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Competing Alumni

Yucaipa XC Thunderbird Alumni

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Cali Good

Trinity University

High School Honors:

  • Cross country team MVP

  • 2-time Track and Field Team MVP

  • All CBL in Cross country

  • CBL 800m Champion

  • CIFSS D1 Finals individual qualifier in Cross Country

  • Fastback Invitational Senior Girls large school champion

  • CBL cross country champions 2019, 2020, 2021

  • CBL Track and field champions 2021, 2022, 2023 

Academic Honors:

  • California Scholarship Federation Highest Honors

  • 8-time Scholar Athlete

  • AP Scholar

  • Top 40 GPA Junior usher, and top 40 GPA graduating class

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Taylor Becker

Concordia University (Irvine)

High School Achievements:

Most Valuable Runner for both Cross Country and Track and Field. Varsity Runner all four years of high school for both Cross Country and Track and Field. All League Award. Scholar Athlete award for keeping a 3.5 or above GPA every semester for four years

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Savannah Ganter

Riverside City College

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Marisa Cole

Vanguard University

High School Highlights:
• Competed as a Varsity Runner all 4 years
• Was given the Coaches award 2 years in a row
• Was all CBL all 4 years
• Helped team qualify for State sophomore year
• Captain for Junior and Senior years
• Was a Yucaipa rep for the Women In Sports Conference
• Cross Country/Track rep for Block Y
• Competed as a Varsity soccer player for 3 years
• Was given the T-bird award for character and team commitment
• CBL Soccer Champions 2020
• Captain Senior year for Soccer
• 2 Year Varsity athlete for Track
• All league for Track in 2019
• Scholar Athlete for XC, Track, and Soccer all 4 years​

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Tiffany Terry

EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY

​High School Achievements:

  • Scholar Athlete

  • Earned Citrus Belt All-League Honors

  • Earned Cross Country Coach's Award

  • Earned Cross Country Most Improved

  • Team was a Citrus Belt League Champion

  • Team qualified for Division I CIF-SS

  • Was recognized as a Top 40 Junior and Top 40 Senior

  • Earned Seal of Biliteracy in Spanish

  • Earned California Scholarship Federation Honors

  • Participated in Best Buddies

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Cassidy Jarish

Suffolk University 

Letterwinner at Yucaipa served as the team’s captain … Helped Yucaipa to four straight first place team titles at Citrus Belt League (2017, 2018, 2019, 2021) … Led Yucaipa to a 10th place performance at the CIF State Championship in 2019 … Aided to Yucaipa’s 16th place finish at the CIF Southern Section Finals in 2019 … Also lettered in track & field and captained the team as a senior … Contributed to Yucaipa’s three Citrus Belt League track & field championships (2018, 2019, 2021) … Four-year academic letter honoree … Hozoni Atet (junior in top 40 of class) in 2020 … Graduated in the top 40 of her class in 2021 … Highest Honors from California Scholarship Federation in 2021 … Served as the Commissioner of Publications on Student Council from 2018-21. 

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Brady Woods 

Montana University

High School Bests: 1,600m (4:33); 3,200m (9:38); 3m cross country (15:17)
 
Personal: A 2021 graduate of Yucaipa High School ... The son of Jonathan and Rachel Woods.

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Danielle Gee

Sacramento State University

Collegiate Highlights:

  • Ranked third on the team in both meets during her first collegiate season.

  • Fastest 5K time was 19:32.9 to place 10th overall at the William Jessup Invitational.

 

High School Highlights:

  • Graduated from Yucaipa HS in 2020.

  • Was the Citrus Belt League champion in the 1600 and 3200 as a sophomore and junior.

  • Placed second in the 1600 and third in the 3200 as a freshman.

  • Ran 5:17.81 in the 1600 in limited action as a senior to set her personal best.

  • Fastest 3200 was 10:57.65 as a junior.

  • Won three league cross country titles during her career.

