Day one of the Meet of Champions was warm and windy, and our Acalanes athletes gave it their all on Friday. While some saw their track season end in the preliminaries, we had several outstanding performances from athletes advancing to the MOC Championship Finals today (Saturday 5/12) at Dublin High School. Deonte Littlejohn took 3rd place in Shot Put with…
Last Saturday, the Dons tracksters showed up to win at the NCS Tri Valley Championship. The top six in each event move on to the NCS Meet of Champions, as do athletes meeting the NCS performance standard. In a highly competitive NCS meet, 17 Acalanes athletes qualified to move on to this weekend’s Meet of Champions, held Friday and Saturday…
The weather was hot and the track was hotter at Day 2 of the DAL Championships as our Acalanes Tracksters showed up ready to win. Boys varsity finished 2nd and girls varsity finished 4th overall in the league. Congratulations to all participants for making it to the top of the league and to those athletes moving on to the…
On April 21, a blustery Tuesday, the Dons travelled to Northgate for the final dual DAL track meet of the season, with the field events wrapping on the following Wednesday at home. The boys varsity team finished up their season with a dominant win 87.33-42.67, while the girls varsity came up four points short, 66-70. It was a strong conclusion…
On Tuesday, April 14, Acalanes hosted Miramonte for the final home meet of the year. It was also our Senior celebration, honoring the 29 seniors competing for Acalanes this year. Illias Kaplanes-Jones led the stadium in a remembrance of and moment of silence for classmate Amin Naroozi, who would have been part of this graduating senior group of athletes. …
On Wednesday, April 4, the Dons track team traveled down the road to take on on Campolindo. In a highly competitive meet that saw new season’s best times, the Acalanes boys beat the Cougars 86-49. The Acalanes girls put up a fight but came up short, 54-60. Track athletes posted over 70 PRs at the meet in a tremendous…
On Wednesday, March 25, the Dons headed to Las Lomas for a DAL dual meet. The boys dominated with a decisive 93-43 win over the Knights. There were tremendous performances all around, and it was a great night for track. Some highlights from the meet include: Throws: Deonte Littlejohn took first in Discus with 155’0,” scattering the competitors on the…
On Thursday, March 19, the Dons took on Clayton Valley Charter High School at home. While still technically winter, the weather was warm and the track was fast. Varsity boys and girls both scored another dual victory over the Ugly Eagles, and the frosh-soph boys won as well. Some highlights from the meet include the boys 4×100 Matthew Schwarz, Illias…
On Pi Day, Saturday, March 14, 2026 Acalanes hosted the largest Bob Warren Invitational since the early 2000s. The meet ran on schedule and was a tremendous success, thanks to the work of our parents, students, and volunteers who stepped up to make it happen. And the Dons showed up, with a double team victory. The Acalanes boys won with…
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…