World Junior Track & Field Championship 2014 @ University of Oregon
Alexander Rohani (Sina Rohani) of Beverly, Class of 2013, ran for Iran in the 2014 World Junior (under 20 yrs of age) Championship held here in the U.S. at the University of Oregon. He ran the 400 meters in 48.03 in his heat, but did not qualify for the next round. He ran his best time this year when he took 4th place in the Pac 12 championship in 46.68. The second fastest 400m ever for a junior in Iran, just short of the Iran Junior National record of 46.57. He still has until December 31, 2014 to break the Iran National Junior Record. Beverly in the past has had two athletes who set junior national records (see TF Records icon on left margin).
Ocean League at CA STATE MEET
Marcel Espinoza of Santa Monica H.S. ran the Boys 100m at the California State Meet and took 6th place in 10.57. Kevin Beacham of Culver City H.S. took 10th place in State in the Boys Long Jump in 22-6.
June 7, 2014
ON THE SIDE: SOPHIA DE MORNAY
Sophia De Mornay running independent of the Beverly team as a sophomore has been burning up the tracks recently. In the USATF SCA Junior Olympics Meet at Cerritos College last week she ran 63.00 for 400m in the prelims and came back in the finals in 64.26 to take 5th place; and then took 7th place in the 800m finals in 2:24.49. She bettered that on June 7, 2014 in the Jim Bush Invite at UCLA taking 8th place overall in a PR 2:22.23. That’s #7 on the Beverly FS All Time List and #14 on the Beverly Varsity All Time List.
ALUMNI AT NCAA, NCAA WEST DIVISION 1 PRELIMS & SEMI-FINALS
Kemi Olonade, a Beverly alumna, at U.S.C. placed 9th in the women’s triple jump in 41-8 3/4 at the West NCAA’s to qualify for the finals of the NCAA. At the NCAA Finals she took 24th in 39-6 3/4. Sydney Gray, another alumna of Beverly, running for U.C. Berkeley ran the women’s 1500 in 4:22.94 in the NCAA West Prelims and made the semi-finals, where she ran 4:27.41 but did not qualify for the NCAA finals. Alexander Rohani, a Beverly alumnus, running now for U.S.C. ran in the NCAA West men’s 400m prelims in 47.15, and did not advance.
BEVERLY ALUMNI PERFORM WELL AT PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIP
Three of Beverly’s Alumni were at the PAC-12 Championship in track & field. Freshman Alexander Rohani for U.S.C. took 4th in the mens 400m finals running 46.68. Also for U.S.C was senior Kemi Olonade who took 6th in the women’s triple jump in 40-7 and 15th in the women’s long jump in 18-1. Junior Sydney Gray running for U.C. Berkeley took 6th in the women’s 1500m in 4:24.68 and 15th in the women’s 800m in 2:11.01. All three scored points for their teams. All three were high school All Americans at Beverly.
[NOTE: 2014 SEASON HAS ALL BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THE WEBSITE LINKS IN THE LEFT MARGIN FOR SCHOOL RECORDS, ALL TIME LISTS, ALL LEAGUE AND ALL CIF]
HAVE A GOOD SUMMER & KEEP RUNNING, JUMPING & THROWING! GO NORMANS!
CIF SS DIVISION FINALS – May 24, 2014 @ Cerritos College
AMANDA BLOCK IN GIRLS POLE VAULT TAKES 4th PLACE MEDAL
IN CIF SS DIVISION 3 FINALS !!!
Sophomore Amanda Block took a 4th place medal in the CIF SS Division 3 Finals in the Girls Varsity Pole Vault. That is the first “girl’s pole vault medal” in CIF ever won by a Beverly girl in our history of the program, and she is only a sophomore. She cleared 10-9, which wasn’t high enough to qualify for the CIF Masters, but as a sophomore she has a bright future. The next height after 10-9 was 11-3, which Amanda just barely missed. The 11-3 was what was needed to qualify for the Masters. This is the sixth straight year at least one Beverly girl has medalled in the CIF SS Division Finals. Amanda’s 5 points for 4th put Beverly as a team in a 4 way tie for 27th place. The top 6 medalists for the girls pole vault Division 3 were as follows (placing with same height is based on least misses):
- Kaitlyn Merritt – Santa Margarita 13-3 (Ranked No. 1 in State)
- Kate Thomas – Santa Margarita 11-3
- Brooke Pestano – Oak Park 10-9
- Amanda Block – Beverly Hills 10-9
- Imani Cook-Gist – Harvard Westlake 10-9
- Kari McCollum – Orange Lutheran 10-3
Ocean League: Kevin Beacham of Culver City took 2nd in the boys varsity long jump in 24-0 1/4 in Division 2 and qualified to the Masters as the 4th overall jumper in all divisions. Kendahl Carter of Culver took 8th in the girls varsity 100m hurdles in 15.42 and 9th in the 300m hurdles in 46.01, and did not qualify for the Masters. Marcel Espinoza of Santa Monica H.S. took 2nd in the Division 1 boys varsity 100 meters in 10.74 and was tied for 8th overall in all divisions to make the Masters meet.
Others of Note: Madison Golden who ran for Beverly as a freshman, and now as a sophomore runs for Serra HS in Division 4, took 5th in the 200m in a PR 25.02 and 6th in the 100m in a PR 12.17, and was on the 4X100m relay which took 2nd in 46.80 (winning 3 medals), and qualified for the Masters Meet in the relay. Nate Washington of Crespi HS (Coach Dwayne Washington’s son) took 1st in the Division 3 boys varsity triple jump in 46-8 3/4, and was 6th overall in all the divisions to qualify for the Masters.
Re-Leaguing 2014-2018
The upper Coast Area for next year will have a new look for the CIF SS Leagues in the area. The Ocean League, which Beverly is a part of, will lose Inglewood and Morningside to the Bay League, while added to our league will be El Segundo and Lawndale. Here are the new upper Coast area leagues for 2014-2018:
Ocean: Beverly Hills, Culver City, El Segundo, Hawthorne, Lawndale, Santa Monica
Bay: Inglewood, Mira Costa, Morningside, Palos Verdes, Penninsula, Redondo
Pioneer: Centennial, Leuzinger, N. Torrance, S. Torrance, Torrance, W. Torrance
Elgibility for ALL TIME LISTS AT BEVERLY
Sophomores you have until July 31, 2014 to move up or make the Frosh-Soph All Time Lists at Beverly, before you are eligible only for the Varsity All Time List . Seniors will also have until July 31, 2014 to move up or make the Varsity All Time Lists before their careers are over at Beverly (even though Seniors graduate in June 2014). This is based on the last high school level meets for the season (Golden West 6/28, USATF Junior Olympics 7/21-27, USAATF Youth Outdoor Championship 7/24-29). If any Beverly athlete runs in any open meets and their performance makes the All Time List, please report it to the website. There will be many open meets during the summer.
On The Side
Sophia De Mornay, running independent of the school, ran the 800m at the Pasadena Running Roses Invite, where she ran 2:25.83, a PR and #9 on the FS All Time List for the girls 800m. She also ran 28.82 for the 200m at the meet.
