Sunday, May 24, 2009

In Pursuit of Four


Jordan went out at in a 74 and then cruised the race for a comfortable win that was over twenty seconds faster than 2nd place. Her 10:30 was her slowest valley 3200 in the past three seasons. For many laps there was a pack of five running behind her.

She went through the 1600 in 5:11 with the pack about 12 seconds behind. The pack was lead by the Buchanan girls. By the end of the fifth lap the chase pack was down to four due to the pressure put on Janzen. At the end of lap six, Marvin had taken the lead with the two Buchanan girls trailing her and this group stayed together till the last lap where the Buchanan girls gapped Marvin by seven seconds and had to weave through lapped runners to the finish line.

The first Kern athlete was another CSUB athlete, Whittenberg of Shafter. She was follwed by Barton of Liberty who beat both the Guzman and Lynch for the first time I believe.

Women 3200 Meter Run
# Name Year School Finals
1 Hasay,'Jordon
Miss..Coll..Prep 10:30.04
2 Bricks,'Macy
Buchanan 10:53.27
3 Janzen,'Chelsea
Buchanan 10:53.97
4 Marvin, Megan
Clovis 11:00.02
5 Etherton,,Lyndsie
Bullard 11:04.14
6 Barsarian,;Saylah
Clovis 11:04.17
7 Allen,.Chloe
Clovis,West 11:19.98
8 Aghazeynali, Sarah
Clovis,North 11:23.03
9 Whittenberg,.Elizabeth
Shafter 11:39.02
10 Mendoza, Corina
Madera 11:55.58
11 Lynch,.Tijerra
Ridgeview 12:10.79
12 Vargas, Celina 9 Tulare'Union 12:15.68
13 Zamora, Gabby 12 Mt.;Whitney 12:22.32
14 Barton,:Ashley
Liberty 12:23.51
15 Guzman,.Monica
Garces 12:28.62
16 Osten,.Megan 9 Sanger 12:40.21
17 Aguilera, Ellie 11 Lemoore 12:44.04
18 Haney, Carolin
Stockdale 12:44.89

At Least Five Just to Survive

I figured it would take sub five to win but it almost took sub five to make state. The lead pack went through the first lap in 72 with Bullard's runner leading. A pack of six went by the 800 in 2:29. The 3rd lap the group stayed together but slowed. Then Saylah took the lead with Macy, Chloe and Chelsea chasing with three hundred to go. Down the homestretch, Bricks over took Barsarian for the win. The top Kern athlete was CSUB bound Lopez of North.
Women 1600 Meter Run
# Name Year School Finals
1 Bricks, Macy
Buchanan 4:57.70
2 Barsarian,'Saylah
Clovis 4:59.39
3 Allen,.Chloe
Clovis West 5:00.83
4 Janzen,.Chelsea
Buchanan 5:01.60
5 Mooney,.Annie
Miss.,Coll.,Prep 5:05.21
6 Etherton,.Lyndsie
Bullard 5:10.27
7 Smith,.Kelsey
Buchanan 5:28.81
8 Lopez, Cecilia
North 5:36.53
9 Guzman, Monica
Garces 5:43.38
10 Wanmerdam, Colleen
Yosemite 5:43.94
11 Trujillo, Virdiana
Tulare;Western 5:44.02
12 Castenada, Liz
El;Diamente 5:44.70
13 Sanchez,.Stacy 9 Sanger 5:44.76
-- Lema,.Gabby
Bakersfield DNF

Heat Cruelty

The 800 is the the perfect mix of speed and endurance. How it is run is often not so perfect. Most of the year, it has a waterfall start with numerous competitors but then the championships come and the field is stagger at the start.

For some meets they double up the lanes but in most it is a field of nine who stay in lanes till the beginning of the backstretch. This is how valley and state are run and where things do not go so smoothly.

At valley, they seed the heats by time at the area meets. Which is not very fair. If an athlete is in a slow area, she may have to run against the clock and hope she gets a top nine time or she is doomed to the slow heat. So she is once again going to have to race against the clock and hope to beat the third place finisher in the fast heat. This is almost an insurmountable task.

