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Awards Night 2007
Dear Athletes, Parents, Alumni, Faculty, and Community
Thank you for attending the annual Athletic Award presentations this evening. This night is to celebrate the accomplishments and honors the student-athletes have achieved. This year we have over 1000 athletes at Monta Vista with 5 Varsity league titles, two teams taking 2nd in CCS, a Spirit Championship, and a team taking a Nor- Cal Championship.
OUTSTANDING ATHLETES!
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Grant
Kadokura
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MATADOR OF THE YEAR
COACH OF THE YEAR~ Jeff Mueller: Varsity Football
Season
Recaps
Below are brief summaries of each sport, submitted by each coach
FALL
Spirit: Coach Brittney Morales
National Champions 2007 & Five First Places at regional competitions! The first time Cheer has won this great title.
Cross
Country
Head Coach: Jeff Payne
Assistant Coach Julie Sullivan
The Cross Country team was led by new coaches Jeff Payne and Julie Sullivan. The team as over 110 members. Within this large group, they compete in 6 divisions at their weekly running meets: Varsity, JV, and F/S events (Boys and Girls)
Both the boys and girls Varsity team placed 2nd in the DeAnza league. The boys took 5th in CCS with Simon Bill, Daniel Siebel-Cortopassi, Brian Bedford, and Yu Hsiao named all league. The girls took 3rd in CCS with Jean Feng Angela Hsu, and Lisa Worsham named all league MV SENIOR AWARDS went to Lisa Worsham; Angela Hsu; Simon Bill
JV
Boys & Girls finished 2nd in the league with Austin Cheng, Andreas Walters,
Brian Lim, Matt Delony, Oleg Lokhvitsky, Yazamin Yazdi, Shauna Mc Kee, Mara
Spelick, Pooja Shah, Stacie Herda, Caroline Chang, and Alex Le as All League
F/S Team Deanza League Champions (best F/S team time at leagues since 1982).
All League athletes were Kranti Peddada, Peter Feng, Boris Poutivski, and Matias
Corvalan
Field Hockey
Varsity Head Coach: Denise Eachus
JV Coach: Cheryl Blatt
With the retirement of long time coach Jerra Rowland, the JV coach for the past 10 years stepped up to varsity, Denise Eachus. To replace her Cheryl Blatt came on board and together they led the team with true Matador pride in a very tough A division. They enjoyed a season full of challenging games and great friendships. The athletes had so much fun that at season end they wanted to continue to practice! The following honors were given at the team awards banquet in December. A special congratulations to Kasha Sang who was selected as Junior of the Year for the Blossom Valley Athletic League in the top division!
Varsity
Field Hockey
Most Valuable Player: Prina Patel
Most Valuable Offense: Sarah Hassman
Most Valuable Defense: Kasha Sang
Most Inspirational Player: Arianna Morrison
Most Improved Player: Ashley Vernazza
Most Dedicated Player: Megan Constant
Best Leader: Prina Patel
Hardest Working Player: Shandon Rovetta
Coaches' Award: Brittney Hopkins
All-league
recognition:
Prina Patel - 2nd team
Kasha Sang - 1st team & Junior of the Year!
