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

@ NCS Meet of Champions (Cal-Berkeley)
May 27-28

Complete meet recap.

Hornet MOC results:

DISTANCE - WOMAN

Kelly Hosokawa competed at the North Coast Meet of Champions on Friday the 27th of May. The first girl since 2007 (when Sadie Zapata ran the 1600) to compete in the event for the hornets. Running in the 800m race she place 19th having come in seeded 21st. Her time was 2:26.59 and was her third fastest time ever, a great accomplishment after this long track season. She followed her coach's orders and ran an extremely fast first lap, but couldn't quite sustain it in the second lap. Her times this season were the fastest 800 times since 2006....next year, when she returns to this big meet along with some of her teammates, she will be smarter, stronger and even faster----a great season for the whole team and especially for the young co-captain, Kelly Hosokawa. 

~ Coach Bruce

DISTANCE - MAN

To make MOC as a sophomore is quite big; kind of a NorCal State meet.  Steven Carlson would make the best of his chances, having qualified for both 1600 and 3200 I told Steven to run hard and PR in both events, by doing so it should set the tempo for the next 2 years. Steven lowered his PR in the 1600 from 4:29 to 4:26, only to return the next day and lower his PR in the 3200 from 9:55 to 9:53. Both top two times for all sophomore at MOC. He should be proud of what he had accomplished this season. All his hard work had paid off, and look out North Coast...Steven has arrived!

~ Coach Nino

 

@ Bayshore (NCS) Qualifier Meet (James Logan)
May 21

(MOC Qualifiers shown above.)

Complete meet recap here. 

DISTANCE - WOMEN

Eight distance girls ran at the Bayshore Area meet and had an excellent day. Sophomore Kelly Hosokawa had a double PR day first running in the 800 and taking sixth, becoming the first distance girl to advance the Meet of Champions in four years, which is next week at Cal, running her best time of 2:25.56 and then returning to the track an hour later to run the tortuous 3200 in the wind taking ninth in that race running 4 seconds faster than her previous best in 12:22.27. Irene Xu had another multiple PR day as well, running 2:34.26 in the 800, nearly 2 seconds faster than her previous best and then running with Kelly in the 3200 and taking 6 seconds off her best time in 12:22.88. Rebeckah Vitucci had the biggest PR of the day pruning 9 seconds off her best in the 1600 running 5:54.32, breaking 6 minutes for the first time. Andie Nguyen missed her PR by less than a second in the 1600 running 5:51.38. Sonia Xu had a terrific day PRing in the 1600 and taking ninth in that race running 5:32.09 and then missing her PR in the 800 by a second or so running 2:29.02 and taking tenth in that race---Sonia bettered Kelly's frosh times in both events this year so the team will have a strong tandem running hard next year, supported by wise seniors to be Irene, Adrienne, and Lindsi as well as the up and coming other freshies from this season. Adrienne Pena missed her PR in the 800 by 5 hundreths of a second after a week of hardly any practice for her, running 2:33.47 in the wind, an excellent time. Lindsi Tu ended her season by running more than a minute faster in the 3200 than her time last year at this meet in 12:45.65 and Freshwoman Polly Fong got her first track season completed, fighting off a side stitch running 13:15.08 in the 3200. An excellent job by all and much more success in this meet than in recent years---AND it will continue to get better in the next few years. Thank you all. 

~ Coach Bruce

DISTANCE - MEN

Having 9 boys to make it to Bayshore says a lot of this young team; with 2 freshmen, 4 sophomores and 3 juniors. These talented group should continue to do well for years to come.

On this day, all but one will end their season with outstanding efforts. Starting with our 2 freshmen, Andrew Liu and Cameron Tu, I asked Andrew to complete the season in the 800m, not his natural event, but he stepped up and did his best, finishing with a respective 2:15 for 800m. Cameron who has surpassed any freshman I have had in my 4 years of coaching will be someone to watch in the coming years. Despite having a severe cold, he finished his 1600m in 5:13. No doubt he will contend next year.

My Junior boys, Raymond Hui, Emmanuel Boquiren and Daniel Arnstein continue to improve and will be a big part of our success next year. Daniel finished strong at 4:53 for 1600m and will improve next year. Raymond showed his versatility in excelling in both the 1600 and 800 meters and would finish with a respectable 2:09 for 800m. Finally, Emmanuel, he can be so hard on himself, he has shown so much improvement this year by lowering his PR in the 800m, from 2:12 last year to 2:02 this year, and finishing his season at 2:06.

Finally, our sophomores Steven Carlson, Duc Nguyen, Reece Kamphuis and Deepak Sharma. Deepak has shown so much improvement this season and will be counted on to improve on his 3200. He finished his season at 10:52 for 3200 meters.

Reece finally showed what I know he could do, not only did he PR in his 1600m at 4:44, but had a great 800 meters at 2:09. This caps off a great season for Reece in only his first year of running.

Duc just missed a trip to MOC, but what an incredible year he had! What makes him such an excellent runner is his work ethic, he has been so consistent and will be a force in the 3200 next year. He finished 8th at 10:11.

What can I say about Steven other than he is simply the best overall runner in his sophomore year I have coached in my 4 years. My super team of last year saw 4 young men make MOC, but all were seniors. Steven qualified in both the 1600 and 3200 in only his second year, placing 5th overall in the 1600 equaling his PR at 4:29. Steven would return a few hours later and place 6th overall in the 3200 meters at 10:02. With 2 more years to train and mature, Steven will challenge for the school records.

Thank you gentlemen for all your hard work this year!

~ Coach Nino

Complete list of Hornet qualifiers for the Bayshore meet included:

 

@ ACCAL Championships (Hercules)
May 4-6

Complete meet recap here

Sophomore Kelly Hosokawa lead the Hornets by sweeping the girls distance events. After winning the 1,600 (5:35.2) and 800 (2:31.94), she won the 3,200 (12:26.8) in her first race ever in that event.

Other Hornet top finishers: Frank Mai (M-High Jump & Discus); Grace Wood (W-Discus); Kaleigh Allen (W-100 Hurdles); Linde Huang (W-300 Hurdles); and Duc Nguyen (M-3200).

