Dublin Distance Fiesta
The Dublin Distance Fiesta, the largest track meet in North California, in which over 3,000 student athletes competed, was PR City for the distance crew! Every single runner that competed walked away with a PR or SB for at least one of the events that they raced. This meet also awards a T-shirt or drawstring bag for all top-3 finishers from each heat. Acalanes had an incredible XX of swag winners.
Swag winners include:
Daichi Nannen (3200)
Adam Emtage (1600) AND (800)
Sam Dempsey-Fehling (1600)
Emma Hunt (800)
RC Means (800)
Loic Windfuhr Duran (800)
Tyler Hunt (800)
1600
Katrina Ortman and Charlotte Sutherland race in the same heat and both take off a couple of seconds off their PR and start flirting with the idea of going under 6:20
Sammy Hamalian places just outside of the top-3 of his race and gets under 6 minutes for the first time!
Nina Gehrig gets close to going under 5:50 and Cameron Powell takes off more time of her PR and runs 5:44.
Sam Bequette takes off 7 seconds from his PR and is nipping at the heels of his brother Tom’s PR of 5:30
Three boys across two different heats get ever closer to breaking the 5 minute barrier. Sam Dempsey-Fehling, TJ Cronin, and Peter Buchel are just a couple strides away from crossing the threshold
Logan Farzan crosses into the 4:30’s with a 4:37 in the 1600, though his 1200m leg in the DMR suggests he’s got more seconds to take off!
800
Adam Emtage was the only runner to walk away with two pieces of swag after a gutsy effort in the 800m. He takes off 13 seconds off his 800 PR
RC Means takes off 4 seconds to finish at 2:15 and Loic Windfuhr Durand runs 3 seconds faster for a 2:05
Emma Hunt was our only female runner in the 800 and she walks away with a heat win and a new PR of 2:45
Tyler Hunt breaks the 2 minute barrier for the first time in the 800. Walks away with the 14th fastest time of the entire meet. That’s 14 out of 722! Tyler also split a time of 4:23 in the 1600 in his DMR leg!
3200
TJ Cronin debuts in the 3200 at an impressive 11:00!
Peter Buchel adopts a new racing shoe for the 3200 and PR that was 45 seconds faster than his last!
Jemma Teran is under 16 minutes for the 3200 for the first time and Ruby Deeming is under 15 minutes for the 3200 for the first time!
DMR
The Boys DMR team made up of Logan Farzan, Michael Kuhner, Loic Windfuhr Duran, and Tyler Hunt take off 25 seconds from their last DMR attempt to achieve an Arcadia qualifier time!
Eddie Hart Invitational
The girls high jumpers travel to Pittsburgh High School to get some competitive jumping in. Carly Harriman claims the meet title, clearing 5 feet for the second time in her career and the first time this season.