2011 XC

FOOTLOCKER XC NATIONALS @ BALBOA PARK, SAN DIEGO 12/10/2011
XC SEASON ENDS WITH SYDNEY SEGAL AT FOOTLOCKER NATIONALS
commentary by Simon Langer
42 years + 42 years = 84 years later………..
Ordinarily I write the news, but today I have decided that a commentary was more in order. In the Fall of 1927 Beverly Hills High School was established and 42 years later in 1969 I was fortunate enough to be the first nationally ranked cross country runner at Beverly. Now once again 42 years later to the date, Sydney Segal is our school’s first nationally ranked girl in cross country. It really did not matter what place she took, because the honor was being on the national stage representing herself, her family, our school and our community. In a loaded field of the top 40 runners in the nation, Sydney Segal in her first cross country season and only a junior not only makes the nationals, but was 32nd in a time of 18:21 (a new school record for the Balboa Park course). The field was so bunched together that 23rd place through 34th place were separated by just 8 seconds. Just to make the nationals is an honor and Sydney you have honored us. Even Meredith Speakman (one of the top cross country runners from Pennsylvania) who finished last in 40th place deserves all the honors, as so many top notch girls in the United States did not even qualify for the nationals. We lose sight of the fact that these were 40 of the top girls in the entire United States. So even though we all were cheering and hoping that Sydney Segal would have finished higher in the rankings of the Footlocker High School Cross Country Nationals, to Beverly Hills High School, Sydney Segal in our hearts is our high school all american. So Sydney I welcome you to our exclusive club of two, after 84 years of our school’s history. Next year in San Diego!
[Results are found at: www. footlockercc.com/2011/results.shtml]

FOOTLOCKER WEST REGIONAL @ MT SAC 3.1 Mile Course 12/3/2011
SYDNEY SEGAL QUALIFIES FOR NATIONALS!
Takes 7th Place in Footlocker West Regionals
Sydney Segal in her first cross country season and only a junior took 7th place (out of 145 runners) in the “seeded” Footlocker West Regional race, where the best cross country high school runners from the Western United States ran to qualify for the Footlocker Nationals to be held on December 10, 2011 in San Diego, CA. Her time of 18:32 over the 3.1 mile MT SAC course is a new school record. The top 10 in the Western Regional made the Nationals, where they will face the top 10 from the other 3 regionals in the United States, for a total of 40 runners. This is the biggest news for Beverly Hills Cross Country in over 4 decades. She becomes only the second cross country runner at Beverly, and the first girl, to make the Nationals. Under the old National Postal system, Simon Langer in 1969 finished 15th in the West Regional and was 26th in the Nation. As such, Segal now has the highest finishing place for a Beverly runner in the West Regional. Ashley Bootesaz ran in the Footlocker West non-seeded senior race, where she took 19th place (out of 189 runners) in 21:00. Eli Flesch ran in the unseeded junior boys race and took 12th place (out of 312 runners) in 17:12. David Neiman took 163rd place (out of 363 runners) in the unseeded boys frosh-soph race in 20:11. [Brianna Simmons are other superstar did not run in the West Regional as she was taking the SAT test].
Top 10 in the West:
Karlie Garcia, Roseville, CA 17:46
Kelsey Braithwaite, Perry, UT 17:55
Makena Morley, Bigfork, MT 18:07
Sarah Robinson, Los Altos Hills, CA 18:11
Jordan McPhee, Normandy Park, WA 18:13
Nikki Hiltz, Aptos, CA 18:17
Sydney Segal, Beverly Hills, CA 18:32
Clare Carroll, Granite Bay, CA 18:33
Cami Chapus, Pacific Palisades, CA 18:34
Anna Maxwell, Felton, CA 18:38

XC AWARDS BANQUET 12/1/2011
Andrew Redston Receives Scholar Athlete Award
Sydney Segal, Brianna Simmons & Josh Galen awarded MVP Awards
The Awards Banquet as always reflects on our XC season, and this was one of the best seasons ever for the Beverly XC program. Food, slide show and many speeches marked the event. Of course there were the awards. Certificates for new school records were awarded. The prestigious Scholar Athlete Award went to Andrew Redston. Brianna Simmons and Sydney Segal were co-MVP’s for the girls and Josh Galen was MVP for the boys.
Awards:
Scholar Athlete: Andrew Redston
Girls Varsity MVP: Brianna Simmons & Sydney Segal
Boys Varsity MVP: Josh Galen
Girls Varsity Most Inspirational: Ashley Bootesaz
Boys Varsity Most Inspirational: Eli Flesch
Girls Varsity Coaches Award: Lily Ting and Marisa Rothman
Boys Varsity Coaches Award: Chanan Batra and Andrew Redston
Girls Varsity Most Improved: Da Eun Lee
Boys Varsity Most Improved: Aaron Wolfe
Girls Varsity Rookie of the Year & JV MVP: Amanda Christovich
Boys Varsity Rookie of the Year: Aaron Karlin
Girls JV Most Improved: Annette Chang
Boys JV Most Improved: David Neiman
Girls JV Rookie of the Year: Tina Youabian
Boys JV Coaches Award: Michael Redston
Boys Freshman MVP: Sean McAlister
Boys Freshman Performance Award: Cameron Forbes
Boys Freshman Coaches Award: Harrison Baseman

STATE XC FINALS @ WOODWARD PARK 3.1 Miles (11/26/2011)
OMG! NORMAN GIRLS TAKE 2 STATE MEDALS!
Sydney Segal Takes 6th in State Div. III Finals in 17:53
Brianna Simmons Takes 8th in State Div. III Finals in 18:14
Historic Achievement at State XC Finals for the Beverly Hills Normans
Since State XC Meets began in 1987 in California no Beverly athlete has ever won a state medal. Now in a historic achievement for our XC program, not one, but two varsity girls have garnered state medals at the same time. Sydney Segal and Brianna Simmons have throughout the season run with the best and finished with the best, that has only brought attention to our program like never before. Yes, the girls of Beverly Hills 90210 can run with the best that the State has to offer. Segal took 6th in a time of 17:53, while Brianna Simmons took 8th in 18:14, both shattering the Woodward Park school record of 19:12 set by Lyad Gozal back in 1993. Only the top 10 finishers in State receive medals. Here are the elite top 10 in State Div. III (out of 205 runners in the finals):

Carrie Verdon, Campolinda 17:19 (ranked #9 in U.S.)
Karlie Garcia, Oakmont 17:20 (ranked #11 in U.S.)
Madeleine Ankhelyi, Vista Del Lago 17:34 (honorable mention in U.S. rankings)
Rebecca Mehra, Palos Verdes 17:41 (honorable mention in U.S. rankings)
Nikki Hiltz, Aptos 17:46 (honorable mention in U.S. rankings)
Sydney Segal, Beverly Hills 17:53
Clare Carroll, Vista Del Lago 17:56
Brianna Simmons, Beverly Hills 18:14
Anna Walsh, Monterey 18:15
Christine Hoffman, San Luis Obispo 18:21

Palos Verdes of the Southern Section won the girls State team title in Division III. Bonita that edged out the Beverly Girls Varsity team to qualify for State took 13th place out of 24 schools in the State Division III Finals. That just shows us how strong our girls varsity team was this year.
[More Photos on Photo link at upper left hand margin]

CIF FINALS @ MT SAC 11/19/2011
SYDNEY SEGAL TAKES 2nd in CIF Finals in 17:28
BRIANNA SIMMONS TAKES 4th in CIF Finals in 17:58
Both Girls Qualify for State Meet
It’s not every day that Beverly athletics has two medalists in the CIF Finals and two qualifiers for the State Meet, but that is exactly what happened in the CIF Cross Country Finals at Mt San Antonio College over the 2.9 mile CIF hilly course. As has been the case all year long, both Sydney Segal and Brianna Simmons took to the front at the beginning of the race with Rebecca Mehra of Palos Verdes, Christine Hoffman of San Luis Obispo and Ashlee Powers of Corona del Mar, all whom are ranked in the top 8 in State. Rebecca Mehra took first in 17:23, and then right behind her in 2nd was Beverly’s Sydney Segal in 17:28, followed by Christine Hoffman in third in 17:33, Beverly’s Brianna Simmons in fourth in 17:58, and Ashlee Powers in 5th in 18:17. Breaking 18 minutes on the course is considered exceptional, and both Beverly girls broke the barrier, with Sydney Segal claiming the new school record for the course. These are the highest places ever attained by any Beverly girl to run in the CIF Finals in our history. It will not be surprising if they are not finally ranked by ESPN DYESTAT. The State Meet is next week and these could be the first two athletes to medal for our school at a State Cross Country Championship. [Note: State Meets in Cross Country in California began in 1987].
Girls Varsity: It was a very tough day for our Girls Varsity team as they missed making the State Finals by a mere 9 points as they finished in 8th place (top 7 teams advance). However, this was one of the best performances by a Beverly girls team at CIF, only bettered by the 1977 team that finished in 6th place. Ashley Bootesaz who has been our number three girl ran a personal best in 19:42 to move up to #5 all time for Beverly on the course. The surprise performance came from Beverly’s freshman Amanda Christovich who ran 20:32 to move up to #12 all time for Beverly on the course. Lily Ting ran 20:42 to move up to #15 all time on the course for Beverly runners. Marisa Rothman ran 21:18 and Da Eun Lee had a difficult day on the course running 22:31 far off her best performance.
Boys Varsity: The Boys Varsity surpassed expectations this year as they finished in 13th place in the CIF Finals. The top performance of the day was turned in by Josh Galen who took 24th place in 15:49, becoming only the 3rd runner ever (and #3 all time) at Beverly to break 16 minutes over the MT SAC course. Eli Flesch was our next runner in 16:16 (#8 all time for Beverly), followed by Aaron Karlin in 16:26 (#9 all time) and Chanan Batra in 16:26 (#13 all time).

GIRLS TEAM RESULTS: 1. Palos Verdes 101; 2. Granite Hills 130; 3. San Luis Obispo 154;
Santa Margherita 178; 5. Corona del Mar 189; 6. Northwood 192; 7. Bonita 209;
Beverly Hills 218; 9. Yorba Linda 225; 10. Laguna Hills 230; 11. Bolsa Grande 241;
12. South Pasadena 244; 13. La Canada 246; 14. Mater Dei 282; 15. South Hills 303;
16. South Torrance 312.
BEVERLY GIRLS RESULTS: 2. Sydney Segal 17:28; 4. Brianna Simmons 17:58; 50. Ashley Bootesaz 19:42; 83. Amanda Christovich 20:32; 87. Lily Ting 20:42; 101. Marisa Rothman 21:18; 113. Da Eun Lee 22:31.

BOYS TEAM RESULTS: 1. Palos Verdes 89; 2. St John Bosco 112; 3. West Torrance 139;
4. Brea Olinda 158; 5. Cathedral 165; 6. Damien 181; 7. San Luis Obispo 198; 8. South Pasadena 206; 9. Paso Robles 232; 10. Granite Hills 246; 11. Oak Park 257; 12. San Juan Hills 275; 13. Beverly Hills 289; 14. Corona del Mar 295; 15. Rio Mesa 310; 16. Buena Park 349.
BEVERLY BOYS RESULTS: 24. Josh Galen 15:49; 56. Eli Flesch 16:16; 59. Aaron Karlin 16:22; 64. Chanan Batra 16:26; 100. Aaron Wolfe 17:03; 111. Andrew Redston 17:53; 112. Alex Rohani 17:56.

BEVERLY BOYS & GIRLS MAKE CIF FINALS!
Brianna Simmons (2nd place) 17:00 & Sydney Segal (3rd place) 17:07!
Josh Galen (8th place) 14:57!
10-12-2011 @ MT SAC (RAIN COURSE 2.91 Miles)
The morning started at the MT SAC CIF Prelims with the news that the regular course would not be run, but instead the 2.91 rain course would be utilized. The girls were up first in the first race of the day and as usual Brianna Simmons and Sydney Segal took off to the front of the pack with Rebecca Mehra of Palos Verdes, one of the top ranked girls in State. The three separated themselves from the rest of the field, as Mehra finished in first in 16:56, Brianna Simmons took second in 17:00 and Sydney Segal took third in 17:07. Only one girl in Division 3 ran faster than the trio in the first race, Christine Hoffman of San Luis Obispo who won her heat in 16:55. Although Brianna Simmons last year made the finals as an individual, this is the first time in 31 years (back in 1980) that the girls as a team return back to the finals. The girls tied for 4th in a score of 127 with South Hills, but South Hills won the tie-breaker so Beverly ended up in 5th place (top 5 teams qualified for finals). On the boys side, Beverly pulled one of the biggest surprises of the day as they took 4th place as a team to qualify for the finals, led by Josh Galen in 8th place in an outstanding time of 14:57. He becomes the first Beverly runner to ever break 15 minutes on a cross country course. The boys times were outstanding as Eli Flesch took 17th place in 15:09, Chanan Batra in 21st in 15:19, Aaron Karlin in 32nd in 15:27 and Aaron Wolfe in 44th in 15:46. The winner of the race was top ranked Adam Avila of Cathedral in 14:36. The boys make the CIF Finals for the first time during the qualifying era (since the 1960s)! The last boys team to run in the CIF Finals was during the pre-qualifying era in 1950—61 years ago! The CIF Finals on October 19, 2011 at MT SAC will be very competitive as only the top 7 teams move on to the State Finals.

GIRLS TEAM RESULTS: 1. Palos Verdes 60; 2. Granite Hills 76; 3. Yorba Linda 121; 4. South Hills 127; 5. Beverly Hills 127; 6. West Torrance 130; 7. Los Altos 161; 8. San Marcos 180; 9. Bishop Amat 215; 10. Rubidoux 286; 11. Lompoc 330; 12. Nothview 345; 13. Ganesha 360; 14. Temescal Canyon 402.
BOYS TEAM RESULTS: 1. West Torrance 66; 2. Cathedral 74; 3. South Pasadena 104;
Beverly Hills 113; 5. Granite Hills 114; 6. Rio Mesa 150; 7. Laguna Hills 153; 8. Yucca Valley 219; 9. Pacifica 221; 10. Jurupa Hills 240; 11. South Torrance 275; 12. Santa Maria 325; 13. Lompoc 375; 14. Bolsa Grande 406; 15. Sierra Vista 454.
GIRLS INDIVIDUAL RESULTS: 2. Brianna Simmons 17:00; 3. Sydney Segal 17:07;
32. Ashley Bootesaz 18:53; 44. Lily Ting 19:18; 46. Da Eun Lee 19:23; 66. Marisa Rothman 19:56; 71. Amanda Christovich 20:15.
BOYS INDIVIDUAL RESULTS: 8. Josh Galen 14:57; 17. Eli Flesch 15:09; 21. Chanan Batra 15:19; 32. Aaron Karlin 15:27; 44. Aaron Wolfe 15:46; 71. Andrew Redston 16:25; 87. Alex Rohani 16:54

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BEVERLY DOMINATES AT OCEAN LEAGUE FINALS
Girls Varsity Win 7th Straight League Championship
Boys Varsity End SAMO’s Winning Streak To Take League Crown

GIRLS VARSITY TAKES 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th & 7th as Brianna Simmons and Sydney Segal Both Set School Record in Time of 19:31
BOYS VARSITY Led By Josh Galen in 1st – Ties School Record of 16:40 as Chanan Batra takes 2nd and Eli Flesch takes 4th
Girls Junior Varsity Takes 1st Thru 5th for Sweep & League Title
Boys Freshmen Takes 1st Thru 3rd & League Title
Girls Varsity: What can you say about our Girls Varsity. After last weeks victory at the MT SAC Invite and being a CIF SS Div. 3 ranked team by ESPN Dyestat they came to the Ocean League Finals to show that they are in fact deserving of a higher ranking in the CIF. With Brianna Simmons and Sydney Segal running together the entire race from start to finish, they both came across the finish line in 19:31, both setting a school record. The victory nod went to Brianna Simmons with Segal taking 2nd. They missed the course record of 19:27 rounded up as held by Anniya Louis of Culver City set in 2007 and did not even push the pace, otherwise the record would have fallen easily to both runners. Brianna Simmons joins a select group of runners at Beverly who have attained All League honors for 4 years in a row (Sarah Jabbari 2008, Raquel Hefflin 2009 and Sydney Gray 2010). Ashley Bootesaz ran a spectacular race to take third place in 20:50 (#4 all time for Beverly on the course) beating out Santa Monica’s #1 runner Alice Wasserman in 4th. Lily Ting took 5th place in 21:13 (her best of 20:50.32 is #5 all time), while Da Eun Lee took 6th in 21:26 (#10 all time) and Marisa Rothman in 7th in 21:31 (tie for #11 all time). In 12th place was Sarah Wendee in 23:22. All our top 6 girls attained All League Honors and the team now has won 7 straight league championships! The only team that has ever placed better in league was our powerful 1976 team which swept the first 5 places in league for a perfect score. Next is CIF for the girls where they look to qualify for CIF Finals.
Boys Varsity: Well for 8 straight years Santa Monica has won the Ocean League Title, while Beverly has taken 2nd place too many times to remember. However, not this year, as Beverly won the team title. Leading the way was Josh Galen, who fell down on the course only to get back up and take the victory by a wide margin as he finished in 1st in a time of 16:40. In past years times were recorded to the tenths of a second, whereas now times are recorded just to the seconds, so the school record held by Max Goldman of 16:39.46 in 2005 would today be rounded up to 16:40. Galen came across in the 16:39’s as well, as the clock was running, but his time was rounded up by the timer automatically to 16:40. As such, he ties the school record. The course record is held by Damon Coffman of Santa Monica a few years back who ran 16:15 rounded up. It is believed that Goldman’s and Galen’s times are the second fastest times ever over the course. Chanan Batra of Beverly took 2nd place in 17:01 (#4 all time at Beverly for the course), while Eli Flesch took 4th place in 17:17 (#7 all time), Aaron Karlin in 7th place in 17:34 and Aaron Wolfe in 8th place in 17:51 both made the all time list for Beverly. In 10th place was Andrew Redston in 18:25 and in 13th place was Alex Rohani in 18:40. Next up for the boys is the CIF Prelims.
Girls Junior Varsity: The Girls Junior Varsity Team scored a perfect score of 15 points taking 1st through 5th place to win the league crown. Our two freshmen girls Amanda Christovich and Tina Youabian took 1-2, as Christovich won the league title in 22:39 (that would have taken 10th place in the Girls Varsity race) while Youabian was runner-up in 22:47. They were the only girls to run under 23 minutes, which is outstanding for freshmen, as sub 22 minutes makes the Beverly all time list for Varsity. Annette Chang took 3rd place in 23:25, Sarah Hendry took 4th in 24:12 and Vanessa Torres took 5th in 24:24. As our top 5 runners took league honors and the team title.
Boys Freshman: Sean McAlister led the way as he took 1st place in 19:57, while Beverly’s other top two freshman Cameron Forbes (new to the team) and Bardia Soltani took second and third respectively in the same time of 20:23. The team took the team title.
Boys Junior Varsity: The boys junior varsity was the only Beverly team not to win the league title, as they finished 2nd to Santa Monica. However, Beverly had 3 boys in the top 10: Caio Corvalho in 4th in 18:53, Michael Redston in 5th in 19:19, and David Neiman in 9th in 19:32.

Team Scores:
Girls Varsity: BH 17; SAMO 44; Culver City 84, Hawthorne 117, Morningside 141
Boys Varsity: BH 22; SAMO 40; Culver City 77, Hawthorne 113, Morningside 144, Inglewood 170
Girls JV: BH 15; SAMO 42
Boys JV: SAMO 19; BH 41; Hawthorne 96; Culver City 108; Morningside 144
Boys FR: BH 23, SAMO 32
[Note some schools did not score as a team in each division as 5 runners are required for scoring]

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GIRLS VARSITY TAKES 1st @ MT SAC INVITE RACE
Sydney Segal (1st place) and Brianna Simmons (2nd place) Lead Team
To Victory Both Setting School Record in 18:24!
Josh Galen Leads Boys Team in 16:10!
MT. SAC INVITE 3 Miles – October 21, 2011
Girls Highlights: The Girls Varsity Team for the first time this year had all of its runners in one race as they ran away with victory in their race at the MT SAC Invite. The girls scored an impressive low score of 60 points as the 2nd place team Shafter of Central California was in 2nd with 102 points and San Marcos of Santa Barbara was third. More impressive was the total team time of 1:39.21 almost 5 minutes ahead of the next team in the race. Beverly’s time in comparison to the other Division 3 races of the day put them ahead of Bolsa Grande (1:39.50) which is ranked #10 in the CIF SS Div. 3 and South Pasadena (1:39.40) which is ranked No. 11, and just behind West Torrance (1:39.07) which is ranked #5. From the beginning of the race the tandem of Sydney Segal and Brianna Simmons took the lead as they ran the entire race together and finished together at the finish line in the same time of 18:24. The victory nod went to Segal, as both girls set a new school record for the course. This is the first time Beverly runners have taken 1-2 in a prestigious race like MT SAC. They distanced the next finisher in third place by nearly a minute! Ashley Bootesaz performace in 7th place was overshadowed by Segal and Simmons run, as she ran 20:12, the #8 performance of all time for Beverly on the course. Da Eun Lee finished in 21st in 21:00, Lily Ting in 29th in 21:21, and Marisa Rothman in 31st in 21:24, all times that make the All Time List at Beverly for the course. All races at MT SAC had approximately 150 runners. In the Girls freshman race Amanda Christovich took 12th place in 22:12, while Tina Youabian took 25th in 22:55. Both great times for freshmen as sub-22 minutes makes the Beverly All Time List for the course.
Boys Highlights: The highlight of the day was Josh Galen’s stellar race where he took 7th place in the boys varsity race in 16:10, the #4 time on the All Time List at Beverly for the course. Both Eli Flesh in 18th place in 16:35 and Chanan Batra in 30th place in 16:47 were times that made the All Time List, as Aaron Karlin in 52nd in 17:08 and Aaron Wolfe in 66th in 17:26 missed running under 17 minutes to make the Beverly All Time List for the course. The boys team took 6th place in their race of 22 teams. In the boys JV race Alex Rohani took 9th place in 17:34, while Caio Corvalho took 38th in 18:28. In the boys sophomore race our top finisher was Michael Redston in 37th place in 18:34 and Ethan Plante was 57th in 18:53, while Sean McAlister was our top runner in the freshman race in 31st place in 18:45.

Next is the Ocean League Championship for league honors and qualification for CIF.

OCEAN LEAGUE CLUSTER #2 @ KENNETH HAHN PARK 3.0 Miles
SYDNEY SEGAL TAKES 1st To Lead Girls Varsity Team to 2nd Lg Win
Boys Varsity Team wins 2nd Lg Meet
With our No. 1 girl runner Brianna Simmons sitting out the 2nd Ocean League Cluster Meet, our No. 2 girl Sydney Segal was back. In only her first 3 mile cross country race ever she took 1st place in 20:29, the third fastest time ever for Beverly girls on the Kenneth Hahn 3 mile course. She was more than a minute ahead of second place finisher Alice Wasserman of Santa Monica who ran 21:33. Beverly then came in numbers as Lily Ting took 3rd in 21:59, Ashley Bootesasz in 4th in 22:22, and Da Eun Lee in 5th in 22:24. Freshman Amanda Christovich ran her first varsity race and came in 12th in 24:38. The girls varsity won the meet and are undefeated in league. The boys varsity managed to pull another win over its arch rival Santa Monica to be undefeated in league. Eli Flesch was our number 1 finisher in 3rd in 17:42, a personal best and keeps him at No. 10 all time at Beverly for the course. Aaron Karlin was in 4th in 18:08, Josh Galen in 5th in 18:36, Chanan Batra in 7th in 18:56, and Aaron Wolf in 10th in 19:15. In the boys Junior Varsity Beverly’s top 10 finishers were Michael Redston in 3rd in 19:46, Caio Corvalho in 6th in 20:00 and Alex Rohani in 7th in 20:07. Top 10 finishers in the girls Junior Varsity were Genevieve Javidzad in 6th in 25:54, Annette Chang in 9th in 26:12 and Sarah Hendry in 10th in 26:46. In the boys Freshmen race our top 10 finishers were Bardia Soltani in 3rd in 21:18, Cameron Forbes in 8th in 22:40 and Harrison Baseman in 10th in 22:37.

Team Results
Girls Varsity: (1) Beverly Hills 25, (2) SAMO 32, (3) Culver City 74, (4) Hawthorne 114
Boys Varsity: (1) Beverly Hills 29, (2) SAMO 32, (3) Culver City 79
Girls JV: (1) SAMO 15, (2) Beverly Hills 45
Boys JV: (1) SAMO 20, (2) Beverly Hills 39, (3) Hawthorne 95, (4) Culver City 104
Boys FR: (1) SAMO 18, (2) Beverly Hills 44
[Note some schools did not score as a team in each division as 5 runners are required for scoring]

BREA OLINDA INVITE @ CARBON CYN REGIONAL PARK 3.1 Miles
BRIANNA SIMMONS 2nd AT BREA INVITE IN SCHOOL RECORD
Aaron Karlin Takes 2nd in FR-SOPH RACE IN SCHOOL RECORD
With a number of top runners from top ranked schools such as Saugus, Burbank, Arcadia, Crescenta Valley, Brea Olinda, and Colony to name a few, the races were very competitive on a hot day for the 3.1 mile tough course where times are always slower. In the featured girls varsity race of the day Xochitl Navarette of Colony one of the best girl runners in state ran 19:12 for the course (the 4th fastest ever over the course). She has been unchallenged this year. However, it was not the Saugus girls who were up to the task, but Beverly’s own Brianna Simmons who raised a number of eyebrows when she came roaring in to take second place ahead of the top ranked Saugus girls in 19:31 (the seventh fastest ever over the course) and setting a new school record for the course by one minute! The surprise of the day was in the top seeded boys frosh soph race where Beverly’s Aaron Karlin took 2nd place to Steven de la Rosa of Arcadia. Karlin’s time was 17:50 setting a new school record for the course (that’s a varsity school record!). The old school record was set last year by Nick Harper in 17:59. In the boys Varsity race Eli Flesch took 13th place in a time of 17:57, also better than the old school record. Aaron Wolfe who was also in the seeded frosh soph race with Karlin took 13th place in a time of 18:52 to make the boys all time list at Beverly. Other performances of note: Lily Ting in the seeded girls varsity race in 19th in 22:23; Ashley Bootesaz in the mid-seeded girls varsity race in 10th in 22:10; Marisa Rothman in the mid-seeded girls varsity race in 25th in 23:10; Amanda Christovich in the seeded girls frosh soph race in 33rd in 23:35; Tina Youabian in the unseeded girls frosh soph race in 17th in 24:44; Sean McAlister in the mid-seeded boys frosh soph race in 11th in 19:17; Michael Redston in the boys frosh soph mid-seeded race in 15th in 19:22; Sam Levy in the boys unseeded frosh soph race in 20th in 20:13; and Chad Yee in the boys unseeded frosh soph race in 21st in 20:15.

SOUTH BAY CUP 2.8 Miles @ Columbia Park, Torrance

South Bay Cup A Training Run for Team
With many runners out for the Jewish New Year holidays (Rosh Hashonah -the year 5772), the team used the South Bay Cup as a training run for the upcoming Brea Invite on Saturday.
Highlights:
Even without going full out and at just an even pace Brianna Simmons took 6th place in the girls varsity race in 17:54.6. One has to wonder what could she have run had she gone full out. The same could be said for fellow runners Lily Ting and Ashley Bootesaz finishing in 25th and 26th in 19:23.5 and 19:30.7 (Simmons and Ting were already #1 and #2 all time for Beverly on the course with faster times last year, but Bootesaz moves up to #3 all time without any real effort). In the boys varsity, Eli Flesch looked like he was just striding the course and still managed to run 15:49.9 in 17th place, which is #3 all time at Beverly for the course. Andrew Redston took 25th in 16:18.9. In the boys sophomore race Aaron Wolfe took 6th in 16:43.1, while Aaron Karlin took 9th in 16:56.3. Redston, Wolfe and Karlin all made the all time list at Beverly for the course.

[Please note: There will probably be an adjustment on the all time list for the course for runners who ran prior to 2010, when the course was slightly longer at 2.9 miles. The course last year was shortened to 2.8 miles]

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OCEAN LEAGUE CLUSTER #1 @ Kenneth Hahn Park – 3 miles

GIRLS & BOYS VARSITY WIN FIRST OCEAN LEAGUE CLUSTER MEET
Brianna Simmons Takes 1st & Leads Girls Varsity with 3rd Fastest Time Ever Over Course!
Boys Varsity End 8 Year Drought Against Santa Monica H.S.
Flesch & Batra Lead Boys Varsity with 2nd and 3rd Place Finishes
Sean McAlister Wins Boys Freshman Race
Amanda Christovich Takes 2nd in Girls JV, Best Girl Freshman in League
No one knew what to expect in the first league meet of the year, with the boys top runner Josh Galen and the girls number two runner Sydney Segal out with injuries. However, both the boys and girls varsity pulled out wins over runner-up Santa Monica (“SAMO”), Culver City, Hawthorne, Morningside and Inglewood. The girls are going for their 7th straight league championship this year. The boys have been perennial second place finishers the last eight years to Santa Monica High School. The drought is over as the Boys took their first win over arch rival Santa Monica in as many years. The girls varsity were led by All CIF runner Brianna Simmons taking first place in 20:00.40, the third fastest time ever by a girl over the Kenneth Hahn course. Lily Ting took third place in 21:46.34, placing her as #3 all time girl ever for Beverly on the course. Ashley Bootesaz took 5th in 22:07.88, Marisa Rothman took 8th in 23:09.08, and Da Eun Lee took 9th in 23:13.21. In the boys varsity race Arden Lasalle of SAMO took first in 17:25.43, but then Beverly’s Eli Flesch in 17:39.09 and Chanan Batra in 18:02.41 took 2nd and 3rd for Beverly. Flesch’s time is the #8 all time ever for Beverly boys over the course! Beverly also had outstanding performances by Aaron Wolfe in 5th in 18:27.98, Andrew Redston in 6th in 18:35.88, and Aaron Karlin in 10th in 18:54.42. In the boys freshman race, SAMO beat Beverly, but Sean McAlister of Beverly took first by a country mile as he ran 19:48.76, while no one else in the race broke 21 minutes. Two other Beverly performances of note in the freshman race were Bardia Soltani in 5th in 22:03.07 and Harrison Baseman in 9th in 22:35.33. In the girls Junior Varsity (there is no girls freshman race, so junior varsity includes all grades of girls who are not on varsity) a slight mishap occurred as all the girls in the race made a wrong turn and cut the course short. As such, their times do not count. The race was won by SAMO’s sophomore Rachel Kirkhofer, but Beverly’s freshman Amanda Christovich took 2nd place just 11 seconds behind the winner, establishing her as the best girl freshman in league. Other notable performances in the race for Beverly were Sarah Hendry in 6th, Annette Chang in 7th and Tina Youabian in 10th. In the counterpart race of the boys junior varsity the best performances by Beverly runners came from Ethan Shiri in 4th in 19:49.50, David Neiman in 5th in 20:05.59, Jack Sternshein in 7th in 20:23.88 and Sam Levy in 8th in 20:28.63.
TEAM SCORES:
Girls Varsity: (1) Beverly 26 (2) SAMO 30 (3) Culver City 74 (4) Hawthorne 110
Boys Varsity: (1) Beverly 26 (2) SAMO 29 (3) Culver City 80 (4) Hawthorne 102 (5) Morningside 147
Girls JV: (1) SAMO 21 (2) Beverly 39 (3) Culver City 82 (4) Inglewood 111
Boys JV: (1) SAMO 21 (2) Beverly 36 (3) Culver City 85 (4) Hawthorne 123 (5) Morningside 137
Boys FR: (1) SAMO 22 (2) Beverly 36
[Note some schools did not score as a team in each division as 5 runners are required for scoring]

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ROSEMEAD INVITE 3 MILES @ Rosemead H.S. September 17, 2011

FRESHMEN TAKE SPOTLIGHT AT ROSEMEAD
AMANDA CHRISTOVICH & SEAN McALISTER
As our top sophomores, juniors and seniors used Rosemead as a training run, the freshmen of Beverly took center stage. It was a chance for our future stars to show their paces. In the freshman girls race Amanda Christovich medaled and finished in 10th place in a fast time of 20:41.44 (a time of under 20 minutes would have placed her on the all time varsity list for Beverly for the Rosemead 3 mile course). Then Sean McAlister in the boys freshman race medaled in 16th place in a fine time of 17:38.77.
It should be noted that DaEun Lee who ran the girls sophomore race as a training run managed to finish in 16th place in 20:15.54, Annette Chang was 31st in 21:02.75. In the boys sophomore race Michael Redston finished in 36th place in 17:18.95, Sam Levy in 39th in 17:24.11, David Nieman in 45th in 17:36.88 and Chad Yee in 47th in 17:43.30. In the girls junior race Marisa Rothman was 34th in 20:54.94, Sarah Hendry in 51st in 21:45.69, and Genevieve Javidzad in 55th in 21:56.18. In the junior boys Jack Shernsheim finished 66th in 17:52.30, Ethan Shiri in 73rd in 18:02.80, Ethan Plante in 80th in 18:14.44, Harrison Margolin in 83rd in 18:19.34 and Melvin McHale in 98th in 18:38.05. In the boys freshman race Harrison Baseman was 103rd in 21:17.42.

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MT SAC 1.92 Miles – September 10, 2011
Fastback Shootout: Simmons & Segal Lead Team
The Fastback Shootout is a pre-season shortened version of the MT SAC Course that brings out some of the best teams and individuals in the State, including top ranked high schools such as Great Oak and Simi Valley. Races are set in two heats by class level. The top 40 in each race medaled. Not all our runners performed at this first meet of the season.
Girls: Beverly’s 2010 returning All CIF runner Brianna Simmons was in the premier girls race of the day, the Senior race, which saw top runners from Great Oak and Simi Valley. The race saw the first 6 girls break 12 minutes (considered outstanding times), as Adriana Olivas of Cenntenial took first in 11:34.78, Mariel Mendoza of JW North took 2nd in 11:43.89, Pauline Mendel of Great Oak was in 3rd in 11:46.16, Brianna Simmons of Beverly took 4th in 11:47.03, Erika Barr of Simi Valley in 5th in 11:48.01 and Karla Vernola of Simi Valley in 6th in 11:50.41. Simmons time was 6th best of the day at all levels combined, which was outstanding in the high caliber field of runners assembled. In the Junior race Beverly’s Sydney Segal took 2nd place in 12:08.54 to Valerie Mares of Colony who ran 11:49.28. This was Segal’s first ever cross-country race and her time was 19th overall for the day. Quite an incredible time and performance for her first race. The girls races had a total of 784 runners. Other performances of note: Ashley Bootesaz in the Senior race took 23rd in 13:21.20, Lily Ting in the Junior race took 17th in 13:38.52, and Amanda Christovich in the Freshman race took 21st in 14:12.66.
Boys: The boys did not have many of their performers run. The boys were led by Chanan Batra who in the Junior race took 12th in 10:46.04. Other performances of note were Andrew Redston taking 40th in 11:05.34 in the Senior race, Aaron Wolfe in the Sophomore race taking 21st in 11:36.62, and Sean McAlister in the Freshman race taking 15th in 11:51.60. In the boys races there was a total of 904 runners.

Highlights:
Girls Senior Race: 4. Brianna Simmons 11:47.03. 23. Ashley Bootesaz 13:21.20.
Boys Senior Race: 40. Andrew Redston 11:05.34.
Girls Junior Race: 2. Sydney Segal 12:08.97. 17. Lily Ting 13:38.52. 32. Marisa Rothman 14:18.40. 68. Genevieve Javidzad 15:51.95. 70. Sarah Hendry 15:56.51.
Boys Junior Race: 12. Chanan Batra 10:46.04. 59. Jack Sternshine 12:23.00. 78. Ethan Shiri 12:48.56. 81. Benjamin Hanwi 12:52.60.
Girls Sophomore Race: 47. Annette Chang 15:00.66. 87. Mahnam Ghorbani 16:50.17. 93. Leah Broukhim 17:03.57. 94. Dami Kim 17:06.34.
Boys Sophomore Race: 21. Aaron Wolfe 11:36.62. 39. Michael Redston 12:01.69. 41. David Neiman 12:09.79. 47. Chad Yee 12:23.22. 49. Sam Levy 12:26.63.
Girls Freshman Race: 21. Amanda Christovich 14:12.66. 65. Tina Youabian 16:24.31. 83. Megan Moreh 18:11.28.
Boys Freshman Race: 15. Sean McAlister 11:51.60. 77. Cole Plante 14:15.07.

2011 T&F

FAREWELL RUN – July 6, 2011
SYDNEY GRAY RUNS 1600m in 4:59.78!
Without fanfare or roaring crowds, in an Open Meet with no competition, at West Los Angeles College, Sydney Gray ran in her last high school meet, taking first place in the women’s 1600m, in a time of 4:59.78, becoming only the third girl in Beverly’s history to break 5 minutes.  Although she was just short of the school record held by the Zucker twins of Judi and Shari of 4:57.30 back in 1978, she was more than pleased to break the magical 5 minute barrier in high school.  To make things interesting she also ran the 100m in 13.77 and 200m in 27.05, the latter making the Beverly all time list.  She is now on the all time list for every event from 200m to the 3200m!   It was her farewell run before she goes off to college, where she will be running for the Berkeley track team.  She will be sorely missed and she leaves a legacy of school records, All time lists, All league, All CIF, All State and High School All American honors.  Farewell Sydney and make the Normans proud.

FINALS RANKINGS T&F 2011 (top 100)
Individuals
Sydney Gray 800m 2:09.15 (#19 in U.S.)(#5 CA)(#4 in State Finals)
Sydney Gray Mile 5:03.45 (#87 in U.S.)(#20 in CA)
Brianna Simmons Mile 5:05.35 (#22 in CA)
Alex Rohani 400m 47.30 (#66 in U.S.)(#9 in CA)
Alex Rohani 200m 22.10 (#73 in CA)
Cameron Countryman 22.14 (#82 in CA)
Julian Jackson SP 52-6 (#72 in CA)
Relays
Girls SMR 4:17.62 (#91 in U.S.)(#20 in CA)
Girls DMR 12:33.56 (#83 in U.S.)(28 in CA)
Girls 4X800 9:37.79 (#19 in CA)
Girls 4X400 4:01.61 (#85 in CA)
Boys DMR 10:35.83 (#96 in U.S.)(#33 in CA)
Boys 4X200 1:30.60 (#22 in CA)
Boys 4X400 3:22.68 (#60 in CA )
Boys 4X800 7:54.89 (#7 in CA)
Boys 4X1600 18:34.24 (#48 in CA)

GOLDEN WEST INVITATIONAL @ FOLSOM HS (Sacramento) June 11, 2011
GRAY RUNS MILE IN 5:03.45 (1600m @ 5:01.75)
BEVERLY PERFORMS WELL AT GOLDEN WEST INVITE
The Golden West Invitational invites some of the best track & field runners in the Western United States to compete against one another.  Sydney Gray opted not to run her specialty 800m, but instead took on the milers/1600m runners.  In a close race Danielle Aragon (Billings HS) who is the #1 1600m runner from the State of Montana (the only sub 5 minute 1600m runner in the State of Montana at 4:57.08) took first in 5:02.34 (1600m in 5:00.64) over Beverly’s Sydney Gray in second place who ran a personal best 5:03.45 mile (1600m in 5:01.75) which moves her up to #3 all time at Beverly.  In third was Rebecca Hobby of Hughson HS (voted this years top distance runner from Stanislaus County, CA) in 5:10.46; fourth was Mary Jo Wright (one of the best 1600m runners from Wyoming) in 5:10.75; fifth was Audra Destefano (one of the best 1600m runners from Idaho) in 5:11.36.  In sixth was Beverly’s own Brianna Simmons in 5:11.37 (1600m in 5:09.67) and in seventh Beverly’s Sydney Segal in 5:17.11 (1600m in 5:15.41 – a personal best).   In the boys 400m there was a showdown between two of the top sophomores in the U.S., Drevian Young of Nimitz HS in Texas #1 soph in the U.S. (who has run 47.18) against Beverly’s Alex Rohani at 47.90 —#4 soph in the U.S.   Young took first place in the race in 47.30 ahead of Rohani’s 2nd place finish in 48.30.  In the girls 400m sophomore Vanessa Torres took 9th place that saw 10 girls break 60 seconds, as she ran a personal best 58.98!   In the boys 800m Chanan Batra took 5th in 1:57.84.  In the frosh soph Mile –DaEun Lee took 7th in 5:52.45  (1600m in 5:50.75).

STATE FINALS – JUNE 4, 2011
SYDNEY GRAY TAKES 4th IN STATE IN GIRLS 800m
NEW SCHOOL RECORD 2:09.15 (#18 in U.S.)
HIGH SCHOOL ALL AMERICAN!
In the fastest girls 800m ever in high school the first 7 girls broke 2:10.00! Amy Weissenbach of Harvard Westlake, the favorite, set a new State and U.S. National Record in an amazing 2:02.04.  In second was Savannah Camacho of Templeton who ran 2:07.84 (her best is 2:07.65—#7 in the U.S.).  In third was Charlotte Kuzminsky of Canyon Crest Academy in 2:09.11 (#17 in the U.S.).  Then Beverly’s own Sydney Gray who was in last place at the first lap, came on fast at the end to take 4th in 2:09.15 (#18 in the U.S.).  She officially is All State and a High School All American—the 46th high school track & field all american at Beverly since 1927.  Her time breaks her own school record set at the State prelims of 2:10.51.  In 5th place was Hanna Edwards of El Toro in 2:09.55 (#20 in the U.S.).  In 6th place Dynasty Gammage of Long Beach Poly in 2:09.70 (her best coming in was 2:08.72—#11 in the U.S.).  In 7th was Katie Fry of Exeter in 2:09.78 (#22 in the U.S.).  In 8th was Arielle Stevenson of Long Beach Poly in 2:10.58 (her best coming in was 2:10.08 (#24 in the U.S.).  One of the greatest fields of girls 800 meter races of all time.  All high school all americans!  Gray scored 5 points for Beverly toward the team scoring, so she single-handedly placed Beverly as a team in a 8 way tie for 26th place in State.  A total of 54 schools scored in the girls team scoring, with Long Beach Poly winning the girls, as well as the boys, State team titles.

San Bernardino Valley Distance Carnival 5-28-2011
Some of our athletes ran at the San Bernardino Distance Carnival.  The top results were as follows:
Boys 800m:  Josh Galen 2:00.30
Girls 800m: Jessica Robert 2:30.5
Boys 1600m: Aaron Karlin 4:51.90; Eli Flesch 4:59.30
Girls 1600m: Ashley Bootesaz 5:35.60; Erica Hendry 5:36.80

2011 AWARDS BANQUET:
Scholar Athlete:  Erica Hendry
Varsity Girls MVP: Sydney Gray
Varsity Boys MVP: Alex Rohani
Varsity Girls Performance Award: Brianna Simmons
Varsity Boys Performance Award: Chanan Batra
Varsity Girls Most Inspirational: Erica Hendry
Varsity Boys Most Inspirational: Cameron Countryman
Varsity Girls Field Events MVP: Chelsea Austin
Varsity Boys Field Events MVP: Julian Jackson
Varsity Girls Most Improved: Vanessa Torres
Varsity Boys Most Improved: Josh Galen
Varsity Girls Coaches Award: Sydney Segal, Liza Raffi & Jessica Robert
Varsity Boys Coaches Award: Nick Harper
Varsity Girls Rookie of the Year: Allison Wolff
Varsity Boys Iron Man Award: Willie Green
Frosh Soph Girls MVP: DaEun Lee and Chelsea Simmons
Frosh Soph Boys MVP: Aaron Karlin
Frosh Soph Girls Coaches Award:  Julia Mason
Frosh Soph Boys Coaches Award:  Ramtin Mobisheri

CIF STATE PRELIMS – June 3, 2011
SYDNEY GRAY #1 QUALIFIER FOR STATE FINALS
SETS SCHOOL RECORD IN 800m in 2:10.51 !!!!
Is this storybook news ever going to end?  Sydney Gray has probably shocked the girls high school track experts by taking first place in her State prelims heat in 2:10.51, the fastest time in the prelim heats at STATE—faster than girls ranked in the top 10 in the U.S.!  She is currently ranked #24 in the U.S. (top 50 is high school all-american honors).  She also breaks the Beverly school record set last year by State finalist Raquel “Rocky” Hefflin of 2:11.12.  The State finals are tomorrow on June 4, 2011.   She is currently ranked #6 in State and she will be facing the 5 girls ranked ahead of her in the State finals.

CIF MASTERS MEET @ CERRITOS COLLEGE MAY 27, 2011
SYDNEY GRAY QUALIFIES FOR STATE MEET
IN GIRLS 800 METERS IN 2:12.49 !!!!!
[Gray is seeded #9 for State]
The Southern Section Masters Meet is known as the toughest and best sectional meet in the United States.  So just making the Masters Meet is an honor in and of itself. Billed as one of the best fields assembled for the high school girls 800 meter run, everyone in the stadium at the CIF Masters Meet on May 27, 2011 (where the best of the best of all divisions in CIF met head to head to qualify for State) saw 10 girls of 12 entered ranked as high school all-americans (top 50 ranking in the U.S.) and expectations were met as the crowd witnessed one of the deepest fields of girls high school races in the 800 meters, where the last place girl ran 2:13.03 to qualify for State.  The entire field was ranked in the top 70 in the U.S.  AMAZING!  To qualify for State one had to run 2:14.09 or better.  No surprise, but the entire field made the State qualifying time.  Sydney Gray came in seeded 10th in the race, as the field ran an extremely fast race, where she took 9th place in a personal best 2:12.49 to qualify for the State Meet.  That ranks her #64 in the U.S. and currently #50 (for high school all american status) is at 2:11.97 in the U.S.  She will at State have three goals: (1) making the State Finals top 9 from the State prelims, (2) breaking Beverly’s school record of 2:11.12, and (3) making the top 50 in the U.S. to be a high school all american.   Beverly’s legendary girls 800 meter runners of Raquel Hefflin (2:11.12) in 2010, Barbara Gottlieb (2:11.64) in 1981 and Cynthia Warner (2:11.80) in 1977 stand before her on Beverly’s all time list.  Warner and Gottlieb were high school all-americans, while Hefflin was ranked 59th last year just missing the top 50.  It is predicted that this year one will have to run in the 2:10’s to be in the top 50 in the U.S. as the competition is just getting better each year.  The CIF Masters meet girls usually dominate State (last year the top 8 in the State Finals were from the Masters Meet in the Southern Section and it should be no different this year).  ALERT:  The first 9 girls from Masters of the Southern Section are seeded 1 through 9 for the State Meet!  That means Gray is currently seeded #9 going into the State Prelims.  Top 9 make the State Finals.

