Almost a Sweep of the Field

A male Bakersfield athlete won every field event except for the pole vault at valley this year. Marty and Johnny handled the horizontal jumps, George took the vertical and Matt dominated the throws.

The valley record in the high jump is: 7'2.25 jason howard,rv-bkd '97 and the meet record is: 7'00 eric nyberg,mt whithey-vis '94 gabriel zarete,selma '97 cole herron,sanger '02

This year's winner George Robbins (West) cleared 6'8 and is tied with Garce's McCullom for the best in the valley. Robbins went to state last year with Bakersfield's Isiah Griggs, who did not compete this year.

The valley record in the long jump is: 26'4.75 James Stallworth,tulare u '89. The valley meet record is: 25'9.5 gerald hardeman,edison-fre '72.

2008 valley results: 1-k.phillips,cen 23'4 ok 2-t thompson,shaf 21'11.5 3-+++dillon root,redw 21'11 4-k norwood,gd v 21'8.75 5-joshua garza,lib-mad 21'7.75 6-c.taylor,bkd 21'4.5

Affentranger was mainly known as a long sprinter (has run at stae in the 1600 relay the past two years) but this year he took up the event and was the best in the valley all season long. He plans on attending Cal Poly Slo in the fall and compete there as well.

The valley record in the triple jump is: 52'6.5 David Tucker, sjm-fre '70. The valley meet record is: 51'2.5 david tucker,memorial-fre '71.

2008 valley results: 1-+++J carter,ridg-bk 48'3 ok 2-T.Thompson,shaf 47'3 3-c kelly,lib-bk 46'11.5 4-+j smith,cen 46'10.5 5-e hodges,gd valley-bk 46'7 6-a abode,CW 45'5

As a freshman, Carter (Ridgeview) came on strong at the end of the season and won both the valley and state titles. This year he has been injured but still won the valley crown. With two weeks before state, hopefully he can be ready for state injury free and ready to defend his title.

The valley record in the shot put is: 69'3.5 van mounts, bksfd '98. The valley meet record is: 67'0.75 van mounts bksfd '97 '

2008 valley results- 1-d ragans,ft h-bk 60'7 2-++m darr,front-bk 52'8.75 3-t rush,CW 52'8.5 4-c mallard, CE 51'10.5 5-t smith,CW 51'1.5 6-a thompson,shaf 49'11

As a sophomore, Matt Darr (Frontier) racked up a lot of seconds locally behind state champ Dashan Ragans of Foothill. This year Matt has been the man to beat. At state last year he came in 16th in the shot.

The valley record in the discus is: 210'0 jeff buckey,bksfd '91 and the valley meet record is: 202'1 rob powell, redwood-vis '90

2008 valley meet results: 1-d.ragans,fth 199'2; 2-++j budwig,fow 168'8 3-n.gomes,clo 164'10 4-++m darr,front-bk 157'7 5-t smith,CW 155'8 6-j lopez, mt w 151'1

Matt just missed making state in the discus in 2008. This year, he has been picked by some to possibly win both throws like Ragan did in 2008.

2009 Men Long Jump

#	Name	Year	School	Finals	Wind
1	Affrentranger, 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
4	Mearse, Nolan	FR	ontier	22-00.75	1.5
5	Meadows, Josh		Stockdale	21-09.00	4.4
6	Garza, Joshua		Madera Liberty	21-07.25	1.6
7	Valch, Seth		North	21-06.75	3.2
8	Root, Dillon	10	Redwood	21-05.00	3.2
9	Simmons, Jerry		Mclane	21-01.75	4.5
9	Archie, Corvaughn		Buchanan	21-01.75	2.9
11	Sasso, Taylor		Buchanan	20-08.75	1.8
12	Alsup, Taylor		Yosemite	20-08.25	4.4
12	Mashler, Andrew	12	Golden West	20-08.25	1.4
14	Hendrix, Javen		Ridgeview	20-07.00	2.6
15	Tu, Shaun		Clovis West	20-04.50	3.0
16	Walker, Marcelas		Washingon Union	19-11.75	0.2
17	Barserian, Seth		Clovis	19-08.50	1.3
18	Boyd, Eugene		Ridgeview	19-07.25	1.0

