Central Coast Section Top 8 Invitational

Central Coast Section Top 8 Meet - 

Los Gatos HS - Friday 4/23/99  

Wind Readings provided below in sprint races - no gauge in horizontal jumps.  

From:  Steve Filios and Keith Conning - 

Team results -- Mt. Pleasant 57; 2, Los Altos 30; 3, Bellarmine

29; 4, Del Mar 27; 5, St. Ignatius 26. 6, Milpitas, St. Francis 24; 7,  

Independence 23; 9, Hollister, Soquel 18.

Narrative from Daniel Cruz, Del Mar HS, San Jose, CA

Re: CCS TOP 8 CLASSIC, 4/23/99, Friday Night, perfect conditions, calm, 65

degrees

The 1999 CCS Top 8 Invitational was a huge success as 177 marks improved

upon the CCS Top 25 list in the evening Classic.  As the season winds down

to "Finals" week and everyone prepares for the post season, the Top 8 got

things going in many events.  The absence of Silver Creek in the Boys

division opened the door for league rival Mt. Pleasant to show its' wares. 

The Steve Nelson-led Cardinals look to be a Championship contender with

balance in the jumps, hurdles and distances.  Eddie Alaniz appears to be

back as he assisted his team with a fine 1600 meter effort.  Ronnie Grant

was the male Track Athlete of the Meet with two hurdle wins, a 2nd in the

TJ and a member of the 2nd place 4 x 100 team.

    Los Altos was 2nd with 40 points and strong efforts from Hill in the

1600 (holding off Ozan), Bjorkland and Goins in the Shot and Discus and

Ware in the hurdles.  Bjorkland was male Field Athlete of the Meet.

    Del Mar, with 35 points, was 3rd with scoring from Ozan in the 1600,

with his searing 2:03 closing last half and negative-splitting the the 800

for a win; Mastin repeating as the HJ Champion and Jones tieing for 2nd in

the Vault.

  

   The ladies also enjoyed a good meet with a surprising Soquel squad

leading the scoring with Maggie Vessey winning the 400 and LJ, teammates

Connely and Ryan going 1-2 in the vault, and Thompson (300IH) and the 4 x

400 relay garnering 4th places.

   Alejandra Barrientos, SLV, was the female Track Athlete of the Meet and

Sulu Ruepenny was the female Field Athlete of the Meet. 

   Milpitas and Mt.Pleasant were tied at 37 with solid team efforts from

both.  Mt. Pleasant winning the 4 x 100, and scoring in the both hurdles,

the vault and triple jump.  Milpitas scoring in the

100-200-400-800-1600-high jump and 4 x 400 relay!

100 (wind +1.2 and +0.0 two heats) -- Khari Jones (Gunn) 11.14; 2, Mike 

Atkinson (St. Francis)  11.16; 3, Willie Jones (North Monterey County), Tonieh 

Chenowith (Aragon) 11.22; 5, Steve Lee (St. Ignatius) 11.28; 6, Clay  Hawthorne 

(Menlo-Atherton) 11.29; 7, Dingame Jackson (Aragon)  11.34; 8, Twann Rucker 

(Woodside) 11.44  

200 (wind -0.5)-- Mike Atkinson (St. Francis) 22.35; 2, Nick Afflick (Soquel) 

22.66; 3, Paul Mancias (Milpitas) 22.73; 4, Phil Jackson (Aragon)  22.81; 5, 

Mike Serena (Milpitas) 22.82; 6, Willie Jones (North  Monterey County) 22.94; 

7, Dingame Jackson (Aragon) 23.07; 8,  Everett Frampton (Oak Grove) 24.16

400 -- Nick Affleck (Soquel) 49.99; 2, Juan Cruz (Palma) 50.28; 3,  Paul 

Mancias (Milpitas) 50.34; 4, Josh Harris (St. Ignatius) 50.70; 5,  Ed Oliveira 

(Bellarmine) 50.85; Marc Chalhvat (Sequoia) 51.29; 7,  Edgar Arceneaux 

(Westmoor) 51.33; 8, John Garcia (St. Ignatius)  51.53

800 -- D.J. Ozan (Del Mar) 1:56.11; 2, Alex Daniels (Saratoga)  1:57.51; 3, 

Steve Nestinger (Santa Clara) 1:58.09; 4, Manuel  Mendoza (Westmoor) 1:58.38; 

