The Dons first home meet of the season against Cal High on Wednesday, March 4 was another one for the record book. Congratulations to Deonte Littlejohn for posting the current state leading mark in the discus with a new school record of 182’ 9” – his mark is also the 4th best throw in the USA and on planet earth for his age group.
Thank you to all of our volunteers – parents and students – who helped make the track meet a huge success, and a special thank you the Hurdle Crew. While not an official meet, it was an impressive win for our varsity boys and a great showing by our girls.
Special shout outs to
- Julian Hood, Harry Zimmerman, and Ilias Kaplanes-Jones for winning their races by diving at the finish line
- Olivia Kemp, for making it back to the track and helping out
- All of our 4x4s, for running hard and sticking out until the end
- Our girls for 4x1s, for adjusting on the fly and battling through adversity
It is early in the season, and there are a lot of meets left on the calendar, but at the posting of this message our tracksters have posted the following NCS Leading Marks:
#1 Discus (#1 in State, and #4 on Planet Earth) – Deonte Littlejohn
#1 Shotput – Deonte Littlejohn
#1 LJ (#7 in State) – Ilias Kaplanes-Jones
#1 300 (33”) Hurdles – River Lockwood
#2 4×100 Relay (2nd fastest 4×100 ever run in our stadium) – Matt Schwarz, Ilias Kaplanes-Jones, Jackson Boselli, River Lockwood
#3 4×100 Relay – Julia Munter, Isabelle Agnost, Dani Green, Olivia Kemp
#3 110h – River Lockwood
#3 200 – Ilias Kaplanes-Jones
#3 PV – Miles Moore (10th grade!)
#4 100m – Ilias Kaplanes-Jones
#5 Triple jump – Grant Ricker
#5 400 – Ben Mickelson
#7 Discus – Amari Hollins
#7 100 – Matt Schwarz
#7 200 – Ben Mickelson
#8 800 – Harry Zimmerman
#9 1600 – Neve Murphy
#9 High Jump – Sam Griscavage
#9 100 – Jackson Boselli
#10 200 – River Lockwood
Also, congratulations to River Lockwood, who won the 300 Hurdles in 40.87 at the Dan Gabor Sprint and Distance Festival at Amador Valley High School on Saturday, March 7.
Thanks to Coach Escobar for the stats and write-up
Photo Credit: Rachel Whalen