2009 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
4	Haynes, Calvin	12	Tulare Union	45-03.25	1.7
5	Mearse, Nolan	FR	ontier	45-03.00	2.0
6	Abundis, Eduardo		Selma	44-09.75	1.7
7	Amadi, David		Edison	44-03.50	1.3
8	Booker, Kevin		Roosevelt	43-08.50	1.5
9	Alsup, Taylor		Yosemite	43-04.25	1.4
10	Alexander, Willie		Central	43-00.50	1.0
11	Meadows, Josh		Stockdale	42-09.00	1.1
12	Herra, Robert		Porterville	42-05.00	0.7
13	Colbert, Wesley		Tulare Western	42-04.50	1.4
14	Rutherford, Donovon		Independence	41-09.25	2.0
15	Boyd, Eugene		Ridgeview	40-04.50	1.8
--	Barserian, Seth		Clovis	ND	NWI
--	Archie, Corvaughn		Buchanan	ND

2009 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
4	Brice, Sandri		El Diamente	50-06.00
5	Budwig, Jacob		Fowler	50-01.50
6	Gonzales, John		Clovis	49-10.00
7	Souza, Shane		El Diamente	49-03.25
8	Abundes, Mario	12	Delano	49-01.25
9	Moore, Darien		Bakersfield	49-01.00
10	Austin, Jordan		Highland	48-07.00
11	Sicks, Paul	11	Tulare Union	48-05.25
12	Temple, Cody		Liberty	48-02.50
13	Figuers, Ben		West	47-04.00
14	Swegart, Nick	12	Mt. Whitney	47-03.75
15	Smith, Holden		Buchanan	45-09.00
16	Johnson, Brent		Buchanan	44-09.75
17	Weststeyn, Mark		Cent. Valley Chr	43-10.00
--	Guzman, Joe		Clovis East	Foul

2009 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
4	Lopez, Joel	12	Mt. Whitney	157-03
5	Budwig, Jacob		Fowler	153-09
6	Bowser, Alex		Clovis East	152-02
7	Endler, Matt		Clovis West	151-06
8	Gomez, Angel	12	Reedley	150-08
9	Rubio, Josh		Bakersfield Chr.	141-00
10	Cravens, Rane		Liberty	139-10
11	Gingold, Jake		Buchanan	139-04
12	Austin, Jordan		Highland	139-00
13	Davis, Anthony		Bakersfield	133-09
14	Bramer, Trent		Clovis West	132-01
15	Harris, Derek	12	Tulare Union	131-11
16	Murrillo, David		Buchanan	131-04
17	Swegart, Nick	12	Mt. Whitney	130-06
18	Ford, Jacoby		Washingon Union	128-06

Two Weeks To Train

Nice to see Bakersfield take the top two spots in the high jump especislly since state qualifier Isiah Griggs of Bakersfield was M.I.A. this season. Robbins had a season best that ties him with McCullum (Jr.) of Garces.

Like Johnny Carter (Ridgeview So.) in the triple jump, Phillip has been leading the valley most of the season and has also been battling injuries. At valley, Phillip said he was just starting to feel okay and just wanted to make state and he did just that. At last count, there was five seven foot plus jumpers in the state but anything can happen.


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
4 Wilson, Marquess 11 Tulare Union 6-04.00
4 Daley, Philmore 11 Lemoore 6-04.00
6 Smith, Travis Buchanan 6-02.00
6 Hembree, Taylor Sierra 6-02.00
6 Garcia, Joey Coalinga 6-02.00
6 Kruse, Ryan 10 Redwood 6-02.00
6 Staab, Michael Madera 6-02.00
11 West, Michael 12 Lemoore 6-00.00
11 Harris, Robby Bakersfield 6-00.00
11 Becker, Gyle Bullard 6-00.00
14 Feller, Dean Centennial 5-10.00
14 Wentworth, Tristan 11 Tulare Union 5-10.00
14 Vela, Lance Clovis East 5-10.00
17 Ochoa, Chris Chowchilla 5-08.00

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

Field of Dreams

Kern County has plenty of chances at placing high and making it to state in many field events.

