Mt. Sac...

Three school records were broken at the Mt. San Antonio College Relays on Saturday...the 4X100 team(Tia McFarlane, Percylla Nared, Brierra Winfrey, Monica Todd) ran 48.35 to best the old record for the third time this season, and both 4X400 teams broke school bests. The frosh-soph team ran 4:04.73, obliterating the old record of 4:07.89 set in 2004, with Alexa Brown(61.8), Adrienne Liu(59.1), Aubrey Baker(60.9), and Angelica
Douglas(62.7) finishing a competitive fifth in a varsity heat. The varsity team of Cassandra Smith(60.6), Brierra Winfrey(58.7), Jennifer Konishi(59.5), and Monica Todd(59.2) ran 3:58.22, just besting the old mark of 3:58.50 set in 2005. Another highlight was freshman Cassandra Smith triple jumping 36-10 to win her competition Friday night, and that leap is the best for a freshman in the state of California this season.

On to Woodbridge and Orange County Championships...We push on!!!

El Toro

---Kudos to both girls' track and field teams for resounding victories over El Toro last Wednesday, 97-39 for varsity, 118-18 for junior varsity. As I have stated, we are talented, I like to think we are organized, and the results have been speaking for themselves.

---Ten girls will travel to Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut this weekend for the Mt. SAC Relays, the second largest high school track and field invitational in California, after Arcadia: 4X100 Invitational(Saturday-2:00pm.)-Tia McFarlane, Percylla Nared, Brierra Winfrey, and Monica Todd...4X400 Seeded(Saturday-9:30pm.) "A" team, Cassandra Smith, Brierra Winfrey, Jennifer Konishi, Monica Todd, 4X400 Open(Saturday-9:45pm.)"'B" team, Alexa Brown, Adrienne Liu, ?, and Angelica Douglas, Triple Jump Seeded(Friday-6:30pm.)-Cassandra Smith, 300 Hurdles Seeded(Saturday-5:50pm.)-Monica Todd, and Long Jump Invitational(Saturday-6:00pm.)-Monica Todd. Wish us well.

---At Woodbridge in Irvine on Thursday, April 23, 2:45pm. start...

---I love track and field...

---We push on!!!

Cross Country...

The 2009 cross country season schedule has been completed with the addition of the Stanford University(Palo Alto, Ca.) Cross Country Invitational, on the Stanford University Golf Course, to our schedule...September 25, 26, 27...flying to San Jose on Friday, September 25, out of Long Beach(Jet Blue-Best Price). A Saturday night trip to Pier 39 in San Francisco will be included, as well as a mini-tour of Stanford University on Friday, and of course the two races, varsity sweepstakes and junior varsity, on Saturday afternoon. Fourteen girls will travel and compete, the stopwatch will determine competitors, and myself and Mama Clemons look forward to the excursion.

Also, instead of traveling north to Ventura this season to open our racing schedule, we will travel south to San Diego on Friday, September 11, for the Mustang Invitational. We will depart around 10:00am, and return at 8:30pm...hopefully. More details will follow..

Team pictures

---Team pictures are Wednesday, April 15, 2:30pm., on the football field.
Picture packets will be distributed today...

---Our El Toro meet is Wednesday, April 15, 4:30 start of field events, 5:00 running events, in our annual evening tussle with El Toro...We hope to have your daughter dismissed from the track and field meet by 9:00pm...

---Beat El Toro...

Dennis Kelly

GO BLUE!!!

Arcadia...