JV Field Hockey
Most Valuable Player: Jacquie Stuart
Most Valuable Offense: Suzanne Stern
Most Valuable Defense: Cindy Zhang
Most Improved Player: Meagan Perkins & Jenna Valtanen
Most Dedicated Player: Kaede Hamilton Best Leader: Rhian Hardee Hardest Working
Player: Danielle Foster
Coaches' Award: Samantha Selden
All-league recognition:
Jacquie Stuart - 2nd team
Football
Head Varsity Football: Jeff Mueller
Head F/S Football: Jeff Thomas
Assistans: Mike Moustakas, David Vieira, David Delgado, Ken Orvick, Tony Zack,
James Hayhurst
Varsity Football: Season Highlights: 6-4 season record, started season off 5-0,
Beat Willow Glen a CCS Semifinalist Scored more points against Los Altos than
combined pervious 9 teams. Unfortunately, Lost game by 9 points, Averaged 27
points per game, most in 10 years -
Marcus Woo, 2nd year co MVP of the SCVAL - El Camino Division, 2nd Team All
CCS Player, Honorable Mention - All Metro Player, 3 year Varsity Starter, 3
year All League Selection
Kota Kojima, MVP Utility player for the SCVAL - El Camino Division,
1st Team All League Players: Mike Moustakas - Offensive Line Alex Atkins - Quarterback
Billy Guardino - Wide Receiver Matt Moustakas - Nose Guard
2nd Team All League Players Brian Frediani - Offensive Line Danny Park - Defensive
Line Trevor Sambyal - Outside Linebacker Peter Kosulin - Inside Linebacker Ruby
Murugesan - Selected to the High School Hall of Fame and Received a $1000 scholarship
based on GPA, and Community work
The Monta Vista F/S football team went into the 2006 season with high expectations from the coaching staff and players. Those expectations were met and exceeded with a dominating, undefeated 9-0-1 season! The previous 3 seasons of JV football yeilded 4 wins combined, with 2 of those wins coming at the very end of the 2005 season. This group of Sophomores have an unbeaten streak of 12 games and counting. Each team we played this year felt the pressure of a strangling defense, the best offense in the league, and some of the toughest individuals to ever wear a Monta Vista uniform. The team had 17 1st team all-league players, The MVP of the league, the most valuable offensive player of the league, and the special teams player of the year. The offense used a no-huddle attack and the defense swarmed opponents and dominated the line of scrimmage. The 2006 season will go down in history as one of the best in Monta Vista football's storied history, and it offers us a sneak peak of what is to come in the next few years at the varsity level.
Girls
Waterpolo
Head Varsity Coach: Don Vierra
JV Coach: Dan Kamnitz
Varsity
League Champions
11-3 Record
Laura
Worsham- 1st Team All League & CCS Honorable Mention
Bridget Cheng- 1st Team All League
Amanda Hui- 1st Team All League
Becca Wagner- 2nd Team All League
Molly Karleskin- 2nd Team All League
Girls Water polo had a new on campus coach this year, Don Vierra. With the league win over Fremont- Don lead the team to the first CCS appearance in 10 years.
JV Team highlight was beating Fremont at their homecoming game.
Team Awards:
Coach's
Award: Alice Jan
Most Spirited: Dahlia Showkry
Most Inspirational: Noemi Vanest
MVP: Alyssa Walker
Boys Water Polo
Head Varsity Coach: Ron Fremon
JV Coach: Brooke Rogers
JV
Placed 3rd and Varsity Placed 5th in their League
All League: Dylan Gantley
Team Captains were: Jason Lee and Chris Moe
Girls
Volleyball
Head Varsity Coach: Colin Anderson
JV Coach: Sarah Jensen
F/S Coach: Jeremy Ebbink
Assistants: Jennifer Balgie, Alan Liebthal
With
a huge interest in volleyball, Monta Vista had three teams competing the El-Camino
division and won at all three levels.
Varsity was coached by Colin Anderson
11-1 league record
17-10 overall record
League MVP Outside Hitter Alex Gatley
Team MVP Setter Jane Xu
All-League Players: Seniors Alex Gatley, Jane Xu, Kelly Bodwin, Devin Peters,
and Kim Ang, and Juniors Jessie Barry, and Paulina Dao
Highlight Event
Midseason match at 2nd place Milpitas. MV lost first 2 games and is down 23
- 24 in game 3. MV came back to win that game 27 - 25, then won games 4 and
5 to seal their position in 1st place. The most exciting night of the season.
F/S
was coached by Jeremy Ebbink and had an 8-1 record
JV was coached by Sarah Jensen with an 10-2 record
JV
awards
Most Valuable Player:
Jamie Fung
Most Improved Player:
Jenny Michelfelder
Most Spirited Player:
Matisse Yoshihara
Best Offensive Player:
Theresa Du
Best Defensive Player:
Sofia Liou
Best All-Around Player:
Sofia Liou
Tennis
Varsity Coach: Gene Fortino
JV Coach: Catherine Hambleton
Varsity: Nor Cal Champs! 4th year in row!
26-2 season record
Finished 7th at the Newport Beach Nationals
CCS
Champions
CCS Singles Title: Sophie Chang
2nd Place CCS Doubles Taskeen Baines/Courntey Chin
JV
Tennis:
11-1, the only loss to the BIG rival, Saratoga.
