By Leonard COUTIN

The Falcons track and field team forged a strong attack against the very solid Arcadia team on April 11 on Arcadia’s all-weather track. This was the final dual meet of the League season; the Pacific League prelims (April 17) were also held at Arcadia as are today’s (Thursday, April 25) finals.

At the April 11 competition, the Falcon boys scored three golds and the girl’s captured four of the 16 events of the day. The distance team led the way, as they have all year long, continuing to score necessary points for the Falcons.

Manan Vats won the 1600m running 4:32.7, Dylan Wilbur hit his personal best in the 800m with a mark of 1:55.64, and Grant Lauterback ran a sensational 3200m in 9:47.28 to bring five points each to the final score.

Senior Vince Lieberman brought home two second place wins for the team, one in the110H running 16.23 behind Apache Matthew Tom (16.07) and in the long jump with 17-07.25 behind winner Apache Ethan Soo jumping 18-03.25. Falcon junior Derek Ghahramenian assisted in grabbing some vital points taking a dual second place win both in the high jump (4-06.00) and in the pole vault clearing 10-00.00.

Final varsity boys score: Arcadia 96, CV 40

The Falcon girls’ top performances included a dual win for junior Priya Riley in the 100H (17.30) and the 300H (49.28). Junior Sophia Atin had an impressive season working the distances to win her 3200m race posting a time of 11:34.15. In the 1600m, she placed second after top Apache runner senior Joyce Wu. Wu ran 5:15.41 with Atin running 5:17.18. Falcon teammate Gaby Borraez placed third (5:48.13). CV’s Samantha Moore also contributed with her second place in the 3200m ahead of Wu running 11:43.26.

Dylan Wolf won the shot put with a fine throw of 31-01.00. Sophomore Juliana Cheney placed second in the 800m running a promising time of 2:20.60 following Apache Kira Graves (2:20.14). McKenna Raymond returned to jumping to place second in the varsity long jump (14-07.00). Senior Izzy Lieberman placed fourth (13-6.25) and teammate senior Melissa Owns placed sixth (12-04.50).

Final girls varsity score: Arcadia 85, CV 49

Reviewing the days performances head Coach Mark Evans commented, “We are very pleased with how we competed against Arcadia. They are a deep team, especially in the sprints and field events. We had a lot of PRs on the day.  Talon Carvalho had season and lifetime bests in both the 100m and 200m. The girls had season bests in both 400 and 1600 relays. The boys had a season best in the 1600 relay and a bad handoff in the 400 relay. They know what happened and are determined to fix it for League finals. We scored in just about every event. It was a great meet for us heading into League prelims and finals.”

There were many key wins by the Falcon frosh/soph boys. Bryce Bitetti won the 1600m in 4:52.39. Sebastian Wynder had a dual win in the shot put with a throw of 32-04.00 and a discuss throw of 81-09. Jermiah Martin also had an outstanding day with a dual gold win clearing 5-04.00 in the high jump and vaulting 11-00.00 in the pole vault. Dylan Haworth placed third (4:58.66) in the 1600m and Eric Mecoyan placed third at 4-10.00 in the high jump. Cooper Gross placed third in the 300H running 52.31. Ethan Hizon picked up two third places, one in the 110H running 18.97 and the other in the 300H running 50.47. 

Final boys frosh/soph score: Arcadia 101, CV 35

The Falcon frosh/soph girls won the top three spots in the 1600m. Eden Haack captured the win with 5:49.49 followed by Kelly Helton (5:53.91) and Taili Sherwood-Kong (5:55.65). In the 100H, Falcon Yuri Mansukhani placed second posting 20.78 followed by Alani Lum (21.35). Elizabeth Yim came home with a dual win, one in the long jump 15-05.00 and the other in the triple jump (30-11.00). Ashlynne Oliver placed second in the shot put at 25-01-50. Tatiana Issaghoulian placed second in the discus throw (78-11) and teammate Sabine Issaghoulian placed third throwing 78-00.

Alison Lee placed second in the 300H followed by teammate Yuri Mansukhani (57.60).   

Final girls frosh/soph score: Arcadia 84, CV 44

  Leonard Coutin