5, Jeff Wilson (Burlingame) 1:58.70;  6, Tim Tuff (Half Moon Bay) 1:59.00; 7, 

Joe Carter (Saratoga)  1:59.69; 8, Alex Shoor (Saratoga) 2:00.54

1,600 -- Andrew Hill (Los Altos) 4:22.3; 2, D.J. Ozan (Del Mar)  4:23.0; 3, 

Ed Alaniz (Mt. Pleasant) 4:23.4; Jeff Wilson (Bellarmine)  4:25.9; 5, Tom Allen 

(Gunn) 4:27.0; 6,Mat Fears (Hollister) 4:27.0;  7, Daniel Seqqiqui 

(Homestead) 4:27.2; 8, Neil Davis (Bellarmine)  4:27.4

3,200 -- Ben Morales (Hollister) 9:29.4; 2, David Monico (Piedmont  Hills) 

9:32.1; 3, Willy Charapetian (Leland) 9:39.5; 4, Girmay  Guangal (Santa 

Clara) 9:42.6; 5, Matt Hovik (Homestead) 9:42.7; 6,  Neil McDonough (St. Ignatius) 

9:45.2; 7, Kevin Anderson (Sequoia)  9:46.4; 8, Booker Tynes (Mitty) 9:47.5

110 hurdles (wind +0.6 & 2.0 two heats)-- Ron Grant (Mt. Pleasant) 14.84; 2, 

Karam Gill  (Bellarmine) 14.92; 3, Alex Ware (Los Altos) 15.18; 4, Tuati  

Wodden (Independence) 15.26; 5, Jim Dickerson (Cupertino) 15.46;  6, Justin Scott 

(Independence) 15.64; 7, Rich Tran (Mt. Pleasant)  15.66; 8, Scott Sonico 

(North Monterey County) 15.84

300 hurdles -- Ron Grant (Mt. Pleasant) 39.51; 2. Joseph Agustine  

(Independence) 39.90; 3. Branden Williams (Mt. Pleasant) 40.04; 4,  Tuati 

Wooden (Independence) 40.14; 5, Alex Ware (Los Altos)  40.30. 6, Lawrence Tang 

(Westmoor) 40.94; 7, Karam Gill  (Bellarmine) 41.02; 8, Skip Powers (Carmel) 

41.25.

400 relay -- Milpitas 43.0; 2, Mt. Pleasant 43.3; 3, San Mateo  43.6; 4, 

Riordan 44.2; 5, Westmoor, Bellarmine 44.4; 7, So. San  Francisco, Monterey 44.4

1,600 relay -- San Lorenzo Valley 3:27.52; 2, Bellarmine 3:27.65;  3, St. 

Ignatius 3:29.88; 4, Sequoia 3:31.19; 5, So. San Francisco  3:31.67; 6, 

Riordan 3:31.89; 7, Woodside 3:31.97; 8, Cupertino  3:32.19

Shot Put-- Pete Bjorklund (Los Altos) 59-8 1/2; 2, Amin Nikfar  (Wilcox) 

56-11; 3, Derek Martinez (Bellarmine) 55-2; 4, Micah  Goins (Los Altos) 53-11 1/2; 

5, T.J. Aimonetti (Westmont) 51-9; 6,  Igor Olshansky (St. Ignatius) 50-10; 7, 

Rich Alpers (Bellarmine)  55-2; 8, Matt Holcomb (King City) 49-11.

Discus -- Chris Schwacofer (Gilroy) 165- 1/2; 2, Pete Bjorklund  (Los Altos) 

162-4 1/2; 3, Matt Holcomb (King City) 155-7; 4,  Derek Martinez (Bellarmine) 

153-5 1/2; 5, Igor Olshansky (St.  Ignatius) 143-8; 6, T.J. Aimonetti 

(Westmont) 132-6 1/2; 7, Kelly  Turbin (St. Ignatius) 141-0; 

8, Rich Alpers (Bellarmine) 129-5 1/2.

Pole vault -- Jason Lueck (St. Ignatius) 14-6; 2, Garrett Jones (Del  Mar), 

Adrian Carbajal (Mt. Pleasant) 14-0; 4, Adam Volwiler  (Palma) 14-0; 5, Steve 

Koch (Monterey) 13-6. 

Triple jump -- Nick Penna (Menlo-Atherton) 46-10; 2, Ron Grant  (Mt. 