League
Awards:
Tomoka Yamamoto - 2nd Place Singles
Connie Wu and Jen Wong - 1st Place Doubles
Annie Wu and Jennifer Chuu - 2nd Place Doubles
Team Awards:
MVP Singles: Tomoka Yamamoto (Freshman!)
MVPlayers Doubles: Annie Wu & Jennifer Chuu
Most Improved: Joyce Chan
WINTER
Boys
Basketball
Head Varsity Coach: Matt Tait
JV Coach: Michael Hicks
Assistants: Calvin Wong, Joe Roan, Wes Chu
The Monta Vista JV boys basketball team had an exciting run during the 2006-2007 season. The team finished with an 11-11 overall record and a 7-5 league record. This was a pleasant turnaround for a JV team that finished 2-10 in league the previous year. First year coach Michael Hicks inherited a team that was willing to work hard and play together. The team was led by sophomores Ryan Satterlee, Phaniteja Kanneganti, and Alex Mendoza. Satterlee was the floor captain for the Matadors and was voted "Most Inspirational" by his teammates. Kanneganti was a first team all league (SCVAL) selection, leading the team in scoring and steals. He was voted MVP of the team by his teammates. Mendoza played a big role as a post player. He led the team in rebounds and was second on the team in scoring average while landing himself a spot on the SCVAL second team. Shan Hansra played a key role as a freshman, finishing in the top five in nearly all statistical categories and was rewarded by being selected as a SCVAL honorable mention. Other team awards were given to Rishiv Ranjan (Most Improved), Evan Chen (Most Improved), Junda Liu (Hustle Award), and Chris Garvin (Coach's Award). Every member of the 2006-2007 team contributed to a successful season and next year's team has plans to pick up right where this year's left off.
What a season for the Monta Vista boy's Varsity basketball team. After a new
start with a new coach, Matt Tait, the Matadors stunned the league by winning
their first league championship in many years. The Matadors ended the season
with a 19-10 record. The league record was an amazing 11-1, running off 10 games
in a row after splitting their first 2 games. The Matadors ended up with a 7th
seed in the Division 1 CCS tourney. They hosted a home CCS game against the
Alvarez Eagles where they won a high scoring game 86-79. In the end they fell
to the number two seed the Piedmont Hill Pirates in the quarterfinals. Marcus
Woo was named co-MVP of the El Camino division. Eric Lee was first league all
team and senior of the year for the El Camino Division. Others receiving awards
were Sean Brar, 2nd league all team and Junior of the year and Kevin Lang who
was on 2nd league all team.
Girls Basketball
Head Varsity Coach: Sara Borelli
JV Coach: Gary Price
Assistant: Eric Hsu
The Monta Vista girls basketball team had a tremendous run this season ending both 500 in league and 500 in the overall season as well. We played very difficult pre-season and held our own against Menlo School and Valley Christian, both formidable opponents. It was through these two games that we truly came together as a team and saw the potential that our year had to offer. Our biggest win was on Senior Night vs. Homestead, the #1 team in our league. The team was led this year by Sophia Tam who was not only voted MVP by her teammates, but League MVP as well. The success of the year was also attributed to the strong support of the entire team and the cohesiveness and chemistry of the 7 veteran seniors that have played together for many years. Sabina Lau and Kelly Bodwin were both awarded all league honors as well. Lau was our go to 3-point shooter and her hustle and determination on the court was inspiring to all and her contributions led us to many victories. Lau was also awarded "Most Hustle" by her teammates for her relentless desire to out play her opponents and her commitment to the entire team. Kelly Bodwin averaged double figures in almost every game, was a leading rebounder and was awarded "Offensive Player of the Year". It was because of her scoring and defense that team achieved the success that it did. Scarlett Su was a tremendous force in the post both offensively and defensively, she pulled down an average of 10 rebounds a game and helped a great deal with her defensive leadership, shutting down the opponents best post player and it is because of this that she was the obvious choice for "Defensive Player of the Year". "Most Improved" honors were awarded to Sheleana Varvaro and Helena Montin for their constant determination in improving themselves as players and their commitment to the success of the entire team. We also had four Rookies this year joining the varsity team and each player helped a great deal in reaching our goal to go to CCS. Amanda Hui was awarded "Rookie of the Year" and showed great improvement in all aspects of the game and will be a force to reckon with next year. Nisha Kashyap was awarded the "Coaches Award" for her constant dedication to the team and her genuine concern for the success of each of her teammates. She not only maintained of balance of integrity and pride but also influenced the players around her to build on their strengths and grow as a team. With a great JV team transitioning to Varsity next year, we hope to achieve the same caliber of basketball next year and many years to come.
