Hoping to Have Company

The Drillers are in the fast heat and in lane four. So they are favored to make the top 3 and move on to state. Last year Brushay was the lone Lady Driller to make state and she hopes to have company this year.




Event 1 Women 4x100 Meter Relay
Saturday 5/23/2009 - 5:00 PM
Lane Team Relay Seed Time

Section 1 of 2 Finals
1 Centennial A 51.83 ______
1) Chudy, Hanna 2) Alexander, Alana
3) Sanchez, Eilzabeth 4) Humecky, Taylor
2 Madera A 51.52 ______
3 Arvin A 51.15 ______
4 Clovis West A 50.91 ______
1) White, Ronniesha 2) Craddock, Ashley
3) Radke, Lauren 4) Ogden, Katie
5 Sunnyside A 50.55 ______
6 Liberty A 50.79 ______
7 Exeter A 51.14 ______
8 Selma A 51.22 ______
9 Reedley A 51.58 ______

Section 2 of 2 Finals
1 Buchanan A 50.46 ______
1) Johnson, Denise 2) Simmons, Naih
3) Stain, Kristen 4) Wright, Dominique
2 EL Diamente A 50.23 ______
3 Tulare Western A 49.85 ______
4 Bakersfield A 48.37 ______
5 Bullard A 47.59 ______
6 Edison A 47.81 ______
7 Clovis North A 49.47 ______
1) Gabourel, Nia 2) Archie, Saressa
3) Archie, Caressa 4) Francis, Alisia
8 Golden Valley A 50.12 ______
9 Lemoore A 50.35 ______

Alternates
1 Clovis East A 51.69
2 Taft A 51.80 3 West Bakersfield A 51.93

Girls 4x100 Meter Relay SWYL

Girls 4x100 Meter Relay SWYL - PHOTOS. Stockdale's second fell down when trying to hand off to their third runner so
Centennial got the win.






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School Seed Finals Points
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1 Centennial High School 'A' 51.89 53.13 10
1) Chudy, Hanna 2) Oliver, Stephanie
3) Humecky, Taylor 4) Dayanghirang, Eula
2 Frontier High School 'A' 52.24 55.44 8
1) Ellis, Kirby 2) Doxey, Khayla
3) Bennett, Amanda 4) Delarosa, Alyson
3 North High School 'A' 55.51 6
1) McWilliams, Ashley 2) Berks, Amy
3) Bertey, Liz 4) Hinostro, Sarah

Girls 4x100 Meter Relay SEYL

Girls 4x100 Meter
Girls 4x100 Meter Relay SEYL - PHOTOS. The Drillers have the third best time in the valley and have a shot at going to
state in both relays.

School Seed Finals Points

1 Bakersfield High School 'A' 48.32 48.96 10
1) Harriston, Vanessa 2) Torres, Felisa
3) Brown, Asha 4) Wandick, Brushay
2 Golden Valley High School 'A' 50.37 50.37 8
1) Shaw, Megan 2) Epps, Shanesha
3) Hildalgo, Crystal 4) Olison, Ajia
3 Liberty High School 'A' 50.84 51.03 6
1) Affentranger, Christa 2) Wilcox, Erica
3) Fitch, Julia 4) Fitch, Mollie
4 Garces High School 'A' 52.98 52.79 4
1) Riggins, Joy 2) Reyes, Shan
3) McNally, Molly 4) Odwyers, Natlie
5 Highland High School 'A' 52.67 53.10 2
1) Reyes, Azucena 2) Pinales, Ashley
3) Rangel, Celia 4) Herron, Shanice

Exact Time, Different Future

Hunt of Bakersfield and Jenning of Stockdale ran the exact same time but only one is moving on. Of course, Hunt will be busy with the 400 relay, 200 and 4 x 400. Both Sumlin and Alade are ranked in the top ten in the valley.

100--1. Alade, Stock, 10.93; 2. Sumlin, Gar, 11.06; 3. Turkington, Cent, 11.08; 4. Jenning, Stock, 11.11

Two Down, Two to Go

After anchoring her team to victory in the 400 relay, Wandick (sr) took the 100 too. She is ranked number two in the valley and will be accompanied by her two teammates at valley in the 100. Lei Belt's 12.49 vaults her into the top five with Watson in the valley. The Drillers are so deep that Belt is not even on the team's 400 relay.

100--1. Wandick, Bak, 12;31; 2. Watson, Stock, 12.47; 3. Belt, Bak, 12.49; 4. Brown, Bak, 12.72.

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.

South Area Musings on the 400 Relays and the 1600

The meet started of the with the Drillers winning both 4oo relays. The girls was an expected occurrence but the boys was not. The Lady Drillers have one of the top three times in the valley and are looking to make state in both relays.

400 relay--1. Bakersfield (Harriston, Torres, Wandick, Brown), 48.37; 2. Golden Valley (Shaw, Epps, Hildalgo, Olison), 50.12; 3. Liberty (Affentranger, Wilcox, J. Fitch, M. Fitch), 50.79; 4. Centennial (Alexander, Chudy, Dayanghirang, Humecky), 51.83.

It took the boys the entire season to recover from the loss of two seniors from the squad way back in March but they looked good in winning the South Area title. Their winning time was their season best and moves them into the top four in the valley just behind Ridgeview.

400 relay--1. Bakersfield (Hunt, Norwood, Anderson, Gant), 42.99; 2. Ridgeview (Purvis, Robertson, Wiley,Hobbs), 43.36; 3. Centennial (Diller, Grimes, Moore, Turkington), 43.39

In the 1600, Sarah Baker (Bakersfield 10) defended her 2008 title, last year she ran away from future CSUBer Candace Carlson (North 12), but had a much closer race this year. Baker is not expected to run the 1600 at valley despite being ranked in the top ten in the event.

She will focus on the 800, where she has a better chance to make it to state. Of course, the team title competition at valley might make the double a consideration. But her chances of a top six scoring placement is unlikely in the 1600.

In the 800, Baker might have to compete with Jordan Hasay who ran 2:10 at her qualifying meet as well as winning the 3200. In the past Jordan has only contested the 3200 at valley and the 800/3200 double would seem unlikely at valley and/or state. The 800 at state has qualifying rounds on Friday and the two events are fairly close to each other in the event schedule which goes 800, 300h, 200 and 3200.

I believe the 800 was run in preparation for the 1500 at the adidas track classic on Saturday May 16th, especially since she cruised the 3200 in a time of 11:32. Jordan is a four-time California State Champion in cross country and three-time California State Champion in the 3200m.

The local season started with a photo finish between Baker and Tijerra Lynch at the EB Invite (4x800) and the same finish happen at the South Area meet. Sarah has won everyone of these photo finishes that I have seen so far. Also making it to the valley meet were Monica Guzman (Garces 11) and Gabby Lerma (Bakersfield 10) who ran a season best for the last ticket to valley.

1,600--1. Baker, Bak, 5:24.23; 2. Lynch, Ridge, 5:24.92; 3. Guzman, Gar, 5:33.33; 4. Lerma,Bak, 5:34.70.

The boys 1600 was won by none other than Chris Schwartz (Foothill 12) who has won three South Area crowns. He also has the fastests 1600 (4:14) in the valley. He didn't have to run near that time for the win and clocked just under 4:30. He was followed by Colin Lewis (Highland 11) and Robby Baker and Brian Solis of Ridgeview. All four will be at the valley meet on Saturday May 23rd at Buchanan.