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10/06/06
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Update:
Bunje Sets School Record in Long Jump
Somehow I missed the fact
during the regular season the senior Kyle Mills-Bunje broke the Long
Jump School Record TWICE at the end of the season. In the State Meet
Trials Kyle jumped 23-06 to qualify for the finals. Kyle then came
back in the finals to jump 23-08.75 for a New School Record.
The old record of 23-03.5 was set way back 1983 by Jeff Rossman.
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08/13/06
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Casey
Roche: National JO Champion at 17’ 5.00”
This is getting a bit repetitive,
but Casey Roche is having a FANTASTIC summer. On July 29, 2006
in Baltimore, Maryland at the National Junior Olympics Casey Rcohe not
only won the competition, but also broke his own School Record AGAIN
with an amazing jump of 17-05 (5.31m). The mark is also a Central
Coast Section, Junior Olympic and National Youth records as
well. To round out the year, Casey is tied with Scott Roth at the #3 spot on
the California
All-Time List and is the #1 returning Pole Vaulter in California for next
year by over a foot and one-half. Click here
for a video of the jump, and here
for a video of his earlier the same day jump at 17-02.
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07/15/06
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Casey Set
SR Twice in One Week. Clears 17’ 0”
On July 13 at the Los Gatos
All-Comers Meet soon-to-be-senior Casey Roche cleared 17’ 0” in
the Pole Vault – a new School Record. Casey co-held the old
record this past season at 16’ 7” with 2006 senior Kyle Mills-Bunje. Casey
has had a phenomenal summer so far. Casey jumped 16-09.25 at the Junior Olympics Regional Qualifiers, and then on Thursday he cleared
17 feet. According to DyeStatCal.com that ties him for #12 on the all-time California HS pole vaulting list and the ninth 17-foot vaulter in the Nation this year. Casey is also the
number 1 rated returning high school vaulter in California and #2 the nation.
Click here for the video and additional
pictures of his vault.
Next stop for Casey will be the Junior Olympic National Championships in Baltimore on July 30th! Stay tuned…
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06/18/06
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Nike Web
Nationals: St. Francis Boys #1
This Nike Corporation ran a
competition to determine the Best Duel Meet Track and Field Team in the
Nation. The hypothetical meet was run online by schools entering
teams with the best marks of athletes in each event, and the computer totaled
up points to determine who would “win” the meet. This year the St. Francis
Boys team came out ahead with a total of 8,170 points to second place Lee Summit North High School in Mosurri’s 8, 117 points. Check out the full results
here.
100m Kyle Mills Bunje 11.05 817
400m Sam
Pompei 51.65 731
1600 Ben
Sitler 4:10.55 888
3200 Ben
Sitler 8:53.47 943
110mm HH Kyle Mills
Bunje 15.52 792
LJ Kyle
Mills Bunje 23’ 8.75” 844
HJ Omar
Bourgoub 6’ 4” 740
PV Casey
Roche 16’ 7” 905
Discus David
Wernick 166’ 4” 757
Shot Andy
Vargas 57’ 10” 752
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06/18/05
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Nike
Outdoor Nationals
At the Nike Outdoor Track
and Field Nationals in Greensboro, North Carolina on Saturday Casey
Roche took fifth in the Pole Vault with a mark of 16’ 3 2.5”.
Casey will be competing June 21 – 23 at the Junior Nationals in an effort to
secure a spot on the US team this summer. Good Luck Casey.
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06/16/06
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Ben
Sitler: SJMN Track Athlete of the Year
In today’s San Jose
Mercury News senior Ben Sitler was named Track and Field
Athlete of the Year. Ben was honored not only for his tremendous
athletic ability, but also his sportsmanship and promotion of the sport.
What can we say that has not already been said about Ben except to say the
Mercury was right.
Senior Kyle Mills-Bunje
was named Horizontal Jumper of the Year, and junior Casey Roche
was named Vertical Jumper of the Year. Congratulations to all three
athletes. A part version of the story is available here. The full story is available on the SJMN
news website,
along with a slide
show that includes Ben and Natasha Barthel in the Pole Vault.
Also, a congratulations to Joseph Bramlett of St. Francis who was named Golfer of the Year.
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Recap: New
School Records: 4 Girls, 6 Boys
It was another good year for
the Lancers as far as their assault on the record book. The Girl’s team set 4
records this year: Junior Natasha Barthel in the Pole Vault at 12’
10”, senior Sela Paini in the Discus at 148’ 4”, the
Distance Medley team of junior Michelle Roemer, senior
Angela Celentano, senior Samantha Williams and sophomore Shelby
Golan in 12:59.17; and the JV 4x400 team of sophomore Ashmi
Pathela, freshmen Monica Harnato, freshmen Monika Sullivan
and Philbin in 4:17.4.
On the Boys side 6 new
records were also set this year: Senior Ben Silter had a part in 4 of
those records: The 1600 in 4:10.55 (to break Mike Kasser’s 32 year
old record), the 3000 in 8:33.42, and the 3200 in an
incredible run of 8:53.47. His 3200 time converts to an outstanding 8:16.93
for the 3000 as well. Sitler joined teammates senior Eric Johnson,
sophomore Ben Plattner and senior Sam Pompei in setting a new Distance
Medley time of 10:24.51. The other major story of the year was
senior Kyle Mills-Bunje and junior Casey Roche both breaking
the record in the Pole Vault with jumps of 16’ 7”. Kyle also
set the school record in the Long Jump twice at the State Meet with
the final record being set at 23-08.75.
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06/11/06
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Post-season
Action: Golden West Invitational
At the Golden West Invitational
this past weekend near Sacramento, several of St. Francis’ Track athletes
competed in the post-season invitational. In the Girls Pole Vault Natasha
Barthel took third with a jump of 12’ 9” and Taylor Franklin
took seventh at 11’ 9”. In the Boys Pole Vault Casey Roche was
one of six vaulters to all finish at 16’ 3”, but finished third on
attempts. In the 3200 Ben Sitler won the race in 9:07.44.
DyeStatCal.com
stated: “Sitler proved
much too strong for his rivals in galloping away to a near 3.5-second win
over San Diego area's Colton Tully-Doyle (lifetime-best 9:10.88). The
powerful Sitler appeared least affected by the winds which began whipping up
entering the latter half of the race.”
Complete results are available here.
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06/04/06
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Bunje Sets School Record in Long Jump
This past weekend senior Kyle
Mills-Bunje broke the Long Jump School Record TWICE. In
the State Meet Trials Kyle jumped 23-06 to qualify for the finals.
Kyle then came back in the finals to jump 23-08.75 for a New School
Record. The old record of 23-03.5 was set way back 1983 by Jeff Rossman.
