ANNABEL PERSONENI TAKES 6th IN FRENCH JUNIOR NATIONALS IN 800M 2:14.52
Annabel Personeni ran in the Junior Nationals in France. In her preliminary heat she took 1st place in 2:16.61. In the Finals she took 6th place in 2:14.52. The junior nationals are restricted to athletes under 20 years of age. Earlier this season Annabel ran a personal best in the Jim Bush Invitational at Cerritos College when she ran 2:13.50. This was her senior year at Beverly and she just graduated from Beverly High. For statistical purposes seniors have until July 31 each year to make their high school records and all time lists, as that is when the season ends with the USATF Junior Olympic Championship in Sacramento, CA. Her time of 2:13.50 done earlier during her senior year at Beverly ranks her #5 on Beverly’s All Time List. Congratulations to Annabel !
HISTORICAL NOTE: Annabel is not the first athlete we’ve had at Beverly to have dual or foreign citizenship with other countries and to accomplish foreign achievements in the junior ranks. John Beck was born in Austria and in 1961 he ran the mile for Beverly holding the then school record (4:21.70 converted 1600m), and as a high school All American was definitely one of the top junior runners from Austria. Simon Langer born in Israel and held Israeli citizenship was a high school All American in 1970 at Beverly in the 800m in 1:52.9 a then school record, which performance set the Israel junior national record at the time. Alexander Rohani in 2013 was a high school All American at Beverly in the 400m and ran in the world junior championship for Iran while at Beverly, and his time of 46.71 a school record was the second fastest time ever by an Iranian junior, just barely missing the Iranian junior national record.
CIF STATE MEET @ BUCHANAN H.S. , CLOVIS (FRESNO) CA June 3, 2016
AMANDA BLOCK’S SEASON ENDS AT STATE MEET
It’s been a long season and a memorable one for senior Amanda Block, as she set a new school record this year of 12-1 for the girls pole vault, and qualified for the State Meet. With 34 competitors at the State prelims only 12 girls qualified for the finals. Six girls cleared 12-6 and 10 girls cleared 12-0, and those that cleared 12-0, which included Amanda, only 6 qualified for the finals based on fewer misses. Amanda finished in 16th place in State, and barely missed clearing 12-6. She will be competing for Brown University next year, and we’ll be watching her in the future, reaching higher heights both in the pole vault and in her academics. We are going to miss Amanda, but we can say that she has inspired our athletes on the team for next year. Beverly’s greatest girl pole vaulter!
CIF SS MASTERS MEET @ Cerritos College – May 27, 2016
OMG! AMANDA BLOCK QUALIFIES FOR STATE MEET!
Sets New School Record in Girls Pole Vault – 12-1
Amanda Block was amongst the 12 best girl pole vaulters in the CIF SS at the Masters Meet (which included some of the best vaulters in the U.S.), where she took 6th place in a new school record 12-1, which qualified her to the State Meet. Regardless of the outcome of the State Meet, she reached the goal and dream of countless athletes in the the State to be an ALL STATE athlete. She becomes the 10th individual girl at Beverly to make the State Meet in our history. Eleven of the 12 girls at the Masters Meet qualified for State (the top 6 automatically qualified and those that vaulted 11-7 met the At Large State Standard). The State Meet is next week at Buchanan H.S. in Clovis (Fresno), CA. The top 12 in the June 3 Prelims will advance to the State Finals on June 4. WE ALL WISH AMANDA THE BEST OF LUCK !!!
GO AMANDA !
Results: (same height placing based on number of misses)
- Rachel Baxter – Canyon (Anaheim) H.S. 13-7
- McKenna Caskey – Mater Dei H.S. 13-1
- Kate Thomas – Santa Marguerita H.S. 12-7
- Jacqueline Ahrens – Peninsula H.S. 12-7
- Erin Gerardo – Santa Marguerita 12-1
- Amanda Block – Beverly Hills H.S 12-1
- Kaitlin Heri – Redondo Union H.S. 11-7
- Sarah Prystupo – Burroughs (Burbank) 11-7
Rachel Craft – Thousand Oaks 11-7
- Codie Wilshusen – Paso Robles 11-7
- Emily Coombs – Lutheran (Orange) 11-7
- Amari Turner – Redondo Union H.S. 11-1
[Changes to ALL TIME LISTS for 2016 are set forth at the bottom of the page]
[Photos of meets this year are posted on “Photos” link at upper left hand margin–when you get to the photos site with the photostream you can also click on “Albums” link to get each meet’s photos separately categorized]
All Time Lists, All League, etc… have been updated and will continue to be updated through the CIF competition.
CIF SS DIVISION 3 FINALS @ CERRITOS COLLEGE – MAY 21, 2016
Amanda Block Ties For 2nd Place At CIF SS Div. 3 Finals!
Qualifies For CIF SS MASTERS MEET!
The Season isn’t over for Amanda Block. At the CIF SS Division 3 Finals she tied for 2nd place in the girls pole vault clearing 11-9, and just missed clearing 12-3, which was the winning vault. In the overall 4 Divisions of the CIF SS the top 12 performances make the Master’s Meet, which included Amanda. At the Masters Meet the top 6 qualify for the STATE Meet and anyone who clears 11-7 (the State At Large standard in the girls pole vault) advances to STATE as well. Amanda’s top performance is 12-0.
Results (top 6 Medal)
- Kate Thomas (Santa Margarita HS) 12-3
- Amanda Block (Beverly Hills HS 11-9
- Erin Gerardo (Santa Margarita HS) 11-9
2. Emily Coombs (Lutheran Orange HS) 11-9
- Cody Wilshusen (Paso Robles HS) 11-9
- Kimberly Demming (Cabrillo Lompoc HS) 9-9
Amanda scored 5.75 points for Beverly, which placed the team at 31st place in the CIF SS Div 3 Finals.
AWARDS BANQUET 5-18-2016 @ BHHS CAFETERIA
AWARD WINNERS
Scholar Athlete: Mohammad Abikenari and Amanda Block
MVP Boys Varsity Track: Jonathan Cohen
MVP Boys Varsity Field: Brandon Kim
MVP Girls Varsity Track: Sarah Smith
MVP Girls Varsity Field: Amanda Block
MVP Boys Frosh Soph Track: Carl Wehba
MVP Boys Frosh Soph Field: Greg Carter
Coach Award Boys Varsity: Raehaan Poonja and Shimon Dubner
Coach Award Girls Varsity: Victoria Han-Pham, Julianne Araullo & Cheyanne Araullo
Coach Award Boys Frosh Soph: Aaron Selikovitz
Rookie Award Boys Varsity: Solomon Nwankwo
Rookie Award Girls Varsity: Julie Park and Danna Rosman
Most Improved Boys Varsity: Daniel Chorn
Most Improved Girls Varisty: Yael Balakane
Most Improved Boys Frosh-Soph: Willy Magnin and Jack Schulman
Most Inspirational Boys Varsity: Stanley Wu and Jason Cohen
Most Inspirational Girls Varsity: Zoe Hinton and Leticia Valle
[note girls frosh-soph and girls varsity were combined for awards]
Sydney Gray – our school record holder for the girls varsity 800m in 2:09.15 (2011), competed in the PAC-12 Championship for Berkeley in the 5000m and took 9th place in 16:23.57. Earlier this season she ran the 1500m in 4:24.14.
