The Twenty Fourth Wildcat Invitational Track Meet

The Wildcat Invite is one of the few meets that has a steeplechase and rightly so since Billy Nelson graduated from Taft High school.

In 2008, Billy ran for the USA at the Olympics and from my research, he is the only individual athlete from Kern County to compete in a track event.

So head out to this event and perhaps you will see a future Olympian.

Meet Website HERE.
2010 Results HERE.
2009 Results HERE.
FaceBook HERE.

Meet Recap:

In the sprints, Independence's freshman Breanna Andrews duplicated the 100/200 double that she did the night before at the Kern Invite. Her team mate Devin Bowlds won the 100 and Tehachapi's Brennen Davis won the 200.

The girl's 400 was won by Danielle Tildahl of Tehachapi who also came in second in the 800. Her team mate Logan Collier also won the 400 and the 200 winner came in second.

Valley cross country champ Thompson takes the win in a close race.

800 Meters - Varsity A - Finals
1	Megan Thompson	2:30.30a	TFCC	12
2	Danielle Tildahl	2:31.00a	TEHA	11
3	Corina Garcia	2:37.40a	MCFA	11
4	Jessica Cruz	2:39.10a	GARC	9
5	Alyssa Medina	2:40.30a	MCFA	12
6	Katelynn Stirling	2:40.60a	Inde	11
7	Kathy Torres	2:41.20a	MCFA	10
8	Michelle Ritchie	2:42.50a	KING	11
9	Jenifer Torralva	2:50.20a	ARVI	9
10	Valeria Garcia	2:55.70a	TEHA	9

Guzman won both distance races by a wide margin.

1600 Meters - Varsity A - Finals
1	Monica Guzman	5:37.20a	GARC	12
2	Katelynn Webb	5:52.10a	Inde	10
3	Jessica Cruz	5:56.10a	GARC	9
4	Corina Garcia	6:02.90a	MCFA	11
5	Kaitlyn Reitz	6:04.90a	CARU	10
6	Valeria Garcia	6:14.00a	TEHA	9
7	Jenifer Torralva	6:16.00a	ARVI	9
8	Amanda Castellon	6:27.80a	WASC	11
9	Danielle Leon	6:28.20a	Farm	9
10	Edna Gomez	6:32.50a	Inde	11

3200 Meters - Varsity A - Finals
1	Monica Guzman	12:13.50a	GARC	12
2	Britany Perez	13:00.30a	MCFA	9
3	Katelynn Webb	13:08.30a	Inde	10
4	Kaitlyn Reitz	13:27.30a	CARU	10
5	Shawntee Whitford	14:19.00a	CARU	12
6	Adriana Tijerina	14:39.10a	Farm	11
7	Marissa Figueroa	14:46.50a	FOWL	10
8	Genisis Villasenor	14:54.20a	ARVI	12
9	Marlene Navarro	14:55.50a	FOWL	9
10	Leslie Almanza	15:00.50a	WASC	11

Thompson had a nice double win today. Rarely is the steeple ran in high school and often athletes like Megan excel in this event in college.

2k Steeplechase - Varsity A - Finals
1	Megan Thompson	8:23.39a	TFCC	12
2	Michelle Ritchie	8:48.93a	KING	11
3	Amanda Castellon	9:21.98a	WASC	11
4	Marina Johnson	9:28.05a	TFCC	10
5	Genisis Villasenor	9:57.27a	ARVI	12
6	Leslie Almanza	10:06.83a	WASC	11
7	Karen Clemente	10:58.55a	ARVI	9

800 Meters - Varsity A - Finals
1	Jorge Zuniga	2:10.50a	WASC	10
2	Leo Perez	2:10.60a	MCFA	11
3	Gustavo Rangel	2:12.10a	KING	12
4	Pedro Sanchez	2:12.60a	MCFA	12
5	Cameron Gamble	2:13.30a	TEHA	9
6	Ricardo Rodriguez	2:14.30a	MCFA	11
7	Rolando Jimenez	2:17.10a	Farm	11
8	Juan J (2) Calderon	2:17.80a	ARVI	12
9	Victor Rivera Diaz	2:18.10a	TEHA	9
10	Rafael Padilla	2:20.20a	WASC	10

1600 Meters - Varsity A - Finals
1	Cesar Patino	4:58.80a	WASC	10
2	Dwyane Facho	4:59.70a	Inde	11
3	Ty Hieter	5:01.60a	TFCC	11
4	Steven Huerta	5:02.40a	CARU	10
5	Cesar Medina	5:05.70a	ARVI	9
6	Neftali Santos	5:06.40a	ARVI	9
7	Rajvir Dhillon	5:06.80a	FOWL	9
8	Eddie Ramirez	5:07.20a	WASC	12
9	Victor Rivera Diaz	5:08.30a	TEHA	9
10	Jwayne Fambrough	5:11.20a	Inde	11

These times are obviously wrong but I assume the order is correct.