To be fair, the top girl from each area (there are four) should get a spot in the fast heat and the other 5 lanes should go to the next the next five fastest. But I doubt it will ever changed, so ladies remember to run like the wind and not the win at area.

One who does both is the valley champ Jordan Hasay. At beginning of the backstetch, where they break in for the curb, Jordan was gone and ran an excellent time. In fact, the top three times were real quick.

If Jordan drops the 800 for state, the heat issue does come into play because Bakersfield' Sarah Baker won the slow heat rather easily and ended up 6th overall. She is known as a fierce competitor and if given the chance to be in the fast heat she might of taken fourth and moved on if Jordon dropped the event for state.

Women 800 Meter Run
# Name Year School Finals
1 Hasay,.Jordon
Miss.,Coll.,Prep 2:09.64
2 Fry, Katie
Exeter 2:13.51
3 Brown,,Alish
Madera:South 2:15.13
4 Pahkamaa,`Molly
El.Diamente 2:18.27
5 Carrasco,`Vanessa 10 Tulare Union 2:20.36
6 Baker,`Sarah
Bakersfield 2:21.35
7 Armstrong, Jessica
Buchanan 2:21.67
8 Delarosa,`Alyson FR ontier 2:22.27
9 Mejia, Alyssa
Clovis 2:22.56
10 Nakamura,.Jennifer
Clovis'North 2:23.86
11 Tildahl,'Danielle
Tehachapi 2:24.08
12 Larson,;Jeanette 12 Mt. Whitney 2:24.42
13 Kurushima,.Kacy
Clovis`East 2:24.53
14 Taylor, Katie 10 Mt.`Whitney 2:27.34
15 Mooney,.Annie
Miss.;Coll.;Prep 2:29.11
16 Mcatee,,Sarah
Liberty 2:29.91
17 Thompson, Megan
Taft 2:30.77
18 Lopez,`Cecila
North 2:31.10

Bang and Nobody is Out

For most of the sprinting events, I hangout on at the top of the homestretch to get what I think is a good shot so I do not see the starts. But even from far away, I could tell someone false started but no one got DQed. Later, I heard quite a bit of grumbling about this matter.

Interestingly, at the West Coast Relays this year, the top seed in the girls 400 did false start. But later in the 1600 relay she ran one of the most amazing relay legs that I have seen and beat Edison to boot.

Erica Wilcox (Liberty Jr) was the top Kern finisher with a PR too.

Women 400 Meter Dash
# Name Year School Finals
1 Aldredge,,Lasaasha
Central 55.79
2 Whittington,.Dominique 10 Lemoore 56.32
3 Wyrick,:Diedra
Sunnyside 56.59
4 Thompson,.Breeauna
Edison 57.08
5 Wilcox,;Erica
Liberty 57.17
6 Francis,'Alisia
Clovis,North 59.14
7 Donaldson, Taylor 12 Reedley 59.42
8 Dhillon,:Ramandeep
Fowler 59.66
9 Snarr,`Holly
Woodlake 59.91
10 Chudy, Hanna
Centennial 60.50

The Third Deuce

Wandick has had a great high school career but has often been in the shadow of great high school athletes. In the past, she has had to contend with Dominique Lauderdale (Ridgeview 07 & Washington 11) and Romesha Anderson (Stockdale 07 & southern Miss 11) and this year it is super sophomore Prandini who scored 40 points for her team and lead the to a valley title. The Drillers had three in the top ten and Belt is just a 10th grader.


