El Toro

Varsity---Trabuco Hills-87 El Toro-49---Junior Varsity---Trabuco Hills-93 El Toro-43. Has a nice ring to it, don't you think??? Certain team competitions stoke my coals, and other than defeating Mission Viejo, there is no one I would rather beat than El Toro. Neighborhood rivalries on every level of competition have a way of heightening the emotions. Numerous girls contributed last Wednesday, from Jerrilynn Stanwood's upset win in the discus(118' 3"---a personal record by 8') to start the meet, to Monica
Todd's gutsy 4X400 meter relay 58.9 anchor leg to end the meet, to

freshman Hannah Greenhalgh eeking out a third place in the pole vault in a personal
best 8'6", to freshman Elizabeth Loper improving 8" in the high jump...4'6"
to 5'2"... There were, as I mentioned, many others. We performed well, to
say the least, and now on to Woodbridge on Wednesday, April 16, at Trabuco
Hills High School, who is also 3-0 in the Sea View League, and also defeated
El Toro, as well as being ranked #3 in Orange County.
The Arcadia Invitational is this weekend, a varsity only affair that is the
most prestigious track and field invitational in the country. Tonight, we
will send a 4X One Mile relay team of Kristin Arkin, Ximena Cruz, Hayley
Niles, and Makenna Smith to race in the Invitational competition against the
best girls' distance running programs in the state and country. We will also
send another team of Lindsay Enright, Rebecca Murillo, Sabrina Rathor, and
Jessica Varela to run in a "Seeded" Four by One Mile. Good luck. Also
tonight, long jumpers Samantha Hay, Stephanie Smith, Monica Todd, and
Whitney Wiles will compete, as well as discus thrower Jerrilynn Stanwood.
Tomorrow, the 4X100 meter relay will be represented by Tia Mc Farlane,
Percylla Nared, Brierra Winfrey, and Michelle Wicker, Monica Todd will run
the day 300 Hurdles, and vastly improved Hayley Niles will run the day Two
Mile. A Distance Medley Relay(1200, 400, 800, 1600) team of Ximena Cruz,
Monica Todd, Lori Hoffman, and ? will race on Saturday afternoon, and
highlighting Saturday is senior Kristin Arkin, who will be the first female
distance runner in the history of THHS to participate in a Saturday night
Invitational race...she will run the One Mile against the top competition in
the state and country. Kudos to Kristin.

Thank you for your involvment in girls' track and field, and have a Mustang
kind of day...