Inland Empire Challenge
Riverside/San Bernardino County Championships
October 15, 2022
(Cucamonga-Guasti Regional Park)
Our Sponsor is Fleet Feet in Rancho Cucamonga.We are honored that they have chosen to be the sponsors for the IEC and great teams from the Inland Empire.
Major Sponsors
FLEET FEET - Rancho Cucamonga
Since opening our store we have given exceptional customer service and helped many find comfort, pain relief, and of course...get healthy. We have successfully trained hundreds of people in many distances, contributed in so many ways to our community and we are not done! Personally, Dave and I have become certified running coaches and have done several marathons. We will always continue to learn, research, and find ways to help others become healthy. Fleet Feet has allowed us to pursue our dream of having our own business and share our passion for living a healthy life with others. We believe that in life if you do what you love, then the rewards will follow. New Balance Shoes Sponsoring Brenda Martinez and the fabulous trophies (the ones with the shoes!!!) New Balance has partnered with the Inland Empire Challenge to help provide banners, support and products. Their sponsorship of Brenda Martinez and their commitment to the sport of running has reached legendary status as they continually work to improve the quality of their shoes and the enhancement that they make in their equipment to provide athletes with the very best in running apparel. Brenda Martinez
Olympic runner, Brenda Martinez has been a major influence on the IEC, cheering on the future stars from the Inland Empire, as well as a runner in our initial Invitational. She was an Olympic semi-finalist in the 1500 meter run, the Silver medalist at the outdoor World Championships in the 800 in 2013, and was also the anchor on the World Record setting Distance Medley Relay! A big thanks goes out to her and New Balance for donating all of those shoes that were on the race trophies. Click here for more on her background and to follow her training.
Brenda sponsors an Annual Training Camp: Each year she sponsors a training camp out of Big Bear as a way of giving back to the sport that has given her so much. This year's BMART Camp will once again be virtual as the coming months still aren't guaranteed as safe. We care for the safety of the athletes and their families! Contest eligible to high school runners (including incoming freshmen and graduated seniors). 00 bmartrun@yahoo.com Thank you, Brenda, Terry Tierney Rich Morales The map has been changed due to parking requirements... Here is the new map. Open in new tab to view.
. Calculate your Fees! Cost: $45.00 per team per race plus (5 or more athletes), $10.00 per individual 4 or less per race. ($360 maximum for Large and Medium Schools, unless entering both a Varsity team and a Sweepstakes team, then it's $425). Small Schools max, $180, unless enter both Varsity and Sweepstakes race, then $225. Click here for Worksheet. |
,2022
The return to Guasti Regional Park was met with cheers by the an overwhelming majority of the spectators, coaches, and runners. We enjoyed perfectly cool temperatures that produced fast times from the various races. On the Girls side, Rylee Blade from Santiago, Mackenzie Browne from JW North and Janelle Avilez from Etiwanda battled for 2.25 miles. Rylee and Mackenzie began pulling away slightly at that point while the amazing pack from Rancho Cucamonga chipped away at their lead. Rylee Blade ended up as Inland Empire Champion in an outstanding sub 17min performance, 16:55.9 and Mackenzie finishing a couple of ticks behind in 16:57.7. Janelle Avilez, living up to her pre-race billing ran a smart 17:11.7 Madilyn Siana, Nicole Alfred, Braelyn Combe (Fr), Jaden Miura and Malia Reinhold (Fr) from Rancho Cucamonga finished within 15 seconds of each other (17:13.7 to 17:28.4) with Marjourie Lopez 17:26.2 from Shadow Hills squeezing in the middle of the RCHS pack. RCHS was easily the Inland Empire Champion, scoring a low 32 points. Check out the girls' Sweepstakes results. Sophomore, Eyan Turk, from Woodcrest Christian led from start to finish and was not to be denied a defense of his Inland Empire title. Running 14:37.8 he out dueled Van Filek (14:41), Dylan Deloyola (14:56), Santiago, Gabriel Castillo (14:57) (Etiwanda), and Ethan Parcells (14:59) from Rim of the World. Santiago's depth in the Boys' Sweepstakes allow them to easily defend their Inland Empire Champion title, scoring a low 42 points, followed by Rancho Cucamonga's 86. Check out the Boys' Sweepstakes results. Complete 2022 Inland Empire Results Complete 2021 Race results... A little about the meetThe meet is divided into three (3) Challenges:
Small Schools (CIF Div. 4 & 5), Medium Schools (CIF Div 3 & 2), and Large Schools (Div 1) Additionally, the Boys' and Girls' Sweepstakes Races provide the top schools in each county competition, head to head, for the over-all bragging rights in our counties, as well as the over-all Inland Empire Champion. Register with runnercard.com,
click here. *********************************************************************************** Inland Empire Schools appearing in top ten, 2022 Rankings from Prepcaltrack.com Inland Empire - CIF Rankings Boys' Div 1 Div 2 Div 3 Div 4 Div 5 Great Oak Ayala Woodcrest Christian Santiago Citrus Valley Aquinas Rancho Cucamonga Inland Empire - CIF Rankings Girls' Div 1 Div 2 Div 3 Div 4 Div 5 1. Great Oak 2. Santiago/Cor. 4. Rancho Cucamonga Xavier College Prep 7. Chino Hills Linfield Christian 8. Etiwanda 10. Citrus Valley Teams Registered for 2021 (1428)
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Brenda Martinez at the Inland Empire (above)
Brenda ran in the inaugural Inland Empire Challenges held at Guasti Park.
2001 Girls' Results 2002 Grils' Results 2003 Girls' Results 2002, Arcadia Track Invitational race winner Girls' Mile Run Meet our Timer, Doug Padilla
For those of you have have been around the running world for a while, you may recognize the name of Doug Padilla, the nation's leading distance runner through the 80's, a two time Olympian, and National record holder for the indoor two mile. Doug is also the founder of Runnercard.com a web based registration and timing system with very unique capabilities. The Inland Empire Challenge has used Runnercard since its inception in 2001.
This year Doug is introducing his unique chip based timing system. The kids will still get their own unique "runnercard", plus coaches and athletes will be able to use a coaching tool unique to the timing world. |
 Commemorative tech t-shirts - $20.00. Fantastic value!
Thanks to all of our sponsors who help make the IEC an ongoing success.
*********************** ***************** ************** Fleet Feet - Rancho Cucamonga - Meet Sponsor New Balance Shoes and Apparel - Platinum Gold Sponsor: American Wrecking Inc. OUR MISSION & VALUES: Since our inception in 1986 our mission and values have been centered around family and the belief that you should work hard, be honest and be on time. 40 plus years later, these core values still remain at the heart of our business. American Wrecking Inc. prides itself on ongoing relationships, the ability to provide innovative solutions and the continuous training and development of our staff who are honest, hard working and the salt of the earth. We believe in straight talk and doing whatever it takes to make a project successful. We are thrilled to have American Wrecking Inc. as our Gold Sponsor. Not only do their values show through in their work, but that same commitment around family and hard work, their commitment to the Inland Empire Challenge and young runners who also put in the hard work that it takes to be successful. Thank you for your support! Silver Sponsors: Chick-FilA - Action Awards Sold By Fox Coffee Bean Whitehouse Sanitation Costco Rancho/Ontario Print-That-now |