Hornet Track - Meet Summaries

Photo's to past Hornet track meets can be found
at this website; courtesy of Ed Jay.

Also:  AHS Women's Records + AHS Men's Records  
DyeStatCal website + DirectAthletics.com

- 2010 Team Awards -

- STATE MEET -
- NCS Meet of Champions - NCS/Bayshore - ACCAL Finals - ACCAL Trials -
- Acalanes - Herc/De Anza - Viking Invitational - Phillips/McCain - Pinole/El Cerrito - Bearcat Invitational -
- Lap-a-thon - Berkeley - Big Cat Relays - Dublin Distance - Dan Gabor Invitational - Skyline Invitational - Joe Stocking Invitational -

 

@  CSIF STATE MEET
         Fri, June 4 @ Buchanan High, Clovis, CA 

Zach Perkins concluded his remarkable 2010 season running 4:35.32 in the 1600 Meters at the CIF State Track and Field Championships at Buchanan High in Clovis (near Fresno).

While off his personal best time of 4:21.64 that he ran at MOC, Zach's time still qualified for 22nd in the state.

@  North Coast Section - MEET OF CHAMPIONS 

For complete results of NCS/Bayshore Meet, check Dyestat.

In the Northern California Meet of Champions at UC Berkeley, though there were a number of outstanding efforts, one Hornet -- Zach Perkins -- qualified for the State meet. 

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Zach taking the lead at the NCS Bay Shore Meet.

Below are their finishes: 

MEN'S DISTANCE RECAP
To have four young men reach MOC is quite a feat. The difference between track and cross country is that in cross country, there is Divisions 1-5 based on the size of the school; while in track, it is just the best in your given event. So, to have 4 young men to compete is a much tougher feat than cross country.

In the 1600m, there were qualifying heats. Charlie and Zach were in the same heat. On this day, Zach would prevail with the 4th best time of the day, to qualify for the finals. The remaining three men who ran the 3200m were automatically in the finals. On Saturday, Zach would go out and simply have one of best and exciting races of the day. Going into the final lap with about 300 meters to go, Zach was in about 7th place, with only the top 4 going on to the state meet. Zach just methodically moved past 3 runners with a devastating last kick to capture the 4th spot; and qualify for the state meet, with a time of 4:21.

Not to be outdone, Charlie, Hector and Brandon competed in the finals of the 3200m. After running 4:30 in the 1600m trials the day before, Charlie simply ran an outstanding 3200m race placing 9th, out of 24 with an outstanding time of 9:35. This is only the 4th time he has ran this event, knocking 20 seconds off his PR. Not far behind was first year runner Hector, who would place 13th, knocking off 4 seconds off his PR to 9:50. An outstanding effort by a first year runner! Finally, Brandon would come with 5 seconds off his PR at 10:08. This is only his second year, and I'm sure that if I had all of these young men for a full four years, they would all have made the state meet.

This has been an amazing year. Thanks to these four young men! I will always be grateful for the sacrifices they have made for the past year.

~ Coach Nino

@  North Coast Section - Bayshore Division 

For complete results of NCS/Bayshore Meet, check Dyestat.

Hornets Advancing FROM NCS-BAYSHORE to NCS meet of champions:

WOMEN'S DISTANCE RECAP
The Hornets went to cold, windy James Logan high school for the Bayshore area meet on Saturday the 22nd. The distance girls had a great day---while not qualifying anyone for next week's NCS championship meet we had a lot of PR's and excellent efforts. Running in the 1600 Kelly Hosokawa PR'd in 5:43.64, Rebeckah Vitucci ran 8 seconds faster than she has ever before in 6:07.42 and Jessica Burns also PR'd in 6:08.61. In the 800 meters Courtney Winterbauer ran in a very fast heat and competed with a time of 2:40.53, Adreinne Pena got her PR down another 3 seconds running 2:34.62, and Kelly continues her onslaught on her personal best list with a time of 2:33.37. Lindsi Tu ran a hard 3200 in 13:50, Hannah Klein PR'd with a time of 13:18, and Irene Xu ran a nice 12:53 to put an end to the 2010 track season. A great bunch of girls, the distance team had a wonderful season while enjoying themselves and each other and also learning how to better themselves in the sport of distance running---I am very proud of all the hard work and their response to my coaching----thank you girls.