Pleasant) 46-6; 3, Roshad Higgs (Independence) 45-10 1/2; 4,  Jontue Mullins (Westmoor) 

44-0; 5, Paini Tipeti (Riordan) 43-10  1/2; 6, Maurice Mann (Monterey) 43-3 

1/2; 7, Brandon Williams  (Mt. Pleasant) 42-10 1/2.

High jump -- Ruben Masten (Del Mar) 6-4; 2, Ty Edwards  (Hollister) 6-4; 3, 

Kyle Auclair (St. Francis) 6-2; 4, Jeremiah Spears  (Aptos), Matt Phiffer (Leigh) 

6-0; 6, Jontue Mullins (Westmoor) 6-0. 

Long jump -- Willie Jones (North Monterey County) 22-2; 2,  Brandon Williams 

(Mt. Pleasant) 21-9 1/4; 3, Skip Powers (Carmel)  21- 1/4; 4, Jontue Mullins 

(Westmoor) 20-11 1/2; 5, Maurice Mann  (Monterey) 19-8 1/4.

GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD

Team results -- Soquel 46; 2. Milpitas and Mt. Pleasant 37; 4. St.  Ignatius 

34; 5. St. Francis 24; 6. Los Gatos 22; 7. Menlo and Wilcox  18; 9. Mitty 17; 10, 

Mills 16.

100 (winds +1.5 & +1.1 two heats)-- Rometra Craig (Mitty) 12.16; 2. Nikki 

Pogue (Menlo) 12.19;  3. Deirdere Reese (Milpitas) 12.44; 4. Ann Leemhius (St. 

Francis)  12.61; 5. Jamie Hageman (Terra Nova) 12.69; 6. Erin Curtis (Mitty)  

12.77; 7. Danielle Aneter (Mt. Pleasant) 12.91; 8. Amanda Watson  (Milpitas), 

Angela Mercado (Santa Clara) 12.94.

200 (wind -0.3) -- Nikki Pogue (Menlo) 25.46; 2. Dee Reese (Milpitas) 25.64;  

3. Jamie Hageman (Terra Nova) 26.18; 4. Elise Geiger (Gunn)  26.27; 5. Amber 

Taylor (North Monterey County) 26.29; 6. Cinty  McGowan (Leigh) 26.33; 7. Angel 

Brown (Milpitas) 26.48; 8. Erin  Curtis (Mitty) 26.67.

400 -- Maggie Vessey (Soquel) 56.54; 2. Jasmine Washington (St.  Ignatius) 

56.56; 3. Sara Hess (Lincoln) 58.33; 4. Angel Brown  (Milpitas) 58.89; 5. 

Tracy Hess (Lincoln) 58.93; 6. Charlene  Deardorf (Mt. Pleasant) 59.55; 7. Vanessa 

Auburn (Carmel) 60.24;  8. Aly Chavez (Los Gatos) 61.64.

800 -- Heather Hennessy (Los Gatos) 2:18.95; Angela Sanchez  (Capuchino) 

2:20.75; 3. Erin Lapping (St. Ignatius) 2:20.20; 4. Emily  Rettner (Leland) 

2:22.25; 5. Kim Nebeker (Milpitas) 2:22.80; 6.  Michelle Beritzhoff (Los 

Gatos)2:22.93; 7. Betsy Butterick (St.  Francis) 2:23.45; 8. Monica Coghlan (Menlo) 

2:23.46.

1,600 -- Alejandra Barrientos (San Lorenzo Valley) 4:57.1; 2.  Lauren 

Gustafson (Mills) 5:01.6; 3. Shannon Rowbury (SHC) 5:06.1;  4. Anne Rickets (Saratoga) 

5:10.0; 5. Carrigan Denny-Brown  (Burlingame) 5:17.1; 6. Kim Nebener 

(Milpitas) 5:19.2; 7. Sara  McAleer (Los Gatos) 5:25.7; 8. Hannah Coombe (Carmel) 5:26.3.

3,200 -- Katie Brizgys (Palo Alto) 10:42.2; 2. Lauren Gustafson  (Mills) 

10:58.2; 3. Anne Ricketts (Saratoga) 11:11.8; 4. Shannon  Rowbury (Sacred 

Heart) 11:15.8; 5. Chloe Glare (Menlo-Atherton)  11:23.8; 6. Jenny Wilson (Notre 

Dame San Jose) 11:34.9; 7. Sara  McAleer (Los Gatos) 11:45.1; 8. Kristin Funck 

(Piedmont Hills)  11:46.7.

