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.