~ Coach Bruce

MEN'S DISTANCE RECAP
With two weeks to prepare after League Championships, I really worked the boys hard. Again, they responded with outstanding performances, despite windy and vey cold conditions. Most of them had personal best. 

In the 1600m, both freshmen runners Steven Carlson and Duc Nguyen had PRs. Steven was the top freshman finisher in the top 10 at 4:47 and Duc finally broke the 5 minutes barrier at 4:56. The Perkins brothers, Zach and Charlie both qualified for MOC, with Zach placing 1st overall at 4:25 and Charlie in the top 5 at 4:29. 

Next were our two 800m runners—Michael Hoye and Emmanuel Boquiren, running great times of 2:10 and 2:12 respectively. 

Lastly was the 3200m with 3 out of 5 runners qualifying for MOC. Daniel Arnstein and Tyler Parsons both had great performances with Tyler equaling his PR at 10:54. Daniel knocked off 8 sec of his previous PR at 10:46. Going into the 3200m, Charlie and Hector had top 5 times and I figured that they would make MOC. That left Brandon Sepp with a top 15 times going in. Brandon would have to knock 15 seconds off his PR to qualify for MOC. Going through the first mile, Charlie and Hector stayed within reach of the first group. With 2 laps to go, Charlie and Hector made their move to secure the 4th and 5th spot, at 9:55 with Brandon Sepp about 10th with 2 laps to go. With probably the greatest effort of the day, Brandon Sepp will not be denied moving up in the pack to the 6th spot with 200 meters to go knocking 14 seconds off his PR to 10:03. 

So, we go into the MOC at Berkeley with the same four young men who were instrumental in securing the Cross Country Team make the State meet. I am so proud of all the efforts of all these young men!

~ Coach Nino

FIELD EVENTS RECAP
No recap submitted.

SPRINT/HURDLES/JUMPS RECAP
No recap submitted.

@  ACCAL Finals 

2010 Var Women - ACCAL Champions!!
2010 Var Men - ACCAL Champions!!
2010 Frosh/Soph Women - ACCAL Champions!! 

Final League Results (by team):

Hornets Advancing to NCS/Bayshore Meet

WOMEN'S DISTANCE RECAP
The distance girls did what they needed to do at the ACCAL league championships---win all of the events they were entered in and then taking an additional 2 seconds, 2 thirds, 2 fourths and 2 fifths to help the girls varsity team to the league championship, which we missed out on last year. in the 1600 Kelly Hosokawa won in a time of 5:48.87, Adrienne Pena was 3rd in 6:00.21, Jessica Burns with a great PR ran 6:09.4 for 4th, Rebeckah Vitucci was 5th in 6:22.08, and Gina Salerno in her second to last high school race PR'd running 6:28.14 for 7th place. The 800 came close after the 1600 as there were only a boy's heat and a girl's heat in all of the events---but the girls were still running strong---Kellers won again in 2:37.03, Dri was 2nd in 2:40.04, Courtney Winterbauer ran 2:42. 24 for 4th place and gets to run in the area meet for the first time after moving over from sprints, Jebidiah was 7th in 2:49.14, Becka ran 2:51.23 for 8th, Hannah Klein jumped on the track for a nice 9th place 2:53.36 before her 3200 meter run later in the day and Geena, in her last high school race, ran under 3 minutes for the first time ever in a 5 second PR of 2:55.06---(can't do much better than two PR's in your last races). Then the 3200 went off late in the day---before it started Hercules led the girls varsity standings by 12 points---the 3200 AHS girls scored 28 points to 5 points for Hercules in that race and then the hornets 4x400 team scored 8 more points to insure the victory. Irene Xu coming from her AP test ran the first sub 13 minute 3200 in a couple of years for the team and won in 12:47.11, Hannah ran second in 13:34.36, Lindsi Tu coming from the same AP test (I'm smelling at least 2 fours on those tests) ran 3rd in 13:40.98, and CW running for the team was 5th in her maiden 3200 in 14:30.6---a great day for us. In two weeks the area meet at Logan High will be run and 8 of these girls will be there---four for the first time---super job, ladies---thank you.

