This past Wednesday, March 4th, we hosted Clayton Valley Charter for our first home  Diablo Athletic League (DAL) dual meet. Due to some major unforeseen issues with the timer we hired, the meet ran exceptionally long and there are still a lot of corrections to be made with the results.  Huge thank you to everyone who volunteered and participated!

As it stands now, our boys team cruised to a 78-57 victory and the score on the Girls side is still being verified.  On the girls side, despite incredibly valiant efforts from Caroline Crossland and Nicole Frigon, who hopped in the 3200 late in the meet in an effort to swing the score, we fell 63-59 – a heartbreaking loss that could have been swung by only one event. Big shoutout to Nicole for rallying her teammates and also running an outstanding leg in the 4×400 relay only 15 minutes after competing in the 3200m.

Next week, we start a 2 week road trip at Las Lomas for DAL #2! 

Photo Links: Galley 1, Gallery 2

Full results are here, highlights below. There were a lot of great performances – so many that we have had to split hurdles and sprints into separate categories for the first time!

Jumps

• Portia Seymour and Gema Villafan-Perez both PR in the High Jump – Portia also wins the Triple Jump and currently ranks as the DAL #2 in High Jump
• Owen McNamara polevaults to a DAL leading 13’10”
• Scarlette McCullough returns to the pole vault, also posting a DAL leading mark
• Marcela Wiznewska leads a squadron of her teammates to PRs in the Long Jump with a jump of 13’-10”
• Devin Miniello PRs with a jump of 17’-5” in the Long Jump as well

Throws

• Josh Ramlan hits 3 digits with a throw of 108’-5” in the discus – a PR of nearly 10 feet!
• Ben Thistleton-Dyer and Brooke Blacklidge PR in both Shot and Disc

• SPRINTS
• Led by Dane Jenssen, our varsity boys sweep the 100 meter dash
• Freshman Eli Brent posts a huge PR of 11.53 (and DAL #4) in the 100
• Freshmen Sarah Gohres and Rachel Pan PR and take 3rd in the Frosh-Soph Girls 100 and 200 respectively, leading all of their teammates to PRs- both run impressive relay legs in the 4×100 and 4×400 as well
• In the 400, freshmen Jasmine Lattimer and Laura Selle both PR  
• Freshman Bennett Dodge posts an impressive 52.52 in the Varsity Boys 400m

Hurdles

• Senior Emily Sverak wins the 300m Hurdles with a DAL #1 time
• The 3 sophomores Marshall Lockwood, Evan Malmquist, and Connor Spellman PR sweep the Varsity Boys 110 Meter Hurdles 
• Sophomore Josh Gohres leads a trio of Frosh-Soph Boys 300m hurdlers 
• Finally, senior Kevin Mlynek PRs in the Boys 300m hurdles with a time of 41.53 – a DAL #1 mark and a #7 Acalanes all time mark

Distance

• Freshman Taylor Carlin debuts with an impressive time of 6:05 in the 1600
• On the Boys side, freshman Dominic Sarica turns heads in his 3200 debut
• Junior Megan Baginski PRs in the 1600
• Dominic Basaldua and Tyler Hunt take 1st and 2nd in the Boys 800 – both PR!
• Lauren Yee and Nicole Frigon cruise to easy victories in the Girls 800 AND the girls 1600!
• Andrew Owens breaks the 5 minute barrier in the boys 1600

Relays

• Rayce Walton anchors the Boys 4×400 with a huge PR
• Freshman Carly Harriman runs a great leg on the Varsity Girls 4×400, giving our team a chance
• Lauren Yee leaves it all on the track and nearly snags the win for our Girls team – she also splits an impressive 61 seconds

This past Saturday, February 22nd, we hosted a scrimmage against College Park and Concord High Schools, and wow, what a start to our season! Incredible performances in nearly every event from underclassmen, upperclassmen, returning veterans, and complete track newbies! As a coaching staff, we are all incredibly proud of how our freshman and sophomores stepped up and competed fearlessly against juniors and seniors from other schools and can’t wait to see how they finish the season!

Relays

• Despite an injury that sidelined our Varsity Boys 4×100, our Frosh-Soph Boys stepped up and won the event outright, defeating College Park and Concord’s varsity relay teams by over a second!
• Both of our Frosh-Soph and Varsity Girls 4×100 teams notched commanding wins as well
• Freshmen Tyler Hunt and Bennett Dodge feed off a great performance from senior Rayce Walton and notch their first varsity relay win!

Distance

• Newcomers including Tyler Hunt, Dominic Sarica, Sam Swan, Tom Bequette, Peter Buchel, and Sam Pecci  post strong performances in the 1600m, 800m, and 3200m.
• Sophomore Lauren Yee returns from the soccer field and sets a new PR of 5:28.55 in the 1600m.
• With an aggressive effort in the 800m, sophomore Nathan Krishnan sets a new PR of  2:31.05.

Sprints

• We’ll let this video of senior Kevin Mlynek’s virtuoso 400m performance speak for itself – Wow! – #10 all time in Acalanes history
• A strong headwind on the home stretch made good marks hard to come by in the short sprints, but that didn’t stop junior Dane Jennssen and freshman Eli Brent from breaking 12 in the 100m! Both win their respective divisions
• Senior Charlie Keohane breaks 14 and finishes 3rd in the 100
• Isabella Starbuck and Bennett Dodge win their divisions of the Frosh Soph 400m
• Sophomore Evan Malmquist posts a dominant victory in his first 110 meter hurdle appearance
• Sophomores Benji Yadegar and Seth Kline both manage to overcome the wind and PR as well

Jumps

• After a long, long time away from track, senior Owen McNamara returns and breaks in our new pole vault pad with a dominant victory!
• Junior Maddie Rogers and freshman Isabella Starbuck finish 1st and 2nd in the Long Jump!
• Sophomore Marshall Lockwood completes the triple crown and wins the long jump, high jump, and triple jump – on varsity – his high jump PR is a whopping 6 inch improvement!
• Freshman Portia Seymour wins the girls high jump with a PR of 4’8” – her mark is the highest overall of the day!
• Sophomores Natalie Stadt, Devin Miniello, and Josh Gohres also post long jump PR’s

Throws

• In keeping with the theme of this meet, strong efforts from underclassmen rule the day across all throws
• Sophomore Anthony Ortale wins the varsity discus by throwing a commanding 18 feet farther than anyone else
• Sophomore Kyle Otsuka also hits a discus PR 
• Senior Michael Roux and junior Josh Ramlan PR in both throws as well.

Next weekend, select athletes will attend the Super Seven Invitational at DVC. Entries will go out Monday night.The next full team meet will be Wednesday, March 4th, we begin league competition when we will host Clayton Valley Charter. Until then, go Dons!