  • Placed 18th at the Southern Section finals and was 30th at the California State Championships as a senior.

  • Best 3-mile time was 17:00.1.

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Justin Briscoe

UC Riverside

High School Highlights:

  • Graduated from Yucaipa HS in 2020.

  • Was the Citrus Belt League champion in Cross Country in 2018.

  • Won 3 team league championships during his career.

  • Was All-Citrus Belt League from 2016-2019.

  • Yucaipa XC 3 mile school record holder having ran 14:32 at the 2018 Woodbridge Invitational.

  • Finished 27th at the 2018 CIF Finals race.

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Blake Rodriguez

Vanguard University

Collegiate Highlights:

3.95 GPA

2 x All-GSAC Scholar Athlete

All-American Scholar Athlete

2 x Coach Award

10th All-Time in Javelin

10th All-Time in 600m

6th All-Time in Decathlon

5th All-Time in Heptathlon

 

High School Highlights:

Graduated from Yucaipa HS in 2019.

3 x All CBL (Track)

2019 CBL Track League Champion (800m, 4x400)

5th All-Time in 800m

3x CIF Qualifier in XC

2x Coach's Award

Team Captain

All-CBL in Basketball

2019 Team MVP in Basketball

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Madison Parr

Vangaurd University

Collegiate Highlights:

All American Scholar Athlete

All Conference Scholar Athlete

3x All Conference XC

All Conference in Track (5k)

3x National Qualifier in XC

2x National Qualifier in Indoor & Outdoor Track

2010-2020 Vangaurd All-Decade XC (5th)

8th All Time in 10k

9th All Time in 3k

 

High School Highlights:

Graduated from Yucaipa HS in 2018.

2x All CBL XC

2x All CBL Track 

8x Varsity Letter (XC & Track)

Top 10 All Time List XC

Senior Captain

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Sarah Gee

Vangaurd University

Collegiate Highlights:

All American Scholar Athlete

All Conference Scholar Athlete

2x GSAC Team Champion XC

2x National Qualifier XC

XC Team Time Record Holder

2019 Women's Most Improved XC

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High School Highlights

4 Year Varsity Athlete XC/Track

3x All CBL XC

2x All CBL Track

4x CBL Team Champion

2014 CIF Team Runner Up XC

3x State Meet Qualifier XC

XC Team Time School Record

4 Year XC/Track Scholar Athlete

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Joshua Weghorst

Ottawa University

Graduated from Yucaipa HS in 2018.

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Makenna Mason

Biola University

High School Highlights:
• Prepped four varsity seasons at Yucaipa HS in Yucaipa, Calif., graduating in 2017
• All time record holder in the 3-mile (17:01)
• No. 6 all-time in the 1,600 (5:07)
• Was CIF runner-up in 2014
• Two-time All-CIF
• Three-time all-league
• Earned Scholar-Athlete President's award
• Selected as Ken Hubbs Award recipient for her school

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2019 Collegiate Highlights:
• Named First Team All-PacWest with a third-place finish in the conference championships (21:47 - 6k)
• Helped the Eagles to a PacWest podium finish as a team
• Finished 3rd at the Biola Invitational with an 18:30 (best 5k)
• Finished 25th in the NCAA Reigonals with her best 6k of the season (21:24)
• Helped Biola to NCAA Division II/USTFCCCA All-Academic honors
• Earned individual NCAA Division II/USTFCCCA All-Academic honors

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Tilicia Santiago

Concordia University

2019: Academic All-PacWest

HIGH SCHOOL:

  • Attended Yucaipa High School

  • Varsity runner for four years

  •  Captain 2018 & 2019

  • Coach Award 2018 & 2019

  • All-League CBL

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Isabella Powers

La Verne University

High School: 

  • 2015-2016 All League Honorable Mention 

  • 2015-2019 Varsity Athlete

  • 2016-2017 Achieved 3.5 or higher GPA

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