~ Coach Bruce

MEN'S DISTANCE RECAP

Frosh/Soph Finals

In the final race of the season, nearly half of the boys had personal best. Leading the frosh/soph boys was Michael Moler, placing 1st in the 1600-(5:14) and 3200 (11:20). The following PRs are as follows: Karl Bliven 800-(2:24) 1600-(5:22); Connor Szeto 800-(2:26) 1600-(5:22); Cameron Beene 1600-(5:33); Chris Parsons 3200-(11:47) and Deepak Sharma 3200-(11:49). The remaining outstanding performances were Matt Neff 800-(2:25) 1600-(5:25); Nick Liu 1600-(5:27); Cameron Beene 800-(2:41) and Ken High 1600-(7:02). These performances show all their hard work. I am so proud of these young men.

Varsity Finals

Going into the League Championships, I know our main competition would be Berkeley. I asked these young men to step up and go out as League champs. Ten out of fifteen varsity runner made it to the Bayshore meet.

After fighting injury all season long, Charlie Perkins is rounding into peak shape and captured both 1600 and 3200 titles with outstanding times of 4:29 and 9:54 respectively. He was followed by Hector Lopez Garcia 3rd 1600 (4:42) and 2nd in the 3200 (10:03); Brandon Sepp 4th 1600 (4:42) 3rd 3200 (10:28); Zach Perkins with a sore back placed 5th 1600 (4:50). Up and coming freshman Steven Carlson PR in the 1600 (4:54), followed by fellow freshman Duc Nguyen at 5:01. Both also finished strong at 2:20 for 800m. Also moving on in the 800 were Michael Hoye 2nd 800 (2:14) and Emmanuel Boquiren 3rd 800 (2:17). Moving on in the 3200m are Tyler Parsons (10:53) PR and Daniel Arnstein (11:02). these 10 young men will have another 2 weeks to prepare for Bayshore meet and a shot at MOC-Meet of Champions. Ending their season were Brandon roper with a PR in the 1600 (5:21), Justin Tong 1600 (5:30), Charles Ouyang 1600 (6:12), Jamie Kelly 3200 (11:54) and Taylor Hadidian 3200 (12:11).

Thanks gentlemen for all your hard work!

~ Coach Nino

FIELD EVENTS RECAP
No recap submitted.

SPRINT/HURDLES/JUMPS RECAP
No recap submitted.

@  ACCAL Trials 

WOMEN'S DISTANCE - Frosh/Soph Championships
The two Frosh/ Soph distance girls finished their season in fine fashion today at the F/S championships. Madeleine Gould won the 1600 (in the first 1600 race ever for her) with a great time of 6:45 and she also won the 800 in a time of 2:53---the races were pretty close together as not very many heats of other races were going on, so Maddy had a shorter time than normal to recover from her hard-run 1600 effort. Kelsey Reed got on the track for the 800 as well and fulfilled our goal, running a 6 second PR in 3:05. We wanted a strong finish and her last 200 meters of the season were pushed better than she had done previously this year---so well done girls. 

~ Coach Bruce

@  Acalanes

WOMEN'S DISTANCE
Very rarely do the distance girls run races on consecutive days, but we did so Thursday and Friday as we closed out our invitational season by running at Acalanes Friday night. Running in this team's first ever FSG 4x1600 relay the girls took second missing first place by 6 hundredths of a second. All the girls ran close to or better than their personal bests. Adrienne ran 5:54.54, JB ran 6:14.98, Irene is returning to her best form just when we want her to in her first sub 6 minute mile this year: 5:55.69 and Kelly continues to improve through her hard work and motivated drive running 5:48.18. We fielded 2 4x800 teams in the F/S division and took 3rd and 6th in the race. Courtney ran the opening leg in 2:38.8, followed by Rebeckah tying her best 800 time in 2:46, then Irene in her first ever sub 2:40 ran 2:38.12 and Kelly after her splendid 1600 earlier ran 2:38.11 for a total time of 10:41.03, it has been 4 years since we have had 4 girls on the team running in the 2:30's (Adrienne has run 2:37) and as they are all Freshwomen and Sophomores we can still improve alot in the next couple of years. The second team ran some nice times as well: Hannah opened with a best this year 800 of 2:52.63, Kelsey joined the team running 3:16.6, Lindsi had the biggest smile of the day breaking the 2:50 barrier for the first time in 2:49.82, and JB finished her day after a geat 1600 in 2:53.44 for a total time of 11:52.49. It didn't rain this year and we got all the medals we were due so this was alot better than last year. Great job, girls, I am very proud of you all. 