Aaron Karlin Is Scholar-Athlete For 2014 !
The Scholar Athlete for Track & Field has been finally determined, and with no surprise the winner for 2014 is Aaron Karlin. He also was the Scholar Athlete in Cross Country this past year. Congratulations. See “Scholar Athletes” link in left margin.
CIF SS DIVISION 3 Prelims @ Estancia H.S., Costa Mesa, CA
AMANDA BLOCK QUALIFIES FOR CIF FINALS IN GIRLS POLE VAULT
ALIYAH WOODALL MISSES GIRLS FROSH-SOPH TJ RECORD BY 1/4 OF AN INCH
WILL EZZARD RUNS 1600m IN 4:28.84 TO MAKE BOYS VARSITY ALL TIME LIST
NIA NUTALL THROWS GIRLS DISCUS 84-8 (#10 ON VARSITY ALL TIME LIST)
Sophomore Amanda Block was Beverly’s sole qualifier to the CIF SS Division 3 Finals. She cleared 10-6 for 4th place in the girls varsity pole vault on her first try. There was no need to go higher, as the top 9 girls qualified for the finals (7 of whom including Amanda cleared 10-6). She becomes the first girl pole vaulter at Beverly to make the CIF finals. At the finals she will be going for a medal, as well as attempting to qualify for the CIF Masters Meet. Freshman Aliyah Woodall in the girls varsity triple jump tied for 10th place (top 9 qualify for the finals) going 35-1, just missing the Beverly frosh-soph school record by 1/4 of an inch (school record is held by Tine Moore who in 1992 jumped 35-11/4). She now is #2 All Time on the frosh-soph list and moves to #5 on the varsity All Time List. She is the second alternate for the finals. Senior Nia Nutall threw the girls varsity discus 84-8 (29th place), a PR which moves her to #10 All Time on the girls varsity list. Will Ezzard finally did it, as he broke 4:30 to make the Beverly All Time List in the varsity 1600m (#16) as he ran 4:28.84, taking 8th in his heat and 19th place overall. Asia Meadows triple jumped 33-6 in the girls varsity competition and took 15th place. Austin Greer tied for 21st place in the boys varsity shot put in 46-111/2, and took 25th place in the boys varsity discus in 133-1. Max Walder took 6th in his heat and 26th overall in the boys varsity 400m in 52.24. Lucas Brito took 7th in his heat and 28th overall in the boys varsity 200m in 22.97. Harry Green took 7th in his heat and 27th overall in the boys varsity 110m hurdles in 17.94. Elsa Woods took 36th in the girls varsity shot put in 26-4. Our boys varsity 4X400m relay (Dominic Perlman, Aaron Karlin, Lucas Brito & Max Walder) took 5th in their heat and 17th overall in 3:30.47. Sara Neiman whose PR in the girls varsity high jump is 4-8, had to clear the opening height in the competition of 4-9. On her second jump she was close, but could not clear the 4-9 height.
Of Note: Sydney Mosley of Monrovia broke the Division 3 record in the girls varsity 100m hurdles running 14:19, which broke the record previously held by Randi Smith of Beverly Hills when she ran 14.33 in Division 3 in 1998. Sophomore Madison Golden who ran for Beverly last year as a freshman now runs for Serra H.S. in Division 4, where she qualified for the Division 4 finals in the girls varsity 100m (12.38 in 9th), 200m (25.66 in 8th) and 4X100 relay (47.52 in 3rd).
Ocean League: Culver City’s Kevin Beacham took 1st in the boys Division 2 long jump going 23-0 1/4. Culver City’s Kendahl Carter was Culver’s sole girl qualifier in Division 2, as she took 7th in the girls varsity 300m hurdles in 45.47 and 9th in the 100m hurdles in 15.20. Santa Monica also had only one qualifier into the Division 1 finals, as Marcel Espinoza finished in 1st in the boys varsity 100m in 10.68.
5-15-2014 @ BHHS Cafeteria
AWARDS BANQUET
The T&F Awards Banquet had kind words for the coaching staff this season, especially for head coach Dwayne Washington and coach Howard Edelman who has served the program for 30 yrs as head coach and assistant coach. The dinner was catered by Chef Peter Brown. The award winners were as follows:
Boys Varsity Field MVP: Austin Greer
Boys Varsity Track MVP: Max Walder
Girls Varsity Field MVP: Amanda Block
Girls Varsity Track MVP: Sara Neiman
Boys Varsity Most Improved: Lucas Brito
Girls Varsity Most Improved: Asia Meadows
Boys Varsity Most Inspirational: Harry Green
Girls Varsity Most Inspirational: Nia Nutall
Boys Varsity Rookie of the Year: Will Ezzard
Girls Varsity Rookie of the Year: Aliyah Woodall
Boys Varsity Coaches Award: Ameen Hakimianpour
Girls Varsity Coaches Award: Elsa Woods
Boys FS MVP: Noah Lee
Girls FS MVP: Lia Danenberg-Helms
Boys FS Coaches Award: Stanley Wu and Jonathan Cohen
Girls FS Coaches Award: Sophia Miller and Jehman Williams
The Scholar Athlete Award will be determined and announced on the website. The only school record certificate is to be awarded to Amanda Block, who as a sophomore, for the second straight year set a new girls varsity and frosh-soph pole vault record (so far at 11-4), and the season isn’t over.
ON THE SIDE:
Sophomore Annabel Personeni, running independent of the school, ran the 800m at the Oxy Invite, where she ran 2:15.79 (her season best is 2:15.14) just short of the girls frosh-soph school record at Beverly of 2:15.00 held by Barbara Gottlieb (1980).
May 5 and 8, Ocean League Finals @ Culver City H.S.
OCEAN LEAGUE FINALS
Beverly Qualifies in 13 Events for CIF Prelims
[Top 3 Finish is ALL LEAGUE]
BOYS VARSITY: The Beverly Boys finished in second place as a team with 117 points. Santa Monica was in 1st with 179.50 points and Culver City finished 3rd with 85.50 points. Austin Greer took 1st place in the shot put in 46-10, his second year in a row as league champion. He also won the discus with a PR 141-2 (#7 on Beverly’s varsity All Time List). He qualifies for CIF in both events. Will Ezzard took a close 2nd place in the boys 1600 running a PR 4:30.72 (just missing making the difficult All Time List at Beverly for the 1600m breaking 4:30.00), but will have another chance as he qualified for CIF. In the boys 4X400 relay, Beverly was behind Culver City, but Max Walder anchoring for Beverly came roaring back to win the relay and qualify for CIF as the team– of Aaron Karlin, Dominic Perlman, Lucas Brito and Max Walder who were timed in 3:30.40 (just missing the All Time List having to break 3:30.00). Walder also qualified for CIF in the 400m taking 3rd place in 51.57. Lucas Brito won an exciting 200m race running 23.09 to make CIF. Although taking 5th in the long jump in 19-10 Brito moved to #10 on the Beverly Frosh-Soph All Time List. Harry Green took 1st in the 100m hurdles in 17.34 (qualifying for CIF) and 2nd in the 300m hurdles in in 43.05. Rashad Ysaguirre took 2nd in the shot put in 41-11/2 and 3rd in the discus in 119-1. The boys 4X100 relay (Harry Green, Max Walder, Dominic Perlman & Lucas Brito) took 3rd in 45.02. Aaron Karlin took 4th in the 800m in 2:04.63. Dominic Perlman took 4th in the 400m in 53.05 (in the prelims he ran 52.52), while Ameen Hakimianpour ran 52.62 in the prelims (moving him up to #10 on the Beverly Frosh-Soph All Time List).