Girls CIF Masters Meet Results:
Amy Weisenbach – Harvard-Westlake  2:06.18 (#2 in U.S.)
Savannah Camacho – Tempelton 2:07.65 (#4 in U.S.)
Dynasty Gammage – Long Beach Poly 2:09.38 (best 2:08.72) (#9 in U.S.)
Arielle Stevenson – Long Beach Poly 2:10.08 (#17 in U.S.)
Hana Edwards – El Toro 2:10.14 (#18 in U.S.)
Jennifer Owen – West Ranch 2:10.63 (#22 in the U.S.)
Ashley Welker – West Ranch 2:11.60 (#41 in U.S.)
Sara Van Dyke – Marina 2:11.83 (best 2:11.32) (#35 in U.S.)
Sydney Gray – Beverly Hills 2:12.49 (#64 in U.S.)
Megan Thompson – Newbury Park 2:12.69 (#70 in U.S.)
Megan Huebner – La Quinta 2:13.03 (best 2:11.91) (#49 in U.S.)
Katherine Delaney-JSerra-DNS as she won the 1600 race (best 2:10.76)(#24 in U.S.)

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CIF SS DIVISION 2 FINALS
SYDNEY GRAY – CIF CHAMPION IN GIRLS 800 METERS – 2:13.51
ALEX ROHANI TAKES 3rd in Boys CIF Finals 400m in 48.94
BRIANNA SIMMONS TAKES 7th in Girls CIF Finals 800m in 2:18.83
Boys 4X400m Takes 7th in CIF Finals in 3:23.06
Girls 4X400m Takes 8th in CIF Finals in 4:01.61
Beverly Girls: After a disappointing cross country season plagued by injuries and a discouraging beginning track season, nothing was going to stop senior Sydney Gray from her destiny that resulted in her being crowned the Division 2 CIF Girl’s Champion in the 800 meter run.  Her first place time of 2:13.51 qualified her for the CIF Masters Meet – Beverly’s sole qualifier.  If she runs the same time at the CIF Masters Meet she will automatically qualify for the STATE Meet.  The qualifying standard for STATE is 2:14.09.  The last time Beverly had a CIF track champion was back in 1998.  Gray’s time is #4 all time at Beverly. Brianna Simmons who also was in the 800m race finished in 7th place in the CIF Finals in a time of 2:18.83, and as a junior will be back next year.   The girls 4X400m Relay of Vanessa Torres, Sydney Gray, Lily Ting and Allison Wolff took 8th place in the CIF Finals in a time of 4:01.61.   With Gray getting 10 points for 1st, Simmons getting 2 points for 7th and the relay getting 1 point for 8th, the girls team with 13 points tied for 16th place in the CIF Finals.
Beverly Boys:  Although the boys were expected to do better at the CIF Finals, one cannot be disappointed with the great season they had.  Alex Rohani who was expected to win the boys 400m final finished in 3rd place, which is still a great accomplishment for a sophomore.  He ran 48.94 and got 7 points for the Beverly team.  Our boys 4X400m relay of Joel Steinberg, Cameron Countryman, Chanan Batra and Alex Rohani finished in 7th place in a time of 3:23.06 for 2 points.  The team’s 9 points finished in a tie for 25th place in the CIF Finals.   All of our boys, underclassmen, will be back next year.

CIF SS DIVISION 2 PRELIMS @ MOORPARK H.S.  May 14, 2011
BEVERLY QUALIFIERS FOR CIF FINALS:
ALEX ROHANI #1 CIF Qualifier in Boys 400m in 47.90
SYDNEY GRAY #1 CIF Qualifier in Girls 800m in 2:14.48
BRIANNA SIMMONS #8 CIF Qualifier in Girls 800m in 2:18.61
Boys 4X400 Relay #3 CIF Qualifier in 3:22.68
Girls 4X400 Relay #9 CIF Qualifier in 4:01.83
The CIF Southern Section Division 2 prelims is one of the toughest divisions in the State, and only the top 9 qualify for the finals.  The meet started on a sour note when our boys 4X100m relay of Mario Conti, Alex Rohani, Joel Steinberg & Ariel Nasib was in the mix, but on the last handoff of the baton our team passed out of zone and were disqualified.  Things began to turn around though when super sophomore Alex Rohani took his heat of the 400m in 47.90, the #1 time of the day in the event.  His closest rival ran 48.69.  He breaks his own Frosh Soph school record and moved into #2 all time Varsity at Beverly passing Jeff James 1983 time of 47.91.  Rohani also took 4th in his heat of the 200m in 22.10–and although he did not qualify to the finals that is a new Frosh Soph boys 200m record breaking Trevor Walters time of 22.34 set in 2008.  Rohani now has the 200m, 400m and 800m frosh soph boys records at Beverly.   The biggest news was the girls 800m, where senior Sydney Gray ran a lifetime best of 2:14.48 (#5 Varsity all time), winning her heat and running the #1 time of the day, with the #2 girl running 2:15.51.  Both Rohani’s time and Gray’s time should move them up in the State rankings.   Brianna Simmons in her heat of the 800m took second in a lifetime best of 2:18.61 and eighth overall to also qualify for the finals.  Our boys 4X400 relay of Joel Steinberg, Cameron Countryman, Chanan Batra & Alex Rohani took first in their heat in 3:22.68 (#3 overall) and qualified for the finals.  Their counterpart –the girls 4X400 relay team of Brianna Simmons, Vanessa Torres, Lily Ting & Sydney Gray took 2nd in their heat in 4:01.83 to nab the #9 overall time and qualify for the finals.  Brianna Simmons tried to qualify in the girls 1600m, but had an off-day for the race, running 5:09.34 short of the last qualifier who ran 5:04.15.   Sophomore Sydney Segal ran both the girls 1600m and 3200m, and although she did not qualify she ran tremendous times—1600m in 5:15.65 (#2 all time frosh-soph and #7 all time varsity at Beverly) and the 3200m in 11:31.48 (#2 all time frosh soph and #4 all time varsity at Beverly).  Other non-qualifiers were Chelsea Austin who went  5-1 in the high jump, tied for 10th, (#6 all time varsity at Beverly), narrowly missing the qualifying height of 5-3 –she also tied for 15th in the triple jump in 34-4.  Julian Jackson threw a new best for him in the boys discus 128-8 (#15 varsity all time).  Jackson also threw the shot put 46-5.   Josh Galen ran the boys 1600m (4:33.74) and 3200m (10:08.66) double.  Vanessa Torres took 4th in her heat in the girls 400m in 60.98.   Chanan Batra took 6th in his heat of the boys 800m in 1:58.26.  Cameron Countryman skipped the boys 4X100 relay due to a hip injury, but ran in the 200m finishing 5th in 22.19.  Liza Raffi lost her footing in the girls 100m hurdles and was forced to DQ.   Next is the CIF SS Division 2 Finals.

OCEAN LEAGUE PRELIMS & FINALS @ CULVER CITY HIGH SCHOOL – MAY 2 & 5, 2011
Sophomore ALEX ROHANI Takes 1st in Boys Varsity 400m in 48.11 @ League Finals
A New Frosh Soph School Record & #3 Varsity All Time @ Beverly!
BOYS VARSITY: 10 CIF Qualifiers, 8 League Champions, 17 All League
GIRLS VARSITY: 11 CIF Qualifiers, 8 League Champions, 13 All League
Boys FS: 6 League Champions, 14 All League
Girls FS: 2 League Champions, 9 All League
[Top 3 in League constitutes All League Honors]
Boys Varsity
100m: Ariel Nasib (3rd) 11.55
200m: Alex Rohani (1st) 22.40 (CIFq); Cameron Countryman (2nd) 22.44 (CIFq)
400m: Alex Rohani (1st) 48.11 (CIFq)
800m:Chanan Batra (1st) 1:59.97 (CIFq); Nick Harper (2nd) 2:06.31; Andrew Redston (3rd) 2:06.35
1600m: Josh Galen (1st) 4:29.97 (CIFq); Nick Harper (2nd) 4:36.34
3200m: Josh Galen (1st) 10:24.37 (CIFq); Eli Flesch (3rd) 10:32.65
110H: WIllie Green (3rd) 16.62
SP: Julian Jackson (1st) 47-7 (CIFq)
Discus: Julian Jackson (1st) 122-0 (CIFq)
PV: Garrett Kaplan (2nd) 9-6
4X100R:  Ariel Nasib, Mario Conti, Alex Rohani & Cameron Countryman (2nd) 43.91 (CIFq)
4X400R: Willie Green, Cameron Countryman, Alex Rohani & Chanan Batra (1st) 3:24.37 (CIFq)

Girls Varsity
400m: Vanessa Torres (1st) 60.66 (CIFq)
800m: Sydney Gray (1st) 2:18.19 (CIFq); Brianna Simmons (2nd) 2:22.03 (CIFq)
1600m: Brianna Simmons (1st) 5:18.24 (CIFq); Sydney Segal (2nd) 5:19.11 (CIFq)
3200m: Sydney Segal (1st) 11:50.73 (CIFq); Jessica Robert (2nd) 12:18.53
100H: Liza Raffi (1st) 17.89 (CIFq)
LJ: Chelsea Austin (1st) 14-10 (CIFq)
TJ: Chelsea Austin (1st) 34-3 (CIFq)
HJ: Chelsea Austin (2nd) 4-10 (CIFq)
PV: Melina Nasab (2nd) 7-0
4X400R: Brianna Simmons, Vanessa Torres, Lily Ting & Sydney Gray (1st) 4:03.14 (CIFq)

Boys Frosh Soph
100m: Omid Hakimianpour (2nd) 11.73
200m: Omid Hakimianpour (3rd) 24:17
800m: Aaron Karlin (1st) 2:08.19
1600m: Aaron Karlin (1st) 4:56.33
3200m: Aaron Wolfe (1st) 11:08.94
110H: Anthony Herrosillo (1st) 20.50; Nicholas Sands (2nd) 20:80
300H: Anthony Herrosillo (1st) 49.98; Nicholas Sands (2nd) 50.25
LJ: Quintin Baker (2nd) 18-0
SP: Chris Saade (2nd) 38-2
Discus: Austin Greer (2nd) 96-11; Chris Saade (3rd) 92-6
4X400R: Omid Hakimianpour, Jeffrey Toobi, Ramtin Mobisheri & Aaron Karlin (2nd) 3:47.52

Girls Frosh Soph
400m: Chelsea Simmons (2nd) 63.01
1600m: DaEun Lee (1st) 5:44.56
3200m: Marisa Rothman (1st) 13:30.67; Genevieve Javidzad (3rd) 14:19.93
SP: Nia Nutall (3rd) 24-4
Discus: Emma Akilu (3rd) 62-10 1/2
4X100R: Justice Jones, Elena Rust, Fasiat Agaba & Chelsea Simmons (2nd) 53.40
4X400R: Elena Rust, Justice Jones, Carmen Gratz & Chelsea Simmons (2nd) 4:36.31

Other Performances of Note @ League Prelims & Finals:
Girls Varsity: Vanessa Torres: 200m 26.36; Vanessa Torres: 400m 60.72; Sydney Gray: 400m 60.84; Liza Raffi: 300H 54.48; Sydney Baines: Discus 75-09 1/2; Taylor McBride: Discus 74-3; Jessica Robert:1600m 5:27.46; Ashley Bootesaz:1600m 5:46.48; Erica Hendry: 1600m 5:47.29; Erica Hendry: 3200m 13:00.48; Lily Ting: 800m 2:28.18; Ashley Bootesaz: 800m 2:35.86
Boys Varsity: Chanan Batra: 1600m 4:31.49; Ariel Nasib: 200m 23.27; Willie Green: HJ 5-8;
David Bresnick: Discus 105-0; Willie Green: 300H 42.28; Frank Brown: 300H 44.01; Eli Flesch: 1600m 4:55.71
Girl FS: Chelsea Simmons: 200m 28.00; Elena Rust: 200m 28.22; Marisa Rothman: 1600m 6:00.94; Carmen Gratz: 400m 64.79

MT SAC INVITE – April 15 & 16, 2011
BOYS 4X800 Relay Sets School Record 7:54.89- #5 in State, #10 in U.S.
GIRLS 4X800 Relay Sets School Record 9:37.79 -#17 in State,#46 in U.S.
Alex Rohani runs 800m split in 1:54.35 – Frosh-Soph School Record
GIRLS 1600m Sprint Medley in 4:17.62 – #21 in State, #45 in U.S.
GIRLS DMR Sets School Record in 12:33.56 – #26 in State, #43 in U.S.
FRIDAY DAY 1:  The MT SAC Invitational races for the 4X800m relays were billed to have the best in the nation and it showed.  The girls race was first, and pre-race favorite Harvard Westlake took 1st place in 9:03.77 (#1 in the U.S.), followed by Littleton of Colorado in 2nd in 9:18.94 (#2 in the U.S.), with Redondo in 3rd in 9:20.92 (#4 in the U.S.), Rancho Buena Vista in 4th in 9:25.15 (#10 in the U.S.) and Beverly in 5th in 9:37.79 (#17 in State and #46 in the U.S.).  The Beverly team was comprised of Lily Ting (2:28.12), Sydney Gray (2:20.47), Jessica Robert (2:27.39) and Brianna Simmons (2:21.82). They break the school record of 9:47.81 set last year in 2010.  The girls beat a number of top notch teams from Colony, Rancho Bernardo, Great Oak and Long Beach Poly.

Then came the boys 4X800m race that saw Torrey Pines win in 7:48.39 (#1 in the U.S.), Centennial in 2nd in 7:51.51 (#2 in the U.S.), Rancho Bernardo in 3rd in 7:52.83 (#4 in the U.S.), Redondo in 4th in 7:53.24 (#7 in the U.S.) and Beverly in 5th in 7:54.89 (#5 in State and in a tie for #10 in the U.S. with Georgetown Prep of Maryland).  The Beverly team was comprised of Nick Harper (2:03.05), Alex Rohani (1:54.35), Josh Galen (1:59.97) and Chanan Batra (1:57.52).  They break the old school record of 8:05.00 set back in 2008.  Sophomore Alex Rohani’s time of 1:54.35 is a new Beverly school record for the frosh-soph boys 800m, the old record was set by Jamie Billet of 1:56.60 in 1989.  His time is also #3 on the varsity all time list at Beverly!  Sophomore Chanan Batra’s time of 1:57.52 moves him to #3 all time on the 800m frosh-soph list and # 9 all time on the Varsity list.  Josh Galen’s time of 1:59.97 is # 22 all time on the varsity list.  Beverly beat a number of top teams from Loyola, Long Beach Poly, Harvard Westlake, Rancho Buena Vista and Ventura.

SATURDAY DAY 2:  The girls took over the 2nd day with stellar performances. In the 1600m Sprint Medley, Vanessa Torres, Sydney Gray, Chelsea Simmons and Brianna Simmons took 6th place in the premier invitational race running 4:17.62 (#3 all time at Beverly), which ranks them in a tie for #20 in State and in a tie for #45 in the U.S. with Claremont High School.   Brianna Simmons 800m leg in 2:20.36 is #7 all time at Beverly.  However, it did not end there as the girls distance medley relay in the premier invitational race took 7th place and broke the school record in 12:33.56 (breaking the 1978 record of 12:42.00), which is #26 in State and #43 in the U.S.    Sydney Gray took 7th in the girls 800m invitational running 2:19.72.

On the boys side Cameron Countryman was in the prestigious 200m invitational where he took 6th in 22.18 (which should rank him in the top 20 in State).  Alex Rohani took 2nd in the boys seeded 400m race in 49.16 (a personal best).  The boys 4X200m relay of Ariel Nasib, Cameron Countryman, Alex Rohani & Frank Brown won the 3rd heat of the open race in 1:30.60 (#3 all time at Beverly).  In the invitational 4X400m relay (Cameron Countryman, Alex Rohani, Chanan Batra & Willie Green) took 7th in 3:23.48.  The boys 4X100m relay (Ariel Nasib, Cameron Countryman, Alex Rohani & Frank Brown) took 8th in the seeded race in 43.53.  Chanan Batra took 10th in the seeded 800m in 2:00.14.

IT IS OFFICIAL: BEVERLY WINS OCEAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP
Inglewood Dual Meet April 14, 2011 @ BHHS
In a lopsided affair, Beverly beat Inglewood at all levels:  Boys Varsity 114-7, Girls Varsity 120-9, Girls Frosh Soph 95-6 and Boys Frosh Soph 95-19, to go undefeated in league 5-0.  Beverly wins the Ocean League Dual Meet Championship for 2011 at all divisions.
There were two main highlights of the meet.  The meet opened up with frosh-soph girls of Vanessa Torres, Chelsea Simmons, Elena Rust & Allison Wolff taking 1st in the Varsity 4X100m relay in a new school frosh-soph record for the event 51.2 (51.34h).  That was the first event of the meet.  Then in the last event of the meet as the 4X400m relays were finishing, Chelsea Austin leaped to victory in the girls varsity triple jump in 34-113/4 which is the #5 all time jump at Beverly!   Other highlights:  Julian Jackson won the boys varsity discus in 114-5 and shot put in 47-0.  David Bresnick took 2nd in the discus in 104-3.   Vanessa Torres took 1st in the girls varsity 100m in 12.9 and 200m in 27.4.  Elena Rust took 2nd in the 200m in 28.5.  Ariel Nasib won the boys varsity 100m in 11.2 and 200m in 23.0, while Joel Steinberg was 2nd in the 200m in the same time of 23.0.  Erica Hendry won the girls varsity 800m (2:43.6), 1600m (5:53.90) and 3200m and was on the winning 4X400m relay.  Aaron Karlin won the boys frosh soph 800m in 2:11.2, while Andrew Redston won the varsity boys 800m in 2:11.9.  Omid Hakimianpour took the boys frosh soph 100m in 11.4 and 200m in 24.2.   Taylor McBride took 1st in the girls varsity discus (68-8) and shot put (28-1 1/2), while Emma Akilu won the girls frosh soph discus (58-10) and shot put (24-7 1/2).   Willie Green won the boys varsity high jump at 5-8 and won both hurdle races—the 300m hurdles in 42.2.  Next is the MT SAC Invite and the individual Ocean league championship for all league honors and qualification to the CIF sectional division 2 prelims for the varsity athletes.

BEVERLY IS ON THE BRINK OF MOVING TO DIVISION 3
Depending on the number of students at a high school determines what Division of CIF one competes in.  The Division 2 number of students is at 2150.  Beverly is currently at 2170 students.  Next year if we go down 21 students to 2149 or less we will be designated as a Division 3 school.

ARCADIA INVITE APRIL 9, 2011
BRIANNA SIMMONS RUNS MILE IN 5:05.35 (1600m in 5:03.65)
Girls DMR 12:44.95 & Boys DMR 10:35.83
Chanan Batra Sets Frosh Soph 1200m school record in 3:13.52
The Arcadia Invite is one of the most prestigious high school track & field events in the country as it attracts the best in California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Washington, Colorado, Idaho, Oregon and many other States.   Brianna Simmons in her heat of the girls varsity open mile took 4th place (and 8th overall) in a fast time of 5:05.35, which converts to a 5:03.65 1600m, the #3 all time 1600m at Beverly, as she closes in on the varsity 1600m school record of 4:57.30 held by the Zucker twins (Judi & Shari) set in 1978.  In the girls Distance Medley Relay (DMR) the team of Ashley Bootesaz (1200 in 4:03.42), Sydney Gray (400m in 62.06), Lily Ting (800m in 2:26.21) and Brianna Simmons (1600m in 5:13.25) took a respectable 10th place overall out of 21 top teams in a time of 12:44.95, the #2 time all time at Beverly, missing the school record of 12:42.00 (held by the 1978 Zucker twins team) by less than 3 seconds. The boys Distance Medley Relay team of Chanan Batra (1200m in 3:13.52), Mario Conti (400m in 51.15), Alex Rohani (800m in 2:00.32) and Josh Galen (1600m in 4:31.43) took a strong 6th overall place out of 30 teams —in a time of 12:35.83 (#3 all time at Beverly).  Batra’s 1200m time of 3:13.52 (3:14.62 converted for 1320 yds —breaks the old school frosh-soph record of 3:15.00 set by Mark Luevano back in 1971).   The boys 4X400m team of Mario Conti, Joel Steinberg, Cameron Countryman and Alex Rohani were in the seeded race where they took 5th place in a time of 3:23.79, as top teams of Vista Murrietta and Dorsey took 1-2, and league rival Culver City finished behind us in 6th place in 3:25.44.  Sydney Gray took 8th in her heat of the 800m and 12th place overall out of 32 top runners in the event in a time of 2:20.34.   The boys 4X100m relay (Ariel Nasib, Mario Conti, Joel Steinberg and Cameron Countryman) took 3rd in their heat in 43.20 and took 12th overall out of 54 schools.  Cameron Countryman took 2nd in his heat of the 200m in 22.54.

SOUTH PASADENA – TIGER INVITE   April 8, 2011
Some of our runners ran at the South Pasadena Invite.  The highlights:  Sydney Segal won the girls frosh soph 1600m race in 5:30.32. Jessica Robert took 2nd place in the frosh soph girls 800m race in 2:33.33. Vanessa Torres took 3rd place in the girls frosh soph 400m race in 60.83, while Allison Wolff took 5th in 61.78.  Eli Flesch ran a 4:51.90 1600m and 10:29.00 3200m in the boys races.  Nick Harper ran 2:03.68 for the boys 800m, while Andrew Redston ran 2:06.57.  Aaron Karlin ran the  boys 1600m in 4:55.14 and the 3200m in 11:19.59.   Jeff Toobi ran the boys 400m in 56.37.  Omid Hakimianpour ran the boys 100m in 12.17.

SAMO DUAL MEET APRIL 7, 2011  BEVERLY CLINCHES OCEAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP
NORMANS DEFEAT VIKINGS IN BATTLE FOR THE OCEAN
CHELSEA AUSTIN WINS HJ, LJ & TJ TO LEAD GIRLS VARSITY
It was cold and windy and one could hear the waves of victory at the nearby ocean at the Santa Monica High School stadium as the Normans of Beverly were victorious over the Vikings of Santa Monica to clinch the Ocean League Championship across all divisions.  The boys varsity won 82-33, the girls varsity won 81-50, the girls frosh soph won 74-35, and the boys frosh soph won 69-53, as all divisions for Beverly remained undefeated in league with a 4-0 record.  All that stands in the way of officially winning the league championship is the dual meet against Inglewood, where Beverly will be the heavy favorite.  That leaves Culver City and Santa Monica to battle it out for second place when they meet in their last meet of the season.
HIGHLIGHTS:  Girls Varsity & FS:  Chelsea Austin won 3 events for the girls varsity when she triple jumped 34-0 1/4 (#7 all time @ Beverly for the event), long jumped 15-8 (tie for #24 all time) and high jumped 4-10 (tie for #9 all time)—scoring 15 points.  Melina Nasab tied her varsity pole vault school record of 8-0.  Sydney Gray won the 400m in 62.20, as Allison Wolff took 2nd in 63.18.  Brianna Simmons and Sydney Segal took 1-2 in the 3200m in 11:54.03 and 11:54.11 respectively.  The 3200m race also saw Ashley Bootesaz run 12:21.47, Jessica Robert run 12:37.88, and Erica Hendry run 12:56.93—all girls making or moving up the all time list.  Brianna Simmons also won the 800m in 2:23.56.  In the 1600m Brianna Simmons (5:26.92) and Sydney Segal (5:27.07) thought they had taken 1-2 in the race, and both let up at the finish only to see Santa Monica’s top distance runner Alex Wasserman (5:26.91) pass them right at the finish line—a regrettable error.  Liza Raffi took 1st in the varsity 100m hurdles in 18.05, while Faith France won the varsity 300m hurdles in 52.42.  Vanessa Torres and Allison Wolff took 2nd and 3rd in the varsity 200m both running 27.62.  Elena Rust won the girls frosh soph 200m in 28.41.  The girls varsity 4X100m relay (51.63) and 4X400m relay (4:09.89) took 1st place.   Boys Varsity & FS:   Cameron Countryman won both the 100m (11.17) and 200m races and anchored the 4X100m relay (44.53) to victory.  Alex Rohani won the varsity 800m in 1:59.31.  Chanan Batra won the varsity 1600m in 4:40.00, with Josh Galen in 2nd in 4:41.43.  Galen then won the varsity 3200m in 10:33.58, with Eli Flesch in 2nd in 10:37.01.  Mario Conti won the varsity 400m in 52.68.  Julian Jackson won the varsity shot put in 45-8 and varsity discus in 110-7.  David Bresnick took 3rd in the discus in 99-8.  Aaron Karlin won the frosh soph 800m (2:14.77) and 1600m (4:53.93).  Omid Hakimianpour won the frosh soph 100m (12.29) and 200m (24.96).  Jeff Toobi won the frosh soph 400m in 57.36.  Willie Green won the varsity high jump in 5-10 and the 110mH in 17.86, and took 2nd in the 300m hurdles in 43.22.

DUAL MEET AGAINST MORNINGSIDE H.S.  March 31, 2011
TRIPLE J:   JUNIOR JULIAN JACKSON HEAVES SHOT PUT 52-6!
GIRLS VARSITY, BOYS VARSITY, FROSH SOPH GIRLS & FROSH SOPH BOYS ARE
VICTORIOUS OVER MORNINGSIDE REMAINING UNDEFEATED IN LEAGUE AT 3-0!

Junior shot putter Julian Jackson easily won the varsity boys shot put with a heave of 52-6, the #7 all time throw at Beverly.  That was the big highlight of the meet, which saw Beverly easily sweep all the divisions against Morningside to remain undefeated in league.  The Girls Varsity won by a score of 90 to 20; Boys Varsity won 99 to 26; Girls Frosh Soph won 73 to 22; and the Boys Frosh Soph won 74-38.  The teams are 3-0 in league and for all intents and purposes the upcoming dual meet with Santa Monica High School –our arch-rival in league–on April 7, 2011 will determine the 2011 Ocean League Dual Meet Championship.  The competition against Morningside was predicted to be one-sided, so performances on the whole were held back by the team.  The distance teams swept the 800m, 1600m and 3200m in all divisions.  One of the unnoticed highlights of the meet was the girls varsity high jump as Chelsea Austin, Sarah Wendee and Julia Mason swept the event all jumping 4-10!   Mario Conti made the boys varsity all time list when he won the 200m in 22.4.  The 4X100m girls varsity relay of Vanessa Torres, Chelsea Simmons, Allison Wolff and Sydney Gray won in 51.8.  Sydney Gray also won the 200m girls varsity race in 27.1.  In the 400m races Brianna Simmons won the girls varsity race in 62.2; Cameron Countryman won the boys varsity race in 51.7, as Chanan Batra was in 3rd in 53.8.  In the 100m Joel Steinberg won the boys varsity race in 11.4, while Omid Hakimianpour won the boys frosh soph race in 11.6.  In the boys varsity 300m hurdles Willie Green took 1st in 43.4 and Frank Brown took 2nd in 43.8.  Brown also won the long jump in 19-6, while Green took 2nd in 19-3.  Melina Nasab won the girls varsity pole vault in 7-0.

MARCH 26, 2011 – MUSTANG RELAYS @ MIRA COSTA HIGH SCHOOL
GIRLS VARSITY & BOYS VARSITY WIN 4X800m RELAYS
After an emotional and physical dual meet with Culver City on Thursday, the Normans turned around on Saturday to face some of the tough teams at Mira Costa’s Mustang Relays–including host Mira Costa, Redondo, Loyola, and our legal rivals Santa Monica and Culver City—altogether 22 high schools.  The team used the meet as a workout, but put the effort of having our best middle distance and distance runners in the 4X800m relays.  Although the runners were visibly tired and did not perform to their expected level —they still managed to run a season’s best in both the boys and girls 4X800m relays and the girls then at the end of the meet put together a season’s best 4X400m relay as well.  The girls varsity team was led by Sydney Gray and Brianna Simmons –as the team of Ashley Bootesaz (2:35.59), Sydney Gray (2:27.32), Lily Ting (2:34.93) and Brianna Simmons (2:23.96) ran a 10:01.29 outdistancing the field by a country mile and took the 1st place medals at the meet.  Their time was #2 all time at Beverly. The boys in a mirror image of the girls race were far ahead of the field to take 1st place as well with the team of Nick Harper (2:07.65), Alex Rohani (2:03.74), Josh Galen (2:05.54) and Chanan Batra (2:00.94) running a time of 8:17.91. Their time was #2 all time at Beverly.  Then the team of Sydney Gray, Vanessa Torres, Brianna Simmons and Allison Wolff took 2nd in the 4X400m relay in a fine time of 4:07.30.  Cameron Countryman took 3rd place in the boys varsity 100m in a time of 11.13; as Ariel Nasib took 6th in 11.49.  Chelsea Austin took 3rd in the girls varsity high jump at 4-10.
Other highlights:  In the Girls Varsity 1600m, Jessica Robert ran 5:35.89 and Lily Ting ran 5:37.16.  The girls frosh soph DMR of Marisa Rothman, Joya Mehidezeden, Sydney Segal and Annette Chang ran 13:46.54 for 4th place.  The girls frosh soph 4X800m relay of Marisa Rothman, Sydney Segal, Jessica Robert and DeEun Lee ran 10:42.26 for 3rd place.  The girls varsity 4X100m team of Chelsea Simmons, Vanessa Torres, Allison Wolff and Sydney Gray ran 51.97.  The boys varsity 4X200m relay of Ariel Nasib, Cameron Countryman, Frank Brown and Joel Steinberg ran 1:32.60.

March 24, 2011 – Ocean Lg Meet @BHHS versus Culver City and Hawthorne
A Thriller To The End.  Boys Varsity Win Culver City Meet on Last Event!
ALEX ROHANI BREAKS FS SCHOOL RECORD IN 400m Running 49.2
then Anchors Boys Varsity 4X400m relay to VICTORY over Culver City!  CHANAN BATRA SCORES 13 Points Single-handedly
CAMERON COUNTRYMAN RUNS 200m in 21.9
Girls Varsity Dominate Meet
The double dual meet against Culver City and Hawthorne was held on a cold, damp day with intermittent rain.  The Girls Varsity won easily over Culver City 92-24 and over Hawthorne 103-11. The Girls Frosh-Soph and Boys Frosh- Soph teams also had lopsided victories over Culver City and Hawthorne.
BOYS VARSITY: However, the real competition of the day was the dual meet between the Boys Varsity teams of Beverly Hills and Culver City. The meet was neck and neck in the points total, with some outstanding performances, that by the end of the meet it all came down to the 4X400m relay.  Sophomore Alex Rohani had already won the Boys Varsity 400m race in 49.2 (49.34 FAT), shattering the Frosh-Soph school record of 50.64, and moved him up to #5 all time on the Beverly Varsity list for the event as well.  His time is the fastest Frosh-Soph time in the State and puts him at #11 in State for varsity runners!  However, with two events remaining the 3200m and the relay—the Boys Varsity found themselves down 64 to 56.  Then the boys distance squad took over the 3200m event–as Josh Galen took 1st in 10:19.3, Chanan Batra took 2nd in 10:22.7, and Nick Harper took 3rd in 10:24.00 (for a 9-0 sweep)— and that put Beverly up 65-64 over Culver.  Whoever won the relay would win the meet.  This was like deja vu to last year’s meet with Culver where the same exact scenario occurred when Beverly won the relay to win the meet and eventually the Ocean League title.  In a storybook ending again, Beverly and Culver were stride for stride as each runner got the baton and passed it on.  Mario Conti took the first leg in 51.48, then Cameron Countryman ran the second leg in 50.65, then Joel Steinberg ran the third leg in 52.59, and Alex Rohani brought it home in 48.47 (all unofficial times), beating Culver by only two tenths of a second—3:23.2 to 3:23.4 (#10 on the all time list at Beverly).  How fast was the relay?  It put Beverly and Culver as #5 in #7 in State!  Chanan Batra took the 800m in 2:06.0, while Alex Rohani was 2nd in 2:06.4.  Batra also won the 1600m in 4:40.11, while Josh Galen took 2nd in 4:41.7.  Batra who is our other super sophomore ran the 800m, 1600m and 3200m in one meet and single-handedly scored 13 points for the team. The Culver boys were led by Alex Jackson who took 1st in both the 100m in 10.7 and 200m in 21.6, which ranks him as one the fastest in State.  Beverly’s Cameron Countryman took 2nd in both races running the 100m in 10.8 (11.04 FAT) and 200m in 21.9 (22.14 FAT) also ranking him as one of the top sprinters in State.  The Culver boys won the 4X100m relay in 42.8, while Beverly’s quartet of Mario Conti, Cameron Countryman, Ariel Nasib and Alex Rohani took 2nd in 43.0 (43.14 FAT)—-very fast relay times for a dual meet.  Beverly’s time is #8 on Beverly’s all time list.  Other highlights:  Mario Conti took 3rd in the 400m in 51.1.  Ariel Nasib took 4th in the 100m in 11.3.  Julian Jackson took 2nd in both the shot put in 47-2 1/2 and discus in 119-7.  David Bresnick took 4th in the discus in 101-10.  Garret Kaplan took 1st in the pole vault in 8-0.
GIRLS VARSITY:  The Girls Varsity distance squad ran multiple events so that all-out efforts were not the rule of the day.  They were out to get points and win the meet, which they did handily.  Sydney Gray took the 400m in 61.4, with Chelsea Simmons in 3rd in 63.6.  Big sister Brianna Simmons took 1st in the 800m in 2:38.7 and 1600m in 5:39.8, as her fellow runners Ashley Bootesaz (2nd in the 800m in 2:39.5 and 3rd in the 1600m in 5:47.3) and Lily Ting (2nd in the 1600m in 5:44.7 and 3rd in the 800m in 2:40.2) swept the middle distance events.  Erica Hendry took 4th in the 1600m in 5:55.82.   The Girls Varsity 4X100m relay took first with Vanessa Torres, Chelsea Simmons, Allison Wolff and Sydney Gray running a 51.2.  Faith France took first in the 100m hurdles in 17.7, with Liza Raffi in 2nd in 17.9.  France also took 2nd in the 300m hurdles in 54.0.  Vanessa Torres and Allison Wolff took first and second respectively in the 100m in 13.2 and 13.3 and did the same in the 200m in 27.4 and 27.6.   Taylor McBride took 1st in the shot put in 26-7 1/2.  Sydney Baines took 2nd in the discus in 64-3.  Melina Nasab took 1st in the pole vault in 7-0, with Zhaklya Bangura in 2nd in 6-6.
GIRLS FS:  The Girls Frosh-Soph team defeated Culver City 85-13 and Hawthorne 77-24.  Like the Varsity squad the distance runners ran multiple events to get points as they swept the 800m, 1600m and 3200m.   Sydney Segal took 1st in 1600m in 6:05.9 and 2nd in the 800m in 2:51.6, while Jessica Robert won the 800m in 2:51.5 and took 2nd in the 1600m in 6:06.  Marisa Rothman took 3rd in the 1600m in 6:06.1.  DeEun Lee took 3rd in the 800m in 2:52.9.  Elena Rust won the 400m in 66.0, with Carmen Gratz in 2nd in 66.8, and Carmen Perez took 3rd in 68.5 for the sweep.  Elena Rust also took 2nd in the 200m in 28.4.   The Girls 4X100m relay took first in 53.70.
BOYS FS: The Boys Frosh-Soph team defeated Culver City 70-35 and Hawthorne 75-29.  Aaron Karlin was the star as he took 1st in both the 800m in 2:15.5 and 1600m in 5:07.5, then anchored the 4X400m relay to victory.  Jeff Toobi took 2nd in the 400m in 57.2.  Omid Hakimianpour won the 200m in 24.0 and then took 2nd in the 100m in 11.8.  Chris Saade took 1st in the discus in 71-6.

MARCH 19, 2011 – California Relays
SECOND DAY OF RELAYS
BRIANNA SIMMONS 2nd in 1600m Invite in 5:09.02 !
Rohani 1:58.47 (3rd) & Batra 1:59.76 (4th) in 800m Invite
Countryman 3rd in 200m Invite in 22.76
In the 2nd day of the Cal Relays, Brianna Simmons took 2nd in the 1600m Invite [the Invite races are the top competitors as opposed to the regular Varsity races].  Her time of 5:09.02 is the #3 time ever at Beverly and ranks her among the top 1600m runners in CIF.  In the Boys Varsity 800m Invite Beverly had its dynamic sophomore duo of Alex Rohani and Chanan Batra as they took 3rd and 4th respectively in times of 1:58.47 and 1:59.76, both making the Varsity all time list at Beverly.  In the Boys Varsity 200m Invite Cameron Countryman took 3rd place in a fast 22.76.  In the Girls Varsity 800m Invite Sydney Gray took 4th place in 2:24.08.   Josh Galen in the Boys Varsity 1600m Invite ran 4:33.42. Ashley Bootesaz ran 5:33.42 in the Girls Varsity 1600m Invite. Other results of note:  Lily Ting took 2nd overall in the Girls Varsity 800m in 2:25.64.  In the Boys Varsity 1600m Nick Harper ran 4:40.85.  In the Boys Varsity 400m Mario Conti ran 51.90.  In the Girls FS 400m Allison Wolff ran 63.49 and Chelsea Simmons ran 63.62.  Vanessa Torres in the Girls Varsity 200m ran 27.26. The Girls FS DMR of Jessica Robert 1200 in 4:01.48, Carmen Perez 400 in 69.94, Marisa Rothman 800m in 2:49.78 and Sydney Segal 1600m in 5:39.22 ran 13:40.43 to take 3rd place. Then the Girls FS 4X800m of Sydney Segal 2:35.20, Marisa Rothman 2:46.05, Jessica Robert 2:34.82 and DeEun Lee 2:46.78 ran 10:42.85 to take 5th place.  Andrew Redston ran 2:09.18 for his 800m leg in the 4X800m Boys Varsity race as well as a 53.0+ 400m leg on the Boys Varsity 4X400m relay.  Joel Steinberg ran the Boys Varsity 200m in 23.91.  Willie Green high jumped 5-10.

MARCH 18, 2011 – California Relays
FIRST DAY OF RELAYS
BOYS VARSITY DMR TAKES 4th @ CAL RELAYS in 10:37.65—that is
#6 in State and #10 in the U.S. !!!!
Girls Varsity DMR takes 5th @ CAL RELAYS in 12:51.14 –that is #18 in State and #25 in U.S. !!!!
On the first day of the competitive Cal Relays saw the Distance Medley Relay (DMR) boys from Dana Hills record the fastest time in the U.S. and the girls from Palos Verdes record the fastest time in the U.S.  The Beverly squads were in the mix in both races. The boys DMR team of Chanan Batra 1200m in 3:17.04; Cameron Countryman 400m in 51.05; Alex Rohani 800m in 1:58.90; and Josh Galen 1600m in 4:30.96—ran a 10:37.65 (#3 all time at Beverly) which is #6 in State and #10 in the U.S.!   The girls DMR team of Lily Ting 1200 in 4:06.31; Allison Wolff 400m in 63.39; Sydney Gray 800m in 2:27.18; and Brianna Simmons 1600m in 5:13.65 —ran a 12:51.14 (#2 all time at Beverly) which is #18 in State and #25 in the U.S.!
Other results of note:   Ariel Nasib in the Boys Varsity 100m ran 11.57.  Nick Harper ran a 800m leg in the boys 1600m Sprint Medley in a time of 2:04.63.

MARCH 12, 2011 – Culver City Invite
BOYS VARSITY 4X1600m Sets School Record in 18:34.24 – #7 in State
Girls Varsity 4X800m in 10:05.59 – #16 in State
Normans performances shine at the Culver Invite
VARSITY:   The Boys Varsity middle distance and distance runners quartet of senior Nick Harper (4:44.93), junior Josh Galen (4:37.93), and our super sophomore duo of Chanan Batra (4:37.93) and Alex Rohani (4:34.23) were the stars of the team at the Culver Invite, as they ran the Boys Varsity 4X1600m relay running away with victory in a time of 18:34.24, shattering the old school record of 19:33.60 set in 2008.  The time is #7 in State!  The same quartet came back to run the 4X800m relay taking 2nd to Venice H.S. 8:21.97 to Beverly’s 8:23.59 (#2 all time at Beverly) [The splits: Harper 2:11.69, Galen 2:06.23, Rohani 2:03.10 & Batra 2:02.59].   Not to be outdone, The Girls Varsity 4X800m relay of Lily Ting (2:34.92), Ashley Bootesaz (2:34.16), Sydney Gray (2:29.91) & Brianna Simmons (2:26.61) took 2nd in their event to Mira Costa, running nowhere near their personal bests, but yet managed to run 10:05.59 (#3 all time at Beverly—and ranking them at #16 in State!). The Boys Varsity 4X400m Relay (Mario Conti, Cameron Countryman, Alex Rohani and Joel Steinberg) took 2nd place to Dorsey H.S. in a time of 3:27.36 with Alex Rohani running an unofficial hand time split of 49.5 for the 400m, which only suggests that the FS 400m school record will be broken this year. Overlooked has been our field event athletes.  Julian Jackson took 2nd in the shot put in 45-9 1/2  and 3rd in the discus in 106-11.  Chelsea Austin tied for 2nd in the Girls Varsity high jump in 4-10 (tied for #9 all time at Beverly).  Ariel Nasib took 4th in the Boys Varsity 100m into a headwind running 11.65.  The Girls Varsity 4X1600m relay of Erica Hendry, Lily Ting, Ashley Bootesasz and Sydney Gray took 2nd in a time of 23:26.00 (#4 all time at Beverly).  The Girls Varsity Distance Medley Relay of Ashley Bootesaz, Elena Rust, Sydney Gray and Brianna Simmons took 1st place in a time of 13:18.17 (#4 all time at Beverly) and Simmons split for the 1600m was an excellent 5:20.94.  The Boys sprinters of Cameron Countryman, Willie Green, Joel Steinberg and Ariel Nasib took 2nd in the 4X100m relay in 44.55 and Cameron Countryman, Mario Conti, Ariel Nasib and Willie Green took 3rd in the 4X200m relay in 1:33.60.
FROSH SOPH:  The Girls FS 4X1600m relay of Jessica Robert, DeEun Lee, Marisa Rothman & Sydney Segal took 1st in a time of 23:45.11. The same team in the Girls FS 4X800m relay took 2nd place in 10:53.14. Jessica Robert continues to amaze with her stellar performances running an 800m split time in 2:29.08. The Girls FS DMR of Jessica Robert, DeEun Lee, Joya Mehdizeden and Sydney Segal took 1st in 14:05.75.  Frosh Soph Chris Saade won the Boys Frosh shot put in 38-3 and then took 3rd in the discus at 82-7.  Of note was Eli Flesch 1600m split on the 4X1600m relay running 4:51.11.

