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Near Perfect Handoff At the Central coast Section Track and Field Championships on Saturday at Gilroy High School the Varsity Boys 4x100 Relay team of Athony Andrighetto, Glyn Borel, Marty Manoukian and Phil DePond broke their own School Record and captured first place in a stunning race. Captured by Scott Chisam is the handoff between Glyn and Marty on the back-stretch of that race that helped seal that victory. Click on the picture at left to see that great sequence of photos. Click here to see the video of the race. |
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06/07/09 |
California State Meet At the California State Meet in Clovis, we sent several athlet4es from both the Boys and Girls teams. The meet is spread out over 2 days (Friday and Satuyrday) with Trials on Friday. Jeff Butler had the best individual weekend of the group. Jeff qualified last Saturday for the State Meet by throwing the Discus a personal record (PR) 158 feet. In the State Meet Trials on Friday he threw another big PR of 163 feet to make the Finals. Then at the Final he threw another big PR with a throw of 170-11 inches to capture sixth place, get a medal and earn 1 point for the team. That is a 12-foot improvement in 1 week! The Boys 4x100 relay team of Athony Andrighetto, Glyn Borel, Marty Manoukian and Phil DePond ran yet another School Record time of 41.63 on Friday evening to qualify or Saturday’s finals. The team ran 42.57 for eight place in the Finals. Junior Shawn Toney had a great series of 4 jumps to qualify or the Finals in the Pole Vault. Shawn’s last jump of 15’ 03” on his first attempt was garnered the spot (they stopped jumping when they reached the final 8). On Saturday at the finals Shawn cleared 14’ 11” for ninth place. Shawn will return next year as the #1 vaulter in the section. The Girls 4x100 relay team of Monica Harnoto, Kathleen Garrity, Lauren Tarantino and Shanie Landen finished seventh in their heat in the trials with a time of 49.21. Shanie Landen finished fifth in her heat in the 400 with a time 57.43. And the 4x400 relay team of Lauren Madigan, Kathleen Garrity, Lauren Tarantino and Shanie Landen finished the season with a fifth-place finish in their heat with a time of 3:58.98. Junior Christina Roche opted out of the State Meet. |
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06/06/09 |
The Boys 4x100 Does It Again! The Varsity Boys 4x100 Relay Team of Athony Andrighetto (12), Glyn Borel (11), Marty Manoukian (12) and Phil DePond (12) broke their own School Record AGAIN for the fourth time this year, and the second time in a week, this time by 0.05 second with a time of 41.63. at the California State Meet Trials in Clovis on Friday They took second in their heat and qualify for Saturday night’s State Meet Finals. |
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05/29/09 |
ANOTHER New Boys 4x100 School Record! The Varsity Boys 4x100 Relay Team of Athony Andrighetto (12), Glyn Borel (11), Marty Manoukian (12) and Phil DePond (12) broke their own School Record for the third time this year , this time by 0.6 second with a time of 41.68 (the old time was 42.29 from the WCAL Championships). There run moves them up from #24 in the State to #10. |
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05/29/09 |
Boys are CCS Champions! In what can only be described as a great team effort by the Lancer Boys, the 2009 Boys Track and Field team won the Central Coast Section Championship in a commanding fashion. Saint Francis finished with 47 points to #2 San Mateo (30) and #3 Evergreen Valley (26). The day started off in the field events with Jeff Butler scoring the first points by capturing the #3 spot (and State Meet qualifying) in the Discus with a season best mark of 158’ 7”. He was followed by Lashjon Johnson capturing #3 in the Long Jump with a mark of 22’ 0”, and Anthony Andrighetto in #7 at 21’ 3.5”. Lashjon also finished #7 in the High Jump at 6’ 0”. When events moved to the Track, the Boys 4x100 team of Athony Andrighetto, Glyn Borel, Marty Manoukian and Phil DePond broke their own School Record and took first place in a very fast field with a time of 41.68. Carter Lyman finished #5 in the 100 HH (adding 2 more points to the total) with a time of 15.16. Glen Borel then took #4 in the 100 (just missing the State Meet by 0.04 of a second) in 10.91, and Phil Depond took #7 in 11.10. Phil then came back in the 300IH to take the #5 spot in 39.22. The 4x400 team of Justin Artim, Thomas Gore-Schreck , Isaiah Lott, and Jalen Davidson, despite running almost a full second faster than their seasonal-best, finished #6 in 3:23.88. Meanwhile, back in the field events, Jeff Butler was again taking third place, this time in the Shot with a