GIRLS VARSITY: The Girls Varsity took 3rd in league finals with 115 points, with Santa Monica in 1st with 188 points and Culver City in 2nd with 140 points. Sophomore Amanda Block won the pole vault in league for the second straight year with a height of 10-0, qualifying for CIF. Our schools outstanding triple jumpers Aliyah Woodall (1st place in 34-8) and Asia Meadows (2nd place in 34-01/4) both qualified for CIF. Woodall jump puts her at #7 All Time on varsity and #2 All Time on the Frosh-Soph List, with only the school record holder for Frosh-Soph Tina Moore at 35-11/4 from 1992 ahead of her—and Aliyah is only a freshman). Woodall also took 2nd in the long jump in 15-7 1/2. Nia Nutall won the discus in 81-6 (to qualify for CIF) just short of her PR 81-7 (#11 on the Varsity All Time List), while Elsa Woods took 2nd in 81-4 (#12 on the Varsity All Time List and # 2 on the Frosh-Soph All Time List) and Lauryn Norman in 3rd in 76-3 (ties for #16 on the Varsity All Time List and #4 on the Frosh-Soph All Time List). In the shot put Elsa Woods took 1st in 28-01/2 to qualify for CIF. Nia Nutall took 4th in the shot put in 26-51/2. Sara Neiman took 1st in the high Jump in 4-8 (qualified for CIF) and 5th in the 400m in 63.47. Tess Reinhardt tied for 3rd in the high jump in 4-4. The girls varsity 4X100 relay in 54.29 and 4X400 relay in 4:40.17 both took 3rd place.
BOYS FROSH-SOPH: The Boys Frosh-Soph took 2nd in league finals with 86 points to Culver City in 1st with 157 points and Santa Monica in 3rd with 77 points. Stanley Wu took 1st in the 100m hurdles in 17.13 (#18 on the Frosh-Soph All Time List) and his time would have won the varsity race! He also took 3rd in the 300m hurdles in 46.90. Jonathan Cohen took 2nd in the 3200 in 10:48.72, while Jason Cohen took 4th in 11:10.29. Dylan Rutigliari took 2nd in the shot put in 36-3. Deshawn Lomax took 2nd in the discus in 94-9, while Jonathan Hakimi took 3rd in 89-11. Noah Lee took 3rd in the 1600m in 4:51.59. Alex Dennis took 4th in the 400m in 58.69 (he ran 57.46 in the prelims). The boys 4X400 relay took 2nd in 3:55.01.
GIRLS FROSH-SOPH: The Girls Frosh-Soph took 2nd in league finals with 117 points to Culver City in 1st with 174 and Inglewood in 3rd with 63 points. Lia Helms took 1st in the 1600m in 6:03.93 and 1st in the 3200m in 14:17.86. In the 1600m Beverly also took 2nd with Doris Woods (6:14.77) and 3rd with Aerin Kim (6:17.68). In the 3200m Alexis Sedacca took 2nd in 14:35.68. Jehman Williams took 2nd in the triple jump in 25-0, 2nd in the 100m hurdles in 20.97, and 2nd in the 300m hurdles in 61.20. Dorrin Famininy took 2nd in the discus in 54-5 and 3rd in the shot put in 24-8. Patricia Tobing took 3rd in the discus in 50-10. The 4X100 relay took 3rd in 58.98. The girls 4X400 relay took 2nd in 4:43.66.
NORMAN ALUMNI COMPETE AT UCLA vs. USC DUAL MEET
At the recent UCLA vs. USC dual track meet, two of Beverly’s Alumni competed for USC. Alex Rohani (a high school All American and school record holder for Beverly in the 400m) who graduated last year and is a freshman at USC took a close 2nd place in the 400m in 46.98. Then Kemi Olonade, a senior at USC (a high school All American and school record holder in the triple jump at Beverly) also took 2nd in the triple jump in 40-71/2 and also took 5th in the long jump in 18-6 1/4. GO NORMANS!
5/1/2014 BHHS, MORNINGSIDE & HAWTHORNE @ BHHS
Asia Meadows soars TJ in 34-4 1/2; Beverly Wins Meet
Ocean League Dual Meet Final Standings: On a hot day the Beverly Normans Beat Morningside (and Hawthorne) in the last regular meet of the season, as next week begins the Ocean League Finals. The dual meet results for the season were as follows. In the boys varsity Santa Monica won league with a 5-0 record, Beverly was 2nd at 4-1 and Culver City was 3rd at 3-2. In the girls varsity Santa Monica was 1st at 5-0, Culver City was 2nd at 4-1 and Beverly was 3rd at 3-2. In the boys frosh-soph Culver City was 1st at 5-0, Beverly was 2nd in 4-1 and Santa Monica was 3rd at 3-2. In the girls frosh-soph Santa Monica and Beverly tied for 1st at 4-1 and Culver City and Inglewood tied for 3rd at 3-2. At league finals the league championship Cup will be decided for the winning varsity teams, while the frosh-soph league plaques will be decided for the frosh-soph winning teams.
Morningside Meet: We have a picture of our 2014 track & field coaching staff in the upper right. Season well done and thanks go out to our coaches. Meanwhile, at the last meet of the regular season, Asia Meadows won both the girls varsity long jump and triple jump, but she saved it all for the triple jump as she soared to a PR 34-41/2 which takes her to #9 on the varsity all time list at Beverly. Across the field, Nia Nutall wasn’t to be outdone, as she PR’d in the girls varsity discus, as she won in 81-7, #11 on the varsity all time list at Beverly. In the girls varsity shot put Elsa Woods threw 28-3 in 1st, Nia Nutall was 2nd in 26-4 and Cari Downey-Wade was 3rd in 26-2. Since Cari is a FS she moves up on the girls FS all time list to #10. In an exciting race, the boys varsity 400m, Max Walder took 1st in 51.3 (51.44c which is a PR that keeps him at #6 for the FS boys all time list), Dominic Perlman took 2nd in 52.3 (52.44c) and Ameen Hakimianpour took 3rd in 52.8 (52.94c which moves him to #14 on the FS boys all time list). Lucas Brito won the long jump in 19-6 and the 200m in 22.7 (22.94c). Ameen Hakimianpour ran 23.4 in 2nd in the boys varsity 200m (23.64c which places him in a tie for #16 on the boys FS all time list). Will Ezzard won the boys varsity 1600m in 4:58.2. Harry Green won the boys varsity 100m hurdles in 17.8 and the 300m hurdles in 45.3. Stanley Wu keeps on improving as he won the boys FS 100m hurdles in 17.0 and took 2nd in the 300m hurdles in 45.3. Sara Neiman won the 400m girls varsity race in 63.5 and did the high jump in 4-6. Raehaan Poonja won the 100m in 11.4, while Tess Reinhardt won the girls varsity 100m in 13.3. Austin Greer won the boys varsity shot put in 47-21/2, while Rashad Ysaguirre won the boys varsity discus in 115-9. Daniel Betancourt won the boys FS long jump in 16-61/2, the triple jump in 36-11 and the high jump in 5-2.