Ana Jelmini (Shafter) broke the national record in the discus and is second all-time in the shot. Her teammate, Lacie Rasley will be vying for a state berth in both throws too.

Lastly, Alex Collatz (Stockdale) will be more than likely get the other spots to state in the throws. She also has a good shot to make it in the triple jump too. If she had not recently hurt her ankle and the rules allowed it, she could of qualified for valley in the long jump and high jump too! Plus she is only a sophomore.

Alana Alexander (Centennial) has signed with Washington State and hopes to return to state in both horizontal jumps and Shanesha Epps looks to qualify in the long jump. Lastly, Amanda Klinchuch is the ranked second in the valley in the pole vault.

One the boys side, Matt Darr (Frontier) looks to follow in Foothill's Dayshan Ragans and win both events and then try to win both at state too. Highland's Austin Jordan is looking good in both throws too.

In the long jump, Liberty's Affentranger is the top ranked long jumper in the valley and Ridgeview's Johnny Carter is the defending state champ in the triple jump. In the high jump, Garce's Phillip McCullom has gone 6'8 this season and George Robbins of west is at 6'6 and both have excellent chances of making it to state.


Discus Flight 3 of 3 Finals
1 Bowser, Alex Clovis East 158-02 ______
2 Gomez, Angel 12 Reedley 160-05 ______
3 Brice, Sandri EL Diamente 161-03 ______
4 Budwig, Jacob Fowler 170-04 ______
5 Irwin, Willy Clovis East 170-09 ______
6 Darr, Matt Frontier 188-06


Flight 3 of 3 Finals...(Event 23 Women Shot Put)
1 Darosa, Stephanie Miss. Coll. Prep 37-09.50 ______
2 Okwelogu, Nonny Clovis West 38-09.00 ______
3 Collatz, Alex Stockdale 39-09.75 ______
4 Cunha, Jenny 12 Tulare Union 40-00.00 ______
5 Rasley, Lacie Shafter 43-07.75 ______
6 Jelmini, Anna Shafter 54-04.75

Long Jump - Flight 3 of 3 Finals
1 Alsup, Taylor Yosemite 21-05.50 ______
2 Coles, Idarre 11 Redwood 21-06.00 ______
3 Wilson, Marquess 11 Tulare Union 21-07.00 ______
4 Afrentranger, Marty Liberty 21-09.00 ______
5 Garza, Joshua Madera Liberty 21-09.50 ______
6 Gaines, Fred Chowchilla 22-00.75

Triple Jump - Flight 3 of 3 Finals
1 McDANIEL, Keenya Selma 35-09.50 ______
2 Prandini, Jenna Clovis 36-00.50 ______
3 Mahr, Carrington Buchanan 36-01.00 ______
4 Alexander, Alana Centennial 36-09.00 ______
5 Collatz, Alex Stockdale 36-09.50 ______
6 Archie, Saressa Clovis North 36-09.75

Event 26 Men High Jump
Saturday 5/23/2009 - 4:00 PM
Pos Name Yr School Seed Mark

Flight 1 of 1 Finals
1 Sorondo, Mark Bullard 5-08.00 ______
2 Ochoa, Chris Chowchilla 5-08.00 ______
3 Feller, Dean Centennial 5-08.00 ______
4 Johnson, Daryn Golden Valley 5-10.00 ______
5 Wentworth, Tristan 11 Tulare Union 5-10.00 ______
6 Vela, Lance Clovis East 5-10.00 ______
7 Wilson, Marquess 11 Tulare Union 5-10.00 ______
8 Hembree, Taylor Sierra 6-00.00 ______
9 Staab, Michael Madera 6-00.00 ______
10 Harris, Robby Bakersfield 6-00.00 ______
11 Becker, Gyle Bullard 6-02.00 ______
12 Smith, Travis Buchanan 6-02.00 ______
13 Kruse, Ryan 10 Redwood 6-02.00 ______
14 West, Michael 12 Lemoore 6-02.00 ______
15 McCULLUM, Phillip Garces 6-02.00 ______
16 Garcia, Joey Coalinga 6-04.00 ______
17 Daley, Philmore 11 Lemoore 6-04.00 ______
18 Robbins, George West 6-06.00 ______
19 Coles, Idarre 11 Redwood 6-06.00 ______