HIGHLIGHT RESULTS:
Boys Varsity 4X100m (Cameron Countryman, Joel Steinberg, Ariel Nasib & Willie Green) 44.55 (2nd)
Girls FS 4X100m (Justice Jones, Talula Holt, Carmen Gratz & Fasiat Agaba) 53.08 (6th)
Boys Varsity 4X200m (Cameron Countryman, Mario Conti, Ariel Nasib & Willie Green) 1:33.60 (3rd)
Boys FS 4X200m (Justin Logan, Jeff Toobi, Omid Hakimianpour & Matt Hakimi) 1:42.73 (6th)
Girls Varsity 4X200m (Chelsea Simmons, Allison Wolff, Vanessa Torres & Elena Rust) 1:51.04 (6th)
Boys Varsity 4X400m (Mario Conti, Cameron Countryman, Alex Rohani & Joel Steinberg) 3:27.36 (2nd)
Girls Varsity 4X400m: 4:19.01 (6th)
Boys FS 4X400m: 3:46.81 (2nd)
Girls FS 4X400m (Cameron Gratz, Elena Rust, Carmen Perez & Lily Ting) 4:31.51 (4th)
Boys Varsity 4X800m (Nick Harper, Josh Galen, Chanan Batra & Alex Rohani) 8:23.59 (2nd)
Girls Varsity 4X800m (Sydney Gray, Lily Ting, Ashley Bootesaz & Brianna Simmons) 10:05.59 (2nd)
Boys FS 4X800m (Aaron Karlin, Eli Flesch, Michael Redston & Jamil Cineus) 9:28.39 (3rd)
Boys FS 4X800m (Sam Levy, Chad Yee, Ramtin Mobisheri & David Neiman) 10:00.00 (8th)
Girls FS 4X800m (Marissa Rothman, Sydney Segal, DeEun Lee & Jessica Robert)10:53.14 (2nd)
Boys Varsity 4X1600m (Nick Harper, Josh Galen, Chanan Batra & Alex Rohani) 18:34.24 (1st)
Girls Varsity 4X1600m (Erica Hendry, Ashley Bootesaz, Sydney Gray & Brianna Simmons) 23:26.00 (2nd)
Boys FS 4X1600m (Eli Flesch, Chad Yee, Ramptin Mobisheri & Sam Levy) 21:13.00 (4th)
Boys FS 4X1600m (Aaron Wolfe, Michael Redston, Gabriel Bogner & David Neiman) 21:51.00 (7th)
Girls FS 4X1600m (Sydney Segal, DeEun Lee, Marisa Rothman & Jessica Robert) 23:45.11 (1st)
Boys Varsity DMR (Josh Galen, Caio Corvalho, Nick Harper & Andrew Redston) 11:32.01 (2nd)
Girls Varsity DMR (Ashley Bootesaz, Elena Rust, Sydney Gray & Brianna Simmons) 13:18.17 (1st)
Boys FS DMR (Eli Flesch, Justin Logan, Aaron Karlin & Aaron Wolfe) 12:28.52 (2nd)
Girls FS DMR (Jessica Robert, Joya Mehdizeden, DeEun Lee & Sydney Segal) 14:05.75 (1st)
Boys Varsity 100m:  Ariel Nasib 11.65 (4th)
Girls Varsity 100m: Vanessa Torres 13.30 (8th)
Boys Varsity Shot Put: Julian Jackson 45-9 1/2 (2nd)
Boys FS Shot Put: Chris Saade 38-3 (1st)
Boys Varsity Discus: Julian Jackson 106-11 (3rd); David Bresnick 89-05 (7th)
Boys FS Discus: Chris Saade 82-7 (3rd); Austin Green 74-4 (4th)
Girls Varsity HJ: Chelsea Austin 4-10 (tie 2nd); Sarah Wendee 4-4 (tie 4th)
Boys FS HJ: Jeff Toobi 5-0 (tie 2nd)

MARCH 10, 2011 – Tri-Meet BH, MICO, North @ Mira Costa H.S.
MIRA COSTA DOMINATES TRI-MEET
GIRLS FROSH-SOPH SET SCHOOL RECORD in 4X100m Relay in 51.7 (51.84 FAT) !
CAMERON COUNTRYMAN WINS 200m in 22.5 (22.74 FAT)
ALEX ROHANI WINS 400m in 50.8 (50.94 FAT)
BRIANNA SIMMONS WINS 800m in 2:28.9
Mira Costa dominated the non-league tri-meet with Beverly and North Torrance sweeping each division, but Beverly had some outstanding performances in the meet.  Beverly as a team was second in the Girls Varsity, Boys Frosh-Soph and Girls Frosh Soph, while the Boys Varsity finished in third behind North Torrance.  The Boys Varsity though had some of the outstanding performances of the day.  Cameron Countryman won the Boys Varsity 200m by a good margin in 22.5 (22.74 FAT), which moves him in a tie for #26 all time at Beverly. Then sophomore Alex Rohani ran away with the Boys Varsity 400m in 50.8 (50.94 FAT), which puts him in a tie for #29 on the Varsity all time list and #3 on the Frosh Soph all time list.  The Frosh Soph school record is 50.64, so it looks like Rohani has the chance to break the school record.  As usual Brianna Simmons ran away with the Girls Varsity 800m in 2:28.9.  However, the highlight of the meet was the Girls Varsity 4X100m relay that took second to powerful Mira Costa’s relay team led by their star CIF sprinter Ashlee Dotson.  The Beverly team was composed entirely of Frosh-Soph runners of Vanessa Torres, Allison Wolff, Chelsea Simmons & Elena Rust, who ran a time of 51.7 (51.84 FAT), which breaks easily the school record for the Frosh-Soph Girls of 52.24 set in 1998, and also ranks them as #26 on the Varsity all time list at Beverly.
Other performances that made the all time list at the meet:  Jessica Robert ran the Girls varsity 1600m in 5:40.9 (#13 FS and #29 Varsity).  Erica Hendry Girls Varsity 3200m in 12:59.3 (tie #26 Varsity). Vanessa Torres Girls Varsity 200m in 27.44 FAT (#19 FS).  Chris Saade Boys Frosh-Soph Discus 93-10 (#30 FS). Julia Mason Girls Varsity Discus 70-1 (#23 Varsity).  Emma Akilu Girls Frosh-Soph Discus 51-8 (#27 FS).  Taylor McBride Girls Varsity Shot Put 27-4 (#26 Varsity).  Boys Varsity 4X100m relay of Willie Green, Cameron Paysinger, Joel Steinberg & Ariel Nasib 44.24 FAT (tie #29).
Other performances of note:  Sydney Segal Girls FS 3200m in 12:29.6; Chelsea Austin Girls Varsity high jump in 4-8; Melina Nasab Girls Varsity pole vault 7-6; Lily Ting in Girls Varsity 400m in 63.5; Erica Hendry in Girls Varsity 1600m in 5:57.5; Willie Green in Boys Varsity high jump in 5-6; and the Girls Varsity 4X400m relay of Elena Rust, Sydney Gray, Lily Ting and Brianna Simmons in 4:21.90.
Team Results:
Boys Varsity:  Mira Costa 94, North Torrance 42, Beverly Hills 31
Girls Varsity: Mira Costa 105, Beverly Hills 34, North Torrance 29
Boys Frosh-Soph: Mira Costa 115, Beverly Hills 30, North Torrance 22
Girls Frosh-Soph: Mira Costa 108, Beverly Hills 26, North Torrance 6

MARCH 5, 2011 @ Downey High School
FROSH SOPH Teams Medal @ Downey Relays (Updated)
After the Howard Edelman Inter-Squad Meet on March 3, 2011, which was a meet that saw parents, coaches, teachers and athletes run relays mostly for fun and for the athletes to get a feel for a meet setting, the predominately frosh soph team competed at the Downey Relays on Saturday March 5, 2011.  Although the bus to take the team to the meet arrived late, and the sprint medley relays missed their races, subsequently the team won many medals (top 5 overall in each event won medals).   Unfortunately, times were not announced or posted,and results were written down by hand.  When the results were finally posted only the top 5 places were given official times.  However, set forth below are the places and official times if in the top 5 overall and unofficial times if not in the top 5 overall.  Only official times count toward making the all time list, as the unofficial times for the most part were faster than the official times in comparing times.  The highlight of the meet, was the girls frosh soph team in the Varsity 4X400m relay when Chelsea Simmons, Allison Wolff, Elena Rust & Vanessa Torres took first place in an official time of 4:24.02, which is #3 all time at Beverly for a frosh-soph team.  Then our girls distance runners (Brianna Simmons, Lily Ting, Ashley Bootesaz & Sydney Gray) ran the sprint relay 4X200m to get some speed work coming in 4th overall in a time of 1:54.47.  The girls frosh soph team in the 4X200 running in the Varsity race as well took 6th overall in 1:54.68 unofficially. The boys varsity team of Ariel Nasib, Frank Brown, Joel Steinberg & Willie Green took 2nd in their heat (but overall did not medal) but ran 1:34.85 unofficially so that too will not count for the all time list.

[official times in red]
4X200m relay
Girls FS (Jessica Robert, Vanessa Torres, Fasiat Agaba & Justice Jones) 2nd in heat, 4th overall. 1:58.13
Girls FS-Varsity race(Elena Rust, Carmen Perez, Chelsea Simmons & Allison Wolff) 2nd in heat, 6th overall. 1:54.68
Girls Varsity (Brianna Simmons, Lily Ting, Ashley Bootesaz & Sydney Gray) 3rd in heat, 4th overall. 1:54.47
Boys FS (Omid Hakimianpour, Anton Saleh, Matt Hakimi & Ethan Plante) 1st in heat, 3rd overall. 1:44.57
Boys Varsity (Ariel Nasib, Frank Brown, Willie Green & Joel Steinberg) 2nd in heat.  1:34.85
4X400m relay
Girls FS (Carmen Perez, Jessica Robert, Justice Jones & Fasiat Agaba) 1st in heat, 1st overall.   4:45.02
Girsl FS-Varsity race (Chelsea Simmons, Allison Wolff, Elena Rust & Vanessa Torres)1st in heat,1st overall. 4:24.02
Boys FS (Ethan Plante, Omid Hakimianpour, Jeff Toobi & Jamil Cineus) 2nd in heat, 3rd overall. 4:03.25
Boys Varsity (Willie Green, Caio Carvalho, Frank Brown & Joel Steinberg) 2nd in heat, 2nd overall.  3:39.22
4X800m relay
Girls FS (Marisa Rothman, Genevieve Javid, Annette Chang & Da Eun Lee) 2nd in heat, 2nd overall.  11:31.04
Girls Varsity (Sara Hendy, Jessica Robert, Victoria Mamatova & Erica Hendry) No place.  11:38.78.
Boys FS- 2 teams.  No places or times.
Distance Medley
Girls FS (Marisa Rothman, Genvieve Javid, Da Eun Lee & Annette Chang) 6th in heat.  15:43.17
Girls Varsity (Erica Hendry, Carmen Gratz, Sara Hendry & Victoria Mamatova) no place.  15:19.27
Boys FS – 2 teams.  No places or times.

FEBRUARY 26, 2011 @ Save Mart Center, Fresno, CA
BOYS & GIRLS 4X800m Relays Take 2nd @ State Indoor Invite
Highlights:   The Beverly Boys and Girls 4X800m relays running unattached for the Beverly Hills Track Club both took 2nd place at the State Indoor Invite.  The boys team of Alex Rohani, Nick Harper, Chanan Batra and Josh Galen took 2nd place in 8:25.11 finishing behind Carlmont High School (of Belmont, CA in Northern California) who took 1st in 8:23.71.  Beverly’s performance is #2 all time at the school and it was run indoors, which times are slower due to the banked indoor track and shorter distance per lap meaning more turns to run.  Beverly Boys beat Gahr (the pre-favorite) in third and Fairfield in fourth.  The Beverly Girls team of Sydney Gray, Ashley Bootesasz, Jessica Robert and Brianna Simmons also took 2nd place in a time of 10:58.85.  Rio Mesa high school took 1st in 10:38.30.  The only two teams to break 11 minutes.  The girls finished ahead of Colony in third, Ventura in fourth and Fountain Valley in fifth, all top teams.  Then the boys foursome of Cameron Countryman, Chanan Batra, Nick Harper and Alex Rohani in the 4X400m relay took first in their heat in 3:41.43, which with 5 heats run placed them in 10th place overall.  The girls 4X400m, which included Sydney Gray, Vanessa Torres, Brianna Simmons and Lily Ting took 2nd in their heat in 4:23.20, which with 5 heats run placed them in 15th place overall.  The only individual event run by Beverly was Cameron Countryman in the 600m run, where he ran a time of 1:20.33, where he finished 5th in his heat and 16th overall as 6 heats were run. Countryman is running longer distances to build strength for the sprints he will be running once the outdoor season begins in March 2011.  The team now turns it’s attention to preparing for the outdoor track season.

FEBRUARY 5, 2011
STATE INDOOR INVITE QUALIFICATION @ CSUN (updated results)
The first unofficial meet of the season was the State Indoor Invite qualifications held at Cal State U., Northridge.  The top 3 in each event plus those who met a standard time qualified for the State Indoor Invite to be held at the Save Mart Center in Fresno, CA on February 26, 2011.  As this is not a CIF sanctioned meet, the athletes ran for the Beverly Hills Track Club, and will run unattached at the meet on February 25.  Beverly had a number of athletes qualify. The highlight of the meet was when the Boys 4X800m relay took 1st place in a time of 8:29.86 (Nick Harper 2:09.72, Chanan Batra 2:07.72, Alex Rohani 2:06.72 and Josh Galen 2:05.72).  That is the third fastest time for the relay on Beverly’s all time list.  The girls also ran the 4X800m relay and took 2nd place in a time of 10:33.64 (Brianna Simmons 2:31.91, Sydney Gray 2:37.91, Lily Ting 2:40.91, Ashley Bootesaz 2:43.91), far off the girls best, but their time is still #4 all time on Beverly’s all time list for the event.  Chanan Batra ran an excellent 800m running 2:02.98, #6 all time for the boys frosh soph list at Beverly. Jessica Robert put in a fine performance in the girls 1600m run with a time of 5:43.58.  That ranks her #16 on the Beverly all time frosh-soph list and #25 on the varsity all time list. The girls 4X400m relay took 4th in 4:12 (Sydney Gray, Vanessa Torres, Lily Ting, & Brianna Simmons) which is #24 on the Beverly all time list.   Vanessa Torres took 3rd in the girls open 550m in 1:32.34.   Alex Rohani took 3rd in the 550m in 1:17.06, with Cameron Countryman moving up from the sprints to take 5th in 1:17.82.  Josh Galen ran the 2 miles in 10:29.73, with Eli Flesch running 10:40.52.  In the mile Nick Harper ran 4:54.65.

OUR PAST CELEBRATED
The upcoming 2011 track & field season means we need to celebrate our past history and anniversaries of past achievements by Beverly athletes in the track & field program.  There are four athletes that are celebrated for the upcoming 2011 season, who were all High School All Americans:
70 year Anniversary -  Stan Bowen 1941
Stan Bowen is considered one of Beverly’s great hurdlers.  In 1941 he took 1st place in league for both the 120 yd hurdles and 220 yd hurdles.  In his speciality the 220 yd hurdles he took 1st place in the CIF Southern Section Semi-Finals (the equivalent of the Division Finals today) and then took 3rd place in the CIF Southern Section Finals (the equivalent of the CIF Masters Meet today). He finished 4th in State.  His then school record in 1941 of 24.6 in the 220 yd hurdles secured him as a High School All American.
50 year Anniversary – John Beck 1961
John Beck is considered by many track athletes that ran in the 1960’s for Beverly to be one of the school’s great milers. Unfortunately for him he ran at a time when the league Beverly was in had two other great milers who were All Americans.  The league competition was so great in the mile run that articles were written in the local newspapers in the Southland of the great mile races being held just in league. In the league finals Beck took 3rd, but then at the CIF Southern Section Semi-Finals (equivalent of the CIF Southern Section Division Finals today) he took 2nd place.  Unfortunately at the CIF Southern Section Finals (equivalent of todays CIF Masters meet) he did not qualify for State.  However, his 1961 Mile time of 4:23.20 (4:21.70c 1600m) was a then school record and secured him as a High School All American.
30 year Anniversary -  Barbara Gottlieb 1981
The school has a long history of 800 meter runners (8 high school All Americans in all), and Barbara Gottlieb was one of those highly celebrated.  In 1981 she took 2nd in league in both the 800m and 1600m and anchored the 4X400m relay to a first place finish.  Then at the CIF Southern Section Division 4A Finals she took 2nd in the 800m and 6th in the 1600m.  In the CIF Southern Section Masters she took 4th place, and went to the State Meet where she unfortunately DQ’ed.  However, her time for the 800m in 1981 was a then school record 2:11.64 (#2 all time at Beverly today), which record was not broken for 29 years, until last year’s track season of 2010.  Her time in the 800m of 2:11.64 secured her High School All American honors in 1981.
30 year Anniversary – Nathan Phillips 1981
Nathan Phillips was predominately known as a shot putter, but his greatest achievement was in the discus throw.  In 1981 the discus was competed at the CIF level but not at all league finals.  In the league finals in the shot put he took 3rd in league.  Then at the CIF Southern Section 3A Division Finals he took 2nd place in the shot put.  At the CIF Masters Meet he competed in the discus throw and took 4th place, earning him a State Meet birth, where he had the 12th best discus throw in State.  In 1981 he set 2 school records:  the shot put in 57-1 1/4 and discus in 172-3.  He is still #2 all time in the shot put and his discus throw is still the school record.  His discus throw of 172-3 secured him as a High School All American in the event in 1981.

[THE ALL TIME LIST CHANGES FOR 2011 WILL BE INTEGRATED INTO THE ALL TIME LISTS AT THE END OF THE SEASON]

2011 BEVERLY ALL TIME LIST CHANGES
BOYS:
100m:
200m: Var.: Alex Rohani 22:10 (#5); Cameron Countryman 22.14h (tie #6); Mario Conti 22.64h (tie #24). FS: Alex Rohani 22.10 (#1)
400m:  Var.: Alex Rohani 47.90 (#2). FS: Alex Rohani 47.90 (#1), Chanan Batra 53.94h (tie # 23)
800m: Var.: Alex Rohani 1:54.35 (#3); Chanan Batra 1:57.52 (#9); Josh Galen 1:59.97 (#22). FS: Alex Rohani 1:54.35 (#1); Chanan Batra 1:57.52 (#3); Aaron Karlin 2:08.19 (#18)
1320y/1200m: FS: Chanan Batra 3:14.62c/3:13.52 (#1)
1600m: Var.: Josh Galen 4:29.97 (#15). FS: Chanan Batra 4:31.49 (#4); Alex Rohani 4:34.23 (#5)
3200m: FS: Chanan Batra 10:22.7 (# 10); Eli Flesch 10:27.90 (#15)
110mH:
300mH:
HJ:
LJ:
TJ:
PV:
SP: Var.: Julian Jackson 52-6 (#7)
Discus: Var: Julian Jackson 128-8 (#15).  FS: Austin Greer 96-11 (#27); Chris Saade 93-10 (#31)
4X100m R: Var.: [Mario Conti, Cameron Countryman, Ariel Nasib & Alex Rohani] 43.14h (#8)
4X200m R: Var.: [Cameron Countryman, Ariel Nasib, Alex Rohani & Frank Brown) 1:30.60 (#3)
4X400m R: Var.: [Chanan Batra, Cameron Countryman, Alex Rohani & Joel Steinberg] 3:22.68 (#8)
4X800m R: [Nick Harper, Chanan Batra, Alex Rohani & Josh Galen] 7:54.89 (#1)
4X1600m R: [Nick Harper, Chanan Batra, Alex Rohani & Josh Galen] 18:34.24 (#1)
Sprint Med R:
Dist. Med R: [Chanan Batra, Mario Conti, Alex Rohani & Josh Galen] 10:35.83 (#3)
[Josh Galen, Caio Corvalho, Nick Harper & Andrew Redston) 11:32.01 (#10)

GIRLS:
100m:
200m: FS: Vanessa Torres 26.36 (#6); Allison Wolff 27.62 (#21); Chelsea Simmons 28.00 (#28); Elena Rust 28.22 (#31).
Var.: Vanessa Torres 26.36 (#18), Sydney Gray 27.05 (#34)
400m:  FS: Vanessa Torres 58.98 (#5), Allison Wolff 61.78 (#13). Var.: Vanessa Torres 58.98 (#12); Sydney Gray 60.84 (tie #22)
800m: FS: Lily Ting 2:25.64 (#7), Jessica Robert 2:27.39 (#10). VAR.: Sydney Gray 2:09.15 (#1); Brianna Simmons 2:18.61 (#6), Lily Ting 2:25.64 (#15), Jessica Robert 2:27.39 (#18), Ashley Bootesaz 2:34.16 (#40)
1600m: FS: Sydney Segal 5:15.41c (#2); Jessica Robert 5:27.46 (#6); DaEun Lee 5:44.56 (#17). VAR: Sydney Gray 4:59.78 (#3); Brianna Simmons 5:03.65c (#4), Sydney Segal 5:15.41c (#8); Jessica Robert 5:27.46 (#12) Ashley Bootesaz 5:33.42 (#16); Erica Hendry 5:36.80 (#20), DaEun Lee 5:44.56 (#31)
3200m: Var.: Sydney Segal 11:31.48 (#4); Brianna Simmons 11:54.03 (#7); Jessica Robert 12:18.53 (#19) Ashley Bootesaz 12:21.47 (#21); Erica Hendry 12:56.93 (#29).  FS: Sydney Segal 11:31.48(#2); Jessica Robert 12:18.53 (#7).
100mH:
300mH:  Var.: Faith France 52.42 (#26).  FS: Liza Raffi 54.48 (#30)
HJ: Var: Chelsea Austin 5-1 (#6), Sarah Wendee 4-10 (tie #10), Julia Mason 4-10 (tie #10)
LJ: Var:  Chelsea Austin 15-8 (tie #24)
TJ: Var.: Chelsea Austin 34-11 3/4 (#5)
PV: Var.: Melina Nasab 8-0 (#1)
SP: Var.: Taylor McBride 28-8  (#20)
Discus:  FS: Taylor McBride 74-3 (#5); Emma Akilu 62-10 1/2 (#14); Var.: Sydney Baines 75-9 1/2 (#15); Taylor McBride 74-3 (#19) Julia Mason 70-1 (tie #25);  Emma Akilu 62-10 1/2 (#32)
4X100m R: FS: [Vanessa Torres, Allison Wolff, Chelsea Simmons & Elena Rust] 51.34h (#1)
FS: 2nd team [Justice Jones, Talula Holt, Carmen Gratz & Fasiat Agaba]  53.08 (#5)
Var:  [Vanessa Torres, Chelsea Simmons, Allison Wolff & Sydney Gray] 51.34h (tie #24)
Var.: [Vanessa Torres, Allison Wolff, Chelsea Simmons & Elena Rust] 51.34h (tie #24)
4X200m Relay:  [Chelsea Simmons, Allison Wolfe, Vanessa Torres & Elena Rust] 1:51.04 FS (#5)
4X400m R: Var: [Sydney Gray, Vanessa Torres, Lily Ting & Allison Wolff] 4:01.61 (#12)
FS: [Chelsea Simmons, Allison Wolff, Elena Rust & Vanessa Torres] 4:24.02 (#3)
4X800m R: [Sydney Gray, Lily Ting, Jessica Robert & Brianna Simmons] 9:37.79 (#1); [Marisa Rothman, Sydney Segal, DeEun Lee & Jessica Robert] 10:42.26 FS (#5)
4X1600m R: [Erica Hendry, Ashley Bootesaz, Sydney Gray & Brianna Simmons) 23:26.00 (#4); [Sydney Segal, DeEun Lee, Marisa Rothman & Jessica Robert] 23:45.11 FS (#6)
Sprint Med R: [Vanessa Torres, Sydney Gray, Chelsea Simmons & Brianna Simmons] 4:17.62 (#3)
Dist. Med R: [Sydney Segal, Vanessa Torres, Sydney Gray & Brianna Simmons] 12:33.56 (#1); [Jessica Robert, Carmen Perez, Marisa Rothman & Sydney Segal] 13:40.43 FS (#9).

2010 XC

December 4, 2010 @ MT SAC – Foot Locker West Regional  5K

Sydney Gray, was are only entrant at the Foot Locker West Regional that saw runners from Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington & Wyoming. She was in the Girls Senior 5 K (3.1 miles) Race which had 192 runners, with the top 48 finishers receiving medals. She finished in 34th place and medaled in a time of 21:28. [Photos are on the Photo link]

 

December 2, 2010

AWARDS BANQUET:

ERICA HENDRY IS SCHOLAR ATHLETE

BRIANNA SIMMONS – GIRLS VARSITY MVP
JOSH GALEN – BOYS VARSITY MVP [PHOTOS on Photo Link]

The Awards Banquet for XC 2010 had many memorable moments.  Senior Erica Hendry won the prestigious Scholar Athlete Award with a cumulative GPA of 4.67.  As expected Brianna Simmons won the Girls Varsity MVP and certificates for setting 4 school records.  Josh Galen was the Boys Varsity MVP.  Senior Nick Harper received a certificate for setting 1 school record.  Aaron Wolfe was boys freshman MVP and Da Eun Lee was the Girls JV MVP. Coach Fedley Bonneau gave an inspirational speech warning our athletes not to fall into mediocrity or be complacent or to rest on our laurels and vowed that our team would work that much harder to be that much better.  He gave out for the first time in our program a “two by four” piece of wood colored orange as a symbol of the pain one has to endure to be a better runner (no pain, no gain) and it was awarded to Senior Natashe Gerente, who had a foot stress fracture this year and endured the pain.  Head Coach Jeff Fisher was praised for the excellent job he did with the team and he created a special slideshow of photos of our team this year that everyone enjoyed thoroughly.  In the slide show there was a poem written by boys freshman all league runner Ryouma Kawamata, which is set forth below.  As always there was too much food.  Special thanks to the parents who supported the team this year.  Jessica Robert, who was the Girls Varsity Rookie of the Year, still is too shy to let everyone know that her last name is not the english Robert, but the french Robert (pronounced “Row-Bear”).  Here are the awards given out at the banquet:

Scholar Athlete:  Erica Hendry

Girls Varsity MVP:  Brianna Simmons

Boys Varsity MVP:  Josh Galen

Boys Freshman MVP:  Aaron Wolfe

Girls Junior Varsity MVP:  Da Eun Lee

Girls Varsity Most Inspirational: Sydney Gray

Boys Varsity Most Inspirational:  Eli Flesch

Boys Freshman Most Inspirational Award: Hans Tercek

Girls Varsity Performance Award:  Erica Hendry

Boys Freshman Performance Award:  Sam Levy

Girls Varsity Coaches Award:  Lily Ting

Boys Varsity Coaches Award:  Nick Harper

Boys Freshman Coaches Award:  Samuel Schnapp and Chad Yee

Girls Varsity Most Improved Award:  Ashley Bootesaz

Boys Varsity Most Improved Award:  Andrew Redston

Boys Junior Varsity Most Improved Award:  Zack Fouludian

Girls Junior Varsity Most Improved Award:  Sara Hendry

Boys Freshman Most Improved Award:  Michael Redston

Boys Varsity Rookie of the Year: Aaron Wolfe

Girls Varsity Rookie of the Year:  Jessica Robert

2X4 (Pain) Award: Natashe Gerente

POEM:

Together We Can… Accomplish

by Ryouma Kawamata

 

Together we can feel proud like the first time you rode a bike.

Together we can feel embarrassed like the first time you swung a strike.

 

We can all achieve great things as a team.

We can all leave a legacy and act as if it was all a dream.

 

Everyone can cross the finish line with a smile.

Everyone can run a race that others will remember for a while.

 

No one can suddenly reach perfection.

No one can accomplish without a certain perception.

 

Someone can continue to run passionately on a race track.

Someone can make mistakes and learn if they trace back.

 

Anyone can fly like a bird over a hurdle.

Anyone can slack off and slow down like a turtle.

 

Every team has a chance of winning a trophy.

Every team has a chance of improving slowly.

 

People know the sky could be frowning or smiling.

People know problems must be solved before they start piling.

 

Many understand that a race course could be muddy or sandy.

Many understand that athletes eat fruits instead of candies.

 

Together we can learn that being disciplined is better than to regret.

Together we can learn that a loss could bring tons of distress.

 

Together we can advance to a CIF tournament while we’re young.

Together we can discover that running could feel like a bullet to the lung.

 

Together we can run a meet with a lot of will.

Together we can run as fast as a tiger and rise on top of a hill.

 

Together we can run rapidly and rank top five places.

Together we can get on the bus with a smile on our faces.

 

 

 

CIF FINALS @ MT SAC 11-20-2010, 3.1 Mile Rain Course

BRIANNA SIMMONS TAKES 23rd at CIF FINALS

It turned out to be a rainy day for the CIF Finals at MT SAC, so the longer 3.1 mile rain course was utilized, but it was still a rainy sloshy day.  Brianna Simmons our only runner in the finals was in the featured race of the day and  in the toughest race of the day, the CIF Division II girls race that had all the top 8 teams ranked in State in the race, of which 5 of those teams are ranked in the United States, and has been hailed by ESPN Dyestat as the toughest sectional race in the entire U.S.  With that in mind, Simmons ran a fine race battling it out for 20th place, the last place to qualify for the State Meet, but came up short as she finished in 23rd place in a time of 19:06—-the 20th place finisher in 19:05 was just 1 second ahead of Simmons.  The race had the top 16 teams in division II and 119 runners.  Simmons is the first girl to run in the CIF Finals since 1980, thirty years ago, and as a junior she still has next year.   A great season for her in CIF competition, as she was the Ocean League Champion and set 4 school records in cross country.

 

 

CIF PRELIMS @ MT SAC 11-13-2010  [Photos on Photo Link @ upper left]

BRIANNA SIMMONS QUALIFIES FOR CIF FINALS!

GIRLS VARSITY MISS CIF FINALS BY ONE PLACE

GIRLS VARSITY:  With the top teams from the various leagues in CIF Southern Section at the CIF Prelims— 4 heats were run with 13-14 schools in each heat with apx 100 runners in each heat.  The top 4 teams qualified for the CIF Finals and the top 6 individuals qualified for the CIF Finals.  The CIF Southern Section Division 2 is one of the toughest sections in the U.S. with national and state ranked teams.  Beverly’s Varsity Girls were in a tough heat that included 1st place team Mira Costa (#2 in State and #5 in U.S.), 2nd place team Sultana (#7 in State) and 3rd place team Camarillo (#11 in State) as well as the top teams in the CIF Southern Section of Claremont and Beaumont.  Beverly showed that it was a team to be reckoned with as it ran with these top tiered teams as it took 5th place, one place short of qualifying for the finals, just behind Claremont in 4th place and ahead of Beaumont in 6th place.  A respectable showing by the Girls Varsity (which ranks them in the top 20 in the CIF division 2), and who were led by junior Brianna Simmons who took 5th place individually that qualified her for the CIF Finals.  The last cross country runner at Beverly to qualify for the CIF Finals was Noah Smith in 2001.  Her time of 18:37 (not her best which is her school record 18:29 on the course) was tied for the 14th best time of the day in all Division 2 heats.  To qualify for State she will need to be among the top 5 individuals in the top 20 finishers who are not members of the top 7 teams that qualify for State.  Seems a bit complicated, but most of the girls ahead of Simmons are already on teams that will more than likely qualify for State so she has a good shot at making the State Meet.  Sydney Gray in only her 3rd race of the year took 23rd in 19:58 (#4 all time for Beverly on the course and only the 4th girl at Beverly to break 20 minutes for the course).  Jessica Robert had a break-out race taking 36th in 20:52; Lily Ting came in in 40th in 20:55; followed by Erica Hendry in 53rd in 21:41; Ashley Bootesaz in 55th in 21:48 and Marissa Rothman in 57th in 21:54.  All our varsity girls this year made the Beverly all time list for the MT SAC course.

BOYS VARSITY:  The Boys Varsity took 10th place in their heat won by Camarillo –the boys #3 team in State.  The highlight for Beverly was Josh Galen’s 33rd place finish in 16:30 (#10 all time at Beverly for the MT SAC course).  Galen was followed by Nick Harper in 51st place in 17:05 (just missing the all time list by 6 seconds); Eli Flesch in 56th place in 17:19; Andrew Redston in 62nd place in 17:26; and Chanan Batra in 66th in 17:33.  Our usual runners on Varsity Sam Capogrosso and Alex Rohani did not run so our alternates were from the Freshman Team—-Aaron Wolfe who took 86th in 18:32 and Michael Redston in 93rd in 18:56.

Ocean League:  Beverly’s arch rival Santa Monica High School did not fair well at CIF as their boys took 15th place (last in their heat) and their top finisher was 72nd in 17:55.  The Santa Monica girls took 9th in their heat with their top girls taking 47th place and 48th place in 20:36 and 20:41.  The Culver City High School boys and girls took last in their heats.

 

Ocean League Finals @ Rancho Park – November 4, 2010

GIRLS VARSITY WIN 6th STRAIGHT LEAGUE TITLE!

Brianna Simmons & Sydney Gray take 1-2 for Girls Varsity

Boys Varsity takes 2nd to SAMO as Josh Galen takes 2nd in league

Boys Freshman win league with first 5 places led by Aaron Wolfe

In the extreme heat with the temperature around 98 degrees, the Ocean League Finals were held at Beverly’s home course at Rancho Park, which saw some fainting spells and breathing issues from the runners as they traversed the 3 mile course in nearby Cheviot Hills.  Both the Girls Varsity and Boys Varsity qualified for the CIF Prelims.

Girls Varsity: The Girls Varsity won their 6th straight league championship, a streak that began in 2005.  As expected the battle between Beverly and Santa Monica was to be a close match, but our girls in the end won 24 to 31.  Culver City took third place.  Brianna Simmons of Beverly took 1st place as the individual league champion in a time of 18:26.22, the second fastest time for the course behind school record holder Barbara Gottlieb who in 1981 set the school record at 18:19.  Simmons was just unbeatable this year in league and she is only a junior. What can you say about Beverly’s senior runner Sydney Gray, injured the entire season, but who comes back in only her second race of the year to take 2nd place in the league finals running 19:21.48 (the 8th fastest time ever over the course) and she becomes only the third cross-country runner ever in Beverly’s history to be Varsity All League for 4 years in a row!  However, it should be noted that the big reason the Beverly girl’s took the title was the important 5th and 6th place finishes by Ashley Bootesaz and Erica Hendry in 20:30.03 and 20:35.00 (both making the exclusive all time list at Beverly for the course).  Marissa Rothman took an excellent 10th in 21:13.49.  Both Lily Ting (13th in 22:17.37) and Jessica Robert (15th in 23:04.11) had off-days.

Boys Varsity:  The Boys Varsity began the race with the possibility of perhaps taking the league title away from arch rival Santa Monica High School, but SAMO pulled away in the last mile of the race to take the victory, with Beverly taking 2nd in league, Culver City taking 3rd and Morningside taking 4th.  The highlight of the race was the battle between SAMO’s Nick Salazar and Beverly’s Josh Galen as they ran stride for stride over the 3 mile course, with Salazar pulling away at the finish to win over Galen by 2 seconds, as both runners ran under 16:20 (16:17.22 to 16:19.90).  Galen was the only boy runner for Beverly who made the All Time List for the course.  Sophomore Chanan Batra ran an excellent  race taking 4th place in 16:31.27, while senior Nick Harper took 6th place in 16:54.22.   Eli Flesch took 10th in 17:26.55; Sam Capogrosso took 12th in 17:37.51; Andrew Redston took 13th in 17:58.18 and Alexander Rohani took 14th in 18:05.48.

Boys Freshman:  All year the Boys Freshman team has dominated races and placed high at invitationals, that it was no surprise that they took the league title.  What was surprising was that Beverly took the first five places in the race!  Led by Aaron Wolfe as the individual league champion in a great time of 17:58.71 (the only runner in the race to break 18 minutes), and followed by Michael Redston in 2nd in 18:26.55, Ryouma Kawamata in 3rd in 18:35.41, Sam Levy in 4th in 18:49.47 and Hans Tercek in 5th in 18:51.29—-no other team had runners under 19 minutes, as Beverly won the title with only 15 points (the lowest score a team can obtain in a cross country meet).

Boys & Girls JV:  Both the Boys and Girls Junior Varsity teams took 2nd in League behind Santa Monica.  The Boys JV had three boys in the top 10; Zachary Fouladian in 5th in 18:42.42, Matthew Lieb in 7th in 19:07.98 and Joel Steinberg in 10th in  19:18.11.  The Girls JV had two girls in the top 10; Genevieve Javidazad in 7th in 23:04.20 and Da Eun Lee in 8th in 23:22.67.

 

 

MT SAC INVITE 2010 – October 23, 2010

BRIANNA SIMMONS TAKES 1ST @ MT SAC INVITE

IN NEW SCHOOL RECORD:  18:29 !

Billed as the largest high school cross country meet in the nation, with 23,000 runners and over 500 teams with some of the top teams in the State and Nation, with many of the top high school runners from around the country, the times this year were very fast for the hilly MT SAC course.  With so many teams and runners numerous heats are run over 2 days.  The girls varsity in their heat was led by Brianna Simmons who captured first place in a time of 18:29 setting a new school record for the course (and breaking the old record of 18:48 set last year by Raquel Hefflin).  After missing the entire season with an injury, Sydney Gray returned for her very first race of the season, coming in as our second girl in 28th place in a time of 20:05.  Obviously she is capable of much faster times, but her return marks a turning point for the team with the upcoming Ocean League Finals on November 4.  The girls varsity arrived late for the race, as the gun went off and the field of runners took off, while our girls hadn’t even made the starting line; but they jumped into the race about 50-60 yards behind the field and started to make up ground.  The team finished 5th out of 20 schools–with 152 runners in the race—even though they had to make up ground on the field, and amazingly all the girls made the Beverly all time list for the course (Ashley Bootesaz in 48th in 20:52, Erica Hendry in 49th in 20:53, Jessica Robert in 53rd in 21:04, Lily Ting in 54th in 21:05, and Marissa Rothman in 71st in 21:39).  They will all have another shot at the course when they run in the CIF prelims.  A number of our sophomore varsity boys runners ran in the sophomore race, where Chanan Batra took 10th place in 16:59 (making the Beverly all time list for the course); followed by Eli Flesch in 11th in 17:01, and Alex Rohani in 25th in 17:36.  The sophomore boys took 6th place out of 29 teams and 196 runners.  [Josh Galen still nursing an injury ran the course unofficially in around 17:00].  The boys frosh team took 5th place out of 26 teams and 171 runners, led by Aaron Wolfe in 8th place in 17:55, followed by Sam Levy in 40th in 19:08, Michael Redston in 51st in 19:35, Hans Tercek in 52nd in 19:36, Chad Yee in 67th in 20:02 and Ethan Kunin in 76th in 20:22.  In the boys varsity race of 154 runners, Andrew Redston took 94th in 17:40.  Our sophomore girls Da Eun Lee took 42nd in 23:49 and Sara Hendry took 56th in 24:50.

 

BRIANNA SIMMONS WINS OCEAN LEAGUE

CLUSTER MEET #2 IN SCHOOL RECORD &

COURSE RECORD AS GIRLS VARSITY DEFEATS SAMO IN SQUEAKER 27 to 28

10-14-2010 @ Kenneth Hahn Park – 3 Miles

Junior Brianna Simmons continues to amaze as she took first place in the 2nd Ocean League Cluster Meet, where she ran 19:52.05 setting not only a school record for the Kenneth Hahn 3 mile Course, but a Course Record, becoming the first girl ever to break the 20 minute barrier on a course many consider one of the toughest in the southland.  The difference for the girls is that times at Kenneth Hahn are over 1 minute slower than the times run at the mighty MT SAC course.  The girls varsity beat Santa Monica High School by one point 27-28.  A great effort was put in by all the girls, as sophomore Lily Ting took 3rd in 20:50.32 (#3 all time at Beverly for the course), junior Ashley Bootesaz took 5th in 21:40.99 (making the all time list), senior Erica Hendry took 8th in 22:18.13, sophomore Marissa Rothman took 10th in 22:35.98 and sophomore Jessica Robert took 11th in 22:42.61.  This only heightens the upcoming battle at league finals between Beverly and Samo for the league championship to be run at Beverly’s home course Rancho Park on November 4, 2010.  In the boys varsity race both Beverly and Samo held out a number of their top runners due to minor injuries, as Samo defeated Beverly by a score of 25 to 35.  However, two of our sophomore boys, Eli Flesch in third at 17:43.11 and Chanan Batra in 4th at 17:49.05 both made the Beverly all time list for the course.  Freshman Aaron Wolfe, who usually leads our boys freshmen team, was moved up to Varsity where he took 11th place in 18:53.38.  The boys freshmen held their ground winning the team race against Samo 26 to 33, led by Sam Levy in 2nd in a time of 20:05.70.   Both the Boys and Girls JV teams took 2nd to Samo.  Culver City, Morningside and Inglewood placed behind Beverly and SAMO in all the division races.

Highlights:

Girls Varsity:  (1) Brianna Simmons 19:52..05; (3) Lily Ting 20:50.32; (5) Ashley Bootesaz 21:40.99; (8) Erica Hendry 22:18.13; (10) Marissa Rothman 22:35.98; (11) Jessica Robert 22:42.61.

Team:  (1) Beverly 27, (2) SAMO 28; (3) Culver City 77; (4) Morningside 115.

Boys Varsity: (3) Eli Flesch 17:43.11; (4) Chanan Batra 17:49.05; (7) Andrew Redston 18:25.38;

1. Alex Rohani 18:49.05; (11) Aaron Wolfe 18:53.38; (16) Shiki Izuku 19:41.78.

Team: (1) SAMO 25, (2) Beverly 35, (3) Culver City 68, (4) Morningside 114.

Girls JV:  (4) Da Eun Lee 23:41.23, (5) Sarah Hendry 24:09.16, (13) Genevieve Javidzad 25:44.43.

Team: (1) SAMO 19, (2) Beverly 42, (3) Culver City 85.

Boys JV: (15) Nathan Ong 20:24.28, (16) Joel Steinberg 20:31.99, (19) Zachary Fouladian 20:57.49

Team: (1) SAMO 15, (2) Beverly 55, (3) Culver City 81, (4) Inglewood 128, (5) Morningside 133.

Boys Freshmen: (2) Sam Levy 20:05.70, (4) Hans Tercek 20:09.32, (5) Daniel Licht 20:09.91,

1. Ryouma Kawamata 20:24.71, (8) Michael Redston 20:28.37, (9) Chad Yee 20:36.02,

1. Ethan Kunin 20:37.93.

Team:  (1) Beverly 26, (2) SAMO 33.

[SEE PHOTOS ON PHOTO LINK][SEE NEW ALL TIME LIST FOR KENNETH HAHN PARK COURSE]

 

10-9-2010 @ Central Park, Huntington Beach – 3 miles

Brianna Simmons takes 2nd at Central Park Invite in School Record

Girls Varsity takes 5th place with 6 girls making the All Time List

Eli Flesch takes 1st place in Sophomore Race

Aaron Wolfe takes 4th place in Freshman Race, while Boys Frosh Team takes 2nd place

Josh Galen makes Boys All Time List

The Central Park Invite hosted by Fountain Valley H.S. saw over 40 schools in Division 2 and over 30 schools in Division 1.  Beverly ran in the Division 2 races which saw apx. 150 runners in each race.  There were many highlights for the Normans.  Brianna Simmons in the Varsity girls race once again turned in an outstanding performance, taking 2nd place in 18:57 to Corinne Cherne of El Dorado H.S. who ran 18:45, the only two girls in the race that broke 19 minutes.  Simmons time broke the school record held by Raquel Hefflin of 18:58 set last year.  The girls varsity had 6 girls make the all time list, which garnered them  a 5th place team trophy.  Eli Flesch ran away with the sophomore boys race taking first place in a time of 17:36.  Aaron Wolfe led the boys freshman team with a 4th place finish in 18:20, as the boys team took 2nd place behind Anaheim H.S. by a mere 5 points.  In the boys varsity race our number one runner Josh Galen took 24th in a time of 16:53 as he was the only boy of the day to make the boy’s all time list for the course.  Medals were given to the top 35 in each race, the top 5 varsity teams received trophies, while the top 3 teams in other divisions received trophies.  Most seniors did not run as they were taking the SAT tests.

 

Highlights:

Girls Varsity:  (2) Brianna Simmons 18:57; (20) Lily Ting 20:24; (39) Erica Hendry 21:25; (40) Jessica Robert 21:29; (42) Ashley Bootesaz 21:33; (49) Marissa Rothman 21:51.  Team: 5th place

Girls Frosh-Soph: (41) Sarah Hendry 23:38; (45) Da Eun Lee 23:52

Boys Varsity:  (24) Josh Galen 16:53; (65) Sam Capagrosso 17:54; (71) Andrew Redston 17:59.

Boys JV:  (73) John Sayegh 21:13.

Boys Sophomores: (1) Eli Flesch 17:36; (24) Alex Rohani 18:52.

Boys Frosh: (4) Aaron Wolfe 18:20; (32) Ryouma Kawamata 19:48; (39) Sam Levy 19:57; (40) Hans Terchek 19:58; (50) Michael Redston 20:27; (51) Chad Yee 20:30; (66) David Neiman 21:27.

Team: 2nd place.

[SEE PHOTOS ON PHOTO LINK][SEE NEW ALL TIME LIST FOR CENTRAL PARK COURSE]

 

10-1-2010 @ Carbon Cyn Regional Park- 3.1 miles

NICK HARPER Sets Boys Varsity School Record for Brea-Olinda Invite Course @ Carbon Cyn Regional Park

After having competed at the South Bay Cup, a number of our runners sat out the Brea-Olinda Invite, a 3.1 mile race, so we basically had a skeleton crew.  Races were run according to rank on each team.  However, some of our boys varsity runners competed well to make the all time list for the course, including Nick Harper (38th in the seeded boys varsity race) whose 17:59  broke last year’s school record of 18:21 set by Ali Hatcher.  A number of our other boys ran better than the old school record, including Eli Flesh in 18:13 (10th in the seeded boys frosh-soph race) and Sam Capagrosso in 18:18 (46th in the seeded boys varsity race).  Chanan Batra also made the all time list running 18:27 (14th in the boys seeded frosh-soph race).  Alex Rohani made his debut for the team running 19:41 (14th in the lower boys frosh-soph race).  In the boys varsity middle seeded race Andrew Redston ran 19:12 (57th place) and Shiki Izuku ran 19:26 (66th place).  On the girls side Lily Ting ran the fastest time of the day for the team 22:18 (27th in the girls varsity seeded race), while Ashley Bootesaz ran 22:33 (23rd in girls varsity middle seeded race), Melissa Rothman ran 23:04 (17th in the seeded frosh-soph race) and De Eun Lee ran 25:27 (26th in girls lower seeded frosh-soph race).  The freshmen boys in the middle seeded boys frosh-soph race were led by Aaron Wolfe in 19:10 (16th place), Sam Levy in 20:48 (43rd place) and Hans Tercek in 20:49 (44th place).

[SEE PHOTOS ON PHOTO LINK][SEE NEW ALL TIME LIST FOR CARBON CYN COURSE]

 

 

 

9-29-2010@ Columbia Park, Torrance

BRIANNA SIMMONS TAKES 2nd @ SOUTH BAY CUP AGAINST STELLAR FIELD-  SETTING A NEW SCHOOL RECORD

VARSITY GIRLS BEAT SAMO; 6 VARSITY GIRLS MAKE ALL TIME LIST

5 BOYS MAKE ALL TIME LIST; CHANAN BATRA TAKES 4th IN BOYS SOPH RACE

 

With top teams from the South Bay and surrounding areas the South Bay Cup as always was very competitive with ranked CIF teams competing such as Mira Costa, Redondo, Palos Verdes and West Torrance.  Over 100 runners competed in each race.  The Girls Varsity race was the biggest highlight for Beverly.  From the very start of the Girls Varsity race junior Brianna Simmons went out in the lead with Jaye Buchbinder of Chadwick HS, one of the top runners in the State, ahead of perennial State power runners from Mira Costa HS, Savannah Pio and Aryn Foland.  Pio won the Bay League XC 1st meet beating out the top girls from Redondo HS.  The race came down to the wire as Buchbinder edged Simmons by one second.  Pio and Foland took 3rd and 4th.  Buchbinder and Simmons ran the fastest times of the day 17:37 and 17:38, the 7th and 8th fastest times all time for the meet and course.  Simmons shattered the old Beverly school record for the course held by Valerie Wirtschafter of 19:43.46 set back in 2006.  Five other varsity girls made the all time list for Beverly on the course:  Lily Ting in 20th in 19:08; Erica Hendry in 33rd in 20:14; Ashley Bootesaz in 36th in 20:34; Jessica Robert in 37th in 20:42; and Marissa Rothman in 39th in 20:43.   After having lost to Santa Monica HS in the first Ocean League Meet this year, Beverly as a team finished 5th in the race ahead of SAMO which finished 7th as a team.

 

On the boys side Chanan Batra took 4th in the Boys Sophomore race in 16:30.1, while Eli Flesh took 11th in 16:47.5, both making the Beverly all time list for the course.  In the Boys Varsity, Josh Galen continued to be our number one runner taking 23rd in 16:02.4; with Nick Harper in 33rd in 16:19.5 and Sam Capagrosso in 37th in 16:32.4, with all three making the all time list for the course. Andrew Redston was 47th in 17:14.3 and missed the all time list at Beverly requiring a sub 17 minute mark.  Arch rival SAMO finished in 6th place as a team, while Beverly was 8th.