CIF SS DIVISION 3 PRELIMS @ ESTANCIA H.S. May 14, 2016
AMANDA BLOCK MAKES CIF SS DIV. 3 FINALS IN POLE VAULT!
It was no surprise that Amanda Block made her third straight CIF Finals in the girls Pole Vault. The top 9 in each event made the finals, and Amanda waited until the bar reached 9-6, took one jump, cleared it , and qualified for the finals. Eight girls cleared 9-6, and that was all it took for those girls to make the finals next Saturday at Cerritos College. The finals will see much higher heights as Amanda tries to qualify for the CIF Masters Meet which qualifies one to the State Meet. She was our only qualifier to the Finals. However, our other athletes did compete at the CIF meet, an accomplishment in itself. Jonathan Cohen took 7th in his heat of the boys 1600m and ran 4:31.87, then came back and ran the boys 3200m taking 13th in 9:52.30. He had a great year, and will be back next year for his senior year. Our weight throwers were also in action. Rashad Ysaguirre took 20th in the boys discus in 135-9. Then in the shot put Solomon Nwankwo took 25th in 43-7, while Rashad Ysaguirre took 34th in 41-8. Our boys 4X100m relay (made the CIF meet, after Lawndale was disqualified at the league meet, then Lawndale was put back in, then disqualified again, so Beverly moved up to third place in league after all the confusion, and qualified for CIF)–made up of Stanley Wu, Carl Wehba, Jordan Getty and Brandon Kim—they took 6th in their CIF prelim heat in 45.25.
OXY INVITATIONAL TRACK MEET May 7, 2016 @ Occidental College
AMANDA BLOCK was entered in the Oxy Invitational in the girls pole vault. With 23 entrants, all college level, except Amanda being the only high school entrant, she took 5th place in a height of 3.6 meters (11-9 3/4). This Saturday is the CIF prelims, which will be her 4th straight year she has competed at the CIF level.
Annabel Personeni: Although not running for the team, Annabel is a Senior at Beverly, and her best times this season have come in the 1500m and Mile, where she has run the mile in 5:12.35 (5:10.65c 1600m) and ran the 1500m in 4:48.53 (5:09.74c 1600m) in invitational and open meets.
OCEAN LEAGUE FINALS @ CULVER CITY H.S. MAY 5, 2016 [CORRECTIONS]
GIRLS FROSH-SOPH WIN OCEAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP!
AMANDA BLOCK WINS GIRLS VARSITY POLE VAULT FOR HISTORIC 4 YEARS IN A ROW!
BEVERLY HAS 7 QUALIFICATIONS FOR CIF
GIRLS FS 4X400m RELAY WINS IN SCHOOL RECORD 4:11.36
There are many stories to report on for the Ocean League Finals. On the team side, the girls frosh-soph which won the dual meet championship, now also won the Ocean League Championship at the League Finals earning them the perpetual league plaque. The boys varsity, girls varsity and boys frosh-soph all finished in 4th place.
All League (Top 3 in League) & CIF Qualifiers on Varsity:
Girls Varsity:
Pole Vault: Amanda Block (1st) CIF Q.
Boys Varsity:
1600m: Jonathan Cohen (2nd) CIF Q.
3200m: Jonathan Cohen (3rd) CIF Q.
Shot Put: Rashad Ysaguirre (1st) CIF Q.; Solomon Nwankwo (2nd) CIF Q.
Discus: Rashad Ysaguirre (1st) CIF Q.
4X100m Relay (Stanley Wu, Carl Wehba, Jordan Getty & Brandon Kim (3rd) CIF Q.
Girls Frosh-Soph:
100m: Sarah Smith (1st)
200m: Sarah Smith (1st); Leticia Valle (2nd)
400m: Leticia Valle (1st); Danna Rosman (2nd)
800m: Zoe Hinton (1st)
3200m: Natasha Dveirin (2nd)
100m hurdles: Alexia Moshirfatemi (3rd)
300m hurdles: Taylor Asla (2nd)
Pole Vault: Julie Park (1st)
Long Jump: Julianne Araullo (1st); Cheyanne Araullo (2nd)
Triple Jump: Cheyanne Araullo (1st); Julianne Araullo (2nd)
High Jump: Danna Rosman (2nd)
4X100m Relay: (Julianne Araullo, Danna Rosman, Leticia Valle & Sarah Smith) (1st)
4X400m Relay: (Zoe Hinton, Danna Rosman, Leticia Valle & Sarah Smith) (1st)
Boys Frosh-Soph:
Shot Put: Gregory Carter (1st)
Discus: Jack Schulman (2nd)
Long Jump: Jordan Lee (3rd)
4X100m relay (Jordan Lee, Jonah Okum, Willy Magnin & Sean Toobi) (3rd)
4X400m relay (Jordan Lee, Jonah Okum, Willy Magnin & Sean Toobi) (2nd)
HIGHLIGHTS AT LEAGUE FINALS:
Girls Varsity: Amanda Block easily won the pole vault at 11-0, and stopped competing due to darkness. This was her 4th straight year she has won the varsity event, a historic achievement, as no one in our school’s history in track & field has ever accomplished the feat. Stephanie Ancker ran the 1600m in 5:43.24 and ran the 800m in 2:36.07 (#50 All Time List at Beverly).
Boys Varsity: Jonathan Cohen took 2nd in the 1600m in 4:26.89 (#13 on the Beverly All Time List) and took 3rd in the 3200m in 9:54.45. Shimon Dubner took 5th in the 3200m in 9:58.08. Jason Cohen took 6th in the 1600m in 4:35.51, while Noah Lee took 7th in 4:36.74. Jason Cohen also took 8th in the 3200m in 10:07.57, while Mohammad Abikenari took 9th in 10:17.69. In the boys shot put Rashad Ysaguirre took 1st in 45-2 and also won the discus in 126-10. Solomon Nwankwo took 2nd in the shot put in 44-4. Carl Wehba took 5th in the 400m in 52.81. Stanley Wu took 4th in both the 100m hurdles in 16.08 and the 300m hurdles in 42.64. In the 800m Noah Lee took 5th in 2:06.09 and Xavier Santos took 6th in 2:06.62. Brandon Kim took 4th in the long jump in 20-9, and 4th in the triple jump in 39-9.