Women 200 Meter Dash
# Name Year School Finals Wind
1 Prandini,`Jenna
Clovis 24.56 1.3
2 Wandick,`Brushey
Bakersfield 25.00 1.3
3 Williams,.Jessica
Bullard 25.11 1.3
4 Aldredge,.Lasaasha
Central 25.13 1.3
5 Whittington,.Dominique 10 Lemoore 25.19 1.3
6 Riddlesprigger,'Mariah
Bullard 25.46 1.3
7 Brown,,Asha
Bakersfield 25.65 1.7
8 Watson,,Reshana
Stockdale 26.05 1.7
9 Belt, Leia
Bakersfield 26.15 1.7
10 Ross,.Kuinci 9 Tulare:Union 26.29 1.7
11 Lewis, Nicole
West 26.36

A Shutout

No Kern squad is going to state in this event this year. The Drillers have gone the past couple seasons and Ridgeview looked good to go earlier this season






Men 4x100 Meter Relay
# School Finals
1 Buchanan 42.04
2 Redwood 42.36
3 Clovis.West 42.44
4 Central 42.45
5 Bakersfield 42.62
6 Clovis`East 42.74
9 Ridgeview 43.22
12 Liberty 43.83
15 Independence 45.48
-- Centennial DQ

She Will Have Company

Last year, Brushay Wandick went alone to state with the Driller boys and competed in the 200. This year the CSUB bound senior will have some company because she helped both of her relays squads make the state meet. She will be in four events: the 100, 200, 400 relay and 1600 relay. Of course she has been doing all four all year but at state there are prelims in all of them on Friday and then the finals are on Saturday.


Women 4x100 Meter Relay
# School Finals
1 Bullard 47.13
2 Bakersfield 47.93
3 Edison 48.02
4 Lemoore 48.84
5 Tulare'Western 49.46
6 Clovis North 49.65
7 Golden Valley 49.69
11 Liberty 50.50
14 Centennial 51.65
15 Arvin 51.96

Who Made State? (Boys)

To make state one must come in the top three at valley or meet a very tough At-Large standard. The following boys made state:

Stockdale's Nathan Alada made it in the 200, Isiah Purvis (Ridgeview) in the 400 & 4 x 400, Jerrid Lewis (Ridgeview) in the 800, Chris Schwartz in the 1600 & 3200, and Centenial and Ridgeview in the 4 x 400.
In the field events, George Robbins (West) and Phillip McCullum Made it in the high jump, Marty Afeentranger (Liberty) in the long jump, Johnny Carter (Ridgeview) in the triple jump and Matt Darr (Frontier) in the throws.

Men 100 Meter Dash
# Name Year School Finals Wind
1 Love,.Vontrail 12 Hanford`West 10.70 2.6
2 Alada,;Nathan
Stockdale 10.84 2.6
3 Scott,.Dj
Edison 10.86 2.6

Men 200 Meter Dash
# Name Year School Finals Wind
1 Purvis,.Isiah
Ridgeview 21.68 0.8
2 Parker,:Cameron
Buchanan 22.08 0.8
3 Bourbon,.Richard
Clovis.East 22.13 0.8

Men 400 Meter Dash
# Name Year School Finals
1 Bigelow,;Brendan
Central 48.04
2 Purvis,;Isiah
Ridgeview 48.24
3 Afrentranger, Marty
Liberty 48.72


Men 800 Meter Run
# Name Year School Finals
1 Lewis, Jerrid
Ridgeview 1:54.75
2 Arellano,'Jesse
Madera 1:54.81
3 Sanchez, Jonathan
Buchanan 1:54.97

Men 1600 Meter Run
# Name Year School Finals
1 Schwartz,,Chris
Foothill 4:14.37
2 Sanchez, Jonathan
Buchanan 4:14.71
3 Tesfai,.Germay
Hoover 4:21.36

Men 3200 Meter Run
# Name Year School Finals
1 Schwartz,:Chris
Foothill 9:20.22
2 Sanchez,`Jonathan
Buchanan 9:22.21
3 Reedy, Heath
Buchanan 9:22.28

Men 4x400 Meter Relay
# School Finals
1 Centennial 3:19.94
1),Moore,,Myren,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,2),Diller,,Jim
3):Turkington,:Matt::::::::::::::::4):Grimes,:Thomas
2 Ridgeview 3:20.23
3 Buchanan 3:22.29

