CDO Cross Country

01/12/2023

Inititially our cat was disappointed when he was not the primary beneficiary of our life insurance policy, then he learned he was contingent beneficiary. let's plan

01/08/2019

Found out today myself and my college teammates are are being inducted into DePaul Athletics Hall of Fame. How exciting looking forward to reconnecting with my teammates.

Nine inductees including Andre Brown, Lance Williams and the 1986 women's cross country team will be honored at the Feb. 2 Hall of Fame banquet and ceremony at McGrath-Phillips Arena.

12/02/2016

The Explorer, the local newspaper covering Northwest Tucson and Marana, came out with it's All-Northwest Boys & Girls Cross Country all-star teams. Isaiah Guevara, Mike Madigan, and Katie Bruno were placed on the 1st teams. Matt Busack and Daniel Gajda made the 2nd team with Matt Knight and Spencer Miller earning honorable mention. Congrats guys!

11/18/2016

Bridgette Doucet earned a spot on the Atlantic Sun (ASUN) Conference Women's Cross Country All-Academic Team. Bridgette, a sophomore at Lipscomb University and majoring in Interdisciplinary Teaching, has a 4.0 GPA. After finishing 7th in her conference championships, Bridgette was placed on the 1st team All-Conference. Congratulations Bridgette on a very successful cross country season on and off the course!

11/17/2016

allsportstucson.com came out with it's all star teams. Isaiah Guevara and Mike Madigan were placed on the Boys 1st Team All-Southern Arizona. Matt Busack was placed on the All-Freshman team. Katie Bruno was place on the Girls 2nd Team All-Southern Arizona. For the Division II All-Star Teams, Isaiah Guevara and Mike Madigan made the Boys 1st Team, Daniel Gajda made the 3rd team, with Matt Knight, Spencer Miller, and Matt Busack making the 4th team. Katie Bruno made the Girls 1st Team. Great job everyone.

11/15/2016

Last Friday, Bridgette Doucet finished 50th out of 212 women in the NCAA DI Southern Region Championships as she finished her sophomore year of cross country competing for Lipscomb University. The Lady Bisons finished 9th out of 30 teams with our Bridgette finishing as the #3 runner on her team. She covered the 6K course in 21:29.7 which, for those of us who are used to the high school distance of 5K, means she was on pace to come through the 5K mark in just under 18 minutes. Great job Bridgette. We look forward to your indoor and outdoor seasons.

11/09/2016

Part of my coaching career has come to a close. I started coaching cross country at Oracle Middle School around 1980, I think. It's been so long and there were many nice memories. I know I'm leaving people out (please forgive me) but I remember Marina Romero, Julie Egan, Megan Sternberg, Andrea Brunson, Emily Nelson, Dorothy Kingsolver, Ronnie Flores, Blake McGrew, David Johnson, and Brock Cochran. Then, in the fall of 1993 I finally realized my dream of high school coaching when I was able to move on to Canyon del Oro high school. I looked around and thought "I've fallen into a gold mine! (Green & Gold actually!) It was everything I hoped coaching at this level would become. The wonderful memories of coaching so many championship caliber individuals and teams is something I will always remember and cherish. Again, I know I'm leaving people out (please forgive me once more) but there was David Abril (arguably the greatest boy XC runner I ever coached--little tough to argue with 4 region titles and 2 state titles to go along with a 15:31 5K), Calvin Goetz, Jonnie Shackman (now a marathon runner), Daniel Wong, Mike Howard, Casey Holoway, Mike Cramer, Tim Ronan, the 2011 and 2012 state championship teams, and so many other boys. For the girls, it's Ana Heimlic, Teri Allaire, Lindsey Misejka (also now running marathons), Taylor Stewart, Jessie Ingraham, Caitlin Vogelsburg, Karen Langdorf, Nicole Bronniman, April Steward and the greatest of them all, Bridgette Doucet (2 sectional titles, 1st and 2nd in state championship competition, 16:56 5K). There's a wall in a room in my house covered with plaques, team and individual pictures of the glory and success that is CANYON DEL ORO CROSS COUNTRY! To all of you, mentioned or not at both levels of my coaching--you were such an important part of my life! I can't thank you all enough for all the wonderful memories. I wish you all the best of everything.

11/06/2016

Mikey Madigan and Isaiah Guevara led the boys team to a 9th place finish out of 31 teams at the DII State Championships. Out of 228 runners, Mikey earned a 13th place medal, covering the 5K course of rolling hills at the Cave Creek Municipal Golf Course in the time of 16:54. Isaiah Guevara was close behind, also winning a medal for his 15th showing with 16:58. Rounding out the team was Daniel Gajda in 61st (17:45), Matt Busack 107th (18:19--pr), Matt Knight 129th (18:34), Spencer Miller 132nd (18:37--pr), and Johnny Aguilar 195th (19:46). Great job guys!

10/30/2016

Former Dorado star Bridgette Doucet joined her Lipscomb University teammates in the Atlantic Sun Conference Championships. The women won it for the 6th consecutive time, with the top 5 finishing 4-5-7-8-9. Bridgette was the 7th place finisher of that group, running her 5K in 17:48 and getting placed on the All-Conference First Team. Great job Bridgette!

10/30/2016

The boys were ranked 3rd in the section on the athletic.net website and that's where they finished in the sectional championships today (out of 15 teams), qualifying for the state championships next week. This was the same course they ran 2 weeks ago and all ran faster times. Isaiah Guevara won a 4th place medal, out of 102 runners, with a time of 17:19. Mike Madigan was 15th (18:11), Daniel Gajda was 20th (18:23), Matt Busack was 30th (19:02), Spencer Miller was 39th (19:26), Matt Knight was 49th (19:47), and Johnny Aguilar was 81st (20:48). Great job guys.

10/20/2016

The boys score from yesterday's meet was CDO 22 Desert View 50 Sahuaro 54. Mike Madigan led the boys team, covering the 5K course in the winning time of 16:55. Daniel Gajda was 3rd (17:38), Spencer Miller was 5th (18:43), Matt Knight was 6th (19:01), Matt Busack was 7th (19:05). The JV boys also won beating Sahuaro 15-49, as DV and ASDB didn't have full teams. Bryan Mendonca was 1st (20:42), Brandon Hermosillo was 2nd (20:47), Ian Holehan was 4th (21:26), Nick Worthley was 6th (21:41), Dominick Mattia was 8th (22:48), and Mason Longoni was 9th (23:43). In girls varsity competition, it was Desert View 24, CDO 47, Sahuaro 59. Katie Bruno was the winner in the time of 20:23. Alysa Canez was 7th (23:07) and Samantha Leitch was 9th (23:25). All the results are on our athletic.net home page. Great job everyone.

10/16/2016

We competed at the Rattler Invitational yesterday, being held, for the 1st time, at Rio Rico HS, the site of our Sectional Champs in 2 weeks. Due to the number of teams entered and for course safety, 2 varsity races each for boys and girls were held. The Dorado boys varsity finished 3rd out of 13 teams (92 runners) in their race, led by Isaiah Guevara in 3rd place. He covered the 5K course in 17:32. Mikey Madigan was 12th (18:12), and Daniel Gajda was 18th (18:51). Those 3 each earned medals for their performances. We only had 3 girls in 1 of the varsity races and Katie Bruno won a 3rd place medal (67 runners) with a time of 20:53. Complete results are on our athletic.net page.
Great job everyone.