100 hurdles (wind +2.0 & +2.7 two heats who was in which ?)-- Tamara Gulley 

(Oak Grove) 14.84; 2. Tenia Green  (Wilcox) 15.27; 3. Undine Becker (Mt. Pleasant) 

15.54; 4. Kristen  Kam (Fremont) 15.99; 5. Laura Birenbaum (Saratoga) 16.03; 

6.  Lindsay Scarvborough (San Lorenzo Valley) 16.18; 7. Mollie Casello  (St. 

Ignatius) 16.22; 8. Jennifer Towsley (Hollister) 16.34.

300 hurdles -- Tenia Green (Wilcox) 45.07; 2. Undine Becker (Mt.  Pleasant) 

45.62; 3. Starr Rogers (Salinas) 46.29; 4. Kelly Thompson  (Soquel) 46.84; 5. 

Rochelle Carter (Hillsdale) 47.95; 6. Lauren Reid  (Capuchino) 48.27; 7. 

Nicole Bowers (Hillsdale) 48.36; 8. Taylor  Teerlink (Saratoga) 48.41.

400 relay -- Mt. Pleasant 48.52; 2. St. Francis 48.54; 3. Mitty  48.63; 4. 

Gunn 49.16; 5. Lincoln 50.03; 6. St. Ignatius 50.04; 7.  North Monterey County 

51.11; 8. Salinas 51.13.

1,600 relay -- St. Ignatius 4:02.86; 2. Milpitas 4:03.03; 3. Los  Gatos 

4:04.07; 4. Soquel 4:05.58; 5. Gunn 4:08.73. 6. Lincoln  4:09.37; 7. Hollister 

4:10.79; 8. San Lorenzo Valley 4:12.91.

Shot put -- Sulu Reupenny (Sequoia) 40-5 1/2; 2. Laura Sauro  (Overfelt) 

36-11; 3. Ann Overton (St. Francis) 36-10 1/2; 4. Kim  Gleason (Lynbrook) 35-9; 5. 

Rosie Figueroa (Salinas) 34-8 1/2; 6.  Jennifer Burke (Westmoor) 33-7; 7. 

Molly Clarke (Aptos) 33-4 1/2;  8. Natasha Gordon (Aptos) 32-9 1/2.

Discus -- Rose Faavesi (Monterey) 119-8 1/2; 2. Kasey Wittstrom  (King City) 

117-10; 3. Caitie Firth (Notre Dame-Salinas) 116-3 1/2;  4. Laura Sauno 

(Overfelt) 114-4; 5. Anne-Marie Owens (Prospect)  112-8; 6. Annie Farnady 

(Los Gatos) 112-7; 7. Rosie Flegrona  (Salinas) 102-2.

Triple jump -- Undine Becker (Mt. Pleasant) 37-3 1/4; 2. Latoya  Phillips 

(Piedmont Hills) 35-10 1/2; 3. Aryn Murray (Live Oak) 35-7  1/2; 4. Taylor 

Todd (Hollister) 34-11 1/4; 5. Sarah Chan (Mountain  View) 34-8 1/2; 6. Toni 

Russell (Sacred Heart) 34-8; 7. Yvette  Soliven (North Monterey County) 34-6 1/4.

High jump -- Kim Stone (York) 5-8; 2. Cynthia Mallory (Milpitas)  5-6; 3. 

Jenn Grimaldi (St. Ignatius) 5-4; 4. Aoife Keane (St.  Ignatius), Veronica Noone 

(Monta Vista) 5-2.

Long jump -- Maggie Vessey (Soquel) 17-6 3/4; 2. Sarah Chan  (Mountain View) 

17-2 1/2; 3. Cindy Hirsch (St. Francis) 16-7 1/2;  4. Emily King (Los Gatos) 

16-4 1/2; 5. Taylor Todd (Hollister) 16-1;  6. Allison Prehn (Prospect) 15-11; 7. 

Margaret Thomas (Carmel)  14-10; 8. Aliah Abdo (Santa Clara) 14-3 1/2.

Pole vault -- Chelsea Connelly (Soquel) 10-6; 2. Buffie Ryan  (Soquel) 10-6; 

3. Iran Serrano (Gonzales) 10-0; 4. Lauren Lo  (Westmoor) 10-0; 5. Mellissa 

Taing (Mt. Pleasant) 9-6; 6. Faith  Reyes (Notre Dame-Salinas) 9-6, 7. Jill Ralston 

(Aptos) 9-0; 8.  Cathryn Guevarra (Westmoor) 8-6.