Team Results:
Boys Varsity: BH 54, Morningside 30, Haw. 3
Girls Varsity: BH 78, Morningside 15, Haw. 12
Boys FS: BH 48, Morningside 32, Haw 17
Girls FS: BH 53, Haw. 16, Morningside 6
IN MEMORIAM
STAN BOWEN – 1941 Beverly High All American Hurdler Passes Away
Stan Bowen, Beverly Class of 1941, was one of Beverly’s great hurdlers. He passed away this past year. Stan in 1941 set the school record in the then 220 yard hurdles in 24.6 seconds, took 1st place in the CIF southern sectionals to make the finals (equivalent to todays division finals), where he took 3rd place in all of the CIF southern section (equivalent to the CIF Masters meet), and went on to take 4th place in the State Finals. He was one of Beverly’s High School All Americans in track. Imagine running 24.6 in 1941 (or even today) for 200 meters with hurdles! Gone, but not forgotten.
April 24, 2014 Culver, Hawthorne, BHHS Tri-Meet @ Culver City HS
Boys Varsity Victorious Against Culver City!
Other Divisions Fall Short to Culver City
Beverly’s Field Event Athletes Shine at Culver City Meet
The Beverly Boys varsity team were victorious against Culver City with Hawthorne also in the tri-meet, winning in a score of 91 for Beverly, 58 for Culver City and Hawthorne with 4. Beverly is now 3-1 in league with a tie with Culver City. If Culver City loses to Santa Monica next week as expected, and Beverly wins against Morningside, then Beverly will finish 2nd in league for the dual meets. At league finals the League Cup is still up for grabs. The Girls Varsity, Girls Frosh-Soph and Boys Frosh-Soph all lost to Culver. The varsity girls are now 2-2 in league, while the frosh-soph teams are both 3-1 in league. The girls varsity score was Culver City with 94, Beverly 59 and Hawthorne 3. The boys frosh-soph score was Culver City with 97, Beverly with 62 and Hawthorne 2. The girls frosh-soph was a close meet with Culver City with 73, Beverly 67 and Hawthorne 6.
Highlights: Austin Greer on the boys varsity won the discus in 131-7 (#15th on the Beverly boys All Time List) and won the shot put in 44-61/2. Rashad Ysaguirre took 2nd in the boys varsity discus in 111-61/2. Asia Meadows won the girls varsity triple jump in 31-11. Sara Neiman won the girls varsity high jump in 4-6. In the girls varsity discus Nia Nutall took 1st in 73-11/2, while Lauryn Norman took 2nd in 64-7. In the girls varsity shot put Cari Downey-Wade took 1st in 25-61/2, while Nia Nutall was 2nd in 25-0. Lucas Brito took 1st place on the boys varsity long jump as he long jumped 19-61/2 (#13 on the Beverly boys frosh-soph All Time List). Max Walder took 1st in the boys varsity 400m in 51.57. Lucas Brito took a close 2nd in the boys varsity 200m in 23.12. Raehaan Poonja also took a close 2nd in the boys varsity 100m in 11.55. In the girls varsity 100m Tess Reinhardt took 2nd in 13.37 (#24 on the girls frosh-soph All Time List), while Danay Diaz took 4th in 13.64. Will Ezzard won the boys varsity 1600m in 4:42.26, while Bardia Soltani took 2nd in 4:52.14. In the boys varsity 800m Aaron Karlin took 1st in 2:13.50. Harry Green won the 300m hurdles in 45.79. Sebastien Torres won the boys varsity 100m hurdles in 18.0, while Stanley Wu won the boys frosh-soph 100m hurdles in 18.06. Dorrin Famininy took 1st in the girls frosh-soph shot put in 23-1.
April 18 -19, 2014 South Bay Championships @ West Torrance HS;
April 19, 2014 MT SAC Relays @ MT SAC
Beverly Athletes Compete at South Bay Championship & MT SAC
MT SAC: Amanda Block was Beverly’s sole athlete at MT SAC where she took 9th place in 10-6 in the girls varsity pole vault in the invitational competition.
South Bay: With the wind howling, the times in the races, were effected. However, some of our athletes still managed to hit PR’s in their events. In the girls varsity Nia Nutall PR’d in the discus in 77-10 (#14 on the Varsity All Time List at Beverly) and in the shot put 26-8 3/4 (making the Varsity All Time List). In the girls varsity Triple Jump Asia Meadows went 30-5. In the boys varsity, Aaron Karlin ran the 800 in 2:04.60. Austin Greer injured his finger but still managed to take 5th in the boys varsity shot put in 43-2, and took 3rd in the discus in 123-81/2. In the boys varsity 1600 Will Ezzard ran 4:43.80, while Bardia Soltani ran 5:02.76. Harry Green ran the 300 hurdles in 44.92, and then did the triple jump in 33-11. Lucas Brito jumped 18-11 in the boys varsity long jump. Ameen Hakimianpour took 3rd in his heat of the boys varsity 400 in 53.62. Meanwhile, in the boys frosh-soph Scott Senior in his first races of the season ran the boys 1600 in 5:00.86 and the 800 in 2:14.81. Kyle Chlavin ran 2:16.35 in the 800. The highlight in the boys frosh-soph was Jason Cohen as he ran the 3200 in 10:53.74. in the 1600 Raustin Soltani ran the 1600 in 5:10.00, while Mohamad Abi-Kenari ran 5:13.83 and Ali Abi-Kenari ran 5:18.00. Stanley Wu ran the 100 hurdles in 18.21. In the girls frosh soph Jillian Dveirin ran the 1600 in 5:46.83, while Dorris Woods ran 6:15.34 and Leah Wolchin ran 6:19.82. Woods also ran the 800 in 2:41.19. Aliyah Woodall long jumped 14-8 for 4th place, and ran her best 100m in 13.83. Elsa Woods threw the shot put 26-1, while Cari Downey-Wade went 25-6 1/4. In the discus Elsa Woods threw 64-1.
Faces in the Crowd: Mark Luevano was at South Bay (our school record holder in the boys varsity 3200 and 5000) watching his son Paul running for Venice H.S. as his son only a sophomore ran the 3200 in the 9:35s. Mitch Cohen was also at South Bay as his company sells all the garments for the meet and makes many of our uniforms at Beverly (he is the former head coach for our team back in the 1990’s).
Other Meets: Sophomore Annabel Personeni ran at the Larry Ellis Invite in Princeton, NJ in the 800 running 2:16.03. Junior Megan Moreh ran at the Cal State L.A. Twilight Open in the 1500 in 5:44.60.
