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SD Prep Sports: Track & Field

Off to the races: Metro teams dominate 50th Sweetwater Relays

By Phillip Brents

NATIONAL CITY, March 18,. 2006 --The top track and field program in the Metro Conference? If team talent and depth is gauged by combined marks of both boys and girls student-athletes, from freshmen to seniors, then Saturday’s 50th Sweetwater Coed Relays may be just as good an indicator as any.

In that case, Otay Ranch holds that distinction as the conference’s early-season heavyweight after edging Eastlake by four points for the Division I team title in competition at Gail Devers Stadium. The defending South Bay League champion Mustangs finished the day-long event with 150 points. Eastlake, the defending Mesa League champion, finished second place in the team standings with 146 points. Bonita Vista was third with 103 points.

“We’re happy because we had a couple key people out of the lineup. I’m sure everyone did as well with the flu going around. But a lot of our younger kids stepped up. If you beat teams like Eastlake, Sweetwater and Bonita Vista, all of which have quality programs, that’s an indicator that we’re coming along well,” Otay Ranch head coach Ian Cumming said.

Besides scoring team points in the unique-format track and field meet, athletes also go to have fun. Various events are constructed to include a mix of non-conventional distances, genders and class levels while some relay events follow traditional lines.

Field events also follow a relay format, with the individual totals of participants on a team added to produce a team mark.

Otay Ranch recorded nine first-place finishes, three second-place finishes and three third-place finishes. The Mustangs won the coed shot put relay (142-11.75), girls 440-yard relay (53.1), coed long jump relay (70-3.5), girls distance medley (14:06), girls frosh/soph sprint medley relay (2:02), boys frosh/soph sprint medley relay (1:44.2), coed two-mile relay (9:54.3), high jump relay (15-6) and girls mile relay (4:29.1).

Individual standouts for Otay Ranch included Charay Savage,who recorded the top mark in the girls triple jump at 34-7 and finished second to teammate Brittney Bennett (17-4.5) in the long jump with a jump of 14-9.5. Ciara Burton recorded the top girls high jump mark at 4-10 while Mark McPherson finished second in the boys long jump (20-0) and third in the high jump (5-10). Luci Rangel was third in the girls shot put (29-10.75).

Eastlake finished the meet with seven first-place showings, five second-place finishes and three third-place finishes. The Titans won the coed shuttle hurdles relay (1:11.5), boys 440-yard relay (45.1), girls 880-yard relay (1:55.9), boys 880-yard relay (1:35.6), coed pole vault (32-6), boys varsity sprint medley (1:39.8) and triple jump relay (141-4.75).

Luc Ruiz (13-6) and Jeremiah Andujo (11-0) finished first and third in the boys pole vault while Marcus Yarbrough was second in the boys discus (139-1) and third in the boys shot put (45-11). Also for Eastlake, Kareem Rodriguez placed second in the boys high jump at 6-0 while Estevan Canciller finished second in the triple jump (40-8.75) to teammate R. McKinney (43-4) and was third in the long jump (19-10).

Bonita Vista won three relay events and posted two second-place and seven third-place finishes. The Barons emerged victorious in the frosh/soph coed mid-distance relay (7:04.4), boys four-mile relay (19:04) and boys mile relay (3:42.7).

The BV quartert of Daniel Garcia, Mathew Seat, Chris Close and Eric Avila showcased itself with a runaway victory in the four-mile relay, with each runner completing one-mile runs in succession. The Barons, with Avila flying on the third leg, concluded the meet in the rain with a win in the boys mile relay.

Sweetwater, which finished in fourth place in the Division I team standings, totaled five second-place finishes and one third-place finish.

SuHi’s Sam Suarez was second in the boys shot put (50-10) behind Morse’s Darius Savage, who set a meet record with a put of 57-4. Savage also recorded the top throw in the discus at 147-9.

