This past Wednesday, March 20th, we travelled to Clayton Valley for our first away meet. Our girls battled Clayton fiercely, but narrowly lost 66-69 in a meet that came down to the wire. On the boys side, our boys pulled an 83-53 upset that ended Clayton Valley’s two season undefeated streak over the DAL.

In the middle of the meet, a chorus of cheers erupted as Johnny Choi set the school record in the High Jump with a jump of 6’8”. We are not quite sure just what is most impressive about Johnny’s jump, but here’s a list:

1. Johnny is only 5’8” tall himself, and jumped a full foot over his own head
2. He broke a school record that has stood since 1982
3. He out jumped Clayton Valley’s Daylon Hicks, who finished 2nd in the State of California last year
4. Johnny’s jump is the 3rd highest jump in California this year and the 9th highest in the United States
5. Johnny broke the record to sound of applause from all of his teammates, who tried to storm the apron once they heard the result

Congratulations, Johnny Choi! Video here.

Full results are here, highlights below. Photos from the meet are in link immediately below.https://photos.app.goo.gl/AB9WSMJQpA2vViw57

Jumps

• In addition to Johnny’s jump, Acalanes Boys Jumpers sweep the Long Jump and Triple Jump for the third meet in a row.
• Abeagail Dunsmore clears 8’6” in the Pole Vault for a big PR.
• Niko Figone improves to 17’ 9.75” in the Long Jump.
• Maddy Rogers improves to 16’ 5” in the Long Jump to take 2nd.

Throws

• Anna Weier wins the shotput and discus.
• Anthony Ortale hits a whopping PR of 102’ in the Discus.
• Beatrice Weier, Brooke Blacklidge, Ryland Nella, Tori Wang, and Abeagail Dunsmore all PR in the Discus.
• Billy Brown throws over 40 feet in the shotput to take 2nd.

Distance

• Claire Jenkins breaks the 7 minute mile barrier with a new PR of 6:54
• Lauren Yee and Caroline Crossland finish 1, 2 in the Varsity 800m.
• Thena Huisingh and Megan Baginski score new PR’s in the 1600m with 6:14 and 6:31.
• Sam Roth, Dominic Basaldua and Derek Kotarba score 1, 2, 3 in the 3200m run with PRs of 10:20, 10:28 and 10:57.
• Lucas Haase sets new PR in the 800m with 2:18.

Relays

• The Varsity Boys 4×100 Relay team runs a season best 43.36 to improve to 4th all time at Acalanes as Jake Delaney and Keaziah Smith build an insurmountable lead and take first .
• Aidan Mosley and Rayce Walton gut out impressive 4×400 splits to win the race in a season best of 3:29.
• Freshman Ella Alpert joins the Varsity Girls 4×400 in her first competition 400.

Sprints

• Despite a strong headwind, which makes sprinting difficult, there were still some impressive efforts in the sprints.
• Charolette Keohane debuts in the 100 – she also takes 2nd in the Varsity Girls 200
• Freshman Natalie Stadt records PRs in both the 200 and 400.
• Emily Sverak secures a 300 Meter Hurdle victory for the second week in a row with a PR of 47.76 that takes her to 8th all time at Acalanes
• Matt Miles breaks the 24 second barrier in the 200 with a PR of 23.80.
• Cooper Womack and Jacob Hill set PRs in 200 as well.
• Kevin Mlynek kicks over a hurdle to take first by 005 seconds in the 300 Meter Hurdles