Girls Frosh-Soph: Julie Park won the pole vault clearing 8-3, the 2nd best vault in school history, only behind Amanda Block (so she is #2 All Time at Beverly for varsity and frosh-soph listings). The girls 4X400m relay (Zoe Hinton, Danna Rosman, Leticia Valle and Sarah Smith) won by a country mile and once again set the school record in 4:11.36 (also #27 on the varsity All Time List). They would have taken 2nd place in the varsity race and qualified for CIF –that’s how good they are! The 4X100m relay (Julianne Araullo, Danna Rosman, Leticia Valle & Sarah Smith) also won in 51.47 (#3 All Time at Beverly). Sarah Smith won the 100m in in 13.10 and the 200m in 26.75 (tie #17 All Time FS and #32 Varsity All Time). Leticia Valle took 2nd in the 200m in 27.66 (#26 FS All Time). She also won the 400m in 62.37 (#20 FS All Time), while Danna Rosman took 2nd in 63.09. Danna Rosman also took 2nd in the high jump at 4-6. Zoe Hinton won the 800m in 2:33.70 (#24 FS All Time and tie #42 Varsity All Time). Alexia Moshirfatemi took 3rd in the 100m hurdles in 19.70. Taylor Asla took 2nd in the 300m hurdles in 52.76 (#17 FS All Time). Cheyanne Araullo took 1st in the triple jump in 31-11 (#10 FS All Time), while sister Julianne Araullo took 2nd in 31-10 (tie #12 FS All Time). In the long jump it was reversed as Julianne won in 14-6 1/2, while Cheyanne took 2nd in 14-3 1/2. Kyra Brito-James took 4th in 58-3. In the 3200m Natasha Dveirin took 3rd in 13:37.28 and Yael Balakhane took 4th in 13:38.28. In the prelims Victoria Han Pham ran the 800m in 2:36.38 (#33 FS All Time and #51 Varsity All Time)
Boys Frosh-Soph: Gregory Carter took 1st in the shot put in 38-10, while Jack Schulman took 4th in 35-2. In the discus Jack Schulman took 2nd in 92-7. In the 1600m Kyle Mecheri took 3rd in 4:55.19, while Aaron Selikovitz took 9th in 4:59.20 and Maxwell Kim took 10th in 4:59.24. In the 3200m Aaron Selikovitz took 7th in 11:03.33, while Maxwell Kim took 8th in 11:14.74. Sean Toobi took 4th in the 400m in 55.77. The 4X400m relay (Jordan Lee, Jonah Okum, Willy Magnin & Sean Toobi) took 2nd in 3:46.93. The 4X100m relay (Jordan Lee, Jonah Okum, Willy Magnin & Sean Toobi) took 3rd in 48.04. In the long jump Jordan Lee took 3rd in 17-6. In the prelims Kyle Mecheri ran the 800m in 2:11.40.
CULVER CITY DUAL MEET @ CULVER CITY H.S. 4/28/2016
BOYS VARSITY EDGED OUT BY CULVER CITY FOR DUAL MEET CHAMPIONSHIP
GIRLS FROSH-SOPH WIN DUAL MEET CHAMPIONSHIP
GIRLS FROSH-SOPH 4X400m RELAY SETS NEW SCHOOL RECORD 4:12.70 !!!
The big showdown between Beverly and Culver in the boys varsity was no letdown, as Culver edged out Beverly by a score of 70-66. Culver at 5-0 is the dual meet Ocean League Champion as Beverly takes 2nd in league at 4-1. The girls frosh-soph on the other hand beat Culver 81-50 to go undefeated in league at 5-0 and are the Ocean League Champion in the dual meets. Culver ended up in 2nd place at 4-1. The girls varsity lost to Culver 119-11 ending the season 2-3 finishing in 4th in league. The boys frosh-soph lost to Culver 98-28, finishing the season 3-2, in 3rd place.
HIGHLIGHTS:
Girls Frosh-Soph: The highlight of the meet was the girls frosh-soph team taking the Ocean League title undefeated, and the 4X400m relay (Danna Rosman, Leticia Valle, Zoe Hinton and Sarah Smith) capped the victory by winning their race in a new school record 4:12.70. Not only did they set a new frosh-soph record at Beverly, but their time made the varsity girls All Time List at Beverly at #28 (the first frosh-soph team to make the Beverly Varsity All Time List for the 4X400m relay). If they run the varsity 4X400m relay at league finals and finish in the top 3, their time would be good enough to meet the CIF standard to make the CIF prelims. Let’s run them Varsity at League Finals! The girls 4X100m relay (Julianne Araullo, Danna Rosman, Leticia Valle and Sarah Smith) ran 52.37 (#5 on the All Time Frosh-Soph List at Beverly, and also made the Varsity All Time List at #37). Sarah Smith won the 100m in 13.30 and ran the 200m in 27.10. In the girls 400m Danna Rosman won in 62.24 (#19 on the Frosh-Soph All Time List) while Leticia Valle took 2nd in 62.97 (#23 on the Frosh-Soph All Time List). In the triple jump, Cheyanne Araullo took 1st in 29-11 (a tie for #20 on the Frosh-Soph All Time List), while sister Julianne Araullo jumped 28-8 1/4 in 2nd place (just missing the All Time List needing 29-0). Danna Rosman took 2nd in the high jump leaping 4-6 (tie for #16 on the Frosh-Soph All Time List). Zoe Hinton won the 800m in 2:38.81. Victoria Han-Pham won the 1600m in 5:59.00, with Yael Balakhane in 2nd in a PR 6:01.93. In the 3200m Yael Balakhane won in 13:38.53, while Natasha Dveirin took 2nd in 13:38.53. Kyra Brito-James took 1st in the shot put in 24-1 and 3rd in the discus in 57-0 1/2.
Boys Varsity: Stanley Wu was just edged out in the 300m hurdles in a photo finish, but ran 42.00, finally making the Beverly All Time List for Varsity at #30. In the 1600m Jonathan Cohen took 1st in 4:39.17, with Jason Cohen in 2nd in 4:39.38 and Noah Lee in 4th in 4:43.99. In the 800m Jonathan Cohen won in 2:04.42, while Noah Lee took 2nd in 2:08.08 and Xavier Santos in 4th in 2:11.62. In the 3200m Jason Cohen won in 10:02.30, while Shimon Dubner took 3rd in 10:07.82 and Mohammad Abikenari took 4th in 10:32.40. Raehaan Poonja took 2nd in the 100m in 11.31 and 3rd in the 200m in 23.07. In the 400m Carl Wehba took 2nd in 53.00 with Ameen Hakimianpour in 3rd in 53.08. Hunter Kim took 3rd in the 300m hurdles in 44.08. In the boys long jump Brandon Kim took 2nd in 19-9 1/4. In the discus Rashad Ysaguirre took 1st in 125-6 with Solomon Nwankwo in 2nd in 111-1. In the shot put Solomon Nwankwo took 2nd in 42-11, with Rashad Ysaguirre in 3rd in 42-4.
Girls Varsity: Amanda Block easily won the pole vault in 10-6. Stephanie Ancker took a close 2nd place in the 1600m in 5:42.73 (making the varsity All Time List at #31). She also took 2nd in the 800m in 2:37.70 (missing the All Time List of 2:37.00 or better). Totally unnoticed was sophomore Taylor Asla in the 300m hurdles where she took 3rd place in 54.05 (#28 on the Frosh-Soph All Time List). Also unnoticed was freshman Bianca Castro in the 200m taking 5th place in 28.04 (tie #33 on the Frosh-Soph All Time List).
Boys Frosh-Soph: In the 1600m Kyle Mecheri took 2nd in 4:58.99, with Aaron Selikovitz in 4th in 5:04.42. In the 3200m Aaron Selikovitz took 1st in 11:19.70, with James Masutani in 2nd in 11:23.20. In the discus Jack Schulman continues to move up the All Time List as he took 2nd in 96-0 (#32 on the Frosh-Soph All Time List).
