Making It Right

Ridgeview has one of the best times going into this meet, when at league they ran an uncontested 3:19. But the last time they were at Buchanan, they were DQed by their own coach for taunting/showboating at the end of the race and first place went to Buchanan.

This time around they are running for more than a sweatshirt.

Event 20 Men 4x400 Meter Relay
Saturday 5/23/2009 - 8:25 PM
Lane Team Relay Seed Time

Section 1 of 2 Finals
1 Selma A 3:31.71 ______
1) Mendez, Rene 2) Montemayor, Jonathan
3) SA, Trevor 4) Augustine, Marc
2 Clovis West A 3:31.13 ______
1) Nutt, Gerald 2) Sharwood, William
3) Talley, Jake 4) Higasmida, Eric
3 Hanford West A 3:30.27 ______
4 Yosemite A 3:27.26 ______
1) Salisbury, Zed 2) Rose, Brandon
3) Stewart, Peter 4) Alsup, Taylor
5 Edison A 3:26.06 ______
6 Tehachapi A 3:26.90 ______ 1) Davis, Brennen 2) Hemmer, Tyler 3) Cone, Josh 4) Hanson, Charles
7 Redwood A 3:28.00 ______
1) Ramos, Josh 12 2) Steward, Michael 12
3) Pearce, KC 10 4) Coles, Idarre 11
8 Highland A 3:30.57 ______
9 Clovis A 3:31.60 ______
1) Vercher, Donell 2) Bravo, Daniel
3) Dhaliwal, Manvir 4) Skaff, Andrew

Section 2 of 2 Finals
1 EL Diamente A 3:25.95 ______
2 Tulare Western A 3:25.00 ______
3 Centennial A 3:21.99 ______ 1) Moore, Myren 2) Diller, Jim 3) Turkington, Matt 4) Grimes, Thomas
4 Bullard A 3:21.31 ______
5 Ridgeview A 3:20.23 ______
6 Buchanan A 3:21.05 ______
1) Anyudiegwu, Uchenna 2) Johnson, Stephen
3) MeIR, Josh 4) Parker, Cameron
7 Liberty A 3:21.50 ______
8 Bakersfield A 3:24.95 ______
9 Clovis East A 3:25.92 ______
1) Scott, Taylor 2) Peterson, Mike
3) Bourbon, Richard

The Last Chance

On the track, Bakersfield's female athletes are going to have to run races of their lives to make state in most events minus Taylor Jackson in the hurdles. The same will be true in the 4 x 400.
Event 19 Women 4x400 Meter Relay.

Edison is three seconds faster than the next three teams. The next three teams are all around four flat and Bakersfield and Liberty are two of those teams.

Saturday 5/23/2009 - 8:15 PM
Lane Team Relay Seed Time

Section 1 of 2 Finals
1 Mt. Whitney A 4:17.32 ______
2 Taft A 4:14.57 ______
1) Lopez, Kathy 2) Espinosa, Juana
3) Swope, Katie 4) Thompson, Megan
3 Clovis East A 4:12.01 ______
1) Binns, Courtney 2) Chaidez, Celeste
3) Leonard, Stephanie 4) Kurushima, Kacy
4 Bakersfield Chr. A 4:11.48 ______
5 Golden Valley A 4:10.54 ______
6 Reedley A 4:11.43 ______
7 Frontier A 4:11.74 ______
1) Ellis, Kassidy 2) Jackson, Taylor
3) Maltos, Jasmine 4) Delarosa, Alyson
8 Tulare Western A 4:14.54 ______
9 Clovis A 4:14.76 ______
1) Griffin, Michaela 2) Hansen, Breanne
3) Federico, Candance 4) Mejia, Alyssa

Section 2 of 2 Finals
1 Clovis West A 4:08.32 ______
1) Laidley, Jayla 2) Duff, Kelley
3) Craddock, Ashley 4) Monteverde, Alyssa
2 Tulare Union A 4:06.43 ______
1) Tallon, Haley 11 2) Tallon, Ashley 11
3) Lyons, Aubrey 11 4) Johnson, Layce 11
3 Liberty A 4:02.66 ______
4 Clovis North A 4:00.51 ______
1) Gabourel, Nia 2) Archie, Saressa
3) Nakamura, Jennifer 4) Francis, Alisia
5 Edison A 3:57.44 ______
6 EL Diamente A 3:59.99 ______
7 Bakersfield A 4:01.68 ______
8 Buchanan A 4:05.11 ______
1) Crews, Hollis 2) Simmons, Naih
3) Sannenburg, Stephine 4) Mahr, Carrington
9 Exeter A 4:08.26 ______

Girls 4x400 Meter Relay SWYL

Girls 4x400 Meter Relay SWYL - PHOTOS. With a great leg by Jackson, Frontier won the last event of the meet and the meet
too.