throw of 51’ 3.5”. Lashjon Johnson was back at work in his third event capturing second in the Triple Jump (moving from #4 on his last jump) with a mark of 46’ 1.5” (a full foot better than his PR). And Shawn Toney qualified for the State Meet by jumping past the at-large mark with a height of 15’ 2” to take fourth in the Pole Vault. In all the Boys will be sending 7 athletes in 5 events.to the State Meet in Clovis next weekend. The Boys remain undefeated on the season through the Dual Meets, the WCAL Championships and now the CCS Championships. Congratulations to another great season by Head Coach Mike Saso and the rest of the Track and Field staff.. Pictures are available on DyeStat (from Margharet Gallegher) and Lynbrook (from Hank Lawson and many of my unedited photos) online. SFHS pictures will be posted here shortly. |
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05/29/09 |
Girls Take Third in CCS! In a very good night for Saint Francis Track & Field, the Girls team joined the Boys team on the stand with a 3rd-place finish in the Central Coast Section Championships. Christina Roche started the day off by winning the Pole Vault with a mark of 10’ 6” The girls 4x100 relay team of Monica Harnoto, Kathleen Garrity, Lauren Tarantino and Shanie Landen then took to the Track with an upset second-place finish with a time of 49.02. The team entered the race with the #4 time in CCS. Click here for the video of the race. The next race on the Track had freshman Morgan Healy surprising the field with a sixth-place finish (an a very important 1 point in scoring) in another PR time of 5:15.21. Shanie Landen also ran a PR in the 400, and a State Meet spot, with third-place finish in 56.90 (her first time under 57). The #1-ranked 4x400 team of Lauren Madigan, Kathleen Garrity, Lauren Tarantino and Shanie Landen finished second in a very competitive race with a season-best time of 3:57.18. Mele Penitani finished 8 in the Discus with a throw of 107’. The team finished with 33 points to #2 Gunn (35) and #1 Leland (39). The team will be sending 6 athletes in 4 events to the State Meet in Cloivs next weekend. A great job by first-year Head Coach Mandy Benham and the rest of the Track and Field Staff. |
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05/23/09 |
CCS Trials: Almost Everyone Goes to Finals! On Saturday at Gilroy High School the Boys and Girls Lancers competed in the Central Coast Section Championship Trials. All of the Boys that qualified for the Trials also qualified for next Friday night’s Finals at Gilroy High School. And, for the Girls, all but one of the girls is going on to the Finals. Going the Championships are:
BOYS GIRLS . 4x100 Glyn Borel,Marty Manoukian, 4x100 Katie Garrity,Shanie Landen, Athony Andrighetto,Phil DePond Monica Harnoto,Lauren Tarantino 110HH (Lyman) 1600 (Healy) 100 (Borel/Depond) 400 (Landen) 300IH (Depond) 4x400 Jalen Davidson,Justin Artim, 4x400 Lauren Madigan,Katie Garrity, Thomas Gore-Shreck,Isaiah Lott Lauren Tarantino,Shanie Landen
HJ (Johnson) PV (Roche) TJ (Johnson) Discus (Penetani) LJ (Johnson/Andrighetto) Discus (Butler) Shot (Butler) PV (Toney) |
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05/17/09 |
WCAL: Boys Take Both Titles On Saturday at Serra High School the Boys Frosh/Soph and Varsity teams both completed their undefeated seasons by taking sole possession of the WCAL Championships. Both teams won the Dual Meet season as well. |
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05/17/09 |
WCAL: Girls Win JV, Second to Mitty by 4 Points On Saturday at Serra High School at the WCAL Championships the Junior Varisty girls dominated the meet to remain unbeaten this season and maintain sole possession of the WCAL Championship title for 2009. The Varsity team finished second to Mitty by 4 points (the exact same amount they lost the Dual meet season to Mitty two weeks prior). |
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05/17/09 |
New JV
Girls 4x100, 4x400, 100HH, 300IH School Records Next up was freshman Gina Given who then won the 100HH in a new School Record time of 17.26 to break the old JV School Record of 17.40 set in 2002 by Kendra van Buren. She then came back in the 300 IH with another a new School Record and WCAL Meet Record time of 49.35 while breaking the 23-year old record of 49.7 set by Mylene Mangalindan way back in 1986. This coming after a nasty fall in the hurdles earlier in the season that sidelined Gina up until the last dual meet of the year. And to cap off the day the 4x100 team of Taylor Marinovich, Elizabeth Stelling, Kerry West and Danielle Baker broke the 3-year old school record of 4:17.40 and WCAL Meet Record with a time of 4:12.34. The old 4x400 record was held by Ashmi Pathela (’08), Monika Sullivan and Monica Harnoto (both ’09 graduates), and Lizzie Philbin That makes a total of 5 Junior Varsity and 1 Varsity School Records set this year for the Girls teams.. |