 

[SEE PHOTOS ON PHOTO LINK AND NEW ALL TIME LISTS FOR KENNETH HAHN AND SOUTH BAY CUP COURSES ON XC ALL TIME LIST ICON]

 

 

9-23-10 @ Kenneth Hahn Park – 3 miles

SAMO Girls & Boys Varsity Take Ocean League #1 Cluster Meet As Beverly Takes 2nd

Brianna Simmons Takes 1st place in Girl’s Varsity Race in 20:41.90

Freshmen Boys win 1st league cluster meet led by Aaron Wolfe in 1st

The Girls and Boys Varsity teams took a disappointing 2nd place to arch rival Santa Monica High School in the first Ocean League Cluster Meet.  Culver City and Morningside took 3rd and 4th respectively.  The bright side of the meet was junior Brianna Simmons destruction of the girls field when she took first place in a time of 20:41.90, a full minute and 30 seconds ahead of second place!  Her time is #2 all time at Beverly for the Kenneth Hahn course behind last year’s record setting run by Raquel Hefflin who ran 20:11.39.  The Girls Varsity was hampered by not having Sydney Gray (out with an injured leg) and Sydney Segal (who apparently is playing on the tennis team).  Our girls will have to re-group for the next Ocean League race scheduled for October 14, 2010.   The Boys Varsity was highlighted by Josh Galen taking 3rd in 17:46.33 and Nick Harper taking 4th in 17:55.11, both runners dipping under 18 minutes to make the Beverly all time list for the course.  Both the Boys and Girls JV teams took second to Santa Monica as well.  In the Girls JV race we had 2 girls in the top 10, with Sara Hendry taking 5th in 25:40.23 and Genevieve Javidzad taking 7th in 26:07.99.  The only team that took first place was the Boys Freshmen, led by Beverly’s first place finisher Aaron Wolfe in 19:30.77 and third place finisher Sam Levy in 20:47.82.  Five freshmen boys finished in the top 10!   [Photos on Photo Link at upper left icon]

 

RESULT HIGHLIGHTS:

Girls Varsity:  (1) Brianna Simmons (BH) 20:41.90; (2) Emily Berkin (SAMO) 22:15.67; (3) Amanda Botfeld (SAMO) 22:45.40; (4) Brooke Weiss (SAMO) 23:06.10; (5) Alice Wasserman (SAMO) 23:06.36; (6) Tatiana Bedi (SAMO) 23:07.78; (7) Erica Hendry (BH) 23:10.81; (8) Jessica Robert (BH) 23:14.38; (9) Ashley Bootesaz (BH) 23:16.60; (10) Lily Ting (BH) 23:21.42; (12) Marissa Rothman 23:45.35.

TEAM:  (1) SAMO 20; (2) BH 35; (3) Culver City 81; (4) Morningside 120

 

Boys Varsity:  (1) Andrew Capron (SAMO) 17:29.15; (2) Nicholas Salazar (SAMO) 17:36.38;

1. Josh Galen (BH) 17:46.33; (4) Nick Harper (BH) 17:55.11; (5) Arash Assar (SAMO) 18:07.33;

(6) Logan Weinberg (SAMO) 18:19.36; (7) Eric Gironda (SAMO) 18:24.01; (8) Eli Flesh (BH) 18:30.08; (9) Leony Mendez (CC) 18:49.77; (10) Chanan Batra (BH) 18:53.29; (11) Sam Capagrosso (BH) 18:55.10.

TEAM:  (1) SAMO 21; (2) BH 36; (3) Culver City 72; (4) Morningside 120

 

Boys Freshmen:  (1) Aaron Wolfe (BH) 19:30 .77; (2) Arden Lassale (SAMO) 19:41.93; (3) Sam Levy (BH) 20:47.82; (4) Taylor Safrit (SAMO) 21:08.13; (5) Tommy Gutierrez (SAMO) 21:20.11; (6) Hans Tercek (BH) 21:20.35; (7) Mike Redston (BH) 21:24.25; (8) Ethan Kunin (BH) 21:28.71.

TEAM:  (1) BH 25; (2) SAMO 30.

 

Girls JV:  (5) Sara Hendry (BH) 25:40.23; (7) Genevieve Javidzad 26:07.99.

TEAM:  (1) SAMO 16; (2) BH 45; (3) Culver City 83.

 

Boys JV:  No BH runner in top 10.

TEAM:  (1) SAMO; (2) BH; (3) Culver City

 

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Fastback Shootout 2 Miles @ MT Sac   9-11-2010

Brianna Simmons & Josh Galen Shine in First Meet of the Season

The First Meet of the Season was a warm-up for the Normans running a short 2 mile race at Mt. Sac that saw over 30 high school teams compete.  The races were by grade level and a number of our Beverly runners sat out the race.  The first Ocean League meet will be the first 3 mile meet of the season where our teams will be at full strength.  The highlight of the meet for Beverly was Brianna Simmons in the Girls Junior level race where she took 5th place in a time of 12:31.70.  On the flip side Josh Galen in the Boys Junior race took 11th place in 10:49.20.   In the Boys Senior race Nick Harper took 15th in 11:12.10. In the Boys Sophomore race Chanan Batra took 16th place in 11:24.10.  In the Boys Freshman race Aaron Ross took 19th place in 12:29.00.

 

Result Highlights:

Senior Boys:  Nick Harper 15th 11:12.10; Sam Capagrosso 40th 11:54.50

Junior Boys:  Josh Galen 11th 10:49.20; Andrew Redston 43rd 12:09.30

Sophomore Boys:  Chanan Batra 16th 11:24.10; Eli Flesh 36th 11:52.80

Freshman Boys: Aaron  Ross 19th 12:29.00; Hans Yadisher 35th 13:05.00; Sam Bair 50th 13:26.80

 

Senior Girls:  Erica Hendry 21st 14:13.50

Junior Girls:  Brianna Simmons 5th 12:31.70; Ashley Bootesaz 28th 13:56.20

Sophomore Girls:  Lily Ting 31st 14:18.10; Marissa Rothman 32nd 14:22.60

 

2010 TRACK



2010 TRACK RECAP:

CALIFORNIA STATE TRACK & FIELD MEET @ Buchanan HS June 4-5, 2010

NORMANS MEDAL TWICE @ CALIFORNIA STATE MEET

BOYS 4X100m Relay Takes 5th in STATE

“ROCKY” HEFFLIN in 800m Takes 6th in STATE in School Record 2:11.12

Our Boys 4X100m relay of Kenny Bassett, Julian Sarokin, Trevor Walters & Cameron Countryman took 5th in State in 41.76.  Rocky Hefflin took 6th in the girls 800m finals in a new school record 2:11.12.

 

Normans:   2010 U.S. RANKINGS IN THE TOP 50

Kemi Olonade – Girls Triple Jump– 39-1 (ranked tied for #40 in the U.S.)

 

Boys 4X100m relay of Kenny Bassett, Julian Sarokin, Trevor Walters & Cameron Countryman

41.52 (ranked tied for #40 in U.S.)

 

Girls 1600m Sprint Medley Relay of Asia Williams, Kiarra Brown, Sydney Gray & Rocky Hefflin

4:11.93 (ranked #47 in the U.S.)

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Raquel “Rocky” Hefflin – Girls 800m —2:11.12 (ranked #60 in the U.S.)

2010 RECAP

GOLDEN WEST INVITATIONAL @ Folsom HS June 12, 2010

HIGHLIGHTS FOR BEVERLY RUNNERS:

ROCKY WINS GOLDEN WEST GIRLS 800m in 2:14.41

Freshman Girls Mile: Sydney Segal (3) 5:38.61; Lily Ting (4) 5:38.61 (1600m 5:36.91c)

Freshman Boys Mile: Chanan Batra (3) 4:43.27 (1600m 4:41.77c)

Freshman Boys 400m: Alex Rohani (1) 54.15

Varsity Girls 800m: Raquel Hefflin (1) 2:14.41; Sydney Gray (7) 2:23.18; Brianna Simmons (9) 2:31.76

[TING & BATRA MOVE UP ON ALL TIME LIST FOR 1600m]   PHOTOS ON PHOTO LINK

CALIFORNIA STATE MEET @ Buchanan HS June 4-5, 2010

NORMANS MEDAL TWICE @ CALIFORNIA STATE MEET

BOYS 4X100m Relay Takes 5th in STATE

“ROCKY” HEFFLIN in 800m Takes 6th in STATE in School Record 2:11.12

Just making it to the California State Track & Field Championship Meet is an accomplishment.   The last time Beverly was at the State Meet and won medals was back in 1998 (Note: the top 6 medal in State finals).   In the State prelims our boys 4X100m relay quartet of Kenny Bassett, Julian Sarokin, Trevor Walters and Cameron Countryman took 2nd to eventual final winner Long Beach Poly to qualify for the finals.  In the finals Beverly took 5th in a day that the crosswinds slowed the relay times.   Beverly ran 41.76, and ended the season as the fifth best sprint relay team in the State Finals.  Their 41.52 school record this year is tied for #39 in the U.S.  [It should be noted that Zach Gallagher was our alternate relay runner at State]

Raquel Hefflin was in the loaded Girls 800m field and took 2nd in the prelims in 2:12.17 to Savannah Camacho of Templeton to qualify for the finals that saw all 9 girls under 2:13.00 just to make the finals.   In the finals Hefflin took 6th place for a medal and ran a new school record 2:11.12, breaking the 1981 record set by Barbara Gottlieb of 2:11.64.   Hefflin’s time is #58 in the U.S.

Boys 4X100m Relay State Finals: (1) Long Beach Poly 41.13, (2) Rio Mesa 41.15, (3) Crenshaw 41.34, (4) Rodriguez San Jose 41.40, (5) Beverly Hills 41.76, (6) Grant San Jose 42.05, (7) Notre Dame 42.09, (8) Centennial 42.10, (9) Taft 42.11

Girls 800m State Finals:  (1) Amy Weissenbach-Harvard Westlake 2:07.52, (2) Savannah Camacho-Templeton 2:07.73, (3) Tiffany LaMar-Paramount 2:10.10, (4) Arielle Stevenson-Long Beach Poly 2:10.27, (5) Paisley Pettway-Millikan 2:10.34, (6) Raquel Hefflin-Beverly Hills 2:11.12, (7) Dynasty Gammage-Long Beach Poly 2:11.44, (8) Jaye Buchbinder-Chadwick 2:16.43, (9) Jenna Davis-Valley Christian 2:21.81.

The boys scored 4 points at State to put them in a 8 way tie for 48th in the team scoring.  Hefflin for the girls scored 3 points to put Beverly in a 9 way tie for 56th in the team scoring.

CIF SS MASTERS MEET

A day of high emotions and low emotions.    The day started with our Boys 4X100m Relay team of Kenny Bassett, Julian Sarokin, Trevor Walters and Cameron Countryman taking fourth place in the CIF Masters Meet in a new school record 41.52.  That qualified the team for the CIF STATE Meet.  In 1st was Long Beach Poly (#4 in the U.S.) running 40.78, followed in 2nd by Rio Mesa (#3 in the U.S.) in 40.97, and Notre Dame (#15 in the U.S.) in third in 41.26.  Beverly’s time of 41.52 now ranks them in a tie for #36 in the U.S.  Right now going into State they will be ranked 7th, behind Long Beach Poly, Rio Mesa, Notre Dame, Dorsey (41.01) and Crenshaw (41.13) and Jesuit San Jose (41.49).  Sarokin then was in the fast 100m dash race, where he did not get his usual fast start and finished in 7th place in 10.75—-five hundredth’s of a second from qualifying for the CIF STATE Meet that required a 10.70 clocking.   The next race was the Girls 800m race where Raquel Hefflin came around the first lap in last place, but then slowly she started her move —and in a flurry she finished in 7th place in 2:12.26 to qualify for the CIF STATE meet.  The Girls 800m was considered the most talented field of all the events as 11 of the 12 girls met the State qualifying time of 2:13.96.  That means Hefflin will still have a shot at breaking Beverly’s school record of 2:11.64 at the State Meet.   She is currently ranked #53 in the U.S.   In the triple jump, Kemi Olonade who is ranked #27 in the U.S. with a leap of 39-1, just never got her steps or jumps together the entire competition.  She could only muster a 36-5 1/4 jump which placed her in 11th place, nowhere near her best and was unable to qualify for State.

Awards Banquet:  Jodie Raffi won the Scholar Athlete Award with a 4.33+ GPA.  Julian Sarokin, Kemi Olonade, & Raquel Hefflin won the Outstanding Athletes of the Year, Kenny Bassett and Sydney Gray won MVP,

and Sydney Segal and Lily Ting were Rookies of the Year.  Coach Chuck Kloes was honored for 45 yrs with the track & field program at Beverly.

CIF SS DIVISION ll FINALS:

RAQUEL HEFFLIN 2nd in GIRLS 800m in 2:12.06

KEMI OLONADE 2nd in GIRLS Triple Jump in 37-5 1/2

JULIAN SAROKIN 2nd in Boys 100m in 10.69

BOYS 4X100m Relay 3rd in 42.26

Beverly had 4 qualifications into the CIF SS Division II Finals, and all 4 qualified to the CIF Masters Meet!   Raquel “Rocky” Hefflin took second place in the Girls 800m finals running 2:12.06, behind top ranked Chloe Curtis of Redondo Union HS.  This is her 3rd straight year as All CIF in the 800m.   Teammate Kemi Olonade finished 2nd in the Girls Triple Jump with a leap of 37-5 1/2, behind her arch rival Olympia Jewett of Culver City.  This is her 2nd straight year as All CIF in the triple jump.

Julian Sarokin took 2nd in the Boys 100m in 10.69, behind top ranked Jamison Jordan of Rio Mesa. Sarokin was also part of the Boys 4X100m Relay team with Cameron Countryman, Trevor Walters and Kenny Bassett that took 3rd place behind Rio Mesa HS and Damien HS.  The only other times the boys sprint relay teams made it this far was way back in 1942, 1944, 1945 and 1948.  On May 28, 2010 the CIF Masters will be held at Cerritos College, where the top 5 finishers in each event will automatically qualify for the CIF STATE Meet.  Those that finish 6th through 9th can also qualify for STATE if their performance meets the STATE standard.  All of our Beverly athletes have met the STATE standard, but they need to finish in the top 5 or equal their prior performances that meet the STATE standard to move on to STATE. Beverly has not qualified in any event to STATE since 1998.   The girls garnered 16 points as a team for a tie in 18th place, while the boys had 14 points as a team for a tie in 15th place.

CIF SS DIVISION ll PRELIMS:

BEVERLY HAS 4 QUALIFICATIONS FOR CIF DIVISION II FINALS!

JULIAN SAROKIN WINS PRELIMS IN 100m (#2 overall at CIF) IN SCHOOL RECORD 10.63!

BOYS 4X100m RELAY WINS PRELIMS (#2 overall at CIF) IN SCHOOL RECORD 41.96!

KEMI OLONADE #2 OVERALL AT CIF IN TRIPLE JUMP 38-01/2

RAQUEL HEFFLIN #2 IN PRELIM HEAT – QUALIFIES FOR 800m FINALS 3RD STRAIGHT YEAR IN 2:14.53.

Julian Sarokin won his  Boys 100m heat in a runaway with a new school record 10.63 (a top 5 time in State).  Only top ranked Jamison Jordan of Rio Mesa HS ran faster in 10.50.  However, the showdown won’t be restricted to the dash event, as Rio Mesa’s #1 in State and #2 US ranked 4X100 Relay team won its heat in 41.38, while Beverly’s quartet of Julian Sarokin, Kenny Bassett, Trevor Walters & Cameron Countryman (photo above) won their heat in 41.96 (one of the top times in State), leaving both teams as the only ones breaking the 42.0 barrier.  The 41.96 shattered the Beverly school record of 42.71 set back in 1983.  The girls were not to be outdone. Kemi Olonade qualified for the Girls triple jump for the 2nd straight year (she finished in 4th place last year).  This year at the prelims she finished in 2nd overall to her arch nemesis Olympia Jewett of cross town rival Culver City.  The finals next week will pit the two once again —this time the winner claiming to be the CIF Champion.  Raquel “Rocky” Hefflin still nursing a sore leg finished 2nd in her 800m heat in 2:14.53 to make the finals for her 3rd straight year.  As a sophomore she took 7th in the finals.  Last year she took 5th in the finals.  This her senior year she looks for a top finish.

ALMOST:   Two of our girls just missed making the CIF Finals.  Asia Williams in the long jump and Sydney Gray in the 800m.  Williams took 10th (top 9 make it to the finals) in 16-10 3/4, just 3/4 inch from qualifying!  It was a personal best and #9 all time at Beverly.  She is designated as an alternate, if one of the top 9 girls scratch from the event.  Sydney Gray found herself in the same heat as Rocky Hefflin, and she finished in 4th place in a personal best 2:18.39.  She missed making the finals by 1.37 seconds.   Her time places her #5 all time at Beverly.

OF NOTE:   Sophomore Brianna Simmons took a respectable 5th place in her heat of the 800m in a personal best 2:21.39.  That is #8 all time varsity and #4 all time on the frosh soph list at Beverly.   What can you say about freshman sensation Sydney Segal.  She might not have placed high at the prelims, but she ran very impressive times for a freshman.  In the 1600m her time of 5:25.36 is #9 all time on the varsity list and is #3 all time on the frosh soph list at Beverly.  If that was not enough, she also ran the 3200m in 11:50.30, which is #4 all time on varsity, and #2 all time on the frosh soph list for the event at Beverly.

BEVERLY HAS 4 QUALIFICATIONS FOR CIF DIVISION II FINALS!

JULIAN SAROKIN WINS PRELIMS IN 100m (#2 overall at CIF) IN SCHOOL RECORD 10.63!

BOYS 4X100m RELAY WINS PRELIMS (#2 overall at CIF) IN SCHOOL RECORD 41.96!

KEMI OLONADE #2 OVERALL AT CIF IN TRIPLE JUMP 38-01/2

RAQUEL HEFFLIN #2 IN PRELIM HEAT – QUALIFIES FOR 800m FINALS 3RD STRAIGHT YEAR IN 2:14.53.

Julian Sarokin won his  Boys 100m heat in a runaway with a new school record 10.63 (a top 5 time in State).  Only top ranked Jamison Jordan of Rio Mesa HS ran faster in 10.50.  However, the showdown won’t be restricted to the dash event, as Rio Mesa’s #1 in State and #2 US ranked 4X100 Relay team won its heat in 41.38, while Beverly’s quartet of Julian Sarokin, Kenny Bassett, Trevor Walters & Cameron Countryman (photo above) won their heat in 41.96 (one of the top times in State), leaving both teams as the only ones breaking the 42.0 barrier.  The 41.96 shattered the Beverly school record of 42.71 set back in 1983.  The girls were not to be outdone. Kemi Olonade qualified for the Girls triple jump for the 2nd straight year (she finished in 4th place last year).  This year at the prelims she finished in 2nd overall to her arch nemesis Olympia Jewett of cross town rival Culver City.  The finals next week will pit the two once again —this time the winner claiming to be the CIF Champion.  Raquel “Rocky” Hefflin still nursing a sore leg finished 2nd in her 800m heat in 2:14.53 to make the finals for her 3rd straight year.  As a sophomore she took 7th in the finals.  Last year she took 5th in the finals.  This her senior year she looks for a top finish.

ALMOST:   Two of our girls just missed making the CIF Finals.  Asia Williams in the long jump and Sydney Gray in the 800m.  Williams took 10th (top 9 make it to the finals) in 16-10 3/4, just 1/2 inch from qualifying!  It was a personal best and #9 all time at Beverly.  She is designated as an alternate, if one of the top 9 girls scratch from the event.  Sydney Gray found herself in the same heat as Rocky Hefflin, and she finished in 4th place in a personal best 2:18.39.  She missed making the finals by 1.38 seconds.   Her time places her #5 all time at Beverly.

OF NOTE:   Sophomore Brianna Simmons took a respectable 5th place in her heat of the 800m in a personal best 2:21.39.  That is #8 all time varsity and #4 all time on the frosh soph list at Beverly.   What can you say about freshman sensation Sydney Segal.  She might not have placed high at the prelims, but she ran very impressive times for a freshman.  In the 1600m her time of 5:25.36 is #9 all time on the varsity list and is #3 all time on the frosh soph list at Beverly.  If that was not enough, she also ran the 3200m in 11:50.30, which is #4 all time on varsity, and #2 all time on the frosh soph list for the event at Beverly.

OCEAN LEAGUE FINALS @ CULVER CITY HS    MAY 3 & 6, 2010

VARSITY GIRLS: 18 CIF Qualifications, 9 League Champions, 24 All League

VARSITY BOYS: 10 CIF Qualifications, 5 League Champions, 14 All League

Frosh Soph Boys: 6 League Champions, 17 All League

Frosh Soph Girls: 4 League Champions, 9 All League

League Champion is a 1st place finish; All League is a top 3 finish.  Varsity 1st place is an automatic qualification to the CIF Prelims; while 2nd and 3rd place qualify for CIF if the performance meets the CIF standard.  Here are the League results for Beverly athletes and CIF Qualifiers:

GIRLS VARSITY:

100m:  Asia Williams (2nd) 12.76 (CIF Qualifier)

400m:  Briana Prince (1st) 60.80 (CIF Qualifier), Kiarra Brown (2nd) 61.61 (CIF Qualifier)

800m: Raquel Hefflin (1st) 2:18.25 (CIF Qualifier), Sydney Gray (2nd) 2:22.16 (CIF Qualifier),

Brianna Simmons (3rd) 2:22.53 (CIF Qualifier)

1600m:  Sydney Segal (1st) 5:33.15 (CIF Qualifier)

3200m:  Sydney Segal (1st) 12:05.80 (CIF Qualifier), Gitla Shooster (3rd) 12:31.50 (CIF Qualifier)

100H: Kemi Olonade (2nd) 16.61 (CIF Qualifier), Jody Raffi (3rd) 18.97

LJ:  Kemi Olonade (1st) 16-7 (CIF Qualifier), Asia Williams (2nd) 16-3 (CIF Qualifier),

Dejah McCoy (3rd) 15-1

TJ:  Kemi Olonade (2nd) 37-10 (CIF Qualifier), Dejah McCoy (3rd) 31-3 1/2

HJ:  Chelsea Austin (1st) 4-8 (CIF Qualifier), Brianna Prince (tie 3rd) 4-2,

Danielle Gershan (tie 3rd) 4-2

PV:  Melina Nasib (1st) 6-8 (CIF Qualifier)

SP:  Ariana Luster (3rd) 24-8

Discus: Ariana Luster (1st) 84-10 (CIF Qualifier)

400R: Asia Williams, Kiarra Brown, Dejah McCoy & Briana Prince (2nd) 51.17 (CIF Qualifier)

1600R: Sydney Gray, Brianna Simmons, Raquel Hefflin & Briana Prince (1st) 4:05.61

(CIF Qualifier)

BOYS VARSITY:

100m: Julian Sarokin (1st) 10.85 (CIF Qualifier), Kenny Bassett (2nd) 11.24 (CIF Qualifier),

Cameron Countryman (3rd) 11.25 (CIF Qualifier)

800m: Nick Harper (3rd) 2:05.45

1600m: Josh Galen (2nd) 4:43.65

3200m: Josh Galen (3rd) 10:46.99

110H: Donovan Dickens (1st) 15.50 (CIF Qualifier), Marcus Silberger (2nd) 15.53 (CIF Qualifier)

300H: Donovan Dickens (1st) 41.64 (CIF Qualifier), Martin Cadres (2nd) 41.86 (CIF Qualifier)

HJ: Willie Green 6-0 (1st) (CIF Qualifier), Brandon Hale (3rd) 5-8

400R: Julian Sarokin, Kenny Bassett, Cameron Countryman & Trevor Walters (1st) 42.91

(CIF Qualifier

1600R:  Zach Gallagher, Martin Cadres, Cameron Countryman & Kenny Bassett (3rd) 3:29.95

(CIF Qualifier)

BOYS FROSH SOPH:

100m: Ariel Nasib (2nd) 11.78

200m: Ariel Nasib (2nd) 23.96, Joel Steinberg (3rd) 24.04

400m: Joel Steinberg (1st) 52.95

800m: Alexander Rohani (1st) 2:06.87, Chanan Batra (2nd) 2:07.85

1600m: Chanan Batra (1st) 4:47.20, Alexander Rohani (3rd) 4:53.42

110H: Matt Spector (3rd) 17.72

PV: Vincent Brock (2nd) 7-0, Joel Yadidian (3rd) 6-0

SP: Jeraud Williams (1st) 42-9 1/2

Discus: Jeraud Williams (1st) 110-3, Eric Shingarev (2nd) 103-5

400R: Ariel Nasib, Vincent Brock, Matt Spector & Joel Steinberg (2nd) 45.79

1600R: Frank Brown, Alexander Rohani, Chanan Batra & Joel Steinberg (1st) 3:39.40

GIRLS FROSH SOPH:

800m:  Lily Ting (1st) 2:28.06

1600m:  Lilly Ting (1st) 5:44.02, Jessica Roberts (3rd) 6:12.60

3200m: Marissa Rothman (1st) 13:34.02, Jessica Roberts (2nd) 13:43.21

100H: Liza Raffi (1st) 18.35

HJ: Skyler Dubelko (2nd) 4-4

PV: Zhaklya Bangura (2nd) 6-6

1600R: Vanessa Torres, Justice Jones, Monica Salandra & Lilly Ting (2nd) 4:24.08

BEVERLY All Time List: Changes for Summer 2009 and 2010

[These changes will be incorporated at the end of the season]

100m: BVar: J. Sarokin 10.63 (#1) school record, C. Countryman 11.04h (tie #7), K. Bassett 11.04h (tie #7); GVar: A. Williams 12.64h (tie # 9), K. Brown 13.04h (tie #24), V. Torres 13.14h (tie #31); BFS: C. Countryman 11.04h (tie #2), A. Nasib 11.24h (tie #5); GFS: V. Torres 13.14h (tie #16).

200m: BVar: J. Sarokin 22.24h (tie #8); GVar: K. Brown 26.04h (tie #9), A. Williams 27.04h (tie #31); BFS C. Countryman 23.01 (#5); A. Nasib 23.64h (tie #12), J. Steinberg 23.84h (tie #24); GFS: V. Torres 27.54h (tie #16).

400m:  GVar: R. Hefflin 60.44h (#18); BVar: M. Conti 50.94h (tie #29); BFS: J. Steinberg 52.84h (tie #9), C. Countryman 53.74 (#15), W. Green 53.74h (tie #15).  GFS: L. Ting 62.91 (#15)

800m: GVar: R. Hefflin 2:12.06 (#3); S. Gray 2:18.39 (#5), B. Simmons 2:21.39 (#8), B. Prince 2:23.6 (#11), L. Ting 2:28.06 (#20), M. Wells 2:30.90 (#28), S. Segal 2:31.10 (#31), G. Shooster 2:33.70 (#38); GFS B. Simmons 2:21.39 (#4); L. Ting 2:28.06 (#11), S. Segal 2:31.10 (# 17), BFS: A. Rohani 2:06.87 (#7), C. Batra 2:07.85 (tie #15)

1600m: GVar: R. Hefflin 5:25.00 (#8); S. Segal 5:25.36 (#9), B. Simmons 5:33.80 (#14); L. Ting 5:44.02 (#26), Gitla Shooster 5:44.25 (#27); GFS: S. Segal 5:25.36 (#3) B. Simmons 5:33.80 (#6); L. Ting 5:44.02 (#15); BFS: J. Galen 4:43.65 (#13), C. Batra 4:47.20 (#20)

3200m: GVar: S. Segal 11:50.30 (#4); R. Hefflin 12:08.00 (#10); S. Gray 12:12.30 (tie #14); G. Shooster 12:22.03 (#17); GFS: S. Segal 11:50.30 (#2)

110/100H: GVar: K. Olonade 16.18 (#10); L. Raffi 17.64h (tie #29), F. Faith 17.94h (#35); GFS: L. Raffi 17.64h (#12); F. France 17.94h (tie #15); BVar: D. Dickens 15.24 (tie#14), M. Silberger 15.44h (#22).

300mH: M. Cadres 41.64h (tie #25); D. Dickens 41.64 (tie #25); GFS: F. Faith 54.54h (#29).

HJ: BVar: W. Green 6‘2” (tie #16); BFS: W. Green 6’2” (tie #4); GVar: C. Austin 4-8 (tie # 20); GFS S. Dubelko 4-6 (tie #15)

LJ: GVar: K. Olonade 17-3 (tie #5); D. McCoy 17-3 (tie #5), A. Williams 16-10 3/4(#9); BVar: K. Bassett 21-0 (tie #28).

TJ: GVar: K. Olonade 39-1 (#1) school record

SP: BVar: C. Meshkaty 52-5 1/2 (#7); J. Jackson 50-7 (#15); BFS: J. Jackson 50-7 (#2).

Discus: BVar: C. Meshkaty 135-2 (#11), J. Williams 110-3 (#31), J. Jackson 110-2 (#32), E. Shingarev 103-5 (#33); GVar: A. Luster 84-10 (#9); T. McBride 64-8 (tie #25); BFS: J. Williams 110-3 (#7), J. Jackson 110-2 (#8), E. Shingarev 103-5 (#16); GFS: E. Akilu 55-5 (#18), M. Nasib 50-3 (#26)

PV: GVar: M. Nasib 8-0 (tie #1) school record, Z. Bangura 6-6 (tie #10); GFS: M. Nasib 8-0 (#1) school record,

Z. Bangura 6-6 (tie #4)

4X100m: BVar. J. Sarokin, C. Countryman, K. Bassett & T. Walters 41.96 (#1) school record; GVar. A. Williams, D. McCoy, B. Prince & K. Brown 50.09 (#16); BFS: F. Brown, W. Green, M. Spector & A. Nasib 45.14h (tie #4); GFS: J. Jones, M. Salandra, S. Beck & V. Torres 53.59 (#6)

4X200m: BVar: K. Bassett, T. Walters, M. Conti & J. Sarokian 1:28.41 (#1) school record

4X400m: GVar. S. Gray, R. Hefflin, K. Brown & B. SImmons 3:57.93 (#7); BVar: Z. Gallagher, C. Countryman, K. Bassett & M. Conti 3:24.3 (#12); BFS: W. Green, J. Steinberg, A. Rohani & C. Batra 3:39.40 (#7);

GFS: V. Torres, J. Jones, M. Salandra & Lilly Ting 4:24.08 (#3)

4X800m: B. Prince, B. Simmons, L. Ting & S. Gray 9:47.81 (#1) school record; GFS: L. Ting, S. Segal, J. Robert & A. Bootesaz 11:01.17 (#5)

4X1600m: GVar: R. Hefflin, S. Gray, B. Simmons & G. Shooster 22:52.20 (#1) school record

Distance Medley: BVar: J. Galen, M. Conti, N. Harper, & A. Hatcher 11:45.18 (#10)

Sprint Medley: GVar: A. Williams, K. Brown, S. Gray & R. Hefflin 4:11.93 (#1) school record

BHHS v. HAWTHORNE @ BHHS April 29, 2010     HANDHELD TIMES

NOW IT IS OFFICIAL: NORMANS WIN LEAGUE

CHAMPIONSHIP AT ALL DIVISIONS

By defeating Hawthorne—- Beverly’s Varsity Girls and Boys and the Frosh Soph Girls and Boys were undefeated in league and win the Ocean League Championship in all divisions.   The highlight of the meet was in the sprints as Texas winds prevailed.   Asia Williams won the Girls Varsity 100m in 12.4.  Julian Sarokin won the Boys Varsity 100m in 10.7.  Trevor Walters won the Boys Varsity 200m in 22.9, while Briana Prince won the Girls Varsity 200m in 27.0.  Ariel Nasib won the Boys FS 100m in 11.0 and 200m in 23.4 (Joel Steinberg was 2nd in both events in 11.4 and 23.6).  Vanessa Torres won the Girls FS 100m in 12.9 and 200m in 27.3.   Sydney Gray won the girls varsity 400m in 61.9.  In the field events Camyar Meshkaty won the discus in 135-2 with Julian Jackson in 2nd in 110-0.  Willie Green won the high jump in 6-0.  Kenny Bassett surprised everyone in winning the Boys Varsity long jump in 21-0.

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BHHS v. Culver City Dual Meet -April 22, 2010

IT CAME DOWN TO LAST EVENT, BUT………….

BEVERLY WINS OCEAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP

Both Beverly and Culver City came in as the only two teams in league to be undefeated.   The meet progressed where both the boys and girls varsity were neck and neck with the score.  With only two events, the 3200m and 4X400 relays left, something had to give.  The girls needed to sweep 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the 3200m in order to assure themselves at least a tie for the league championship if they were to lose the relay.  The boys needed a 1st and 2nd place finish in the 3200m to assure themselves at least a tie for the league championship if they were to lose the relay.  The girls team scrambled as they only had two varsity runners in the 3200m race, Gitla Shooster and Danielle Vinoles.  So Sydney Gray who had already won the 800m and 1600m and was to run in the 4X400 relay jumped in to secure third place for the sweep needed.  In the boys 3200m Josh Galen took 1st and it appeared Culver’s runner was assured 2nd place, but out of nowhere in the final 160 meters Nick Harper came to secure the 2nd place needed.  So it all came down to the 4X400 relays.  The girls team with Dejah McCoy, Sydney Gray (just having finished the 3200m run), Brianna Simmons and Briana Prince battled Culver lap after lap, with Prince holding off Culver City at the finish line to claim the league championship outright.  Then it was the boys turn, with Zach Gallagher, Cameron Countryman, Kenny Bassett and Mario Conti.  In a repeat of the girls race, Culver and Beverly runners were stride for stride and Conti on the anchor leg held off Culver, securing victory and the league championship.   Final scores for the varsity boys and girls were identical 73-63 over Culver.  Our Boys frosh soph won the league championship easily 107-20 as did the girls frosh-soph 86-23.

It should be noted that the girls varsity were missing Raquel Hefflin and Kiarra Brown, while the boys were missing Parsa Peykar and Trevor Walters.

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MEET:     BOYS:  There were a number of performances that stood out.  The boys varsity 100m was swept by Beverly with Julian Sarokin taking 1st in 10.6 and Cameron Countryman in 2nd and Kenny Bassett in third both at 10.8.  Mario Conti took 2nd in the 400m in 50.8 an excellent time.  Donovan Dickens ran a personal best in the 110mH in 15.0, as did Marcus Silberger in 2nd in 15.2. The boys 4X400m relay ran an excellent 3:24.3.   Josh Galen won the 3200m in 10:47.30.  On the frosh soph side, Willie Green continues his jumping through the roof as he took 1st in the high jump in 6-2.  He also took 2nd in the 400m in 53.6, while Joel Steinberg won in 52.9.  Ariel Nasib won the 100m in 11.5.  Jeraud Williams won the shot put in 42-9 1/2 and the discus in 103-0.

GIRLS:  On the Varsity side Asia Williams won the 100m in 12.5.  Kemi Olonade won the triple jump in 36-3 and 2nd in the long jump at 16-2.  Sydney Gray won the 800m in 2:26.0 and 1600m in 5:33.7.  Brianna Simmons was in 2nd place behind Gray in both events in 2:26.3 and 5:33.8.   Marissa Wells ran 3rd in the 800m in 2:30.9.    On the girls frosh soph Sidney Segal ran a great 1600m winning in 5:48.1.  Lilly Ting won the 400m in 63.1 and the 800m in 2:33.1.   Vanessa Torres won both the 100m and 200m in 13.2 and 28.3 respectively.  Faith France took 2nd in the 300mH in a personal best 54.4.

MT SAC RELAYS  April 16-17, 2010

ITS ALL KEMISTRY AS OLONADE TAKES 1ST IN TRIPLE JUMP -  39-1 !!!!

Kemi Olonade once again destroyed her own school record in the girls triple jump leaping 39-1, taking 1st place in the invitational triple jump at MT SAC, and moved up to the #4 ranked legal jump in State and places her in the top 20 in the U.S.  She also took second place in the long jump at 16-11 1/4.

The girls 800m race which had many of the top 800m runners in State, saw Sydney Gray take 14th place in a fast 2:18.88 (becoming only the 5th girl @ Beverly to break the 2:20 barrier).  The girls 4X800m relay of Briana Prince (2:28.80), Sydney Gray (2:23.83), Lilly Ting (2:29.78) & Brianna Simmons (2:25.40) broke the school record for the third time this year running 9:47.81 without star 800m runner Rocky Hefflin.  The girls 4X100 relay saw Asia Williams bolt out with a fast first leg to take the lead, with Briana Prince and Dejah McCoy keeping the lead, and Kiarra Brown at the anchor leg stretched the lead over the pack to finish in 1st place in 50.09, a season’s best.  With some competition they will more than likely run under 50 seconds.

Boys win 4X200 Relay @ MT SAC and nearly break school record in 4X100

The boys in the 4X200 relay (Zach Gallagher, Cameron Countryman, Kenny Bassett & Julian Sarokin) in their seeded heat had very little competition and won easily in 1:30.67, third overall in the seeded heats.  The boys team in the 4X100m with Cameron Countryman, Kenny Bassett and Julian Sarokin building a lead into the last leg where Parsa Peykar was in the lead with 10 meters to go when he pulled his hamstring as 3 teams passed Beverly and the relay team finished in 4th in 43.33.  The winner Redlands ran 42.79, and it appeared the team would have run close to the school record of 42.71 had Peykar not pulled.  However, there will be other chances this season to go for the school record.

Julian Sarokin took 5th in the 200m invitational running a personal best 22.24 and moves him up to a tie for #8 all time at Beverly for the event.

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Beverly v. Inglewood Dual Meet @ Inglewood HS – March15, 2010     BEVERLY REMAINS UNDEFEATED IN LEAGUE IN WIN OVER INGLEWOOD HANDHELD TIMES         In all divisions Beverly defeated Inglewood HS —remaining undefeated in league.  Many of our distance runners did not compete saving themselves for the MT SAC relays.  However, there were some highlights that should be noted –particularly from the sprinters.  Julian Sarokin won the boys 100m in 10.6 (a 10.84 converted electronic time) that moves him to a tie for #3 all time at Beverly with teammate Trevor Walters.  Kiarra Brown ran away with the girls 200m in a very fast 25.8.  Asia Williams won the girls 100m in 12.6.   Donovan Dickens won the boys 110m hurdles in 15.3 and the 300m hurdles in 43.32.  Willie Green took first in the boys frosh soph high jump in 6-1 and won the 400m in 54.0.  Zach Gallagher won the varsity boys 400m in 51.97 and took 2nd in the 200m in 22.9; while Kenny Bassett won the 200m in 22.7.  Julian Jackson won the boys shot put in 48-4.  C. Batra won the boys frosh soph 800m in 2:08.80.   Freshman Sidney Segal won the girls 800m in 2:31.1, while Marissa Wells ran 2:32.4.

Arcadia Invite April 9-10, 2010

GIRLS DYNAMIC DUO “ROCKY” HEFFLIN & KEMI OLONADE

Hefflin runs 2:13.37 in 800m – #7 in State, #14 in U.S.

Olonade triple jumps 38-4 1/2 – #6 in State, #31 in U.S. (school record)

BOYS 4X200m sets school record in 1:28.41 – #8 in State, #30 in U.S.

FRIDAY THE FIRST DAY

The renowned Arcadia Invite brings the best U.S. and foreign high school athletes for a 2 day meet.  After last weeks Texas Relays, and races across the country, our rankings appeared to diminish.  Then on Friday the first day of the Arcadia meet our star runner Raquel Hefflin did not run in any of the relays due to a sore leg.  That left Sydney Gray (800m leg in 2:22.75), Kiarra Brown (400m leg in 60.80), Asia Williams and Dejah McCoy each running the 200m legs to step up to the task.  They took 6th place in the invitational 1600m Sprint Medley in 4:18.30, respectable but off our best time of 4:11.93, where our ranking is now #6 in State and #24 in the U.S.  The absence of Hefflin and Brianna Simmons also left Sydney Gray, Briana Prince, Lilly Ting and Gitla Shooster to run the 4X800m relay without two of our best 800m runners, but they still managed to break the school record running 9:52.52 behind Sydney Gray’s 2:21.67 (#8 all time at Beverly).  However, the Friday highlight was the boys 4X200m relay of Kenny Bassett, Trevor Walters, Mario Conti & Julian Sarokin who demolished the school’s 49 year old record of 1:30.30 set in 1961 —by running 1:28.41 taking 3rd in the seeded race, which time is #8 in the State and #30 in the U.S.

SATURDAY THE SECOND DAY

What can you say about Beverly’s dynamic duo of Raquel Hefflin and Kemi Olonade. The day started with Olonade taking first in the open triple jump leaping a new school record of 38-4 1/2.

That is #6 in State and #31 in the U.S.  Not to be outdone, Hefflin who was out on Friday due to a sore leg, then in the seeded 800m race came from the back of the pack, made a late move, passing everyone but Tiffany Lamar of Paramount, losing by a few tenths of a second running a personal best 2:13.37— #7 in State and #14 in the U.S.  (incredibly she is only #3 all time at Beverly but challenging Beverly’s past All Americans Cynthia Warner (1977) at 2:11.80 and school record holder Barbara Gottlieb (1981) at 2:11.64).  In other events we did not fair as well, as our Girls 4X400m relay took 5th in their heat and 18th overall in a time of 4:05.32—off our best this year of 3:57.93—which now is #12 in the State and #66 in the U.S.   Our Girls 4X100m relay ran a 51.08, off their best mark this year of 50.44.  Camyar Meshkaty had an off day in the boys shot put at 43-5 1/2.

Santa Monica v. Beverly Hills @ BHHS 3/25/10

NORMANS DEFEAT VIKINGS IN BATTLE FOR OCEAN SUPREMACY

NASIB SETS SCHOOL RECORDS IN GIRLS POLE VAULT

HEFFLIN WINS 400m, 800m, 1600m & anchors 4X400m Relay to Victory

Beverly’s cross-town rival Santa Monica came to Beverly’s track for what was expected to be the battle for the 2010 Ocean League title.  Beverly’s varsity girls won 93-37, the varsity boys won 77-66, the girls frosh-soph won 73-49 and the boys frosh-soph won 79-44.  All that stands in the way to an Ocean League championship is Culver City on April 22, 2010.  Sophomore Melina Nasib won the girls varsity pole vault at 8-0 which ties the varsity school record set by Mia Levine in 1996 and is the new frosh-soph record for the event—-marking the first time that an underclassman’s frosh soph school record is also the varsity school record.

VARSITY GIRLS:  Raquel Hefflin won the 400m in 60.3, the 800m in 2:21.5, the 1600m in 5:27.1 and anchored the 4X400m relay to victory in 4:08.2.  Sydney Gray won the 3200m in 12:28.1, took 2nd in the 1600m in 5:35.7 and was on the 4X400m relay victory.  Briana Prince ran an excellent 800m in 2nd in 2:23.6.  Asia Williams won the 100m in 12.6, with Kiarra Brown in 3rd in 12.9.  Brown took 2nd in the 200m in 26.5 with Williams 3rd in 27.4.  Kemi Olonade won the long jump in 15-9, the triple jump in 35-7 and 100mH in 16.8.  The girls varsity 4X100m relay of Asia Williams, Dejah McCoy, Briana Prince & Kiarra Brown won in a season best 50.3.  Dolly Ameral won the 300mH in 54.0.  Taylor McBride won the discus in 64-8.

BOYS VARSITY:  Beverly swept the 100m and 200m.  In the 100m Cameron Countryman won in 11.0, followed by Kenny Bassett in 11.2 and Parson Peykar in 11.4.  Julian Sarokin won the 200m in 22.7, followed by Countryman in 2nd in 23.3 and Peykar in 3rd in 23.8.  Mario Conti won the 400m in 51.5.  Ali Hatcher won the 3200m in 10:33.5 and took a close 2nd in the 1600m in 4:47.1. Donovan Dickens won the 110mH in 15.5 with Marcus Silberger in 2nd in 15.6.  In the 300mH  Martin Cadres won in 41.5, Dickens was in 2nd in 41.7 and Daniel Bradbury in 42.6.  Brandon Hale won the long jump in 20-0.  Willie Green won the high jump in 5-10.  The boys shot put saw 3 performers over 50-0!  State ranked Joe Daou of SAMO won in 56-0, with Camyar Meshkaty in 2nd in 51-10 and Julian Jackson in 3rd in 50-7.  The boys 4X400m relay ran away with victory.

GIRLS FS:  Sydney Segal won the 800m in 2:40.5, the 1600m in 6:01.8 and the 3200m in 13.19.6 (a triple only achieved one other time by a freshman —our current varsity runner Sydney Gray when she took the league titles in all 3 events in 2008).   Liza Raffi took 1st in the 100m H in 17.4, with Faith France in 2nd in 17.7.  Lily Ting took 2nd in both the 400m in 63.0 and in the 800m in 2:41.2. Jessica Roberts took 2nd in both the 1600m in 6:07.2 and in the 3200m in 13:47.8.   B. Zhaki won the pole vault in 6-6.  Ariel Kimura won the shot put in 18-1 1/2.

BOYS FS:  Joel Steinberg won the 400m in 52.7.  Alex Rohani won the 800m in 2:09.5 followed by Chanan Batra in 2:09.8.   Frank Brown won the 110mH in 18.3 and the 300mH in 45.4.  Jeraud Williams won the shot put in 42-1.

CULVER CITY RELAYS – BIG DAY FOR NORMANS!  MARCH 20, 2010 @ CULVER CITY HS

GIRLS VARSITY 1600m SPRINT MEDLEY RELAY WINS – SETS SCHOOL RECORD & RANKED #1 IN STATE 4:11.93 & #4 IN THE U.S.

GIRLS VARSITY 4X400m 3:57.93 – #7 in STATE

GIRLS VARSITY 4X800m- SCHOOL RECORD 9:52.60-TOP 15 IN STATE

BOYS VARSITY 4X200m 1:30.43- #9 IN STATE

All the results are in and it is now official that four of our relay teams are in the top 15 rankings in State.  The Girls 1600m Sprint Medley Relay of Asia Williams, Kiarra Brown, Sydney Gray and Raquel Hefflin (800m split of 2:16.46) set a new school record of 4:11.93, which is the #1 time in the State of California ahead of Long Beach Wilson! That also puts them at #4 in the nation!  WOW!  Hefflin in the 800m is ranked #5 in State.  Then Raquel Hefflin, Sydney Gray, Kiarra Brown and Brianna Simmons took 2nd in the 4X400m Relay to powerhouse St. Mary’s– clocking a time of 3:57.93, which is #7 all time at Beverly and is #7 in the State of California.  Then Sydney Gray, Raquel Hefflin, Brianna Simmons and Briana Prince in the 4X800m relay won by over 45 seconds in a new school record 9:52.60, which is in the top 15 in the State of California.  Not to be outdone the boys varsity quartet of Kenny Bassett, Trevor Walters, Mario Conti and Julian Sarokin in the boys 4X200m relay were battling Diamond Ranch to the finish, as the team won in 1:30.43 to 1:31.41.  Their time just missed the school record of 1:30.30 by .13 of a second, but their time is #9 in the State of California.  These 4 relays seemed to overshadow some of Beverly’s other performances.  Julian Sarokin won the boys varsity 100m in 11.02 (#6 all time at Beverly).  Camyar Meshkaty won the shot put in 52-0 and took 2nd in the discus in 117-9.  Julian Jackson as a sophomore surprised everyone taking 3rd in the varsity shot put in 49-8 1/2 to make the Varsity all time list at #24, but more importantly it is #3 all time on the Frosh-Soph list!  Then in various relays the girls 800m times were sensational:  Rocky Hefflin ran 2:16.45 and 2:23.35, Brianna Simmons ran 2:27.00, Sydney Gray ran 2:28.54, Lily Ting ran 2:32.15 as a freshman, Briana Prince ran 2:32.58 and Marissa Wells ran 2:36.49.  Then Donovan Dickens took 3rd in the 110mH in a personal best 15.52, and Martin Cadres took 4th in the 300mH in 45.94, while Frank Brown took 4th in the FS 300mH in 45.45. The girls varsity 4X100m team of Asia Williams, Dejah McCoy, Briana Prince and Kiarra Brown took 5th in their best time of the year 50.91.  Kemi Olonade took 2nd in the girls varsity triple jump in 35-9 1/2 and 4th in the long jump in 15-9. Liza Raffi won the girls frosh soph 100mH in 17.86.  That moved her into #32 all time on the varsity and #14 all time on the frosh-soph.  More unusual is that this may be the first time we have 3 members of the same family on a varsity all time list at the school—as she joins her sisters Tara and Jodi.   Ariel Nasib took 3rd in the boys frosh-soph 100m in 11.89.  The boys frosh-soph 4X100m took 3rd in 46.43.  The boys frosh-soph 4X400m took 2nd in 3:46.64 with a good leg by W. Green who also took 2nd in the high jump in 5-8. Freshman Skyler Dubeko high jumped 4-6.

BEVERLY ROMPS IN FIRST LEAGUE MEET AGAINST MORNINGSIDE

Meshkaty Shot Puts 52-5 1/2; Olonode TJ 37-0, Boys 4X100m runs 42.9

MARCH 18, 2010 @ BHHS

In the first ocean league meet of the season against Morningside, the boys varsity won 116-19, the girls varsity won 100-4, the boys frosh-soph won 103-23 and the girls frosh-soph won 91-19.   The highlight of the meet was Camyar Meshkaty winning the shot put in 52-5 1/2 (#7 all time at Beverly), as he also took 1st in the discus in 116-0.   Kemi Olonade triple jumped 37-0 for 1st place and won the long jump in 16-10 and won the 100mH in 16.0.  The boys varsity 4X100m relay of Julian Sarokin, Cameron Countryman, Parson Peykar & Mario Conti ran an excellent 42.9.   Kiarra Brown won the girls varsity 100m/200m double in 12.8 and 26.9.  Donovan Dickens ran away with the 110mH in a fast 15.3 and also took 1st in the 300mH in 42.5.   Other highlights were Soph Cameron Countryman winning the boys 100m in 11.1, with Kenny Bassett making his debut return to the team taking 2nd in 11.3.  Mario Conti took 2nd in the boys 200m in 23.1.  Zach Gallagher took 2nd in the boys 400m in 52.7.  Sydney Gray took the girls 400m in 63.1.  Soph Josh Galen took the boys 800m in 2:10.2.  Gitla Shooster won the girls 3200m in 12:46.4. Melina Nasib won the girls pole vault in 6-6.

RAQUEL “ROCKY” HEFFLIN WINS IRVINE INVITE 800m in 2:16.74!

Olonade takes 2nd in Triple Jump; Sarokin takes 3rd in 100m; Meshkaty 5th in Shot Put

March 13, 2010 @ Irvine HS

Billed as one of the prestigious meets of the year, the Irvine Invite gathered many of the best track and field athletes in southern California.  Unfortunately, the headwinds effected the performances especially the sprints and hurdles.  Despite those conditions, state ranked “Rocky” Hefflin ran a spectacular 800m in 2:16.74 against a stellar field.  She looks poised to take on the school record of 2:11.64 set in 1981 by Barbara Gottlieb.  Our other state ranked athlete Kemi Olonade took 2nd in the girls varsity triple jump in 36-3, but barely fouled on jump that soared over 38 feet.  She also finished 9th in the girls 110mH in 17.15.  Julian Sarokin continues to show his speed taking 3rd in the boys varsity 100m in 11.32.   Camyar Meshkaty took 5th in the boys varsity shot put in 51-8 1/2.

Other varsity performances of note:   Kiarra Brown took 1st and 2nd in her heats of the 100m and 200m respectively in 13.37 and 27.34.  Briana Prince ran 62.32 in the 400m.  Gitla Shooster ran 5:44.25 and 12:22.03 for the girls 1600m/3200m double.  Ali Hatcher ran 4:51.41 and 10:22.84 for the boys 1600m/3200m double.  Soph Josh Galen ran 4:57.49 in the boys 1600m.  Daniel Bradbury ran 43.88 in the boys 300mH.  Dejah McCoy and Asia Williams jumped 15-6 and 15-0 respectively for the girls long jump.  Julian Jackson threw the boys shot put 47-0.  In the boys 400m Cameron Countryman ran 53.79 and Joel Steinberg ran 53.99.  In the relays, the girls and boys 4X100m relays both took 7th place. The girls team of Asia Williams, Dejah McCoy, Briana Prince and Kiarra Brown ran 51.11.  The boys team of Julian Sarokin, Cameron Countryman, Parson Peykar and Joel Steinberg ran 44.28.  The girls 4X400m team of Briana Prince, Raquel Hefflin, Kiarra Brown and Brianna Simmons ran 4:12.46 to take 7th place.

frosh-soph highlights:  Brianna Simmons in the girls 800m took 6th place in 2:30.11, while Lilly Ting ran 2:36.74.  Sydney Segal won her girls 1600m heat in 5:53.84. Chanan Batra took 1st in his heat of the 800m in 2:10.93.

BEVERLY LOSES TO MIRA COSTA; BUT GIRLS VARSITY PUTS UP STRONG BATTLE

March 11, 2010 @ BHHS

One of the strongest teams in the southland Mira Costa defeated Beverly at all levels handily, but the girls varsity team performed well losing by a score of 72-57.

Highlights:   Rocky Hefflin led the way by taking the 1600m in 5:25.00, with Brianna Simmons in 2nd at 5:34.00.  Sydney Gray took the 400m in 61.8  and third in the 3200m in 12:12.30.  Kiarra Brown ran an excellent 100m/200m double in 12.9 and 26.7 barely losing to Mira Costa’s Ashlee Dotson.  Asia Williams was 3rd in the 100m in 12.9.  Briana Prince won the 800m in her first time running the race in 2:33.7.  Kemi Olonade took 1st in both the long jump and triple jump and took 2nd in the 100mH in 16.2.  On the boys varsity—Julian Sarokin once again won the double sprints of 100m/200m in 11.0 and an excellent 22.1.  Mario Conti ran a personal best 400m in 51.2.  In the hurdles Donovan Dickens took 2nd the 110mH/300mH double in a fine 15.3 and 42.7 running with winner Michael Koger, Mira Costa’s top ranked hurdler.  Camyar Meshkaty took 2nd in the shot put in 48-1. Lilly Ting broke the 6 minute mark in the 1600m to make the FS all time list running 5:59.50.

BEVERLY SHINES IN RAIN AT GAHR RELAYS

Girls Varsity sets school record in 4X1600m relay

Girls Varsity jumpers dominate

March 6, 2010 @ Gahr HS (electronic times)

On a rainy, windy, and cold day with a track as hard as pavement, the competition and performances at the Gahr Relays were less than ideal, but the Beverly team performed admirably in a competition with numerous high schools from the Southland—Upland, Cypress, South Hills, Loara, Marymount, Millikan, Lincoln, Artesia, Yorba Linda, Gahr, Venice, etc.  The team was led by the girl jumpers, girl distance squad, and boy hurdlers.

Girls Distance:  The Girls Varsity team of Raquel Hefflin, Sydney Grey, Brianna Simmons and Gitla Shooster set a new school record for the 4X1600m Relay in a time of 22:52.20 in taking first place.  Then the Girls Varsity team of Raquel Hefflin, Sydney Grey, Brianna Simmons and Briana Prince took first in the Distance Medley in a time of 13:17.98 (third fastest all time at Beverly).  Hefflin’s split for the 1600m was 5:29.11.   Then our girls frosh soph team of Lilly Ting, Jessica Robert, Sydney Segal and Ashley Bootesaz took first in the 4X800m in a time of 11:01.17 (probably the fastest frosh soph time for the event at Beverly).  Then Lilly Ting, Jessica Robert, Sydney Segal and Marissa Rothman took second in the Distance Medley in a time of 14:34.20.

Girls Jumpers:   The school is fortunate that it has 3 girl jumpers on the Beverly all time list at the same time, Kemi Olonade, Asia Williams and Dejah McCoy.  As a team they won both the long jump (total 45-9) and triple jump (total 97-7 1/2) competition.  Olonade’s triple jump of 36 feet was the highlight.

Boys Hurdlers:  The boys hurdlers have an outstanding team this year with Donovan Dickens, Marcus Silberger, Martin Cadres and Daniel Bradbury—as they easily won the Boys Varsity shuttle hurdles event in a time of 1:07.17, which time was not official due to the fact that not enough hurdles were set up for the race.  Otherwise their time would have made the all time list at Beverly.

Other performances:   The girls varsity 4X400m Relay took first place in a time of 4:17.70 (with Raquel Hefflin running the fastest leg in 61.94).  The mixed 4X200m Relay consisting of two boys Cameron Countryman and Joel Steinberg and two girls Kiarra Brown and Asia Williams took first place in a time of 1:43.90.  The frosh-soph girls won the 4X200m Relay in a time of 1:58.34.  The girls varsity 4X100m Relay took second  in a time of 53.39.  The mixed 4X800m team took second in a time of 10:05.01.  The girls varsity sprint medley took third place in a time of 5:19.48.  The boys frosh-soph 4X800m Relay took fifth in a time of 9:58.82. The boys frosh soph distance medley took seventh place in a time of 13:01.29.  In the girls frosh-soph 4X400m Beverly entered two teams which took second and third places.  The boys distance medley relay of Josh Galen, Mario Conti, Nick Harper and Ali Hatcher took sixth place in a time of 11:45.18, moving up to tenth on the Beverly all time list.  The disappointing result was the boys 4X400m Relay of Cameron Countryman, Mario Conti, Nick Harper and Joel Steinberg who were battling it out with Upland high school to a photo finish, well ahead of all other teams, and it appeared that Beverly won—but the officials disqualified both Beverly for running out of lane and Upland for elbowing the Beverly runner–so neither team medaled.

BEVERLY VARSITY LOSES TO REDONDO

March 4, 2010 @ BH     (Handheld times)

Redondo’s powerful distance runners showed why they are one of the best in CIF.  Chloe Curtis of Redondo #1 ranked girl’s 1600m runner in the State won both the 800m/1600m in 2:15.8 and 5:06.5.  The girls varsity lost 93-43, the boys varsity lost a close meet 67-63, the girls frosh soph lost 80-36, but our boys frosh soph team pulled out a victory 61-42.  Notwithstanding, Beverly still had strong performances.

Girls Varsity:   Beverly’s state ranked Kemi Olonade won the triple jump in 36-8, the long jump in 16-11 and the 100m hurdles in 16.8 –a triple winner for the girls varsity.   State ranked Raquel Hefflin won the 400m in  60.3 and then took second in the 3200m in 12:08.  Asia Williams won the 100m in 13.0 and took second in the long jump in 16-6.  Kiarra Brown won the 200m in 27.0 and took third in the 100m in 13.4.   Other performances of note:  Sydney Grey ran the 1600m in 5:34.0 and 3200m in 12:40.60.  Gitla Shooster ran the 3200m in 12:45.50.  Brianna Simmons ran the 800m in 2:31.4.

Boys Varsity:  Camyar Meshkaty won the shot put in a great early season heave of 49-1 1/2 and took second in the discus in 107-0; while Julian Jackson won the discus in 109-3 1/2 and took second in the shot put in 43-1.  Julian Sarokin was the double sprint winner in the 100m 10.9 and 200m in 23.0 showing his speed.  Mario Conti took third in the 400m in 52.7.  The  boys hurdlers were outstanding led by Donovan Dickens 110m hurdle win in 15.8, followed by  Martin Cadres who ran 16.8 in second and Daniel Bradbury in third in 17.8.  Then in the 300m IH Cadres won in 42.5, followed by James Karlin in 43.2 and Dickens in 43.5.  Brandon Hale won the long jump with a leap of 17-11.

Boys Frosh Soph: Willie Green won the 400m in 55.3 and the high jump in 5’10”, while Frank Brown won both the 110m hurdles in 18.5 and 300m hurdles in 48.2 for double wins.  The discus was swept 1-2-3 with Axel Pirotti 69-2, Alan Castro 66-0 and Josh Ghoulian 64-7.

Girls Frosh Soph:  Faith France won the 100m hurdles in 18.4 and the 300m hurdles in 54.8.  Lilly Ting took third in the 1600m in 6:00.6.

OLONADE & HEFFLIN LISTED AS PRE-SEASON STATE CONTENDERS

DyestatCal.com has come out with it’s pre-season prediction of contenders to make the State Meet.  DyestatCal listed a first team, second team and third team, comprising together the top 25 to 30 contenders in the State for each event.  Kemi Olonade, the school record holder in the girls triple jump with a leap of 37-7 last year, was listed on the second team.  Her rival in league, Olympia Jewitt of Culver City was on the first team. That should make for some firework competition between two State contenders in the same league.   Raquel Hefflin was listed on the third team for the 800 meters.  However, the list did not consider that after the State meet last year, Hefflin at the Junior Olympics ran a time of 2:14.33, which would probably put her on the second team of contenders. The first meet of the year is against Redondo, whose top runner for the girls is Chloe Curtis who is ranked No. 1 in State for the 1600 meters and on the first team for the 800 meters.  Our second meet is against Mira Costa and North Torrance.  Both the Mira Costa and Redondo girls are strong in the middle and long distance races.  The girls varsity have won the Ocean League championship the last two years, while the boys varsity won last year, so both teams look to repeat.  The biggest challenges will come from Santa Monica and Culver City high schools.

Historical Flashback

With the 2010 track season approaching we need to recognize those Beverly athletes of the past by acknowledging anniversaries of their achievements and their legacies to the history of the program.  So here is a historical anniversary flashback for the 2010 season:

70 YEAR ANNIVERSARY -  BOB ULLMAN

Seventy years ago in 1940 Bob Ullman ran the 220 yds hurdles in 24.9, which was one of the fastest times in the State and garnered him High School All American honors.  Considered one of the all time great hurdlers in Beverly’s history.

40 YEAR ANNIVERSARY – SIMON LANGER

Forty years ago in 1970 Simon Langer ran the 880 yds/800 meters in 1:53.6/1:52.9, one of the fastest times in the nation and garnered him High School All American honors for the second year in a row.  As a citizen of Israel, his 800m time was a new Israel National Junior Record (under 20 yrs of age) and he nearly broke the then Israel National Record while still in high school.

30 YEAR ANNIVERSARY – AARON JONES

Thirty years ago in 1980 Aaron Jones established himself, with Beverly’s Bill Storum (1947/1948), as the greatest hurdlers in Beverly’s history, taking High School All American Honors in both the 120 yds HH in 14.2 and 330 yds LH in 37.2.

30 YEAR ANNIVERSARY – BARBARA GOTTLIEB

(In Memorium)

Barbara Gottlieb having sadly passed away on November 13, 2008, thirty years ago ran the 880 yds in 2:15.7 to garner High School All American honors, which she would repeat in 1981 in the 800 meters in a time of 2:11.64.

Cross Country 2009

AWARDS BANQUET:   12/3/09     Raquel Hefflin was the Girl’s Most Valuable Runner, while Ali Hatcher was the Boy’s Most Valuable Runner.  Matthew Derakhshesh was this years Scholar Athlete with the highest GPA 4.5 for a graduating senior.  Many other awards were given to our outstanding student athletes.   Congratulations everyone!

HEFFLIN TAKES 10th Place at CIF Prelims, Varsity Girls Take 8th Place.    Nov. 15, 2009 CIF Prelms @MT SACRaquel Hefflin took 10th place in the CIF Prelims setting a new school record of 18:48 over the tough MT SAC course, running with some of the top girls in CIF.  She missed making the CIF finals by four places and 8 seconds, but ran among the power runners of the CIF.  She is the first girl at Beverly to break the 19 minute barrier for the course.  How fast was her time?  She would have been our fourth fastest on the Varsity boys team.  The Varsity girls were in a heavily seeded heat that had 6 ranked CIF teams, so the 8th place finish was very respectable.   Sydney Gray, Gitla Shooster, Brianna Simmons and Erica Hendry all ran personal bests and all made or moved up the Beverly all time list on the course.  Daniella Vinoles and Lily Ting also had PR’s and just missed by seconds making the all time lists.  The boys Varsity took 13th as a team in their CIF Prelim heat.  Ali Hatcher at 17:16 and Josh Galen at 17:29 were our top finishers.

Results:  Varsity Girls:  10. Raquel Hefflin 18:48 (school record); 41. Sydney Gray 20:04 (#5 all time), 47.  Gitla Shooster 20:13 (#6 all time); 48. Brianna Simmons 20:20 (#7 all time), 74. Erica Hendry 21:51 (#27 all time), 77. Daniella Vinoles 22:02, 78. Lily Ting 22:06.

Team:  1. Redondo, 2. Canyon Anahem, 3. Thousand Oaks, 4. Ventura, 5. Edison (HB), 6. University (Irvine), 7. Beaumont, 8 Beverly Hills, 9. Hemet, 10. Sunny Hills, 11. Pacific, 12. Palm Springs, 13. Garden Grove…

Varsity Boys:  58. Ali Hatcher 17:16, 65. Josh Galen 17:29, 81. Gabe Laemmle 18:14, 90. Chanan Batra 18:49, 91. Sam Capogrosso 19:14; 100. Eli Flesh 19:29

GIRL’S VARSITY WIN 5TH STRAIGHT OCEAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP; RAQUEL HEFFLIN TAKES 1ST PLACE;  GRAY, SHOOSTER & SIMMONS GET ALL LEAGUE HONORS; CIF NEXT.       November 5, 2009 @Kenneth Hahn Park – 3 Mile.Raquel (“Rocky”) Hefflin captured her second straight individual ocean league championship breaking her own school record on the 3 mile Kenneth Hahn Park course running 20:11.39, as Beverly won it’s fifth straight ocean league cross country team title.   Sydney Gray (3rd place in 20:56.60), Gitla Shooster (4th place in 21:10.44) and Brianna Simmons (5th place in 21:25.47) also took All League honors.  Gray’s time moves her to #2 all time for Beverly on the course, while Shooster’s time moves her to #3 all time on the course.  Simmons moves into #6 all time.   An amazing achievement for our first 4 girls.

Girls Varsity top 10:  1.  Raquel Hefflin BH 20:11.39; 2. Amanda Botfeld SAMO 20:47.44;3. Sydney Gray  BH 20:56.60; 4. Gitla Shooster BH 21:10.44; 5. Brianna Simmons BH 21:25.47;6. Smilte Sivilpaite SAMO 21:29.90; 7. Emily Berkin SAMO 21:59.24; 8. Esme Levy SAMO 22:01.20; 9. Matisse Ventura SAMO 22:15.06; 10.  Katya Mukhina SAMO 22:20.52.                                          Other Beverly Runners:  11.  Erica Hendry 22:25.48; 13. Daniella Vinoles 23:20.87; 15. Natasha Gerente 26:13.18.                    Team Results:  1. BH 24; 2. SAMO 32; 3. Morningside 94; 4. Culver City 101.

BOY’S VARSITY FINISH 2ND TO SAMO, BUT GAIN CIF BERTH.      Arch rival Santa Monica once again took the Ocean League title, with Beverly in second place.  Ali Hatcher took 4th place in 17:48, a second off his personal best, while Josh Galen took 5th place in 18:06 and Gabe Laemmle took 7th place in 18:33 for All league honors.  While Hatcher is already on the all time list, Galen missed making the Beverly all time list by just 7 seconds.

Boys Varsity top 10:  1.  Nick Salazar SAMO 17:00; 2. Jamie Levinson SAMO 17:24; 3. Andrew Capron SAMO 17:29; 4. Ali Hatcher BH 17:48; 5. Josh Galen BH 18:06; 6. Logan Weinberg SAMO 18:26; 7. Gabe Laemmle BH 18:33; 8. Eric Staugaard SAMO 18:39; 9. Sam Nussbaum BH 18:40; 10. Sam Capagrosso BH 18:52.                                                                                               Other Beverly Runners:  11. James Karlin 18:53.                                                                                                                                                 Team Results:  1. SAMO 20; 2. BH 35; 3. Culver City 80; 4. Inglewood 107; 5. Morningside 118.

Chanan Batra of Beverly Takes 1st Place in Boys Freshman Race!      Chanan Batra of Beverly took the Boys Freshman crown as league champion in a time of 18:15.92 (which would have placed him in 6th place on the Boys Varsity race!).  Only 2 of our Varsity Boys ran faster.   The boys freshmen took 2nd as a team to SAMO, but Eli Flesh in 6th place in 19:41.58 and Brendan Taglianetti in 7th place in 19:47.91 also obtained all league medals.  Zachary Fouladian finished in 10th place in 21:33.39.

Beverly’s Girl’s JV Takes 2nd to SAMO as Ting and Rothman get All League Medals.    Although Beverly took 2nd to Santa Monica in the Girl’s JV race, Freshmen Lily Ting in 5th place in 23:01.20 and Marissa Rothman in 7th place in 23:13.32 took All League medals.  Emmanuelle Hodara of Beverly finished in the top ten with an 8th place finish in 23:21.84.

Boys JV Take a Distant 2nd to SAMO.    Santa Monica dominated the Boys JV race taking the first 14 places.  Beverly’s Matthew Darakhshesh was the first Beverly runner in 15th place in 20:45.06.   Beverly finished in second place as a team ahead of Culver City and Morningside.

Cross Country 2009

MT SAC INVITE:  HEFFLIN TAKES 9th, WHILE GIRLS VARSITY NABS 5th PLACE AS TEAM

10/14/09 @ MT SAC 3 Mile Course.

MT SAC INVITE the largest cross country gathering in the nation, with over 50 ranked teams in State, ranked teams in the nation, and literally over 100 high school races with 100‘s of teams and thousands of runners is a running happening.   With Varsity races, Sophomore and Freshman races in every Division—the Girls Varsity held their own as they finished 5th in their Division II race of 24 teams.  Raquel Hefflin took an outstanding 9th place in 19:32, just short of her school record of 19:29.   Gitla Shooster in 21st place (20:30) and Sydney Gray in 26th place (20:49) both moved up into the top 10 all time list at Beverly for the course to shore up the 5th place team finish.  On the boys Varsity Ali Hatcher led the way in 36th place in a time of 17:32.  In the boys Freshman race Chanan Batra’s performance deserves recognition as he finished in 24th place in a time of 19:03. Beverly’s runners who finished in the top 100 in their respective races:

Girls Varsity:  9. Raquel Hefflin 19:32; 21. Gitla Shooster 20:30; 26. Sydney Gray 20:49; 49. Brianna Simmons 21:43; 72.  Daniella Vinoles 22:40; 73.  Erica Hendry 22:42.  Team: 5th place.

Boys Varsity:  36.  Ali Hatcher 17:32; 74. Josh Galen 18:19; 75.  Gabe Laemmle 18:20.  Team: 19th place.

Girls Soph.: 73. Marissa Wells 25:03; 87. Natasha Gerente 26:57.  Team: No placing.

Boys Spoh:  66. Sam Capogrosso 20:04; 68.  Ben Waldow 20:06; 69. Michael Fuller 20:06.  Team: 12th place.

Girls Frosh: 43. Lily Ting 24:44; 44. Marissa Rothman 24:47; 53. Genvieve Javidzad  25:39; 68. Abigail Rothstein 26:39; 73. Debbie Cheng 27:16; 77. Sarah Hendry 27:38.  Team: 9th place.

Boys Frosh:  24. Chanan Batra 19:03; 53.  Eli Flesh 20:18; 88. Zachary Fouladian 21:35.  Team: 12th place.

HEFFLIN, GRAY & SHOOSTER TAKE 1-2-3 FOR OCEAN LEAGUE VICTORY OVER SANTA MONICA

10/15/09 @ KENNETH HAHN PARK 3 MILES

Raquel Hefflin once again took victory at the Ocean League Cluster Meet, #2, this time breaking her own school record by running 20:34.67 over the 3 mile course.  Sydney Gray (on her birthday) took second in 21:57.30 and Gitla Shooster took third in 21:59.97 for a Beverly sweep and victory.  Brianna Simmons took 5th place in 22:35.98.  The league finals will be held on November 5, 2009 where the girls will be going for an unprecedented 5th straight league championship.   The JV girls edged out Santa Monica 27 to 28 with freshman Lily Ting taking 2nd place in a fine time of 23:51.  The Boys Varsity was plagued with injuries, as Santa Monica swept victory easily, as was the case with our JV boys.  Gabe Laemmle was our sole Varsity runner in the top 10 taking 9th in 19:29.33.  Our Frosh Boys faired well losing to Santa Monica 20 to 35, with Eli Flesh taking 4th in 19:56.89.  Culver City, Morningside and Inglewood were not factors as Beverly and Santa Monica dominated all the races.

Results of Beverly’s top runners:

Girls Varsity:  1. Raquel Hefflin 20:34.67(school record); 2. Sydney Gray 21:57.30; 3. Gitla Shooster 21:59.97; 5. Brianna Simmons 22:35.98; 9. Daniella Vinoles 23:32.73; 11. Erica Hendry 24:02.95.     Team:  1. BH 20    2.  SAMO 35   3. Culver 83    4. Morningside 109

Boys Varsity:  9.  Gabe Lammle 19:29.33       Team:  1. SAMO   15   2. BH 59    3. Culver 80

Girls JV:  2. Lily Ting 23:51; 4. Marissa Rothman 25:30; 6. Ashley Bootesaz 26:26; 7. Genvieve Javidzad 26:49; 11. Liza Raffi 27:30.   Team:  1. BH 27    2. SAMO 28

Boys JV:  15.  Alex Tsnakov 21:21.25    Team:  1. SAMO 15   2. BH 50   3. Morningside 85

Boys Frosh:  4. Eli Flesh  19:56.89; 6. Brendan Taglianetti 20:34.30; 7. Chanan Barta 20:58.67;

8. Zachary Fouladian 22:02.01.  Team:  1. SAMO 20   2. BH 35

VARSITY GIRLS TAKE 3RD AT CENTRAL PARK INVITE; HEFFLIN TAKES 3RD PLACE FOLLOWED BY GRAY IN 9TH

10/9/09 Central Park Invite 3 Miles @ Huntington Beach

With over 20 teams entered girl’s ranked power Corona Del Mar took first, with the Beverly Girls giving a shock to the field by finishing third as a team– behind ranked Yucca Valley by just 5 points, and finishing ahead of ranked Mayfield and Huntington Beach as the first 5 teams were awarded trophies.  Individually, Corona Del Mar’s power runners Melanie Powers and Marisa Cummings took 1-2, but then Beverly’s Raquel Hefflin took a convincing third in 18:59, with the top 3 breaking 19 minutes for the course.  The old Beverly record for Central Park was held by Lisa Harris in 20:04 back in 1987.  Sydney Gray who finished in the top 10– taking 9th place also broke the Beverly record as she ran 19:49.  Gitla Shooster (on her birthday) just missed also breaking the record taking 17th in 20:09 (#4 all time).  Beverly having 3 girls in the top 20 was the key to their 3rd place finish as a team.  Our first 5 girls made the all time list, while freshman Erica Hendry just missed by 3 seconds and freshman Lily Ting missed by 8 seconds.  In the other division races for our boys and girls we did not place nor did any individual place in the top 20.

Top Beverly Performances:   GIRLS VARSITY:  3.  Raquel Hefflin 18:59 (school record);

9.  Sydney Gray 19:49; 17. Gitla Shooster 20:09; 31. Brianna Simmons 20:57; 37. Daniella Vinoles 21:45; 41; Erica Hendry 22:02.   BOYS VARSITY:  46.  Josh Galen 17:45; 76. Sam Nussbaum 18:30; 84. Gabe Laemmle 18:58; 88. Ali Hatcher 19:04.   GIRLS JV:  29.  Marissa Wells 23:44; 37.  Lena Grossman 24:24; 40.  Natasha Gerente 24:34.   BOYS FROSH:  30.  Eli Flesh 19:16.    GIRLS FROSH:  24.  Lily Ting 22:07; 44.  Marissa Rothman 23:46; 68.  Liza Raffi 24:56.

HEFFLIN, GRAY & SHOOSTER LEAD BEVERLY VARSITY GIRLS TO VICTORY IN FIRST OCEAN LEAGUE CLUSTER MEET.  BOYS VARSITY TAKES 2nd TO SAMO

9/24/09 @ Kenneth Hahn Park 3 Miles [Beverly, SAMO, Culver, Morningside, Inglewood]

Defending league champion Raquel Hefflin took 1st place in 21:26, while Sydney Gray took 3rd and Gitla Shooster took 4th as the Beverly Girls go for their 5th straight Varsity League Championship.  Missing from action was last year’s all league member Brianna Simmons.  Her return will make Beverly’s girls team that much stronger for League meet #2 and the league finals.  The Boys Varsity, Girls JV, Boys JV and Boys Frosh all took 2nd to SAMO.  The boys Varsity were led by Ali Hatcher who took 3rd place in the same time as Daniel Reddick of SAMO in 17:47, while Nick Slazar of SAMO won in 17:35.  In the Girls JV Beverly’s Lily Ting won.

RESULTS for Beverly Athletes:   Girls Varsity: 1. Raquel Hefflin 21:26; 3. Sydney Gray 22:37; 4. Gitla Shooster 22:41; 9. Erica Hendry 24:26; 12. Daniella Vinoles 25:41; Emmanuella Hodara 25:41.    Boys Varsity:  3. Ali Hatcher 17:47; 6. Josh Galen 18:37; 13. Gabe Laemmle 20:12; 14. Sam Nussbaum 20:56; 18. Spencer Fogelman 22:13.

Girls JV:  1. Lily Ting 24:27; 6. Marissa Rothman 25:22; 10. Brittany Pullman 26:38; 11. Rhani Hashemi 26:52; 12. Lena Grossman 26:59.   Boys JV:  8. James Karlin 20:47; 17. Andrew Reston 21:52; 18.  Matthew Darakhshosh 21:52.  Boys Frosh:  7.  Zachary Fouladian 24:01; 12. Matthew Leib 24:34; 13.  Jeffrey Toobi 24:43.

SOUTH BAY CUP 9/30/09  @ Columbia Park Torrance

The Varsity teams for Beverly did not compete.  The top highlights for Beverly were Brianna Simmons return taking 15th place in the Girls JV out of 116 runners in a time of 21:12.3.  Gabe Laemmle took 11th in the Boys Soph race out of 129 runners in a time of 17:17.1.  Lily Ting took 22nd place in the Girls Frosh race out of 101 runners in a time of 21:58.4. The Girls JV had the best performance of the day for Beverly as they took 6th place as a team.

BREA OLINDA INVITE 10/3/09 @ Carbon Cyn Park 3 miles

With over 40 teams entered in the invite and apx. 300-400 runners in each race, the Girls Varsity took 8th place in a strong field, led by Raquel Hefflin in 11th place and Sydney Gray taking 23rd place.

TOP BEVERLY ATHLETES RESULTS:  Girls Varsity:  11. Raquel Hefflin 20:31; 23. Sydney Gray 21:18; 45.  Gitla Shooster 22:15; 77.  Brianna Simmons 23:04; 91.  Erica Hendry 23:25; 105. Daniela Vinoles 23:56.  Boys Varsity:  97.  Ali Hatcher 18:21.  Boys Frosh: 61. Gabe Laemmle 19:28.  Girls Frosh:  74. Lily Ting 24:39.

RAQUEL HEFFLIN TAKES 1ST AT PHIL RYAN INVITE @ LACY PARK, SAN MARINO AS GIRLS TAKE 2nd AS TEAM.   Sept. 16, 2009.

Raquel Hefflin started the season with a bang as she took first place honors at the Phil Ryan Invite running the 3 mile course in 19:30, while Gitla Shooster took 3rd place in 20:16 and Sydney Gray taking 10th place in 20:48.  The Girls Varsity took 2nd as a team losing out to Valley View.  The Girl’s Varsity is seeking their 5th straight Ocean League Title, with the first Ocean League meet on 9-24-09.  Hefflin is the defending league champion, while Sydney Gray was 3rd in league last year. In the Girls Frosh Soph race of 2.1 miles, Brianna Simmons took 2nd place in 14:33 just losing out to Valley View’s Belinda Newson who won in 14:27.  On the Boys side Ali Hatcher led the way in 12th place in 17:37; a race won by Jason Pang of Cantwell in 16:34.  The following are the top performances by the Beverly team:

Girls Varsity:  1. Raquel Hefflin 19:30; 3. Gitla Shooster 20:16; 10. Sydney Gray 20:48; 25. Daniella Vinoles 22:32; 26. Erica Henley 22:34; 27. Emmanuella Hodara 22:39.

Boys Varsity:  12.  Ali Hatcher 17:37; 17. Nick Harper 17:54; 18. Josh Galen 17:56; 21. Gabe Laemmle 18:06; 34.  Sam Capagrosse 18:42.

Girls FS 2.1 miles:  2.  Brianna Simmons 14:33;  7.  Lily Ting 15:20.

Boys FS 2.1 miles:  8. Batra Chanan  12:57.

Boys JV 2.3 miles:  8. James Karlin 15:27; 9. Sam Nussbaum 15:33; 19. Alex Tsanov 16:17.

Track and Field 2009

Alex Dubin -Scholar Athlete 2009

Caylin Hauptman – Boys T&F Field Athlete of the Year

Raquel Hefflin -Girls T&F Athlete of the Year

Kemi Olonade – Girls T&F Field Athlete of the Year

Tres Haughton- Boys T&F Athlete of the Year

CAYLIN HAUPTMAN DEMOLISHES SCHOOL RECORD IN SHOT PUT AT CIF SS DIV. 2 FINALS TAKING 2nd PLACE WITH TOSS OF 60-10 1/2 —Tied as #5 in STATE and tied #36 in U.S. (qualifies for CIF Masters Meet)

Kemi Olonade takes 4th in CIF SS Div. 2 Finals in Triple Jump – 36-11 1/4

Raquel Hefflin takes 5th in CIF SS Div. 2 Finals in 800m in 2:19.61

Ashley Austin takes 7th in CIF SS Div. 2 Finals in 100m H in 14.99

Trey Haughton takes 7th in CIF SS Div. 2 Finals in 400m in 50.80

Caylin Hauptman surprised everyone when he bettered his previous best shot put by over 5 feet in tossing the shot put 60-10 1/2 and in the process took 2nd in the CIF SS Division 2 Finals, broke the school record by over 3 feet (old record was 57-1 1/4 held by Nathan Phillips set back in 1981), is now ranked #5 in State and tied at #29 in the U.S.  If he finishes in the top 50 in the nation, which he assuredly will, he will become this school’s 42nd track & field High School All American.  He was the sole qualifier for Beverly to go on to the CIF Masters Meet in order to qualify for State.

Kemi Olonade was spectacular as she has been this entire season taking 4th place in the CIF SS Division 2 Finals with a leap of 36-11 1/4.  Raquel Hefflin took 5th in the CIF finals in the 800m in a time of 2:19.61, after sustaining a foot injury toward the end of the season.  Ashley Austin became only the third girl at Beverly to break the 15 second barrier in the 100m hurdles running 14.99 and took 7th in the CIF finals.  Trey Haughton also took 7th in the CIF finals in the boys 400m in 50.80.  The boys scored 10 points in taking 22nd place in the CIF finals as a team, while the girls scored 11 points taking 23rd place.

AWARDS BANQUET SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 3, 2009 at 6 p.m. at school cafeteria.

QUALIFIERS FOR CIF SS DIV 2 FINALS

Girls: Kemi Olonade TJ, Raquel Hefflin 800m, Ashley Austin 100m H

Boys: Caylin Hauptman SP, Trey Haughton 400m

May 16, 2009 @ Moorpark HS.    With approximately 45 competitors in each event representing the best in the CIF Southern Section Division 2 prelims, only 9 competitors in each event qualified for the finals to be held next Saturday at Cerritos College.  The Girls Varsity qualified 3 athletes to the CIF SS Div. 2 Finals.   Kemi Olonade tied for the 3rd best performance of the day in the triple jump in 36-4 1/2.  Raquel Hefflin had the 6th best performance of the day in the 800m running 2:18.72 and the 2nd straight year she has made the finals.  Ashley Austin also had the 6th best performance of the day in the 100m hurdles in 15.01 her lifetime best.  On the boys side we had 2 qualifiers, Caylin Hauptman in the shot put with the 6th best performance with a toss of 54-10, while Trey Haughton in the 400m in 50.27 had the eighth best performance of the day.   Other performances of note:  Erika Hill and Brianna Prince in the girls 400m with times of 58.97 and 59.96.  Sydney Gray in the girls 1600m in 5:26.91.  Julian Sarokin in the boys 100m in 11.06.  Donovan Dickens in the boys 100m hurdles in 15.57.

RESULTS & PLACES BY OVERALL PERFORMANCE

GIRLS:  400m: Erika Hill (11th) 58.97; Brianna Prince (18th) 59.96.  800m: Raquel Hefflin (6th) 2:18.72.  1600m: Sydney Gray (28th) 5:26.91.  100m H:  Ashley Austin (6th) 15.01; Kim Horton (23rd) 16.44; Kemi Olonade (29th) 16.71.  300m H:  Ashley Austin (29th) 49.33.  LJ:  Kemi Olonade (15th) 16-3; Asia Williams (33rd) 15-4.  TJ:  Kemi Olonade (tie for 3rd) 36-4 1/2; Dejah McCoy (34th) 31-10.  4X400m Relay (13th) 4:02.55.

BOYS:  100m: Julian Sarokin (20th) 11.06; Kenny Bassett (29th) 11.19.  200m: Trey Haughton (31st) 22.70.  400m:  Trey Haughton (8th) 50.27.  800m: Alex Falcon (25th) 2:00.16.  110m H:  Donovan Dickens (24th) 15.57; Marcus Silberger (34th) 16.25.  300m H:  Daniel Bradbury (40th) 44.03.  SP:  Caylin Hauptman (6th) 54-10; Camyar Meshkaty (38th) 45-2 1/2.  4X100m Relay (13th) 43.37.  4X400m Relay (11th) 3:26.33.

OCEAN LEAGUE FINALS @ BHHS

Girls Varsity qualifies 17 to CIF with 5 League titles; Boys Varsity qualifies 13 to CIF with 8 League titles

Olonade smashes Girls Varsity School Record in Triple Jump 37-7;  Hauptman #3 all time in Boys Varsity Shot Put 55-9 3/4;  Haughton double winner in Boys Varsity 200m 22.58 and 400m 49.77; Morgan sisters double victories in 100/200m Varsity and Frosh-Soph; Austin #2 all time 300m 44.52 and #3 all time 100m Hurdles 15.48;  Falcon wins Boys varsity 800m in 1:58.67

ITS OFFICIAL: BEVERLY WINS OCEAN LEAGUE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS

Varsity Girls, Varsity Boys, Frosh Soph Boys Go Undefeated 5-0 in League.  Girls Frosh Soph Go 4-1 in League for tie with Samo and Culver City

MELINA NASIB TIES GIRLS FROSH SOPH POLE VAULT RECORD AT 7-6

Foothill Invite

Girls Varsity 4X800m relay team sets a new school record 10:03.55 with Nicole Weinstein (2:33.13), Sydney Gray (2:31.14), Brianna Simmons (2:37.55) and Raquel Hefflin (2:21.48).

OCEAN LEAGUE FINALS @ BHHS

Girls Varsity qualifies 17 to CIF with 5 League titles; Boys Varsity qualifies 13 to CIF with 8 League titles

Olonade smashes Girls Varsity School Record in Triple Jump 37-7;  Hauptman #3 all time in Boys Varsity Shot Put 55-9 3/4;  Haughton double winner in Boys Varsity 200m 22.58 and 400m 49.77; Morgan sisters double victories in 100/200m Varsity and Frosh-Soph; Austin #2 all time 300m 44.52 and #3 all time 100m Hurdles 15.48;  Falcon wins Boys varsity 800m in 1:58.67

BOYS VARSITY:

100m:  Julian Sarokin (1) 11.18 [CIF]; Kenny Bassett (2) 11.31 [CIF]

200m:  Trey Haughton (1) 22.58 [CIF]; Kenny Bassett (3) 22.96 [CIF]

400m:  Trey Haughton (1) 49.77 [CIF]

800m:  Alex Falcon (1) 1:58.67 [CIF]

110m H:  Marcus Silberger (1) 15.75 [CIF]; Donovan Dickens (2) 15.78 [CIF]

300m H: Daniel Bradbury (1) 43.63 [CIF]

Shot Put: Caylin Hauptman (2) 55-9 3/4 [CIF]; Camyar Meshkaty (3) 45-10 [CIF]

High Jump: Ethan Patterson (2) 5-6

4X100m Relay: Kenny Bassett, Trevor Walters,  Elliot Peaks & Julian Sarokin (1) 44.56 [CIF]

4X400m Relay: Alex Falcon, Marcus Gray, Kenny Bassett & Trey Haughton (1) 3:25.60 [CIF]

GIRLS VARSITY:

100m:  Brittany Morgan (1) 12.42 [CIF]; Ashley Austin (2) 12.43 [CIF]

200m:  Brittany Morgan (1) 25.85 [CIF]

400m:  Brianna Prince (2) 59.19 [CIF]; Erika Hill (3) 60.38 [CIF]

800m: Raquel Hefflin (2) 2:22.96 [CIF]

1600m: Sydney Gray (1) 5:33.65 [CIF]

3200m: Sara Jabbari (3) 13:34.79

100m H: Ashley Austin (1) 15.48 [CIF]; Kim Horton (2) 16.53 [CIF]; Kemi Olonade (3) 16.70 [CIF]

300m H: Ashley Austin (2) 44.52 [CIF]

High Jump:  Julia Ayeroff (2) 4-8; Skyline Kim and Tamera Skootsky (tie 3) 4-6

Long Jump: Asia Williams 16-1 1/4 (2) [CIF]; Kemi Olonade (3) 15-8 1/2 [CIF]

Triple Jump: Kemi Olonade (2) 37-7 [CIF]; Dejah McCoy (3) 33-5 1/2 [CIF]

4X100m Relay: (Erika Hill, Ashley Austin, Andrea Wilson & Brittany Morgan) (1) 49.02 [CIF]

4X400m Relay: (Dejah McCoy, Brittany Morgan, Brianna Prince & Erika Hill) (2) 4:05.50 [CIF]

BOYS FROSH SOPH:   100m Ariel Nasib (3) 11.95; 200m Mario Conte (1) 23.77; 400m Cameron Countryman (1) 54.21, Willie Green (2) 54.50; 800m Nick Harper (2) 2:07.52, Brandon Abrego (3) 2:09.85; 3200m Josh Galen (2) 11:05.41; 110m H Jeff Bradshaw (1) NT, Andrew Gangian (2) NT, Tory Lumkin (3) NT; 300m H Jeff Bradshaw (1) 43.88, Tory Lumkin (3) 47.16; Pole Vault Alex Gabbay (1) 10-3; 4X400m Relay (Nick Harper, Willie Green, Joel Steinberg & Cameron Countryman)(1) 3:36.96.

GIRLS FROSH SOPH:  100m Brianna Morgan (1) 12.92; 200m Brianna Morgan (1) 26.52; 400m Elizabeth Friedman (1) 66.05; 800m Brianna Simmons (1) 2:35.69, Sonia Jaramillo (3) 2:46.23; 1600m Brianna Simmons (1) 5:50.23, Daniella Vinolas (3) 6:12.06; 3200m Brianna Simmons (2) 13:03.69, Daniella Vinolas (3) 13:19.66; 100m H Faith France (2) 18.78; 300m H Faith France (2) 54.90; High Jump Michelle Wolf (1) 4-6; Long Jump Angie Kang (1) 13-10 1/2; Triple Jump Angie Kang (1) 27-11; Pole Vault Melina Nasib (1) 6-9; Discus Danielle Kay (2) 53-7 1/2; 4X100m Relay

Monica Salandra, Faith France, Elizabeth Friedman & Brianna Morgan (3) 53.79; 4X400m Relay Sonia Jaramillo, Josephine Whittaker, Elizabeth Friedman & Brianna Simmons (2) 4:24.58

NORMANS SEEK CIF FINALISTS FOR 2009

OCEAN LEAGUE FINALS @ BHHS

Girls Varsity qualifies 17 to CIF with 5 League titles

Boys Varsity qualifies 13 to CIF with 8 League titles

Olonade smashes Girls Varsity School Record in Triple Jump 37-7

Hauptman #3 all time in Boys Varsity Shot Put 55-9 3/4

Haughton double winner in Boys Varsity 200m 22.58 and 400m 49.77

Morgan sisters double victories in 100/200m Varsity and Frosh-Soph

Austin #2 all time 300m 44.52 and #3 all time 100m Hurdles 15.48

Falcon wins Boys varsity 800m in 1:58.67

Where do we begin with all the outstanding performances?  Kemi Olonade kept her assault on the Girls Varsity school record this time leaping over 2 feet more than her previous best going 37-7, but incredibly coming in 2nd to Culver City’s Olympia Jewett who leaped 37-10 3/4—two marks that will rank them both high in the CIF.   Caylin Hauptman faced the same fate, taking 2nd in the Varsity Boys Shot Put with a toss of 55-9 3/4 #3 all time at Beverly, but losing to Joe Daou of Santa Monica who went 58-2, one of the best in the CIF.  Then there were the Morgan sisters.  On the Girls Varsity Brittany Morgan won the 100m in 12.42 and the 200m in 25.85— very fast times. Her sister Brianna Morgan took the same double in the Girls Frosh Soph running the 100m in 12.92 and 200m in 26.52.  Ashley Austin put in a full days work winning the 100m Hurdles in 15.48 (#3 all time at Beverly), taking 2nd in a very fast 300m in 44.52 (#2 all time at Beverly), and taking 2nd in the 100m in 12.43.   Trey Haughton won the 200m in 22.58 and 400m in 49.77 (#10 all time at Beverly).   Alex Falcon ran away with the Boys Varsity 800m in 1:58.67 (#12 all time at Beverly).   Sophomore Sydney Gray won the Girls Varsity 1600m in 5:33.65.  Marcus Silberger won the Boys Varsity 110m hurdles in 15.75, with Donovan Dickens in 2nd in 15.78; while Daniel Bradbury won the 300m hurdles in 43.15. In the Boys Varsity 100m Julian Sarokin won going away in 11.18.  Trevor Walters who was favored in the race pulled up in the 4X100m relay and had to pull out of both the 100m and 200m.   Raquel Hefflin who has been out for several weeks with a foot injury came back for the Girls Varsity 800m and took 2nd to Culver City’s top 400/800 runner Brianna Dekine in a close race to the finish.