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School Seed Finals Points
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1 Frontier High School 'A' 4:16.10 4:18.90 10
1) Nard, Vera 2) Delarosa, Alyson
3) Dial, Tejera 4) Jackson, Taylor
2 Centennial High School 'A' 4:21.87 4:23.18 8
1) Sanchez, Elizabeth 2) Chudy, Hanna
3) Oliver, Stephanie 4) Braughton, Jorey
3 Ridgeview High School 'A' 4:22.00 4:31.28 6
1) Rubio, Deanna 2) Lynch, Tijerra
3) Armendariz, Desiree 4) Wilen, Emily
4 North High School 'A' 4:38.52 5
1) Lopez, Cecilia 2) Moyer, Kaylee
3) Orton, Hillary 4) Mossberg, Aulvrie

Girls 4x400 Meter Relay SEYL

Girls 4x400 Meter Relay SEYL - PHOTOS. This time, McDonald remembered to give Wandick the baton and they ran the
third best time in the valley. Liberty also ran a season best and Wilcox was timed in under 57 flat for her leg.
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School Seed Finals Points
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1 Bakersfield High School 'A' 4:03.30 4:00.75 10
1) Torres, Felisa 2) McDonald, Shinead
3) Wandick, Brushay 4) White, Keaidra
2 Liberty High School 'A' 4:09.63 4:03.37 8
1) Lee, Kaulyn 2) Fitch, Julia
3) Wilcox, Erica 4) Fitch, Mollie
3 Golden Valley High School 'A' 4:09.00 4:09.88 6
1) Shaw, Megan 2) Epps, Shanesha
3) Hildalgo, Crystal 4) Garcia, Kristina
4 Garces High School 'A' 4:21.68 4:21.57 4
1) Riggins, Joy 2) Reyes, Shan
3) McNally, Molly 4) Odwyers, Natlie

Good Luck at Valley

The Ridgeview boys and Bakersfield girls are sending quite a few athletes to the valley meet and have shots at the overall team titles if everything falls into place. I am certain that it will come down to the 4 x 400s as it should be.

Ridgeview boys have the best time in the valley and their rival for the team title is Buchanan who has the second best time. So try and get to Buchanan on Saturday May 23rd and root for all of our local athletes and do not leave early!

Central Section Leaders - Through marks reported by May 14th!



1,600 relay--1. Ridgeview (Hobson, Lewis, Hobbs, Purvis), 3:20.23; 2. Liberty (Hill, Garside, Taylor, Affentranger), 3:21.50; 3. Centennial (Diller, Grimes, Moore, Turkington), 3:21.99; 4. Bakersfield (Hunt, Norwood, Sandoval, Miller), 3:24.95.

Things are Heating Up ...

So it is your senior year and the last meet in front of the home crowd. Plus your former teammate, who you ran the 4 x 400 at state the past two seasons with, has the fastest time in the valley and is in the race.

So what do you do? Well if you are Mr. Affentranger, you throw down a season best performance and win that sucker and look forward to the valley meet for another rematch.

By the way, Marty also has the best long jump mark in the valley and his team made the 4 x 400 too. Isiah Purvis will be busy too being that he is number two in the valley in the 200 and on both ridgeview relays

400--1. Affentranger, Lib, 48.90; 2. Purvis, Ridge, 49.27; 3. Moore, Cent, 50.86; 4. Hobson, Ridge, 51.77

Marty plans on continuing his education and track career at Cal Poly SLO in the fall.

Almost Wilcox 57

Erica Wilcox (jr) has owned the 400 locally and has been mainly racing the clock but next week at valley she will have her work cut out for her to make the top three and move on to the state meet.

400--1. Wilcox, Lib, 58.07; 2. Chudy, Cent, 1:00.78; 3.White, Bak, 1:00.82; 4. Torres, Bak, 1:01.50.

There at least three girls under 58 in the valley and I am sure Wilcox will be joining them shortly.

Bakersfield came in 3rd and 4th but may not run the open 400 at valley and focus on making it to state in the 4 x 400 relay. Interestingly, the Driller's fastest 400 runner has never run an open 400 but is no stranger to Wilcox. Brushay Wandick (sr) owns the 200 but a heads up in the open 400 would be interesting.

At most meets, Wilcox and Wandick run the same leg of the 4 x 400, with Wilcox usually chasing Wandick. With Brushay off to CSUB in the fall, this much hoped for match up in the open 400 may never happen but I have heard that Wilcox is interested in competing for CSUB in the future. So maybe that match up will happen after all.