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State:
Best Boys Showing by CCS Team Since 1993
This past weekend the California
State High School Track and Field Championships were held in the
extremely hot (figuratively and literally) Cerritos College in Norwalk. St.
Francis brought its largest contingent of athletes (15) to the meet in many
years. At Friday’s trials Ben Sheehan (PV) and Casey Roche (PV),
Natasha Barthel and Taylor Franklin (PV), and Kyle
Mills-Bunje (LJ) survived crueling competition to make it to the finals.
Sam Pompei set a new personal record in the 800 with a time of 1:55.66,
but 9 other runners ran an astonishing 1:52 to take the qualifying spots. Sela
Paini threw the Discus 122’ 10”, and Andy Vargas and David
Wernick threw the Shot 53’ 5.5” and 51’ 2.75”,
respectively. Omar Bourgoub cleared the opening height of 6’ 3”,
but failed to make the next height to finish his season 1 inch below his
personal best. And the Girls 4x400 relay team of Angela Celentano,
Rachel Gate, Shanie Landen and Samantha Williams ran 3:59.74
to finish 17 out of 27 teams (not bad since we came in ranked 24 out of 27).
On Saturday, St. Francis
finished with a string of third place finishes. Casey Roche was one
of only 4vaulters to clear 16’ 5” in the Men’s Pole Vault, Nataha
Barthel cleared 12’ 9” in the Women’s Pole Vault, Kyle
Mills-Bunje pulled out a great final jump of 23’ 6” in the Long
Jump, and Ben Sitler (who did not have trials on Friday) finished
with a very good time of 9:02.56 in the 3200. Ben Sheehan
missed at the opening height of 15’ 5” and Taylor Franklin tied for
seventh at 11’ 9”.
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CCS
Finals: Boys Capture Championship
Last night at San Jose City
College the Boys Varsity Track and Field Team scored their first-ever CCS
Track Championship. The team was lead by double winner Ben Sitler who
took both the 1600 (4:15.06) and 3200 (9:13.99) titles. Ben
was not the only individual winner. Sam Pompei won a very close 800
(1:56.28) to complete a distance-sweep by St. Francis athletes. Kyle
Mill-Bunje won the Long Jump in a huge leap of 23’ 6.25” and
Casey Roche won the Pole Vault in 16’ 2”. Also helping
the cause was Ben Sheehan in the Pole Vault (fourth in 14’
11”), Omar Bourgoup in the High Jump (third in 6’ 2”),
David Wernick (second in 57’ 0.25”) and Andy Wernick
(third in 54’ 6”) in the Shot Put, and the 4x100 Relay’s
(Roche, Mill-Bunje, David Glassanos and Ben Plattner) fourth-place
finish (43.25). Everyone except the 4x100 and Casey in the Long Jump
advances to the State Meet next Friday at Cerritos College in Norwalk.
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05/27/06
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CCS
Finals: Girls Take Third Place
Last night at San Jose City College the Girls Varsity Track and Field Team finished a very exciting evening
with a third-place finish in the CCS Championships. This is a major improvement
over last year’s eighth-place finish and was accomplished by several very
fine efforts from the team. The evening started off with gallant effort by Sela
Paini finishing second in the Discus (133’ 4”) despite an injured
throwing arm. The 4x100 Relay team of Tiffany Yee, Samantha
Williams, Shanie Landen and Angela Celentano took fourth
(with a season best 49.51). Samantha Williams missed qualifying for
the State Meet in the 400 by 1/100 of a second with a fourth place
finish in a time of 57.24. The 4x400 Relay team of Angela
Celentano, Monika Sullivan, Shanie Landen and Samantha Williams broke
the 4-minute barrier (for the first time in a very long time), and guaranteed
themselves a trip to Norwalk, with a third place finish in 3:58.60. Natasha
Barthel (12’ 8”) and Taylor Franklin (11’ 8”) finished second and
third in the Pole Vault. Katie Ring finished fifth in the Triple
Jump with a mark of 35’ 7.5”. Everyone except the 4x100 and Katie
in the Triple Jump advance to the State Meet on Friday and Saturday.
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05/24/06
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State Meet
Qualifiers – Travel Arrangement
For those athletes and coaches
goping to the California State Meet in Cerritos June 2 and 3, we have made
the following travel arrangements.
1.
Leave school at 1:30 on
Thursday, June 1.
2.
Stay at the Embassy Suites in Buena Park.
3.
Trials are Friday, June 2 and
Finals are Saturday, June 3.
4.
Coaches Tuite and Fuller
returning home Saturday, June 3.
5.
Remaining athletes and coaches
returning Sunday, June 4.
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05/20/06
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CCS Trials:
10 Girls, 9 Boys Go to Finals!
Saturday at the CCS Trials saw
some outstanding personal efforts, and a couple of unexpected setbacks. On
the Girls side, both relay team (4x100 of Tiffany Yee, Samanatha
Williams, Shanie Landen and Angela Celentano and the 4x400
of Williams, Celentano, Landen and Monika Sullivan) made it through to
the finals. Samantha Williams (400), Sela Paini (winning the Discus),
Natsha Barthel (PV), Taylor Franklin (PV) and Katie Ring
(LJ) qualified individually.
On the Boys side, the 4x100
relay team (Casey Roche, Kyle Mills Bunje, David Glassanos
and Ben Plattner) qualified, as did individuals Ben Sitler (winning
both the 1600 and 3200), Bunje (winning the LJ), Roche (winning the PV and fourth
in the LJ), Ben Sheehan (PV), David Wernick (SP), Andy
Vargas (SP) and Omar Bourgoub (HJ). In what is probably the biggest shock of the
day, Kyle missed clearing his opening height of 14’ 0” in the Pole Vault.
Kyle is currently ranked #4 in the state in the Pole Vault.
If the Finals were held on
Saturday, the St. Francis boys would have scored 78 points to win the meet,
while the girls would have scored 38 to finish third behind Mt. Pleasant and Valley Christian. It should be a good meet on Friday evening at the Finals!
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05/13/06
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Natasha
Barthel Breaks Her Own PV School Record
At the WCAL Championships
junior Natasha Barthel broke her own School Record in the Pole
Vault of 12’ 9” with a jump of 12’ 10” to win the competition.
The mark also moves her to #4 in the State and #6 in Nation.
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05/13/06
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Varsity
Boys: WCAL Champions!
The Varsity Boys went undefeated
in the Dual Meet season and then finished first on Saturday and the
League Championships to gain sole title to League Championships.