Boys
Soccer
Head Varsity Coach: Brian Sullivan
JV Coach: Mia Onodera
Assistant: Mike Romelfanger
Boys Varsity Soccer
Perseverance and dedication were the words of wisdom for the Boys Varsity Soccer Team. In early December the team's head coach stepped down. With new coaches in place, the team had to come together and learn a new system. They worked hard during practices and saw more competitive games as the season went on. The team finished third in League with some impressive wins. During preseason the team beat eventual CCS Champion Gilroy 1-0. The last half of the season the team came on strong and finished 3-1-2. The team finished 5-3-4 in League and 7-8-6 overall. All-League selections included Darryl Tom and Hiroki Udagawa to first team and Om Marwah, and Hamish Ferguson on second team. Drew Constant also received the Sophomore of the Year award for the League. They had a strong supporting cast from Matt Marshall, Max Feit, Jeff Boman and Christian Chu. Look for more success from the team next year.
Boys JV Soccer
The team was third in the El Camino division with a 7-4-1 league record. One of the biggest highlights of the season is that the returning players from the previous year improved tremendously. Because the varsity squad was so large, the returning JV players were not the strongest players last year, but they were the main component of this year's squad. Two of those players received all-league awards: MVP goalkeeper was Matt Irvin and Co-Defender of the year was Tamer Ashkar. The team got along, organized several dinners/activities, and worked well together on and off the field. First team all league players were: Max Ratkovich, Curtis Upton, and Omid Shamsoddini; second team all league players were: Michael McGarry and Nadav Caspi. The Coach's Awards went to: Erik Wendeschleg and Omid Shamsoddini
Girls Soccer
Head Varsity Coach: Alan Kute
JV Coach: Greg Wendschlag
Assistant: Jon Vandenberg
Varsity Soccer
Varsity Soccer finished second in CCS in a heart breaker final game against Los Altos. Their league record was 8-2-2.
The
team was lead by many strong seniors, including Jessica Lau, Emily Rubin, and
Alex Gatel. All league recipients.
Team Captains: Jennifer Kute, Alex Gatley, and Jessica Lau
JV Soccer Highlights
Season
record - 11 - 4 - 4
Finished in 4th place 6-4-2 in league - one pt. behind 3rd, two pts behind
2nd
Excellent season as we had 13 freshmen and 7 sophomores on the roster. The youngest
team of any we played.
Team Captains - Amy Bour, Vrinda Gupta, Sarah Foxcroft
Team leading scorer - Amber Wong 6 goals 5 assists 17 pts
MVP - Ana Gash - Center back
Most Improved player - Alyssa Walker - goal keeper
Coaches awards - Rachel Major - defender of the year, Sarah Foxcroft -
midfielder of the year, Amber Wong - offensive player of the year
All
League first team - Ana Gash, Rachel Major, Sarah Foxcroft
All League second team - Amber Wong, Emily Van Poetsch
Wrestling
Head Coach: Tim Knight
Assistant Coach: Josh Desherlia
The Wrestling program welcomed two new coaches this year, Fremont graduates
Tim Knight and Josh Desherlia. They have revived the program and are looking
toward a great future.
Team Record: 2-3, beating Palo Alto and Wilcox, Loses to Fremont, Los Gatos,
Gunn
Banquet
Awards:
Alex Kadajura: received the Iron Man Award
Grant Kadakura : Most valuable and Most inspirational
Graham Paterson: Most improved
Overall: It was an exciting season they had one qualifier to the state tournament
and six varsity players qualified for CCS.
SPRING
Badminton
Head Varsity Coach: Charley Situ
JV Coach: Julie Sullivan
The Badminton team had another fantastic season. The varsity team came in first
place in league with a 12-0 record. The junior varsity team finished the season
with a 10-2 record, placing 2nd in league. Senior Emmanuel Pun was undefeated
in boy's singles and will be advancing to the CCS finals for the 4th time, having
won the boys singles title 3 consecutive years. Team Captains, Jennifer Chang
and Nghia Nguyen played mixed doubles and finished the season with an 11-1 record.