SOUTH PASADENA TIGER INVITE @ SOUTH PASADENA HS – April 11, 2014
ARCADIA INVITE @ ARCADIA HS – April 11, 2014
ALIYAH WOODALL TJ 33-10 and LJ 16-6 @ South Pasadena
The Beverly team competed at the South Pasadena Invite, while a few athletes competed at the prestigious Arcadia Invite. At South Pasadena freshman Aliyah Woodall took 2nd in both the girls varsity triple jump and long jump in some incredible jumps for a freshman, leaping 33-10 in the triple jump (#4 all time on the frosh-soph list at Beverly and #9 on the varsity all time list), while long jumping 16-6 (#6 all time on the frosh-soph list at Beverly and #13 on the varsity all time list). Meanwhile, at Arcadia sophomore Amanda Block tied for 4th in the girls varsity pole vault in 10-9. At South Pasadena, Austin Greer took 3rd in the boys varsity shot put throwing 46-5. In the girls varsity shot put Nia Nutall put the shot 26-3 her personal best missing the varsity all time list by 2 inches! In the girls frosh-soph shot put Cari Downey-Wade threw the shot in a personal best 25-7 (#11 on the all time frosh-soph list at Beverly). Asia Meadows triple jumped 32-1 in the girls varsity (#22 on the varsity all time list). In the boys varsity 800m Aaron Karlin ran 2:07.99, while Bardia Soltani ran 2:08.79. In the boys frosh-soph 800m Raustin Soltani ran 2:18.57. In the girls Varsity 100 frosh-soph Tess Reinhardt ran 13.53 (#32 on the frosh-soph all time list at Beverly). Noah Lee ran the boys frosh-soph 1 mile in 4:53.53 (4:52.03c for 1600m), while Jonathan Cohen ran 5:06.39 (5:04.89c for 1600m) and Kyle Chlavin ran 5:12.79 (5:11.29c for 1600m). In the girls varsity 1 mile freshman Jillian Dveirin ran 5:48.77 (5:47.27c for 1600m), while sophomore Stephanie Ancker ran 6:03.46 (6:01.76c for 1600m). In the boys frosh-soph 3200m sophomore Mohamad Abi-Kenari took 7th place in 10:56.92; while Jason Cohen ran 11:17.51.
PALOS VERDES INVITE – APRIL 5, 2014
AMANDA BLOCK DOES IT AGAIN – PV SCHOOL RECORD 11-4 !!!
Highlights: What more can you say….sophomore Amanda Block won the girls Varsity Pole Vault setting a meet record and school record as she vaulted 11-4 at the Palos Verdes Invite. She barely missed at 11-7. Austin Greer continues his shot put skills as he took 4th in the boys varsity throwing the shot 46-6. Freshman Jillian Dveirin continues to astound as she doubled in the girls frosh-soph races in the 1600m in 5:37.32 (#10 all time on the Beverly girls frosh-soph list) and 3200m in 12:08.14 (#5 all time on the Beverly girls frosh-soph list and #13 on the varsity all time list). In an incredible race Will Ezzard dropped his time tremendously in the boys varsity 1600m race as he went 4:33.83! If he breaks 4:30 he’ll make the varsity boys 1600m all time list at Beverly. Elsa Woods threw the discus in 76-4 (#14 on the girls varsity all time list at Beverly and #3 frosh-soph list). She also threw the shot put 26-3. Sophomore Max Walder took 6th overall in the boys varsity 400m in 51.84. Sophomore Ameen Hakimianpour ran the boys varsity 400m in 53.79 and the 200m in 24.42. In the boys varsity discus sophomore Rashad Ysaguirre threw the discus in 113-5. Bardia Soltani ran a PR in the boys varsity 800m in 2:09.75. Our top frosh-soph in the boys 800m was Kyle Chlavin in 2:17.97. In the boys frosh-soph 3200m Jonathan Cohen ran 10:57.34, while Noah Lee ran 4:54.92 in the boys frosh-soph 1600m. Nia Nutall in the girls varsity discus threw 68-1.
Welcome to our new assistant Coach Dawn T. Keys (in the hurdles and pole vault)!
Annabel Personeni Runs 2:15.14 in 800 meters!
Although she is not running on the Beverly team this year, sophomore Annabel Personeni continues to run outside of the CIF competition. At the Occidental Distance Carnival she ran 2:15.14. The Beverly FS school record is 2:15.00 held by Barbara Gottlieb run back in 1980. The time places her at #6 All Time for Varsity.
INGLEWOOD (& HAWTHORNE) @ BEVERLY HILLS – MARCH 27, 2014
BEVERLY SWEEPS VICTORY IN ALL DIVISIONS AGAINST INGLEWOOD
Freshman Aliyah Woodall Goes 32-5 in TJ!
Sophomore Lucas Brito Sprints 200m in 22.5 (22.74c)
On the 70 year anniversary of the CIF SS Finals, which was a showdown between Inglewood and Beverly in 1944, Inglewood edged out Beverly 23 to 22. Seventy years later the two teams met again in an Ocean league meet, that included Hawthorne. Beverly won all the divisions. In the Boys Varsity Beverly scored 106, Inglewood 44 and Hawthorne 1. In the Girls Varsity Beverly scored 100.5, Hawthorne 17.5 and Inglewood 14. In the Boys FS Beverly scored 77, Inglewood 42 and Hawthorne 12. In the Girls FS Beverly scored 79, Inglewood 31 and Hawthorne 0. The Beverly Varsity Boys and Varsity Girls are 2-1 in league, while Beverly’s Boys and Girls Frosh-Soph teams are both undefeated in league 3-0.
BOYS VARSITY: Lucas Brito won the 200m in 22.5 (22.74c) against Inglewood’s top sprinters, and made the Beverly Varsity All Time List tied for #29, but since he is a sophomore he also made the Frosh-Soph All Time List at Beverly as #4 all time in the event. Brito also won the long jump in 19-3. Sophomore Raehaan Poonja took 4th in the 200m in 23.1 (23.34c) which is #12 on the FS All Time List. Poonja took 1st place in the 100 meters in 11.3. Austin Greer took 1st in the Discus in 129-9 (#15 on the Varsity All Time List) and 1st in the shot put in 44-2. Sophomore Max Walder won the 400m in 51.4 (51.54c) which betters his time of last year of 51.91, but he remains #6 on the FS All Time List with a better time. Will Ezzard won both the 800m in 2:11.6 and the 1600 meters in 4:48.5. Bardia Soltani took 2nd in the 1600 meters in 4:50.5. Harold Green took 2nd in the 300m hurdles in 43.3, while Chase Mayo took 3rd in 45.6. Sophomore Mohamad Abi-Kenari took 1st in the 3200m in 11:19.8
GIRLS VARSITY: Freshman Aliyah Woodall won both the triple jump in 32-5 (#20 on the Varsity All Time List and tied for #7 on the FS All Time List at Beverly) and the long jump in 14-10. Asia Meadows took 2nd in the triple jump in 31-8 and 2nd in the long jump in 14-4. Danay Diaz took 1st in the 100m in 13.3, while Woodall took 3rd in 13.8. Diaz also took 2nd in the 200m in 27.7, while Tess Reinhardt took 3rd in 27.9 (28.14c) which puts her as #34 on the FS All Time List at Beverly. Nia Nutall took 1st in the discus at 69-3 (#26 on the Varsity All Time List). Amanda Block had no competition in the pole vault as she took 1st in 8-0, her only vault of the day. In the distance races, Stephanie Ancher won the 1600m in 6:10.00, while Jane Ha took 2nd in 6:11.5. Jane Ha came back and won the 800m in 2:44.7. The girls 4X100 relay won in 52.0 (52.14c) which is #31 on the All Time List.