The Varsity team was lead
by a stellar day from senior Ben Sitler. Ben won three events with
three very fine marks: the 1600 in 4:21.66, the 800 in 1:55.84,
and the 3200 in 9:27.23. Other notable efforts included Sam
Pompei’s 1:56.00 800; Casey Roche and Kyle Mills-Bunje
trading spots in the Long Jump (Kyle at 22’ 9”, Casey second at
21’ 9”) and the Pole Vault (Casey first and Kyle second, both
at 16’ 0”); Kyle second in the 100 (11.12); Ben
Sheehan third in the PV (14-06) and David Wernick (55’ 4.5”)
and Andy Vargas (54’ 4.5) in the Shot;
The Frosh/Soph Boys
finished third Saturday at the League Championships.
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05/13/06
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Varsity
and JV Girls WCAL Co-Champions
The Varsity Girls went undefeated
in the Dual Meet season and then finished second to Valley Christian on
Saturday in the League Championships. The Girls therefore share the league
title with Valley. The Girls were lead by some outstanding efforts while
amassing 122 points for second. Natasha Barthel jumped to a new PR in
the Pole Vault at 12’ 10” (new School Record and #4 in the
State!) and Taylor Franklin was second at 12’ 0” (#10 in the
State). Rachel Gate had a very busy day with 2 PRs (100HH in 16.64,
300IH in 46.72) and running the second leg of the 4x400 to a new
season record. Seniors Angela Celentano (4x100, 100 in 12.72
and 4x400) and Samantha Williams (4x100, 200 in 26.92, 400
in 58,18 and 4x400) both also had long days. Sophomore Katie Ring
won the Triple Jump (35’ 7.75”), took fourth in the High
Jump (5’ 0”), and fifth in the Long Jump (16’ 0.5”).
Sela Paini won the Discus (132’ 9”) and took fourth in
the Shot (33’ 2”). Many of the other girls achieved personal
record (PRs) in their respective events. All in all, it was a very good day.
In Junior Varsity Girls
also went undefeated in the Dual Meet season, and finished
second to Mitty on Saturday to become Co-Champions with Mitty. Like
the Varsity Girls, the JV Girls setup a lot of good marks with many, many
PRs. We lost to Mitty by only 3 points!
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05/11/06
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Girls WCAL
Trials
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05/10/06
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Boys WCAL
Trials
On the opening day of the WCAL
League Championship Trials, two events were completed (F/S Boys 3200
and Pole Vault), and trials were held for non-relay running events less than
1600 meters, and the field events. In the F/S Boys Pole Vault, St. Francis
went 1-2 with jumps from Brett Benham (12’ 0”) and Kevin Middleton
(11’ 6”). In the F/S Boys High Jump Caeton Roche finished
sixth with a mark of 5’ 4”.
In the qualifying events,
St. Francis highlights include qualifying 3 in the 100 (Kyle
Mills-Bunje first at 11.14, Chris Viegas fifth at 11.58,
and Ben Plattner sixth in 11.65); Ben Sitler ran an
impressive (and PR) 1:57.62 in the 800; Kyle (21’ 10”)
and Casey Roche (21’ 2”) in the Long Jump; and Andy Vargas
and David Wernick in both the Shot (56’ 1” and 52’
10”) and Discus (146’ 2” and 140’ 5”).
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05/03/06
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16-07…16-07…16-07…16-07…16-07…16-07…16-07
Kyle? Casey? Both Kyle and
Casey? At St. Francis on Wednesday BOTH Casey Roche and Kyle
Mills-Bunje broke the School Record in the Pole Vault. The
old record was set by Kyle waaaay back in February. Casey and Kyle are now
tied with Greg Woepse of Mater Dei for the #2 spot in California!
The mark also moves them into a tie for the fourth best time in CCS history
(the CCS record is 17’ 1”). Check out the interview with Kyle on DyeStatCal.com.
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05/03/06
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Lancer
Girls Finish Season 7 and 0!
St. Francis defeated Valley
Christian of San Jose today by a score of 78 to 61. The score was close the
whole way leading up to 2 events remaining. While Valley Christian Girls won
the majority of the races on the track, St. Francis grabbed the majority of
the second and third places. In the field events we sweep VC in the Long
Jump, Triple Jump and Pole Vault to keep the meet close. At the start of the
3200 the score was 64 to 61 (with 69 required to win). Courtney Albini,
Alexis Perez and Rachel Gunsalus finished 1-2-3 in the race to
secure the victory. The 4x400 ran unopposed to finish up with 78 points. A
great effort was put in by all the Varsity Girls. Details to follow soon.
The Junior Varsity team also finished the season with a perfect 7 and 0
record!
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05/03/06
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Lancer
Boys Finish Season 7 and 0!
St. Francis defeated Valley
Christian of San Jose today by a wide margin (the exact score is currently
not available). Great individual efforts were turned in by Casey Roche
and Kyle Mills-Bunje in the Pole Vault (new school record at 16’
7”); and Andy Vargas in the Shot (57’ 10”). Details
to follow shortly.
The Frosh.Soph Boys also beat Valley Christian.
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04/29/06
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Sitler
Again Breaks 1600 Meter Record: 4.10.55
Running this past Saturday at
the Sacramento Meet of Champions, senior Ben Sitler
lowered his recently set 1600-meter School Record from 4:11.45 to 4:10.55.
This is the fourth school record setting performance of the year for Ben. He
previously broke the school record in the 3200, the 1600 and as part of the
Distance Medley Relay team. Ben’s time moves him to #5 on the All-Time CCS List
for the Mile/1600. Check here for a short movie of his race.
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04/29/06
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Also at
SMOC…
A small group of Lancers
competed at the Sacramento Meet of Champions this past
weekend. Highlights include Sela Paini taking second in the Shot
(36’ 11.5”) and third in the Discus (139’ 9”); Angela Celentano
running a PR in the 400 (59.55); Casey Roche upping his PR in
the Pole Vault (16’ 5”), followed by Kyle Mills-Bunje (15’ 11”),
Ben Sheehan (15’ 5”) and Adam Campi (12’ 11”); David Wernick
winning the Discus (161’ 0”) and fourth in the Shot(54’ 6.25”);
Andy Vargas throwing the Discus (150’ 6”) and third in the Shot
(55’ 3.75”); and Natasha Barthel taking second in the Pole Vault (12’
2”) and Taylor Franklin finishing in sixth (11’ 8”). JeMarcus
Williams finished eleventh in the Frosh/Soph Shot (41’ 9”).
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04/29/06
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Meanwhile,
Up in Santa Rosa…
A few of the Girl distance
runners headed up to Santa Rosa this weekend for the Viking Classic.
Courtney Albini took sixth in the 3200 with a new PR of 12:08.