The Hornets went on to win league titles at all levels:

DISTANCE - WOMEN:  ACCAL CHAMPS (Var & Frosh/Soph)

Frosh/Soph Championships
On Wednesday the 4th of May the ACCAL frosh/soph track finals were held at Hercules high. The distance girls did very well and had a good finish to a long season. In the mile Alameda had the only competitors. Elise Yuen took the gold in hot conditions running 6:13.2, followed by Andrea Lee running 6:27.8 for second and Maria Sazo was third in a time of 6:31.15. Given the warmth and lack of competition, the girls did very well. Elise then became a double gold medal winner running 2:48.04 in the 800, while Andrea Lee got her second 2nd place running 2:51.9. A De Anza girl came in third just in front of Maria who ran 2:56.31, Kirsten Hausmann just missed breaking 3 minutes running 3:00.04, Holly Hong ran her best ever 800 in 3:07.54, followed by Doni Uyeno in 3:08.3, Khulan Batsaikhen ran her best time for the second week in a row at 3:09.27, Siu Yan Cheng bettered her best time in the 800 running 3:12.43, Elizabeth Westwood finished her season with a 3:15.13 after having missed a week or so of practice being ill, and Evelyn Jo broke 3:20 for the first time running 3:19.95. The following Friday was the day for the F/S 3200 and Siu Yan stepped up and was crowned the 3200 F/S champion running 15:25.8. We have a lot of young girls, as all of these competitors are freshwomen, so we know a lot more will come from this group in years to come....great job girls!!

Varsity Championships
At the league championships held on Friday the 6th of May at Hercules High, the varsity AHS girls track team came away with another league championship despite a concerted effort from Hercules to take the title from us. The distance girls had a great day against admittedly weak competition in the ACCAL, nevertheless, everyone ran hard and ran smart and kept Hercules off the board in the distance events and let Berkeley score a few points but not enough to overcome the 75 points the D-GIRLS scored. Kelly Hosokawa scored 31 points by herself winning all three distance events and anchoring a 4x400 team 15 minutes after her victory in the 3200m run. Kelly won the 1600 in a time of 5:35, the 800 running 2:31.94, and the 3200 in her maiden voyage at that distance in a time of 12:26.8---she followed orders and ran a slow anchor leg in the 4x400 relay to ensure that Alameda would score some points in that event. If Kelly had a golden day, then Irene Xu had a PuRple day, as she ran her personal record times in all three events----Taking 3rd in the 1600 at 5:38, 5th in the 800 at 2:36.08 and a sterling 3200 got her a 2nd place and a better than 10 second PR as she ran 12:28.8. Sonia Xu had another super day as well running 5:36 in the 1600 for a PR and a 2nd place finish, then turned in a 2:35.25 time for 3rd in the 800 and also running a leg on the 4x400 team at the end of the meet. Lindsi Tu ran a 5:55.4 1600 for 7th place in that race and then a fine 3200 in 12:37.3 a few seconds off her PR for 4th place in that race. Andie Nguyen ran 6th in the 1600 with a time of 5:50.4 bettering her personal best by 3 seconds and then ran the 800 in 2:44.58 and finished with a leg in the 4x400. Polly Fong ran just off her best in the 1600 at 6:01 saving her best effort of the day for the 3200 in which she took 5th running her first sub 13 minute race in 12:56.4. Rebeckah Vitucci got through the 1600 in 6:10.2 and was offered a chance to go to the area meet at Logan High in two weeks and accepted that bid, and I am very proud of her for making it and continuing to run, she also ran the 800 in 2:44.79, and helped the 4x400 team as well. Senior Dominica Vitucci finished her high school running career doing all three events including her first 3200 and PRing in the 1600 at 6:14, running the 800 in 2:49.91 and gutting out the painful 3200 in 14:10.7 for 7th place. Andrea Myovich finished the season by staying with Dominica in the 1600 running 6:14.9. Adrienne Pena came to run the 800 in between taking and studying for various tests and was 4th in 2:35.35. And Hannah Klein ran her best 3200 race of the season with a strong effort (last one, best one) running 13:31.9----One other girl ran for us on Friday---it was decided that the Frosh/Soph 3200 would be run with the varsity and freshwoman Siu Yan Cheng took up the challenge, running by herself in her first 3200 and being rooted on by teammates and spectators she ran 15:25.8 and became the F/S 3200 champion of the 2011 season. The girls don't ever really surprise me, but they almost always please me by their continued efforts to get better and do the job that is asked of them---at this meet they exceeded expectations (AGAIN) and put a big smile on the old guy.

~ Coach Bruce

DISTANCE - MEN:  ACCAL CHAMPS (Var & Frosh/Soph)

Frosh/Soph Championships
The Frosh/Soph championships brought more outstanding performances. Six out of nine boys had personal best to end their season. the following boys have new personal best in the 1600m: Miguel Hidalgo 5:11; Jeremiah Lewis 5:15; Nick Liu 5:19; Cameron Beene 5:22; Mitchell Quon 5:31; and Jordan Wong at 6:00. Excellent job gentlemen. Other great performances were Phong Loung 6:06; Ken High 6:47. Finishing off in the 800m was Miguel 2:22; Jeremiah 2:28; Jonathan 2:29; and Cameron at 2:30. I am so proud of the season you young men had!

Varsity Championships
The championship races would come down to us and Berkeley. Keeping in mind that Berkeley edged us for league championship in Cross Country, I told the boys two things: run smart and make a statement. What an outstanding effort by these young men! Nine out of thirteen would place in the top six and make it to Bayshore. Leading the Hornets would be Steven Carlson with an outstanding double, placing 2nd in both the 1600 and 3200 with times of 4:37 and 10:18. Other outstanding doubles were Cameron Tu placing 3rd in the 1600 at 4:46 and 4th 3200 at 10:39; followed by Reece Kamphuis 4th 800 at 2:11 and 5th 1600 at 4:50.

Duc Nguyen continued his excellence in winning the 3200 in 10:14. Emmanuel Boquiren equaled his PR at 2:03 good for 2nd place. Other great performances and moving on to Bayshore were Daniel Arnstein 6th 1600 at 4:51; Raymond Hui 3rd 800 at 2:09; Andrew Liu 6th 800 at 2:13; and Tyler Parsons 6th 3200 at 10:46. Tyler would later give up his spot to Deepak who placed 7th at 10:47 to qualify for Bayshore as an alternate. Finishing their season with great efforts were Michael Moler 1600 at 4:57 and Taylor Hadidian 3200 at 10:59, Chris Parsons 11:16.

With two weeks to prepare for Bayshore, this young team is peaking at the right time and should challenge for spots at MOC.

Thanks again gentlemen for your hard work.

~ Coach Nino

THROWERS

Recap will go here.

Hurdles/SprinTs/JUMPS

Recap will go here.

@ Sacramento Meet of Champions
Saturday, April 30

Full Results: here

DISTANCE - MEN

To qualify for MOC in Sacramento, you have to meet a standard reserved for the top percentage of athletes in their given events. This year, 3 of the distance boys were invited to compete: Steven Carlson and Duc Nguyen as seeded runners and Reece Kamphuis as an alternate.

