Senior Day Celebrated With Top Performances in Last Home Meet of the Season; Girls Defeat Saint Ignatius

Samuel Acomb in the discus.

The Warriors hosted Saint Ignatius Wednesday as the team competed in the final home meet of the season.  The team continues to show growth as an astonishing 78 season best marks earned on the day!  The Girls win over SI moves them into third place in the WCAL heading into the final dual meet of the season. 

Meet Highlights:

• It was an impressive day for the field events for the Warriors: Robriana Johnson got her breakthrough in the high jump with an impressive 5-0 mark.  Ronna Stone tossed the shot put 37 feet for the second time this season, just one inch off her best.  While Lydia Sum and Elaine Ma broke 16 feet in the long jump and freshman Emily King moves to #6 all-time in just her second try at the event with a jump of 15’5”
• Lydia Sum debuted at #4 all-time for the Warriors in the 100 meter hurdles leading an impressive performance by the Valley Christian hurdle crew that saw all five girls earn season bests on the day!
• It was another day of breakthroughs including hurdler Rebekah Bruckner who earned a personal best in the 100 meter hurdles (18.87), 300 meter hurdles (52.01).
• The girls 4x400 team had a great showing debuting in 4:11.34, currently 12^th in the CCS.
• For the boys Akil Jones had a break through day earning two personal bests in the 100 and 200 meters, as well as anchoring a 52.6 split in the 4x400 meter relay!
• Eyobed Mesfun is fresh off his school record in the 3200 meters and carried that momentum into the meet and was a double winner easily taking the 1600 and 800 meter runs.
• The field events continue to improve as Kelly Lee hit 18 feet in the long jump while HyunWoo Park surpassed 35 feet for the first time this season!

Top Valley Christian Performers:

EVENT	GIRLS	BOYS
100	12.74 Shelby Smallwood	11.40 Akil Jones
200	26.06 Shelby Smallwood	23.06 Akil Jones
400	62.02 Ashley Lara	59.22 Austin Chang
800	2:26.63 Jessica Xu	2:06.49 Eyobed Mesfun
1600	5:38.24 Kailey Eddy	4:40.37 Eyobed Mesfun
100 / 110 Hurdles	16.96 Lydia Sum	17.69 Ben Staub
3200	Amy Reyes 13:52.86	12:10.50 Nathan Lynch
300 Hurdles	52.01 Rebekah Bruckner	45.43 Ben Staub
4 x 100	50.70 Varsity Girls	46.20 Frosh Soph Boys
4 x 400	4:11.34 Frosh-Soph	3:43.30 Frosh-Soph Distance
Shot Put	37’ 0” Ronna Stone	39’ 10” David Maumalanga
Discus	84’ 9” Ronna Stone	109’ 3” Samuel Acomb
Long Jump	16’ 10” Lydia Sum	18’ 0” Kelly Lee
Triple Jump	30’ 10” Taylor Johnson	35’ 4” HyunWoo Park
High Jump	5’ 0” Robriana Johnson