Coach Duarte- Coach of the Week

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Coach Jim Duarte (left) Barstow with his squad at the Running Center/So Cal Invitational A total of 13,555 runners ran at Mt. SAC invitational, the largest High School Cross Country invitational in the country. I had the opportunity to attend the meet and watch Coach Duarte's awesome team win the Super Sweepstakes race. Congratulations to Coach Duarte for "Coach of the Week" -Joe

One of the state's top traditional powers in the sport is Barstow High School. The school situated on the highway to Las Vegas in the High Desert area of the state's Southern Section continues each year to turn out great squads. 2007 is no exception, with Coach Jim Duarte's squad once again another dynamite crew. This past weekend the group dominated the Boys Division III-IV Sweeps event at the Mt. SAC Invitational, scoring 56 to runner-up Galena (Nevada) with 110. The squad raced a very fine 79:19, and have earned the top ranking Statewide Division III as they go in search of a repeat State title at that level later in November. While others may dwell on the weather or some other condition that prevents the work necessary for championship success, the Barstow group has gone right past that with the biggest task around school probably figuring out where to put this year's hardware that makes its way home from the championshp affairs. Seemed like last week's heat at Mt. SAC made the run just another day at the races for the Aztec group. Our DyeStatCal Coach of the Week Statewide is Jim Duarte from Barstow HS. Thanks Doug SpeckDyeStatCal.com