3200 Meters - Varsity A - Finals
1	Francisco Gonzalez	13:01.00	ARVI	11
2	Erik Garcia	13:02.00	MCFA	9
3	Marco Perez	13:03.00	MCFA	11
4	Dwyane Facho	13:04.00	Inde	11
5	Kevin Rooney	13:05.00	TEHA	9
6	Steven Huerta	13:06.00	CARU	10
7	Jeremias Xancale	13:07.00	TFCC	11
8	Francisco Nava	13:08.00	MCFA	11
9	Raul Carrillo	13:09.00	ARVI	12
10	Tlaloc Arreazola	13:10.00	CARU	10

SSL cross country champ Calderon uses his harrier skills to take the win in this unique event.

3k Steeplechase - Varsity A - Finals
1	Juan M (1) Calderon	10:47.30a	ARVI	12
2	Cesar Patino	10:55.60a	WASC	10
3	Marco Camargo	11:25.10a	MCFA	12
4	Eddie Ramirez	11:41.80a	WASC	12
5	Raul Carrillo	11:49.80a	ARVI	12
6	Art Mendoza	12:19.90a	WASC	10
7	Pedro Sanchez	12:30.20a	MCFA	12
9	Travis Morrow	12:30.70a	TFCC	11
10	Gustavo Rangel	12:38.60a	KING	12

The Twenty Fourth Wildcat Invitational Track Meet has been scheduled for Saturday, March 13^th, 2010 with field events starting at 8:30 a.m. and the Running events start at 9:00am Implement certification will begin at 7:30 a.m.

Please note that this will be a non team scoring event. There will not be a Frosh/Soph division but a Varsity A and B division. Please know that our Track seeding system will seed based on times. If no time is entered then your athlete or relay team will be placed in the slow heat. Also if you inflate your time then you athlete relay team will be placed in the fast heat. Please use your best judgement when entering times so that we can have the best athletes competing together.

All there will be no adds or scratches allowed at the meet. Once we have uploaded your entries the only scratches that will be allowed will happen at the time the event is called. If your team or athlete is not checked in then they will be scratched. Thanks you for your help and cooperation.

Taft High Coaching Staff

ENTRY FEE: $5.00 PER ENTRY. $8.00 PER RELAY. $180.00 MAXIMUM PER SCHOOL.

DUE BY MARCH 10^TH.

The format for the meet will remain the same; Varsity level competition for boys and girls featuring a regular order of events with the addition of the steeplechase event for boys and girls. Schools will be limited to athletes per event. There will be Varsity A and B

Order of Events

2010 Taft Invitational

March 13, 2010

This will be a running schedule – please make adjustments to warm up times

W 2000m Steeplechases

M 3000m Steeplechase

W 4 x100m

M 4 x 100m

W 1600m

M 1600m

W 100m Hurdles

M 110m Hurdles

W 400m

M 400m

W 100m

M 100m

W 800M

M 800m

W 300mLH (30in)

M 300mIH (36in)

W 200m

M 200m

W 3200m

M 3200m

W 4 x 300m

M 4 x 300m

Custom Medals will be awarded for the first three places. There will be NO team scores tabulated. The meet will be strictly for individual competition allowing athletes to compete in their favorite events. In the past this format coupled with our all-weather surface has resulted in several outstanding marks.

Invitations are being extended to the following schools: Arvin, Bakersfield Christian, Caruthers, Farmersville, Fowler, Fresno Christian, Garces, Golden Valley, Independence, Kern Valley, Kingsburg, McFarland, Mira Monte, Mojave, Taft, Tehachapi, and Wasco .

We will send out complete information packets and entry forms to all schools planning to participate. Entries need to be submitted to: Athletic.net Attached is an instruction sheet to Athletic. Net. All entries must be in the computer (Make sure athletics are listed) and are due by Wed, March 10^th.

A BBQ PLUS COMPLETE SNACK BAR WILL BE AVAILABLE.

TWO (2) COMPLIMENTARY LUNCHES, PER SCHOOL, WILL BE PROVIDED FOR COACHING STAFF.

THERE WILL BE AN ADMISSION CHARGE OF $4.00 FOR ADULTS AND $2.00 FOR CHILDREN.