In the 800 Samantha Williams ran a season best 2:23.59,
and Alyssa Arvin (2:27.40) and Lizzie Philbin (2:27.51) both
achieved PRs.
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04/26/06
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St. Francis Girls Defeat Presentation –
Remain Unbeaten
The Varsity team won 93 to 42,
and the JV team won 93 to 29. St. Francis won 14 of the 16 Varsity events
including Natasha Barthel (PV in 12’ 6”), Angela Celentano
(100 in 12.61, 200 in 26.39 and leg 2 of the 4x100 in
50.26), Rachel Gate (100HH in 17.81 and 300IH in 48.65),
Samantha Williams (400 in 59.31 and leg 1 of 4x100), Alyssa
Arvin (800 in 2:29 and 4x400), Shelby Golan (3200 in
11:59), Sela Paini (Shot in 36’ 2” and Discus in
132’ 4”), Katie Ring (HJ in 4’ 10” and Triple Jump in
34’ 3”). In fact the Varisty 800 runners (Alyssa, Lizzie Philbin
and Ashmi Pathela) sweep the 800 again for fifth time this year.
Lizzie, Alyssa and Ashmi joined Monika Sullivan (second in 400) to win
the 4x400, and Tiffany Yee (third in 100) and Shanie Landen
(third in 200) joined Samantha and Angela to win the 4x100.
The Junior Varsity Girls also remained undefeated by beating Presentation by
a score of 93 to 29.
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04/26/06
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Lancer
Boys Defeat Bellarmine
The Varisty Boys team remains
undefeated by defeating previously undefeated Bellarmine at St. Francis on
Wednesday by a score of 77.5 to 58.5. There were many great duals throughout
the meet, but none better than the Throws.
Andy Vargas won the Shot in a big PR of 56'10 and
squeaked out a close second (and second PR) in the Discus at 158'11.
David Wernick was third in the Shot at 55'1” (by 1 inch)
and first in the Discus with a massive personal best of 166'4”.
Steve Powell of Bellarmine threw 55'2 and, 158'10. Elsewhere Kyle Mills
Bunje won 4 events: 100 (11.22), 200 (23.04), LJ (21’8”)
and TJ (45’ 1.5”); Sam Pompei won the 400 (51.65)
and took second in the 800; Ben Sitler won both the 1600 (4:27.19)
and 800 (1:59.66); and Ben Sheehan added first in the PV (15’
1”) and Omar Bourgoub was first in the HJ (6’ 2”). The
Frosh/Boys lost to Bellarmine.
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04/22/06
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Ben Sitler
Breaks 32 Year Old 1600 Record
Running at the Logan Top
8 Meet at Logan High School in Union City on Saturday, Ben Sitler
broke Mike Kasser’s 1974 1600 School Record of 4:14.5 with a
stunning time of 4:11.45. Ben finished second in the race to Mike
Perez of Lower Lakes time of 4:09. Ben now holds the #1 time in the CCS this
year in both the 1600 (by 7 seconds) and the 3200 (by 35 seconds)..
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04/22/06
 
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CCS Top 8:
Boys Win for Third Year in a Row
The Lancer Varsity Boys team
won the CCS Top 8 Meet for the third consecutive year. In
addition, Casey Roche and Natasha Barthel captured Male
and Female Varsity Athlete of the Meet honors. Casey won the
Boys PV in 15’ 6”, and Natasha won the Girls PV
in 12’ 6”. Other outstanding Lancer marks were turned in by Angela
Celentano (third in the 100 in 12.65 and lead-off leg in
the 4x400), Taylor Franklin (3 in PV at 11’ 6”), Katie
Ring (34’ 11” for 2 in TJ), Sela Paini (first in Discus
at 143’ 4”), Kyle Mills-Bunje (first in both the 100 at 11.23
at LJ at 22’ 2”), Ben Sheehan (second in PV at 15’
0”), Andy Vargas (second at 54’ 9”) and David Wernick
(third at 53’ 4”) in the Shot, David fourth at 153’
5” in the Discus, Marty
Manoukian at 11.94 in the F/S
100, Michael Gates at 9.68 in the 65HH, and Je
Marcus Williams (third at 48’ 5” and second at 123’ 8” in
the Shot and Discus). The Girls 4x400 team of Angela
Celentano, Rachel Gate, Lizzie Philbin and Samantha
Williams. Finished in second place with a time of 4:04.29 – still
the #2 time in CCS this season.
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04/14/07
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Boys Set Distance Medley School Record - Third at Mt. Sac
On Friday evening at the Mt.
San Antonio Relays (Mt. Sac) the Boys team of senior Eric Johnson
(1200), sophomore Ben Plattner (400), senior Sam Pompei (800)
and senior Ben Sitler (1600) set a new School Record in the Distance
Medley with a time of 10:24.51. The old record of 10:25.89 was
set last year at Mt Sac with the team of Brian
Fisher (3:15-12), Oliver Plattner (51-12), Sam Pompei (2:01-11) and Ben
Sitler (4:18-11).
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04/15/06
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From Mt. Sac…
St. Francis sent down a limited
squad to the Mt. San Antonio Relays this past weekend.
Highlights include a School Record in the Boys DMR (10;24;51), Kyle
Mills-Bunje and Casey Roche both clearing 15’ 7”, and Ben
Sheehan (14’ 7”), Adam Campi (13’ 0”), David Glassanos (12’ 6”),
Natasha Barthel (12’ 1”) and Taylor Franklin (11’ 7”) also in
the Pole Vault.
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04/14/06
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CCS F/S
Girls Top 8
St. Francis sent a small group
of F/S Girls to the postponed CCS F/S Top 8 meet on Friday.
The “800 Girls” of Alyssa Arvin (2:27.23), Lizzie Philbin
(2:28.61) and Ashmi Pathela (2:30.81) finished 4-5-8 in the field
of 21 runners. Chelsea Nobriga finished the 1600 in 8 out of
22 in 5:48.41, and Courtney Albini took third in the 3200
with a time of 12:19.45.
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04/12/06
 
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Ben
Sitler: San Jose Mercury Athlete of the Week
For the second week in a row a
St. Francis Track & Field athlete has been named Athlete of the Week in
the San Jose Mercury News. This week it was Ben Sitler’s turn. The
Mercury wrote: “At the Arcadia Invitational in Southern California on Saturday, the Princeton-bound runner placed
third in the 3,200 meters in 8 minutes, 53.47 seconds, shattering his
personal best by 17 seconds. He also nearly broke the Central Coast Section record of 8:52.11, set in 1981 by Independence's Jesse Torres. Sitler began with
a 64-second split in his first lap and moved to the front of the pack halfway
through. After drifting to sixth on the back stretch of the final lap, Sitler
sprinted the final 300 meters to finish just behind Matt Tebo of New Mexico's
El Dorado High (8:52.23) and longtime rival A.J. Acosta from El Camino of
Oceanside (8:51.30). For only the second time in national high school
history, eight runners broke 9 minutes in the same 3,200 race. ``For an
athlete to run well under 9 is a very rare event in high school athletics,''
St. Francis distance coach Brian Curley said. ``To do it under control and
with authority is pretty astonishing.''” A related arctice in the Mercury the same day is available here.