---A positive experience at the Arcadia Invitational this past weekend, with school records being established in the 4X100(Tia McFarlane, Percylla Nared, Brierra Winfrey, Michelle Wicker), 4X200(Brierra Winfrey, Monica Todd, Alexa Brown, Percylla Nared), and our Distance Medley Relay (1200-400-800-1600) quartet smashing the school best by 25 seconds, with Ximena Cruz(3:44.8 1200), Cassandra Smith(59.5 400), Makenna Smith(2:19.5 800), and Cathryn
Saylor(5:06.2 1600) running an extremely competitive race, finishing sixth out of twenty teams, and neck and neck with the leaders with 600 meters to go. Also, our 4X400 team of freshman Cassandra Smith(60.5), sophomore Alexa Brown(60.8), freshman Jennifer Konishi(59.6), and sophomore Brierra Winfrey(60.2), ran 4:01.23, our best time this season, and won their heat.
Our shuttle hurdle team of Monica Todd, Michelle Wicker, Elizabeth Loper, and Kathryn Loper ran in the invitational race after being an alternate, led the race after two legs, and also established a school record. Individually, kudos to Monica Todd for qualifying for the night meet 300 Hurdles, our only individual to do so, and to Michelle Wicker, who ran 15.39 in the 100 Hurdles to establish another school record. Great job over the weekend by the largest contingent to ever race at the most prestigious high school track and field invitational in the country, and a huge thank you to the parents who support us by simply having their daughters at practice or at Arcadia over Easter Break, if asked, and some were requested to compete at the last minute. Just being there is a huge assistance to our efforts.
Again, thank you..

Trabuco Hills Invitational Results...

---A huge thank you to the parents who worked the THHS Distance Carnival and Invitational. Again, thank you!!! The weekend, 102 schools and 2800 athletes, was an unmitigated success.

---Numerous bright moments over the weekend...both 4X100 teams broke school records, varsity(Tia McFarlane, Percylla Nared, Brierra Winfrey, Michelle
Wicker) winning in 48.41, and frosh-soph(Monica Ukah, Jennifer Konishi, Alexa Brown, Angelica Douglas) triumphing in 50.19, and Michelle Wicker ran
15.46 for 100 Hurdles, good for fourth, and missed the school record because of a 2.1 MPH headwind, and the allowable is 2.0. The other school record was freshman Kylie Pfeil pole vaulting 9-7.5 for a freshman record. Cassandra Smith, a freshman, won the varsity triple jump(36-3), sophomore Brierra Winfrey finished third(16-6) in the varsity long jump, and Cheryl Smith pole vaulted 10-6 to place second. Varsity distance was highlighted by Cathryn Saylor's strong effort in the 1600(5:08 and change...). The frosh-soph team saw freshman Adrienne Liu(60.33) and freshman Jenny Konishi(60.88) finish
1-3 in the 400, running personal records while winning heats, Liu
won(35-0.5) again in the fs triple jump, Pfeil won the fs high jump(4-10) and was third in the 100 Hurdles(16.88), and freshmen Brooke Kather and Alexandra Reich ran personal bests placing in the fs 1600(5:28 and 5:32 and
change) to highlight fs distance. Finally, the fs 4X400(Alexa Brown(60.9), Jennifer Konishi(62.6), Adrienne Liu(63.1), and Angelica Douglas(61.5) continued their excellent racing...easily winning their race Saturday.

---Our varsity(110-26) and frosh-soph(115-16) track and field teams easily beat Foothill last Wednesday...and we now set our sights on El Toro...Wednesday, April 15, the same day as team pictures(2:30) on the turf field. First field event is 4:30, running events at 5:00, in our annual evening affair at THHS. Both girls and boys' cometitions are essentially for Sea View League titles, and we look forward to the match-up. Expect your daughter to be at THHS until 9:30...

---Thirty-eight sprinters, hurdlers, and jumpers have been notified of Easter Break practices...Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday...April 7, 8, 9...8:00-10:00am, at THHS. Any questions, email me, or call(562)3559474, or contact your event specific coach. Yes, Monday is an off-day, tough for me to say, and I will take the opportunity to watch my beloved Dodgers open the Major League Baseball season in San Diego at Petco Park...

---Our girls' varsity track and field team is ranked #2 in Orange County behind Dana Hills, the highest ranking in school history, and we are proud of it. A super-strong freshmen class buoyed by strong sophomore and junior classes bodes well for the future; however, our talent level will never exceed our work ethic. The day to day process is what is important, and results will be a residue of that.

---Arcadia this weekend, the Mecca of all invitationals...varsity only, and we will send twenty-one girls, the most ever. Wish us well...

---I love track and field...