KERN INVITATIONAL FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 2010

KERN INVITATIONAL FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 2010

2009 Coverage HERE.
FaceBook HERE.
Meet Website HERE.
2010 Complete Results HERE. HERE.
Californian Report HERE.
2010 Photos are not available because I was denied access to the event. Story HERE.

Meet Recap:

Boy's Field Coverage HERE.
Girl's Track & Field Coverage HERE.

The Stockdale girls lead by Alex Collatz's first in the discus and second in the triple jump and her team mate Carolin Haney's third in the 1600 and second in the 3200 took the team title.

The Golden Hawks won a super close one and were lead by Christian King's first in the 300h and second in the 110h, their win in the 1600 relay (they were 20009 valley champs) and good showings in the field events.

Varsity - Mens

1.	Centennial	CNTE	101.25
1.	Stockdale	STOC	101
3.	Ridgeview	RIDG	70.75
4.	Frontier	Fron	65
5.	Bakersfield	BAKE	60.5
6.	Liberty - Bakersfield	LIBR	40
7.	Golden Valley	GLVA	38
8.	Wasco	WASC	26.5
8.	Highland	HIGH	26

10.	West Bakersfield	WSTB	19
11.	South	SOUT	16
12.	Shafter	SHAF	15
13.	Independence	Inde	14.75
14.	North Bakersfield	NORT	11.5
15.	Garces Memorial	GARC	8
15.	Foothill	FTHL	8
17.	East Bakersfield	BAEA	2
18.	Mira Monte	MiMo	.75

400m Relay: 1. Bakersfield High 43.13 2. Centennial 43.19 3. Ridgeview 43.89;

The Bakersfield High boys 400 relay team bested Clovis-Buchanan's previous valley best time of 43.30 from last Saturday. They were anchored by Michael Norwood who won the 100/200 as well.

1600m Run: 1. Lewis, H. 4:33.78; 2. Kelly, St. 4:36.94; 3. Garcia, R. 4:41.21;

Colin Lewis is the best returning 1600 runner in town and he showed that he plans to keep that standing. Not far behind him was Curtis Kelly who came in tenth at the USA Track & Field National cross country meet in the snow in Reno back in December.

1600 Meters - Varsity - Finals
1	Colin Lewis	4:33.78a	HIGH	12
2	Curtis Kelly	4:36.94a	STOC	10
3	Alex Garcia	4:41.21a	RIDG	12
4	Cesar Patino	4:41.34a	WASC	10
5	Robby Baker	4:41.92a	RIDG	12
6	Daymon Sandles	4:42.01a	GLVA	11
7	Art Mendoza	4:44.71a	WASC	10
8	Cameron Miller	4:48.56a	STOC	10
9	Conner Fisher	4:48.88a	STOC	9
10	Alex Moreno	4:49.19a	SHAF	11

110m Hurdles: 1. Maestre, So. 15:11; 2. King, C. 15:59; 3. Farris, St. 16:20;

110m Hurdles - 39" - Varsity - Finals
1 Richie Maestre 15.11a SOUT 12
2 Christian King 15.59a CNTE 10
3 Craig Farris 16.20a STOC 12
4 Armando Mungia 16.33a GLVA 12
5 Zech Browden 16.66a BAKE 12
6 Oscar Gomez 16.88a WASC 12
7 Shane Thulin 17.16a Fron 10
8 Shane Monahan 17.68a LIBR 12
9 Keith Fingers 18.26a BAKE 12
10 Josh Poonyo 18.97a WSTB 10

400m Dash: 1. Lewis, R. 50.23; 2. Hobson, R. 51.67; 3. Hobbs, R. 51.90;

"I felt good today," Jerrid Lewis said. "I was thinking about running the mile, but I thought I'd get some speed work in and run the 400. I did pretty well." I would say so, the 400/800 double is a tough one especially since the two events are so close to each other on the schedule.