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04/08/07
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Sitler
Crushes 3200 School Record: 8:53.47
In what was one of the best
races of the evening (and perhaps the best race this year anywhere) at
Arcadia this past weekend, senior Ben Sitler broke his own School
Record in the 3200 run by 17 seconds – finishing with a time of 8:53.47!
The time is the second fastest time in CCS history, #2 in the state of California and the #3 fastest times in the United States this year. The old record of 9:10.46
was set last year by Ben at this same meet. In all 8 athletes broke the
magical 9 minute barrier in this race –the second deepest 3200 race in United States High School history!
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04/08/07
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Girls Set School Record in DMR: 12:59.12
Running in the Invitational Distance
Medley Relay Saturday night at Arcadia, the team of Michelle Roemer
(1200), Angela Celentano (400), Samantha Williams (800) and Shelby
Golan (1600) broke the School Record with a time of 12:59.12.
The old record of 13:04.03 set by Allison
McGuire, Esa Cate, Elle Meulman and Jillian Bowman in 2004.
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04/08/07
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Lancers at
the Arcadia Invitational
Several Boys and Girls
individuals and relay teams competed this weekend at the prestigious Arcadia
Invitational in the southland. On Friday Andy Vargas threw for 148’
11” in the Discus.
On Saturday, senior Ben
Sitler took third in the 3200 with a mark of 8:53.47 (a new
School Record and #1 in CCS). The Girls DMR of Michelle
Roemer, Angela Celentano, Samantha Williams and Shelby
Golan broke the School Record with a time of 12:59.12. The
Boys 4x100 Relay team of Casey Roche, Kyle Mills-Bunje, ___
and Ben Plattner ran a season best (and #2 in the CCS this year) 43.54.
Kyle also won the Pole Vault with a mark of 16’ 2” and Casey
took seventh with a mark of 15’ 2”. Natasha Barthel took
fourth in the Girls Pole Vault at 11’ 9” and Taylor Franklin
took seventh at 11’ 3”. Sela Paini threw the Discus for
134’ 2” for thirteenth and the Shot for 35’ 8” for
eleventh. The Boys DMR of Alex Blease, Mike Calcagno, Sam Pompei
and Eric Johnson ran a time of 11:03.16. The Girls 4x100
Relay (Tiffany Yee, Celentano, Williams and Rachel Gate)
ran 50.90. Ben Sheehan vaulted 13’ 3”.
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04/05/06
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Sela
Paini: San Jose Mercury Athlete of the Week
The Mercury says: “Sela Paini fractured her right hand during a St.
Francis basketball game in November. Five games after her February return,
she broke her collarbone, putting her track and field season in jeopardy,
too. Paini spent six weeks recovering, missing only one Lancers meet, and in
a dual meet Wednesday against Notre Dame-Belmont, she set a school record
with the third-longest discus throw in the state this year: 148 feet, 4
inches. She also recorded a 36-4 shot-put mark, which is sixth in the Central Coast Section this season. Paini finished second in the discus (137-7) on Saturday
at the Stanford Invitational. ``Sela's a dedicated, conscientious athlete who
works very hard at what she does,'' throws coach Roberta Chisam said. ``She's
very easy to coach.''” Click here
to link to the San Jose Mercury-News site
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04/04/06
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St.
Francis Girls Defeat Sacred Heart Cathedral
Continuing their undefeated
seasons, both the Lancer Varsity and Junior Varsity Girls Track Teams defeated
SHC at St. Francis today. The Varsity score was SF: 91 and SHC: 29. The
Junior Varsity score was 94 to 34. There were several outstanding
performances at the meet including Angela Celentano’s double of 12.5h
in the 100 and 26.0h in the 200 (unfortunately the electronic timing
system was not working). The 4x100 team ran a season-tying 50.6h,
Samantha Williams ran 2:23.1 in the 800, Sela Paini won
both the Shot (35’ 0”) and Discus (136’ 9”), Rachel Gate
doubled in the 100HH (17.4) and 300IH (52.0) and Katie Ring
doubled in the Long (15’ 4”) and Triple Jumps (34’ 9.5”). Both
teams remain undefeated at 5 and 0. The Varsity Girls team is currently the
only undefeated team in the WCAL (with Presentation’s loss to SI on
Wedneday).
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04/05/06
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Lancer
Boys Defeat Sacred Heart Cathedral
The St. Francis Varsity and
Junior Varsity teams both defeated Sacred Heart Cathedral today at St.
Francis. Sam Pompei had a busy day with victories in two non-standard
events for him. He won in 400 with a 52.7 run, and the 200
at 23.7. Kyle Mills-Bunje won both the 100 (10.9) and PoleVault
(16’ 0”). Andy Vargas won the Discus with another nice
throw of 144’ 0”. The Varsity team remains undefeated at 5 and 0.
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04/01/06
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Stanford -
Day 2
More St. Francis action at the
Stanford Invitational. The Girls 4x400 Relay won their heat (and
fifth overall) in a season best 4:05.01 (last year we did not get
below 4:10 until WCAL Finals). Sela Paini lead all the way until the
final throw and finished second in the Discus at 137’ 7”.
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03/31/06
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Stanford -
Day 1
On an extremely unpleasant,
rainy evening at Stanford, the Lancers still manages some outstanding marks.
Ben Sitler won the 3000 meter race in a time of 8:33.42,
which converts to a 9:11.16 3200 time. David Wernick and Andy
Vargas went 1-3 in the Shot Put with throws of 55’ 1” and 52’
10.75” respectively. And Kyle Mills-Bunje and Casey Roche
went 1-2 in the Boys Pole Vault with identical marks of 14’ 11”.
Natasha Barthel finished third Girls Pole Vault at 10’ 6”.
Full results are available here.
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03/30/06
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Sela
Throws Discus 148’ 4” - School Record, #2 in State!
In a massive personal best in
the Discus on Wednesday Senior Sela Paini threw for a new School
Record, a #1 in the CCS and the #2 in California. The mark
of 148’ 4” bests her season best by 19 feet and her personal best from
last year by over 13 feet. The old record was 147 ’9 ½”
set by Anne Petree 23 years ago in 1983.