How dominant were South County teams in the Division I team standings? Of the 21 contested events, Metro teams won 19.

La Jolla ran away, both figuratively and literally, with the Division II team title by accumulating 180 points, topping second-place Madison (134) and Clairemont (91). Hilltop finished in fourth place with 56 points.

Hilltop won three events: discus relay (371-5), girls frosh/soph sprint relay (2:04.7) and shot put relay (124-11). William Shine took top individual honors in the boys discus with a throw of 117-5 while Lindsey Beckner finished second in both the girls shot put (30-0.75) and discus (89-7).

Marian Catholic was eighth in the Division II team standings with 22 points. San Ysidro was eighth in the Division I team standings with 11 points.

Sweetwater Coed Relays
Saturday, March 18 at Sweetwater High School, National City

Division 1 results
Coed shuttle hurdles relay: 1. Eastlake 1:11.5; 2. Otay Ranch; 3. Bonita Vista; 4. San Diego; 5. Calexico; 6. Sweetwater.

Frosh/soph coed mid-distance relay: 1. Bonita Vista 7:04.4; 2Sweetwater; 3. San Diego; 4. Otay Ranch; 5. Eastlake; 6. Calexico.

Coed shot put relay: 1. Otay Ranch 142-11.75; 2. Sweetwater; 3. Eastlake; 4. Bonita Vista; 5. Morse; 6. Calexico.

Girls 440 relay: 1. Otay Ranch 53.1; 2. Morse 53.5; 3. Bonita Vista 54.2; 4. Eastlake 54.5; 5. San Diego 54.7; 6. Calexico 56.6; 7. Sweetwater 56.6; 8. San Ysidro 1:00.8.

Coed long jump relay: 1. Otay Ranch 70-3.5; 2. San Diego; 3. Eastlake; 4. Morse; 5. Bonita Vista; 6. Calexico.
Boys 440 relay: 1. Eastlake 45.1; 2. San Diego 46.3; 3. Bonita Vista 47.2; 4. Sweetwater 47.3; 5. Otay Ranch 47.5; 6. Calexico 47.7; 7 San Ysidro 51.0.

Girls distance medley relay: 1. Otay Ranch 14:06; 2. Eastlake 14:34; 3. Bonita Vista 14:43; 4. Sweetwtaer 15:35; 5. Calexico 15:35.

Girls frosh/soph sprint medley relay: 1. Otay Ranch 2:02; 2. Bonita Vista; 3. Morse; 4. Eastlake; 5. San Ysidro.

Boys frosh/soph sprint medley relay: 1. Otay Ranch 1:44.2; 2. Eastlake; 3. Bonita Vista; 4. Sweetwater; 5. San Diego; 6. Morse.

Girls 880 relay: 1. Eastlake 1:55.9; 2. Otay Ranch 1:57.2; 3. Calexico 2:04.4; 4. San Ysidro 2:19.6.

Boys 880 relay: 1. Eastlake 1:35.6; 2. Morse 1:37.1; 3. San Diego 1:37.9; 4. Otay Ranch 1:39.8; 5. Bonita Vista 1:42.1; 6. Calexico 1:42.3; 7 Sweetwater 1:49.6; 8. San Ysidro 1:51.0.

Coed pole vault relay: 1. Eastlake 32-6; 2. Sweetwater; 3. Bonita Vista; 4. Otay Ranch.

Coed two-mile relay: 1. Otay Ranch 9:54.3; 2. Sweetwater 10:04.0; 3. Calexico 10:08.8; 4. Eastlake 10:14.7; 5. Bonita Vista 10:22.7; 6. San Diego 10:33.2; 7. San Ysidro 11:26.6.

Discus relay: 1. Morse 422-0.5; 2. Eastlake; 3. Otay Rach; 4. Sweetwater; 5. Bonita Vista; 6. Calexico.

High jump relay: 1. Otay Ranch 15-6; 2. Eastlake; 3. San Diego; 4. Bonita Vista; 5. Calexico; 6. Sweetwater.