BOYS FROSH-SOPH: Daniel Bentacourt was the big scorer as he won the high jump in 5-0, won the long jump in 15-71/2, and won the triple jump in 32-11. Dehawn Lomax threw the discus 91-7 (#37 on the FS All Time List). Spencer Edelman won the 3200m in 11:35.9.
GIRLS FROSH-SOPH: Dorrin Famininy won the shot put in 22-51/2. Kenya James won the HJ in 4-4 and the 100m hurdles in 20.5.
Cal Relays – March 22, 2014 @ Cerritos College (final report)
AMANDA BLOCK DOES IT AGAIN- BREAKS PV SCHOOL RECORD 11-0
AUSTIN GREER THROWS SHOT PUT 48-6
The official results are in for the Cal Relays. Beverly as a Division 3 school competed in the small school events. Amanda Block continues her pole vault assault, as she broke her own school varsity and frosh-soph pole vault records taking it up to the magical 11 foot barrier. She took 2nd place at the same height as the winner Kari McCollum of Lutheran. Austin Greer had a PR in the varsity boys shot put throwing 48-6, and taking third place, while taking 5th in the discus in 118-8. The girls varsity jumpers did well as Asia Meadows went 15-3 3/4 in the long jump for 5th and then went 31-8 in the triple jump for 2nd; while Alijah Woodall went 31-8 in the triple jump for 3rd (#11 on the FS All Time List)! Lucas Brito took 4th in the varsity boys long jump going 19-2. Harry Green ran 44.84 in the 300m hurdles. In one of the most exciting races of the day the 1600m boys varsity race Will Ezzard took the lead with one lap to go just ahead of Obinna Omelrondi of Oxford, then it was head to head what looked like a dead heat but Ezzard was edged out 4:38.57 to 4:38.65. Bardia Soltani took 8th in the same race in 4:52.00. Sara Neiman took 4th in the girls varsity high jump in 4-8; while also running in the girls 400m in 64.71. In the frosh-soph girls 1600m Stephanie Ancher ran 6:01.31, while Jane Ha ran 6:03.24. Aaron Karlin took 4th in the boys varsity 800m in 2:07.48.
TRI-MEET: SANTA MONICA & HAWTHORNE @ BEVERLY HILLS March 20, 2014
VIKINGS DEFEAT NORMANS IN VARSITY BATTLE OF OCEAN
BUT FROSH-SOPH NORMANS DEFEAT VIKINGS
Varsity Boys: The Santa Monica Vikings defeated the Beverly Normans 110 to 60 (as Hawthorne obtained 0 points in third). The highlight of the Boys Varsity was the 100 meters as Raehaan Poonja took 2nd to Santa Monica’s Dejai Whittaker in fast times of 10.7 to 10.9. Poonja’s 10.9 equates to a 11.14 electronic time which is tied for #18 on the Beverly Varsity All Time List and #5 on the frosh-soph All Time List, as Poonja is only a sophomore. In the other sprint race the 200 meters, saw Samo’s Marcel Espinoza blister a 21.8, while sophomores from Beverly Lucas Brito took 2nd in 22.8 (23.04 electronic conversion tied for #7 frosh-soph All Time List at Beverly) and Ameen Hakimianpour taking 4th in 23.6 (23.84 electronic conversion for a tie #28 on the Beverly frosh-soph All Time List). Other performances of note were Aaron Karlin taking 3rd in the 800m in 2:04.8, as Samo’s star distance runner Arden LaSalle took 1st in 2:02.8. Rashad Ysguirre took 1st in the discuss in 122-10 (since he is a sophomore that is #3 on the FS All Time List). Harold Green took 1st place in the 300m hurdles in 43.2, while Sebastien Torres took 1st in the 110m hurdles in 16.7. Will Ezzard took 4th place in the 1600m in 4:45.1. Ameen Hakimianpour took 3rd in the 400m in 53.8.
Girls Varsity: The Santa Monica team won the meet scoring 96 to Beverly’s 65 and Hawthorne’s 12. Amanda Block easily won the pole vault in 8‘ 6”. The big surprise was freshman Jillian Dveirin holding her own with Samo’s top distance runners in league. First in the 1600m she took 3rd in 5:45.1, as Jenn Lamori of Samo won in 5:32.8; then she came back to take 3rd in the 3200m in 12:31.00 (#27 on the Beverly Varsity All Time List and #11 on the frosh-soph All Time List), as Samo’s Kasia Kryzanowski took 1st in 12:16.5. Even a bigger surprise was sophomore Stephanie Ancher, as she broke the 6 minute barrier on Varsity 1600m making the frosh-soph All Time List as she ran 5:59.5. Then our girl jumpers did quite well. Asia Meadows took 1st in the triple jump going 31-10 and taking 2nd in the long jump in 14-71/2. While frosh-soph Aliyah Woodall took 1st in the long jump in 14-10, and 2nd in the triple jump in 30-7. Danay Diaz then took 3rd in the 200m in 28.1, while Tess Rheinhardt took 4th in 28.4. Diaz also ran 13.3 in the 100 meters. Jane Ha took 5th in the 800m in 2:45.9. The girls varsity 4X100m relay ran 52.3 (52.44 electronic conversion to tie for 35th on the varsity All Time List)
Boys Frosh-Soph: The Beverly Boys Frosh-Soph won the meet scoring 84 to Santa Monica’s 59 and Hawthorne’s 5. Noah Lee took 1st in the 1600m in 4:56.3. Stanley Wu won both the 110m hurdles in 18.5 and the 300m hurdles in 46.8.
Girls Froh-Soph: The Beverly Girls Frosh-Soph won the meet scoring 83 to Santa Monica’s 31 and Hawthorne’s 2. The girls 4X100m relay ran a 55.5 (55.64 electronic time to be #16 on the Beverly Frosh-Soph All Time List). Doris Woods took 1st in the 1600m in 6:14.5; and took 2nd in the 800m in 2:52.5.
Long Beach Wilson Invite @ Long Beach City College – March 15, 2014
BOYS FROSH SOPHS RUN FAST SPRINT RELAYS ON VARSITY
AUSTIN GREER HEAVES SHOT PUT 47-0!
