Track & Field

 Acalanes vs Northgate

This past Wednesday, March 13th, Acalanes faced Northgate in our second dual meet competition. Unfortunately, despite many great individual performances, our girls were unable to overcome Northgate’s numbers and fell 79-57. Our boys team rallied behind great efforts in the distance and jumping events to win 76-60.Regardless of scores, all of our athletes competed like champions – Northgate brought a very large team to the event, including NCS leaders in several events, but your Dons didn’t back down and still finished in the top 3 in virtually every event. More importantly, they did so with the support of their teammates. Our entire coaching staff is incredibly proud of the way all of our athletes cheer each other on and compete not just as individuals, but as a team.

Some results are still being verified, but full results are here, and highlights are below. Link to photos immediately below – thank you to Alex Mathias!

Photo link:  https://photos.app.goo.gl/q6WgxjuUBhs5HDxs6

Throws

• Anna Weier wins the discus with a PR and moves up to #3 in NCS and 7th all time at Acalanes

• Junior Tori Wang PRs in the shotput

• Krishna Prabaharan sets a season record in the discus to take third

• Sophomore Josh Ramlan PR’s by multiple feet in the Frosh Soph shotput and discus – he takes first in shotput but loses to his teammate Anthony Ortale who also sets a PR in the discus

Distance

• Riley Noon, Sam Roth, and Dominic Basaldua sweep the 3200 meter run as Dominic brings his teammates to their feet with a blazing finish. Riley and Sam also take 1st and 2nd in the 1600.

• Manon Roelandts and Lauren Yee earn new PRs in the 800m with 2:40 and 2:29.

• Charlotte Glass smashes her previous PR of 7:44 in the 1600m with a new PR of 6:46.

• Ian Ho scores double PRs in the 1600m and 800m with new PRs of 5:28 and 2:33.

• William Zhang crashes the 2:30 800m barrier with a new PR of 2:26.

Relays

• Girls 4×100 and 4×400 teams both take first, setting PRs in both events

Sprints

• A league best 7 Acalanes boys sprinters break 12 seconds in the 100 meter dash

• Scarlette McCullough and Mila Mathias finish 1st and 2nd in the Varsity girls 100 meter dash – we believe both PRed but times have not been verified

• Keaziah Smith finishes 2nd in the 100 – even though he did not get the win, he becomes the 3rd sprinter in Acalanes history to break 11 seconds in the 100 meter dash with a PR of 10.97. He also moves up to 7th all time at Acalanes in the 200 meter dash.

• Emily Sverak  PRs again in the 300m Hurdles, moving her up to 4th in NCS and 8th all time at Acalanes

• Sophomore Maddy Rogers debuts in the 100 meter dash, winning the Frosh Soph girls race

• Irvin Chao busts out a huge PR in the 400 meter dash to take third

• Freshman Ella Alpert wins the Frosh Soph Girls 200

Jumps

• Abeagail Dunsmore takes second in the Pole Vault and sets a PR

• Mila Mathias returns to the High Jump with a jump of 4’8”

• Acalanes Boys Jumpers sweep the Long Jump and Triple Jump – Dane Jenssen makes his first 20 foot jump to secure the sweep in the Long Jump

• Though he does not PR, Lucas Julian makes his return to the Triple Jump and sets a season record

• Finally, Chris Rogers wins the High Jump and Triple Jump, setting PRs in both