The Newark Project Accomplishments
In 2018, Tyler and Scott Jorgens set about transforming Newark Memorial High School's distance running program. Within 5 years, they went from middle of the pack in the league to multiple league championships (boys and girls), individual title winners (XC and track), an NCS runner-up placement and two trips to the CIF State Championship.
I'm proud that I was able to to contribute by bringing several students from the junior high school to jump start the program. Here's a quick list of the notables.
2018-2019
All League XC - 1 girl, 0 boys
2019-2020
All League XC- 2 girls, 1 boy
2020-2021
MVAL Boys - Undefeated Dual Meet Season
2021-2022
MVAL Boys League Champion
Runner-up NCS - Div III
8th place CIF State Championship - Div III
All League XC- 3 girls, 5 boys
MVAL Individual League Champion - XC
3rd place - NCS - Div III
All-NCS 2nd Team
All-NorCal Honorable Mention
Class of 2022 - Chance Tokubo - UC Davis
Class of 2022 Awards
Diego Ochoa - NMHS Athlete of the Year
Chance Tokubo - NMHS Scholar Athlete of the Year
Ernie Morua - Coach Swift Award (Coach of the Year)
2022-2023
MVAL Girls Team Champion (First team title in school history)
All League XC : 7 girls
MVAL Boys Team Champion (Back-to-back)
3rd place - NCS Div III
15th - CIF State Championship - Div III
All League XC: 5 boys
MVAL Individual League Champion - XC 2022
Kara Tokubo (Jr.)
MVAL League Champion - Track 2023 - 3200m
Ava Irwin (Jr.)
Class of 2023
Tali Fa'i: Athlete of the Year
Talha Ahmed: Athlete of the Year
Tyler and Scott Jorgens - Coach Swift Award
2023-2024
MVAL Girls Team Champion (Back-to-Back)
All League XC : 5 girls
MVAL Boys Team Champion (Back-to-back-to-back)
All League XC: 3 boys
Sid Patel, Michael Tellez - State Qualifiers
MVAL Individual League Champion - XC 2023
2nd Place - NCS - Division III
Sid Patel (Sr.)
Class of 2024 - Ava Irwin (St. Mary's College)