More........... OC Champs

We fought the good fight. We scratched, clawed...and the girls did everything the coaching staff asked of them, finishing in second place at the Orange County Track And Field Championships on Saturday, losing narrowly to Dana Hills 91.5 to 87 in the varsity team sweepstakes, out of seventy-five teams. The day before the meet at a lunch get together, the O.C. girls drank Gatorade that included the mantra "Get Tough" on the plastic bottle, and were asked to be just that on Saturday. Indeed they were. As disappointed as I was driving away from Mission Viejo High School, I was solaced by the memory of our team giving it their all on Saturday.
Numerous highlights on the varsity, Percylla Nared's school record 12.40 100 and 25.20 200 finishing second and third respectively, Tia McFarlane running 12.40 also in the 100, finishing third, Cathryn Saylor's valiant effort in the 1600, running a strong second when she tripped and fell with 350 meters to go, got up, and finished eighth. Makenna Smith scoring in the 800 and 1600, Michelle Wicker scoring in the 100 Hurdles, Monica Todd winning the 300 Hurdles, second in the long jump, and scoring in the 100 Hurdles(arguably the best overall individual effort of the meet), Cassandra Smith winning the Triple Jump, Cheryl Smith scoring in the Pole Vault, and Melissa Christiansen scoring in the High Jump. Finally, our 4X100 Meter Relay team set another school record, winning easily in 48.12, which is the third fastest time in meet history, and our 4X400 meter relay(Ca.
Smith-59.5, Winfrey-59.0, Wicker-61.8, Todd-58.0) team ran second, running 3:58.50. Great job, girls...

The Frosh-Soph team also finished second in their team sweepstakes, losing
72-52 to Dana Hills. Jennifer Konishi ran a personal record 59.44 in the 400, finishing second, while Adrienne Liu ran 59.55 in the same race to finish third. Elizabeth Loper won the 100 Hurdles, running 15.73, a personal best, Adrienne Liu won the Frosh-Soph Triple Jump at 36-4.75, which would have won the varsity competition(yes, that would have reversed the varsity team scoring), Kylie Pfeil scored in both the pole vault and 100 hurdles, Alexa Brown scored in the 100, and Stephanie Smith scored in the triple jump. Finally, the 4X100 meter relay team of Monica Ukah, Jennifer Konishi, Alexa Brown, and Angelica Douglas ran 49.71 to smash the twenty-five year meet record in a winning effort, and the 4X400 meter relay(Brown-61.0, Liu-61.4, Douglas-62.8, Konishi-60.8) team ran second in 4:06.23, losing only their first race of the year in a frosh-soph competition.

A great day Saturday to be a Mustang, and thank you to the parents for your kind words and support of our efforts...We knocked on the door this season to become the first girls' track and field team to capture a varsity team title, and next season we will work harder to kick the door in. You have my word. GO BLUE!!!