In less than stellar conditions, with winds a 10 to 15 mph, their efforts were outstanding. Leading off was Duc Nguyen in the 3200 meters. Duc continues his incredible season, finishing 11th out of 30 with a time of 10:10, only 10 sec off his PR. I know Duc was not only fighting the wind, but severe allergies and still showed his consistency in his performance.

In the 1600 meters, Reece was added as an alternate with Steven. the winds had slowed some but the temperature was about 8-10 degrees warmer. Steven and Reece both got out to a great start coming through the first 400 meters in 68 sec. Steven would take control by the second lap, with 600 meters to go. He made a surge on the back stretch and pulled away from the field. With one lap to go, the field made a surge only to have Steven make another strong surge at the 300 meter mark. Again the field would make a charge on the final 100 meters, but Steven powered through to win the Frosh/Soph boys 1600 meters in 4:34, not a PR but under the conditions and fighting a cold, a very gutsy performance. Reece would come within 5 sec of his PR in 4:51. I am confident that Reece will improve off his performance as this is only his first year and is still learning how to race.

Great job gentlemen!

~ Coach Nino

@ Acalanes
Friday, April 29

DISTANCE - WOMEN

On Friday night the 29th of April, 9 distance girls went out to Acalanes to run in the Warren/Eaton relays---giving them the opportunity to run one more 4x800 relay race as the track season winds up.

The varsity and Frosh/Soph teams ran together with the Varsity team running 2nd in the competition and winning t-shirts, had I run the F/S girls in their proper race they would have won shirts as well, but for continuity and the school time lost, I chose to run them together.

The varsity girls ran a tidy 10:07.99, the fastest time by AHS girls in the past 5 years, and very close to breaking the magic ten minute barrier. They were 2nd by about 2.5 seconds in a great race. Kelly Hosokawa opened the race with a 2:27.7 time followed by Irene Xu in 2:34.9, Adrienne Pena in 2:37, and Sonia Xu anchoring in 2:28.3. The Frosh/Soph time was started by Elise Yuen in 2:47.2, Maria Sazo in 2:58.9, Polly Fong in 2:51.3, and Andie Nguyen in 2:41.9, but they were well out of the race and had no one to challenge, so I am sure that had I gotten them to the F/S race they would have competed with the leading teams. The entire F/S team are all freshwomen, so they will be heard from in the future.

Lindsi Tu came to root on the relay teams and then few hours later run in the 3200 race. After a full day in school and 4 hours of watching other people run, she had one of her best races running 12:37.89, three seconds off her PR from last week, seeded 12th and finishing 7th, she continues to show how her hard work is paying off.

Linde Huang came out with her high jump coach, longtime AHS coach Brian Lodge, and took 4th place with a jump of 4'8" narrowly missing 4'10" and 3rd place.

Thanks for a great night, girls!

~ Coach Bruce

@ Hercules (Hercules & De Anza)
Thursday, April 28

DISTANCE - WOMEN

The last regular season league meet was held at Hercules High last Thursday the 28th of April. A cold and windy day made it less fun than normal, but the distance girls ran well and tried hard.

In the 1600m, Sonia Xu won her varsity race running 5:57, 2nd best effort of the day was from Elise Yuen who ran close to her PR in the wind going 6:05, Polly Fong ran 6:14, Rebeckah Vitucci ran 6:20, sister
Dominica Vitucci ran 6:32, Andrea Myovich turned in a 6:32.7, Andrea Lee ran 6:55, Holly Hong was gracious in helping out first time miler Siu Yan Cheng---Holly ran 7:10 and Siu Yan turned in a splendid first ever mile running 7:21.

Running the 800 in the wind was torturous, captain Kelly Hosokawa ran the best of the day in 2:43.4, Irene Xu ran 2:49.7, Lindsi Tu ran 2:51.8, Andie Nguyen ran 2:52.1, Maria Sazo did a 2:58.4, Dominca ran 2:58.7, Andrea Lee was at 2:58.9, followed by Kirsten Hausmann at 3:03, Doni Uyeno at 3:09, Khulan Batsaika was the only PR'er at 3:10, Elizabeth pushed out a 3:18.7, Holly ran 3:20, Siu Yan did a 3:23, and Evelyn Jo finished the race in 3:25.

Hannah Klein was our only 3200 runner going that nasty distance in 13:43.5---a good run under the conditions.

A number of girls ran in the 4x400: Khulan ran 81 seconds, Elizabeth 87, Kirsten 73, Andrea M 83, Dominica 79, Evelyn 91, Beccah 81, Doni 83, and Hannah shortly after her 3200 ran 78 seconds.

Hopefully the girls got the measure of the Hercules track as we begin the league championship week, Frosh/Soph will run on Wednesday, as well as some varsity trials, all field events will be run on Thursday, and the varsity league championships and the F/S 3200m run will all go on Friday, starting at 5PM.

~ Coach Bruce

@ Bearcats Invitational (San Mateo)
Saturday, April 23

Full Results: here

DISTANCE - MEN

With this being our last big invitational for all but 3 of the boys' distance team, what I needed to see was improvement going into League Championships.

Most of all the boys tied or surpassed their personal best. After last week's incredible 4:29 from Steven Carlson in the 1600, I needed to see if he could equal that performance. In the 3200 Steven would solidify his spot as one of the top runners in both 1600 and 3200 in North Coast placing 1st at 9:55. Along the way, he pulled Duc Nguyen to an 8 sec PR of 10:00. These two young men will lead this team as we head into League Championships and beyond. Deepak Sharma came within 1 sec of a PR at 10:38. Tyler Parsons knocked 40 sec off last week's 3200 to PR at 10:52.

In the Varsity 800, Emmanuel Boquiren lowered his PR to 2:03. He would have run 2:02 had the runner in front of him had not fallen at the finish line. Raymond Hui continues to lower his PR to 2:07 despite being boxed out and starting in last place.

In the F/S 800, Conner Szeto equaled his PR at 2:15, followed by Cameron Beene who knocked off 1 sec to PR at 2:20.

In the Varsity 1600, Reece Kamphuis was within 3 sec of his PR at 4:49; followed by Daniel Arnstein at 5:00. Nick Liu equaled his PR at 5:26, followed by Chris McMillan's new PR at 5:25.

In the F/S 1600, freshman Cameron Tu surpassed Steven Carlson's freshman PR by 2 sec to win the F/S 1600 at 4:45 making him one of the top freshman in all of North Coast. Michael Moler lowered his PR to 4:56, followed by Andrew Liu at 5:03; Miguel Hidalgo and Chris Parsons followed at 5:16, with Jeremiah Lewis at 5:20. Jonathan Chan knocked 15 sec off his PR to 5:22; with Mitchell Quon at 5:38. Phong Luong was so close to breaking the 6:00 min barrier at 6:05; and finally Ken High running his best race of the year at 6:34.