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05/17/09 |
New Boys 4x100 School Record The Varsity Boys 4x100 Relay Team of Athony Andrighetto (12), Glyn Borel (11), Marty Manoukian (12) and Phil DePond (12) broke their own School Record of 42.50 and the WCAL Championship Meet record of 42.30 with a time of 42.29. They are also currently ranked #1 in CCS in this event. |
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05/13/09 |
WCAL Trials: Girls Up on Day 1 On Wednesday the Saint Francis Girls Varsity and Junior Varsity Track teams participated in the WCAL Track and Field Championship Trials at Serra High School in San Mateo. Pictures are available here. Results for the girls are also available here.. |
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05/03/09 |
Awards Banquet Moved to May 19 The Boys and Girls Track Awards have moved from May 20 to May 19. The awards will still be held in the Quad in front of Malcom Center. |
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04/29/09 |
Varsity Girls Lose 1st One, Others Remain Undefeated On Wednesday Saint Francis played host to Archbishop Mitty in a WCAL showdown. The Varsity Boys (84 to 52) and Frosh/Soph Boys (103 to 33) both remain undefeated for the season with strong wins over the Mitty squad. The Varsity Boys were lead by Lashon Johnson (LJ 21-11.75, TJ 44-9.75 and HJ 5-10) winning 3 individual events; and Issiah Lott (400 in 52.98), Jeff Butler (Shot in 49-7), Shawn Toney (PV in 15-0), Glen Borel (100 in 10.80) and Marty Manukian (200 in 23.05) also winning individual events . The Girls team hosted Archbishop Mitty in the final dual meet of the year for the Girls Track team. Despite individual wins from Morgan Healy (1600 5:24.67), Olivia Qualia (100HH 17.34), Christina Roche (PV 9-0) and an amazing triple by Shanie Landen in the 400 (60.33), 100 (12.50) and 200 (25.68), the Lancer Girls Varsity Track team fell 66 to 70. The team finishes the dual meet season with a record of 5 and 1 and remains in first place in the WCAL. The Junior Varsity team finishes the season undefeated. |
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04/22/09 |
Saint Francis vs. Saint Ignatius: SF is 4 for 4 On Wednesday the Lancers traveled to San Francisco to face the powerful Saint Ignatius Track and Field teams. Both of the Boys Varsity teams were undefeated (the only 2 in WCAL) teams in the league, and the Saint Francis Varsity Girls were also 4 and 0 going into the meet. All four of the contests were close through the 100, and then the Lancers broke away to take both Varsity, the Frosh/Soph and Junior Varsity divisions. Saint Francis is now the only 4 squads in the WCAL: this Track season to remain undefeated. Mele Penitani (Shot and Discus) and Shanie Landen (100, 200 and 4x100) were both multi-event winners for the Girls. Lauren Madigan had a very good day with a win in the 400 (59.68), and a crutial second place in the 200 to help seal the victory. Emilie Sitler won the 3200 and Pryia Mathew won the Triple Jump. For the Boys Lasjon Johnson won both the Long Jump and Triple Jump, Carter Lyman won the 100HH and High Jump, and Glen Borel won the 100 and 200 and ran on the winning 4x100. Philip Depond (300IH), Jeff Butler (Discus) and Shawn Toney (PV) also were individual winners. Complete results and pictures will be posted tomorrow. |
04/18/09 |
Meanwhile, At the Serra Top 7… While some of the Girls were down in Walnut California for the Mt. Sac Relays, some of the other Varsity Girls and more of the Varsity Boys were up in San Mateo at the Junipero Serra Top 7 Invitational. Complete results of the meet are available below. Highlights include another very fast 4x100, Carter Lyman second in the 100 HH in a very fast 15.60, Glen Borel winning the 100, Philip Depond winning the 300IH in an outstanding 40.61, and the F/S Boys 4x400 breaking their own Meet Record from last year with a time of 3:39.45 (which would have finished 5th in the Varsity 4x400. Varsity Boys F/S Boys 4x100 1 (42.50) 4x400 1 (3:39.45) ** New Meet Record ** 110HH 2 (15.60) 100 Dash 1 (11.12) 300IH 1 (40.61) Shot 2 and 5 Discus 3 and 5 LJ 3 (21-2.5) TJ 4 (41-4.5) PV 3 (14-0.0) |
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04/18/09 |