South Bay Championship @ West Torrance H.S. April 22-23, 2016
3 Varsity Boys Go Under 10:00 minutes for 3200m!
The highlight for Beverly was the Varsity Boys 3200m at the South Bay Championship. Three boys for Beverly went under 10:00 minutes, as Jonathan Cohen ran 9:49.17 (#12 on the Beverly All Time List), with Jason Cohen at 9:55.81 (his previous 9:52.00 is #15 on the All Time List) and Shimon Dubner at 9:56.59 (#18 on the All Time List). This is the first time we have ever had 3 boys in one race go under 10:00. The other highlight of the meet was sophomore Victoria Han-Pham taking 1st in her girls varsity 1600m race in 5:49.67 (#28 on the All Time List for frosh-soph girls 1600m and by breaking 5:50, she makes the varsity All Time List at #43). She came back and took 5th in the 800m in 2:39.87 (just missing making the All Time List for frosh-soph which requires a sub-2:39.00 time). Amanda Block took 4th in the girls varsity pole vault clearing 11-6. Jack Schulman in the frosh-soph discus threw 90-0 making the Beverly All Time List at #43. Julianne Arraulo leaped 28-7 and Cheyanne Araullo went 28-0 in the girls frosh-soph triple jump missing the All Time List which requires 29-0 or more. Stanley Wu took 3rd in his race for the 110m hurdles in 16.04. Solomon Nwankwo took 4th in the shot put in 43-8 1/2 and threw the discus 99-10 1/4. In the girls varsity 400m Bianca Castro took 3rd in her race in 64.20. Stephanie Ancker ran the girls varsity 1600m in 5:53.92. In the boys varsity 1600m Dalton Han-Pham ran 4:59.21. In the boys frosh-soph 1600m Kyle Mecherie took 4th in his race in 5:02.36, while Maxwell Kim won his race in 5:04.06. The girls frosh-soph 4X400m relay took 1st in 4:18.65 and the girls frosh-soph 4X100m relay took 3rd in their race in 52.74.
[Changes to ALL TIME LISTS for 2016 are set forth at the bottom of the page]
[Photos of meets this year are posted on “Photos” link at upper left hand margin–when you get to the photos site with the photostream you can also click on “Albums” link to get each meet’s photos separately categorized]
BHHS v. SAMO DUAL MEET April 21, 2016 @ BHHS
VARSITY BOYS REMAIN UNDEFEATED IN DUAL MEETS
The Beverly Boys varsity team remained undefeated as they won the dual meet against Santa Monica H.S. (“SAMO”) 82-54, putting them at 4-0. They have one remaining meet against Culver City to go without a loss this season and win the Ocean League dual meet championship. Our girls varsity lost to SAMO 98-15 (as most of our girls on the team are frosh-soph), which puts them at 2-2 in league. Our girls frosh-soph team beat SAMO 118-2 putting them undefeated this year at 4-0. If they beat Culver City next week they will be the league’s dual meet champion. The boys frosh-soph lost their first league meet, as SAMO won 67-56, putting them at 3-1 in league.
Highlights:
Boys Varsity: Marcel Espinoza of SAMO had a great double winning the 200m in 22.20 and the 400m in 48.48. Lucas Jackson of SAMO won the 1600m in a time of 4:22.28. Jonathan Cohen took 2nd in the 1600m in a PR 4:32.28, followed in 3rd was Jason Cohen in 4:37.40 and Noah Lee in 5th in 4:39.36. In the 800m Jonathan Cohen took 2nd in a PR 2:01.27, followed by Jason Cohen in 3rd in 2:06.31. Raehaan Poonja won the 100m in 11.25. Carl Wehba took 2nd in the 400m in a PR 52.53 (as a frosh -soph that places him at #9 on the boys frosh-soph All Time List for the 400m). Stanley Wu won the 100m hurdles in 16.49 and the 300m hurdles in 43.07. Dalton Han-Pham won the 3200m in 10:50.01. Our boys 4X100 relay won in 44.95. Brandon Kim won the long jump in 19-6 1/2 and took 2nd in the triple jump in 37-2 1/2. Solomon Nwankwo won the shot put in 42-11 1/2 and the discus in 113-5 1/2, while Rashad YSaguirre took 2nd in the shot put in 42-9 and the discus in 112-7 1/2.
Girls Varsity: Amanda Block easily won the pole vault in 11-3.
Girls Frosh-Soph: Julie Park cleared 7-7 in the pole vault, as she is now #4 All Time on the varsity and #3 frosh-soph All Time. The girls frosh-soph 4X100m relay (Cheyanne Araullo, Danna Rosman, Leticia Valle, and Sarah Smith) won in a time of 52.46 (#5 on the frosh-soph All Time List and #38 on the varsity All Time List). Sarah Smith won the 100m in 13.18 and the 200m in 27.66. Leticia Valle was in 2nd in the 200m in 28.26, with Cheyanne Araullo in 3rd in 28.50. In the 400m Danna Rosman took 1st in 64.20, followed in 2nd by Leticia Valle in 64.57 and Cheyanne Araullo in 3rd in 65.01. In the 800m Zoe Hinton took 1st in 2:41.01 and Victoria Han-Pham took 2nd in 2:41.21. In the 1600m Victoria Han-Pham took 1st in 5:58.25, Natasha Dveirin took 2nd in 6:07.08 and Yael Balakhane took 3rd in 6:08.76. Kyra Brito James won the shot put in 26-1 (which places her in a tie for #11 on the All Time List for frosh-soph shot put) and also won the discus in 69-7 (placing her at #10 on the frosh-soph All Time List and she also makes the Beverly varsity All Time List at #30). Julianne Araullo took 1st in the long jump in 14-8 1/4 and 1st in the triple jump in 28-10.
Boys Frosh-Soph: Kyle Mecheri took 1st in the 1600m in 4:51.03 and 3rd in the 800m in 2:14.70. Other times of note in the 1600m were Aaron Selikovitz in 3rd in 5:03.45, Maxwell Kim in 4th in 5:04.63, Jake Selikovitz in 5th in 5:05.03, and James Masutani in 6th in 5:09.43. In the 3200m Aaron Selikovitz took 1st in 11:17.50, with James Masutani in 2nd in 11:24.90. The 4X100m relay took 2nd in 47.96. In the shot put Gregory Carter took 1st in 35-7, with Jack Schulman in 2nd in 35-02 1/2. Jack Schulman won the discus in 80-0.
MT SAC INVITE @ 4-16-2016
AMANDA BLOCK TAKES 4th AT MT SAC INVITE
Amanda Block medalled and took 4th place at the very competitive MT SAC INVITE girls pole vault clearing 11-6, and just missing 12-0 on her second attempt. Amanda was the only entrant at the prestigious MT SAC Invite for Beverly.
Ocean League Dual Meet vs. Lawndale 4-14-2016
BEVERLY SWEEPS ALL DIVISIONS AT LAWNDALE
Beverly swept the dual meet against Lawndale in all divisions. The boys varsity won 72-63 and are now 3-0 in league. The girls varsity won 64-44 and are 2-1 in league. The boys frosh-soph won 75-4 and are 3-0 in league. The girls frosh-soph won 64-12 and are 3-0 in league. It was a very windy day so the times were slow.