Already the defending valley champ in the 800, perhaps he will attempt the 400/800 double that Ashlee Rae Thomas of Centennial did at the 2007 valley meet.

400 Meters - Varsity - Finals
1	Jerrid Lewis	50.23a	RIDG	12
2	Triandos Hobson	51.67a	RIDG	12
3	Correy Hobbs	51.90a	RIDG	11
4	Christopher Miller	52.91a	BAKE	12
5	Davis Loustalot	52.96a	Fron	11
6	Jorge Zuniga	53.38a	WASC	10
7	Myren Moore	53.67a	CNTE	12
8	Kenny Sanders	53.70a	Inde	11
9	Fred Wilson	54.07a	WSTB	11
10	Trey Warren	54.26a	BAKE	11

100m Dash: 1. Norwood, B. 10:80; 2. Clayton, C 11:15; 3. Carter, R. 11:18;

Norwood won the 100/200 double and Adam Clayton helped Golden hawks win the team title with his second place finish. Third place Johnny Carter won the state triple jump title his freshman year 9he won tonight as well).

100 Meters - Varsity - Finals
1	Michael Norwood	10.80a	BAKE	12
2	Adam Clayton	11.15a	CNTE	12
3	Johnny Carter	11.18a	RIDG	11
4	Matt Sumlin	11.22a	GARC	12
5	Luis Matos	11.27a	GLVA	9
6	Shawn Johnson	11.30a	CNTE	11
7	Deon Martin	11.31a	STOC	9
7	Ramiro Barraza	11.31a	BAKE	10
9	Matt Turkington	11.35a	CNTE	12
10	DeShante Webber	11.39a	Fron	11

800m Run: 1. Lewis, R. 1:59.80; 2. Barger, F. 2:00.20; 3. Van Zandt, H. 2:01;

Defending valley champ Jerrid Lewis completed his difficult double with his second win of the night. Only the 100 separates the 400 & 800 on the schedule. Not far behind him was Caleb Barger who just missed breaking two minutes. In fifth place, was the top returning 3200 runner from Bakersfield, who is showing he has some foot speed as well.

800 Meters - Varsity - Finals
1	Jerrid Lewis	1:59.80a	RIDG	12
2	Caleb Barger	2:00.20a	Fron	11
3	Jake Van Zandt	2:01.00a	HIGH	12
4	Jonathon Mireles	2:01.98a	SHAF	12
5	Robby Baker	2:03.13a	RIDG	12
6	Thomas Turner	2:04.07a	HIGH	12
7	Jorge Zuniga	2:07.43a	WASC	10
8	Cesar Patino	2:07.85a	WASC	10
9	Mitchell Tenney	2:09.11a	LIBR	11
10	Daymon Sandles	2:09.42a	GLVA	11

300m Hurdles: 1. King, C. 39:77; 2. Farris, St. 40:10; 3. Maestre, So. 41.32;

300m Hurdles - 36" - Varsity - Finals
1	Christian King	39.77a	CNTE	10
2	Craig Farris	40.10a	STOC	12
3	Richie Maestre	41.32a	SOUT	12
4	Zech Browden	42.46a	BAKE	12
5	Shane Thulin	43.49a	Fron	10
6	Justin West	44.04a	CNTE	12
7	Oscar Gomez	44.33a	WASC	12
8	Bryson Lockwood	44.41a	Fron	11
9	Chris Sanchez	45.15a	SHAF	12
10	Keith Fingers	45.24a	BAKE	12

200m Dash: 1. Norwood, B. 22:10; 2. Thieleke, W. 22:19; 3. Hunt, B. 22:51;

"I didn't know I was going to run that," Norwood said after the 100. "I just gave it my all. I have to give it up for Walter (Hunt) my buddy that jumped. He made me push harder to get what I got."

