Mountain View, CA
– One thing is for certain, the Valley Christian Warriors will give you a
fight. This year’s team has had a
transformation: as numbers have grown so has the team’s depth. Both boys and girls have top contenders to
win any given event on any given day, making them perhaps the most competitive dual
meet team in school history. For the
third time this season the winning team was determined in the final event of
the day. It was the Lady Warriors that
found themselves locked in battle this time, up by 3 points through 15 events
it was the one event Valley Christian doesn’t compete in that was the undoing, as
a sweep in the pole vault pushed St. Francis to victory with a score of 65-71. It was a close battle in the boys as well as
they fell to a strong St. Francis team currently tied for first in the league standings, 53-82.
It was a great day for the Warriors as there were 61
season bests on the day. But it was a
spectacular day for the throwing duo of Elena Bruckner and Ronna Stone as it
was a pair of personal bests and school records in the shot put and the discus.
Stone set the table in the first event of the day shattering Kiely Smith's 2006
mark of 115' 0" by four feet hitting 119' 0". Her mark is
currently the top discus throw in the CCS. To follow up her school record
Stone threw 39' 6.5" in the shot-put, just one-half inch off her personal
best. She is currently ranked second in the Shot Put behind teammate
Elena Bruckner.
Bruckner also had a breakthrough, hers coming in the shot
put hitting a huge personal best throw of 42' 0.75". The sophomore
bettered the previous school record of 40' 8" set by Kiely Smith in 2006. Bruckner also set a personal best in the Discus with a
throw of 102' 9" where she is currently ranked fourth in the WCAL.
WCAL action continues next Wednesday as the Warriors travel to San Francisco to take on first place St. Ignatius.
Meet Highlights:
- The Girls 4 x 100 meter relay team of Taylor Johnson, Shelby Smallwood, Lydia Sum and Sanjali Padalkar move to #8 all time for the Warriors. Their time of 50.56 is currently the sixth fastest time in CCS.
- Elaine Ma’s mark of 16’ 1.75 is currently the #3 mark in WCAL. Taylor Johnson’s mark of 16-7.25 from the Stanford Invitational Saturday is currently the league leader in the event.
- The hurdlers continue to impress. Lydia Sum remains undefeated in league action and it was a slew of personal bests for nearly the entire hurdle crew. Nicole Shak dipped under 18 seconds (sixth all-time for Valley Christian) and Rebecca Bruckner moves to ninth all-time also earning a personal best 18.69.
- More hurdle highlights: Every competitor in the 300 hurdles earned a personal best Wednesday! Freshman Caitlyn Rowland and Nicole Shak have shown true potential as they land #8 and #9 all-time.
- Perhaps the biggest highlight of the day came from Katrina Le who took a hard spill in her debut in the 300 hurdles. After gathering herself she got up and continued on. Finishing scrapped up and bloodied she went and got wrapped up and came back out to run the 4 x 400. A true Warrior!
- It was a personal best for Jason Li in the 800 meters winning in 2:04.92.
- Vinh Le opened his first meet of the season finishing first in the long jump (18-5.5) and second in the triple jump (39-7).
For full results: CLICK HERE
Top Valley Christian Performers:
EVENT
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GIRLS
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BOYS
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100
|
Shelby Smallwood
12.58
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Akil Jones
11.64
|
200
|
Shelby Smallwood
26.33
|
Akil Jones
23.27
|
400
|
Ashley Lara
61.48
|
Trenton Rhoads
54.87
|
800
|
Shannon Luu
2:45.68
|
Jason Li
2:04.92
|
1600
|
Vanessa Giacalone
6:15.07
|
Nedu Ndili
4:55.42
|
3200
|
Vanessa Giacalone
13:34.35
|
Nathan Lynch
10:42.11
|
100 / 110 Hurdles
|
Lydia Sum
15.87
|
Ben Staub
16.85
|
300 Hurdles
|
Caitlyn Rowland
53.11
|
Ben Staub
47.36
|
4 x 100
|
Varsity Girls
50.56
|
Varsity Boys
47.28
|
4 x 400
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Junior Varsity Girls
4:37.99
|
Varsity Boys
3:42.00
|
Shot Put
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Elena Bruckner
42’ 0.75”
|
Fa’auli Gaoteote
45’ 10”
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Discus
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Ronna Stone
119’ 0”
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Fa’auli Gaoteote
120’ 5”
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Long Jump
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Elaine Ma
16’ 1.75”
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Vinh Le
18’ 5.5”
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Triple Jump
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Taylor Johnson
32’ 7.25”
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Vinh Le
39’ 7”
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High Jump
|
Elaine Ma
4’ 8”
|
Mathew Weeks
5’ 2”
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