LAMORINDA WEEKLY | Stanley Middle School is East Bay Cross Country Champions


The 7/8 grade varsity boys champions, from left, Owen Peck, Jay Mills, Derek Kotarba, Marco Chao, Lucas Haase, Owen Myall (missing Dominic Basaldua). Photo Diane Batchelor

For the second year in a row Stanley Middle School 7/8 grade varsity boys won the East Bay Middle Schools Varsity Cross Country League Championships Nov. 3 at Kennedy Grove Park. The varsity 7/8 girls placed a strong third from 17 teams.

On Nov. 1 at Martin Luther King Jr. school in Berkeley, the Stanley 7/8 grade boys and 7/8 grade girls JV teams each won overall at the East Bay Middle Schools JV Cross Country League Championships, with sixth-grade boys and girls placing second overall in their meet.

In the sixth grade Varsity Championship meet the boys placed second with sixth-grade girls placing seventh overall.

The Stanley team - coached by Diane Batchelor, David Kohls and Katie Blair - trained four times a week after school, utilizing the Lafayette Trail. With cross country season over the Stanley team looks forward to track & field in the spring.