200 Meters - Varsity - Finals
1	Michael Norwood	22.10a	BAKE	12
2	Korey Thieleke	22.19a	WSTB	12
3	Walter Hunt	22.51a	BAKE	11
4	Thomas Grimes	22.85a	CNTE	10
5	Myren Moore	23.06a	CNTE	12
6	DeShante Webber	23.14a	Fron	11
7	Bruce Jennings	23.23a	STOC	11
8	Luis Matos	23.31a	GLVA	9
9	Kenny Sanders	23.36a	Inde	11
10	Correy Hobbs	23.48a	RIDG	11

3200m Run: 1. Kelly, St. 9:51.00; 2. Conner, St. 10:03.00; 3. Miller, St. 10:05.43;

Curtis Kelly lead his young team mates to a 1, 3 and 4th finish in the 3200. This past fall his cross country squad just missed qualifying for the state meet in the super tough division one. 4th place Cameron Miller did qualify as an individual to the state xc meet.

1 Curtis Kelly 9:51.00 STOC 10
2 Alex Garcia 10:02.68 RIDG 12
3 Conner Fisher 10:03.00 STOC 9
4 Cameron Miller 10:05.43 STOC 10
5 Daymon Sandles 10:05.78 GLVA 11
6 Jesus Villalpando 10:17.62 SHAF 11
7 Cesar Patino 10:23.43 WASC 10
8 Ivan Esquivias 10:32.90 HIGH 10
9 Moses Valdez 10:35.87 BAEA 10
10 Mike Jungo 10:36.75 HIGH 11

For More In Depth coverage of the following events please go HERE. For some reason I can't add to this page without deleting some of it!

1600m Relay: Centennial 3:29.06; 2. Bakersfield High 3:34.43; 3. Frontier 3:35.16;

Discus: 1. Mata, Fo. 142.03; 2. Cravens, L. 141.10; 3. Temple, L. 138.08;

Long Jump: 1. Mearse, F. 22-08.00; 2; Singh, I. 22-00.00; 3. Meadows, St. 21.08.00;

Pole Vault: 1. Ramay, L. 12-06.00; 2. Bemiller, C. 12-02.00; 3. Mojo, St. 11-06.00;

Shot Put: 1. Wallace, C. 46-03.00; 2. Temple, L. 44-10.00; 3. King, C. 44-07.00;

Triple Jump: 1; Carter, R. 48-7; 2. Mearse, F. 43-04; 3. Meadows, St. 42-06.00;

High Jump: 1. Eggenberg, St. 6-0; 2. Johnson, GV. 6-0; 3. Wemhoff, F. 6-0;

Varsity - Womens

1.	Stockdale	STOC	112.83
2.	Frontier	Fron	71.5
3.	Centennial	CNTE	65.83
4.	Ridgeview	RIDG	58
5.	Independence	Inde	55.5
6.	Liberty - Bakersfield	LIBR	47.83
7.	Bakersfield	BAKE	44
8.	Golden Valley	GLVA	42.5

9.	Shafter	SHAF	33
10.	North Bakersfield	NORT	26.5
11.	West Bakersfield	WSTB	17.5
11.	Highland	HIGH	17
13.	East Bakersfield	BAEA	14
14.	Foothill	FTHL	8
15.	Garces Memorial	GARC	6

400m Relay: 1. Independence 50.30; 2. Golden Valley 50.59; 3. Stockdale 51.93;

1600m Run: 1. Baker, B. 5:22.69; 2.Lynch, R. 5:2.97; 3. Haney, St. 5:34.88;

100m Hurdles: 1. Lee-McNeill, L. 16:38; 2. Ellis, Fr. 16:59; 3. Ingram, I. 17:28;

400m Dash: 1. Herron, H. 60:60; 2. Tanner, St. 61:62; 3. Lynch, R. 61:64;

100m Dash: 1. Andrews, I. 12:53; 2. Herring, R. 12:82; 3. Carlson, C. 12:83;