Day 2: Mt. Sac: 4x400 Win Open Race On Saturday it was the sprinters turn to shine at the Mt San Antonio Relays in Walnut. The 4x400 Relay team of junior Lauren Madigan (59.7), freshman Kathleen Garrity (61.3), sophomore Lauren Taranito (60.1) and senior Shanie Landen (56.1) widened their CCS leading time by winning the Open Relay event with a time of 3:57.60. Nice video of the run (even though they never figured out what school we were). Catch Shanie’s last leg run from 3rd to 1st. We are awaiting Mt. Sac to correct the results (they have us as a different team). Earlier in the day the 4x100 Open Relay of Garrity, Landen, senior Monica Harnoto and Tarantino ran their second fastest time of the day finishing 17 out of 35 teams with a time of 50.42. And the 4x200 Open Relay team of Madigan, Garrity, junior Hailey Lott and Landen improved 7 seconds over the Mt. Pleasant 4x200 Relay time with a mark of 1:45.65. Complete Open 4x100 result are available here. We are awaiting Mt. Sac to post the correct results for the Open 4x200. In the 4x1600 Seeded Relay, the team of sophomore Taylor Groseclose (5:48), sophomore Emilie Sitler (5:37), freshman Morgan Healy (5:21) and senior Courtney Albini (5:58) finished with a time of 22:49. We are awaiting Mt. Sac to post the results for the Open 4x1600. In the Seeded Discus competition senior Mele Penitani finished 3rd with a mark of 117’ 3”. We are awaiting Mt. Sac to post the results for the Seeded Discus. |
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04/17/09 |
Day 1 Mt. Sac: New School Record The girls 4x800 relay team of Morgan Healy (freshman 2:23), Adriana Romero (junior 2:33), Taylor Groseclose (sophomore 2:30) and Lauren Madigan (sophomore 2:28) broke the old school record of 9:56.74 with a New School Record time of 9:56.36. The old record was set in 2007 by Shelby Golan, Ashmi Pathela, Alyssa Arvin and Adriana Romero at the Stanford Invitational. Complete results for the race are available here. Nice work ladies. Check out the video. |
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04/15/09 |
Mt. Sac Up This Weekend The Boys are sitting this one out, but several of the girls relay teams are heading south this weekend for the 51st Mt. San Antonio Relays in Walnut (near Los Angeles ). Team competing are: 4x100, 4x200, 4x400, 4x800 and 4x1600. Also, Courtney Albini is competing in the open 3000 run on Friday night and Mele Penitani is competing in the Discus on Saturday morning. Check out all of the entries here. Good luck Lancers! 3,200m Run Inv 22 FRI Albini Discus Throw Seeded SAT Pentitani 4 X 800m Relay Inv FRI Healy,Benham,Romero,Sitler 4 X 1600m Relay Inv SAT Albini,Healy,Sitler,Groseclose,Romero 4 X 200m Relay Seeded SAT Tarantino,Madigan,Landen,Garrity,Harnoto,Lott 4 X 100m Relay Open SAT Landen,Harnoto,Garrity,Tarantino,Lott 4 X 400m Relay Open SAT Madigan,Garrity,Tarantino,Landen |
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04/08/09 |
Veyln Pale Set JV Girls Shot Record Junior Velyn Pale broke Jessica Nunes 1999 Junior Varsity Shot Put School Record (and her own personal best by a large margin) with a huge throw of 31’ 2” at the Saint Francis Track and Field Invitational. This is Veyln’s first year throwing. |
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04/06/09 |
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04/03/09 |
WCAL 4: Valley Christian On Wednesday the Saint Francis Track team traveled to Valley Christian in San Jose for a dual meet. The Boys and Girls teams each won both of their divisions to remain undefeated this year. For the current WCAL standings at the end of Week 4, check here for Boys and Girls. |
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03/29/08 |
Lancer Boys Break 11-Year Old 4x100 Record At the Stanford Invitational on Saturday the Boys Varsity 4x100 Relay team of (seniors Athony Andrighetto, Marty Manoukian and Phil DePond and junior Glyn Borel) broke the 11 year old SCHOOL RECORD of 42.53 with a time of 42.50. The old record was set back in 1998 by Shawn Kaku, Ronald Nunn, Tom Rees and Michael Atkinson. |
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03/29/08 |
Lancers Excel at Stanford While Saint Francis only sent a very small contingent of athletes on Friday and Saturday to the Stanford Invitational at Stanford University in Palo Alto, those athletes really made it worthwhile. The Girls 4x100 relay qualified seventh out of 36 teams for the finals, and then finished seventh in the finals with a season-best time of 50.46. The Boys 4x100 relay also qualified seventh out of 35 teams to make it to the finals where they then set a new School Record of 42.50 to finish fourth overall. Shanie Landen won her heat of the 400 meter dash in an outstanding time of 57.951 to finish fourth on the day out of 26 runners (fifth was 57.954). The Girls 4x400 finished third in their heat (and third overall) in a season-best 4:02.51. The Boys 4x400 also ran a season-best time of 3:29.91 to finish seventeeth overall). Jeff Butler continues to improve weekly by throwing season-bests in the Discus (152’ 02” good for fifth overall) and Shot Put (48’ 02”). Shawn Toney jumped 14’ 0” in the Pole Vault to finish third. Glen Borel finished second in his heat in the 100 meter dash (only the winner qualified for the finals) in 11.11 but still finished tenth out of 52 overall. And Courtney Albini, despite being sick most of the past 2 weeks, finished seventeenth in the 3000 meter race in 11:15.95. The Boys 4x100 and Girls 4x400 are both currently ranked #1 in the CCS in those events. All of the other marks listed here are also in the Top Marks in the Section |
