Lady Warriors Close Out WCAL Season With Win Over Presentation; Finish 3rd in WCAL

Sonjali Padalkar and Ali Mai in the 4 x 100 meter relay.

The Warriors traveled to Bellarmine to close out their WCAL schedule Wednesday.  It was a scorcher with track temperatures well into the triple digits; yet despite the challenging conditions 43 season bests resulted on the day.  The Varsity Girls closed out their season with a win over Presentation moving them to 4-2 on the season and third in the WCAL. 

Meet Highlights:

• Nathan Lynch continued to impress in his comeback after missing the last half of the cross country season after being diagnosed with cancer.  The sophomore improved nearly 40 seconds to finish the 3200 meters in 11:22!
• It was another double win for Shelby Smallwood with two season bests on the day, running 12.46 in the 100 meters and 25.64 in the 200 meters.  Her mark in the 200 meters moves her into the top 10 marks in the CCS this season.
• It was a breakthrough day for Mary Ellen Bradley.  After running her second fastest time ever in the 100 meters (12.99) she came back later in the day and ran 26.89 for 200 meters, her first time under 27 seconds!
• Eyobed Mesfun finished the season undefeated in WCAL action, taking the 1600 and 800 meters.     

Top Valley Christian Performers:

EVENT	GIRLS	BOYS
100	12.46 Shelby Smallwood	11.46 Akil Jones
200	25.64 Shelby Smallwood	23.22 Akil Jones
400	66.98 Nicole Favre	56.91 Austin Chang
800	2:39.66 Karen Mac	2:08.25 Eyobed Mesfun
1600	5:40.65 Ashley Lara	4:39.92 Eyobed Mesfun
100 / 110 Hurdles	16.82 Lydia Sum	16.63 Ben Staub
3200	Jessica Xu 12:22.42	11:22.35 Nathan Lynch
300 Hurdles	49.41 Lydia Sum	46.06 Ben Staub
4 x 100	50.87 Varsity Girls	45.25 Frosh Soph Boys
4 x 400	4:32.41 Frosh-Soph	3:42.60 Frosh-Soph Distance
Shot Put	34’ 11½” Ronna Stone	41’ 1” David Maumalanga
Discus	85’ 2” Kristin Uda	110’ 9” Samuel Acomb
Long Jump	16’ 0” Lydia Sum	16’ 7” HyunWoo Park
Triple Jump	34’ 2½ ” Robriana Johnson	35’ 2½” HyunWoo Park
High Jump	4’ 10” Robriana Johnson