800m Run: 1. DeLaRosa, F. 2:27.95; 2. Lynch, R. 2:29.55; 3. Braughton, C. 2:30.40;

300m Hurdles: 1. Jackson, F. 46:27; 2. Ellis, F. 47:47; 3. Chesley, St. 49:37;

200m Dash: 1. Andrews, I. 25:58; 2. Herring, R. 26:44; 3. Lewis, W 26:59;

3200m Run: 1. Baker, B. 11:39.96; 2. Haney, St. 11:52.22; 3. Patel, St. 12:10; 1600m Relay: 1. Frontier 4:14.58; 2. Centennial 4:16.39; 3. Garces 4:21.74;

Shot Put: 1. Rasley, S. 45-4.75; 2. Torres, B. 34-6.50; 3. Flores, C. 32-7.50;

Triple Jump: 1. Jackson, F. 38-2.50; 2. Collatz, St. 37-4.50; 3. Tanner, St. 35-5.50;

High Jump: 1. Davis, L. 5-00.00; 2. Thomason, N. 4-10.00; 3. Richert, C. 4-06.00;

Discus: 1. Collatz, St. 180-09; 2. Rasley, S. 139.04; 3. Pendleton, C. 108-04;

Long Jump: 1. Scott, GV 17-08.00; 2. West, I. 16-00.00; 3. Tanner, St. 15-05.50;

VG Pole Vault: 1. Guiliano, St. 9-0; 2. Williamson, C. 8-0; 3. Hobin, St. 8-0;

Meet Preview:

This is the first local meet with a complete slate of events. This meet is a preview of the South Area meet that will be held in May that is the springboard for the championship season.

Some athletes to watch are:

Stockdale's Alex Collatz who threw a nation leading dicus throw last week at the EB Relays. She often competes in and wins the shot put, triple jump and high jump as well.

Speaking of the high jump, Garce senior Phillip McCullum is ranked in the top ten in the state and is looking to reach new heights this season as well as return to the state meet. He recently signed a letter of intent to compete at Cal Poly SLO next year.

Two recent Fresno State signees are expected to compete for Frontier. Taylor Jackson will be running the hurdles and Matt Darr will be throwing. I say expected to compete because even though Matt Darr is the returning state champ in the throws and made Frontier a team co-state champ in 2009, he has stated in the past that he may not defend his titles and focus on his future college football career. He is considered the best high school punter in the country.

In the sprints, the girl's side is wide open with the graduation of Driller Brushay Wandick. She is now running for CSUB and there is no clear cut successor. Liberty's Erica Wilcox is the fastest local 200/400 girl but has been injury plagued since last year.

The girl's distance races should be good ones with Ridgeview's Tijerra Lynch and Driller Sarah Baker continuing their rivalry from the fall cross country season. With three distance races on tap, they could end up not racing together but if they do, it will be a good one to watch. They are the covergirls on the Kern County Track & Field page.

Other cross country stars expected to do well in the distance races are Stockdale's Carolin Haney, Centennial's Jorey Braughton, and Liberty's Ashley Barton. As is often the case with girl's distance running, a unheralded freshman will probably show up to.

For example. last weekend at the Fowler Redcat relays, a Shafter freshman won both distance races. and she wasn't even on their cross country team this past fall. Shafter has three state cross country qualifiers and North lead by Kaylee Moyer has many good distance runners as well.

The boy's 800 will be a loaded one with 2009 valley champ Jerrid Lewis leading a large field of sub two minute half milers. Highland's Colin Lewis and Jake Van Zandt look to improve on their 2009 performances. Also Frontier's Caleb Barger and Stockdale's Stephen Burke will be in the mix as well.

The boy's 1600 & 3200 is wide open with the graduation of state champ Chris Schwartz. Much of the competition will come from cross country powerhouses Stockdale, Ridgeview and Highland.