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03/30/06
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SF Boys
Beat Serra 86 to 49
The St. Francis Boys Track Team
traveled to Junipero Serra High School on Wednesday. The Varsity team
won 86.5 to 49.5, and the Frosh/Soph Boys team lost 86 to 49.
The Varsity Boys 4x100 Relay team ran an impressive 43.7, the 1600
runners went 1-2-3 (Sitler: 4:37, Blease: 4:38 and Johnson: 4:39),
Kyle Mills-Bunje did his typical 4 events with 4 first places (4x100,
PV at 16’ 0”, 110HH in 15.4 and LJ at 21’ 7”), Omar Bourgoub
took the HJ in 6’ 4”, and the trio of David Wernick, Andy Vargas
and Nick Hedgpeth took all 3 spots in both the Shot and
Discus. The Varsity Boys team WCAL record is now 4-0.
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03/30/06
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SF Girls
Take 2 From Notre Dame - Belmont
The St. Francis Girls Track
Team traveled to Junipero Serra High School on Wednesday to take on Notre
Dame - Belmont. The Varsity team won by a score of 106 to 17,
and the Junior Varsity Girls team won 78 to 53. Both teams are
now 4 and 0 on the season. There were lots of personal and seasonal bests,
and a new School Record in the Discus from senior Sela Paini
with a throw of 148’ 4”. Other notable accomplishments were double
winners Katie Ring (HJ in 4-10 and TJ in 35’ 3”), Racheal
Gate (100HH in 16.9 and 300IH in 50.5) and Sela Paini
(Discus in 148’ 4” and Shot in 36’ 5”). The 4x100 Relay
team won in 50.8 and Samantha Williams won the 400 in 59.8.
The Girls team remains undefeated thus far in WCAL action.
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03/25/06
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Frosh/Soph
Girls Set 4x400 School Record
On Saturday at the St. Francis
Track and Field Invitational at St. Francis the Frosh/Soph Girls 4x400
Relay team provided one of the closest and best races of the day in route
to setting a new Junior Varsity School Record. The team of Ashmi
Pathela, Monica Harnato, Monika Sullivan and Lizzie Philbin ran a
time of 4:17.4. The old record of 4:23.23 was set in 2003
by the team of Romi Jordan(9),
Rachel Moshier(10), Liz Shea(10) and
Gaby Grenier(11).
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03/25/06
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St. Francis Track and Field Invitational:
Boys Win Both
St. Francis hosted its
twenty-third annual St. Francis Track and Field Carnival on Saturday, March
25. While the weather was not the best this year, there were still many
significant marks. Check out the full results at the Carnival website. For the St. Francis team
junior Casey Roche cleared a bug hurdle by winning the Pole Vault
in 16’ 0” (Casey’s first time over 16’). Kyle Mills-Bunje was
second, also at 16’ 0”, and took second in the 100 (10.9h) and
first in the Long Jump (22’ 5”). Ben Sitler set a grueling
pace in the 1 Mile to finish in second with a time of 4:19.0 Rachel
Gate ran 47.8 in the 300IH. Sela Paini took second
in the Discus with a throw of 125’ 10”. Katie Ring won
the Triple Jump in a PR 36’ 0.5”. David Wernik took
second in the Discus with a throw of 141’ 2” and second in the Shot
at 54’ 9”. Andy Vargas took fourth (140’ 5”) and third
(50’ 9”), in the same events. Natasha Barthel (12’ 0”) and
Taylor Franklin (11’ 6’) took second and third in the Pole Vault.
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03/22/06
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St.
Francis Boys Defeat Riordan
The Lancer Boys Track and Field
team traveled to Archbishop Riordan on Wednesday. Both the Varsity (89 to
40) and Frosh/Soph (108 to 23) teams came home with solid victories.
Highlights from the meet include some very impressive throwing from David
Wernick (55’ 1.5”) and Andy Vargas (53’ 1”).
The Girls team did not compete
due to Sacred Heart Prep’s forfeiting of the meet.
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03/15/06
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SF Girls
Win 2 Close Ones over Mitty
In two very hard fought
division races, St. Francis managed to beat Mitty 72 to 60 in the Varsity
division, and 70 to 64 in the Junior Varsity division. Both competitions
came down to the final two events. The Varsity Girls were lead by
individual wins from Rachel Gate in the 100HH (18.29) and 300IH
(48.97), Samantha Williams in the 400 (60.27), Sela
Paini in the Shot (30-06)and Discus (129-04), Katie Ring
in the TJ (34-10), and Natasha Barthel (coming to the meet with
a fever just to help out) in the PV (8-06). The Junior Varisty
Girls were lead by Chelsea Nobriga in the 1600 (5:55.01), Monica
Harnato in the 400 (67.18), Shanie Landen in the 200
(27.94), Rachael Gunsalus in the 3200 (13:06.34), Priya
Mathew in the LJ (14-01) and Kathryn Sulenski in the TJ
(30-11).
The Varsity record is 2-0
and the JV record is also 2-0.
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03/15/06
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SF Boys
Varsity Prevails Over Mitty
The Lancer Boys Varsity team
beat Mitty in the dual meet today. The Varsity Boys scored 104 points to
Mitty’s 32. Highlights include: Ben
Sitler wining 3 events (1600, 800
and 3200); Kyle Mills-Bunje winning 4 events (LJ, 100, HJ and, most
notably the 110 HH with a fine time of 15.52 - one of the fastest times
in the section); Sam Pompei winning the 400 and second in the 800; Ben
Plattner winning the 200; Casey Roche winning the Pole Vault; David
Wernick and Andy Vargas went 1-2 in both the shot put and discus (David
52' 1" and Andy 51’ 0” in the Shot and Andy 149' 2"
and David 144'6" in the Discus)
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03/11/06
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K-Bell
Invitational: Cold!
This Saturday members of the
St. Francis Boys and Girls Track team competed at Los Gatos High School in the K-Bell Invitational. It was COLD. While the weather kept the marks
down, there were several individual achievements at the meet. Senior
Rachel Gate had a busy day with a second in the 300IH at 48.81,
fifth in the 100HH at 17.71, and ran the third leg of the
fourth place 4x400 Relay team. Sela Paini (118-00) and Katie
Lanier (95-03) took first and third in the Discus. Sam
Pompei took third in the 800 with a time of 2:00.01. Casey
Roche (14-06) and Ben Sheehan (14-00) went 1-2 in
the Pole Vault. Andy Vargas took second in the Shot (51-01.5)
and third in the Discus (152-02.5).
