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