Outstanding job, gentlemen!

~ Coach Nino

DISTANCE - WOMEN

The Hornet track team went to San Mateo on Saturday the 23rd of April to run in the Bearcat invitational. The distance girls had another super day with 16 of the 17 girls running setting new personal bests in at least one event.

The Varsity 3200 opened the running events for us and Lindsi Tu and Irene Xu got us started with two PR's, both breaking 12:40 in the 2 mile run for the first time---Lindsi running 12:34.89---taking more than 10 seconds off her previous best---and coming in 6th for a medal, Irene ran a strategic 12:39.04 for 8th place and Hannah Klein, while not PR'ing had her 2nd best run of the season running 13:47.18 for 12th place in the race. Polly Fong ran in the F/S 3200 and PR'd just missing getting into the 12s running 13:00.3 for a medal in the 18 girl race.

The 800 was run in the middle of the meet and was the first race for most of the girls. In the varsity----Kelly Hosokawa won a very competitive race with a sterling time and 4 second PR 2:25.88, Sonia Xu ran big taking 4th in another 4 second PR---2:27.8, Adrienne edged her PR down to 2:33.42, Irene ran a strong 2:39.37 after her great 3200, the Vitucci sisters both PRd Rebeckah running 2:40.02 and senior Dominica going 2:44.95. The frosh/soph girls did very well as well---Andie Nguyen PRd in 2:38.06 for a medal, Elise continues to strengthen running 2:45.89 for her PR, Andrea Lee broke 2:50 for the first time running 2:48.33 and Maria Sazo also broke into the 2:40s for the first time running 2:49.91, Kirsten Hausmann lowered her best time to 2:54.92, Doni Uyeno keeps working hard and got her best time down to 3:01.68, Holly Hong had a great day with a double PR starting in the 800 running 3:08.33 and Evelyn Jo joined in the party PRing in 3:20.58---all but one of the 800 girls PRd---Irene missing hers but that was after a big 3200 race.

In the 1600---Kelly was 4th for a medal running 5:45.18, Lindsi ran 5:59.45, Adrienne ran 6:00.82 (thank you Dri), Rebeckah got her 2nd PR running 6:03.43 and Dominica ran 6:20.20 in probably her last invitational run. Dominica has been a good teammate and friend for the past three track seasons and the team and I will miss her. In the Frosh/Soph races---Andie completed her double PR day running under 6 minutes for the first time in 5:53.69, Elise also double PR'd going 6:02.37, Polly ran 6:03.26 after her best 3200 5 hours earlier, Maria ran 6:26.8, Andrea Lee ran 6:32.13 and Holly completed her best day breaking 7 minutes in the 1600 for the first time, going 6:55.81. A very exciting day and a pleasing one for the old coach.

~ Coach Bruce

@ Serra Top 7 (San Mateo)
Saturday, April 16

Full Results: here

DISTANCE - WOMEN

The Hornet track team went to Serra High in San Mateo on Saturday the 16th of April, the distance girls had a great day with 11 girls running and 9 of them running their personal bests in one race or another.

In the 1600 Sonia Xu ran her best ever 1600 in a time of 5:38.33, Kelly Hosokawa ran 5:38.82 in the afternoon races against a wind that wasn't there for the morning races, Lindsi Tu ran very well in the 1600 knocking 5 seconds off her best time in 5:50.29, Polly Fong broke the difficult 6 minute barrier for the first time running 5:59.63, Andie Nguyen running in the afternoon PRd in 6:03.91, Elise Yuen just missed her 1600 PR in 6:06.83, Adrienne Pena ran 6:11.85, Andrea Lee ran her first ever 1600 in a splendid time of 6:25.93, and Maria ran 6:30.59.

In the 800, Kelly became the first girl in the past 3 years to break 2:30 in that race, running 2:29.3 which would have been the meet record for the JV race if she hadn't been edged by a girl from Carlmont High, but a significant breakthrough for her, Sonia ran a second PR in her 800 going 2:31.83, Adrienne ran a nice 2:37.54, Andie pushed through a pack of girls that had boxed her the whole race and just missed her PR running 2:41.39, Polly had a good 2:42.82 effort, Elise PRd in 2:46.8, Maria PRd in 2:52.77, Andrea Lee was close to her PR in 2:53.6 and Doni Uyeno came over for the afternoon races so she could take 6 seconds off her best time in the 800 running 3:02.99.

Running the 3200, Irene Xu, Lindsi, and Hannah Klein all were in the top 11 people in the race with Irene and Lindsi medaling in 5th and 6th place respectively. Irene PRd in 12:42.16, Lindsi missed her PR by 6 tenths of second in 12:46.36 and Hannah gutted out her 3200 in 14:06.08.

Good efforts by all----thanks!

~ Coach Bruce

DISTANCE - MEN

I continue to be amazed at what this young group of men are accomplishing this year! They are far outpacing last year's super team when they were freshmen and sophomores.

Leading off the Varsity 1600 was Steven Carlson, who lowered his personal best by 11 seconds to 4:29. Steven is on pace to challenge the school record at 4:18 before his senior year. Reece Kamphuis equalled his personal best of 4:46 and should break 4:40 this year. Daniel Arnstein is rounding back in shape after an injury to dip under 5:00 at 4:59. and Chris McMillan lowered his PR to 5:31.

In the Varsity 800, there was outstanding performance by both Emmanuel Boquiren and Raymond Hui. Both had PR of 2:04 and 2:08. Emmanuel should approach 2:00 min with Raymond in the 2:05 range this year. Excellent times for both these young men.

In the Varsity 3200, Tyler Parsons had a respectable time of 11:28 despite missing about 3 weeks of practice due to injury, and should be back below 11:00 min by league championship.

In the Frosh/Soph 1600, freshman Cameron Tu lowered his PR by 10 sec to 4:48. Outstanding effort, considering he missed nearly a month due to injury. Cameron is on the same pace as Steven Carlson in his freshman year. Other PR's were: Chris Parsons 5:15 and Jeremiah 5:17. Freshman Andrew Liu 5:01; Michael Moler 5:00; followed by Miguel at 5:16 close to PR.

In the Frosh/Soph 800 were more PR's, led by Conner Szeto at 2:15; followed by Cameron Beene 2:21; Jonathan Chan and Mitchell Quon at 2:25; Jordan Wong and Ken High at 2:43 and 3:10 in their first 800 ever.