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03/25/09 |
WCAL 3: At Bellarmine and Presentation The Lancer Varsity Girls stayed undefeated by beating the only other undefeated Girls team in the League in the third WCAL dual meet of the year. Last week Presentation defeated Saint Ignatius after SI had defeated Mitty the previous week. This week double winners were Shanie Landen in the 200 (26.10) and and 400 (60.22) and Olivia Quaglia in both the 100HH (17.87) and come-from-behind 300IH (50.74). The 4x100 relay team improved their time to 50.75 to start the meet of with a win, and the 4x400 finished of the meet the same way. Other highlights include Tajana Nerue winning the Discus in a very fine throw of 105' 9.5", Lauren Taratino second in the 400 (60.84) and Kathleen Garrity second in the 100 (13.09). The JV Girls remain undefeated on the season with an impressive winas well. Many fine individual and team performances were put in including double winners Pale (69' 4.5" Discus and 27' 10" Shot), Rubio (14' 7" Long Jump and 31' 0" Triple Jump) and Tom (18.94 100HH and 55.94 300IH). Also, 3 Girls (Marinovich 27.76, Chronis 27.93 and Murray 27.94) ran under 28 seconds in the 200, and Murray (13.39) and Quinn (13.83) ran under 14.00 in the 100. All in all, a good day. The Lancer Varsity Boys Track and Field team continues to dominate this year with an impressive 77-59 against the always tough Bells of Bellarmine. It was a great team effort with some outstanding individual efforts as well. Jeff Butler had another great day with wins in the Shot Put (42' 2.75"), 110HH (15.71) and Pole Vault (14' 0"), and second in the Discus (140' 8"). Glen Borel won both the 100 (10.89) and 200 (22.54), and the 4x100 Relay Team won their event with a very fast 43.08 (ties their current season and CCS-leading time). In the 110HH Carter Lyman (15.77) and Phillp Depond (15.86) both also moved into the top 5 in the CCS in the hurdles, and Depond moved into the number 7 spot in the 300IH (41.47). The Frosh/Soph Boys managed to squeak-out a 69.5-66.5 victory over the Bells at Bellarmine. It was a great clutch effort all the way with many outstanding efforts. In particular Chris Henrickson added points to the total with wins in the 65HH (9.64), Discus (142' 9") and Shot (42' 9.5"), and Rhett Ramirez won both the 100 (11.53) and 200 (23.54). Saint Francis also swept the HJ with Carlson (5' 10"), Margaretic (5' 8") and Monroe (5' 4"). |
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03/18/09 |
WCAL 2: Saint Francis Hosts Sacred heart Cathedral On Wednesday the Lancers hosted the Irish in the second WCAL Dual Meet of the year. On the Boys side there were some great individual performances in addition to another very fast 4x100 relay (43.55). Jeff Butler had a Phenomenal day with a triple win and triple PR: 15.79 in the 110HH, 141’ 6” in the Discus and 48’ 5” in the Shot). Phillip Depond (15.90 HH) and Jalen Davisdon (51.88 400) also performed extremely well. On the Girls side the 4x100 relay team ran a very fast 51.68, Lauren Madigan ran a 60.79 in the 400 and 27.23 in the 200 and Lauren Tarantino (13.25) was one of 5 Lancer girls under 14.00 in the 100. |
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03/14/09 |
Varsity / Fr-So Boys win at K-Bell, Girls Third In another great outing for the Lancer Track and Field team this past weekend, the Saint Francis Boys Varsity and Frosh/Soph Team both took team titles at the Kiwanas-Bellarmine (K-Bell) Invitational, and the Varsity Girls finished third (K-Bell only runs Varsity Girls. There were many Personal Records and Season Bests. The started off strong with both the Varsity Boys (50.90) and Varsity Girls (43.10) 4x100 teams taking first place. This continued all the way to the end with the Varsity Girls (4:06.41) and F/S Boys (3:40.14) wining the 4x400 relays. In between there numerous other individual wins. Complete results of the meet are available below. |
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03//14/09 |