AMANDA BLOCK WINS POLE VAULT AGAIN IN 10’6”
Highlights: The Boys frosh soph team of Ameen Hakimianpour, Max Walder, Lucas Brito and Raehaan Poonja running Varsity ran a great double in the 4X200m relay in 1:32.61 (#12 on the All Time List varsity and the fastest frosh-soph time) taking 2nd place on varsity; as well as running the 4X100m relay in 44.36 (#2 on the All Time List for frosh-soph behind the 2008 school record of 43.44) taking 4th place on varsity. Meanwhile, Austin Greer took 2nd place in the boys varsity shot put with a PR 47-0. Amanda Block as usual won the varsity pole vault in 10’6” by a wide margin. Sara Neiman continues her high jumping skills at 4-8 (on the All Time List) and just missing 4-10. In the frosh-soph high jump Kenya James and Tess Reinhardt went 4-4 in a four way tie for 1st place. In the Varsity sprint medley relay Aaron Karlin ran the 800m in 2:04.44, as the relay took 8th overall. Another fine time was posted by Bardia Soltani in the distance medley boys varsity race where he ran 3:30.05 for the 1200 meters. In the girls varsity 4X1600m (which is comprised of all frosh soph girls), Jillian Dveirin ran a 5:44.10 moving up on the all time list for varsity (#33) and frosh-soph (#19). Dveirin also ran the fastest leg of the 4X800 girl’s varsity in a time of 2:44.06. Alijah Woodall took 2nd in the girls FS triple jump in 30-7, and tied for 3rd in the long jump going 14-10. The boys frosh soph distance medley relay took 1st in 12:13.88 (Mohammed Abikenari 1200 in 3:47.53, Wyatt Rhoades 400 in 59.38, Kyle Klavin 800 in 2:20.35 and Noah Lee 1600 in 5:06.42). The boys frosh soph 4X1600m took 3rd place (Jonathan Cohen 5:17.31, Mohamad Abi-Kenari 5:21.69, Jason Cohen 5:18.66 and Noah Lee 5:09.10) in a time of 21:08.78. Lucas Brito tied for 6th in the long jump going 19-3. In the varsity shot put sophomore Rashid Ysaguirre took 5th in 40-5. In the frosh-soph shot put Jonathan Hakimi took 2nd in 40-4. In the discus Elsa Woods went 68-7.
OAKS CHRISTIAN INVITE – 3-8-2014
AMANDA BLOCK SETS MEET RECORD IN PV – 10’7” !
Highlights: Amanda Block almost went 11’ in the girls varsity pole vault on her last attempt, but settled for 10’7” a new meet record. As a sophomore her 10’7” would have finished in 2nd in the boys frosh-soph competition and 11’ would have tied the boys frosh-soph record. The boys varsity 4X200m relay took first in their heat and second overall in a time of 1:35.09 (#16 on the All Time List) with the quartet of Sebastian Torres, Ameen Hakimianpour, Max Walder and Lucas Brito.
Field Events: Lucas Brito took 2nd in the long jump in 19-21/2. Austin Greer took 6th in the boys varsity shot put in 41-05 and 4th in the boys varsity discus in 114-07. Rashad Ysaguirre took 7th in the boys varsity shot put in 41-04 (and if he went down to the 10lb shot on frosh soph he would easily make the 45-0 needed to make the All Time List). Jonathan Revah took 9th in the boys varsity shot put in 40-7. Elsa Woods took 3rd in the girls varsity shot put in 28-8. Deshawn Lomax took 2nd in the boys frosh-soph shot put in 35-4 and 3rd in the boys frosh-soph discus in 80-0. Dorrin Faminini took 7th in the girls frosh soph discus throwing 57-2 (#21 on the girls FS All Time List). Aliyah Woodall took 4th in the girls frosh-soph triple jump in 30-11. In the girls varsity high jump Sara Neiman once again went 4-8 in 6th place. Daniel Betancourt took 3rd in the boys frosh-soph long jump in 18-21/2 and took 4th in the boys frosh-soph high jump in 5-6 (just missing the All Time Lists for both events).
Track Events: The boys varsity Distance Medley Relay took 4th place in 11:35.23 (#14 on the All Time List), with the quartet of Bardia Soltani 1200 in 3:36.37, Chase Mayo 400 in 58.39, Aaron Karlin 800 in 2:07.74 and Will Ezzard 1600 in 4:52.71. The girls varsity 4X800 took 3rd place with the quartet of Jane Ha (2:52.21), Jillian Dveirin (2:48.26), Stephanie Ancher (2:56.61) and Lea Wolchin (2:55.30) in a time of 11:32.40. The girls varsity Distance Medley Relay took 4th (with the quartet of Stephanie Ancher 1200, Sara Neiman 400, Jane Ha 800 and Jillian Dveirin 1600 in 5:55.25). Tess Reinhardt took 4th in the girls frosh-soph 100m in 13.72. The girls frosh-soph 4X200 took 1st in their heat, but 7th overall in a fine time of 1:58.7 (Alex Hunter, Lana Schwartz, Aliyah Woodall & Tess Reinhardt). Harold Green ran a fine race in the boys varsity 300m hurdles in 43.99 (after hitting a hurdle yet) to take 1st in his heat and 3rd overall. Brendon Yoon took 4th in the boys frosh-soph 100m hurdles in 19.66. Stanley Woo took 6th in the boys frosh-soph 300m hurdles in 48.73. Sebastian Torres took 7th in the 100m hurdles in 17.33. Ameen Hakimianpour took 7th place in the boys varsity 400 in 54.18. The boys varsity 4X800 relay took 5th place in 9:06.34 (with fine splits by Bardia Soltani in 2:14.19, Will Ezzard in 2:10.86, and Aaron Karlin in 2:09.50).
BHHS, Mira Costa, N. Torrance Tri-Meet @ Mira Costa HS 3/6/2014
AMANDA BLOCK SETS SCHOOL RECORD IN POLE VAULT – 10’ 9”
AUSTIN GREER HAS NICE DOUBLE IN SP 44-31/2 and Discus 127-7
AARON KARLIN TAKES CLOSE 2ND IN 800m IN 2:05.41
[All Times were Hand Held Times]
Although Mira Costa dominated the meet, Beverly showed some prowess in certain events. Sophomore Amanda Block took 1st place in the girls varsity pole vault, breaking her own varsity and frosh-soph school record not once, but twice, going over 10-6, then 10-9! When she’ll reach the magical 11-0 is unknown, but this year for sure. Meanwhile, Austin Greer took 1st in the boys shot put in 44-31/2 and 2nd in the discus in 127-7 (#17 on the All Time List). John Revah took 3rd in the shot put going 40-83/4, while Rashad Ysaguirre took 4th in the shot put in 40-1 and did the discus in 120-8 (#4 on the FS All Time List). In the boys varsity 800m there was a showdown between Mira Costa’s Niko Pappas and Aaron Karlin of Beverly, where Pappas edged out Karlin 2:04.78 to 2:05.41. In the boys 200m varsity sprint saw Lucas Brito take second in 23.14 to 1st place Corey Cox of N. Torrance in 23.13, while Max Walder in the 2nd heat took 1st place in 23.22. (Both made the FS All Time Lists). In the triple jump Aliyah Woodall took 2nd going 31-01/2 (making both All Time Lists for frosh soph and Varsity), on the frosh soph team. While Asia Meadows went 31-0 for the girls varsity in 3rd, and also took 3rd on varsity in the long jump in 14-41/2. Freshman Jillian Dveirin ran the girls Varsity 1600m in 5:45.99, then came back in the 3200m taking 4th in 12:33.03 (making both the frosh-soph and varsity All Time Lists for both events). Will Ezzard ran the 1600m boys varsity in 4:50.87, while Freshman Noah Lee took 5th in the boys frosh soph 1600m in 5:00.50. Doris Woods ran the frosh soph 1600m in 6:24.0. Sara Neiman leaped 4-8 to take 2nd place on girls Varsity high jump (same height as the winner, but lost out on fewer misses) to make the Varsity and FS All Time Lists for Beverly. In the girls Varsity Discus saw Lauryn Norman go 67-3 in 5th place and Nia Natall go 62-7, where both made the All Time Lists. Elsa Woods went 27-01/2 in the girls varsity shot put. Luca Brito went 19-31/2 in the boys long jump taking 5th place. Tess Reinhardt took 1st place in the girls frosh soph 400m in 66.44. Sebastien Torres took 4th place in the boys varsity 100m hurdles in 17.75; while Harry Green took 4th in the boys varsity 300m hurdles in 44.98. Brendon Yoon in the boys frosh soph took 2nd in the 100m hurdles in 19.41 and 4th in the 300m hurdles in 48.47. In the 800m freshman Jane Ha ran 2:52.46, while Doris Woods ran 2:55.58. Raejan Poonja took 4th on the varsity boys 100m in 11.66. Danay Diaz took 5th in the girls varsity 200m in 28.55, while Kenya James took 3rd in the 200m girls varsity in 28.91 in another heat, while girls frosh soph Lana Schwartz took 1st place in the 200m in 29.69. Cari Downey-Wade through the shot put 25-0 to just make the FS All Time List.
