Matt Fitch vs. Ruben Mora-Roman
If these two had had even one head-to-head race in October or November the top runner for 2002 would have gone to that winner.
But unlike the girls, who had many head-to-head races, these two only met twice all year, both races in September, and they split those.
The rest of their seasons did little to separate the two of them.
As mentioned head-to-head is a big factor. Not that its much but Fitch gets a minute edge in that category as his win was in a more impressive meet, an Invitational, verses the low key pre-season meet for Mora-Roman’s win. Mora-Roman’s win was the last meeting of the two.
Both won their League Finals and all of their league meets. Fitch’s NBL Final race was a tougher meet to win than Mora-Roman’s SCL, but Mora-Roman keeps even with Fitch here by virtue of dominating all of the SCL races he ran and not coasting to any easy wins.
Fitch gets an edge in prestigious meets won North Bay League Finals, Serra Crystal Springs & Rancho Cotate Invitational.
Mora-Roman evens that out with a number of course records set.
Here is the actual won lose records.
Head-to-head Fitch vs. Mora-Roman 1-1 Sep. 25: 6 team: Pre-season Meet at Spring Lake Mora-Roman 1st-15:56 Fitch 3rd-16:38 Sep. 6: 12 team: Rancho Cotate Invitational Fitch 1st-14:24 Mora-Roman 3rd-14:44 Head-to-head, plus time comparisons for State, NCS & Viking Opener Fitch 3-2 Mora-Roman MAJOR WINS Fitch North Bay League Finals Serra Crystal Springs Invitational Rancho Cotate Invitational plus four tri-meets Mora-Roman Sonoma County League Finals Viking Opener Senior race plus five tri-meets 2002 SEASON RECORDS 11/30 State D-I D-III Fitch 31-16:02 Mora-Roman 28-16:20 11/23 NCS D-I D-III Fitch 2-15:21 Cody 6-15:53 Mora-Roman 4-16:02 11/13 Sonoma County League Finals Mora-Roman 1st-15:51 11/8 North Bay League Finals Fitch 1st-15:53 11/6 League Meets Mora-Roman 1st vs Healdsburg 10/30 League Meets Fitch 1st vs Santa Rosa, Elsie Allen Mora-Roman 1st vs Petaluma, El Molino 10/23 League Meets Fitch 1st vs Cardinal Newman, Maria Carrillo Mora-Roman 1st vs Casa Grande 10/19 Mariner Invitational Fitch 5th 10/16 League Meets Fitch 1st vs Ukiah Mora-Roman 1st vs Sonoma, Windsor 10/12 Serra Crystal Springs Invitational Fitch 1st 10/9 League Meets Fitch 1st vs Rancho Cotate, Piner 9/28 Artichoke Invitational Mora-Roman 3rd 9/28 Stanford Invitational D-II Fitch 18th 9/25 Meet Mora-Roman 1-15:56 Withers 2-16:05 Fitch 3-16:38 9/21 Iolani Invitational Cody 8th Fitch 9th 9/18 Meets Cody & Fitch 15:27, ? Fitch 2nd 9/14 Viking Opener Sr Jr Withers 1-10:20 Cody 2-10:22 Mora-Roman 1-10:23 Fitch 3-10:25 9/6 Rancho Cotate Invitational Fitch 1-14:24 Cody 2-14:30 Mora-Roman 3-14:44