~ Coach Bruce

MEN'S DISTANCE
Despite not having Zach Perkins due to injury, the Varsity boys placed 3rd overall in the 4x1600 meters relay. Leading off was Hector Lopez Garcia in 4:35, followed by freshman Steven Carlson in 5:07. running 3rd was Brandon Sepp at 4:42 and anchored by Charlie Perkins at 4:33. They had a great total time of 19:00 minutes.

The Frosh/Soph Boys placed 4th overall with a total time of 20:25. Leading off was Duc Nguyen at 5:00, followed by Emmanuel Boquiren at 5:04; running 3rd was Michael Moler at 5:19 and anchored by Daniel Arnstein at 5:02.

Both relay teams performed outstanding and this should carry them into League Championships.

~ Coach Nino

vs. Hercules & De Anza (Final League Meet)

WOMEN'S DISTANCE
Running virtually un-opposed the distance girls ran well in the wind at Hercules which next week will be the site of the ACCAL league championships--in the 1600 Kelly ran 5:55, Jessica ran 6:18 and Gina ran 6:40. In the 800 the girls were told to learn the track and run easily as they ran again today (4/30) at Acalanes and Adrienne and Courtney ran smart in times of 2:47 and 2:50 while Hannah ran 2:54, Gina ran 3:04 and Kelsey 3:12. Irene arrived from an afternoon class and did well in 3200 running 13:16.7 and Hannah followed shortly after in 13:31.6. We are not sure just who will be running the various events next week in the championships, but our girls are ready to do well and I believe half of them at least will move on to the Area Meet on May 22nd at Logan High school in Union City. 

~ Coach Bruce

MEN'S DISTANCE
No results submitted.

FIELD EVENTS
No results submitted.

SPRINT/HURDLES/JUMPS
No results submitted.

@ Viking Invitational

SPRINT/HURDLES/JUMPS
No results submitted.

@ Phillips-McCain Invitational

The distance girls, some distance boys and some throwers went to Campolindo High in Moraga for the invitational there on Saturday the 24th of April. It was a nice day and we all got to run in a good environment. Two girl's teams ran the distance medley relay and the 4x800: in the DMR Adrienne Pena (4:17.6-1200), Courtney Winterbauer (70.9-400), Irene Xu (2:42.7- 800) and Kelly Hosokawa (5:54-1600)---14:04.3--- were on one team and Rebeckah Vitucci (4:32-1200), Kelsey Reed (82.7-400), Dominica Vitucci (2:51.1-800) and Jessica Burns (6:22.5-1600)---15:08.3 were on another team. In the 4x800: Adrienne ran 2:41, Irene ran 2:45.3, Courtney ran 2:47.8 and Kelly ran 2:41.8----10:55.9 for one team and Rebeckah ran 2:48, Maddy Gould ran her best time 2:48.6, Lindsi after an earlier 3200m run did 2:57.1 and JB brought that team in at 11:27 overall time with her time of 2:53.7. Lindsi ran the first race of the day for AHS going against 13 other girls in the 3200m race with a time of 13:47. A nice day and a good team togetherness day.

Kudos to Zach Perkins who had a significant PR in the 1600 running 4:21.72 while Hector Lopez-Garcia PR'd in the 3200 in 9:54.7, both taking 2nd place in their respective races. 

Also Zachary Ribera took 2nd place in both the FSB discus and shot-put events. good day. 

~ Coach Bruce

Zach Perkins has finally put it altogether, knocking ten seconds off his PR to run an amazing 4:21 for 1600 ranking him 4th on the Hornets all-time list. Charlie Perkins was not able to compete due to an injury but he would most likely been in the hunt with Zach in the 1600m. Not to be outdone were Hector and Brandon. Hector continues his amazing first year---shattering 14 seconds off his previous 3200 time and breaking the ten minute barrier to an amazing 9:54. He was followed by Brandon Sepp, knocking off 4 sec to PR in 10:17. He is only in his 2nd year and will challenge the 10 minute barrier this year. These marks should propel these young men to qualify for the Meet of Champions.

