On a glorious (finally!) Saturday in Pittsburg, the Dons performed brilliantly, advancing 14 athletes to the NCS Meet of Champions, with the boys team taking 2nd place overall out of 19 competing schools, and girls taking 6th overall. Not to be missed…PRs galore and new state #1 marks for speedster Paul Kuhner in the 100 in a blazing 10.36 (tie 2nd best in NCS history) and Trevor Rogers jumping a PR and new state #1 mark 24′ 5.75″ in the long jump (7th best in NCS history).
Top 6 performers in each event qualify for the Meet of Champions, the prelude to the State Track and Field Championships plus athletes meeting a very challenging NCS qualifying mark, of which Acalanes had several
Qualifying for the Meet of Champions are:
Girls–
Natalie Lyons: #1 Long Jump 18′ 1.75″
Dulci Vail: #1 High Jump 5’4″
Olivia Williams: #3 3200 11:19.88 and #4 1600 5:02.85
Haley Chelemedos: #4 High Jump 5’2″, season best and tie PR (and a PR 12.95 100)
Megan Yee: #9 1600 5:10.98 and #12 800 PR 2:20.19
Neve Murphy (soph): #8 1600 5:10.98
Boys–
Paul Kuhner: #1 100 10.36, #1 200 21.56, #2 Long Jump PR 22-1.25, #3 4×100 relay
Trevor Rogers: #1 Long Jump 10, #3 200 22.13, #3 4×100 relay
Deonte Littlejohn (soph): #1 Discus 149’3″ PR
Ace Reeder: #2 Triple Jump 43′ 8″ PR, #7 long jump 20-8.5″ PR
Illias Kaplanes-Jones (soph): #3 Long Jump 21’10.75″ (PR tie)
Logan Farzan: #10 1600 4.22.83 PR
4×100 relay team: #3 41.77 PR (Glick, Kuhner, Schwarz, Rogers)
Additional meet PRs include Miles Clark discus 132’1″, River Lockwood (soph) 300 m hurdles 42.5, and Matt Schwarz 100 11.08 (.05 off of the NCS qualifying mark)
Several other athletes competed valiantly for the Dons and will look forward to moving on next year!
Unified Team—
Shotput–#1 Bethal Imasuem and Marcus McGrady, #3 Addy Martin and Fauna Miles, 4×100 relay #2 Alyvia DeCredico, Ainsley Dodge, Emma Cain, Chloe Boyle, 100 #5 Emma Cain and Alyvia Decredico and #6 Anne Baker and Ainsley Dodge.
Great performances all around, GOOD LUCK AT MEET OF CHAMPIONS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY!