[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.