WCAL Week 1 Roundup The first week of WCAL Track and Field finished with Saint Francis on top of the ‘leade board’ with all 4 teams undefeated. The League results are: ========= WCAL VARSITY GIRLS – WEEK 1 ======= Saint Ignatius 91 Archbishop Mitty 45 Saint Francis 115 Notre Dame 7 Sacred Heart Cath. 48 Valley Christian 41 ========= WCAL JV GIRLS – WEEK 1 ============ Archbishop Mitty 71 Saint Ignatius 50 Saint Francis 102 Notre Dame 35 Sacred Heart Cath. 73 Valley Christian 38 ========= WCAL VARSITY BOYS – WEEK 1 ======== Saint Francis Junipero Serra Saint Ignatius ?? Archbishop Mitty ?? Sacred Heart Cath. ?? Valley Christian ?? ========= WCAL F/S BOYS – WEEK 1 =========== Saint Francis Junipero Serra Saint Ignatius ?? Archbishop Mitty ?? Sacred Heart Cath. ?? Valley Christian ?? |
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03/11/08 |
All 4 Teams Open WCAL Season with Victories Saint Francis played host to Junipero Serra and Notre Dame-Belmont in the 2009 WCAL season opener on Wednesday. All 4 teams prevailed over their opponents to start the season 1 and 0. Highlights include Saint Francis winning every Varsity Girls event, and double Varsity winners Mele Penitani (111-11 Discus and 30-5 Shot), Audrey Kocmond (4-6 High Jump and 31-5.25 Triple Jump) and Jeff Butler (47-4 Shot and 16.27 110 HH). We also had 2 boys over 20’ in the Long Jump, and the Boys 4x400 team ran an outstanding 3:31. Pictures are available below. |
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03/08/09 |
Mount Pleasant Relays On Saturday at Mount Pleasant High School in East San Jose the Lancers joined 15 other teams for an early-season warm-up in the Mount Pleasant Relays. All of the events were a 4xsonthing event with only limited individual marks in the field events and the 3200. The Lancer turned in some good marks. The Girls 4x100 went 52.67 (6th), the 4x1600 ran 22:54.62 (5th), the 4x200 went 1:52.35 (3rd), the 4x3200 ran a combined 50:43.26 (3rd), the 4x400 ran an excellent early-season 4:12.66 (2nd and probably 2nd in CCS), the 4x800 combined for 10:26.16 (5th), and the Girls Weigh Team 4x100 relay took first in 57.43. In the field the Mele Penitani finished another good meet with a mark of 115’ 5”. On the Boys side the 4x100 team turned in an excellent mark of 43.08 (1st) to Castro Valley’s 43.09. The 4x1600 ran 19:37.30 (6th), 4x200 went 1:32.56 (4th), the 4x800 combined for 8:44.85 (7th), 4x300IH ran 3:01.61 (5th), the 4x3200 finished in 44:44.84 (5th) and the 4x400 finished off the meet with a very good time of 3:31.31 (2nd) (our league finished with times of 3:29.15 [Mitty], 3:31.96 [SI], 3:32.56 [Bellarmine] and 3:36.10 [Serra]). Shane Towney finished first overall at 14’ 0”, and the team finished second in the Pole Vault. Saint Francis also finished second in the 4xLJ and 4xTJ competition. In the 4xShot the Boys finished third and Jeff Butler individually finished second with a throw of 48’ 11”. The 4xDiscus team finished fourth. Saint Francis Boys and Girls combined for second at the meet. The Boys and Girls teams individually both finished in third. Complete results are available below. |
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03/05/09 |
Some Spectacular Early Marks at Practice Meet On Thursday February 26 Saint Francis hosted both Mountain View and California High Schools in a practice meet. There were close to 500 competitors at this meet (about the size of the CCS Top 8 meet!). No score was kept but there some very fine early-season marks. Glen Borel had a very good day with times for 10.94 in the 100 and 22.91 in the 200. Courtney Albini ran 5:27.31 / 11:37.44 1600 / 3200 double. Phillip DePond jumped 20’ 8” in the Long Jump, Mele Penitani threw 119’ 5” in the Discus, Jeff Butler threw the Shot 47’ 8”, and the Boys 4x100 ran 44.00. Garret Rowe of Mountain View ran an outstanding time of 9:27 in the 3200 – one of the fastest times in the state this year. |
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02/08/09 |
Monica Harnoto : More Than Just a Runner Not only is Monica Harnoto a gifted Track athlete, but she has also been selected as only one of 2 high school students from the USA to go to Scotland this summer to represent us in an International Environmental Conference. Senior Monica Harnoto is well on her way to educating young people about making good choices about the environment. She is one of two American high school students who will represent the United States at an international environmental conference held in Edinburgh, Scotland. Monica, the president of the Environmental Club for the past two years, has been selected as a California Climate Champion for 2009 after an application process that included an interview, a project proposal for an environmental program and an original news story about climate change. Much to her surprise, she was also selected as an International Climate Champion, which will allow her to attend a planning workshop in Scotland Feb. 23-27. She will have opportunities to share ideas about global projects and learn what other young people are doing about climate change in their communities. It is through her work with the Environmental Club during the last two years that she said she became more spirited about protecting the planet. She is most interested in learning about harnessing renewable energy sources and hopes to study environmental issues in college. “This has made me more dedicated and passionate,” she said. |