In the Frosh/Soph 3200, Duc Nguyen and Deepak were off their personal best, but still performed well with Duc winning the F/S 3200 in 10:19 and Deepak 7th at 10:44. Phong Luong performed well in his first 3200 ever at 13:28.

As we lead into the last 3 weeks of the regular season, the boys are peaking going in league championships.

~ Coach Nino

@ Pinole (PV, El Cerrito & Hercules)
Tuesday, April 12

THROWS

There must have been something about throwing in a much larger venue at Pinole Valley High, than what they are familiar with, as the Varsity Boys and Girls nearly all had PR’s in the Shot Put or Discus. Added to that was the participation of Hercules High, who had a scheduling problem with Berkeley and took this opportunity to compete at this event instead.

In the Girls Varsity, Grace Wood started things off with a PR of 30’-1” in the Shot Put and followed that up with a PR of 103’-1” in the Discus. In fact in the Discus, Grace overcame the efforts of the most experienced and highly regarded ACCAL Girls Discus thrower Aleixis Baxter from Hercules High. Juniors Isabella Hamilton and Laura Nguyen each set new PR’s in the Discus with throws of 75’-9” and 70’-1.

In the Boys throws events, Sophomore Zachary Ribera continues his impressive progress with a toss of 41’-5” in the Shot Put, good for first place, and followed that with a new PR in the Discus of 137-7” good for second place. Frank Mai took second in the Shot Put to Zachary with a toss of 39’-2” and first place in the Discus with a PR toss of 147’-5”. To top off the Discus An Hung Vo set a new PR in the Discus with a toss of 109’-2, good for third place.

Since we didn’t anticipate that Hercules High would be participating at Pinole Valley, and knowing that their throwers were probably going to be the team to beat, it gave the Alameda Throwers a good idea of where they stand at this time. Looking forward to the rematch April 28th at Hercules.

~ Coach Noble

DISTANCE - WOMEN

In our second league meet at Pinole Valley yesterday (4/12/11) the distance girls had another fine day. Hercules joined us as their meet with Berkeley had been cancelled, so we got a look at a couple of their runners who might impact us at the league championships---Hercules would dearly love to win the girls league champs and they have been working on presenting more competition in the distance events. In the 1600 Kelly prevailed in a time of 5:42.8, Irene was close behind and ran 5:54.4, a Hercules girl ran third and Lindsi PRd in 5:55.5 for 4th, Polly ran 6:-4.8 for 5th, Andie Nguyen PRd in 6:05.1 and 6th place, Elise continues to work hard and was 7th in 6:05.6 a PR, Adrienne ran 6:08.2 for 8th, Maria PRd and ran 9th in 6:23.4, Andie Myovich got back on the track and was 10th in 6:37.4, and Holly ran her first competitive 1600 in a respectable 7:02.4.

We had 15 girls run in the 800 won by Kelly in 2:32.85, a Hercules girl ran 2:40 for 2nd, Adrienne ran 2:42.1 for 3rd, Andie N. ran 2:50 for 4th, JB did well in 2:51.2 for 5th, Elise did 2:51.5 for 6th, Dominica did well in 7th 2:52.1, Andrea Lee had a good race running 2:53.7 for 8th, Maria was 9th in 2:54.7, Hannah ran a sick 10th in 2:56.2, Kirsten turned in a 3:02 for 11th, Elizabeth PRd in 3:09.3 for 12th followed by Doni in a near PR 3:09.6 for 13th, Khulan ran her best race in 3:12 for 14th, Holly was 15th in 3:14 and Siu Yan did well in 3:16.6.

In the 3200 Lindsi won in a near PR 12:47.8, Irene was 2nd in 12:49.8 close to her PR, and Polly ran 13:27.2 for third as we were uncontested as Hercules hasn't come up with anyone willing to run a hard 3200.

Good job by all.

~ Coach Bruce

@ Trojan Relays/Invitational - Castro Valley
Friday/Saturday, April 1/2

Full Results: here

THROWS

On Friday, April 1, Sophomore Judy Tran, Freshman Christina Bui and Karen Vu, participated in the F/S 3X in the Shot Put and Discus. In the F/S Girls Shot Put they finished with a total of 59’-9”, good for Third Place. In the F/S Girls Discus they finished with a total of 99’-9” good for Fourth place. Their accomplishment earned 10 points toward the Alameda total for Second place in the team competition.

On Saturday, April 2, it was the Varsity Throwers turn to perform and did they ever. In the Boys 3x Discus Relay, Frank Mai, Zachary Ribera and An Hung Vo dominated the event, with a total of 361’-4” with Frank Mai finishing First overall with a toss 138’-9”. An Hung Vo set a new PR with a toss of 105’-9, and Zachary Ribera just missed a PR with a toss of 116’-10”

Frank, Zachary and An Hung finished Third in the 3xShot Put Relay with a total of 116’-5”, Zachary set a new PR in the Shot Put with a toss of 42’-5”, good for Third place overall.

The Girls Varsity Throwers that included Grace Wood, Isabella Hamilton and Laura Nguyen had just as much success, finishing First n the 3x Discus Relay and Third in the 3x Shot Put. In the Discus both Grace and Isabella set new PR’s of 89’5’ and 72’-9” respectively. Grace’s toss earned her at Second Place overall medal. Isabella’s PR was more than 30’ than her previous mark. Laura didn’t have as much success, but her mark of 59’-11’ certainly helped the team to win the event.

In the 3x Shot Put Relay, these same girls finished Third in that event to complete a very successful day of throws by all Varsity participants.

Great Job Team.

~ Coach Noble

DISTANCE - WOMEN

The frosh/soph girl Hornets took second overall at the Castro Valley Trojan invitational on Friday the 1st of April. The sprint girls won their 4x100 and sprint medley races, the throws girls were third in the shot put and the distance girls won the distance medley and 4x800 races---some great individual results and 2nd and third team efforts in relays helped the team.----In the distance races, Kelly Hosokawa led off the DMR running 4:07.6 in the 1200, Elise Yuen did a 76.1 400, Andie Nyugen ran 2:48.3 in the 800 and Sonia Xu ran the anchor 1600 in 5:49.5 passing competitors in the last lap to win the gold with a total time of 14:01.4. Maria Sazo opened the b-team's DMR with a 4:44.2 1200, Doni Uyeno ran 80.1 in the 400, Kirsten Hausmann ran 3:02.6 in the 800 and Polly gamed out a 6:14.7 1600 for 6th place totaling 15:21.6 in time, and Siu Yan ran the 1200 in 5:18.1, sprinter Gigi Zeng ran the 400 in 71.3, Evelyn Jo did the 800 in 3:30.6 and Elizabeth Westwood finished with a 7:16.6 1600 running hard with her teammates cheering her for a total time of 17:16.6 and 11th place.