BHHS 5000m On The Track Invite Is CANCELLED for March 1, 2014
Due to projected heavy rain and lack of sufficient registrants, the BHHS 5000m on the track has been cancelled. We are going to look into the possibility of having the race after cross country season at the end of 2014.
STATE INDOOR INVITE, FRESNO, 2-17-2014
AMANDA BLOCK TIES HER SCHOOL RECORD IN POLE VAULT 10-3
Annabel Personeni takes 2nd in 800m in 2:23.67
Amanda Block in a stellar field of 33 girl high school pole vaulters at the State Indoor Invite in Fresno cleared 10-3 to tie for 7th place in the girls pole vault, and at the same time tied her varsity and frosh-soph school records. She barely missed at 11-0. Lookout for a new school record this year. Amanda is only a sophomore at Beverly. Lucas Brito, the only other Beverly team athlete to compete at the meet, who is also a sophomore, ran the 600 yds in 80.73. With 12 heats and a total of 82 runners, Brito took 5th in his heat and 39th overall.
Meanwhile, Annabel Personeni, also a sophomore running independent of the school, took 2nd place overall in the girls 800 meters in 2:23.67, being edged out by Bianca Alonzo of Marlborough.
Qualifiers for State Indoor: Block, Brito & Personeni
STATE INDOOR INVITE QUALIFIERS
AMANDA BLOCK GOES 10-0 in Pole Vault
A few of our athletes at Beverly competed at the State Indoor Qualifiers that have been held across the State to qualify for the Indoor Invite at the Save Mart Center, Fresno State University, that is scheduled for February 17, 2014. Our school record holder in the pole vault, sophomore Amanda Block tied for first place at the Redondo HS Qualifier going 10-0. Her school record of 10-3 is destined to be improved upon this season. Lucas Brito of Beverly ran the boys 550 meters in 1:18.44, the 9th overall time at the Redondo meet; while Ameen Hakimianpour was 12th overall in 1:21.55. Sara Neiman in the girls 550 meters was 12th overall at the Redondo meet running 1:36.87. Raehan Poonja ran the boys 55 meter dash in 6.90 (24th overall) at the Redondo meet. The boys 4X200 relay took 8th overall in 1:40.11.
Although not running for our team this year, sophomore Annabel Personeni of Beverly has run some very fast times at the qualifier meets. Known for her times in the 800 meters (her best is 2:19.40) at the Paramount meet she ran 2:28.53 and then came back at the Westmont meet to run 2:25.13. At Redondo she ran a very fast 200 meters in 26.76 (4th overall) (her best is 26.75) and also ran the 550 meters in 1:32.17 (5th overall).
TRACK & FIELD: 2014 Pre-Season news!
Of course what lies in store for our team this 2014 season is unknown, but we look forward to our athletes keeping up the tradition of our proud program. Each year in track & field we honor those athletes from our past, as anniversaries of accomplishments that are to be recognized so we do not forget those that preceded us.
70 Year Anniversary of the Great 1944 Team (Beverly vs. Inglewood)
Recognized as one of the greatest track & field teams ever at Beverly, the 1944 team is a standout in our history. Due to World War II, the State Meet was cancelled, leaving only the CIF SS Finals. All eyes in the State looked forward to the battle between Beverly Hills High and Inglewood High, co-favorites for the CIF SS title that year. The show-down meet was not a disappointment. It was held on May 27, 1944 at the L.A. Coliseum, and it was a battle to the end. When the dust settled Inglewood edged out Beverly for the title 23 to 22. A single point separated the two teams, who now 70 years later both schools find themselves in the same league, and will face each other on this the 70 year anniversary. Each team had one individual CIF champion in 1944. Beverly’s Sterry Fagan won the 880 yard run, while Inglewood’s Darrell Kreitz won the 120 yd High Hurdles. Both High School All Americans in their respective events. The other athletes for Beverly who were the backbone of the team were Dick Rubin in the 440 yard run (2nd in the CIF Finals), Bob Olds in the 120 yard High Hurdles (2nd in the CIF Finals), Eric Blore in the Shot Put (3rd in the CIF Finals), David Gill in the High Jump (4th in the CIF Finals) and was also in the long jump, the 880 yard relay team of Bob Palmer, Bill Chamberlain, Mickey Titus and Dick Rubin (2nd in the CIF Finals), and Mickey Titus in the 220 yard dash, Jim Blakely in the 880 yard run, Karl Henning in the shot put and Bob McDonough in the long jump. A meet to remember and two teams to be remembered this year when Beverly and Inglewood meet in 2014.
More Anniversaries…
60 YEAR ANNIVERSARY: STAN KING HIGH SCHOOL ALL AMERICAN 220 YARD DASH
You see him as the official timer and placer at our cross country and track meets, and a long time supporter of Beverly’s program. Stan King in 1954, 60 years ago, was one of Beverly’s greatest sprinters, running the 220 yard dash in 21.1, one of the fastest times in the U.S. that year, a High School All American.
40 YEAR ANNIVERSARY: RICHARD FISHMAN AND LIZ SCHROEDER
In 1974, 40 years ago, two field event athletes were both High School All Americans, and their performances are still school records at Beverly. On the boys side Richard Fishman set the school record in the pole vault, 15-1 1/2. On the girls side Liz Schroeder set the shot put record of 51-0 (8 lb shot) which converts to a 46-0 put for the 4 kilograms shot.
30 YEAR ANNIVERSARY: GIRLS 4X400m RELAY
In 1984, 30 years ago, Beverly’s Girls were U.S. ranked in the 4X400m Relay setting the school record which still stands today— of 3:50.86. The team quartet consisted of Joanna Rosemond, Dawn Gragg, Raven Viltz & Kim Turner.
BHHS Track & Cross Country News 