Redwood Empire runners had not one but two fast 10,000 meter races on the track this week.
Former El Molino star Brian Schulz ran a 29:31.60 at the Stanford Invitational last night (4/1/22).
And the day before one of the Montgomery High coaches, Robert Pedersen, ran a 30:05.43 at the Mike Fanelli Track Classic.
Meanwhile former Casa runner Nolan Hosbein ran a 14:27.21 5k at the Hayward Premiere.
10,000
28:28.94+ Dan Aldridge, Asics Tiger TC (Petaluma ’75, SRJC ’77) at Eugene, OR in 1984
29:19.32 Jeff Gardina, ? (Piner) at Stanford 3/27/04
29:28.07 Celedonia Rodriguez, Adams State (Elsie Allen ‘99) 2003
29:31.60 Brian Schulz, UC Santa Barbara (El Molino ’17) at Stanford Invit. 4/1/22
29:46.65 Brian King, Georgetown (Cardinal Newman) at Mt Sac 4/16/15
29:46.66 Nolan Hosbein, Unattached (Casa Grande ’21) Linfield Icebreaker 3/4/22
29:52.01 Steve Laurie, Team Eugene (Maria Carrillo ’99) Stanford Invitational 4/4/2008
30:05.43 Robert Pedersen, Unattached (Montgomery High coach) Mike Fanelli Track Classic 3/31/2022
30:14.59 Calvin Thigpen, UC Davis (Maria Carrillo ’07) at Big West Championship 5/14/11
30:18.08 Todd Trask, Kansas State (Healdsburg ‘87) Big Eight Championship 1992
30:22.14+ Hector Delgado, ? (Healdsburg ’94) at Mt Sac Invitational 1999
30:23.14+ Jerry Drew, (Fort Bragg) PA-TAC track championships at Los Gatos 5/84
5000m
13:30.95 Dan Aldridge, Asics Tiger TC (Petaluma ’75, SRJC ’77) at Eugene, OR 6/1/85
13:36.76 Celedonia Rodriguez, Reebok (Elsie Allen ‘99) 4/13/06
13:53.84 Mike Stone (SSU) 1994
13:54.19 Luis Luna, Eastern Kentucky (Piner ’12) at Virginia Challenge 4/22/17
13:58.14 Reesey Byers, Sacramento St. (SRHS ’10) 3/29/13 Stanford
13:59.46 Brian Schulz UC Santa Barbara (El Molino ’17) at UCSB Inv. 3/11/22
14:05.46 Steve Laurie, Team Eugene (Maria Carrillo ’99) at Stanford Invitational 3/31/2006
14:13.76 Brian King, Georgetown (Cardinal Newman ’10)
14:18.55 Ryan Anderson, Brown (Maria Carrillo ’14) at Raleigh Relays 3/26/16
14:20.51 Todd Trask, SRJC (Healdsburg ‘87) 1990
14:26.37 Nicholas Spector, Soka (Sonoma Valley ’09) Occidental Invitational 5/10/14
14:27.21 Nolan Hosbein, Unattached (Casa Grande ’21) at Hayward Premiere 4/1/22
14:27.51 Calvin Thigpen, UC Davis (Maria Carrillo ’07) at Brutus Hamilton Open 4/22/11
14:28.12 K.C. Cody, Davis (Montgomery ’04) at Stanford Invitational 4/4/2008
14:30.15 Colton Swift, Cal Poly (Maria Carrillo) Spring Break Invit 3/13/21
14:33.59 Sterling Lockert, Loyola Marymount (Petaluma ’09) at Ben Brown Invit. 3/4/10