The varsity players competed in a tournament with all 14 schools from the DeAnza
and El Camino Leagues. Sophomores, Nina and Hannah Wang came in first place
in girl's doubles. Sandra Quah and Xuan Bao came in 3rd place in girl's doubles.
Both girls' doubles teams will advance to the CCS finals. Boys doubles players,
Jason Liu and Manish Mammidama came in 4th at the tournament and will also advance
to CCS. Freshman and sophomores also competed in a tournament with the DeAnza
and El Camino Leagues. Sophomores, Jeffery Liu and Ethan Lin finished in 1st
place in boy's doubles. Freshman, Jennifer Chen and Tiffany Chang came in 1st
place in girl's doubles. Freshman, Diane Keng and sophomore, Kevin Yin played
mixed doubles in the tournament winning 1st place. Sophomore, Michael Wang came
in second place in boys' singles.
Baseball
Head Varsity Coach: Brook Rahn
JV Coach: Brian Sullivan
Assistants: Dave Vieira, Skip Mueller, Jonathan Gass
Varsity Baseball
Although it has been a tough season, the future is bright. The varsity baseball team has five sophomores in the starting line up, led by Justin Rahn, Chad Estes, Jason Kearns, Nick Tong and Chris Cantwell. Also, our starting pitchers were Justin Rahn and Chad Estes as Sophomores. We have also have had strong contribution from Billy Guardino, Junior, Matt Wilson, Junior, Dustin Brown, Junior and Shawn Voigt, Senior. Justin Rahn and Chad Estes were selected 2nd Team All-League. Billy Guardino and Jason Kearns were selected Honorable Mention All-League. Justin Rahn was selected team MVP, Shawn Voigt was selected team Most Inspirational, and Chad Estes won the team highest batting average.
The F/S Baseball started the year with a bang. Through the first half of the
season, the team had a 10-2 record. Chris Cantwell was moved up to the Varsity
during Spring Break, where he contributed right away. The team also suffered
injuries to some key players and finished the season in third place and an overall
record of 13-9. Kevin Wilson was recognized with a First Team All-League selection,
along with second team honors to Dave Orvick, Jarrod Beiser and Chris Cantwell.
Josh Cornwell, Kalon Zandbergs, Anthony Maldonado, and Nick Utley were key contributors
to the team's success.
Softball
Head Varsity Coaches: Debbie Smith and Ray Texteria
JV Coach: Al Perkins
Assistant: Jodi Johnson
Varsity
Softball
Team took 2nd in league and made it to 2nd round CCS!
The JV Softball team went 6-6 this year taking fourth in our division. All of
the girls practiced and played hard. We had a large team 18 girls so there was
a lot of cheering and support coming from the dugout at all of the games. The
girls worked hard had fun and learned a lot about softball this season.
We
will be naming 7 All League Awards this year:
Kate Thomas
Katherine Chaung
Becca Wagner
Jenna Iguchi
Dannille Foster
Sumayyah Naguib
Neena Kashyap
Girls
Swimming
Head Varsity Coach: Dan Kamintz
JV Coach: Don Vierra
Swimming took 2nd in CCS!!
CCS
Event Results
Medley: Fisher-Colbrie, Yuen, Cheng, Drysdale: 5th place
200 Free- Audrey Kwang 6th
200 Individual Medley: Megan Fisher-Colbri 4th
50 Freestyle: Chelsea Fong: 3rd
50 Freestyle: Emma Drysdale: 7th
100 Freestyle: Chelsea Fong: 4th
500 Freestyle: Audrey Kwong 5th
200 Free style Relay: Fong, Ueno, Kwong, Drysldale: 3rd
400 Freestyle: Fong, Ueno, Kwog, Fisher-Colbri 2nd
Boys Swimming
Head Varsity Coach: Ron Freeman
JV Coach: Matt Tait
JV took 4th and Varsity took 2nd!
