Our own Baby Jane, Cami Chapus, won the Division 4 California State Meet Championships this past Saturday at Woodward Park. Cami ran 17:45 over the rolling 5k course beating out Kat Delaney from Jserra High School who ran 17:48. For her efforts, Cami received an invitation to the Nike Cross Nationals in Portland next Saturday on December 4th.

We are so proud of Cami!

For complete State results, click here.

For an interview of Cami conducted by Jane Kirsten for DyeStat ESPN RISE, click here.

The Janes traveled down to Dana Point this past Thursday to run the 33rd Annual Dana Point Turkey Trot 10k on a cold and breezy morning. This race was the final race of the Southern California USATF Road Racing Grand Prix series for the year and it was a good one for the Janes. Barbara Parker won this prestigious and competitive race in a time of 34:07. But the competition was not far behind. The first three ladies were within 26 seconds of each other although after initially getting out fast, Barbara was never challenged running a relaxed first race of the season during a heavy training period. Kirsten Leetch was eighth (35:50) followed by Emily Field (12th, 37:01), Sarah Montez (13th, 37:19), Emily Mitchell (16th, 37:59) and Cambria Wu (18th, 38:28). The Janes swept the team competition of the race with no other team showing up to compete.

The 10k was also the Southern California USATF 10k Championships so Barbara won the open division while Kirsten won the master’s division.

For complete results, click here.

Barbara Parker, Emily Field, Kirsten Leetch, Emily Mitchell, Cambria Wu and Sarah Montez will be heading down to enjoy a pre-turkey dinner road race at the Dana Point Turkey Trot 10k. This is the last race of the Southern California USATF Grand Prix Racing Series so team and individual points will be assessed there. The course is a flat course that is run along the Dana Point harbor. It should be a beautiful one! Check back here post race to see how the Janes did!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

For more information on the Dana Point Turkey Trot, click here.

The Janes traveled to San Francisco this past Sunday to compete in the USATF Pacific Association Championships at Golden Gate Park. It was a rainy, muddy and all around rugged and wet four mile race but the Janes ran to second place in the team division. Emily Field was the first Jane coming in second place overall running 23:48. Tania Fischer was the second Jane (14th, 24:36) followed by Kirsten Leetch (18th, 24:48), Sarah Montez (23rd, 24:59), Adrienne Schumm (34th, 24:47), Cambria Wu (37th, 25:54), Sissel Berntsen-Heber (49th, 26:26), Emily Mitchell (51st, 26:28), Jenna Dee (61st, 26:49), Amanda Rondash (65th, 26:57) and Kelle Taylor (85th, 27:50).

The New Balance Silicon Valley team were overall winners both team-wise and individually with Stephanie Pancoast beating out our own Emily Field by four seconds.

For results, click here.

Check out the photos here and here.

The Janes will be heading up to the Bay Area for their annual trip to compete in the Pacific Association USATF Championships. The race will be held on Sunday, November 21 at 9am at the infamous Golden Gate Park four mile course. Tania Fischer, Kirsten Leetch, Kelle Taylor, Sissel Berntsen-Heber, Jenna Dee, Emily Field, Emily Mitchell, Sarah Montez, Adrienne Schumm, Cambria Wu and Amanda Rondash will be representing the team. The forecast calls for rain so the Janes will have a good prep for the national meet.