WCAL Dual: VC @ Saint Ignatius

San Francisco - The Warriors took a trip to San Francisco to compete in the last WCAL Dual of the season, Wednesday.  The meet is the last tune up before the team turns their attention to the WCAL Trials and Finals beginning Tuesday next week.

The team came out with strong performances across the board. Eyobed Mesfun had a huge breakthrough in the 1600 meters.  After being stuck at 4:51 for the past month he broke through running a huge personal best of 4:42.3!  He wasn't done there, he came back later in the day and crushed his personal best in the 800 meters running 2:10.9.  Both marks earn recognition on the Warrior's All-Time List.

Also in the distances the girls took 4 of the top 5 places in the 1600 meters as Jessica Xu won for the second week in a row.  Her time of 5:38.0 is a season best for dual meet races this season.  She also came back to finish the 800 meters in 2:32.9. Also in the 1600 meters Morgan Lira finished in a comfortable 5:49, while Shannon Luu and Kara Hinton smashed their personal bests and ran 5:52 to finish 1-2 in the JV division.

The 800 meters saw some solid performances as well.  Matt Lundy ran a personal best in the 800 meters (2:13.6) while Daniel Kliensmith had a huge run finishing in 2:16!  Wilson Ye (2:30) and Inigo Garcia (2:32) also ran their best times this season.  For the girls Karen Mac ran a solid race after returning from injury to finish in 2:39 while Amy Reyes ran a personal best time of 2:41.  Morgan Haag also improved on her best finishing in 2:55.

While the distances had solid performances their were plenty of more to go around.  The throws saw huge marks in the Shot Put from Ronna Stone (33-4.5), Taylor Martinez (32-8) and Prisilla Shing (26-7.5).

The sprints saw impressive performances from Shelby Smallwood who won the 100 meters in 12.1 and Kristin Sato who ran a season best 25.6 in the 200 meters.  Ryan Severson won the Varsity boys 100 meters in 11.0, while Jarrod Lawson won the 200 meters in 23.0.  Sean Davis won the 400 meters in 51.6.

Valley Christian Top Performers:

EVENT	GIRLS	BOYS
100	12.1 Shelby Smallwood	11.0 Ryan Severson
200	25.6 Shelby Smallwood	23.0 Jerrod Lawson
400	65.3 Nia Hayden	51.6 Sean Davis
800	2:32.9 Jessica Xu	2:10.9 Eyobed Mesfun
1600	5:38.0 Jessica Xu	4:42.3 Eyobed Mesfun
4 x 100	49.2 Varsity Girls
4 x 400	4:33.0 JV Girls	4:06.7 Varsity Distance
Shot Put	33-4.5 Ronna Stone	49-7.5 Theodore King
Discus	81-5 Ronna Stone	118-5 Theodore King
High Jump	4-8 Elaine Ma	5-6 Michael Deans