T.J Johnston and Carlos Figueroa race for the finish line in a recent
track meet in Wheatland.
Track team members put in good performances
By WOODY FRIDAE
Special to the Express
The Winters Warriors Track team traveled to Sutter on Wednesday, April
23, for a meet with Sutter and Orland. On Saturday, April 26, the
“Meet of Champions” was held in Sacramento.
In Sutter, the team did not fare as well as in recent meets, but individual
participants made good performances. In the boys’ JV mile, Riki
Lucero came in first with a fine run of 4:59, Cody Svozil second at
5:22, and Tyrone Johnson third for Winters at 7:05.
The varsity boys mile, Carlos Figueroa, came in first at 5:02, Robby
Emery posted 5:48, Derek Riley came in at 5:50 and Joe Sais finished
at 6:40.
For the varsity girls mile, Jessica Sharp finished first at 5:56,
Krista Blandin ran 6:46, and Julia Millon finished at 7:08. For the
varsity girls’ team 100m hurdles, Catherine Hasbrook ran in
19.3 and
Emma Pfanner finished at 21.1.
For the JV boys 110 meter hurdles, Nik Sorvari ran a 19.2, David Damey
came in at 19.9 and Sam Newman ran 20.6. In the varsity boys 110 hurdles,
Ryan Hofstrand continued a series of firsts with a run of 16.3, Cody
Shafer at 17.9 took third, and Brent Bell took fourth with a time
of 18.0. Jules Damey 19.4 and Jesse Hellenger ran a 19.7.
For the JV girls 400 meter, once again Maya Tice took first with a
time of 1:10.0. For the JV boys 400 meter, Alex Evanoff ran the lap
in 1:01.0 and took a second place finish.
In the varsity girls 400 meter, Helene Martinsen ran 1:14 and took
first, and Alyssa Oxley was the next WHS finisher with a time of 1:17.9
and Krista Blandin was next with a time of 1:18.9. Ingrid Guevarra
ran the lap in 1:24.4, Elena Harper in 1:28.6, Lauren Atherton in
1:35.0 and Anja Sperling with a time of 1:35.3.
In the varsity boys 400 meter, Davis Adams scored a personal best
with a time of 58.5, Jayson Garcia just behind with 59.2 and Chris
Patton just eight tenths back with even minutes.
For the JV girls discus, Sierra Kreun tossed 52’8”, and
for the JV boys’ discus, Elliott Herrera threw 80’7”.
In the varsity girls discus, Katie Anstead threw a distance of 90’0”.
In the varsity shot put, Elliott Herrera tossed a distance of 30’4”
for the boys, while Katie Anstead threw a distance of 30’6”
for the girls.
In the JV 100 for the girls, Taylor Hamilton took first with a time
of 14.0 In the 100 yard dash for JV boys, Billy Rotenkolber ran an
11.0, Tony Brever just behind at 11.1, Jared Ramos with 12.3, and
Tyler Tufts finishing at 15.1.
In the 100 yard event for Varsity boys, Steven Warren took 2nd with
an 11.9 and Miguel Del Rio finished at 12.4. In the 100 yard event
for varsity girls, Karissa Sais came in at 15.1 and Tatiana Carrillo
finished at 16.1.
For the varsity girls 800, Jessica Sharp took a first with a run of
2:40.0.
In the JV boys 800, Riki Lucero came in first at 2:10.5 and Cody Svozil
took second with a time of 2:18.7. In the varsity boys 800, TJ took
first with a time of 2:06.5 and Carlos Figueroa took second with 2:08.8.
Chris Patton came in at 2:33, Derek Riley at 2:39.0.8, and Kachonyot
Yaempradit finished at 2:55.0.
For the Sacramento “Meet of Champions” held on Saturday
(featuring representatives from almost 140 Northern California schools),
Terrence Johnson finished in the top 20 with a run in the 800 meter
of 2:01.9, which was a personal record for him. Despite falling, Cody
Shafer clocked 45.1 in the 300 hurdles. The top 27 athletes in each
event were invited to participate. This is first time in recent history
that WHS had invitees.