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MEET: Sophomore Sarah Smith took 2nd in a very fast girls varsity 200m running 26.92 (that is #19 on the Beverly frosh-soph All Time List and #34 on the varsity All Time List). Sophomore Victoria Han-Pham won the girls varsity 1600m in 5:56.08 (#34 on the Beverly All Time List for frosh-soph girls 1600m). In the boys varsity 1600m, Jonathan Cohen won in 4:41.21, Jason Cohen took 3rd in 4:43.00 and Noah Lee took 4th in 4:45.10. In the boys varsity 3200m, Jonathan Cohen took 1st in 10:15.00, Shimon Dubner took 2nd in 10:25.89 and Mohammad Abikenari took 3rd in 10:27.38. In the boys varsity 800m Jason Cohen took 1st in 2:09.41 and Noah Lee took 2nd in 2:09.76. In the girls varsity 400m freshman Danna Rosman took 1st in 63.14. In the boys varsity 400m sophomore Carl Wehba took 2nd in 54.42. Raehaan Poonja easily won the boys varsity 100m in 11.12. Stanley Wu took 2nd in the boys varsity 300m hurdles in 43.02. Sophomore Zoe Hinton won the girls varsity 300m hurdles in 57.72. In the boys varsity shot put Solomon Nwankwo took 1st in a PR 45-4, and Rashad Ysaguirre took 2nd in 42-8. In the girls varsity triple jump sophomore Julianne Araulla took 1st in 28-7. Freshman Aaron Selkovitz took 1st in the boys frosh-soph 3200m in 11:28.17, with freshman Maxwell Kim in 2nd in 11:33.92 and sophomore James Masutani in 3rd in 11:42.14. Sophomore Kyle Mecheri took 1st in the boys frosh-soph 1600m in 5:06.04, with freshman Aaron Selikovitz in 2nd in 5:09.37.
ARCADIA INVITE- April 9, 2016 @ Aracdia H.S.
Amanda Block Wins Pole Vault At Arcadia
Amanda Block took 1st place in the seeded Girls Pole Vault clearing 11-8, and just missing clearing 12-2. She was our only entrant in the prestigious meet.
OCEAN LEAGUE DUAL MEET AGAINST HAWTHORNE H.S. @ BHHS April 8, 2016
Beverly Sweeps Meet Against Hawthorne
Beverly swept all divisions against Hawthorne H.S. in their dual meet. We do not have the scores, but will report them when they become official. The boys varsity, boys frosh-soph and girls frosh-soph are now 2-0 in league, while the girls varsity are 1-1 in league.
Highlights: The girls frosh-soph 4X100m relay (Julie Park, Julianne Araulla, Danna Rosman & Sarah Smith) took 1st in 53.91 (#13 on the girls frosh-soph All Time List at Beverly). Sarah Smith had a fast time in the girls frosh-soph 200m in 27.44 which she won, while Danna Rosman took 1st in the girls frosh-soph 400m in 64.41. The boys varsity 800m saw our boys take 1,2 & 3, with Jonathan Cohen in 1st at 2:04.11, Noah Lee in 2nd at 2:05.83 and Jason Cohen in 3rd in 2:09.90. Stanley Wu won the boys varsity 110m hurdles in 16.01 and the 300m hurdles in 42.77. In the girls frosh-soph 1600m Natasha Dveirin took 1st breaking the 6 minute barrier running 5:59.08 (#38 on the girls frosh-soph All Time List at Beverly). In the boys varsity 1600m Mohammad Abikenari took 1st in 4:55.45. In a close boys varsity 200m Brandon Kim lost by one hundreth of a second running 23.74. In the boys varsity shot put Solomon Nwanko took 1st in 40-10.
UCLA LEGENDS MEET @ UCLA APRIL 1 & 2, 2016
Highlights: The highlight for the Beverly Normans was the 3200m. In the boys invite race Jonathan Cohen took 8th place in 9:51.03 (#14 on the boys varsity All Time List). Not to be outdone, in the seeded boys varsity race brother Jason Cohen took 1st place in 9:52.00 (#15 on the boys varsity All Time List). In the seeded race Shimon Dubner took 6th place leading most of the way and running a PR 10:05.35 (needing to break 10 minutes to make the All Time List). Both Jonathan Cohen and Jason Cohen without much rest came back to run the boys varsity invite Mile run. Jonathan Cohen ran 4:36.01 (4:34.51c for 1600m) while Jason Cohen ran 4:49.59 (4:48.09c for 1600m). In the girls 3200m varsity race, frosh-soph Yael Balakhane ran a PR 13:05.77 (#25 on the girls frosh-soph All Time List at Beverly). In the boys varsity seeded Mile run Mohammad Abikenari ran 4:52.23 (4:50.73c for 1600m). Amanda Block in the girls invite varsity pole vault cleared 11-8 and just missed clearing 12-2, taking 3rd place. Raehaan Poonja took 4th place in the boys invite varsity 100m in 11.12. In the boys varsity seeded races for 800m, Noah Lee ran 2:06.14, while Raustin Soltani ran 2:12.00. In the girls varsity seeded races for 800m, Stephanie Ancker ran 2:37.49 (just missing the All Time List requiring a 2:37.00 or better time), while Zoe Hinton ran 2:40.57, after a fast start to the race. In the boys varsity long jump Brandon Kim leaped 20-0 1/4 to take 5th place. Stanley Wu in the boys varsity 110m hurdles ran 17:05. Victoria Han-Pham in the girls seeded Mile run ran 6:07.56 (6:05.86c for 1600m). The boys varsity 4X100m relay (Raehaan Poonja, Stanley Wu, Jordan Getty and Brandon Kim) took 5th place in 44.56. The girls frosh-soph 4X400m relay team (Danna Rosman, Julianne Araullo, Zoe Hinton & Sarah Smith) won the girls varsity seeded relay in 4:18.11.
Anabel Personeni who does not run for Beverly, but is a Beverly student ran in the open girls 1500m running 4:58.87, which converts to a 5:20.84c 1600m (#10 on the girls varsity All Time List).
IN MEMORIUM – Chamberlain and Fisher
Bill Chamberlain – Class of 1945
We are sorry to announce that one of our top Norman sprinters of the 1940’s has passed away. In 1945 Bill Chamberlain ran the 220 yds in 22.2 on the straightaway, which converts to a 22.84 200m on the turn FAT, which is on the Beverly All Time List. In the 1940’s pre-qualifiers that were the equivalent of todays Division Finals, Bill was in 1944 on the 880 yd relay which took 1st place, and then in 1945 he took 1st in the 220 yd sprint and 2nd in the 100 yd sprint, and once again was on the 880 yd relay that took 1st place. In the CIF Finals (equivalent of today’s Masters Meet) in 1944 he was on the 880 yd relay that took 2nd place (but did not go to the State Meet since it was cancelled due to WWII). In 1945 in the CIF Finals he took 4th in the 220 yd sprint and was on the 880 yd relay that took 4th place. The relays Bill ran on are on the Beverly All Time Lists. Co-captain of the track team in 1945, he is considered one of Beverly’s great sprinters of the 1940’s. Besides his family, he is survived by his younger brother the acclaimed actor Richard (Dick) Chamberlain of the class of 1952 at Beverly, who was also a top sprinter on the Beverly Track team.