In the Frosh/Soph
division, Ben Plattner took third in the 200 (23.92), Phil
Pompei took second in the 1600 (4:42.22), Michael Gates
took second in the 65HH (10.28) and fourth in the 300IH
(45.58), the 4x100 Relay team took second (46.32), the 4x400
won it (3:44.46), Kevin Middleton took third in the PV (12-00),
Houston Clarke took third in both the LJ (18-07.5) and
the TJ (36-09), and JeMarcus Williams took second in the
Shot (46-00) and third in the Discus (114-02).
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03/09/06
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St.
Francis vs. St. Ignatius: Girls win both Varsity and JV
St. Ignatius visited St. Francis
ion Wednesday for both teams first WCAL dual meet of the season. In what has
historically been a very tough meet for both teams, the St. Francis Girls
Varsity and JV teams both beat SI. The Varsity Girls
team (SF: 87 to SI: 49) was lead by some great efforts by the seniors. Angela
Celentano finished first in the 100 (12.6) and 200 (26.2),
and ran on both the 4x100 and 4x400 relays. Samantha Williams also
ran on both wining relay teams, won the 400 (61.8) and took
second in the 200. And Sela Paini, with only two days practice after
recovering from a broken collar bone, threw the Discus 126’ 3” to win
that event. Other event winners were Shelby Golan (1600 in 5:42.63
and 3200 in 12:48.0), Alyssa Arvin (800 in
2:31.29), Rachel Gate (300IH in 49.2) and Katie Ring (TJ
in 34’ 8”).
The JV Girls won 9 of the 16 events to beat the SI girl’s team 75 to
61. Some outstanding marks were posted by Shanie Landen ran a very
fine 200 in 27.4 (which would have scored third in the Varsity
race), Kathryn Sulenski jumped 31’ 3” in the Triple Jump
and Brittany Taylor ran the 100 in 13.71.
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03/09/06
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St.
Francis vs St. Ignatius: Varsity Boys Win Big
The Varsity Boys won, F/S took
second. I don’t have any more info than that…
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03/05/06
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Lancers in
Action at Mt. Pleasant Relays
Several members of the Boys and
Girls team traveled to San Jose City College on Saturday to compete in the
Mt. Pleasant Relays. There were several fine team and individual marks. On
the Track the Boys 4x1600 team ran a very fine early season time of 18:28.54
– lead by Ben Sitler’s stirring 4:13.5 last leg. The Girl’s 4x400
relay team ran a strong 4:09.8 (last year we did not get below 4:10
until WCAL finals!).
In the field events the Boy
shot putters took second to Arroya Grande. David Wernick lead
the way with a 52’5.5” mark, and Andy Vargas threw for 48’5”.
David also threw a PR 145’1” in the Discus. And Kyle
Mills-Bunje had a nice double with 15’6” in the PV and 21’4”
in the Long Jump. Natasha Barthel took second in the PV
with a mark of 11’6”.
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02/25/06
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Track
Season Opens with some BIG Marks!
At the California High School / St. Francis practice meet on Friday several significant marks were achieved. On
the Boy’s side Casey Roche cleared 15-06 in the PV and Ben
Sheehan cleared 14-06, David Wernick threw the shot over 50
feet, and Bunge ran 11.05 100 and jumped 22-04 in
the Long Jump. On the Girl’s side Natasha Barthel cleared 11-06,
Angela Celentano ran 27.3 in the 200 and anchored the 4x100
in 51.1, and Tamara Caruso went over 30 feet in the
Triple Jump. A nice start to the season.
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02/19/06
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Ben Sitler
Finishes 23rd at USATF National Championships
Senior Ben Sitler
competed this past weekend at the United States Track and Field
National Cross Country Championships in New York City. In the Junior
Men’s (19 and younger) 8,000 meter race Ben finished in 23rd
place (in a field of 66) with a time of 25:08 in some very cold
weather. Ben was the third Californian to finish behind A.J Acosta (24:24)
and Riley Booker (24:54). Congratulations to a fine (and final) end to the
XC season.
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02/18/06
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Kyle
Mills-Bunje Breaks Own PV Svhool Record
This weekend at the Venue
Sports / Nevada Wolfepack Invitational (an indoor meet) senior Kyle
Mills-Bunje broke his own 2-week old School Record in the Pole
Vault with a jump of 16-06. The previous record of 16-01 was set
outdoors just 2 weeks ago in Los Gatos. His
latest mark is the 4th best jump all-time in CCS and the 4th best this year
in the entire United States!
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02/18/06
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St.
Francis Alumni Kevin Chaves (’04) Wins Indoor Mile
Former St. Francis standout
distance runner Kevin Chaves won the Men 1 Mile Run Col/Invit at
the Venue
Sports / Nevada Wolfepack Invitational at the University of Nevada in
Sparks with a time of 4:22.8. Kevin is currently a junior at Occidental College in southern California.
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02/06/06
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Kyle
“Bongers” Mills-Bunje Sets PV Record
This weekend at the Los
Gatos All-Comers Meet senior Kyle Mills-Bunje, jumping under the
name “Bongers” for some as yet unknown reason, set the School Record
in the Pole Vault with a jump of 16-01. The previous record
has been held since 1993 by Jason
Hinkin at 16-00. Earlier this year Kyle jumped 15-10 at the indoor Pole
Vault Summit in Reno, Nevada.
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02/03/06
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Ben Sitler
to Compete at USATF XC Nationals
Senior Ben Sitler will
compete with the Nations best sub-20 year olds at the USATF TF Junior
Cross Country Nationals on Sunday, February 19 in New York. Ben
finished the past cross country season #1 in the WCAL, #1 in CCS, #2 in the
State (D3), and #7 at the Footlocker National Champions in November.
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01/31/06
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Inter-Squad
Meet Set for Feb 15 & 16
The St. Francis Boys and Girls
team will hold their inter-squad meet on Wednesday and Thursday,
February 15 and 16 at St. Francis. The meet will contain half the normal
track and field events each day. Everyone is required to participate! Check
with your area coaches on what events you will be performing in each day.
Click here for the Order of Events
for these 2 days.
Note that February 17 (Friday), 20 (Monday) and 21 (Tuesday) are school
holidays. However, many of the event coaches will be holding workouts on all
or most of these dates. Check with your area coach before making any plans
to leave the area. Our first meet is Friday, February 24!
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01/30/06
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CCS
At-Large Qualifying Marks Available
The CCS has adopted a new
policy this year to accept CCS Standard Qualifying Marks for entry into the
CCS Semi-Finals. The standards will be published shortly. The rules for
determining the marks are: “If an
athlete does not qualify for the CCS Semi-Finals at his/her League
Championship Meet, but his/her mark is equal to or better than the average of
the last place qualifying mark to CCS Finals from the three [3]
most recent years, then that athlete will be added to the CCS Semi-Final
competition. This provision is for all events, including relay's.”This is good news since now all athletes will have
known qualifying marks prior to their League Finals.