In the 4x800: Sonia opened with a 2:41.6, Andie ran 2:48.4, Polly did 2:47.3 and Kelly took off on the anchor leg passing two other teams and finished in 2:33.6 (10:50.98) for the gold in the race. Maria led off the B-team with a 2:55.75, Doni ran 3:09.5, Kirsten ran 3:12.1 and Elise anchored in 2:53.4 for 5th place in 12:10.9 scoring a couple of points for the entire team. Siu Yan ran 3:21, Evelyn turned in a 3:29.5, Danica the sprinter ran her first ever 800 and helped out with a 3:31.6, and the team was anchored by Elizabeth in 3:23.8 (13:46.07) for 8th place.

We put two 4x400 teams of tired girls in the last event of the evening on the track---Polly opened with 71.7, Elise did 74.1, Sonia ran 71.6, and Kelly ran spendidly in 66 seconds for 5th place in a race dominated by sprinters (4:43.38) and Maria led off with a 74.7, Doni ran 79.9, Evelyn ran 88.2, and Andie pushed hard despite being well behind running 70.6 for a total time of 5:13.3 and 7th place.

Eight distance girls ran three races and the other three all turned 2 fine efforts---Thanks, girls!!

~ Coach Bruce

DISTANCE - MEN

The Fresh/Soph distant boys team continued to run well at the Trojan Relays.

1600 Heat 1 Leading off in the first heat were Chris Parsons and Jeremiah Lewis. Both ran an outstanding pace and were able to capture the first 2 spots in the last 200 meters, finishing with times of 5:21 each.

1600 Heat 2 In the 2nd heat, Steven Carlson and Duc Nguyon led from start to finish with Steven setting a new PR of 4:38. A great time considering he missed the last 3 weeks due to being sick. Duc lowered his PR to 4:47, his first real 1600 meter run of the year. Other outstanding results were Reece at 4:56; Michael at 4:59; Cameron Tu at 4:59, his first ever 1600 meter run; Andrew and Deepak at 5:01, both PRs; Connor at 5:14; and Miguel at 5:17. These are outstanding performances by our Fresh/Soph Team, better than most varsity teams around.

Heading into the last month of the season, the boys team will have to continue to improve as most of these young men will be moving up to Varsity. 

~ Coach Nino

vs. Berkeley & Richmond
Tuesday, March 29

DISTANCE - WOMEN

On March 29th, Alameda made up the previously postponed league meet at Berkeley and did very well. For the distance girls team: Co-captain Kelly Hosokawa won the 1600 in a time of 5:48.4, Irene Xu was second in 5:52.3, we let a Berkeley girl slip into 3rd, closely followed by our other captain Adreinne Pena in 6 minutes flat for 4th, Andie Nguyen was 6th in a PR of 6:05.2 and Elsie Yuen also PRed in 6:10 flat.

The Hornets paraded 21 girls to the 800m start line: in the frosh/soph race, Maria Sazo was 2nd in 2:53, Andrea Lee ran 2:54 for 3rd, Kirsten Hausmann finished 4th in 5:59.5, Holly Hong was 5th running 3:10, 6th went to Doni Uyeno in 3:10.1, Melissa Dembroge was 7th in 3:15.5, Elizabeth Westwood was 8th in 3:16, Siu Yan Cheng was 9th in 3:17.9, followed by Khulan Batsaikhen 10th in 3:19.1, and Evelyn Jo was 12th in 3:23.6.

For the varsity: Berkeley had a fast girl that was moved up from running the 400 and she won the race, she was tiring and Kelly gained a lot of time in the last 200m and took 2nd in 2:36.6 with Sonia Xu on her tail for 3rd in 2:37.2, running 5th was Adrienne in 2:41.8, Irene was 7th in 2:43.3, Polly Fong 8th in 2:43.6, Lindsi with a 6 second PR was 9th in 2:43.8 (which shows the competition this season, as 2:44 would have in the top 5 the last few years), Andie ran well for 2:47.6 and 10th, Jessica Burns was in 11th at 2:49.8---a very good effort, Elise ran well after her 1600PR in 12th and a time of 2:50.9, Hannah Klein stormed around in 2:51.5 for 13th and Dominica was 14th in 2:51.8---I cannot imagine that Alameda has ever had 14 girls under 3 minutes in the first league meet race---not in my 17 years.

Three girls went to the line for the 3200 and toughed out good races. We were uncontested and Sonia was the winner in a time of 12:45, Lindsi after her best 800 ran under 13 minutes in a time of 12:53.6 and Polly ran well in only her 2nd 3200 running 13:18.

16 girls got together to form 4 teams in the 4x400 relay race at the end of the day---and were also uncontested---the finish times of the various mix and match teams was 5:03, 5:07, 5:26, and 6:01---a learning and hopefully fun experience.

~ Coach Bruce

@ Deer Valley Invitational
Saturday, March 26

Team recaps will go here. 

@ Dublin DistanceFest
Saturday, March 19

DISTANCE - WOMEN

The hornet distance girls ran at the Dublin D-fest last Saturday the 19th, braving cold and rain and running well. While our Personal Records were few after a hard work of practice and considering the weather---the team did very well.

In the 1600: Kelly Hosokawa led the team again running 5:41.07, ailing Sonia Xu ran 6:00.88, Lindsi Tu ran a respectable 6:07.58, followed closely by Irene Xu in 6:08.47, Rebeckah Vitucci came in at 6:10.4, with her sister Dominica the lone PRer in the 1600 at 6:16.34, Andrea Myovich continues to work hard and learn, running 6:17.26, Maria Sazo ran her first 1600 in 6:34.62 and Kirsten Hausmann ran 6:52.58.

In the 800: Kelly, despite a weak start, finished very strongly in the top seeded heat winning a shoe bag and taking 4th in the elite race where a half dozen girls had broken the 2:30 mark previously, Kelly passed a few of them in the head-wind stretch running 2:36.31 as the conditions allowed only one girl to run sub 2:30 at this meet, Adrienne Pena ran well in 2:37.87, while Andie Nguyen and Polly Fong managed PRs in 2:40.66 and 2:41.29 respectively, Becka ran 2:51.69, Jessica Burns ran 2:53.64, Dominica turned in a 2:53.94, Hannah ran 2:55.87, Maria did 2:58.56, Myo ran 2:59.31, Elizabeth Westwood picked up the most time against her PR, running 8 seconds faster than she had before in 3:10.37, Siu Yan and Khulan Batsaikhen, both coming off the chest colds that are going around ran 3:19.35 and 3:22.42 respectively. The conditions for this race were difficult as the wind had picked up and blew directly into the runner's faces in the last 100m. So these were good performances.