Steve Fisher – Class of 1960
Steve Fisher was the former El Rodeo Principal and Horace Mann Principal and taught at Horace Mann for 20 years. From 1966 to 2004 he was part of the Beverly Hills education system. He passed away recently from his battle with Leukemia. He was 74 yrs. old. I read the stories in the Beverly Hills Weekly and Beverly Hills Courier on his passing and not a word was stated that he went to Beverly High or that he was on the track team. I want to rectify that here on our website. One of his great loves at Beverly was being part of the track team. He was our #1 runner in the 440 yards race on varsity and held the frosh soph 330 yd record and the 660 yd record when he then ran for Beverly. I remember when I was a freshman at Beverly in 1966, Steve introduced himself to me, and how he loved his being on the Beverly track team, telling me stories of the team and always encouraged me in my track endeavors, even when I broke the 660 yd record. I will always remember his quality of “encouragement,” and smile, which served him well as Principal of two of our elementary schools. Steve, as a track athlete at Beverly we remember you!
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CAL RELAYS @ Cerritos College SAT March 19, 2016
AMANDA BLOCK WINS GIRLS POLE VAULT AT 12-0
Boys 4X1600m Relay WIns with # 2 All Time @ Beverly 18:56.34
HIGHLIGHTS:
Beverly was in the Small Schools Division, and Amanda Block won the Girls Varsity Pole Vault tying her school record of 12-0, which was higher than the winner of the Large School Division. She missed at 12-3, but she continues to be ranked as #2 in the CIF SS Division 3, Ranked #7 in the CIF SS, ranked #10 in the State of California, and ranked #45 in the U.S. (a top 50 ranking by the end of the year will make her a High School All American). Our boys varsity 4X1600m relay of Shimon Dubner (4:48.93), Jason Cohen (4:40.79), Mohammad Abikenari (4:48.75) and Jonathan Cohen (4:37.87) won the race, and posted the second fastest time ever for a Beverly team for the event running 18:56.34. The boys varsity 4X800m relay of Raustin Soltani (2:15.84), Jonathan Cohen (2:05.73), Mohammad Abikenari (2:14.29) and Jason Cohen (2:06.65) took 2nd place in a time of 8:42.44, and lost to Cathedral High School who ran 8:42.05 by 4 tenths of a second. Raehaan Poonja won his heat (6th overall) of the 200m in 22.94. In the girls frosh-soph 1600m Victoria Han-Pham took 1st in 5:57.69 (making the girls frosh-soph All Time List at Beverly at #34). Solomon Nwankwo in the boys varsity discus took 3rd place with a throw of 119-0 (tied for #26 on the Beverly All Time List) and PR’d in the boys varsity shot put throwing 43-8 and taking 3rd place. Dalton Han-Pham in the varsity boys 1600m took 3rd place in 4:58.98. Stanley Wu took 2nd place in the boys varsity 110m hurdles in 16.04. Carl Wehba in the boys frosh-soph DMR relay unofficially ran his 400m leg in 53.69.
DUAL MEET EL SEGUNDO VS. BHHS @ BHHS 3-17-2016
The Boys Varsity won the dual meet with El Segundo 93-43, while the Boys FS won 60-49, and the Girls FS won 64-54. Our Girls Varsity has relinquished the season by only having 3 girls in total competing on varsity (most of our girls on varsity are no longer with the team and many of the frosh-soph girls would be on varsity, but are competing on the girls frosh-soph team). As such El Segundo easily won the girls varsity meet 111-13. The Meet was hand-timed so as seen below times were adjusted by conversion factors where applicable to get an FAT (fully automatic time) for record purposes.
HIGHLIGHTS:
Boys Varsity: In the distance races Jonathan Cohen won the 1600m in 4:35.0, followed in 2nd by Jason Cohen in 4:36.6, Noah Lee in 5th in 4:42.5 and Mohammad Abikenari in 7th in 4:46.9. In the 800m Jason Cohen won in 2:04.5, with Jonathan Cohen in 3rd in 2:06.9 and Noah Lee in 4th in 2:08.3. In the 3200m Gavin Glynn of El Segundo won in 9:56.8. Shimon Dubner of Beverly was 2nd in 10:11.0, with Mohammad Abikenari in 3rd in 10:33.5. In the 100m Raehaan Poonja won in 10.9 (11.14 FAT). Ameen Hakimianpour is starting to make up ground after his injury of last year by winning the 200m in 24.3 (24.54 FAT) and the 400m in 54.1 (54.24 FAT). The boys 4X100m relay won in 44.20 (44.34 FAT). Stanley Wu won both the 110m hurdles in 15.9 (16.14 FAT) and the 300m hurdles in 42.9 (43.14 FAT). Rashad Ysaguirre won the discus in a throw of 126-0. Solomon Nwankwo took 2nd in the discus in 111-4 1/2 (which ties him at #34 on the Beverly All Time List), as well as winning the shot put in 42-9 1/2. Brandon Kim took 2nd in the triple jump in 36-8 1/2.
Girls Varsity: Amanda Block won the pole vault at 11-6 and won the girls 100m hurdles in 18.0 (18.24 FAT). Stephanie Ancker took 3rd in both the 800m in 2:39.4 and 1600m in 5:51.6. Victoria Han-Pham took 5th in the 1600m in 6:05.4 and 3rd in the 3200m in 13:53.1.
Girls FS: Julie Park took 1st place in the pole vault clearing 7-6. That places her in a tie at #4 on the Beverly All Time List and in a tie as #3 on the FS Beverly All Time List! Way to go Julie. Kyra Brito James took 1st in the shot put with a throw of 22-4 and also took 1st in the discus in 53-2 (placing her in a tie for #32 on the Beverly FS All Time List). Natasha Dveirin took 1st in the 1600m in 6:00.8 and 1st in the 3200m in 13:29.9. Yael Balkhane took 2nd in the 1600m in 6:18.0 and 2nd in the 3200m in 13:35.1. Danna Rosman won the 200m in 28.8 (29.04 FAT) and won the 400m in 62.8 (62.94 FAT) which is #22 on the FS All Time List. Zoe Hinton won the 800m in 2:43.2. Sarah Smith won the 100m in 13.0 (13.24 FAT). The 4X100m relay team of Zoe Hinton, Julie Park, Danna Rosman & Sarah Smith took 1st place in 54.0 (54.14 FAT) (#15 on the FS All Time List).
Boys FS: Carl Wehba took 2nd in the 200m in 24.4 (24.64 FAT). Jake Selikovitz took 2nd in the 800m in 2:25.30. In the 1600m John Gibb took 2nd in 5:09.0, followed by Jake Selikovitz in 3rd in 5:11.7, James Masutani in 4th in 5:12.2 and Aaron Selikovitz in 5th in 5:12.5. In the 3200m James Masutani took 1st in 11:28.30, with Aaron Selikovitz in 2nd in 11:29.8 and John Gibb in 3rd in 11:40.7. Carl Wehba won the high jump in 4-8. Jordan Lee won the long jump in 15-5.
REDONDO INVITE @ REDONDO H.S. March 11 and 12, 2016
HIGHLIGHTS:
Friday March 11: Jonathan Cohen in the boys varsity 3200m ran 9:57.25 (#16 on the All Time List), while Shimon Dubner ran 10:05.16, Jason Cohen ran 10:15.16 and Mohammad Abikenari ran 10:18.64, all on a cold and windy Friday night. In the girls FS 3200m, Yael Balakhane ran 13:17.44 (#26 on the FS All Time List), while Victoria Han-Pham ran 13:22.57(#27 on the FS All Time List).