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01/29/06
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St. Francis
Vaulters Soar at Summit…
At the Pole Vault Summit this weekend in Reno Nevada several of the St. Francis pole vaulters competed in the high school division
(but not at SFHS athletes). Leading the way was senior Kyle Mills Bunje
with a new personal best of 15-10 - good for ninth place in the
competition (Heat 1) and
only 2 inches off of Jason Hinkin’s
school record. Fellow senior Ben Sheehan and junior Casey Roche
both cleared 13-10 in Heat
2.
On the girl’s side senior Taylor Franklin cleared 11-08 in Heat 1 to take seventh
place. Nice way to start the season! Fellow CCS vaulter and Castilleja
junior Tori Anthony cleared 11-00.
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01/27/06
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State
Preview - Boys Pole Vaulters
First it was the two Ladies.
Now it’s the boys turn with three of our vaulters listed in the Top 9 in the
State in DyeStatCal’s
preseason listing. The trio of Kyle Mills-Bunje, Casey
Roche and Ben Sheehan are among the state’s best this year. Casey
is also the only non-senior in the top 20 list! Hats off to Coach Tuite
for developing the deepest PV program in the state.
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01/26/06
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Parent
Information Night Changed to February 15.
Wednesday, February 15 at 7:00pm is the Parent Information
Night. At least one parent needs to attend and all remaining paperwork
(steroid use, Girl’s Team Policy, etc.) forms must be handed
in at or before this meeting – preferably before!
Wednesday, February 15 and Thursday, February 16 are the dates
for our Inter-Squad Meet at St. Francis.
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01/26/06
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State
Preview - Girls Pole Vaulters
Two St. Francis Lady Lancers
are mentioned prominently on the DyeStateCal California pre-season review.
Junior Natasha Barthel (12-09 and CCS Champion in 2005) and senior Taylor
Franklin (12-06 in ’05) both look to return to the State Meet this year.
Check out the story at here.
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01/15/06
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IMPORTANT
DATES
Friday, January 20 is the first day of Varsity practice.
Meet in the visitor’s bleachers 15 minutes after school is out. Come prepared
to work! If you are still involved in a winter sport, please come by and
fill out the required (medical, emergency, etc.) forms.
Saturday, February 4 is the first day of Freshmen practice.
Contact the head coach or your area coach for details on the exact practice
date and time.
Thursday, February 16 at 7:00pm is the Parent
Information Night. At least one parent needs to attend and all remaining
paperwork (steroid use,
Girl’s Team Policy, etc.) forms must be
handed in at or before this meeting.
Friday, February 24 is our first meet – a
practice meet against California High School. The meet will start at 3:00pm.
Check the schedule for additional meet dates, and your area coach for
Saturday workout dates
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12/02/05
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California High School Coming to St. Francis
California High School in San
Ramon has accepted our invitation to compete in a practice meet at St.
Francis on Friday, February 24, 2006. California HS has a very
successful and very large (120 athletes) Track and Field program. It is also
the home of one of America’s greatest high school Track athletes – David
Klech. Last year Mr. Klech had marks of 13.9 (110HH), 49.44 (400),
1:56.99 (800), 36.06 (300IH), 24-07 (LJ), 46-10.5 (TJ) and, 7-00.75 (HJ).
Wow! It should be a great kick-of for the season
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11/27/05
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State Meet
At-Large Marks Available
The 2006 State Meet
At-Large Marks for qualifying from
the Central Coast Section Meet to the California State Meet are available.
These marks are for those CCS finalists not finishing in the top 2 spots (the
automatic spots).
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11/17/05
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Ben Sitler
Commits to Princeton
Last week Ben Sitler
committed to compete at Princeton University in New Jersey next year. Ben, who lead the section last year in the 3200 with an
impressive 9:10.47, also has PRs of 1:58.00 in the 800
and 4:19.45 in the 1600. Ben also was CCS champion in the
3200, and WCAL champion in the 1600 and 3200. This past fall in Cross
Country Ben took first place at the Stanford and Mt. Sac Invitationals, won
the WCAL and CCS titles, and had the fastest time of the year (and the only
runner this year under 15:00) at Crystal Springs with a time of 14:53. Check
out the College Signings page for a
complete list of 2006 St. Francis Track & Field athletes going on to
compete in college.
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11/15/05
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Ben
Sheehan Commits to Stanford
The Pole Vaulters continue to
get recruited by colleges…and why not? With the best group of vaulters in
the state, its no wonder colleges are looking to pick up some talent to help
their programs. Last week Ben Sheehan committed to compete for Stanford
University next year. Last year Ben cleared 15-00 in the vault
and was a mainstay of the program. Check out the new St. Francis College Signings page (permanently located at
top of page just below the Boys Schedule) including a nice display posted on
DyeStatCal.com on the fifteenth.
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11/09/05
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Kyle
Mills-Bunje and Taylor Franklin Commit to Cal
A big day for two
of the best of the St. Francis Boys and Girls Track Teams today as they both
commit to the University of California at Berkley for next year.
All-Around great athlete Kyle Mills-Bunje was ranked high in the CCS
last year in the Long Jump (#1 at 23-07.25), Triple Jump (#3 at 47-03.5),
Pole Vault (#1 at 15-09) and High Jump (#12 at 6-02). Kyle also
ran on the #5 ranked 4x400 Relay team (42.07). Kyle
qualified for the State Meet in the Long Jump and Pole Vault. Despite a torn
groin muscle, Kyle was able to make it to the Finals in the Pole Vault.
Joining Kyle at UC Berkley will be Taylor Franklin. Taylor
finished last year ranked #3 in the CCS in Pole Vault (12-06),
finished #1 in the League Meet (and a Meet Record), #4
at the CCS Meet, and qualified for the State Meet. 2005 was Taylor’s second trip to the State Meet in the Pole Vault.(she finished fourth in 2004).
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07/31/05
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Kyle
Mills-Bunje at USTAF Junior Olympics…
Junior Kyle Mills-Bunje competed again this year at the United States Track
and Field Federation Junior Olympics in the Decathlon. Kyle finished
with 6073 points to take tenth place overall in the Young Men’s
division. This despite almost no practice due to the torn groin he suffered
late in the 2005 Track season! Last year Kyle finished in twelfth with 5896
points. Kyle’s marks for the ten events were:
Mills-Bunje 11.48 6.47m 12.81m 1.85m
57.44 16.61 33.44m 4.40m 43.14m 5:34.56
w: 3.8 w: -0.3 42-00.5 6-00.75 w: -0.6 109-08 14-05.25 141-06
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