Mission San Jose won three of five races against Irvington High School at Coyote Hills Park on October 3, 2007.  MSJ runners won the Boys Frosh/Soph, Girls JV, and Boys Varsity Races.  Irvington runners won the Boys JV and Girls Varsity races.  This was the first race of the season for Mission runners at Coyote Hills Park, and the third race there for Irvington.  Scores were:

• Boys Frosh/Soph: MSJ-21; Irvington-39
• Girls JV: MSJ-26; Irvington-31
• Boys Varsity: MSJ-27; Irvington-28
• Boys JV: Irvington-20; MSJ-36
• Girls Varsity: Irvington-15; MSJ 40

The Mission Boys Varsity won a very tight race by only one point against a very good team from Irvington.  The Mission Girls Varsity lost their first dual meet of the season against an Irvington team that can be regarded as a favorite to win the League Meet.  Coyote Hills will be the site of the League Meet on November 8, so this served as excellent practice.  Coach Marden listed notable performances by the following MSJ athletes:

• Shixin Yu: Second place in the Frosh/Soph Boys race with a time of 13:01
• Briana Borda: Third place in the JV Girls race with a time of 15:36
• Chirag Vasavada: Fourth place in the Boys JV race with a time of 13:16
• Esther Chu: Eighth place in the Girls Varsity race with a time of 24:59
• Ricky McFerrin: Fourth place in the Boys Varsity race with a time of 19:54

Varsity performances by Mission Boys including place, name, time were:

• 3. Joey Uken 19:48
• 4. Ricky McFerrin 19:54
• 5. Evan Dankiewicz 19:56
• 7. Vito Prasad 20:26
• 8. Teddy Fong 20:35
• 12. Vincent Leong 21:49

Varsity performances by Mission Girls including place, name, time were:

• 6. Katherine Eve 24:12
• 7. Linda Xu 24:28
• 8. Esther Chu 24:59
• 9. Ally Blenis 25:15
• 10. Anjana Bala 25:17
• 11. Siwen Dickstein 25:17
• 12. Sonia Sajja 25:21
• 13. Zoe Lu 25:30