Boys varsity sprint medley relay: 1. Eastlake 1:39.8; 2. Bonita Vista; 3. Sweetwater; 4. Morse; 5. Otay Ranch; 6. San Diego.

Girls varsity sprint medley relay: 1. Morse 1:57.5; 2. Eastlake; 3. San Diego; 4. Calexico; 5. Otay Ranch; 6. San Ysidro.

Triple jump relay: 1. Eastlake 141-4.75; 2. Otay Ranch; 3. Bonita Vista; 4. San Diego; 5. Sweetwater; 6. Morse.

Boys four-mile relay: 1. Bonita Vista 19:04; 2. Sweetwater 19:47; 3. Otay Ranch 19:51; 4. San Diego 20:50; 5. Calexico 21:30.

Girls mile relay: 1. Otay Ranch 4:29.1; 2. Calexico 4:45.3; 3. Eastlake 4:46.1; 4. Sweetwater 4:52.4; 5. Bonita Vista 4:55.9.

Boys mile relay: 1. Bonita Vista 3:42.2; 2. San Diego; 3. Otay Ranch; 4. Eastlake; 5. Sweetwater; 6. Calexico.

Division 2 results
Coed shuttle hurdles relay: 1. La Jolla 1:15.2; 2. Christian; 3. Imperial; 4. Madison; 5. Clairemont.
Frosh/soph coed mid-distance relay: 1. La Jolla 7:01.6; 2. Christian; 3. Imperial; 4. Madison; 5. Clairemont; 6. La Jolla Country Day.

Coed shot put relay: 1. Hilltop 124-11; 2. Clairemont; 3. La Jolla; 4. Christian; 5. Madison; 6. Imperial.
Girls 440 relay: 1. Madison 53.2; 2. La Jolla 53.8; 3. Hilltop 55.7; 4. Marian Catholic 57.9; 5. La Jolla Country Day 58.6; 6. Clairemont 1:01.2.

Coed long jump relay: 1. La Jolla 69-1.75; 2. Madison; 3. La Jolla Country Day; 4. Clairemont; 5. Imperial; 6. Marian Catholic.

Boys 440 relay: 1. Madison 46.5; 2. La Jolla 46.6; 3. La Jolla Country Day 46.9; 4. Hilltop 47.9; 5. Clairemont 48.7; 6. Marian Catholic 48.8; 7. Imperial 49.7.

Girls distance medley relay: 1. La Jolla 14:00; 2. Clairemont 14:03; 3. La Jolla Country Day 14:05; 4. Christian 15:22; 5. Hilltop 15:30; 6. Imperial 15:33.

Girls frosh/soph sprint medley relay: 1. Hilltop 2:04.7; 2. La Jolla; 3. Madison; 4. Imperial; 5. Clairemont; 6. La Jolla Country Day.

Boys frosh/soph sprint medley relay: 1. La Jolla 1:49.7; 2. Hilltop; 3. Madison; 4. Imperial; 5. Marian Catholic; 6. Clairemont.

Girls 880 relay: 1. La Jolla 1:57.6; 2. Madison 1:57.9; 3. Clairemont 2:05.9; 4. Imperial 2:07.8; 5. Marian Catholic 2:33.7.

Boys 880 relay: 1. La Jolla 1:38.8; 2. Clairemont 1:39.5; 3. Madison 1:40.1; 4. Imperial 1:45.2; 5. Marian Catholic 1:46.3.

Coed pole vault relay: 1. La Jolla 43-0; 2. La Jolla Country Day.

Coed two-mile relay: 1. La Jolla 9:43.7; 2. Christian 9:45.0; 3. Clairemont 9:57.6; 4. Madison 10:31.5; 5. La Jolla Country Day 10:32.4; 6. Hilltop 10:51.6.