The 3200 was run after 6PM as the temperature continued to drop---Polly missed her PR by 7 tenths of a second running 13:04.83, Lindsi ran 13:15.89, and Hannah ran 14:11.17. After that race one of the girls wanted to know if there was room for her in the Distance Medley relay being run in a couple of hours---which most of the girls were ambivalent about, however that one girl rallied them, much to their parents dis-comfort, and two teams took the track at 8PM for the relay race. Maria led off for one team running a 4:47 1200, followed by Hannah running a 78 second 400, Rebeckah ran a 2:55.5 800 and Irene brought that team home with a 6:14 1600 in a total time of 15:03. The second team had Lindsi (that trouble-maker) running the 1200 in 4:35, JB going 76 seconds in the 400, Polly after PR'ing in the 800 and narrowly missing a pr in the 3200 ran a 2:55 800, and stalwart Kelly finished for that team running the 1600 in 5:53 for a total time of 14:39.3.

Nasty conditions, hard work, team camaraderie====still a good time for everyone.

~ Coach Bruce

DISTANCE - MEN

Despite rain, wind and cold temperatures, the Boys distance team continue to improve week to week.

In the 800 meters, Emmanuel continues his consistency, finishing in 2:06. Andrew followed at 2:17; Conner 2:21; Jeremiah 2:26 and Miguel at 2:28.

The 1600 saw more great performances led by Raymond and Andrew at 5:02, followed by Jeremiah 5:18; Miguel 5:20; Chris 5:30; Nick 5:31. Both Jonathan and Mitchell at 5:40; Phong and Jordan at 6:16; and Ken at 6:30. All excellent times considering the weather conditions.

The 3200 meters continue to be the area of the most improvement, led again by Duc at 10:10. He has been very consistent and should break the 10 min barrier this year. He was followed by Deepak within 6 sec of his PR at 10:43; followed by Daniel who's making a good showing at 10:52, and TJ with a great performance and a PR of 10:55.

At the halfway point of the season, I feel that the Boy's distance team is peaking at the right time and should make for a great final month of the season.

~ Coach Nino

@ Big Cats Relays - Kezar Stadium / SF
Saturday, March 19

Official Results: here

@ Dan Gabor Invitational (Amador Valley)
Saturday, March 12

THROWS

On Saturday, March 12, a select team of Throwers that included Frank Mai, Zachary Ribera for the Boys and Grace Wood and Laura Nguyen participated in the Dan Gabor Track & Field Weekend. There were 30 or more throwers in both the Boys and Girls Shot Put and Discus Events. The Boys field included many of the best throwers in the East Bay. Frank Mai had an off day in the Discus with a throw of 121’6”, but he set a new PR in the Shot Put of 41’1”, which placed him 7th in that event. Zachary had a mark of 104”6” in the Discus and just missed making the finals in the Shot Put with a mark of 40’-1”. In the Girls events, Grace Wood set a PR in the Shot Put with a mark of 28’- and Laura Nguyen had a PR of 21-5”. Grace also set a PR in the Discus with a mark of 77’-8.

~ Coach Noble

DISTANCE - MEN

In only the second meet of the season, most of the boys distance team had their personal best.

In the 800 meters, new personal best by Emmanuel 2;05; Raymond 2:15 and Conner 2:19. Other great performances were Miguel 2:23; Jeremiah 2:26; and Cameron at 2:30.

The 1600 saw more personal best, led by Reece at 4;46; Daniel 4:48; TJ 5:02; Miguel 5:13; Conner 5:16; Mitchell 5:37; Phong 6:01; Jordan 6:08. Other great performances were Michael 4:59; Raymond 4:59; Chris P. 5:23; Chris M. 5:46; Ken 6:35.

In the most impressive runs of the night were Deepak Sharma, knocking more than a minute off his personal best in the 3200 at 10:37, followed by Duc who is having an amazing season to date, knocking 21 sec. off his 3200 time of 10:08. Coach Nathan really has these two focused on their event.

Let's continue to work hard towards this weekend's Distance Festival and more personal best.

~ Coach Nino

DISTANCE - WOMEN

The distance girls went to Pleasanton this past Friday night (3/11) and ran in the Dan Gabor distance invitational. The top three placers in each of the many heats were awarded tee-shirts and the Hornets left with a closet full.

In the 1600m run, Kelly Hosokawa continues her assault on her own personal record book by PRing with a time of 5:34.84, winning her heat, PRs were also a highlight throughout the night as Sonia Xu ran her best mile in 5:42.89, as did Adrienne Pena in 5:54.05, Lindsi Tu hit her PR breaking the 6 minute barrier for the first time in 5:57.13, Irene Xu ran 5:57.51 as she was willing to come out to run on the night before her SAT test on Saturday (no doubt blowing that away as well), Andie Nguyen did very well in 6:07.01, Rebeckah Vitucci close to her PR in 6:07. 58, First time mile runners Andrea Myovich and Elise Yuen did spectacularly in 6:11.25 and 6:11.77 respectively, and senior Dominica Vitucci PRd in 6:18.76.

We sent 19 girls to the various 800m heats and had great success: Kelly is ever so close to the enviable sub 2:30 mark, running 2:30.66 for another PR and t-shirt, Adrienne keeps pushing her time lower running 2:34.28, Sonia ran well for her best time in 2:37.58 and garnered another t-shirt as well, older sister Irene Xu got under 2:40 for the first time this year in 2:39.70, Polly is PRing every time she runs as she continues to learn about racing and about her ability running 2:41.42, Andie N. ran her best ever 800 in 2:43.58, followed closely by Beckah in 2:44.14, Elise apparently learned alot from her first open 800 last week running 8 seconds faster in 2:48.28 with Dominca Vitucci right behind in 2:48.43, (it's nice to have 8 girls under 2:50) Jessica Burns got her first race if the season done in a nice 2:51.05, Andrea Lee in her first open race did well in 2:53.15, followed by Maria who picked up 3 seconds from her last weeks time in 2:53.29 and Andrea Myovich in 2:53.48, Kirsten ran well in 2:59.28, Holly ran 3:09.8, Melissa 3:15.46, Khulan opened up her season running 3:17.21 followed by Elizabeth 3:19.72 and first timer Evelyn in 3:23.98. It's fun to see so many Alameda girls out there working hard and doing well.

