended its Sac-Joaquin Section Division I title against a high-powered Nevada Union squad Saturday.

November 16, 2003

Fifteen seconds separated the first and fifth Blue Devils as the Davis High School boys' cross country team placed second at the Sac-Joaquin Section Division I final Saturday at Sierra College.

October 30, 2003

Like the up-and-down undulating course of Muller Vineyards, the Davis High School cross country team had a roller coaster day at the Monticello Empire League Championships Wednesday.

October 27, 2003

It sounds like the perfect road trip: A bus ride with all your best friends, a visit to the Happiest Place on Earth and a day off from school.

October 16, 2003

When you're as well-tuned a machine as the Davis High School cross country team is, you can afford to set it on cruise control every once in a while.

October 2, 2003

The first Monticello Empire League center meet of the season on Wednesday gave teams a chance to see where they stand. After all four races in Lagoon Valley Park in Vacaville, the rest of the MEL was standing in awe of the Davis High School teams, which swept all four divisions.

September 25, 2003

When a team is not even running its hardest and still makes short work of an opponent in a cross country dual meet, it says a lot about the quality and depth of that team.

September 21, 2003

Davis High School put seven different teams on the line at the Cowchip Classic Cross Country Invitational at Novato's Stafford Park on Saturday.

September 3, 2002

DHS is off and running

A look at the upcoming season, including the recent cross country camp at Soda Springs.

October 8, 2002

It's always in their heads.

When Davis High School cross country runners assemble at the starting line of a big meet, they're usually mentally preparing for the race ahead and visualizing the finish line, but a few Blue Devil harriers are stuck on a feeling, or more likely, a chorus.

October 17, 2002

DHS harriers finish strong

While Vacaville ran away with the show, the Davis High School boys' and girls' cross country squads stayed the course to keep themselves in position to capture Monticello Empire League titles.