All League honors is the top 3 in each event and listed below is how our athletes performed and who qualified for CIF next week.

DUAL MEET – HAWTHORNE  APRIL 30,2009 @ BHHS

ITS OFFICIAL: BEVERLY WINS LEAGUE TEAM

CHAMPIONSHIPS

MELINA NASIB TIES GIRLS FROSH SOPH POLE VAULT RECORD AT 7-6!

TREVOR WALTERS RUNS 10.8 100m; Boys 4X100 RELAY RUNS 42.9

The Girls Varsity, Boys Varsity and Boys Frosh Soph defeated Hawthorne to go 5-0 this season capturing the league team championships.  The Girls Frosh Soph also defeated Hawthorne finishing with a 4-1 record, placing them in a three way tie for the league championship with Culver City and Santa Monica.

Freshman Melina Nasib vaulted 7-6 to tie the girls frosh soph school record, set by Mary Ulickey in 1996.  She also moves up to a 6 way tie for #2 all time for Varsity, as she took first place in the Varsity Pole Vault.  She has a chance as a freshman to tie or surpass the Varsity school record of 8-0.  The boys varsity sprinters were in form as Trevor Walters won the 100m in 10.8 and the relay of Walters, Kenny Bassett, Trey Haughton and Julian Sarokin won the 4X100m Relay in 42.9 (43.04 converted to electronic) which ties them with the Beverly 1984 team as #5 all time at Beverly.  The school record is 42.71 electronic.  Trey Haughton won the boys varsity 200m in 22.7 (22.94 converted to electronic).  Haughton also won the boys 400m in 51.2, with Alex Falcon in second in 52.3.  Caylin Hauptman won the varsity shot put in 48-4.   Sophomore Sydney Gray won the girls varsity 400m in 62.3 (62.44 converted to electronic) #14 all time on the girls frosh soph list.   Kemi Olonade won the girls varsity long jump in 15-9 and the triple jump in 35-0, with Brianna Smith in second in both events in 15-8 and 34-5.  Alex Dubin won the 3200m in 11:35.9.  In the boys varsity hurdles Marcus Silberger won the 110m hurdles in 15.6, with Donovan Dickens in 2nd in 15.8, while Daniel Bradbury took the 300m hurdles in 44.4.  On the boys frosh-soph level Jeff Bradshaw won both the 110m hurdles and 300m hurdles in 16.6 and 45.6.  Brianna Simmons won the girls frosh soph 800m in 2:37.9.

[NOTE ALL PERFORMANCES WERE HAND TIMED]

FINAL SCORES:  VARSITY GIRLS 96-12 over Hawthorne.  VARSITY BOYS 106-11 over Hawthorne.  FROSH SOPH BOYS 84-12 over Hawthorne.  FROSH SOPH GIRLS 84-12 over Hawthorne.

DUAL MEET – CULVER CITY  APRIL 23,2009 @ BHHS

NORMANS DEFEAT CULVER CITY ACROSS THE BOARD!

LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP LOOMS FOR GIRLS AND BOYS VARSITY AND BOYS FROSH SOPH

With only Hawthorne left on the schedule, the Girls and Boys Varsity and Boys Frosh teams appear to have the league championships in hand.  Culver City was the last real obstacle.  The Girls Varsity won 97-38; the Boys Varsity won 86.5-49.5; the Boys Frosh Soph won 81-64 and the Girls Frosh Soph won 87-25.  The Girls Frosh Soph having lost to Santa Monica will likely finish second in league.

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MEET:   Alex Falcon won the boys varsity 800m in 1:59.0.  Sydney Gray won the girls varsity 800m in 2:30.4 and the 1600m in 5:50.6.  Brianna Simmons won the girls varsity 3200m in 12:59.3.  Ashley Austin won the girls varsity 100m in 12.2, the 100m hurdles in 15.6 and the 300m hurdles in 46.4.  Elliot Peaks won the boys varsity 200m in 23.0.  Andrea Wilson won the girls varsity 200m in 25.9.  Trevor Walters won the boys varsity 100m in 10.9.  Caylin Hauptman won the boys varsity shot put in 50-10.  Trey Haughton won the boys varsity 400m in 51.4.  Kemi Olonade won the girls varsity long jump in 16-5 and took 2nd in the triple jump in 35-4, as Olympia Jewett of Culver won in 36-7.  Erika Hill ran 59.9 in the girls varsity 400m, as Brianna Pekine of Culver ran 56.5, with Beverly’s Brianna Prince in 3rd in 60.3.  Gunther Klaus won the boys varsity 1600m in 4:44.8.  Daniel Bradbury won the boys varsity 300m hurdles in 44.1.  Donovan Dickens won the boys varsity 110m hurdles in 15.6.  Liza Raffi in the girls frosh soph won the 100m hurdles in 18.6 and 300m hurdles in 57.2.  Jeff Bradshaw in the boys frosh soph won the 100m hurdles in 16.6 and the 300m hurdles in 45.0.  Josh Galen won the boys frosh soph 1600m in 5:09.7 and the 3200m in 11:14.5. The girls varsity 4X100m Relay ran 49.0 in first.  The boys 4X400m Relay won in 3:29.1.

[NOTE ALL PERFORMANCES WERE HAND TIMED]

MT SAC RELAYS April 17-18.

At the Mt Sac Relays some of our relay teams performed outstandingly.  The girls 4X400m relay in the seeded heat took 4th place in a time of 4:00.23 (#7 all time at Beverly).  The boys 4X400m took 3rd in one of the open heats in 3:29.85 (just making the Beverly all time list at #27) and breaking the 3:30 barrier.  The boys 4X100m relay took first in a time of 43.38 in one of the open heats—10th overall in a field of 60 teams (#9 on Beverly’s all time list).  The girls team in the 4X100m were disqualified for running out of zone.  One of the highlights was Trey Haughton taking first in his open heat of the 400m breaking the 51 second barrier—50.90 getting him on the Beverly all time list at #28.  Brittany Morgan also moved up on the Beverly all time list to #13, taking 4th in her open heat of the 200m in 26.18.  Ashley Austin was in the fast invite race in the 100m running 12.40 (9th place), and came back to run the 300m hurdles in 47.39 (7th place).

ARCADIA INVITATIONAL April 10-11, 2009

The Arcadia Invitational is one of the premier events in high school track and field in the U.S. and invites the top performers in the U.S. and even foreign nations.  As such, just to be invited is an honor.  This year Beverly was invited to compete in 3 events, the Girls 4X800m relay consisting of Nicole Weinstein, Sydney Gray, Brianna Simmons and Raquel Hefflin.  Hefflin was invited to run in the 800m individual race as well.  Caylin Hauptman was our sole boy entry in the shot put.   There were 3 sections of the 800m race comprising 36 runners.  Hefflin took 5th in her race in 2:19.41, twelfth overall that saw 16 girls of 36 break 2:20.  In the 4X800m relay Beverly was in the seeded race where the team took 15th place out of 22 teams.  Their time was 10:04.55 (Nicole Weinstein 2:34.05; Sydney Gray 2:30.17; Brianna Simmons 2:37.05; and Raquel Hefflin 2:23.57) not quite the time they expected as the goal was to break 10 minutes.   In the boys seeded shot put Caylin Hauptman took 12th place with a throw of 47-2 3/4.

The next big invitational is MT SAC Relays on April 18, 2009.

Dual Meet @ Santa Monica High School April 2, 2009.

BEVERLY BOYS VARSITY DEFEATS SAMO IN LAST EVENT OF THE MEET 4X400 RELAY– A 69 to 67 Victory!

WHILE VARSITY GIRLS DEFEAT SAMO 78 to 54.

FALCON RUNS Boys 800m in 1:59.72.  HEFFLIN RUNS Girls 1600m in 5:25.34.  BRIANNA PRINCE RUNS Girls 400m in 59.61.

For the last 6 years Beverly’s Boys Varsity has lost to Santa Monica, but not this year.  The last time the Boys even won a league championship was in 1993.  Only Culver City stands in their way from garnering a league championship.  The meet came to the last event the 4X400m relay and AJ Karon, Marcus Gray, Alex Falcon & Trey Haughton pulled off the victory in a time of 3:31.21.  The Girls Varsity easily defeated Samo looking toward another league championship if they defeat Culver City.  The boys frosh soph team in a nail biter edged out Samo by one point 63-62.  The girls frosh soph was our only team that was defeated by Samo 63-52.  There was some outstanding highlights at the meet.  Alex Falcon broke the 2 minute barrier in the 800m running 1:59.72.  Brianna Prince broke the 60 second barrier in the 400m running 59.61.  Erika Hill took 2nd in 61.50.  Raquel Hefflin ran a personal best 1600m in 5:25.34, while Sydney Gray still with illness managed 2nd behind Hefflin in 5:36.88.  Hefflin also won the 800m in 2:27.85.  Ashley Austin won the girls varsity 100m hurdles in 16.26.  Donovan Dickens won the 110m boys hurdles in 15.91.  Kemi Olonade won the long jump and triple jump in 16-0 1/2 and 35-3 3/4 (nearly matching her school record of 35-5).  Brittany Morgan won the girls 200m in 26.68.  Julian Sarokin won the boys 100m in 11.31.   Super Frosh Brianna Simmons in the girls frosh soph won both the 800m and 1600m in 2:33.29 and 5:59.85.   The girls varsity 4X400 relay ran a season best time of 4:05.81 (McCoy, Hill, Hefflin & Prince).  Dejah McCoy took 2nd in the varsity long jump in 15-2 3/4, with Brianna Smith in 3rd in 15-2 1/4.  Smith also took 3rd in the triple jump in 30-0 1/4.   Angie Kang took 1st in both the girls FS long jump in 13-6 3/4 and triple jump in 28-8 1/2.  Daniel Bradbury won the boys varsity 300m hurdles in 43.81.   In the girls varsity 100m Brianna Morgan took 1st in 13.00 with Kiarra Brown 3rd in 13.36.  In the boys varsity 400m Trey Haughton took 1st in 51.58.

If the boys varsity and frosh soph and girls varsity defeat Culver City on April 23, 2009 then all of them will be assured the league championship.

PASADENA GAMES March 28, 2009 Pasadena City College

KEMI OLONADE BREAKS OWN SCHOOL RECORD IN TRIPLE JUMP 35-5.

Hefflin Runs 2:18.39 in 800m & Austin runs 12.48 in 100m

The Pasadena Games brings out many of the top performers in the State.  In a strong triple jump field Kemi Olonade took 4th place and broke her own school record leaping 35-5 in the triple jump .   Raquel Hefflin in a strong 800m field which saw 4 girls break 2:20, Hefflin took 3rd in 2:18.39.  Ashley Austin took 3rd in the 100m in a fast 12.48!   Austin also took 2nd in the Open 300m hurdles in 47.41 and 4th overall.  She was also part of the 400m relay which took 4th in 49.79, which included B. Morgan, A.  Wilson and E. Hill.   Andrea Wilson took 4th in the Invite 300m hurdles in 51.01.  Sydney Gray, under the weather with illness, ran 5:36.73 in the 1600m and 11:42.81 in the 3000m (which converts to 12:28.20 for the 3200m).  Brianna Prince ran a fine 26.88 200m in her race taking 4th place.  The girls 4X400m relay ran 4:08.81 for 5th place in the invite race. On the boys side Trey Haughton took 3rd in the Large School B Divison in 51.84; Kenny Bassett took 4th in the 100m in 11.43 in the Large School B Division; Elliot Peaks ran 23.52 taking 6th in the Large School Division.  Alex Cascante ran the 3000m in 9:52.23 (converts to 10:23.60 3200m).  The boys 4X400m relay took 3rd in the Large School race in 3:30.92.

@Morninside HS   March 25, 2009

BEVERLY GIRLS & BOYS VARSITY AND FROSH SOPH WIN 2nd LEAGUE MEET AT MORNINGSIDE HIGH

Culver City Invite  March 21, 2009

CULVER INVITE BRINGS OUT TOP PERFORMANCES

Beverly’s Varsity and Frosh Soph swept victory against Morningside. Top performances:  Kemi Olonade long jumps 16-7.   Girls 400m Raquel Hefflin 60.6, Brianna Prince 61.0 and Erika Hill 62.2.  Boys 400m Trey Haughton 51.0.  Boys 110m hurdles Donovan Dickinson and Marcus Silberger both at 15.6.   Girls high jump: Kemi Olonade 4-10, with Tamera Skootsky and Skyline Kim at 4-9.   Girls 800m Sydney Gray 2:35.5, Brianna Simmons 2:35.9, Raquel Hefflin 2:36.4.  Erika Hill 100m in 12.7.   Julian Sarokin 100m in 11.1 and Kenny Bassett at 11.2.  Zack Gallagher long jump 19-1.  Trevor Walters 200m at 22.3.   FS Brianna Morgan 200m at 26.9.  Kiarra Brown 200m 27.3 and Dejah McCoy at 27.4.   Girls 300m hurdles Ashley Austin 48.5 and Andrea Wilson 49.8.  Caylin Hauptman shot put at 46-0. [Note: times handheld].

Culver Invite Highlights:   Caylin Hauptman wins shot put in 52-6 (#6 all time at Beverly).  Ashley Austin ran a fast 46.81 in 300m hurdles (#5 all time at Beverly).  Girls sprint relays take 2nd in fast times—400m relay 49.83, 800m relay in 1:47.81.  Kemi Olonade triple jump in 34-3.  Boys 400m relay takes 2nd in 44.27 and 2nd in 1600m relay in 3:32.70.

BEVERLY WINS FIRST LEAGUE MEET AGAINST INGLEWOOD ACROSS THE BOARD VARSITY AND FROSH SOPH TEAMS

INGLEWOOD @ BHHS  MARCH 19, 2009

Highlights of the Meet:

**In the Girls Varsity Raquel Hefflin and Sydney Gray took 1-2 in the 1600m in 5:29.2 and 5:33.0 respectively.  Jamie Bratman ran away with the 3200m in a fast 12:19.0 considering she ran it without competition.  Nicole Weinstein took the 800m in 2:42.4 to complete a sweep by the girl distance runners.  The most exciting event was the long jump with the first 4 girls leaping 16 feet or over—all Beverly performers.  Brianna Smith at 16-2 1/2, Dejah McCoy at 16-1, Kemi Olonade and Asia Williams both at 16-0 1/2.  The best “group” of Beverly jumpers in Beverly’s history all on the same team!   The girls varsity also swept the triple jump with Kemi Olonade at 33-9, Brianna Smith at 33-7 and Tamera Skootsky at 30-3.  The girls varsity also swept both hurdle races:  100m hurdles—Kemi Olonade at 17.8, Jodi Raffi 18.1 and Kim Bonner at 18.2 and 300m hurdles—-Ashley Austin 47.6, Andrea Wilson 48.2 and Kim Bonner at 52.1.   Skyline Kim won the high jump at 4-10.  In the 200m Brittany Morgan ran 26.8 in 2nd and Brianna Prince ran 27.1 in 3rd.  The 4X100m Relay of Ashley Austin, Erika Hill, Brittany Morgan and Andrea Wilson ran their fastest time in 1st place in 50.1.

**In the Boys Varsity Caylin Hauptman won both the shot put in 46-6 and discus in 112-11.  Kenny Bassett took the 100m in 11.3.  Elliot Peaks won the 200m in 22.9.  Trey Haughton won the 400m in 51.3.  Gunther Klaus took 1st in the 800m in 2:08.5.  Alex Cascante won both the 1600m in 4:57 and 3200m in 10:48.2.  In the hurdles Marcus Silberger took the 110m hurdles in 15.9, with Donovan Dickens at 16.1 in 2nd and Jeff Bradshaw in 17.9 in 3rd.  In the 300m hurdles Dan Bradbury won in 43.9, Donovan Dickens in 45.8 in 2nd and Jeff Bradshaw in 48.2 in 3rd.

**In the Boys Frosh Soph Josh Galen took 1st in both the 800m in 2:15.3 and the 1600m in 5:01.9.  David Bresnick took 1st in the discus in 77-8.

**In the Girls Frosh Soph Liza Raffi won both the 100m and 300m hurdles in 18.8 and 58.7.  Faith France took 2nd in the 100m hurdles in 19.2.  Angie Kang took 1st in the triple jump in 32-0.  The girls 4X100m Relay of B. Morgan, F. France, Levin & Friedman took 1st in 54.4.

[All times were handheld]

IRVINE INVITE @ Irvine High School MARCH 14, 2009BEVERLY’S PEFORMANCES AT IRVINE INVITE

On a dreary cold day in Irvine the performances by all athletes from about 30 schools were for the most part down as many of the top performers from CIF expected fast times with the quality of teams. There were many heats in the races and many flights in the field events, which were then combined to determine the best 6 performances in the meet.  Our top performance came from Caylin Hauptman in  the varsity shot put who took third place with a put of 51-2.  The most exciting portion of the meet for Beverly was in the Girls 800 meters.  In the varsity 800m a stellar field ran and Raquel Hefflin nabbed 4th place in 2:23.70 where the top 5 girls were separated by just 2 seconds.  Then in the Girls Frosh Soph races Sydney Gray took 5th in another tight race breaking the 2:30 barrier in 2:29.55 and came back to take 6th (second in her heat) in the 1600m in 5:34.73.  Freshman Brianna Simmons also ran a great 800m in 2:32.09.   Boys Frosh Soph Jeff Bradshaw had a fine day taking 6th in the 300m hurdles in 45.58 and 7th in the 110m hurdles in 18.17.  Two relay teams nabbed medals.  The Boys Varsity 4X100m relay of Kenny Bassett, Trey Haughton, Zack Gallagher & Elliot Peaks took 5th place in 44.56.  The Girls Varsity 4X100m relay of Ashley Austin, Brittany Morgan, Erika Hill & Andrea Wilson took 6th place in 51.52.  In the Girls Varsity 400m both Brianna Prince 61.67 and Erika Hill 61.82 won their heats and finished 7th and 9th overall respectively.  Other performances of note:  Ashley Austin in the Girls Varsity 300m hurdles ran 48.68 and Andrea Wilson ran 49.27.  Junior Ali Hatcher (4:57.30 and 10:53.09) and Freshman Josh Galen (5:07.78 and 11:05.75) ran in both the Boys 1600m and 3200m.  Alex Falcon in the Varsity Boys 800m ran 2:02.57.  Kenny Bassett in the Boys Varsity 200m ran 23.73.  Brianna Smith in the Girls Varsity long jump leaped 15-3.  The Boys Varsity 4X400m relay ran 3:31.70 for 9th place overall.  In the Boys Varsity 400m Trey Haughton ran 52.75 and Zack Gallagher ran 53.38.  Liza Raffi in the Girls Frosh Soph 100m hurdles ran 19.76.

MIRA COSTA, NORTH TORRANCE, BEVERLY HILLS Triangular Meet @ Mira Costa— March 12, 2009

KEMI OLONADE SETS GIRLS VARSITY SCHOOL RECORD IN TRIPLE JUMP AT 35-3!

Without some of our top runners in events, Beverly was relegated to finishing behind Bay league powers Mira Costa and North Torrance on the varsity triangular meet, with only our frosh-soph girls finishing ahead of North Torrance.  However, there were some outstanding performances.  Kemi Olonade took first place and broke the varsity school record in the triple jump leaping 35-3, breaking the record set in 1996 by Tee Ka Johns of 35-2.  Raquel Hefflin took on Mira Costa’s top distance runners in the 800m taking first in 2:22.8.   In the 100m Erika Hill and Kim Horton took 2nd and 3rd respectively both in the same time of 12.9.  In the girls long jump Brianna Smith took 2nd in 15-8.  In the girls 300m hurdles Andrea Wilson took 2nd in 49.6 with Ashley Austin in 3rd in 50.1.  Sydney Gray took 3rd in the 1600m in 5:39.8.  Jamie Bratman took 4th in the 3200m in 12:26.5 and ran the 1600m in 5:56.27.  On the girls frosh-soph Brianna Morgan ran the 100m in 13.0 and 200m in 27.6 taking 1st and 2nd respectively.  Brianna Simmons ran the 1600m in 5:59.0 taking 2nd place.   Angie Kang took 1st in the triple jump in 28-6.   Liza Raffi took 1st in the 100m hursles in 18.6.   The girls 400m relay took 2nd in 55.2.

On the boys side, Caylin Hauptman took the varsity shot put in 50-8 and 4th in the discus in 113-7.  The boys 1600m relay of Zack Gallagher, A.J. Karon, Kenny Bassett and Trey Haughton took 1st in 3:34.8.  Haughton and Karon took 1st and 2nd in the 400m in 52.5 and 54.9 respectively.  Alex Falcon finished 3rd in the 1600m in 4:37.5.  Frosh Soph Jeff Brdshaw ran a fast 16.8 in the 110m hurdles.

[NOTE: All TIMES WERE HANDHELD TIMED]

Redondo Beach Dual Meet at Beverly March 5, 2009

Beverly Girls Varsity Takes Victory Over Redondo Beach

While Boys Varsity Lose 70-67 By Mere 3 points

Boys Frosh Soph and Girls Frosh Soph Each Win By 1 Point

FOOTHILL INVITE March 7, 2009

Girls 4X800 Meter Relay Sets New School Record

In the First dual meet of the season Beverly took on CIF distance power Redondo Beach, led by the Schmidt brothers on the boys side and Redondo’s top girl distance runners.   Then the team 2 days later competed in the Foothill Invite.  [Note the Redondo meet was handtimed, while Foothill Invite was electronic timing].

The Girls Varsity showed their depth easily outscoring Redondo.   Our own All CIF 800 meter runner Raquel Hefflin won the 800 meters in 2:24.4, while Sydney Gray ran 2:38.8.   Jamie Bratmen ran away with the 3200 meter race in 12:35.9.  Erika Hill won the 400 meters in 63.5, while Dolly Ameral followed in second in 64.8.  Natalie Rabb took the 200 meters in 28.1 and third in the 100 meters in 13.5.  The girls swept the 100 meter hurdles with Kemi Olonade 18.2, Kim Horton 18.6 and Kim Bonner 18.7.  Andrea Wilson in the 300m hurdles was edged out by Redondo’s Nelson both running 53.2.  In the field events Skyline Kim took second in the high jump in 4-10.  The triple jump showed outstanding performances by Kemi Olbnade 34-1 and Brianna Smith 33-8.  Brianna Smith also won the long jump in 16-6, while Asia Williams and Dejah McCoy both jumped 15-7.  The 400m. relay team won in 51.1, while the 1600m relay team won in 4:14.8.

At the Foothill Invite 2 days later the Girls Varsity 4X800m relay team set a new school record 10:03.55 with Nicole Weinstein (2:33.13), Sydney Gray (2:31.14), Brianna Simmons (2:37.55) and Raquel Hefflin (2:21.48).  Other outstanding performances were turned in by Ashley Austin 1st in the 100 meters 12.65; Kemi Olonade 33-8 in the triple jump and 18.42 in the 100m hurdles, as well as 4-6 in the high jump which Skyline Kim also cleared 4-6 in the high jump; the girls distance medley relay taking 4th place in 13:29.79 with Brianna Simmons running 2:35.81 for the 800m; and the girls 400 meter relay (Dejah McCoy, Ashley Austin, Andrea Wilson & Erika Hill) taking 3rd in 51.10.

The Boys Varsity although losing a close one to Redondo by a mere 3 points—the boys had some stellar performances of note.  Caylin Hauptman won the shot put in 52-0 and discus in in 109-11, with Camyar Meshkaty following in second with 44-7 and 102-3 marks.   Alex Falcon in the 800 meters came in a dead heat at the finish with Redondo’s distance star C. Schmidt both timed in 2:01.1, with Schmidt getting the nod for the victory.   Another outstanding performance was by Trey Haughton taking the 400m in 51.5 and the high jump in 5-10.   Elliot Peaks won the 200m in 23.3, while Trevor Walters won the 100m in 11.1 with Kenny Bassett in second in 11.2 both excellent times.  Marcus Silberger took second in the 110m hurdles in 15.9.   The boys relay teams in the 400m and 1600m both won in 45.6 and 3:34.9 respectively.

At the Foothill Invite Caylin Hauptman took 2nd in the shot put in 49-2 and 5th in the discus in 124-7. The boys 1600m relay of Zach Gallagher, Elliot Peak, Alex Falcon and Trey Haughton took second place in 3:36.56.  Zach Gallagher also took 4th in the long jump in 20-0 1/4.  Trey Haughton in the high jump cleared 5-10 in a tie for 6th.  Marcus Silberger took 5th in the 110m hurdles in 16.0.  The boys sprint medley relay of Donovan Dickens, Daniel Bradbury, Alex Falcon & Trey Haughton took 3rd place in 3:44.32, with Alex Falcon running the 800m leg in 2:01.55.

2009 ANNIVERSARY MOMENTS OF PAST BEVERLY TRACK & FIELD ATHLETES & TEAMS:

*80 YEARS :  1929 Harry Smith takes 1st in 220 and LJ and 2nd in 100 to lead Beverly to 1st league title in Track & Field.  The first star of Beverly track and field.

*70 YEARS:   1939 Paul Christensen takes 880 yd State title and HS All American Honors, while end of season injured Jimmy O’Reilly earlier in the season hits marks in the 100, 220, 440 and LJ to garner HS All American Honors in all 4 events!  O’Reilly’s long jump of 23-0 1/8 is still the school record.

*40 YEARS:  1969 Simon Langer takes HS All American Honors in 3 Mile run on track.

*30 YEARS:  1979 Rick Jones takes HS All American Honors in 220 yds.

Cross Country 2008

AWARDS BANQUET 11/18/2008

The Scholar Athlete Award for XC went to Avi Hecht with a 4.6 GPA, with honorable mention to Alex Dubin with a 4.4 GPA.  Raquel Hefflin received the MVP award for girls, while Alex Falcon won the MVP for boys.  The best Freshman/Rookie awards went to Josh Galen for boys and Brianna Simmons for girls.  Other runners recognized were Gunther Klaus, Sydney Grey, and Jamie Bratman.  Special recognition went to Sara Jabbari.  She ends her XC career at Beverly with the following legacy:   since the inception of the program in 1930 she is the only runner to obtain 4 straight All League honors, the only runner to be on 4 league championship teams, she is on the most All Time lists in XC with a total of 10, is on the Dynamite Dozen list for Rancho Park, and has competed in 4 straight CIF championship meets.  Thanks go out to the alumni and parents who support the team and those who made the banquet a success this year; and special thanks goes out to Fidel Dominguez our head cross country coach.

CIF @ MT SAC 2.91 Miles   11/15/08

GIRLS VARSITY MISSES MAKING CIF FINALS—

We can’t say that our Varsity Girls did not have a great season.   Although we had injuries  and surgeries —the girls kept performing going undefeated in league and taking individual honors at various invitationals.  Going into CIF prelims the team had won their 4th straight league title and Raquel Hefflin was league Champion, with 4 other girls making All League.  Hefflin set school records for MT SAC, Kenneth Hahn Park and Pepperdine-Malibu, while Jamie Bratman set school records for Rosemead Invite and Cerritos Regional Park.   The girls drew the toughest heat at CIF with 17 schools that qualified for the race, which included Saugus the No. 1 team in the nation, and Sultana, El Modena and Newbury Park all in the top 8 in CIF.  That alone took 4 spots for the CIF Final, leaving Beverly, Loara and University (Irvine) to fight it out for the 5th and final spot to the CIF Finals.   Beverly took 7th place, respectable but not enough, as University (Irvine) took the 5th spot, while Loara took 6th just ahead of Beverly.   Out of the 123 runners, Raquel Hefflin was our first runner finishing in 18th place in a time of 19:36 (shy of her best on the course of 19:29–the school record), with a top 20 finish —which has not been done by a girl runner at Beverly since 1993.  Jamie Bratman finished in 43rd in 20:55 (moves up to #12 on the MT SAC All Time Beverly List), with Sydney Grey in 44th in 21:02 (moves up to #14 on MT SAC All Time Beverly List); Sara Jabbari in 50th in 21:23 (her best is 20:56 on the course #13 on the All Time List); Brianna Simmons in 61st in 21:51 (moves into #25 on All Time List); Nicole Weinstein in 62nd in 21:52 (her best is 21:42 as #22 on All Time List) and Gitla Shooster in 69th in 22:02 (missing the All Time List by 3 seconds, but improved her time on the course by over 1 minute!).  Our league rival Santa Monica took 12th out of 14 teams in their Division 1 CIF heat, while Culver City took last place in the 17 field team in their Division 2 CIF heat.

BOYS VARSITY END LONG SEASON AT CIF PRELIMS

The Boys Varsity ended their long season at the CIF Prelims taking 12th out of 13 schools in their CIF heat.   The boys looked worn out since league finals and ran much slower than their best times on the MT SAC course.  Gunther Klaus who took 2nd in league finished in 49th place in 16:59 (which just made the All Time List at #20 for Beverly on the course); while Alex Cascante finished in 70th in 17:29; Alex Falcon in 72nd in 17:37; Nick Harper in 76th in 17:42; Ali Hatcher in 83rd in 18:03; Byron Myles in 88th in 18:32; and freshman Josh Galen in 91st in 18:37.  We lose for next year seniors Gunther Klaus, Alex Falcon and Byron Myles, which means our boys varsity team will need to regroup if they want to challenge Santa Monica for the league championship next year.   League champion Santa Monica finished in 9th place in their CIF Division 1 heat and failed to make CIF Finals.

CROSS COUNTRY ALL TIME LISTS , ALL LEAGUE & CIF IS NOW UPDATED

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November 6, 2008.  Ocean League Finals at Kenneth Hahn Park 3 miles.

BEVERLY HILLS, SANTA MONICA, CULVER CITY, INGLEWOOD & MORNINGSIDE

GIRLS VARSITY TAKES OCEAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP FOR FOURTH STRAIGHT YEAR IN CONVINCING FASHION

RAQUEL HEFFLIN WINS INDIVIDUAL LEAGUE TITLE SETTING NEW SCHOOL RECORD; WHILE 5 GIRLS TAKE ALL LEAGUE HONORS

The Girls Varsity showed why they were undefeated in League this year winning their 4th straight league championship, taking 5 of the first 7 places in league.   Junior Raquel Hefflin took the individual league championship in first place setting a new school record over the Kenneth Hahn 3 mile course in a time of 20:41.74, breaking Valerie Wirtschafter’s school record of 21:11.06 in 2006, and becoming the first girl at Beverly to break the 21 minute barrier on what is considered one of the toughest cross country courses in Southern California.   If that were not enough all league honors were bestowed upon sophomore Sydney Grey who took third in 21:14.17 (Beverly’s third all time best performance on the course); junior Jamie Bratman in fourth in 21:36.83 (Beverly’s seventh all time best performance on the course—coming off a leg injury otherwise she would have been favored to take no less than 2nd in league); senior Sara Jabbari in sixth in 22:03.27 and a surprise finish in seventh by freshman  Brianna Simmons in 22:07.24.   What was even more astounding in their performance was that are top 5 girls averaged 21:32.66 as a team when the old school record for an individual was 21:11.06 before the meet!    It should be noted that senior Sara Jabbari made history by becoming the first cross country runner at Beverly to garner all league honors for 4 straight years.   The girls now go to the CIF prelims on Saturday November 15, 2008 at MT SAC.

Ocean League All League Honors go to top 10:

1. Raquel Hefflin BH 20:41.74; 2. Julie Harreshou SAMO 21:02.71; 3. Sydney Grey BH 21:14.17

4. Jamie Bratman BH 21:36.83; 5. Amanda Botfeld  SAMO 21:51.30; 6. Sara Jabbari BH 22:03.27

7. Brianna Simmons BH 22:07.24; 8. Gabi Cruz SAMO 22:12.85; 9. Esme Levy SAMO 22:19.28

10. Matisse Ventura SAMO 22:44.22

Other Runners for Beverly:  13. Nicole Weinstein 23:29.69; 14. Gitla Shooster 23:49.71

TEAM TITLE:  1. BH 21; 2. SAMO 34; 3. Culver City 93; 4. Morningside 98.

BOYS VARSITY TAKES DISTANT SECOND TO SAMO

Gunther Klaus Takes Surprise 2nd place in League

The Santa Monica Boys dominated the league finals as Beverly was relegated to 2nd place, but which still qualifies them for the CIF prelims.  The star performance was by senior Gunther Klaus taking second place to top runner Ezana Tesfu of SAMO.  Klaus time of 17:34.57 was good enough to make the Beverly all time list (6th best) on the Kenneth Hahn course.  The only other runner to make All League was junior Alex Cascante in eighth place in a time of 18:01.00.  The team other than Klaus have run better on the course and a number of our runners who should have been on the top 10 to make All League just did not have a good day.

Ocean League All League Honors go to top 10:

1. Ezana Tesfu SAMO 16:49.85; 2. Klaus Gunther BH 17:34.57; 3. David Rubin SAMO 17:36.83

4. Jordan Keslow SAMO 17:37.02; 5. Daniel Ridick SAMO 17:42.64; 6. Nick Alvarez Culver 17:48.22

7. Sohorob Raja SAMO 17:53.70; 8. Alex Cascante BH 18:01.00; 9. Sepehr Raja SAMO 18:02.13

10. Cody Safron SAMO 18:20.79

Other Runners for Beverly: 11. Alex Falcon 18:31.65; 12. Nick Harper 18:37.87; 13. Byron Myles 18:47.94; 14. Ali Hatcher 19:40.61

TEAM TITLE:  1. SAMO 20; 2. BH 46; 3. Culver City 82; 4. Morningside 104.

BEVERLY’S JOSH GALEN WINS FRESHMEN LEAGUE TITLE AS TEAM IS EDGED BY SAMO

Freshman Josh Galen won the individual league championship in 18:58.54 nearly 30 seconds ahead of his next rival.  Santa Monica edged out Beverly for the team title by just 3 points due to the fact that Gabe Laemmle did not compete who was favored to take second place for Beverly.   However, 5 runners made All League in the freshmen division for Beverly, which included Galen in first, Spencer Fogelman in third in 19:46.10; Alexander Tsankov in sixth in 20:19.63; Michael Huntsman in ninth in 20:48.02 and Cameron Moulene in tenth in 20:57.30.

TEAM TITLE: 1. SAMO 26; 2. BH 29; 3. Morningside 85

GIRLS & BOYS JUNIOR VARSITY TEAMS TAKE SECOND TO SAMO

The Girls JV team took second to Santa Monica without our top runner Katie Grey who was out due to her asthma.  The race was won by Llosa Montserrat of SAMO in 22:38.89.  However, Beverly had two girls that made All League; Darya Famininy in fifth in 24:31.00 and Rachel Karen in eighth in 24:47.68.  The Boys Junior Varsity took second place without a single runner making All League.  James Karlin of Beverly took eleventh place in 19:53.83, just one spot away from making All League and Sam Nussbaum in 20:25.30 took eighteenth place.

GIRLS JV TEAM TITLE: 1. SAMO 17; 2. BH 49; 3. Inglewood 76

BOYS JV TEAM TITLE:  1. SAMO 15; 2. BH 50; 3. Inglewood 99; 4. Morningside 105; 5. Culver City 138.

MT SAC INVITE.  Oct. 25, 2008

510 HIGH SCHOOLS; 75 of 101 CA State Ranked Teams and top teams and individuals in the Nation, including AZ, NV, AK, WA. 110 Races in Divisions I, II, III, IV & V.  The biggest high school cross-country invite in the nation

RAQUEL HEFFLIN Takes 12th in Div. II Varsity Race in School Record

SIDNEY GREY Takes 4th in Sophomore Div. II Race

Girls:  In a stellar field Raquel Hefflin took 12th place running 19:29 setting a new school record over the MT SAC course.  The previous best over the course for a Beverly girl was by Lyad Gozal who ran 19:39 in 1993.   Hefflin and Gozal are the only Beverly girl runners who have run under 20 minutes on the course.   Sara Jabbari coming back from surgery ran 20:56 now 11th on the all time list.  Nicole Weinstein ran 21:42 moving her up to #22 on the all time list [the all time list requires a sub 22 minute time on MT SAC’s course].   In the sophomore race Sydney Grey had the highest placing for Beverly as she was edged out for third place by a few ticks of the clock taking 4th in a time of 21:11 which is 14th on the Beverly all time list.  The sophomore team placed in the top 10 taking 7th place our best team finish of the day.  In the Freshman race our best performance came from Brianna Simmons in 23:17.  Jamie Bratman trying to come back from a leg injury ran under a pseudonym and ran 21:36 without pushing herself.  In comparison our arch rival in league Santa Monica in Division I, had their best performance from Julia Herreshou in 20:23; Gabi Cruz 21:39; and everyone else over 23:30.

Girls Varsity:  12.  Raquel Hefflin 19:29; 56. Sara Jabbari 20:56; 86. Nicole Weinstein 21:42; 129. Gitla Shooster 23:13   [31 high schools and 173 runners].

Girls Soph:   4. Sydney Grey 21:11; 64 Cheyenne Samsel 25:24; 73. Rachel Caren 25:41 [27 high schools and 125 runners---Beverly 7th place as team].

Girls Frosh:  40. Brianna Simmons 23:17.

ALEX FALCON & ALEX CASCANTE Make All Time List

NICK HARPER TAKES 13th in Sophomore Div. II race

JOSH GALEN TAKES 15th and GABE LAEMMLE TAKES 18th in Frosh Div. II Race.

Boys:   In the Varsity Boys Div. II  race, Alex Falcon ran 16:36 in 26th place and Alex Cascante ran 16:47 in 41st place, making the Beverly all time list for the course [the all time list requires a sub 17 minute time on MT SAC’s course].  Falcon moves into #13 on the all time list, while Cascante moves into #15 on the all time list.   In the Sophomore race Nick Harper took 13th place in a fine time of 17:56.  While in the Frosh race two runners were in the top 20, Josh Galen in 15th place in 18:41 and Gabe Laemmle in 18th place in 18:49.   The frosh team tied for 9th place.  In comparison to our arch rival in league Santa Monica who is in Division I, their top Varsity runner Ezana Tesfu  ran 16:26, while their 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th runners ran 17:24, 17:25, 17:30 and 17:40.

Boys Varsity:   26. Alex Falcon 16:36; 41. Alexs Cascante 16:47; 107. Byron Myles 17:54; 123. Ali Hatcher 18:12 [32 high schools and 178 runners].

Boys Soph: 13. Nick Harper 17:56; 61. Sam Nussbaum 19:59 [22 high schools in  race----Beverly team takes 10th place]

Boys Frosh:  15. Josh Galen 18:41; Gabe Laemmle 18:49; 78. Nathan Ong 20:46 [28 high schools and 189 runners ---Beverly team tied for 9th place].

OCEAN LEAGUE CLUSTER MEET #2, Kenneth Hahn Park 3 miles

Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, Culver City,  Morningside  and Inglewood

Girls Varsity WINS 2nd League Cluster Meet Without Injured Bratman as HEFFLIN AND GREY GO 1-2 to Lead Team

The Girls Varsity led by junior Raquel Hefflin in 1st place in 21:21.93 (#3 all time at Beverly for the Kenneth Hahn course) and sophomore Sydney Grey in 2nd place in 21:25.46 (#4 all time) led the Girls Varsity to victory in the 2nd Ocean League Cluster Meet, without star runner Jamie Bratman out with a leg injury.   The school record for the course is held by Valerie Wirtschafter in 21:11.06 and is in danger of being broken at the league finals.  The league finals will be held on November 6, 2008 as the Norman girls go for their 4th straight league championship.   Sara Jabbari on her comeback trail from surgery (and who is #2 all time on the course in 21:18.19) took 6th place and Nicole Weinstein took 7th place, while Freshman Brianna Simmons took 10th place and newcomer to the Varsity team Gitla Shooster took 11th place.

Results:  1.  Raquel Hefflin 21:21.93 ; 2. Sydney Grey 21:25.46; 6. Sara Jabbari 23:16.78; 7. Nicole Weinstein 23: 38.70; 10. Brianna Simmons 24:10.89; 11. Gitla Shooster 24:32.80; 16. Dolly Amaral 26:50.31.             TEAM:  1. Beverly Hills 26; 2. Santa Monica 33; 3. Culver City 82; Morningside 105

SAMO VARSITY BOYS DEFEAT BEVERLY

The Santa Monica Boys varsity again defeated the Normans, who took second place ahead of Culver City and Morningside.  Ezana Tesfu for SAMO took first in 17:01.43, while Jordan Keslow of SAMO took second in 17:47.87 just ahead of Beverly’s 3rd place finisher junior Alex Cascante in 17:50.88.  Gunther Klaus of Beverly was in the mix in 4th place in 17:53.91.

Results:   1.  Ezana Tesfu SAMO 17:01.43.   Beverly runners:  3. Alex Cascante 17:50.88; 4. Gunther Klaus 17:53.91; 9. Byron Myles 18:29.89; 11. Alex Falcon 1838.10; 13. Ali Hatcher 19:17.78; 14. Nick Harper 19:18.10; 16. Avi Hecht 20:15.36

TEAM:  Santa Monica 22; 2. Beverly 40; 3. Culver City 86; 4. Morningside 102

A NEW EPISODE OF LOST

BOYS FRESHMAN ARE EDGED OUT BY SAMO AS 30+ runners go off course.

Josh Galen and Gabe Laemmmle go 1-2

In a bizarre set of circumstances the first 5 runners in the race finished normally with Josh Galen (20:24.21) and Gabe Laemmle (20:43.86) of Beverly finishing in 1st and 2nd [the only runners under 21 minutes] with Santa Monica following in 3rd, 4th and 5th place.  Then the crowd stood dumbfounded as more than 4 minutes went by without another finisher!  What happened was that the next 30+ runners went off course and continued running in circles at the back end of the course where spectators can’t see the runners.  The runners that were so far back in 40th place and those that realized their mistake who came back on the course, ended up coming in 6th through 15th place.  30+ runners never found the finish line.  Without Michael Huntsman in the race for Beverly it was difficult enough but now it was a fiasco and Santa Monica ended up upsetting Beverly 26 to 29.  As Beverly won the 1st league cluster, now the league finals will determine the league champion.  Some say some of the runners may still be out on the course lost.  A search party was sent out to retrieve them.   Others say that some Beverly Hills Studio executive will have them in the new season of LOST running around the island.

Results:  1.  Josh Galen 20:24.21; 2. Gabe Laemmle 20:43.86; 7. Alexander Tsankov 25:59.53; 9. Eric Simsolo 26:37.24; 10. Andrew Schwab 26:53.63.  [only 15 finishers out of 48 runners]

Boys JV Lose to Santa Monica

Santa Monica ran away with the Boys JV race as Beverly took 2nd ahead of Culver City, Inglewood and Morningside.   The only runner for Beverly in the top 10 was James Karlin taking 7th place.

Results:  1. Nicholas Salazar SAMO 18:31.25    1st 7 Beverly runners:   7. James Karlin 20:25.41; 13. Andrew Toobi 21:06.42; 14. Sam Capogrosso 21:09.51; 20. Matthew Derakhshesh 21:34.45; 21. Sam Nussbaum 22:11.63; 22. Luke Nussbaum 22:11.83; 23. Alex Dubin 22:32.65

TEAM: 1. Santa Monica 15; 2. Beverly 53; 3. Morningside 85; 4. Inglewood 117; 5. Culver City 130

Girls JV Lose to Santa Monica

Santa Monica ran away with the Girls JV race as well, but Beverly in 2nd place had 4 girls in the top 10; led by Katie Grey in 5th and Darya Famininy in 6th.

Results:  1. Matisse Ventura SAMO 23:35.74     1st 7 Beverly runners:  5. Katie Grey 25:41.19; 6. Darya Famininy 25:42.17; 9. Liza Raffi 26:00.71; 10. Jeong Won Kim 26:12.56; 11. Jacyln Karpiak 26:15.97; 14. Rebecca Ghermezi 26:22.10; 15 Rachel Caren 26:30.12.

TEAM :  1. Santa Monica 17; 2. Beverly 41; 3. Morningside 92; 4. Inglewood 105

CLOVIS INVITE. Woodward Park, Fresno 3.1 miles      Hefflin Leads Team

Without Jamie Bratman the Girls Varsity competed at the Clovis Invite that had 40 state ranked teams in the boys and girls competition in different divisions.   Beverly was in the Large School Division, which saw 31 schools and apx. 200 runners compete, with top ranked Saugus winning both the boys and girls events.   These were very competitive races.   Raquel Hefflin was our top girl in 23rd place in a time of 19:40 (Beverly’s prior best on the 3.1 mile course was by Lyad Gozal in 1993 when she ran 19:12).  Sydney Grey finished in 44th in a very good time of 20:15.  Sara Jabbari making a comeback this year after surgery came in 96th in 21:12, and the team will need her efforts in the league championship this year.  Freshman Brianna Simmons came in 139th in 22:08 and Nicole Weinstein finished in 147th in 22:18.   The girls finished in 16th place as a team without Bratman.  In the Boys race Beverly finished in 21st place out of the 31 teams.   Alex Falcon finished in 76th place in 16:55, while Gunther Klaus was right behind in 77th place in 16:56.   Alex Cascante finished in 87th in 17:04, Byron Myles in 147th in 17:35, Nick Harper in 169th in 18:08 and Ali Hatcher in 170th in 18:08.