Event 27 Women Pole Vault
Saturday 5/23/2009 - 5:00 PM
Pos Name Yr School Seed Mark

Flight 1 of 1 Finals
1 Hobin, Jayne Stockdale 8-00.00 ______
2 Gutierrez, Jazmin 12 Tulare Union 8-00.00 ______
3 Bacot, Bryana Taft 8-00.00 ______
4 Underwood, Sharena North 8-00.00 ______
5 Sosa, Fabiola Clovis North 8-00.00 ______
6 Giuliano, Gabbie Stockdale 8-06.00 ______
7 Farrahi, Kimiya Clovis North 8-06.00 ______
8 Sewell, Katie Liberty 8-06.00 ______
9 Soto, Jesserie 12 Sanger 9-00.00 ______
10 Tiplea, Christina 12 Redwood 9-00.00 ______
11 Elliot, Miko Clovis 9-06.00 ______
12 Peterson, Jane 11 Golden West 9-06.00 ______
13 Mersino, Andera Clovis East 9-06.00 ______
14 Monteverde, Anginae Clovis West 10-00.00 ______
15 Shepard, Brooke Clovis East 10-00.00 ______
16 Dutton, Jenny Clovis East 10-06.00 ______
17 Bell, Karissa Clovis 10-06.00 ______
18 Falkenstein, Emily Buchanan 11-00.00 ______
19 Weseloff, Holly Buchanan 11-06.00 ______
20 Klinchuch, Amanda Liberty 11-06.00 ______

Discus - Flight 3 of 3 Finals
1 Coffee, Janae Clovis West 116-00 ______
2 Rasley, Lacie Shafter 116-04 ______
3 Mendivil, Lissette 9 Redwood 117-08 ______
4 Okwelogu, Nonny Clovis West 129-00 ______
5 Collatz, Alex Stockdale 160-11 ______
6 Jelmini, Anna Shafter 190-03

Shot Put - Flight 3 of 3 Finals
1 Souza, Shane EL Diamente 49-09.00 ______
2 Gonzales, John Clovis 50-02.00 ______
3 Brice, Sandri EL Diamente 51-03.25 ______
4 Austin, Jordan Highland 51-04.25 ______
5 Darr, Matt Frontier 60-04.00 ______
6 Irwin, Willy Clovis East 60-10.50

Long Jump - Flight 3 of 3 Finals
1 Anderson, Shanae Edison 17-07.75 ______
2 Jones, Celestine Avenal 17-09.25 ______
3 Sears, Ja'Nia Edison 17-11.25 ______
4 Prandini, Jenna Clovis 17-11.75 ______
5 Epps, Shanesha Golden Valley 18-02.50 ______
6 Williams, Lynn Bullard 18-05.75 ______

Flight 3 of 3 Finals...(Event 31 Men Triple Jump)
1 Abundis, Eduardo Selma 45-04.25 ______
2 Amadi, David Edison 46-02.50 ______
3 Carter, Johnny Ridgeview 46-05.50 ______
4 Coles, Idarre 11 Redwood 46-06.00 ______
5 Haynes, Calvin 12 Tulare Union 46-06.50 ______
6 Archie, Corvaughn Buchanan 46-10.00

High Jump - Flight 3 of 3 Finals
1 Jones, Celestine Avenal 5-00.00 ______
2 Mahr, Carrington Buchanan 5-02.00 ______
3 Horton, Janae Edison 5-02.00 ______
4 Anaya, MACHELLE Washingon Unio 5-02.00 ______
5 Hansen, Breanne Clovis 5-04.00 ______
6 Franks, Holly Sierra 5-06.00 ______