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02/08/09 |
Boys and Girls Team Approaching 270… 2009 is shaping up to be one of the largest teams in Saint Francis’ history. As of today there are 131 girls and 132 boys on the Track Team. With soccer and basketball still underway, it is possible the final team size could top 270 athletes. Wow! |
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01/25/09 |
Casey Roche (’07) Clears 17-1 Indoors. Former Saint Francis Track and Field star and current Stanford University Pole Vaulter Casey Roche cleared 17’ 1” at the University of Washington Indoor Preview meet on Saturday the 18th. Casey has provisionally qualified for the NCAA Indoor Championships in MArch. Among his many accomplishments while at Saint Francis Casey was considered “One of the top high school pole vaulters in the U.S. with a personal best of 17-5, winning the Junior Olympic National Championships three times and breaking the meet record twice his senior year.” Casey is still currently holds the School Record helper in the Pole Vault. |
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01/20/09 |
Mandy Benham New Girls Head Coach Mandy Benham will be assuming the roles of Varsity Head Coach and Distances coach for the Girls program this year. Ms. Benham has been the Boys and Girls High Jump coach the past 2 seasons and has also coached the Girls Cross Country team for 3 years. Ms. Benham replaces Steve Fuller who led the team the past 5 seasons and will continue with the team in an administrative capacity.. |
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01/15/09 |
2009 Starts Tuesday. Yes, Tuesday. This Tuesday! If you are not currently involved in a Winter Sport, please see your area coaches or one of the Head coaches for information. Varsity mandatory practice begins on Tuesday, January 20. Our first meet is February 26 - a scant 5 weeks after we officially begin. Also, if you have not already done so, please enroll on the Track team using Angel (Boys and Girls have their own Groups. Or, you may email trackcoach@sfhs.com and you will get added. And get your paperwork done now! You cannot practice without at least a current Physical and Emergency forms. |
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01/14/09 |
K-Bell, CCS Top 8 Moved. Mt. Pleasant Added! The K-Bell meet has moved on the schedule from March 7 to March 14. On March 7 the Mt. Pleasant Relays has been added. The CCS F/S Top Meet was originally set for March 27 has moved to April 3 and therefore droipped from the schedule. The CCS Top 8 Meet has moved from April 17 to April 24. Check the schedule for details. Also, the Mandatory Parent Information Night in scheduled for Monday, February 23. Uniforms will be distributed after school on Tuesday, Februart 24 (Boys) and Wednesday, February 25 (Girls) just before our Practice Meet with Mountain View on Thursday, February 26. A very bust week… |
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10/07/08 |
2009 Is Coming Fast… The 2008 Track season is approaching fast. Check out the 2009 Schedule and 2009 State At-Large and 2009 CCS At-Large marks. More to come… |
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10/07/08 |
Saint Francis Track and Field Invitational Moved! The date of the 2009 Saint Francis Track and Field Invitational has been moved from March 29 to April 4. It even has its own cool website at www.SFHSInvitational.com. Check it out. |
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10/07/08 |
State Meet Heads to Clovis The California State Track and Field Championships will be moving to Buchanan High School in Clovis (near Fresno) for the 2009, 2010 and 2011 seasons. The complete story is available here. |
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10/07/08 |
WCAL Trials and Finals Back to Serra The West Catholic Athletic League (WCAL) Track and Field Championships are at Junipero Serra High School in San Mateo again this year. The Boys Trials start at 2:30pm on Thursday and the Girls Trials are on Wednesday at 2:30pm. The Finals are on Saturday beginning at 9:30am. Note: The Frosh/Soph Boys 1600, 3200, High Jump and Pole Vault have their Finals on Thursday (there are no Trials for these events). Similarly, the Girls Junior Varsity Finals in the same events on the Wednesday. There are no Trials for the Varsity Boys and Girls 1600, 3200 and Pole Vault events (the Finals are on Saturday). |