~ Coach Nino

 

vs. Pinole/El Cerrito (2nd League Meet)

WOMEN'S DISTANCE
We ran our second league meet at Pinole Valley today in a cold wind and against small teams from El Cerrito and PVHS. The distance girls ran un-opposed in the 1600 with Kelly Hosokawa winning in 6:01.9, Irene Xu second in 6:05, Adrienne Pena 6:07, Jessica Burns a nice 6:16.7, Rebeckah Vitucci 6:22.24, Lindsi Tu beating her previous best time by over 6 seconds--6:23.8, and Gina Salerno in her triumphant return to the track 6:30.8, In the 800m run we did find an opponent in a girl from El Cerrito who interrupted our sweep plans--Kelly won in 2:42.4, Adrienne ran 2:43.1, Courtney a 2:44.4, the EC girl, and then (where have you been for the last few years?) Jennifer Kam ran her first ever 800 in 2:46.3, followed by Irene 2:47.2, JB 2:50.7, Hannah in a PR 2:52, Rebeckah 2:52.5, Dominica 2:53.6, Maddy 2:59.1, Gina in her best time in three years 3:00, and Kelsey with her dripping nose ran 3:12---Irene ran 13:29.8 in the 3200 and Kelly and Courtney joined sprinters Frankie Wilcox and Linde Huang winning the hotly contested (with another team from AHS) 4x400 relay followed by Hannah, Kelsey, Dominica, and Naomi Chan on the only other competing team. After a sturdy practice the day before the meet, a day in school, and a cold wind a-blowing the girls all did very well. 

~ Coach Bruce

MEN'S DISTANCE
Despite windy conditions and some rain, the boys distance team continue to improve. The following outstanding performances and PR's proves that.

The remaining performances and times are as follows: 

I'm looking forward to more great performances as the season come to the end.

~ Coach Nino

FIELD EVENTS
No results submitted.

SPRINT/HURDLES/JUMPS
No results submitted.

vs. Bearcat Invitational (San Mateo)

In the First Annual Bearcat Invitational meet at San Mateo High, the Hornet Men's Varsity and Hornet Frosh-Soph Women's teams outscored the competition to both come in 1st place. 

In the individual rankings for Varsity, Kellie Grigg brought home three gold medals (100 Meters, 100 Meter Hurdles and anchor of 4x100 Meter Relay, along with team-mates Jen Kam, Anshika Kumar and Pearl Holmes). Other Var gold medalists included Zach Perkins (800 Meters), Frank Mai (Discus) and the Men's 4x400 Relay team of Nick Reyes, Vinh Ha, Derric Lee and Matt Rodrigues.

Frosh/Soph top finishers were Anshika Kumar (100 Meters) and Zach Ribera (Discus).

Team Rankings:

Link to complete Meet Results

Top 3 Finishers:

VARSITY

FROSH/ SOPH

WOMEN'S DISTANCE RECAP
AHS ventured over to San Mateo High for the first time to compete in the bearcat invitational. The distance girls had a good day with a number of PRs and medals. In the  F/S 800m run Kelly Hosokawa PR'd with a time of 2:34.25, Courtney Winterbauer PR'd in a time of 2:36.62, Adrienne Pena PR'd in 2:37.15, Jessica Burns just  missed her PR in 2:49.06, Rebecca Vitucci ran a nice 2:50.13, Hannah Klein ran 2:55.74 after a hard 3200 earlier, Dominica Vitucci ran 2:56.16, First time 800 run Maddy Gould ran a nice 2:57.19, Kelsey Reed got out of her dad's car 7 minutes before the race and a ran a very respectable 3:11.8---the girls did very well and the top three took 2nd,3rd, and 4th place medals. Hannah also ran the 3200 and finished in 13:57 for 8th place in that race. The mile was a hard fought battle as Kelly chased and almost caught the 1st place girl and Irene ran neck and neck with the third place girl with Adrienne right behind---they took 2nd,4th, and 5th respectively with Kelly's time of 5:48.48 being a PR, Irene just missing a PR in 5:52. 41 and Adrienne breaking 6 minutes for the first time in 5:54.74, JB ran a nice 6:22.57 after her good 800, Lindsi after she and Irene drove over having taken an AP test in the AM, ran close to her best in 6:32.77,  and Dominica ran 6:47.24. Then a short time after the 1600 Kelly, Courtney, Adrienne and Naomi Chan ran to a third place in the 4x400. In all the distance girls gathered 38 points of the 78 scored by the Alameda Frosh/Soph girls to win the FSG title at the meet. We had a good day and are definitely heading in the right direction as we approach the end of the season. 