PEPPERDINE INVITE, 3 Miles.   Malibu.  October 4, 2008

68 high schools, thousands of runners.

BEVERLY’S DYNAMIC DUO RAQUEL HEFFLIN (3rd place) and

JAMIE BRATMAN (6th place) finish in TOP 10 in Girls Varsity!

In a meet billed as the most beautiful cross country course in the nation, nearly 70 high schools including top ranked CIF schools from Serrano, Thousand Oaks, Barstow, Arcadia, Ayala and many more (including top ranked Warwick of NY) descended on Pepperdine University’s cross country course overlooking the Pacific Ocean.  In the Girl’s Varsity race Lyndsie Etherton of Bullard ran away in 1st place in 18:32.67, the fastest time of the day, with Katie Carrell of Arbor View in 2nd in 19:33.78.  Then down the stretch to the finish came Beverly’s juniors Raquel Hefflin in 3rd in 19:41.27 and Jamie Bratman in 6th in 19:55.70, both breaking 20 minutes on a tough course and finishing in the top 10!   Sophomore Sidney Grey with back problems finished in 24th in 20:42.97 as the first 40 finishers received medals.    The girls team finished in 6th place, while arch rival Santa Monica was in 8th.   In the Boys Varsity race Arcadia’s Amman Moussa took first in 15:21.90, with Santa Monica’s No. 1 runner in our league Ezana Tesfu finishing in only 22nd in 16:32.16, showing how stiff the competition was at the meet.  Beverly’s runners who received medals were Alex Falcon in 39th in 17:05.35 and Gunther Klaus in 40th in 17:07.85.   The Boys took 8th as a team while Santa Monica finished in 6th place. The only other medal won by Beverly was in the Boys Frosh-Soph race as Freshman Josh Galen took 34th place in a time of 18:33.90.

Results for Beverly Runners:

Girls Varsity:  3.  Raquel Hefflin 19:41.27; 6.  Jamie Bratman 19:55.70;  24.  Sydney Grey 20:42.97; 69.  Brianna Simmons 22:09.75; 71. Nicole Weinstein 22:15.46; 93. Dolly Amaral 23:54.17.

Boys Varsity:  39. Alex Falcon 17:05.35; 40.  Klaus Gunther 17:07.85.  48. Alex Cascante 17:12.62; 76.  Byron Myles 17:55.99;  79.  Ali Hatcher 18:00.03; 89.  Nick Harper 18:13.51.

Girls FS:  64. Rachel Caren 24:08.52; 68. Balbine Jourdan 24:14.79; 80. Katie Grey 24:26.82;  85. Tiffany Moore 24:50.18; 90. Rebecca Ghermezi 25:05.44; 91. Emmanielle Hodara 25:08.50; 96. Cheyenne Samsel 25:25.75; 115. Jaclyn Karpiak 26:02.57.

Boys FS:  34. Josh Galen 18:33.90; 47. Gabe Laemmle 18:58.04; 54. Sam Nussbaum 19:06.68;  86.  Michael Huntsman 20:01.83; 97. James Karlin 20:16.56; 98. Alex Tsankov 20:17.79; 103.  Joshua Berris 20:25.92.

OCEAN LEAGUE CLUSTER MEET #1, Rancho Park 3 miles

Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, Culver City and Morningside  (Inglewood and Hathorne no shows)

GIRLS VARSITY:    Hefflin, Bratman & Grey Go 1-2-3  To Take League Meet No. 1 as First 5 girls for Beverly Make All Time List

The Girls Varsity took their first step to take their 4th straight league championship in the Ocean League as they beat arch rival Santa Monica.   Raquel Hefflin and Jamie Bratman took the lead from the start and never looked back as Hefflin took first in 19:02.36 (#4 all time at Beverly’s home course at Rancho Park) and Bratman took second in 19:17.36 (#6 all time).  Sophomore Sydney Grey took third place for the sweep in 20:02.30 (#12 all time).  The all time top 12 is known as the Dynamite Dozen an honor bestowed on the top 12 girls all time at Beverly.   Nicole Weinstein took 7th in 20:31.78 (#22 all time) and Freshman Brianna Simmons took 9th place  20:58.89 (#27 all time) and the last person on the all time list which requires a sub-21 minute time.

Results:  1. Raquel Hefflin 19:02.36; 2. Jamie Bratman 19:17.36; 3. Sydney Grey 20:02.30; 7. Nicole Weinstein 20:31.78; 9. Brianna Simmons 20:58.89; 14. Sara Jabbari 22:32.00.

Team:   1. Beverly Hills 22; 2. Santa Monica 33; 3. Culver City 80; 4. Morningside 111.

BOYS VARSITY:  Team takes 2nd to Santa Monica

The Boys Varsity once again lost to arch rival Santa Monica as their top 2 runners Ezana Tesfu and Jordan Keslow took 1st and 2nd.   However, the bright spot was that our first three runners Alex Falcon, Alex Cascante and Gunther Klaus took 3rd, 4th and 5th in the race.   The team will have to regroup for the second league meet if they want to challenge Santa Monica for the league title this year.

Results:  1.  Ezana Tesfu (SAMO) 15:51.70; Beverly Runners:  3. Alex Falcon 16:27.69; 4. Alex Cascante 16:30.29; 5. Gunther Klaus 16:30.49; 10. Byron Myles 16:47.69; 12. Nick Harper 17:08.13; 14. Ali Hatcher 18:07.53; 15. James Karlin 18:26.31.

Team :   1. Santa Monica 25; 2. Beverly Hills 34; 3. Culver City 86; 4. Morningside 102

BOYS FRESHMAN:   Josh Galen Takes First Place and Leads Team to Victory

The Boys Freshman team in a strong effort took the first league cluster meet, led by Josh Galen who ran 18:27, while Gabe Laemmle took 3rd in 18:48, Michael Huntsman took 4th in 18:56 and Alexander Tsankov took 6th in 19:08.   Eleven freshman for Beverly broke 21 minutes on the course taking 11 places out of the first 16 runners.

Results:    1. Josh Galen 18:27; 3. Gabe Laemmle 18:48; 4. Michael Huntsman 18:56; 6. Alexander Tsankov 19:08; 10. Andrew Redston 20:14; 11. Nathan Ong 20:15; 12. Andrew Schwab 20:24; 13. James Schneider 20:25; 14. Hunter Rice 20:41; 15. Austin Mills 20:53; 16. Austin Dixon 20:54.

Team:  1. Beverly Hills 24; 2. Santa Monica 31; Culver City -no score.

GIRLS JUNIOR VARSITY:   Girls lose close one to Santa Monica

The Girls Junior Varsity gave a valiant effort but took 2nd to Santa Monica.   The Girls were led by Gitia Shooster who was the only Beverly runner to break 23 minutes running 22:58 in 5th place.

Results: 1. Tanya Jones (SAMO) 22:07.   Beverly Runners Under 24 minutes:  5. Gitia Shooster 22:58;

6. Darya Famininy 23:00; 7. Tamara Stone 23:16; 8. Balbine Jourdan 23:17; 9. Rachel Caren 23:18;

12. Gabriela Marvizi; 13. Tiffany Moore 23:48; 14. Rebecca Ghermezi 23:51.

Team:  1. Santa Monica 28; 2. Beverly Hills 35; 3. Morningside 73; Culver City -no score.

BOYS JUNIOR VARSITY:  Scholar Athlete Boys no match for Santa Monica

Although the JV Boys were no match for Santa Monica, two of our boys finished in the top 10.  Avi Hecht rumored to be a leading candidate for scholar athlete in XC this year took 5th place in 18:07.94, while Sam Nussbaum took 7th in 18:14.11.   Another scholar athlete contender is Alex Dubin who finished in 17th place.

Results:  1.  Christian Fullmer (SAMO) 16:35.69.  Beverly Runners in top 20:  5. Avi Hecht 18:07.94;

7. Sam Nussbaum 18:14.11; 13. Matthew Derahshosh 18:43.85; 17. Alex Dubin 19:09.23; 19. Andrew Toobi 19:15.73.

Team:  1. Santa Monica 16; 2. Beverly Hills 48; 3. Morningside 79; 4. Culver City 113.

ROSEMEAD INVITE, 3 miles.  9/20/08

BRATMAN FIRST GIRL AT BEVERLY TO BREAK 18 minutes!

Girls: 41 schools competed at the Rosemead Invite with races in each grade encompassing approximately 200 runners in each race.   Jamie Bratman battled Rosemead High School’s top runner Brittne Munoz in the Junior race to the finish line taking second place in a time of 17:55 to Munoz’s 17:48.  This was the first time in Beverly’s history that a girl has broken the 18 minute barrier in a 3 mile cross country race.  Only 4 girls at the meet broke 18 minutes.  The fastest time before for a Beverly girl was by Lyod Gozal in 1993 when she ran 18:06.   Raquel Hefflin also ran one of the fastest times ever for a Beverly girl taking third place behind Bratman in 18:10.   Sidney Grey took 4th place in the sophomore race running 19:20. Senior Sara Jabbari recovering from surgery surprised everyone by taking 21st place in the senior race in a time of 19:59 on very little training.  In the freshman race Brianna Simmons took 13th place in a time of 21:05.

Cascante (15:44) and Falcon (15:57) break 16 minutes in Boys races!

Boys: Alex Cascante took 7th place in the junior race breaking 16 minutes in 15:44, while Alex Falcon took 13th place in the senior race in 15:57.   Gunther Klaus ran 16:01 barely missing going under 16 minutes as well as he took 17th place in the senior race.  In the freshman race Josh Galen was by far our best freshman runner taking 14th place in a time of 17:50.

Results of runners in top 60:

Girls Senior Race:   21.  Sara Jabbari 19:59.    Girls Junior Race:  2. Jamie Bratman 17:55; 3. Raquel Hefflin 18:10; 24. Nicole Weinstein 20:47; 36. Dolly Ameral 21:27; 47. Julia Casimiro 22:04; 51. Gittia Shooster 22:09.  Girls Sophomore Race:  4. Sidney Grey 19:20; 53. Danielle Virolas 22:58; 54. Jaclyn Karpiak 23:02.Girls Freshman Race: 13. Brianna Simmons 21:05; 35. Rebecca Germezi 22:56; 36. Tiffany Moore 23:57; 40. Jeong Won Kim 23:17.  Boys Senior Race: 13. Alex Falcon 15:57; 17. Gunther Klaus 16:01; 22. Byron Myles 16:11.  Boys Junior Race:  7. Alex Cascante 15:44; 22. Ali Hatcher 16:23.  Boys Sophomore Race: 22. Nick Harper 17:04; 23. Josh Berris 17:05; 42. Sam Nussbaum 17:44.  Boys Freshman Race: 14. Josh Galen 17:50; 35. Alex Tsankov 18:40, 37. Gabe Laemmle 18:43;  51. Michael Huntsman 19:15; 52. Noah Kornbluth 19:15.

THE GREAT COW RUN – 3 Miles 9/13/08 Cerritos Regional Park

Girls –  Bratman & Hefflin Shine Going Under 19 minutes!

In the first race of the year The Great Cow Run at Cerritos Regional Park, juniors Jamie Bratman and Raquel Hefflin in a strong field of over 70 runners from El Modina, Esperanza, Long Beach Poly, La Mirada, Brea, Cerritos, and many more, finished in 7th and 8th place respectively.  Bratman ran 18:46 and Hefflin ran 18:54.   Those are excellent times and breaking 19 minutes is considered top notch in the CIF.   Sydney Grey finished 24th in a time of 19:47 breaking 20 minutes as a sophomore.   The team has had to withstand two setbacks this season.   Senior Sara Jabbari had surgery recently and will be slowly coming back.  She ran in the JV race and took 16th in 21:48, without training.   She is expected to make history at Beverly this season by being the first cross country runner to make all league 4 years in a row.  Brenna Coates the 2 mile league champion in track last season also has battled with serious medical problems that will sideline her for the entire year.  As a result she will not be attending Beverly this year.  We wish her speedy recovery and hope to see her back next year.   Other good performances were by junior Dolly Ameral who took 19th in the JV race in 22:11; freshman standout Brianna Simmons who took 28th in the Frosh Soph race in 22:11; junior Gitia Shooster 31st in JV in 22:29; junior Nicole Weinstein 61st in varsity in 22:40; and sophomore Katie Grey 39th in Frosh Soph in 22:47.  The varsity girls took 7th place at the invitational.

G/Varsity:   7.  Jamie Bratman 18:46; 8. Raquel Hefflin 18:54; 24. Sydney Grey 19:47; 61. Nicole Weinstein 22:40; 64. Rachel Karen 24:08.     G/JV:   16. Sara Jabbari 21:48; 19. Dolly Ameral 22:11; 31. Gitia Shooster 22:29; 47. Daniella Vinolaz  23:08;70. Brittany Hellman 24:36.    G/FS:     28. Brianna Simmons 22:11; 39. Katie Grey 22:47; 57. Balbine Jourdan 23:35; 62. Emanuelle Hodara 23:49; 73.  Rebecca Gherrazzi 24:07.

Boys –  Take 6th Place as Team is led by A. Cascante

The Boys who have taken second place in league for 4 straight years will try to break the streak with a league championship, counting on its top 5 runners running in a group effort.   That effort was shown in the Great Cow Run as  Junior Alex Cascante led the way in 34th place in a time of 16:12, followed by senior Alex Falcon in 38th in 16:20; senior Gunther Klaus in 45th in 16:32; senior Byron Myles in 46th in 16:33; and junior Ali Hatcher in 47th in 16:35.    The standout in the frosh soph race was freshman Josh Galen who took 37th in 17:43.   Top teams from Loyola, Esperanza, Cerritos, Long Beach Poly, Brea, La Mirada and others made the meet quite competitive, as the boys varsity took 6th place as a team.

B/Varsity:   34.  Alex Cascante 16:12; 38. Alex Falcon 16:20; 45. Gunther Klaus 16:32; 46. Byron Myles 16:33; 47. Ali Hatcher 16:35; 75. Nick Harper 17:28.    B/FS:    37. Josh Galen 17:43; 59.  James Karlin  18:08; 74. Sam Nussbaum 18:27; 86. Alex Tsankov 18:45; 101. Josh Berris 18:58.

Track and Field 2008

[T&F ANNUAL AWA 2008 RD BANQUET AT BEVERLY HILLS HIGH SCHOOL CAFETERIA,  JUNE 5, 2008 at 6:00 p.m.]     Ashwin Thomas wins Scholar Athlete Award GPA 4.8.

MVP Girls Raquel Hefflin.  MVP Boys Jonathan Simmons and Dominique Sandifer.

CIF MASTERS MEET

SANDIFER TAKES 6th Place in 110 High Hurdles in 14.70

SIMMONS TAKES 8th Place in 800 meters in 1:54.80

The CIF Masters Meet to qualify for STATE was held at Cerritos College on Friday May 23, 2008 on a wet track that saw the rain off and on during the meet.  The top 5 plus those who perform the State standard advance to STATE.  Dominique Sandifer took 6th place and his time of 14.70 was short of the State standard of 14.37.  More heart-breaking was Jonathan Simmons 8th place finish in 1:54.80, just four hundredths of a second from meeting the State standard of 1:54.76!

The Track & Field Banquet will be held on June 5, 2008, where we can say our farewells to the Senior Class

CIF DIVISION 2 FINALS at MT SAC May 17, 2008:

SANDIFER TAKES 4th in 110m Hurdles & 4th in 300m Hurdles CIF FINALS;  SIMMONS  TAKES 5th in 800m CIF FINALS

HEFFLIN TAKES 7th in 800m CIF FINALS; MESHKATY TAKES 9th in Shot Put CIF FINALS

BOYS TEAM FINISHES IN 3 WAY TIE FOR 17th PLACE IN CIF FINALS

It was 97 degrees and the heat was unbearable preventing many performers from competing at their usual level.   Dominique Sandifer took 4th place in the 110m hurdles in 14.58 (#3 all time at Beverly) which qualified him for the CIF Masters Meet and he also took 4th in the 300m hurdles in 39.43, which was short of qualifying for the CIF Masters Meet.   Jonathan Simmons not running one of his best races managed to take 5th in the 800m in 1:56.20, but that was still good enough to make the CIF Masters Meet.   At the Masters Meet the top 5 will advance to the CIF STATE MEET, plus any at large bids that meet the State Standard.   Sandifer will have to be in the top 5 or run the 14.37 standard for his event.  Simmons will have to be in the top 5 or run the 1:54.76 standard, which he has bettered this year.   Simmons did beat his cousin Johnathan Shawel of Troy who did not qualify for the Masters Meet.   Sophomore Raquel Hefflin the sole girl at Beverly to make the CIF Finals took a respectable 7th place in 2:20.38 against some very stiff competition. The heat especially effected the shot putters who in general were way below the performances at the prelims.  Shayhad Meshkaty took 9th place in the CIF Finals with a throw of 49-9 3/4.   Sophomore Trevor Walters with a strained hamstring had to scratch from the 100 meters.  Too bad as “sophomore rankings” had him in a three way tie at #7 in State this year.

——-The Boys team scored 14 points that placed them in a tie with Ayala and Edison High Schools for #17 place.   Loyola took 1st in team honors with JW North in second.   Rival Culver City took 48th place.  In the girls competition Woodbridge took 1st place, while Culver City took 3rd place.  Beverly with Hefflin’s points finished in a 3 way tie for 43rd place with La Mirada and Vista del Lago.

SANDIFER, SIMMONS, WALTERS, MESHKATY & HEFFLIN QUALIFY FOR CIF FINALS!

May 10, 2008 @ Moorpark H.S. CIF Prelims.  The top 9 performers qualify for CIF Finals.

SANDIFER:   Plagued with injuries this year Dominique Sandifer came back for the CIF Prelims in a rush.  In the 110m Hurdles he ran the 5th fastest time of the day in 14.74; then came back to win his heat in the 300m Hurdles with the third fastest time of the day in 39.42.  That was after stumbling on the last hurdle.  Now he is among the favorites for the CIF title.

SIMMONS:  Jonathan Simmons also out with injuries this year took 2nd in his heat in 1:55.91, with about 5 runners all bunched at the top for the Finals next week.  Simmons has already run 1:53.23 this year, the 3rd fastest time in State and will be among the favorites to take the CIF title.  His cousin Johnathan Shawel of Troy H.S. also made the finals—so family bragging rights might be on the line next week in the finals.

WALTERS:  The day began on a sour note as Trevor Walters anchored the 4X100m relay team of Elliot Peaks, Julian Sarokin and Kenny Bassett finishing in 2nd place to Compton in their heat in a sub 43 second relay that would have easily qualified the team for the CIF Finals—-but the team was disqualified on the basis that Walters stepped slightly out of his lane.  Walters though came back with a vengeance in the 100m race where he took 2nd in 10.97 to qualify for the CIF Finals.  He is one of two finalists that are only sophomores.

MESHKATY:   Shayhad Meshkaty in a very tough shot put field had to throw a lifetime best of 53-9 more than a foot and one half farther than his previous best to get into that select group of 9 to make it to the CIF Finals.  His throw moves him up to #3 all time Varsity at Beverly for the event.

HEFFLIN:    Sophomore Raquel Hefflin in the Girls 800m qualified for the CIF Finals in 2:18.29.  Her time moves her to #4 Varsity all time at Beverly and #2 Frosh Soph at Beverly.  The school record for FS is 2:15 by Barbara Gottlieb, who also holds the Varsity record at 2:11.64.  Hefflin becomes only the 4th girl at Beverly to break the 2:20 barrier and she is only a sophomore!

Others:   The girls 4X100m Relay of Erika Hill, Rikka Springfield, Andrea Wilson and Asia Williams took 3rd in their heat in a time of 49.97 short of qualifying for the Finals.  Rikka Springfield took 6th in her heat of the 200m in 26.24.  Brianna Smith went 16-2 1/2 in the LJ and 33-1 1/2 in the TJ.

Sophomore Andie Sunwoo ran 16.89 in the 110m H and Sophomore Marcus Silberger ran 16.06 in the 100m H.    Sophomore Brenna Coates ran 12:13.74 in the 3200m.  Junior Andrea Wilson ran a personal best 51.42 in the 300m H.   Caylin Hauptman also threw a personal best in the Shot Put 46-8 1/4.  Ashwin Thomas ran 2:04.14 in the 800m and Freshman Justin Cooper was among 40 contestants that only saw 17 performers clear opening height at 6-0, a height Cooper has not made.   The good news is that many of our performers are frosh sophs and will be back next year.

OCEAN LEAGUE FINALS:        GIRLS VARSITY & FS WIN LEAGUE WITH 5-0 RECORDS

BOYS VARSITY & FS FINISH IN 2ND PLACE WITH 4-1 RECORDS;   INDIVIDUAL ALL LEAGUE PERFORMERS:

15 Norman performances that made All League Boys Varsity

100m:  Trevor Walters 3rd 10.98; 800m:  Jonathan Simmons 1st 1:58.33; Ashwin Thomas 2nd 2:01.24

1600m:  Byron Myles 3rd 4:51.39; 110m H:  Dominque Sandifer 1st 15.04; Marcus Silberger 3rd 16.01

300m H: Dominque Sandifer 3rd 42.44; HJ:  Justin Cooper 1st 5-5; Andrew Lee 3rd 5-4

SP:  Shayhad Meshkaty 1st 52-1; Caylin Hauptman 3rd 46-0

Discus:  Shayhad Meshkaty 2nd 128-5; Caylin Hauptman 3rd 114-6

400m Relay:  Kenny Bassett, Julian Sarokin, Elliot Peaks & Trevor Walters 3rd 43.93

16 Norman performances that made All League Girls Varsity

200m: Rikka Springfield 3rd 26.59; 400m: Rikka Springfiled 3rd 62.89; 800m:  Raquel Hefflin 2nd 2:22.47

1600m:  Sara Jabarri 3rd 5:50.69; 3200m:  Brenna Coates 1st 12:28.46; Jamie Bratman 2nd 12:43.07; Sara Jabarri 3rd 12:47.22; 100m H:   Andie Sunwoo 1st 17.14; Jodi Raffi 2nd 17.75; 300m H:   Andrea Wilson 53.60 1st; Breanna Bonner 3rd 55.97; LJ:  Brianna Smith 1st 16-1; TJ:  Brianna Smith 3rd 33-9; Discus:  Jehovana Young 2nd 79-5; Beverly Kaine 3rd 78-9; 400m Relay:  Erika Hill, Rikka Springfield, Andrea Wilson & Asia Williams 2nd 50.62

25 Norman performances that made All League Girls Frosh Soph

100m:  Kiarra Brown 1st 13.13; Natalie Rabb 2nd 13.47; 200m:  Kiarra Brown 1st 27.37; Natalie Rabb 2nd 27.98

800m: Sydney Grey 1st 2:31.64; Katie Grey 2nd 2:35.47; Balbine Jourdan 3rd 2:38.02; 1600m: Sydney Grey 1st 5:43.22; 3200m: Sydney Grey 1st 13.32.83; Hodara Emanuelle 2nd 13:51.16; 100m H: Kim Horton 1st 18.92; Gaby Marvasi 2nd 19.73; Brittany Pullman 3rd 20.00; 300m H:  Gaby Marvasi 1st 54.39; HJ:   Skyline Kim 1st 4-8; Tamara Skootsky 2nd 4-6; LJ:   Dejah McCoy 1st 15-4; Angie Kang 2nd 13-10; Tamara Skootsky 3rd 13-6

TJ:   Dejah McCoy 1st 30-5 1/2; Angie Kang 2nd 30-5;  Tamara Skootsky 3rd 29-0 1/2; PV:  Micah Winter 1st 6-7

400m Relay:  Dolly Ameral, Dejah McCoy, Natalie Rabb & Kiarra Brown  1st   53.01

1600m Relay:  Dolly Ameral, Balbine Jourdan, Kiarra Brown & Sydney Grey  2nd  4:32.20

10 Norman performances that made All League Boys Frosh Soph

400m:  AJ Karon  2nd 54.47; 800m:  James Karlin 2nd  2:09.71; 1600m:   Alex Cascante 2nd  4:54.26

3200m:  Alex Cascante 1st 10:36.70; Ali Hatcher 3rd 11:08.81; 110m H:  Jeff Bradshaw 1st 17.79; Tory Lubkin 3rd 19.13; 300m H:  Jeff Bradshaw 3rd 47.74; Discus:  Camyar Meshkaty 1st  100-3

1600m Relay:  James Karlin, Mariano Gonzalez, Kayvon Pedram & AJ Karon 2nd 3:53.31

FRESHMAN SYDNEY GREY DOES THE IMPROBABLE — WINNING GIRLS FROSH SOPH LEAGUE TITLES IN 800m, 1600m and 3200m. Frosh Soph Girls take 12 First Places in League.  Beverly Varsity Boys Qualify for CIF in 10 Events.  Girls Varsity Qualify for CIF in 9 events.   Boys Varsity Individual League Champions: Simmons 800m, Sandifer 110mH, Cooper HJ, and Meshkaty SP.  Girls Varsity Individual League Champions: Coates 3200m, Sunwoo 100m H, Wilson 300m H, and Smith LJ.

May 1, 2008 at Culver City.

Ocean League Finals (Beverly Hills, Culver City, Hawthorne, Inglewood, Morningside and Santa Monica High Schools).  With the winds howling on the backstretch of the track the middle distance and distance runners as a result ran slower times and cost many top runners from Beverly and Santa Monica (the distance powers in league) to not meet the CIF qualifying standards.   The meet should have been held at Beverly as was originally scheduled, where the wind is not a major factor.   That did not stop some runners from excelling despite the winds, and the sprint events were not effected.

FROSH SOPH GIRLS:   Having won the team championship with a 5-0 record, the girls showed why they were league champions, taking 12 first places!  The soph-frosh girls did an outstanding job led by freshman Sydney Grey who did the improbable by winning league in the 800m, 1600m and 3200m (and even ran a relay leg in the 4X400m team that took 2nd in league).  Her time in the 1600m of 5:43.22 would have taken second in Varsity and her 800m time of 2:31.64 would have taken 4th in Varsity.    Her twin sister Katie Grey took 2nd in the 800m in 2:35.47, a very fast time as well.  Top sprinter Kiarra Brown took 1st in league in the 100m and 200m sprints and anchored the 400m relay to 1st place.  Dejah McCoy won both the Long Jump in 15-4 and Triple Jump in 30-5 1/2 (with Angie Kang in 2nd in 30-5 and Tamara Skootsky in 3rd in 29-0 1/2) and was on the 400m relay team that took 1st.   Skyline Kim won the High Jump in 4-8.  Micah Winter won the Pole Vault in 6-7.  Kim Horton won the 100m Hurdles in 18.96 and Gabi Marvasi won the 300m Hurdles in 54.39.

VARSITY GIRLS:   The Varsity girls having won league with a record of 5-0 turned to the individual honors.  The hurdles were dominated by Beverly as Sophomore Andie Sunwoo took 1st in the 100m Hurdles in 17.14 with teammate Jodi Raffi in 2nd in 17.75.  Andrea Wilson then took 1st in the 300m Hurdles in 53.60 with Breanna Bonner in 3rd in 55.97.    Sophomore Brenna Coates led a sweep of the 3200m winning in 12:28.46, followed by Sophomore Jamie Bratman in 2nd in 12:43.07 and Junior Sara Jabarri taking 3rd in 12:47.22 —a surprise sweep over rival Santa Monica.  Jabarri also took 3rd in the 1600m in 5:50.69.  Brianna Smith took 1st in the long jump in 16-1 and 3rd in the triple jump in 33-9.  Sophomore Raquel Hefflin took 2nd in the 800m in 2:22.47 behind Culver City’s All-American in the event Senior Anniya Louis a favorite to win State.   Hefflin hopes to break the 2:20 barrier at CIF.  Rikka Springfield took 3rds in  both the 200m in 26.59 and 400m in 62.89 in fast races.  The 400m relay took second with Erika Hill, Rikka Springfield, Andrea Wilson & Asia Williams in 50.62.

VARSITY BOYS:  The Boys finished 4-1 for 2nd in league behind Santa Monica.  Jonathan Simmons easily won the 800m in 1:58.33 (his 1:53.23 at Mt Sac is 3rd fastest in State this year).  The surprise was Ashwin Thomas taking 2nd in 2:01.24 who also qualified for CIF in the 800m, where he hopes to break 2 minutes.  Shayhad Meshkaty won the Shot Put in 52-1 (#6 Varsity all time) and took 2nd in the discus in 128-5.  Dominique Sandifier plagued with injuries this year took 1st in the 110m Hurdles in 15.04 and 3rd in the 300m Hurdles in 42.44.  Sophomore Marcus Silberger took 3rd in the 110m Hurdles in 16.01.   Freshman Justin Cooper took 1st in the high jump in 5-5, with Andrew Lee in 3rd at 5-4.

FROSH-SOPH BOYS:  The Frosh soph Boys finished 4-1 for 2nd in league behind Santa Monica.  Alex Cascante took 1st in the 3200m in 10:36.70 and 2nd in the 1600m in 4:54.26.  Camyar Meshkaty took 1st in the discus in 100-3.   James Karlin took 2nd in the 800m in 2:09.71.  AJ Karon took 2nd in the 400m in 54.47.    Ali Hatcher took 2nd in the 3200m in 11:08.81.  Jeff Bradshaw took 1st in the 110m Hurdles in 17.79 and 2nd in the 300m Hurdles in 47.74.

GIRLS VARSITY AND GIRLS FROSH SOPH TEAMS WIN OCEAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP 5-0 IN LEAGUE! Boys 4X100m Relay SMASHES Frosh Soph School Record set back in 1939—69 years ago.

April 24, 2008.   Winning the last meet of the season against Hawthorne High School, the Girls Varsity and Girls FS teams went 5-0, undefeated in league to take the Ocean League Championship.  The Boys Varsity and FS teams were 4-1 and are assured 2nd place in league behind Santa Monica.   The meet saw the Boys Varsity 4X100m Relay of Kenny Bassett, Zach Gallagher, Julian Sarokin & Trevor Walters (all sophomores) smashing the FS school record of 44.54 set in 1939 by running 43.44 FAT, which is also tied for #9 all time Varsity for the event!   The FS girls 4X100m Relay of Dejah McCoy, K. Horton, Kiarra Brown & Natalie Rabb ran 52.34 FAT #2 all time— missing the school record by one tenth of a second.   Micah Winter cleared the Pole Vault bar at 7-0 #2 FS all time in the event.  Asia Williams won the Varsity 100m in 12.5 (12.74 FAT) and Kiarra Brown won the FS 100m in 12.9 (13.14 FAT).  Rikka Springfield won the Girls Varsity 200m in 26.3 (26.54 FAT), while Elliot Peaks won the Boys Varsity 200m in 23.3 (23.54 FAT).  Springfield also won the Girls Varsity 400m in 60.7 (60.84 FAT), with Raquel Hefflin in 2nd in 61.0 (61.14 FAT).  AJ Karon won the Boys FS 400m in 54.3 (54.44 FAT), while Dolly Amaral won the Girls FS 400m in 65.1 (65.24 FAT).  Sydney Grey won the FS 800m in 2:42.4 and 1600m in 5:50.4.  Katie Grey took 2nd in the FS 800m in 2:42.5.  Sara Jabbari took 1st in the Girls Varsity 1600m in 5:46.9 with Jaime Bratman in 2nd in 5:46.9 in the same time.  Marcus Silberger won the Boys 110m H in 15.9 (16.14 FAT) tied #5 FS all time.  Jodi Raffi won the Girls 100m H  in 17.2 (17.44 FAT) tied FS #10 all time.  Gaby Marvesi won the the FS Girls 300m H in 53.7 (53.84 FAT).  Andrea Wilson won the Girls Varsity 300m H in 53.1 (53.24 FAT).  Both Kemi Olbande and Tamara Skootsky won the Girls High Jump Varsity and FS respectively in 4-6.  Zach Gallagher won the Varsity Long Jump in 19-11, with Christian Staine in 2nd at 19-0.  Brianna Smith won the Girls Varsity Long Jump in 16-3 (with Asia William jumping the same distance in 2nd) and the Triple Jump in 33-7 1/4.   Kemi Olbande took 2nd in the triple jump in 31-4.  Dejah McCoy won the Girls FS triple jump in 31-0 1/4 and the Long Jump in 15-1 to move up on the all time lists, while Angie Kang took second in the triple jump in 29-7.   Shayad Meshkaty took the Varsity Shot Put in 51-4 1/2 and the Discus in 126-2.   Beverly Kaine in the Girls Varsity took the Shot Put in  27-1 and Discus in 80-4.  The Girls Varsity 4X100m relay of Erika Hill, Rikka Springfield, Andrea Wilson and Asia Williams ran 50.6 (50.74 FAT) #18 all time on the Varsity list.

See Updated All Time List Changes Below.

SIMMONS WINS 800m AT MT SAC RELAYS–2nd FASTEST TIME IN STATE.   HEFFLIN TAKES 5th in  800m. Girls & Boys 4 X 1600m Relays Set New School Records!

April 19, 2008.   In the Premier MT SAC Relays, Jonathan Simmons ran away with first place in the 800m in a time of 1:53.23, the second fastest time in State this year, beating out top runners from Canada, Utah, Nevada and California.  The top time in State was run earlier last week by Sebastian Sam of Oak Grove, CA in 1:53.17, less than a tenth of second faster than Simmons,  but Simmons time of last year of 1:52.73 when he set the school record is superior—and now Simmons has to be among the favorites in the State Championship.   Sophomore Raquel Hefflin took 5th in the seeded Girls 800m in a time of 2:20.71, the second fastest time at Beverly for a Frosh-Soph, and now only has Barbara Gottlieb’s FS School record of 2:15.00 before her.  She also moves up to #5 all time on Varsity.  She also ran the fastest leg in the Girls 4X1600m Relay running 5:37.69 (#5 FS and #15 Varsity all time), with Brenna Coates at 5:46.91 (#16 FS and #27 Varsity), with prior all time listers Jamie Bratman (5:47.09) and Sarah Jabbari (5:50.20)—taking 5th place and smashing the school record running 23:02.13.   The Boys 4X1600m Relay of Alex Falcon (4:41.67), Alex Cascante (4:54.85), Ashwin Thomas (4:57.12) and Byron Myles (4:59.63) ran 19:33.60 setting a new school record as well.   The girls 4X100m relay of Kiarra Brown, Rikka Springfield, Andrea Wilson and Asia Williams did not fair as well, after having gone out quickly, baton passing was their undoing and they faded to a 51.43 clocking—dashing their hopes to go under 50 seconds.

TREVOR WALTERS SMASHES FS SCHOOL RECORDS IN 100m and 200m. HEFFLIN and MESHKATY HAVE TOP PERFORMANCES. Culver City H.S. Meet

Highlights:   Sophomore Trevor Walters won the varsity 100m in 10.6 (10.84 FAT) and 200m in 22.1 (22.34 FAT) for new Frosh Soph school records.  He also anchored the varsity 4X100m Relay team to victory that included Dominique Sandifer, Ramon Judkins & Elliot Peaks –timed in 43.3 (43.44 FAT) tied for #9 all time on the varsity list at Beverly.  Raquel Hefflin took the varsity 800m in 2:22.9, Frosh Soph #3 all time and #7 all time varsity for the event.  Shayhad Meshkaty won both the shot put in 51-6, #7 varsity all time, and the discus in 141-5 1/4, #6 varsity all time.

GIRLS VARSITY & FROSH-SOPH TEAMS SHOE-IN AS LEAGUE CHAMPIONS AS CULVER CITY IS DEFEATED.

TREVOR WALTERS SMASHES FS SCHOOL RECORDS IN 100m and 200m. HEFFLIN and MESHKATY HAVE TOP PERFORMANCES.

Highlights:  The Girls Varsity and Frosh Soph teams are now 4-0 in league and a weak Hawathorne team now stands before it for an undefeated season and the league championship.  The Boys Varsity and Frosh Soph teams also won against Culver to bring their record to 3-1 with a shoe-in for 2nd Place in League, having lost to Samo High last week.   Sophomore Trevor Walters won the varsity 100m in 10.6 (10.84 FAT) and 200m in 22.1 (22.34 FAT) for new Frosh Soph school records.  He also anchored the varsity 4X100m Relay team to victory that included Dominique Sandifer, Ramon Judkins & Elliot Peaks –timed in 43.3 (43.44 FAT) tied for #9 all time on the varsity list at Beverly.  Raquel Hefflin took the varsity 800m in 2:22.9, Frosh Soph #3 all time and #7 all time varsity for the event.  Shayhad Meshkaty won both the shot put in 51-6, #7 varsity all time, and the discus in 141-5 1/4, #6 varsity all time.  Asia Williams won the Girls Varsity 100m in 12.6 (12.84 FAT) to move to a tie for #9 all time FS.  Samantha Elbaz won the Girls FS Long Jump in 15-11, #8 all time FS and into a tie #16 varsity.  While Brianna Smith took the Girls Varsity Long Jump in 15-8, 3 way tie #21 on all time list.  Julian Sarokin triple jumped 39-2 to tie for #11 FS all time list.   A.J. Karon continued his assault on the Boys FS 400m finally making the all time list, 4 way tie #15, by running 53.7 (53.84 FAT).  Caylin Hauptman took 2nd in the Boys varsity discus in 110-0 moving him to #29 all time.  Brianca Bonner won the Girls Varsity 300m H in 52.7 (52.84 FAT) tie for #17 FS list, while Kemi Olbnade in the same race ran 53.6 (53.74 FAT) 3 way tie #23 FS.  The Grey sisters took firsts in the Girls FS 400m (Sydney), 800m (Katie) and 1600m (Sydney), while Kiarra Brown won the Girls FS 100m.  Beverly Kaine won the Girls Varsity Discus 91-0 1/4 and Shot Put 28-7.  Brenna Coates (12:27) took the Girls Varsity 3200m.  Rikka Springfield won the Girls Varsity 200m in 26.8 (27.04 FAT). Justin Cooper high jumped 5-10 to win the Boys Varsity event.  In the Boys Varsity Austin Baker won the 800m, Alex Falcon the 1600m and Byron Myles the 3200m.  Zach Gallagher won the Boys Varsity LJ in 19-4 1/2.  Martin Cadres won the Boys Varsity 300m H in 44.7 (44.84 FAT). Camyar Meshkaty won the Boys FS discus in 89-2.

CONTROVERSY IN BOYS 4X800m RELAY AT ARCADIA INVITE ENDS IN DQ.  External video showing no violation by boys team cannot be used pursuant to National Federation Rules.

GIRLS VARSITY 67-65 & GIRLS FS 80-38 DEFEAT SAMO, WHILE BOYS VARSITY & FS GO DOWN IN DEFEAT FOR 2-1 RECORD IN LEAGUEApril 10, 2008 GIRLS VARSITY:  SOPH. BRENNA COATES RUNS 12:09.30 in 3200m!  Coming across the first mile in 5:54 it looked like Brenna would break 12 minutes a feat not done that often in the history of Beverly track.  Her time is #4 all time for FS and #9 all time for Varsity.   Raquel Hefflin took the 800m in 2:28.00 (Var. #16 all time and FS #9 all time).  In one of the feature races the 1600m SAMO’s Karissa Gonzalez won in 5:44.1, followed closely by Beverly’s Sara Jabbari in 5:46.2, Jamie Bratman 5:46.8 and Brenna Coates in 5:47.1—all running fast times for the event.  Rikka Springfield won the 200m in 26.4 (26.64 FAT) going away.  In the 100m Erika Hill took 2nd in 12.9 (13.14 FAT) with Asia Williams in 3rd in 13.0 (13.24 FAT).  Jodi Raffi took 1st in the 100m H in 17.5 (17.74 FAT).  Kemi Olbnade improved in the TJ to 32-5 1/2 moving her up to #7 FS all time.

BOYS VARSITY:  JON SIMMONS WINS FEATURED EVENT 1600m in 4:30.3 beating SAMO’s top runners Damon Kaufman and Shane Brown.  He missed making the Varsity all time list by 4 tenths of a second!   Shayad Meshkaty took 1st in the Discus (135-5) and Shot Put (49-5).  SOPH TREVOR WALTERS took 2nd in a fast varsity 100m running 10.9 (11.14 FAT) to SAMO’s Brandon Stokes 10.8.  That is #3 all time FS and just 1 tenth of second from tying the FS school record!   Dominque Sandifer took the 300m H easily in 41.5 (41.64 FAT) while Marcus Silberger took the 100m H in 16.3 (16.54 FAT).

GIRLS FS:   GREY SISTERS–SYDNEY AND KATIE— & KIARRA BROWN LEAD FS TEAM TO VICTORY.  Freshman Sydney Grey ran a strong double winning the 800m and 1600m, while her sister Katie took 2nd in the 800m— in times equal to the Varsity runners.  Sidney’s 1600m in 5:47.60 and 800m in 2:36.50 made the Varsity and FS all time lists, while Katie’s 800m in 2:37.20 made the FS list and just missed making the Varsity all time list.  Kiarra Brown who runs as fast as any Varsity runner took the 100m in 13.0 (13.24 FAT).  The always neglected Pole Vault saw an unheralded performance by Micah Winter who cleared 6-6, which places her in a 3 way tie for FS #2 all time and in a 5 way tie for #6 Varsity all time!

BOYS FS:  While the Boys FS took a number of firsts and seconds in the meet losing by only 9 points, the highlight of the meet was when AJ Karon took 1st in the 400m in 54.8 (54.94 FAT).

CONTROVERSY IN BOYS 4X800m RELAY AT ARCADIA INVITE

April 11, 2008.    The Boys 4X800m relay team of Austin Baker (2:04.5), Chatura De Silva (2:03.5), Ashwin Thomas (2:02.5) and Jonathan Simmons (1:54.5) ran away with the 4X800m Relay race at Arcadia in a new school record of 8:05.00, the 13th fastest time in State this year.  However, they were then disqualified on the basis that our first runner allegedly ran out of lane.  Another team videotaped the race and it clearly showed we did not run out of lane, but another runner on another team did, a case of mistaken identity.  The disqualification held— as it was ruled even with the error a judges decision cannot be changed under CIF rules which follows the National Federation of High School Rules (“NFHS”).  However, the “2008 NFHS Track & Field Points of Emphasis” sets forth that “fairness” is the key component and that “keeping fairness to each participant at the core, will inspire that meets are run consistently and fairly” and that the rules are only one leg of a three legged stool, whereby the other two legs are to assure fairness and a balance to achieve fairness.  Our team did not break any rules.  To hold on to such a decision of mistaken identity seems contrary to the goals of the NFHS Rules.  Then it is not the athletes who have broken the rules, but the officials who have broken the rule of fairness.  Whether the decision of disqualification stands is unknown at this time as the meet director Rich Gonzalez and the CIF Track & Field Interpreter of Rules Hal Harkness have been asked to reverse the decision.  Regardless of the final decision, the team’s new school record will be recognized by the Official Statistician for Beverly.   We, as Normans, know the true results, and an erroneous disqualification and lack of medals will not change the accomplishment of our boys.  Life is not always fair, and that is a lesson to be learned.  However, as Normans we pick ourselves up and just do that much better in the next competition, whether it is on the track or school or in life.  For 80 years our rallying cry is and remains “GO NORMANS!”

SPARTAN RELAYS AT RIO MESA HIGH April 5, 2008.  SCHOOL RECORDS SET

HIGHLIGHTS:   The Boys Frosh-Soph showed that they were not to be outdone by this years great performances of the Girls Frosh-Soph team.  The foursome of A.J. Karon, Zach Gallagher, Kenny Bassett and Trevor Walters won both the FS 4X100m relay (44.74 FAT) and Sprint Medley Relay (1:41.54 FAT ) outdistancing their opponents by wide margins.  The Sprint Medley Relay time is a new school record and the 4X100m Relay is 2nd all time missing the school record by 2 tenths of a second.  Then showing their versatility the boys as a lark (A.J. , Kenny and Trevor) entered the triple jump team competition and won never having jumped before in their lives!   What is so unusual about it is that Kenny Bassett’s 38-5 1/2 is #18 on the FS all time list and Trevor Walter’s 38-5 is #19 on the FS all time list.    The Boys FS effort didn’t stop there as James Karlin ran the 800m in 2:10.00 putting him in a tie for #20 all time FS for the event.

—-Boys Varsity 4X800m relay (Chatura de Silva, Ashwin Thomas, Austin Baker and Jon Simmons) took 5th in a very fast race and bettering their school record to 8:18.4.  Jon Simmons was clocked at 1:58.55.

—-Girls FS  4X100m FS Relay ran away with first place (Kiarra Brown, Natalie Rabb, Dolly Amaral and Asia Williams) in a time of 53.14 FAT moving up to #4 on the FS all time list.   The FS 4X100m Low Hurdles Shuttle Relay of Jodi Raffi, Kemi Olbande, Dolly Amaral & Brianca Bonner took second in 1:06.00—- a new school record.   Other highlights included team second places in the triple jump and long jump.

—-Girls Varsity  The Varsity Girls were all Frosh-Soph performers.  The Distance Medley Relay team of Sidney Grey, Kiarra Brown, Raquel Hefflin and Jaime Bratman took 5th in a time of 13:40.6.  Brown was clocked for the 400m in 63.24, Hefflin in 2:32.79 for the 800m (and she also ran 2:30.13 for 800m in the Distance Medley Relay), Grey in 4:14.88 for the 1200m and Bratman in 5:49.58 for the 1600m.   The 4X800m made up of all Frosh Soph girls again (Bratman, Nicole Weinstein, Grey and Hefflin) took 6th in a time of 10:32.70, with the highlight being Freshman Sidney Grey making the all time list in the 800m FS #26 all time in a time of 2:39.00 (the other girls are already on the all time list).

NORMAN BOYS & GIRLS SWEEP 2ND LEAGUE MEET –AGAINST INGLEWOOD. April 3, 2008 at BHHS.    Highlights:   Sara Jabbari easily took 1st in the girls varsity 3200m in 13:09, as well as first in the 1600m in 5:44.71.  In 2nd was Jamie Bratman in 5:45.36 (FS #12 all time) and freshman Sidney Grey in third in 5:49.35 (FS # 15 all time).  Grey and Bratman also moved up on the varsity all time list to #23 and #27 respectively.  Erika Hill took 1st in the varsity 100m in 12.9 (13.10 FAT) and 2nd in the 200m in 26.73 (26.97 FAT) to move up on the top 25 varsity all time list in both events.  Shayad Meshkaty and his younger brother Camyar took first places in the varsity and frosh-soph discus and shot put.  Of note was Shayad’s discus throw of 130-8. Trevor Walters won the boys varsity 100m equalling his personal best of 11.0 (11.24 FAT).  Raquel Hefflin won the girls varsity 400m in 61.3 (61.44 FAT) moving her to #10 on the FS all time list.  Jodi Raffi took the girls varsity 100m H in 17.8 (18.04 FAT) to move into #14 FS all time.  Asia Williams won the girls varsity Long Jump in 15-7, while Brianna Smith took the triple jump in 33-9.  Beverly Kaine took first in both the girls varsity shot put (27-2) and discus (72-8).  Jon Simmons easily won the boys 800m in 2:03.84, while Tamara Stone won the girls 800m in 2:43.3.   Dominique Sandifer coasted to win the 300m H in 44.0 nursing his hamstring injury of 3 weeks ago.  Alex Falcon took first in the boys 1600m in 4:47.0.