Lindsi did another double PR winning her heat and a t-shirt in the 3200m run---going 12:45.75---and first time 3200 runner entered the fray in a very nice 13:04.12 also getting a t-shirt.

A great day for the d-lady Hornets.

~ Coach Bruce

@ Washington (SF) Scrimmage
Thursday, March 10

THROWS

The Throwers participated in a Scrimmage at Washington High, San Francisco, on Thursday, March 10. Although the weather was cold and wet everyone had a good time. For safety reasons the Throwers only got to participate in the Shot Put. For the Girls, Grace Wood and Isabella Hamilton established PR’s of 24’-6” and 20’-3”. Other marks were as follows: Laura Nguyen 19’-6”, Judy Tran 18’-10”, Karen Vu 17’-17’-6”m Thuy Tran 15’-2”, and Christina Bui 14’-11”. In the Boys Shot Put, Frank Mai had a mark of 37’-7”, Zachary Ribera 36’5”, An Hung Vo 34’-4” (PR), and Rikio Cohen 23’-5.

~ Coach Noble

@ Skyline Invitational
Saturday, March 5

Complete meet recap here.

THROWS

At our first meet of the year the Boys Varsity Throwers all performed very well, with Senior Frank Mai starting his season off with a very respectable throw in the Discus of 141’-2 inches, good for 1st place and topped that off with a toss in the Shot Put of 37’-8” good for 6th place. Sophomores An Hung Vo and Zachary Ribera also had good early season marks, with An Hung setting a new personal best in the Discus with a throw of 103-11” good for 5th place and a Shot Put toss of 33’-8” for 9th place. Zachary set a new personal best in the Shot Put with a toss of 41-10” good for 3rd place and a respectable throw in the Discus at 102’-11 for 8th. Newcomers for the Boys had Junior Rikio Cohen throwing 66’-6-1/2” in the Discus and 21’-7 in the Shot Put. Freshman William Maiers experienced his first ever completions in the Shot Put with a toss of 20’-4 and 46-0” in the Discus.

We only had one Varsity Girl Thrower Junior Laura Nguyen, who participated for the first time ever in the Throws events, with a respectable 20’-6” in the Shot Put and 52’-4” in the Discuss.

I was very proud of the teams efforts and especially that they all gave their bests and performed the throwing techniques that we practice all the time. In fact we received comments from both spectators and coaches as to how well the Alameda Throwers performed in the respective events.

~ Coach Noble

DISTANCE - WOMEN

The girls distance team got the 2011 track season started yesterday, the 5th of March, at Skyline High School and had a great day. The veteran girls were in superb early season form and the novices opened up their running careers in fine fashion.

In the 1600m run, co-captain Kelly Hosokawa missed her PR by 35 hundredths of a second running 5:43.99 for 2nd place in the race of thirty girls, Frosh Sonia Xu ran her best 1600 in 5:46.29 for 4th, junior co-captain Adrienne Pena broke 6 minutes running 5:58.83 in 8th, junior Lindsi Tu smashed her PR by 23 seconds, just missing sub-6 minutes in 6:00.35 for 9th, Frosh Polly Fong ran extremely well in 6:01.26 for 11th place and junior Rebeckah Vitucci missed her PR by a little more than a second running 6:09.05 for 14th place.

We flooded the 800m run with 14 Hornets running in the 32 girl field. Kelly once again led the team running another near PR in 2:33.95---58 hundredths off her best which she ran in her last race of the season in 2010---taking 4th place, Dri ran hot as well missing her PR by1.3 seconds in 2:35.92 for 5th, Polly PR'd in 2:45.46 for 9th as she seems poised to break into the 2:30s later in her frosh season, Beckah ran a super 2:47.59 for 10th, followed by junior Hannah Klein in 2:49.8 for 11th, Dominica Vitucci (jr) ran well in her first outing of the season 2:54.7, freshie Maria Sazo ran a great first open 800 in 2:55.29 in 15th, frosh Elise opened her season with a very nice 2:56.61 in 17th, fr. Kirsten Hausmann also broke the 3 minute barrier for the first time in 2:57.74 in18th, Melissa Dembroge should be very happy with her 3:04.77 in her first race ever for 22nd, enthusiastic Doni Uyeno ran her first open 800 in her frosh year in 3:09.44 for 25th, and newbie freshwomen Siu Yan Cheng and Elizabeth Westwood got their feet wet running 3:14.54 (29th) and 3:18.93 (30th) respectively.

Juniors Lindsi and Hannah ran in the 3200 with Lindsi crushing her PR by over thirty seconds breaking 13 minutes for the first time in 12:59.66 for 5th while Hannah got through the race after her excellent 800 in 13:46.74 for 7th in the 13 girl field.

I also put our girls into the 4x400 relay race creating 3 teams with 12 girls. Junior Irene Xu arrived in time to run with Kelly, Sonia, and Adrienne in a time of 4:36.5, Beckah, Elise, Dominica and Maria joined forces running 5:11.95 and Doni, Siu Yan, Kirsten, and Polly finished in 5:27.56. Very exciting beginning to this new season.

~ Coach Bruce

DISTANCE - MEN

The distance boys team are picking up where they left off from Cross Country season. Nearly all the boys either equaled or surprised their personal best from last year.

Leading off the boys 1600 was Steven Carlson, fighting a cold, still knocked off 6 seconds from last year at 4:41. Followed by newcomer Reece Kamphuis, 4:49 in his first race. Other personal best were Raymond Hui 4:57 and Michael Moler at 4:57. Freshman Andrew Liu at 5:07, followed by Deepak Sharma knocking off 15 seconds off last year at 5:07. More outstanding performances were as follows: Miguel 5:22; Conner 5:22; Cameron 5:23; Nick 5:33; Jeremiah 5:33; Chris 5:38; Mitchell 5:42; Phong 6:11; Jordan 6:14 and Ken 7:00.

In the 800 meters, Emmanuel Boquiren knocked 5 seconds off last year's best at 2:07; followed by Reece Kamphuisat 2:15; Raymond Hui at 2:18; Andrew Liu 2:18; Miguel 2:22 and Jeremiah at 2:28. All great times considering they were running 2 events today.

Capping off the day were Duc and Daniel in the 3200 meters. Duc Nguyen knocked more than 30 seconds off his previous 3200 at 10:29, but lost a shoe in the third lap and had incredible concentration to finish 3rd overall with one shoe. Daniel Arnstein equaled his best time of last year at 10:47 and should really improve this year.

Lets keep working hard gentlemen as you have the last few months. I look forward to a great track season. I'd also like to thank my assistant coach Nathan Brassmassery, an Alameda alum who has been a great asset to this young team.

~ Coach Nino