~ Coach Bruce

MEN'S DISTANCE RECAP
Another amazing week of performances by the boys distance team. After a two-week lay off form Spring break, nearly every runner ran a PR in either the 800, 1600 or 3200 meters. Times are as follows:

What great performances by all the boys! Keep up the hard work and it will continue to pay off. 

~ Coach Nino

 

@ Lap-a-Thon Fundraiser

WOMENS DISTANCE
Our sole fund-raising event, the lap-a-thon, was held Saturday the 27th at Thompson Field---please help support the team with donations. The distance girls were well represented with 9 girls running a total of 263 laps (almost 30 apiece) or about 53 miles---Kelly ran 34 laps (7 miles), Lindsi and Adrienne 32 each (6.4 miles), Courtney 31 (6.2 miles), Irene and Hannah 28 (5.5 miles), J.B.,Kelsey and Maddy did 26 each (5.2miles). It was a warm day and we were slightly confounded by rugby games going on, but everyone did very well---thank you girls for supporting your team. 

~ Coach Bruce

vs. Berkeley/Richmond

No results submitted by Berkeley staff.

@ Big Cat Relays (Sprint Team)

The Hornet sprint team travelled to San Francisco over the weekend and ran wild at the Big Cat Relays at Kezar Stadium.

The Hornets racked up a number of top finishes, and the Frosh-Soph teams did particularly well: the girls team finishing 2nd overall and the boys 3rd overall.

First place finishes were recorded by Varsity athletes Frank Mai and Kellie Grigg along with Frosh-Soph's Monte Krohn, Steven Li, Anshika Kumar, and the Girls 4x100 and Boys 4x400 relay teams. 

Kellie Grigg in her first individual hurdle race ever, finished 2nd, but it was good enough to place her 4th on the Hornet's All-Time Records list.

Link to complete Meet Results

Top 5 Finishers:

VARSITY

FROSH SOPH

@ Dublin Distant-Fest (Distant Team)

WOMENS DISTANCE
The distance teams went to Dublin for the d-fest there at Dublin High. The weather was great, and we all enjoyed the evening. The girls started the day running the 1600m, Kelly Hosokawa PR'd in her first race with a time of 5:52.26 our first sub 6 minute mile this year, followed by Adrienne Pena in 6:05.02, Irene Xu in 6:11.8, Rebeckah Vitucci ran 6:19.58, Jessica Burns 6:28.35, Lindsi Tu PR'd in 6:30.96 and Dominica Vitucci in 6:31.2---then after an hour and a half of the boys running the girls took over again for the 800m. Kelly ran another PR and beat our best time in the 800 from last year by running 2:37.88, but Adrienne, running in the next heat, took back the best time of the past two seasons running 2:37.72, Courtney Winterbauer came in at 2:43.78, Rebeckah ran well in 2:50.25, Dominica ran 2:54.85 and Jessica ran 2:55.38. After waiting another hour or more we got to the 3200s and Irene, running her 2nd ever 2 mile race, came in at 13:49.6, Lindsi PRing again in 13:51.8 and Hannah Klein getting her chance to run after watching for 5 hours ran 13:52.6. And the last race for the evening was the girls distance medley relay in which Adrienne, Courtney, Irene, and Kelly all coming back from earlier runs, ran a creditable 14:38.4 with some fine times for their respective legs. Our broken winged Emma Fraser came to give her support to her friends and teammates and it was great to have her w/us. I think we all had a great time and once again the girls lasted the whole afternoon and evening still running with heart after the lights were turned on. 

Good job all, thank you---and don't forget our first league meet at Berkeley this Tuesday.