Saturday March 12: Amanda Block took 3rd place in the girls pole vault clearing 11-6 in a very competitive field. Stanley Wu took 3rd in his heat of the boys varsity 300m hurdles in 43.47, while taking 4th in his heat in the 110m hurdles in 16.11. Raehaan Poonja took 4th in his heat of the boys varsity 100m in 11:07. In the girls varsity 1600m Stephanie Ancker ran 5:56.73; while in the girls FS 1600m Victoria Han-Pham ran 6:02.20. In the girls FS 400m Danna Rosman ran 64.53. In the boys FS 400m Carl Wehba ran 56.78
TRI-MEET: BEVERLY HILLS, MIRA COSTA & NORTH TORRANCE 3/9/2016
The annual tri-meet was non-scoring this year and once the final results of the events come in we will update the results.
Highlights: Amanda Block cleared 11-6 in 1st place in the girls pole vault, and went over 12-1 which would have been a new school record, but she hit the bar coming down. Stanley Wu in the hurdles had a stellar day recording personal bests in the 110m hurdles in 15.86c (just missing the Beverly All Time List by 4 hundreths of a second needing 15.82) and running 42.82 for the 300m hurdles (just missing the All Time List needing a 42.24). Raehan Poonja ran away with the boys varsity 100m in a 11.02c. In the boys varsity 800m Jonathan Cohen ran 2:06.78 to win, while brother Jason Cohen followed in 2:10.88. Mohammad Abikenari took 2nd in the boys varsity 1600m in 4:47.86. In the boys varsity 3200m Shimon Dubner took 1st place in 10:22.76, while Noah Lee took 3rd in 10:47.52. In the girls frosh-soph 800m Zoe Hinton took off in 1st place and never relinquished her lead running 2:38.35 (#37 on the girls frosh-soph All Time List). In the girls varsity 1600m race sophomore Victoria Han Pham ran 6:02.59. The girls frosh soph 4X400m relay took 1st place in 4:21.77. The boys varsity 4X100m ran 44.48. Julianne Arraulo long jumped 14-10 (just missing the girls frosh soph All Time List for the long jump of 15-0).
Culver City Invite @ Culver City H.S. 3/5/2016
Girls Frosh Soph 4X400m Relay Obliterates School Record: 4:16.33
The Girls Frosh-Soph 4X400m Relay team of Danna Rosman, Kate Liner, Sarah Smith and Zoe Hinton took 1st place in a time of 4:16.33 smashing the previous school record of 4:21.00. Congratulations girls! If they break 4:15.00 they will make the Beverly Varsity All Time List. The boys varsity 3200m event saw our boys of Jonathan Cohen take first in 10:00.49 (just missing the Beverly Varsity All Time List of under 10 minutes), followed in 2nd place by Jason Cohen in 10:11.46 and Mohammad Abikenari in 3rd place in 10:18.24. It looks like all three will break 10 minutes this year and make the All Time List. Just missing making the All Time List for the boys varsity in the long jump was Brandon Kim’s leap of 20-7 in third place (he needs to jump 21-0). In the girls frosh soph high jump Kate Liner tied for 1st place at 4-4 (Just missing clearing 4-6, which would place her on the Beverly All Time List for frosh soph girls). Amanda Block dominated the girls varsity pole vault clearing 11-6, and almost cleared 12-0 to tie her school record. In the boys frosh soph discus Jack Schulman took 3rd in 83-0 (he needs to reach 90-0 or over to make the boys frosh soph All Time List at Beverly). In the girls frosh soph long jump Julianne Araullo took 1st place in 14-3 (she needs to leap 15-0 or over to make the girls frosh soph All Time List at Beverly). Stanly Wu did not place in the boys varsity 110m hurdles, but ran 16.65. Yael Balakhane ran the 3200m in 13:24.04, which places her as #26 on the Beverly girls frosh-soph All Time List. The boys varsity sprint medley relay took 4th place in 1:45.08.
OCEAN LEAGUE RELAYS @ CULVER CITY H.S. , Feb. 27, 2016
Highlights: Beverly had some relays and athletes who made the All Time Lists on both Varsity and Frosh-Soph.
Girls FS: The surprise of the day was our girls frosh-soph 4X400m relay that took first place in a time of 4:21.39, just missing the school record set last year of 4:21.00, that puts them at #2 All Time at Beverly. The girls frosh-soph also ran in the 4X100m relay taking 2nd place in a time of 54.24 (#15 All Time at Beverly). In the girls pole vault freshman Julie Park cleared 6-0 to take 1st place (#9 All Time at Beverly). Natasha Dveirin took 2nd in the girls 1600m in 6:00.28, just missing the Beverly All Time list (which requires a sub 6:00 time).
Boys Var: The boys varsity in the Distance Medley Relay had two varsity teams compete and they took 1st and 2nd place. Team A (ran 11:11.45 (# 14 All Time at Beverly), while team “B” ran 11:37.94 (#19 All Time at Beverly). The top splits were Jonathan Cohen 4:38.22 for 1600m, Shimon Dubner 4:46.82 for 1600m, Jason Cohen 3:27.15 for 1200m, Mohammad Abikenari 3:32.05 for 1200m, and Noah Lee 2:11.02 for 800m. Stanley Wu won the boys varsity 100m hurdles in 16.43. The boys varsity took 2nd in the 4X100m relay in 44.88.
Girls Var: Amanda Block won easily in the pole vault, clearing 11-0. Lia Danenberg-Helm took 1st in the girls varsity 3200m running 12:56.07 (making the Beverly all Time list at #35).
WINTER STATE CHAMPIONSHIP INVITE @ CERRITOS COLLEGE February 13, 2016
AMANDA BLOCK SETS SCHOOL RECORD 12-0 IN POLE VAULT!
With a field of 18 girl pole vaulters at the Winter State Championship Invite, some of the top pole vaulters in the State did battle. At the end 4 girls, including Amanda Block of Beverly Hills, cleared 12-0. On the basis of misses, McKenna Caskey of Mater Dei took 1st, while Amanda Block of Beverly Hills, Shelby Noble of Clovis West and Kaitlin Heri of Redondo Union tied for 2nd place, all at the same height of 12-0. Block had the best chance to clear 12-6, as she just missed clearing the bar. Block’s clearance of 12-0 sets a new school record, breaking her own record of 11-9 set last year. She has set the varsity school record now for 4 straight years, since her freshman year. Her mark of 12-0 now ranks her in California in a tie for #3 in the State, and ties her for #32 in the U.S. Incredibly her 12-0 mark makes her the first girl whose performance would list her on the All Time List for boys varsity T&F at Beverly! That’s right she would be in #27 on the boys varsity pole vault all time list at Beverly. And she’s not done yet. We still have a long season to go.
Also at the meet Raehaan Poonja ran in the boys 60 meter dash for Beverly where he finished 6th in his heat and 37th overall in a field of 68 boys in a time of 7.32. Annabel Personeni who attends Beverly but is not on the team ran the girls 600 meters where she was 11th overall in a field of 34, running a fine time of 1:37.91 (her best this season is 1:35.97).