Highland's Colin Lewis is the fastest returnee in the 1600 and Ridgeview's Robby Baker is the fastest 3200er. Others to watch for are Stockdale's Cameron Miller & Curtis Kelly and Ridgeview's Brian Solis and Alex Garcia.

SSL cross country champ Juan Calderon (Arvin) will be leading a strong contingent of SSLers (mainly from Shafter) in these races as well. The races will be even tougher if McFarland shows up.

In the boy's jumps, Ridgeview junior Johnny Carter looks to recapture his state champ crown from his freshman year in the triple jump. Frontier's Nolan Mearse just won the long and triple jump at the EB relays.

Lastly in the boy's sprints, look for Driller Walter Hunt and Matt Sumlin of Garces.

Track Events:

1 4:00 400m Relay VG
2 400m Relay VB
3 1600m Run VG
4 1600m Run VB
5 100m H Hurdles VG
6 110m H Hurdles VB
7 400m Dash VG
8 400m Dash VB
9 100m Dash VG
10 100m Dash VB
11 800m Run VG
12 800m Run VB
13 300m Hurdles VG
14 300m Hurdles VB
15 200m Dash VG
16 200m Dash VB
17 3200m Run VG
18 3200m Run VB
19 1600m Relay VG
20 1600m Relay VB

Field Events:

21 VG Shot Put 4:00
22 VB Discus
23 VB Long Jump
24 VG Triple Jump
25 VG High Jump
26 VB Pole Vault
27 VB Shop Put 6:00
28 VG Discus
29 VG Long Jump
30 VB Triple Jump
31 VB High Jump
32 VG Pole Vault

Place: Liberty High School – Patriot Stadium
925 Jewetta Ave. – Bakersfield, Calif. 93312
FAX 661-587-3713
Date: Friday, March 12, 2010
Time: 4:00 P.M.
Format: Championship Schedule of Events

Facility: Patriot Stadium has a “SOUTHWEST” All Weather surface on the track and all runways of the jumping areas. Competitors may not use any spikes other than 3/16” pyramid and will be certified for compliance at the time they check in for their event. NO Christmas tree spikes.
Entry
Deadline: Entries must be received via Athletic.Net by noon, Wednesday, March 10th.

Fees: Entry fees may be mailed in or brought with you the day of the meet. - $6.00 per athlete plus $10.00 per relay team, $200.00 max. per team. Entry fees must be paid before the start of the meet. Make checks payable to Liberty High School. Checks will be accepted at packet pick-up table the morning of the meet. Please provide a list of coaches with your entries.

Scratch/ All adds or scratches should be completed via Athletic.Net by meet deadline.
Adds: There will be no adds on the day of the meet. Scratches day of the meet must be completed with the “Clerk of Course” located directly below the press box before 2:45 p.m. meet day, or emailed in at an earlier time.
Team
Envelopes: Envelopes may be picked up beginning at 2:45 p.m.. at the team gate at the northwest corner of the stadium. Please allow plenty of time for check-in in the event of problems.
Meet
Rules: This event will be run under all CIF Central Section Meet Rules. No sound systems or large stereos are allowed. No ice chests or glass containers are to be brought into the stadium. Athletes’ bags will be checked. First aid and water will be provided. No dressing facilities available. Appropriate sportsmanship will be expected of all participants.

NO electronic devices allowed inside the track or at other event sites.

Parking: Bus and van parking is available in the designated area of the North parking lot on Patrick Henry Drive. Coaches and athletes must enter through the gate at the northwest corner of the stadium only!

Admission: Adults $5.00
Students with ID $3.00
Children 5 & under Free

Entries: Competitors in each event will be seeded based on time/marks submitted. Marks submitted will be verified with meet officials. If meet information is not submitted the time/mark will not be accepted. Entries will be limited to 4 athletes per event per school.