~ Coach Bruce

MENS DISTANCE
With every week brings a new invitational and another outstanding effort by the boys distance team. Nearly 20 of 24 of the boys had personal best in either the 800-1600-3200 meters. 1600 meters Zach-4:32 Hector-4:36 Daniel-4:59 PR Raymond-5:02 PR Nicholas-5:03 PR Brian-5:08 PR Jamie-5:10 PR Michael Moler-5:19 Matt-5:21 PR Nick-5:26 PR Justin-5:30 PR Chris-5:31 PR Deepak-5:36 PR Conner-5:40 Cameron-5:42 PR Brandon-5:51 Ken-6:02 Charles-16:14 PR

800 meters

Zach-2:02, Michael Hoye-2:07 PR, Emmanuel-2:12 PR, Raymond-2:16 PR, Nicholas-2:25, Brandon Roper-2:27, Ken-2:53

3200 meters

Hector-10:08 PR, Brandon Sepp-10:34 PR, Jamie-11:12 PR, Brian-11:15, Michael Moler-11:19, Taylor TJ-11:28 PR, Daniel-11:44, Deepak-12:10

So many outstanding performances starting with Zach's double in the 800 and 1600. Amazing hector placing 2nd in both the 1600 and 3200 meters; Daniel breaking the 5 minutes barrier; Raymond, Nicholas and Brian on the verge of the 5 minutes barrier for the 1600.

Michael Hoye, Emmanuel and Raymond lowered their 800m times. Other great efforts in the 3200 meters are Brandon Sepp, Jamie, Brian, Michael Moler and TJ.

I am so proud of all of your efforts and look forward to the second half of our season.

~ Coach Nino

@ Dan Gabor Invitational

WOMENS DISTANCE
The Hornet distance girls of the track team ran in the worst conditions I have encountered this past Friday nite the 12th of March at Amador Valley high school in Pleasanton. Raining constantly for the first three hours of the night and the wind blowing through everyone, Jessica Burns, Kelly Hosokawa, Hannah Klein, Adrienne Pena, Kelsey Reed, Lindsi Tu, Dominica Vitucci, Rebeckah Vitucci, Coutney Winterbauer, and Irene Xu did remarkably well in the conditions including 4 girls running sub 2:50 in the 800 meters---w/ Courtney winning our only t-shirt by taking her heat in 2:40.6 and Adrienne and Kelly running super 2:41 and 2:43 as well. The biggest kudos go to Hannah, Irene, and Lindsi who ran in the 3200, the last race of the night---while it had stopped raining by then the temperature was in the low 40's and still windy---and all of the boys had opted out of the 3200 and went home to get warm---the girls dug deep and did superbly---Hannah coming close to her PR of last year by running 13:35 after sitting there for over 4 hours waiting for her chance. And recent distance convert Courtney stayed with the girls to encourage them and her great mom drove the girls home. I am so proud of the depth of pride and determination these girls show---thank you all----on Saturday, a beautiful day dawned and Emily Ball came out to high jump in the sun tying for third place in a talent-loaded event---well done Em.

~ Coach Bruce

MENS DISTANCE
Despite some of the worst weather conditions to run, nearly half the boys distance team PR in either the 800m or 1600m. The top three in every heat received T-shirts and nearly half of the boys placed in the top three in their heat.

The following boys PR in impressive fashion: Zach Perkins lowered his PR in the 800m from 2:10 to 2:01; Michael Hoye PR in both 1600m, 5:15 and returned to PR in the 800m at 2:10. Other PR's: 800m Emmanuel -2:18 and Nicholas Raber-2:20. Hector and Brandon Sepp went 1 and 2 in the 3rd fastest heat in the 1600 at 4:43. Brandon PR while this was the first time Hector has ever run the mile. Steven Carlson, Brian Wong and Duc Nguyen placed 1, 2, and 3 in their heat with Steven and Brian PR in the 1600m at 5:08 and 5:09. Other PR's: Tyler Parsons 5:15, 1600m; Matt Neff 5:25 1600m; Justin Tong 5:33; Conner Szeto 5:38; Deepak at 5:40; and Ken High 6:00. The following runners' time are as follows: 800m- Brian 2:22; Duc 2:22; Steven 2:23; Raymond 2:23; Karl 2:28; Brandon Roper 2:30; Matt 2:33; Justin 2:38; Conner 2:42; Cameron 2:43; Chris 2:44; Deepak 2:45. 1600m are as follows: Nicholas 5:08; Emmanuel 5:11; Raymond 5:15; TJ 5:18; Daniel 5:19; Jamie 5:27; Karl 5:28; Brandon Roper 5:30; Chris 5:48; Cameron 5:51; and Charles Owyang 6:25.

You guys really made a great showing as a team and should be very proud of your efforts.