CULVER CITY RELAYS: S. Meshkaty wins Discus, 2nd in Shot Put; Distance Medley teams garner good times.    Asia Williams takes Long Jump.

March 15, 2008.   Shayhad Meshkaty won the Discus with a toss of 128-0, and took 2nd in the Shot Put in a personal best of 49-6 (#21 on the all time list).   The boys Distance Medley relay team took 5th place in a time of 11:08.23 (#7 on the all time list) and the girls Distance Medley relay team took 5th place in a time of 13:34.97 (#6 on the all time list).  Asia Williams took 4th in the varsity 100m in a time of 13.10 (FS #13 all time) and 1st in the Long Jump in 15-6.   Jodi Raffi took first in the girls FS 100m Hurdles in 18.10 (FS #14 all time), while Martin Cadres took 1st in the boys FS 110m Hurdles in 17.99, with Donavan Dickens 2nd in 18.22.

Beverly Boys and Girls win league opener against Morningside

March 12, 2008.  The Boys and Girls Varsity and Frsoh-Soph teams swept Morningside.

HIGHLIGHTS:  Girls distance squad shines Raquel Hefflin 1st in 800m in 2:31.9, Jamie Bratman 1st in 1600m 5:49.2, Brenna Coates 2nd 5:58.5 and Sydney Grey 3rd 5:59.0; Brenna Coates 1st in 3200m 12:36.9 and Sydney Grey 2nd in 12:53.  Brianna Smith takes girls TJ 1st in 33-1.  Beverly Kaine wins both girls Discus 81-5 and SP 28-10.  Asia Williams 1st in LJ 15-10 3/4.  Natalie Rabb 1st in 200m (FS tie #29 all time). Zach Gallagher improves to 20-2 3/4 in LJ (FS #7 all time) and wins FS 400m.  Micah Winter 6-1 in FS girls Pole Vault (moves to #4 FS all time).  Ramon Judkins takes 1st in boys 100m.  Alex Falcon takes 1st in both boys 1600m (4:48.6) and 3200m (10:39).   Andie Sunwoo 1st in girls 100m H in 17.64. Girls FS 4X100m relay (Kiarra Brown, Natalie Rabb, Katrina Lansing & Dolly Ameral win in time of 53.84 (#5 all time).

Bishop Amat Relays:   GIRLS FROSH-SOPH’S SMASH VARSITY 4X800m Relay School Record.  Boys Varsity 4X800m Relay also sets school record as Simmons runs 1:56.63.  Girls Frosh Soph 4X400m sets school record.

March 8, 2008.   In a show of strength the Girls Frosh Soph team broke the school’s varsity record in the 4X800 meter relay in a time of 10:23.80 beating their competition by over 25 seconds, and they would have placed second in the varsity race itself behind Rowland H.S. who ran 10:20.12.  The old record at Beverly was 10:44.76!  The team consisted of Raquel Hefflin (2:28.91), Nicole Weinstein (2:35.15), Jamie Bratman (2:38.60) and Sydney Grey (2:39.82).  In addition, the girls 4X400m frosh-soph team set a new school record of 4:21.87 consisting of Nicole Weinstein, Dolly Ameral, Kiarra Brown and Raquel Hefflin.  The boys 4X800 meter relay broke their own school record placing second to powerful Ayala H.S. running 8:19.83 led by Jon Simmons (1:56.63), Chatura DeSilva (2:06.53), Ashwin Thomas (2:06.60) and Austin Baker (2:10.28).   Other highlights of the meet:   Shayahad Meshkaty won the Shot Put in 49-3 making the varsity all time list.  Frosh-Soph Zach Gallagher leaped 20 feet 1 inch in the Long Jump (FS #7 all time).   Andie Sunwoo ran 16.26 in the girls varsity hurdles in third place moving to #10 all time at Beverly for Varsity and #4 all time on the FS list.   Freshman Sydney Grey took 9th place in the varsity 1600m run in a time of 5:56.32 (FS #20 all time).  Alex Falcon took 6th place in the varsity boys 3200m in a time  of 10:15.40, knocking on the door of breaking 10 minutes.  The varsity girls 4X100m (Kiarra Brown, Erika Hill, Andie Sunwoo and Rikka Springfield) took 5th place in a time of 51.96, #23 all time at Beverly.  Kemi Olbnade in the girls triple jump leaped 31-4, #23 all time varsity and #8 all time frosh-soph.   Sara Jabbari took 9th place in the varsity girls 3200m in a time of 12:43.30.  In the hurdles race Dominique Sandifer took the early lead but stopped due to a hamstring pull.  Trevor Walters also had a hamstring pull in the sprints.  Their prognosis is unknown at this time.

MIRA COSTA DEFEATS BEVERLY.  WALTERS & MESHKATY HAVE STELLER PERFORMANCES!  SANDIFER IS BACK!

March 6, 2008.  Although Beverly’s Varsity Boys and Girls lost their second straight non-league meet, both losses have come to powerhouses Peninsula and Mira Costa.   Trevor Walters took both the Varsity 100m and 200m sprints and led the 4X100 relay to victory.  His 200m time of 22.64 (FAT) is second all time for a Frosh-Soph at Beverly and just missed the Frosh-Soph school record of 22.54!   Shayhad Meshkaty took the varsity Discus in a throw of 141-1, the number 6 all time performance on the Varsity level.  The other highlight of the meet was Dominique Sandifer taking first in both the 110m hurdles and 300m hurdles in 14.9 (15.14 FAT) and 41.14 (41.28 FAT) in only his first meet of the season.  Jon Simmons took second in the Varsity 1600m in 4:35.0. Justin Skootsky took second in the varsity triple jump improving each meet by a foot and now is at 39-11.   On the girls side, Skyline Kim took first in the high jump at 4-8 (#10 all time Frosh-Soph and #17 Varsity), Beverly Kaine took 3rd in the varsity shot put in 30-11 (#13 all time at Beverly), Brianna Smith took first in the varsity triple jump in 33-5, and Andie Sunwoo took second in the varsity 100m hurdles in 16.6 (16.84 FAT) #15 all time at Beverly.

FOOTHILL INVITE PRODUCES 2 School Relay Records

MARCH 1, 2008.   Two School Records were set at the Foothill Invite on a cold, wet and dreary day that produced overall slow times.  However, even with the miserable conditions the Boys 4X800m relay of Ashwin Thomas (2:08.46), Chatura DeSilva (2:07.43), Austin Baker (2:06.87) and Jon Simmons (1:57.40–a fine opening 800m for the season) set a new school record in a time of 8:20.30.  They took 1st place at the meet beating out perennial middle distance powers Arcadia and Loyola.  If that were not enough the Boys 4X1600m relay of Byron Miles (4:55.17), Jordan Hughes (5:15.20), Chatura DeSilva (4:58.96), and Alex Falcon (4:49.37) set a new school record in a time of 19:58.97.  [Note: records were not kept for these events until last year as prior years data is unavailable].

The girls 4X800m relay of Raquel Hefflin (2:35.00), Brenna Coates (2:50.31), Sidney Grey (2:47.50) and Nicole Weinstein (2:45.54) timed in 10:57.30 moved up to number 3 all time on the Beverly relay list.  In addition, the girls 4X1600m relay of Brenna Coates (5:51.14), Sara Jabbari (6:05.00), Raquel Hefflin (5:53.31) and Jamie Bratman (5:53.78) in a time of 23:43.54 moved up to number 3 all time on the Beverly relay list.  Hefflin’s time moves her up to #19 on the Frosh Soph list for the 1600m—the other girls are already on the all time list with faster times.

Other highlights:  Shayhad Meshkaty took 3rd place in the Shot Put in 48 feet and 8th in the Discus event with a toss of 117-8 1/2.  Erica Hill won her heat in the 100m in a time of 13.70.   Jon Simmons was timed in 3:17.82 for his 1200 meter leg of the Distance Medley Relay that was DQed.  Justin Skootsky took 9th place in the triple jump in 38-2 1/2.

Cross Country 2007

ASHWIN THOMAS 4.8 GPA WINS CROSS-COUNTRY SCHOLAR ATHLETE AWARD & BOYS MVP AWARD,SARA JABBARI WINS GIRLS MVP AWARD. There were many awards given out at the annual 2007 Cross Country Awards Banquet—too many to name.  However, the top awards for MVP and Scholar Athlete were the highlights of the evening.  In the 1980’s Lisa Harris won both the scholar athlete award and MVP award, and now ASHWIN THOMAS joins her——- as the only athletes at Beverly to win both awards! ASHWIN had the highest weighted GPA on the team and was named this years most outstanding boys runner. The MVP award for the girls cross-country team went to Sara Jabbari.   Jabbari next year will have a chance to do what no other Beverly cross-country runner has ever done—–become All League for 4 straight years.

Before this year only 7 runners ever garnered 3 all league titles in XC (Michelle Gass, Lisa Harris, Claudia Veliz, Jamie Billet, Leo Gonzalez, Max Goldman and Valerie Wirtschafter).

Nov. 10, 2007  CIF MT SAC 2.9 Mile Course

GIRLS VARSITY AND BOYS VARSITY FALL SHORT IN MAKING CIF FINALS–GIRLS: HEFFLIN, JABBARI, BRATMAN & GREY MAKE ALL TIME LIST.

In the tough qualifying heats in CIF to make the finals, our girls and boys fell short this year.  The top 4 teams advance to the CIF Finals. In the girls race top ranked Newpost Harbor took first, while Beverly took 9th place out of 15 teams entered.  There were 103 runners, and in first place was Caitlin Villareal of Norco High School.  Four of our girls, Raquel Hefflin, Sara Jabbari, Jamie Bratman and Sidney Grey all broke 22 minutes to make it on the all time list for Beverly runners at the Mt Sac CIF course.  Hefflin at 21:01 and Jabbari at 21:02 were so close to breaking 21 minutes for the course. In the boys race top ranked Loyola High School took first, with Matt Mcelroy of Edison finishing in first place.  The boys took 11th place out of 15 teams, that saw 106 runners.  None of the boys broke 17 minutes, although 6 of the runners were under 17:30 (in order to make the all time list for Beverly on the Mt Sac CIF course a runner has to break 17 minutes), led by Ashwin Thomas in 17:04, who just missed making the all time list.

————-Place and Time RESULTS:

Girls:  46. Raquel Hefflin 21:01; 48. Sara Jabbari 21:02; 56. Jamie Bratman 21:22; 61. Sidney Grey 21:41;   78. Lynn Swerhorne 22:43; 81. Jocelyn Karlan 22:50; 82. Sarah Cascante 22:52.

Boys: 51. Ashwin Thomas 17:04; 56. Alex Cascante 17:12; 57. Alex Falcon 17:12; 62. Jon Simmons 17:17;

64. Chatura De Silva 17:23; 66. Austin Baker 17:27; 73. Byron Miles 17:33.

OCEAN LEAGUE FINALS:     November 1, 2007.  Rancho Park 3 Mile Course.

Girls Varsity NORMANS DEFEAT VIKINGS IN BATTLE FOR OCEAN —THIRD STRAIGHT LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP

JABBARI TAKES INDIVIDUAL SECOND.

The Girls Varsity for the third straight year have captured the Ocean League Championship defeating their arch rival the Santa Monica High Vikings.    Five of our girls captured All-League Honors (a top 10 finish) led by Sara Jabbari who captured second place in a time of 19:47.96, the seventh fastest time ever for a Beverly runner at the Rancho Park home course.  In fourth place was Raquel Hefflin in a time of 20:04.67 the tenth fastest time ever for a Beverly runner at Rancho Park.   Jamie Bratman finished in 7th, Freshman sensation Sidney Grey finished in eighth and Lynn Swerhorne finished in tenth —all obtaining All League Honors.  Jocelyn Karlan made her debut in cross country by finishing in 13th.  Our top league finalist last year Val Wirtschafter who was favored to be in the top 3 this year once again valiantly attempted to run the course with her foot injury that has plagued her all season long.  She finished in 17th place, but no one doubts that she was in fact one of the top cross country runners in our league.  She was all league three years in a row and was going for an unprecedented 4th all league honor that has never been done before at Beverly for boys or girls.   She will be sorely missed next year.

——————-All League Girls Varsity:  1) Anniya Louis (CC) 19:26.38; 2) Sara Jabbari (BH) 19:47.96; 3) Karissa Gonzalez (SAMO) 19:50.18; 4) Raquel Hefflin (BH) 20:04.67; 5) Rachel Horn (SAMO) 20:11.45; 6) Gabi Cruz (SAMO) 20:25.65; 7) Jamie Bratman (BH) 20:28.94; 8  Sidney Grey (BH) 20:30.94; 9) Jasmine Villareal (HAW) 20:39.30; 10) Lynn Swerhorne (BH) 20:40.85.   Other BH Runners:  13) Jocelyn Karlan 21:18.17; 17) Val Wirtschafter 22:26.37.

TEAM:   1) BH 30   2) SAMO 35  3) Culver City 89   4) Morningside 113  5) Inglewood 116

Boys Varsity BOYS SURPRISE BY LOSING TO SAMOHI BY ONLY 2 POINTS

SECOND IN LEAGUE  -  GIVES THEM BERTH TO CIF- 6 BOYS MAKE ALL LEAGUE

The Boys Varsity who have struggled all year with injuries, made an astounding rebound at league finals by placing 6 boys in the top 10 for All League Honors, but still came short by 2 points in their loss to Santa Monica.   Jonathan Simmons last year’s league champion coming back from an injury ran only his third race of the year and still was able to take a third place finish.   In a great show of strength Chatura De Silva finished in 4th and Ashwin Thomas in 5th.   Alex Cascante finished in 8th, Alex Falcon in 9th and Byron Miles in 10th.  Incredibly all our top 6 runners ran under 16:20 for the course.   That compares to the fact that the 13th fastest time on the course for Beverly runners ever is 16:01.

All League Boys Varsity:  1) Daman Coffman (SAMO) 15:35.11; 2) Simon Einstein (SAMO) 16:03.26; 3) Jonathan Simmons (BH) 16:07.60; 4) Chatura De Silva (BH) 16:08.40; 5) Ashwin Thomas (BH) 16:11.80;

6) Daniel Reddick (SAMO) 16:12.37; 7) Matthew Cohen (SAMO) 16:13.41; 8  Alex Cascante (BH) 16:14.02;

9) Alex Falcon (BH) 16:18.51; 10) Byron Miles (BH) 16:18.86.  Other BH runners: 14) Austin Baker 16:51.94.

TEAM:  1) SAMO 27     2) BH 29     3) Culver City 93     4) Morningside 103

Girls JV—- JV GIRLS TAKE TITLE AS CASCANTE TAKES FIRST PLACE

The Girls Junior Varsity team took the team title as they were led by Sarah Cascante who took first place in 21:25.46; while Darya Famininy took 4th, and freshmen Cheyenne Samsel and Nicole Star took 5th and 6th, while Tamara Stone took 8th, putting those five girls in the top 10 for All League Junior Varsity honors.

————-All League JV Girls:  1) Sarah Cascante (BH) 21:25.46; 2) Matisse Ventura (SAMO) 21:32.99; 3) Francis Ahn (SAMO) 21:57.81; 4) Darya Famininy (BH) 21:59.22; 5) Cheyenne Samsel (BH) 22:10.93; 6) Nicole Star (BH) 22:14.77; 7) Maggie Burton (SAMO) 22:20.57; 8  Tamara Stone (BH) 22:25.24; 9) Emily Blum (SAMO) 22:41.96; 10) Rosie Narasaki (SAMO) 22:52.95.

—————Other BH runners: 12) Carly Suber 22:57.33; 13) Katie Grey 23:04.41; 15) Lila Yasharal 23:14.97; 16) Lauren Siegel 23:15.96; 17) Talia Stone 23:25.24; 18) Rachel Caren 23:30.14; 20) Melody Termechi 23:44.79; 21) Elizabeth Freemen 23:45.35;  29) Rose Kohn 24:31.53; 30) Lena Grossman 24:46.10; 31) Liana Hakakian 24:46.45; 33) Elihi Leila 24:47.96; 34) Lauren Teplin 24:49.27; 35. Elika Dayani 25:11.53; 38) Aryella Moreh 25:22.15; 40) Madison Margolin 25:29.74; 41) Jodi Raffi 25:31.89;  43. Roni Shemtov 25:38.56; 44. Noor Marfi 25:46.38; 45. Angie Kang 25:48.00; 46. Leah Clark 25:48.93; 47. Julia Casimiro 25:49.64; 49. Pauline Loghmana 26:22.33; 52. Ericka Hill 27:13.97; 53. Jessica Hazon 27:23.96.

TEAM:  1. BH 24    2. SAMO 31    3. Inglewood 85

Boys JV JV BOYS TAKE SECOND IN LEAGUE, LED BY SKOOTSKY IN 7th PLACE

The Boys Junior Varsity took a distance second to Santa Monica in the league finals, with Justin Skootsky the lone runner for Beverly to make All League, as he finished in 7th place in a time of 16:57.08.

The race was won by Santa Monica’s Basilio Cruz in a time of 16:47.44.

—-All League JV Boys:  7) Justin Skootsky (BH) 16:57.08.

——–Other BH Runners:  20) Gunther Klaus 18:28.99; 26) Arman Amirianfar 18:56.94; 28) Alex Yip 19:04.11;

31) Calvin Berman 19:15.93; 33) Dean Raskin 19:18.21; 34) Albert Lee 19:30.48; 35) Alex Dubin 19:37.37;

36) Ryan Lockhart 19:38.95; 37) Andrew Toobi 19:44.36; 38) Michael Kahn 19:47.09; 41) Andrew Lee 20:09.54;

42. Farzan Azinkhan 20:19.01; 43) Jason Bellet 20:19.40; 44) Michael Vayntrub 20:26.48; 45) Rahul Kalra 20:28.63; 49) Ben Waldow 20:45.96; 50) Daniel Ayerhoff 20:49.14; 52) Tyler Peterson 20:50.47; 54) Kayvon Pedram 21:09.41; 56) Julian Kouyoumjian 21:18.50; 61) Jared Frieden 21:41.48; 63) Sebastian Kong 21:44.62;

66) Gianni Nicolosi 22:04.84; 68) Joon Ha Lee 22:21.65; 78) Alon Dina 23:54.99.

TEAM:   1.  SAMO 15    2. BH 49   3. Morningside 85     4. Culver City 115

Boys Freshman SAMO EDGES OUT NORMAN FRESHMAN TEAM WHILE 5 FRESHMEN TAKE ALL LEAGUE HONORS

The Boys Freshmen were edged out by Santa Monica by 3 points.   The Freshmen were led by Sam Nussbaum in 3rd Place and Joshua Berris in 4th place, while Tal Barnston took 6th, Nick Harper in 7th and Jonathan Schwab in 9th.

———–All League Freshman Boys:  1) Nick Salazar (SAMO) 17:13.30; 2) Eric Staugard (SAMO) 18:20.22; 3) Sam Nussbaum (BH) 18:21.39; 4) Joshua Berris (BH) 18:31.29; 5) Danny Karel (SAMO) 18:32.09; 6) Tal Barnston (BH) 18:32.53; 7) Nick Harper (BH) 18:43.07; 8   Robbie Rosmann (SAMO) 18:52.01; 9) Jonathan Schwab (BH) 19:04.72; 10) Sam Bruce (SAMO) 19:08.56.       Other BH Runners:  15) Kendrick Kui 20:27.93; 17) Shawn Shayan 20:43.67; 21) Sam Capogrosso 20:52.78; 22) Benjamin Phillips 20:53.53; 23) Jason Slaisenger 20:55.66; 31) Alex Slaisenger 21:10.03;  33) Michael Maltzman 21:11.97; 36) Isaac Lutbak 25:15.30.

TEAM:  1.  SAMO 26     2.  BH 29   3. Morningside 84

MT SAC INVITATIONAL 60th Anniversary 3 Mile.  Oct. 20, 2007  Over 15,000 runners!

One of the toughest hilly courses in the nation, with always an outstanding assembly of the best runners in the State, many of our young runners obtained their first experience on the course, which is also the site for the CIF races.   With only the N. Torrance meet next week, the team is setting up for the league finals to be held on November 1, 2007 at Rancho Park, where league honors will be awarded and births to the CIF competition.   At Mt. Sac in order to make the Beverly All Time List, the girls must run under 22 minutes and the boys under 17 minutes.

Girls Varsity

In one of the tougher races in Division II at Mt. Sac, with the likes of Mira Costa and Brea, the girls without the services of Val Wirtschafter, finished in 13th place out of 20 teams, with 112 runners in the race.   The team was lead by Raquel Hefflin in a time of 21:17 and Sara Jabbari in 21:32.  Hefflin’s time places her as number 13 on the all time list for Beverly runners on the Mt Sac course, while Jabarri’s time of last year of 21:24 keeps her at number 17 on the all time list.  The results:

52.  Raquel Hefflin 21:17; 59. Sara Jabbari 21:32; 75.  Jamie Bratman 22:16; 82. Lynn Swerhorne 22:50; 86. Sidney Grey 22:56.

Boys Varsity

With 25 teams fielded and 139 runners in the Division II race, the boys finished a respectable 7th place.  Led by Ashwin Thomas, six of our runners ran in the 17 minute range.  The race saw the return of Jonathan Simmons to the team as he carefully ran the race so as to not re-injure his hamstring, and ran 17:47, not close to last year’s best  of 16:15.

31. Ashwin Thomas 17:23; 39. Chatura De Silva 17:35; 41. Alex Falcon 17:37; 48. Jonathan Simmons 17:48; 54. Austin Baker 17:54; 57. Byron Miles 17:57; Justin Skootsky 18:09.

Boys Junior Varsity

With 27 teams fielded and 245 runners, the boys only entered two runners.  Alex Cascante who was late for the Varsity race, ran the JV race and took 9th place in a time of 17:54, the best finish of the day for Beverly.

9. Alex Cascante 17:54; 171. Alex Yip 20:55.

Boys Frosh

With 24 teams fielded and 168 runners, the boys freshmen team took 8th place.  The team was led by Sam Nussbaum in 24th place in a fine time of 19:14.            24.  Sam Nussbaum 19:14; 51. Nick Harper 20:17; 60. Josh Berris 20:29; 67. Tal Barnston 20:41; 103. Jonathan Schwab 21:47; 126. Kendrick Kui 23:05; 127. Alex Dubin 23:05; 129. Tyler Davis 23:12.

Girls Frosh

With 24 teams fielded and 144 runners the girls team was short one girl to place.  The girl’s freshmen team was led by Cheyenn Samsel in 39th place in a time of 25:09.          39.  Cheyenn Samsel 25:09; 61. Carly Suber 26:09; 64. Rachel Caren 26:15; 68. Balbine Jourdan 26:43.

OCEAN LEAGUE #2     10/11/2007.  Kenneth Hahn Park 3 Mile.

GIRL’S VARSITY LOSES BRINGING IT TO SHOWDOWN IN FINALS AGAINST SAMOHI.  BOYS TAKE SECOND AGAIN

With Valerie Wirtschafter sitting out the second league meet due to her foot injury and with some off performances the Girl’s Varsity were edged out by Santa Monica, placing Beverly and Samohi in a tie for the league lead at one win each, with the championship to be determined at the league finals on November 1, 2007 at Rancho Park.   The girls will have to regroup for the finals.  The Varsity Boys in the meantime have secured their second place in league as Santa Monica took the second league meet to match their win in the first league meet.

Girls Varsity:  1.  Anniya Louis (CC) 20:22.91;  2. Karissa Gonzalez (Samo) 21:06.15; 3. Gabi Cruz (Samo) 21:12.31; 4. Sara Jabbari (BH) 21:27.39; 5. Jamie Bratman (BH) 21:55.21; 6. Raquel Hefflin (BH) 21:57.43; 7. Stevy Stoval (Samo) 22:19.94; 8. Rachel Horn (Samo) 22:30.71; 9. Esme Levy (Samo) 22:39.50; 10. Sidney Grey (BH) 23:09.16; 11. Lynn Swerhorne (BH) 23:09.46.   TEAM: SAMO 29, BH 36, CC 67

Boys Varsity:  1. Damon Coffman (Samo) 16:14.80; 2. Shane Browne (Samo) 17:00; 3. Ezano Tesfu (Samo) 17:31.01; 4. Matthew Cohen (Samo) 17:36.86; 5. Alex Cascante (BH) 17:40.84; 6. Chatura De Silva (BH) 17:45.72; 7. Ashwin Thomas (BH) 17:48.16; 8. Austin Baker (BH) 17:56.08; 9. Jarvon Greer (Samo) 17:56.98; 10. Arthur Four (Samo) 17:57.22; 11. Justin Skootsky (BH) 18:02.43; 12. Byron Miles (BH) 18:09.82.

TEAM: SAMO 19, BH 37, Morningside 93, CC 94

Girls JV:  1.  Montserrat Llosa (Samo) 23:35.88; 2. Cheyenne Samsel (BH) 23:42.28; 3. Sarah Cascante (BH) 23:49.61; 4. Matisse Ventura (Samo) 23:54.85; 5. Katie Grey (BH) 24:13.78; 6. Francis Ahn (Samo) 24:25.06; 7. Tanya Jones (Samo) 24:26.76; 8. Lila Yasharal (BH) 24:40.04; 9. Celeste O’Neil (Haw) 24:49.27; 10. Katey Patterson (Haw) 24:49.57; 11. Barbine Jourdan (BH) 24:55.23; 12. Tamara Stone (BH) 24:57.18; 13. Carly Suber (BH) 24:57.45.   TEAM: BH 27, SAMO 30, Inglewood 85.

Boys JV:   1. Jamie Levinson (Samo) 18:06.57; 2nd thru 17 Samo runners.  21. Calvin Berman (BH) 20:36.94.

TEAM:  SAMO 15, BH 50, CC 96, Morningside 101

Boys Frosh:  1. Nick Salazare (Samo) 18:33.02; 2. Sam Nussbaum (BH) 19:44.72; 3. Robbie Rossman (Samo) 19:49.10; 4. David Libuser (CC) 20:02.13; 5. Chris Hino (Samo) 20:06.22; 6. Joshua Berris (BH) 20:18.73; 7. Danny Karel (Samo) 20:31.63; 8. Eric Staugard (Samo) 20:46.89; 9. Sam Bruce (Samo) 20:48.53; 10. Nick Harper (BH) 20:50.55; 11. Tal Barnston (BH) 20:52.14; 12. Jonathan Schwab (BH) 21:11.81

TEAM: SAMO 21, BH 37, Morningside 85

PALOS VERDES INVITATIONAL 2 Miles.  10/13/2007.

After the second league meet both the Beverly and Santa Monica girls teams sent a few of their runners (not full squads) to the short 2 mile course at Palos Verdes to get in another training run in before the league finals on November 1, 2007. Beverly also sent some of the boys team as well, while Santa Monica boys sat the race out.  The races were seeded by #1 runners to #7 runners on each team competing against one another.  Best result for the girls was Raquel Hefflin taking third in the #2 race and for the boys Chatura De Silva taking 4th in the #2 race.

Girls Varsity –SAMO and BH:   Girls Under 15:00—–Rachel Horn (Samo) 13:33;  Raquel Hefflin (BH) 14:03; Karissa Gonzalez (Samo) 14:07; Gabi Cruz (Samo) 14:15; Jamie Bratman (BH) 14:23; Stevy Stovall (Samo) 14:30; Sara Jabbari (BH) 14:31; Amy Lyman (Samo) 14:47; Sidney Grey (BH) 14:50.

Boys BH Varsity:  Chatura De Silva 11:19; Ashwin Thomas 11:40; Justin Skootsky 11:52; Austin Baker 12:02; Byron Miles 12:35; Alex Falcon 12:33.

CENTRAL PARK INVITE-HUNTINGTON BEACH 3 Mile

October 6, 2007.  With most of our juniors and seniors taking the SAT, the Central Park Invite for Beverly was a predominantly Frosh Soph competition for Beverly.   The Frosh Soph Girls took second in the Division 2 race behind El Dorado —with 215 competitors in the race representing over 19 schools.  Sara Jabarri took 7th place in a time of 20:55, followed by Jamie Bratman in 9th in 21:05, Raquel Hefflin in 12th in 21:13, Freshman Sidney Grey in 18th in 22:00 and Katie Gray in 70th in 23:58.  In the Boys Sophomore race Byron Miles ran a great race finishing in 6th place out of 147 runners in 17:42, followed by Austin Baker in 23rd, Alon Dina in 38th in 19:05 and Alex Cascante in 39th in 19:05.  They finished as a team in 5th place.   In the Boys Frosh race with a 133 runners, Joshua Berris finished in 30th place in 19:29, followed by Sam Nussbaum in 32nd in 19:35, Jonathan Schwab in 56th in 20:34, Tal Barnston in 60th in 20:49, and Kendrick Kai in 78th in 21:48.

DAVID GOLDMAN & LISA HARRIS INDUCTED TO BEVERLY HILLS HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ALUMNI ASSOCIATION HALL OF FAME

The newly formed organization, the Beverly Hills Athletic Alumni Association (BHAAA) has raised nearly $1 Million for the purpose of improving and revitalizing the high school’s athletic facilities and provide new equipment for all sports.  The BHAAA decided that a Hall of Fame be instituted and held its first induction on September 30, 2007 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.   Six inductees were named which included two former athletes from the track & field and cross country teams; DAVID GOLDMAN (Class of ‘65) and LISA HARRIS (Class of ‘89) who both ran track and cross-country.

SOUTH BAY CUP 2.9 Miles, Columbia Park (Torrance)  9/26/07.

VARSITY GIRLS KEEP EDGE OVER SAMOHI, WHILE FRESHMAN GIRLS LOOK STRONG

With an abundance of injuries plaguing both our boys and girls squads, the harriers went to the competitive South Bay Cup featuring some of the strongest teams in CIF, led by top ranked Saugus in the Girls Varisty and Mira Costa in the Boys Varsity.  Fifteen schools fielded teams which included all the teams from the Ocean League.  A comparison of head to head competition for our Varsity girls with Santa Monica our main rival for the league championship—–with a calculated score had Beverly edging SAMOHI by 3 points, 32 to 35.   Sara Jabarri slowly coming back into shape lead the girls in a time of 20:18.2.  The biggest surprise was Freshman Sidney Grey who was placed on the Varsity squad and ran 21:26.6.  She was the fastest Ocean League Freshman running more than 30 seconds faster than any girl freshman in the league, and the only one to break 22 minutes.   Our freshman girls in the Frosh race also were standouts as 4 girls ran in the 23 minute range.  The Varsity boys were led once again by Ashwin Thomas who ran 16:23.8 for the course, followed by injured Chatura De Silva in 16:47.1.

The results with the winner, top performers from our league and top finishers for Beverly:

Varsity Girls:  1. Katie Dunn (Saugus) 16:53.4; 15. Anniya Louis (CC) 19:02.1; 19. Gabi Cruz (SaMo) 19:29.2; 32. Sara Jabbari (BH) 20:18.2; 38. Stevy Stovall (SaMo) 20:30.6; 39. Lynn Swerhorne (BH) 20:31.6; 40. Jamie Bratman (BH) 20:32.5; 43. Karissa Gonzalez (SaMo) 20:39.5; 44. Raquel Hefflin (BH) 20:41.5; 45. Rachel Horn (SaMo) 20:44.2; 47. Valerie Wirtschafter (BH) 21:02.5; 51. Sidney Grey (BH) 21:26.6; 52. Jasmine Villareal (Haw) 21:33.6; Esme Levy (SaMo) 21:50.4.

Varsity Boys: 1. Alexander Adler (Mira Costa) 15:00.0; 10. Damon Coffman (SaMo) 15:27.6; 25. Shane Brown (SaMo) 16:12.8; 27. Simon Eisenstein (SaMo) 16:13.8; 35. Ashwin Thomas (BH) 16:23.8; 43. Chatura de Silva (BH) 16:47.1; 45. Ezana Tesfu (SaMo) 16:48.1; 46. Nicholas Kendall-Bar (SaMo) 16:54.4; 47. Arthur Four (SaMo) 16:57.4; 48. Austin Baker (BH) 16:58.6; 51. Byron Miles (BH) 16:59.9; 52. Alex Falcon (BH) 17:02.5; 54. Justin Skootsky (BH) 17:08.0; 55. Alex Cascante (BH) 17:09.8.

JV Girls: 1. Courtney Wilson (Saugus) 18:30.6; 28. Kathy Gee (Haw) 22:11.7; 37. Matisse Ventura (SaMo) 22:34.9; 57. Darya Famininy (BH) 23:04.7; 64. Tamara Stone (BH) 23:23.8.

JV Boys: 1. Stephen Yoshizawa (W. Torrance) 16:24.7; 7. Basilio Cruz (SaMo) 17:03.7; 58. Alex Yip (BH) 18:36.3; 74. Gunther Klaus (BH) 19:14.7.

Frosh Girls: 1. Aryan Foland (Mira Costa) 19:29.6; 17. Montserrat Llosa (SaMo) 22:08.8; 25. Danaji Cruz (SaMo) 22:59.0; 31. Allegra White (BH) 23:16.8; 32. Tanya Jones (BH) 23:19.0; 35. Balbine Jourdan (BH) 23:33.2; 36. Cheyenne Samsel (BH) 23:33.8; 46. Nia Freeman (BH) 24:00.3.

Frosh Boys: 1. Spencer Shortland (W. Torrance) 16:38.9; 14. Nick Salazar (SaMo) 17:30.7; 39. Robbie Rossman (SaMo) 18:50.0; 42. Joshua Berris (BH) 18:56.9; 43. Tal Barnston (BH) 18:58.4; 44. Nick Harper (BH) 18:59.2; 45. Sam Messbaum (BH) 18:59.6.

OCEAN LEAGUE #1:  GIRLS VARSITY TAKES FIRST; BOYS STRUGGLE IN SECOND

9/20/07.  Kenneth Hahn 3 Mile.    The Girls Varsity winner of the last 2 years as League Champion edged out Santa Monica for first place in the first league meet.  Sophomore Jamie Bratman led the team finishing in 4th place, followed by junior Sara Jabbari in 5th (slowly coming back into shape), with sophomore Raquel Hefflin in 6th, and senior Lynn Swerhorne in 8th.  Star runner Val Wirtschafter still running with an injured foot saved the day by taking 9th —that made the difference for our girls edging out Santa Monica by one point!   In the Girl’s Junior Varsity race Sarah Cascante took first place and led the team to a first place finish ahead of Santa Monica.   In the Boys race, our top runner Jon Simmons did not run due to injury, and top runner Chatura De Silva who was in second place fell and injured himself falling to 15th; while Ashwin Thomas led the team with a fine third place finish.  The Boys Varsity finished in second to Santa Monica.  Santa Monica swept all the other division races.

Girls Varsity: 1. Anniya Louis (Culver City) 20:37.76; 2. Gabi Cruz (SaMo) 21:10.36; 3. Karissa Gonzalez (SaMo) 21:50.62; 4. Jamie Bratman (BH) 22:05.77; 5. Sara Jabbari (BH) 22:21.90; 6. Raquel Hefflin (BH) 22:27.76; 8. Lynn Swerhorne (BH) 22:48.27; 9. Val Wirtschafter (BH) 22:57.49; 16. Sidney Grey (BH) 25:14.92; 17. Tamara Stone (BH) 26:01.90.     TEAM:  BH 32, SAMO 33, CC 71.

Boys Varsity: 1. Damon Coffman (SaMo) 16:44.90; 2. Shane Browne (SaMo) 17:34.42; 3. Ashwin Thomas (BH) 17:41.45; 7. Alex Falcon (BH) 18:05.54; 8. Austin Baker (BH) 18:22.52; 9. Alex Cascante (BH) 18:22.89; 10. Miles Byron (BH) 18:25.60; 13. Justin Skootsky (BH) 18:54.27; 15. Chatura De Silva (BH) 19:53.76.

TEAM: SAMO 18, BH 37, CC 84

Girls JV: 1. Sarah Cascante (BH) 23:56.92; 2. Ventura Matisse (SaMo) 24:40.06; 3. Tanya Jones (SaMo) 24:54.36; 4. Cheyenne Samsel (BH) 25:06.86; 5. Darya Famininy (BH) 25:07.37; 8. Balbine Jourdan (BH) 25:27.74; 9 Lila Yasharal (BH) 25:40.14.       TEAM:  BH 27, SAMO 28

Boys JV: 1. Nicholas Kendall-Bar (SaMo) 18:43.06; 2. Noah Dubin (SaMo) 18:43.06; 3. Schrob Raja (SaMo) 18:43.87; 17. Alex Yip (BH) 20:20.33.

Boys Frosh: 1. Nick Salazar (SaMo) 19:18.76; 2. Danny Karel (SaMo) 20:44.14; 3. Sam Nusbaum (BH) 22:10.38; 4. Tal Barnston (BH) 22:12.04; 6. Sam Capogrosso (BH) 22:17.33.    TEAM: SAMO 23, BH 36

Absent from League are Inglewood and Morningside who did not field a team.  Hawthorne came with a small contingent.  Culver City made a good showing for a small team.   Unfortunately Beverly believed the race was to be run at Rancho Park and only got word at the last minute that the race was re-scheduled for Kenneth Hahn.   Now its time for us to look toward the second league meet and then the finals on our home turf.  Lets go NORMANS.

WOODBRIDGE INVITATIONAL 3 Mile:  SOPHOMORE GIRLS BRATMAN & HEFFLIN SHINE

9/15/07.     The highlight for Beverly at the prestige Woodbridge Invitational was the sophomore race in Division III, where Jamie Bratman took 9th place in a field of 156 runners in a time of 20:27. Right behind her was Raquel Hefflin in 14th place in a time of 20:40.   In the 223 runner field in the Varsity race junior Sara Jabbari took 112th in a time of 20:54.    In the girls freshman race Sidney Grey came in 33rd out of 154 runners in a time of 21:49. At this writing apparently Beverly’s star runner Jon Simmons on the boys side injured his thigh and had to bow out of the race.   The best performance came from Ashwin Thomas in the boys senior race where he took 46th in a field of 237 runners clocking 16:44.   Alex Cascante in the sophomore race took 23rd place in a field of 291 runners in a time of 17:13.  Here are the results with the winner of each race, how our cross-town rival Santa Monica did with their top finishers.  The fastest girls time of the day was by Christina Babcock of Woodbridge in 16:05.  The fastest boy Mac Fleet of University-San Diego in 14:17.

Girls Varsity Race (223 runners):  Winner Hannah Valenzuela (Apple Valley) 17:50; 56. Gabi Cruz (Samo) 19:53; 112. Sara Jabbari 20:54; 114. Rachel Horn (Samo) 20:58; 137. Lynn Swerhone 21:25; 144. Val Wirtschafter 21:30 (still nursing a foot injury).

Girls 10th Grade Race (156 runners):  Winner Adriana Ramos (Elsinore) 18:57; 9. Jamie Bratman 20:27; 14. Raquel Hefflin 20:40; 38. Amy Lyman (Samo) 21:47; 73. Matisse Ventura (Samo) 22:54; 108. Lauren Siegel 24:12; 124. Jessica Hazon 24:48; 138. Carly Suber 26:05.

Girls 9th Grade Race (154 runners): Winner Lauren Reeves (Foothill) 19:00; 33. Sidney Grey 21:49; 38. Esne Levy (Samo) 21:58; 74. Donaji Cruz (Samo) 23:28; 91. Natalie Greif 24:26; 97. Tanya Jones (Samo) 24:30; 100. Leah Clark 24:37; 130. Rachel Caren 27:01; 139. Elihu Leila 27:59; 148. Liena Grossman 29:15.

Boys 12th Grade Race (237 runners): Winner Ankur Joshi (Indio) 15:16; 17. Daman Coffman (Samo) 16:03; 43. Simon Einstein (Samo) 16:41; 44. Shane Browne (Samo) 16:43; 46. Ashwin Thomas 16:44; 71. Alex Falcon 17:13; 84. Chatura De Silva 17:26; 97. Byron Miles 17:45; 119. Justin Skootsky 18:14; 141. Alex Yip 19:07; 207 Rahul Kalra 21:06; 222. Andrew Lee 22:02.

Boys 11th Grade Race (232 runners): Winner Tyler Almeida (S. Torrance) 15:30; 49. Ezana Tesfu (Samo) 17:38; 72. Jarvon Greer (Samo) 18:03; Sohrab Raja (Samo) 18:08; 148. Gunther Klaus 19:45; 162 Albert Lee 20:06; 188. Alex Dubin 20:49.

Boys 10th Grade Race (291 runners): Winner Daniel Rosales (Apple Valley) 15:10; 23. Alex Cascante 17:13; 24. Daniel Redick (Samo) 17:13; 45. Jamie Levinson (Samo) 17:46; 120. Michael Kahn 18:55; 170. Alon Dina 19:51; 173. Jason Bellet 19:53; 237. Ryan Lockhart 21:34; 248. Andrew Toobi 21:43; 259. Ariel Rofeim 22:17; 275. Jason-Ha Lee 23:01; 280. Sebastian Kong 23:32.

Boys 9th Grade Race (251 runners): Winner Kevin Case (Foothill) 16:21; 35. Nick Salzar (Samo) 18:25; 77. Nick Harper 19:18; 113. Sam Nussbaum 20:05; 146. Jonathan Schwab 20:43; 159. Sam Bruce (Samo) 21:01; 206. Kendrick Kui 22:26; 211. Sam Capogrosso 22:31; 212. Jason Slaisenger 22:32; Alex Slaisenger 23:08; 231. Benjamin Phillips 23:40; 232. Oliver Bogner 23:40.

9/8/2007.      BEVERLY RUNNERS COMPETE AT DON BOSCO TECH INVITE-3 Mile Run

The Bosco Tech Invite is divided into races based on grade.   The highlight for Beverly was the Boys 12th grade race, where Jonathan Simmons placed 10th out of nearly 200 runners in a time of 16:12.   The winner of the race was Philip Benavides of Alhambra who ran a spectacular 15:11.   The biggest surprise for Beverly was Chatura DeSilva who placeed 22nd but ran a fine 16:35 for the course.  In the Boys 11th grade race Alex Falcon placed 26th in a time of 17:11.2, while Alex Cascante finished 20th in the 10th grade race in a time of 17:42.3.   The season is still early as this was the first outing for the team.

On the girls side, senior star runner Valerie Wirtschafter had a foot injury and was unable to finish the race.   Our other star runner Sara Jabarri ran in the 11th grade race where she finished in 22nd place in a time of 21:04.4.   However, the highlight of the meet for Beverly was sophomore Jamie Bratman who took 17th in the 10th grade race running 20:55.2!   Two other runners for Beverly went under 22 minutes, Lynne Swerhone took 32nd place in the 12th grade race in a time of 21:42.8 and Raquel Hefflin took 22nd place in the 10th grade race running 21:14.   Someone to watch for is Freshman Sidney Grey who ran a 22:26.8 for the course!

Race Results for Beverly Runners:   [Full results available at California Dyestate]

12th Grade Boys   197 Runners in race

10. Jonathan Simmons  16:12, 22;  Chatura De Silva 16:35; 33. Ashwin Thomas  17:08; 105. Justin Skootsky          18:36; 122. Alex Yip 19:04; 170. Julien Levesque  21:07; 173.  Rahal Kalra 21:18; 185. Andrew Lew                22:59.

12th Grade Girls   146 Runners in race

32. Lynn Swerhone 21:42.8; 47. Sarah Cascante 22:11.8; 94. Brittany Chait 24:58.3.

11th Grade Boys  246 Runners in race

26.  Alex Falcon 17:11.2; 75. Byron Miles 18:27.2; 147.  Albert Lee 20:07.2; 148. Gunther Klaus 20:08.3; 192. Alex Dubin 21:43.7.

11th Grade Girls  172 Runners in race

22. Sara Jabarri 21:04.4; 74. Tamara Stone 23:45.4; 141. Madison Margolin 27:16.8.

10th Grade Boys  229 Runners in race

20. Alex Cascante 17:42.3; 110. Ryan Lockhart 20:25.9; 116. Farzan Azinkhan 20:34.9; 117. Jason Bellet 20:36.4; 157. Michael Kahn 22:10; 163. Sebastien Kong 22:31.8; 164. Kayvon Pedram 22:33.9; 184. Joon Ha Lee 23:42.4; 224. Alan Dina 28:14 .9.

10th Grade Girls   174 Runners in race

17. Jamie Bratman 20:55.2; 22. Raquel Hefflin 21:14;  85. Carla Suber 24:35.4; 89. Lauren Siegel 25:06.6; 101. Melody Termechi 25:45.4; 131. Jessica Hazon 27:43.6; 160. Julia Casimiro 30:17.

9th Grade Boys  164 Runners in race

55.  Joshua Berris 20:06; 58. Tal Barnston 20:13; 60. Phillip Cooper 20:19.5; 66. Sam Nussbaum 20:34.3; 91. Kendrick Kui 21:24.6; 92 Jonathan Schwab 21:25.0; 107. Jason Slaisenger 22:27.2; 118. Sam Capogrosso 22:53.7; 123. Michael Maltzman 23:09.2; 127. Oliver Bogner 23:38.5; 138. Benjamin Phillips 24:18.3; 144. Spencer Fogelman 25:00.5; 151. Alex Slaisenger 25:22.0.

9th Grade Girls  135 Runners in race

28. Sidney Gray 22:26.8; 54. Nicole Star 24:24.4; 55. Casandra Jolton 24:25; 60. Natalie Greif 25:03.2; 63. Jacyln Karpiak 25:13.3; 67. Noor Maarfi 25:20.0;  75. Leah Clark 25:49.5; 76. Allegra White 25:50.9; 80. Estelle Rivera 26:10.5; 84. Rachel Caren 26:25.9; 93. Angie Kang 27:12.6; 104. Lena Grossman; 126. Leila Elihu 30:56.6.