Athlete
Check-In: Competitors in track events must check in with the “Clerk of the Course” not later than final call. Event times are tentative; it is the athlete’s responsibility to check in as their event is called. There will be a table outside the Clerk of Course where spikes will be checked and sold. Field event competitors will check in at the event site. Once a competitor has checked in they will be held and escorted to the starting line. All warm-ups must be done outside the stadium in designated areas prior to check in. Athletes are to exit the stadium immediately upon completion of their event.

Field
Events: Each athlete will receive 3 attempts in preliminaries. The top 9 will advance to a final for 3 additional attempts. Preliminary marks do carry over to the final. The finals immediately follow the prelims. There will NOT be prelims in the vertical jumps.
Starting
Heights: VG Pole Vault 7’ 0”
VB Pole Vault 9’ 0”
VG High Jump 4’ 6”
VB High Jump 5’6”
Heights will be increased in 2” increments.

Coaches: Coaches must remain outside the fences at the shot put, long jump, and triple jump areas during competition. Additionally, coaches may not be inside the track area for running events, or pole vault and high jump competitions. Failure to comply will result in disqualification of your athlete(s). Coaches must wear appropriate I.D. in order to have access to meet officials. There will be a Coaches Meeting at 3:30 at the field house – north end of the stadium.

Trainer: Liberty High will provide a training area for first aid, ice, and water. We ask that each school provide their own supplies over and above that.

Uniforms: All competitors must wear school issued uniforms. No jewelry or tape allowed per CIF rules. All relay teams must wear matching uniforms.

Passes: CIF passes will be honored with proper I.D. Working press will be admitted with I.D. and/or credentials. Each school limited to number given to Meet Director prior to date of meet. If that numer is not send in we will honor 4 passes for coaching staff.

Souvenirs: Meet programs will be available at reasonable prices at the front gate.

Concessions: Food and beverages will be available through the Booster Café.



LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL
KERN INVITATIONAL
COACHES INFORMATION

1 Athletes should report to the “Clerk of the Course” 30 minutes prior to the scheduled event time. All runners will be issued hip numbers and must place them on their left hip. Field event competitors will report directly to their event site. All event times are tentative so athletes and coaches must listen for event calls and are responsible for reporting on time.

2 Medals will be awarded to the top three places in each event. Places will be announced and may be picked up by the coach at the end of the meet. Team and outstanding athlete awards will be sent out to winning schools the following week.

3. Coaches and athletes are reminded that the use of video equipment during competition in the field events, if the results of filming are made available during the competition, constitutes an illegal aide and can be grounds for disqualification. New this year – NO electronic devices such as cell phones, I-Pods are allowed in the competition area in possession of competitors.

4. The use of profanity during any event by the athlete or their coach may lead to disqualification of the athlete from the meet. Appropriate sportsmanship is expected of all coaches, athletes, and spectators. Violators will be escorted from the meet.

5. Coaches must remain outside the fences at the shot put, long jump, and triple jump areas during competition. Additionally, coaches may not be inside the track area for running events, or pole vault and high jump competitions. Failure to comply will result in disqualification of your athlete(s). Coaches must wear appropriate I.D. in order to have access to meet officials.

6. If a coach must talk to the meet referee they must notify an official and a meeting will be arranged in clerk area under the home side stands.

7. A three person Jury of Appeals will be available and will advise the referee on any decisions in question. The Referee will not be part of the Jury of Appeals. The decision of the Jury of Appeals will be final. Any appeal must cite the specific rule and be written and submitted by the coach to the Meet Referee. Judgment calls cannot be appealed per the rulebook.

8. No tape is be used to mark the runways. Please have relay teams remove any tape from the track after their event.

9. Implement weigh-in will open at 2:30 p.m. and close at 3:30 p.m. If the implement is not certified it will not be allowed in the competition. This will include shot puts, discus and pole vault poles.

10. For the safety of everyone please see that your team members do not bring glass containers into the stadium. No ice chests will be allowed into the stadium. Water and ice will be available to all participants.

11. Coaches and athletes must enter through the gate at the northwest corner of the stadium only!