~ Coach Nino

@ Skyline Invitational

WOMENS DISTANCE
The Hornets went to Skyline High for a long invitational meet on 3/6. The distance girls ran in the 800m run and had some great times. Newcomer Kelly Hosokawa edged out last year's best 800 girl Adrienne Pena by 4 tenths of a second (2:40.62 to 2:41.02) going one/two in their heat in a great final sprint, closely followed by sprinter Courtney Winterbauer (who has considerable distance talent) in 2:45.53, Irene Xu in 2:47.72, Rebeckah Vitucci in 2:48.37, Jessica Burns in 2:49.75, Dominica Vitucci 2:55.67 and first time racer freshwoman Kelsey Reed in 3:07.08. Alameda hasn't had 6 sub 2:50 800 runners in one race for quite awhile so this effort is very exciting. After waiting about 2 and a half hours to run the 800, all the same girls ran in the distance medley relay 2 plus hours later and took 3rd and 4th in that race with Irene, Coutney, Adrienne and Kelly taking 3rd in 14:46.92 and Dominca, Kelsey, JB, and Rebeckah in 4th with the time of 15:46.41. Sandwiched between the 800s and the DMR, Lindsi Tu and Hannah Klein ran a grueling 3200m and both did well with times better than last year's team at this time of the year. Hannah ran 14:09.35 and Linsi ran 14:09.46---both getting a good start on the season. Good work girls!

~ Coach Bruce

MENS DISTANCE
After months of training, the boys distance team finally got their feet wet. Nearly half the team, ran their first track meet ever. Well, all their hard work paid off. Eighteen of nineteen boys who ran the 1600 broke 6 minutes for the mile, ranging from 4:46 to 6:05.

Leading the freshmen was Duc Nguyen at 5:09 followed by:

Steven Carlson-5:11 Brian Wong-5:14 Michael Moler-5:23 Karl Bliven-5:28 Matt Neff-5:38 Chris Parsons-5:44 Deepak Sharma-5:47 Conner Szeto-5:50 Ken High-6:05

Sophomores and juniors were led by Emmanuel Boquiren at 5:02 (PR). Nicholas Raber-5:08 Daniel Arnstein-5:10 Raymond Hui-5:11 Nick Liu-5:28 (PR) Justin Tong-5:43 (PR)

Seniors was led by Brandon Sepp with an amazing new PR of 4:46. Jamie Kelly-5:17 (PR) Brandon Roper-5:25 (PR)

The 800m was led by Michael Hoye at 2:14. Raymond Hui-2:19 Nicholas Raber-2:24 Jamie Kelly-2:25

In the 3200m Hector Lopez-Garcia continues his impressive natural talent in running 10:23 in his firs track meet ever. He was followed by: Tyler Parsons-11:10 (PR) Taylor Hadidian-11:48

I continue to be impressed by all the performances and depth of this team. Despite missing the Perkins twins, you guys showed well! Thank you for all your hard work and efforts.

~ Coach Nino

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@ Joe Stocking Invitational (Distant Team @ DVC)

WOMENS DISTANCE
I took nine distance girls out to the Joe Stocking invitational at Diablo Valley College to run in some relay races and we did well as everyone won at least one medal. We ran in the Frosh/Soph girls division and took 3rd and 4th in the distance medley relay race. The two teams were comprised of sophomore Jessica Burns running the 1200m leg, sophomore Courtney Winterbauer the 400 leg, soph Adrienne Pena the 800 leg and soph Rebeckah Vitucci the 1600 leg taking 3rd place and soph Hannah Klein 1200,soph Isabella Hamilton the 400, frosh Emma Fraser the 800 and soph Lindsi Tu the 1600 on the team that won 4th. In the 4x800 relay Irene Xu joined us and helped our first team to a second place while our 2nd team was 6th. Adrienne led off in a time of 2:45, Irene ran 2:50.8, Rebeckah ran 2:52.5, and Courtney ran 2:45 in the anchor position, the other team had Lindsi running 2:58.5, Jessica 3:03.6, Bella 3:10.1, and Hannah 2:57.45---all excellent times for the first serious race of the season. Thanks to Courtney and Bella for being mainly sprinters and coming to help our distance teams out---they are both good and willing runners and welcomed by us all.

~ Coach Bruce