Men High Jump
# Name Year School Finals
1 Robbins, George
West 6-08.00
2 Mccullum,`Phillip
Garces 6-06.00
2 Coles,`Idarre 11 Redwood 6-06.00

Men Long Jump
# Name Year School Finals Wind
1 Afrentranger, Marty
Liberty 22-09.00 1.6
2 Gaines,.Fred
Chowchilla 22-06.00 2.6
3 Wilson, Marquess 11 Tulare Union 22-04.25 1.8

Men Triple Jump
# Name Year School Finals Wind
1 Carter, Johnny
Ridgeview 47-04.00 1.1
2 Coles, Idarre 11 Redwood 47-00.50 1.5
3 Green,.Jeremiah 12 Tulare Union 46-03.75 1.3

Men Shot Put
# Name Year School Finals
1 Darr,;Matt FR ontier 60-07.75
2 Irwin,.Willy
Clovis East 58-10.50
3 Vasquez, Ivan FR esno 51-01.00

Men Discus Throw
# Name Year School Finals
1 Darr,`Matt FR ontier 177-06
2 Brice, Sandri
El;Diamente 173-06
3 Irwin,;Willy
Clovis East 168-00

Who Made State? (Girls)

To make state one must come in the top three at valley or meet a very tough At-Large standard. The following girls made state:

Brushay Wandick (Bakersfield 12) made state in the 100, 200 and both relays. Frontier's Taylor Jackson (11) was the only other female track athlete to make state. Though the favorite in both hurdles, she only made it in the 300. In the field events Kern County had more success: Amanda Klinchuch (Liberty 12) made it the pole vault, Shanesha Epps (Golden Valley) in the long jump. Anna Jelmini (Shafter) and Alex Collatz (Stockdale) made it in throws and Lacie Rasley (Shafter) made it in the shot as well.

Women 100 Meter Dash
# Name Year School Finals Wind
1 Prandini,`Jenna
Clovis 11.84 2.0
2 Wandick, Brushey
Bakersfield 12.09 2.0
3 Riddlesprigger,.Mariah
Bullard 12.18 2.0

Women 200 Meter Dash
# Name Year School Finals Wind
1 Prandini,,Jenna
Clovis 24.56 1.3
2 Wandick, Brushey
Bakersfield 25.00 1.3
3 Williams,.Jessica
Bullard 25.11 1.3

Women 300 Meter Hurdles
# Name Year School Finals
1 Jackson, Taylor FR ontier 44.35
2 Mcdaniel,;Keenya
Selma 44.85
3 Monteverde, Alyssa
Clovis.West 45.24

Women 4x100 Meter Relay
# School Finals
1 Bullard 47.13
2 Bakersfield 47.93
3 Edison 48.02

Women 4x400 Meter Relay
# School Finals
1 Edison 3:50.76
1).Anderson,.Jenise................2).Thompson,.Breeauna
3).Horton,.Janae...................4).Anderson,.Shanae
2 Clovis`North 3:58.09
1) Gabourel, Nia 2) Archie, Saressa
3) Nakamura, Jennifer 4) Francis, Alisia
3 Bakersfield 3:58.14

Women Pole Vault
# Name Year School Finals
1 Weseloff,'Holly
Buchanan 12-07.00
2 Klinchuch, Amanda
Liberty 11-09.00
3 Dutton,:Jenny
Clovis`East 11-03.00

Women Long Jump
# Name Year School Finals Wind
1 Prandini,,Jenna
Clovis 18-07.00 0.6
2 Gines,.Veronica 12 Sanger 18-05.00 0.8
3 Epps,.Shanesha
Golden,Valley 18-05.00 2.2

Women Shot Put
# Name Year School Finals
1 Jelmini, Anna
Shafter 51-09.50
2 Rasley, Lacie
Shafter 43-02.00
3 Collatz, Alex
Stockdale 40-04.25

Women Discus Throw
# Name Year School Finals
1 Jelmini,.Anna
Shafter 182-08
2 Collatz,'Alex
Stockdale 157-10