Discus relay: 1. Hilltop 371-5; 2. Madison; 3. La Jolla; 4. Christian; 5. Clairemont; 6. Imperial.

High jump relay: 1. La Jolla 20-6; 2. Madison; 3. (tie) Clairemont, La Jolla Country Day.

Boys varsity sprint medley relay: 1. Madison 1:40.9; 2. Clairemont; 3. La Jolla; 4. La Jolla Country Day; 5. Imperial; 6. Hilltop.

Girls varsity sprint medley relay: 1. Madison 2:01.9; 2. Marian Catholic; 3. Hilltop; 4. La Jolla; 5. Imperial; 6. La Jolla Country Day.

Triple jump relay: 1. La Jolla 143-7.75; 2. Madison; 3. Imperial; 4. Clairemont.

Boys four-mile relay: 1. La Jolla 21:00; 2. Clairemont 21:05; 3. Madison 21:47; 4. Christian 21:50; 5. La Jolla Country Day 23:32.

Girls mile relay: 1. Christian 4:25.7; 2. La Jolla; 3. Madison; 4. Imperial; 5. Clairemont.

Boys mile relay: 1. Madison 3:46.6; 2. Clairemont; 3. La Jolla; 4. Christian; 5. Imperial.

Top Individuals
Division I Boys Pole Vault
1. Luc Ruiz (Eastlake) 13-6; 2. Chris Navarro (Sweetwater) 11-6; 3. Jeremiah Andujo (Eastlake) 11-0; 4. Jeff Smith (Otay Ranch) 10-6; 5. Henry Barroso (Sweetwater) 10-0; 6. Josh Hill (Bonita Vista) 10-0; 7. Craig Araki (Bonita Vista) 9-0.

Division I Girls Pole Vault
1. Morgan Byers (Eastlake) 8-0; 2. Sandra Aguilar (Otay Ranch) 7-0.

Division I Girls Shot Put
1. Boykin (Bonita Vista) 33-1.75; 2. Fuimaono (Bonita Vista) 30-1.25; 3. Rangel (Otay Ranch) 29-10.75.

Division I Boys Triple Jump
1. R. McKinney (Eastlake) 43-4; 2. E. Canciller (Eastlake) 40-8.75.

Division I Boys Pole Vault
1. Luc Ruiz (Eastlake) 13-6 (14-0 courtesy jump)
2. Chris Navarro (Sweetwater) 11-6
3. Jeremiah Andujo (Eastlake) 11-0
4. Jeff Smith (Otay Ranch) 10-6
5. Henry Barroso (Sweetwater) 10-0
6. Josh Hill (Bonita Vista) 10-0
7. Craig Araki (Bonita Vista) 9-0
8. Brian Bauman (Otay Ranch) NH

Division II Boys Pole Vault
1. Josh Phillys (La Jolla) 12-6
2. Isaki Hoshijima (La Jolla) 10-0
3. Jon Voltson (La Jolla Country Day) 10-0
4. Taylor Sarraria (La Jolla Country Day) 9-6

Division I Girls Pole Vault
1. Morgan Byers (Eastlake) 8-0
2. Sandra Aguilar (Otay Ranch) 7-0

Division II Girls Pole Vault
1. Dana Hoolko (La Jolla) 11-0
2. Lauren Christensen (La Jolla) 9-6
3. Tricia Decker (La Jolla Country Day) 7-6

Division I Team Standings
1. Otay Ranch 150 points
2. Eastlake 146 points
3. Bonita Vista 103 points
4. Sweetwater 70 points
5. San Diego 66 points
6. Morse 54 points
7. Calexico 40 points
8. San Ysidro 11 points

Division II Team Standings
1. La Jolla 180 points
2. Madison 134 points
3. Clairemont 91 points
4. Hilltop 56 points
5. Christian 48 points
6. (tie) La Jolla Country Day 42 points
6. (tie) Imperial 42 points
8. Marian Catholic 22 points