SAMO ALL COMERS MEET RESULTS – 2-13-2016 @ SAMOHI
A number of our runners ran at the Santa Monica All Comers Meet. Here are the highlights:
Leticia Valle ran 62.50 for the 400m (her best is 61.65), so that is a great early season mark. In the boys 1600m Jason Cohen ran 4:48.52 (his best is 4:47.32), Shimon Dubner ran 4:50.72, Mohamad Abikenari ran 4:50.81 and Dalton Han-Pham ran 5:05.74. In the Girls 1600m Victoria Han Pham ran 6:04 (missing the girls frosh-soph all time list at Beverly which is under 6:00) and Lia Dannenberg-Helm also ran 6:04. In the boys 800m Kyle Mecheri ran 2:17.75 and Xavier Santos ran 2:17.96.
2016 TRACK & FIELD SEASON IS UPON US!
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE: (times subject to change)
SAT Feb 13 CA Winter State Championship Invite @ Cerritos College @ 10:00 AM
SAT Feb 13 All Comers Open Meet @ Santa Monica HS @ 9:00 AM
SAT Feb 27 Ocean League Opener (Relays) @ Culver City HS @ 12:00 PM Noon or TBA
SAT March 5 Culver City Invite @ Culver City HS @ 10:00 AM
WED March 9 MICO/North/BHHS Tri Meet @ N. Torrance @ 2:45 PM
FRI March 11 Redondo Nike Invit. @ Redondo HS @ 4:00 PM
SAT March12 Redondo Nike Invit. @ Redondo HS @ 9:00 AM
THU March 17 El Segundo @ BHHS Dual Meet @ BHHS @ 2:45 PM
SAT March 19 California Relays @ Cerritos College @ 8:30 AM
FRI April 1 UCLA Legends Meet @ UCLA @ 12:00 PM Noon
SAT April 2 UCLA Legends Meet @ UCLA @ 10:00 AM
THU April 7 Hawthorne @ BHHS Dual Meet @ 2:45 PM
SAT April 9 Arcadia Invit. @ Arcadia HS @ 9:30 AM
THU April 14 BHHS @ Lawndale Dual Meet @ 2:45 PM
SAT April 16 MT SAC Invite @ MT SAC @ 7 AM
THU April 21 Santa Monica @ BHHS Dual Meet @ 2:45 PM
FRI April 22 South Bay Ch. Frosh Soph @ W. Torrance HS @ 5:00 PM
SAT April 23 South Bay Ch. Varsity @ W. Torrance HS @ 6:00 PM
THU April 28 BHHS @ Culver City Dual Meet @ 2:45 PM
MON May 2 Ocean League Prelims @ Culver City HS @ 3:00 PM
THU May 5 Ocean League Finals @ Culver City HS @ 5:00 PM
SAT May 14 CIF SS Div. 3 Prelims @ Estancia HS @ 11:00 AM
SAT May 21 CIF SS Div. 3 Finals @ Cerritos College @ 10:00 AM (Field) 4:00 PM (Track)
FRI May 27 CIF SS Masters Meet @ Cerritos College @ 3:30 PM (Field) 6:00 PM (Track)
FRI June 3 CIF STATE MEET @ Buchanan HS, Clovis @ 3:00 PM (Field) 5:00 PM (Track)
SAT June 4 CIF STATE MEET @ Buchanan HS, Clovis @ 4:30 PM (Field) 6:00 PM (Track)
Each Season we try to honor those athletes of Beverly’s past by noting their achievements.
30 Year Anniversary of Hurdler Raven Viltz
Thirty (30) years ago in 1986 Raven Viltz was a High School All American in the 100 meter girls hurdles, when she ran a time of 14.47, a then school record. She took 2nd place in the event at the CIF SS Division 4A Finals and 6th place in the CIF Masters Finals, and was All League in the event three years in a row. She was also on the 4X400m girls relay which set our school record of 3:50.86, which relay team made the U.S. List. Raven Viltz one of Beverly’s great girl hurdlers.
2016 Marks that Make the All Time Lists @ Beverly Hills
Girls
200m: FS: Sarah Smith 26.75 (#17), Leticia Valle 27.66 (#26);Bianca Castro 28.04 (tie #34), Cheyanne Araullo 28.06 (tie #38); VAR: Sarah Smith 26.75 (#32)
400m: FS: Danna Rosman 62.24 (#19)
800m: FS: Zoe Hinton 2:33.70 (#24); Victoria Han-Pham 2:36.38 (#33); VAR: Zoe Hinton 2:33.70 (tie #42); Stephanie Ancker 2:36.07 (#50); Victoria Han-Pham 2:36.38 (#51 )
1600m: FS: Victoria Han-Pham 5:49.67 (#28); Natasha Dveirin 5:59.08 (#38); Var.: Annabel Personeni 5:09.74c (#6), Stephanie Ancker 5:42.73 (#31), Victoria Han-Pham 5:49.67 (#45)
3200m: FS: Yael Balakane 13:05.77 (#25), Victoria Han Pham 13:22.57 (#27); Var.: Lia Dannenberg-Helm 12:56.07 (#35)
300m hurdles: FS: Taylor Asla 52.76 (#17)
PV: FS: Julie Park 8-3 (#2); Var.: Amanda Block 12-1 (#1 – School Record); Julie Park 8-3 (#2).
Discus: FS: Kyra Brito-James 69-7 (#10); Var: Kyra Brito James 69-7 (#30).
High Jump: FS: Danna Rosman 4-6 (tie #16)
Triple Jump: FS: Cheyanne Araullo 31-11 (#10), Julianne Araullo 31-10 (tie #12); Cheyanne Araullo 31-11 (#26), Julianne Araullo 31-10 (#28)
Shot Put: FS: Kyra Brito-James 26-1 (tie #11).
4X100R: FS: (Julianne Araullo, Leticia Valle, Danna Rosman & Sarah Smith) 51.47 (#3); Var:
(Julianne Araullo, Leticia Valle, Danna Rosman & Sarah Smith) 51.47 (#29)
Var: 4X400R: FS: (Danna Rosman, Leticia Valle, Sarah Smith & Zoe Hinton) 4:11.36 (#1 -School Record); Var.: (Danna Rosman, Leticia Valle, Sarah Smith & Zoe Hinton) 4:11.36 (#27)
Boys
400m: FS: Carl Wehba 52.53 (#9)
1600m: Jonathan Cohen 4:26.89 (#13)
3200m: Var.: Jonathan Cohen 9:49.17 (#12), Jason Cohen 9:52.00 (#15), Shimon Dubner 9:56.59 (#18)
Triple Jump: FS: Daniel Chorn 38-8 1/2 (#18)
Discus: FS: Jack Schulman 96-0 (#32); Var.: Solomon Nwankwo 119-0 (tie #26)
DMR: (Jason Cohen, Brandon Kim, Noah Lee & Jonathan Cohen) 11:11.45 (#14);
(Mohammad Abikenari, Jack Etheredge, Xavier Santos & Shimon Dubner) 11:37.94 (#19)
4X1600m Relay: Var.: (Shimon Dubner, Jason Cohen, Mohammad Abikenari & Jonathan Cohen) 18:56.34 (#2).
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