Team was lead by Authur Lam
JV League Champion: Michale Forney 50 Butterfly
Boys
Tennis
Head Varsity Coach: Bruce Becker
JV Coach: Mia Onodera
Varsity Boys Tennis
League
Record was 6-6, placing 3rd in the division. Three juniors were the backbone
of the team- Thomas Kula, Vishnal Sridhar, and Kevin Lee. These players were
dedicated showed true team spirit. The team looks strong in the future, as many
are returning for their senior year.
Boys JV Tennis
The team was third in the De Anza division with an 8-4 league record. There
were only two returning players this year so there was no spot on the roster
that seemed to be a "guaranteed" win. Every player had to step up
and win his match at some point in order to get the team win. There were several
4-3 wins that were dependent upon the last court's outcome. It was a challenging
season with little court space, a large squad, minimal practice time, and inexperience,
but when the team needed each other, they pulled through. The team awards were:
MVP James Hansen, Most Improved Jonas Chang, Most Inspirational Nate Park, and
Coach's Awards to Kyle Ju and Albert Lin.
Boys
Volleyball
Head Varsity Coach: Lori Gragnola
JV Coach: Jeremy Ebbink
Assistant: Sarah Jensen
The Varsity Boys finished 3rd league. The team was lead by Bret Gilbert and Darryl Tom.
JV Boys Volleyball
Even though they were the first team MV has had, The JV team rose to the challenge of establishing a strong tradition of excellence for the teams that will follow this inaugural season. They drew on every player's contributing strengths of athleticism, leadership, experience, skills, hard work, enthusiasm, and integrity to congeal quickly as a strong team and solidify a third place ranking in our competitive league of eight teams. Yes, third place in their first year! The only two schools they lost to are powerhouses Homestead and Los Gatos. But the most commendable achievements cannot be found in statistics and win-loss records. With strong peer leadership and team-centric attitudes, the Monta Vista JV volleyball team has been firmly established as a team that supports all players, works hard, and has lots of fun doing it. They also received generous coaching help from a team mother, who is a setter herself, and a recent graduate of Homestead volleyball. Thanks to all the family, friends, and fans. It was a great experience
Track
& Field
Coaches
Jeff Payne, Gary Price, Chester O'Neal, Lilian Ito, Ray Cornell
3rd
place Over-all league
All League Awards Below
Varsity Boys
1600:
Simon Bill (champion)
800: Simon Bill
Varsity Girls
4x100
Relay
400: Natasha Sakellar
100: Marissa Minderler (champion)
3200: Jean Feng
4x400 Relay
HJ: Helena Montin (champion)
TJ: Elise Leung
F/S Boys:
65
Hurdles: Jonathan Chow, Chris Chui
400: Matias Corvalan (champion), William Yuan, Chris Knight
800: Peter Feng (champion)
300H: Chris Chui
3200: Yutaro Okuda (champion), Kranti Peddada
4x400 Relay (champion)
LJ: Vikram Shenoy
TJ: Vikram Shenoy (champion)
JV
Girls :
100H: Catherine Shieh
Shot Put: Michelle Young (champion)
Discus: Michelle Young
HJ: Helena Nguyen (champion)
Golf
Coach: Travis Hambleton
We had an outstanding season, finishing 10-2. Our two losses were no surprise - one each to Los Gatos and Saratoga, the perennial powerhouses of the league. What was a surprise was that also beat each of them, for the first time in many years. At the league finals tournament, we came in a disappointing fourth place behind the unbeaten Mountain View, Los Gatos, and an upstart Palo Alto team. Strong showings from senior Phil Lee and junior/newcomer Mike Shwe earned them spots in CCS Regionals. Other strong players include sophomore Jiin Park, who also competed in the Girls CCS in the fall, and freshman Shen Fuchigama.
Special
Thank you to….
April Scott
Brad Metheany
Sarah Jensen
Deb Mandac
Judy Shroeder
Ronda Hoxsie
Janet Trankle
Judy Ma
2007-2008
Booster Board!
Co Presidents: Ken Orvick & Cathy Gatley
Vice Presidents: Chris Gatley, Dana Drysdale, Joe Gantley, Bruce Beiser
Secretary: Marcia Kerns
Treasurer: Janet Trankle
Clothing: Judy Wilson, Denise Montijo
Hospitality: Dana Stern, Marcia Kerns
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