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New Girls Uniforms for 2009 Finally, the Girls have joined the 21 century with new uniforms. The Girls Cross Country test-drive the new uniforms this past Fall, and everyone will have the new uniform in the spring. In addition to the split-short shown to the right, the throwers and jumpers will also have the option of a more typical box short. Click here for the full outfit. |
2009 Results |
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02/26 |
Practice Meet (MV and Cal) |
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03/07 |
Mt. Pleasant Relays (Varsity Only) |
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03/11 |
Serra / Notre Dame Belmont |
Var:SF:81
JS:55 |
Var:SF:115
ND: 7 |
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03/14 |
K-Bell Track Classic (Selective) |
Var:1st
F/S: 1st |
Var:
3rd |
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03/18 |
Sacred Heart Cathedral |
Var:SF:116
SH:19 |
Var:SF:
85 SH:36 |
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03/25 |
Bellarmine / Presentation |
Var:SF:77
BC:59 |
Var:SF:
82 PR:53 |
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03/27 |
Stanford Invitational (Varsity Only) |
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04/01 |
Valley Christian |
Var:SF:113
VC: 8 |
Var:SF:104
VC: 27 |
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04/04 |
Var: 1st F/S: 1st |
Var: 1st F/S: 1st |
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04/18 |
Mt. Sac Relays (Varsity Only) |
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04/18 |
Serra Top 7 (Selected) |
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04/22 |
St. Ignatius |
Var:SF:
83 SI: 52 |
Var:SF:
81 SI: 55 |
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04/24 |
CCS Top 8 (Selective) |
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04/29 |
Archbishop Mitty |
Var:SF:
84 AM: 52 |
Var:SF:
66 AM: 70 |
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05/06 |
Riordan (No Girls) |
Var:SF:102
AR: 32 |
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05/ 13 |
WCAL Trials – Girls |
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05/ 14 |
WCAL Trials – Boys |
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05/ 16 |
WCAL Finals |
Boys Complete |
Girls Complete |
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05/ 23 |
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05/ 29 |
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06/05 |
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06/06 |
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Many of the files presented
by this web site are Adobe Acrobat (PDF) files. |
Related Saint Francis Links |
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The WCAL Meet Order |
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Where are the alumni competing today? |
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A look at the 2008 Seniors |
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Who will be going where to run, jump, or throw? |
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Track forms |
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Interesting Links |
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At-Large marks to qualify to the 2008 CCS Semi-Finals |
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At-Large marks to qualify to 2008 State Meet Trials |
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2009 CCS Top 20 Marks |
Seasonal best marks for the entire CCS |
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CCS schedule, results, news and links to everything else |
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State-wide schedules results, news, etc. |
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League Information including complete league schedule |
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Section Information including CCS meet handbook |
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State Information including State meet handbook |
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National Governing Body Information |
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Pre-season Pole Vault Competition in Reno, NV (01/02-3) |
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Magazine that covers track and field and XC |
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Los Gatos HS All-Comers Meet |
Jan / Feb All-comers meet information |
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Local Track and Field shoe stores |
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Ellen Clark’s Run to Raise Funds for Zimbabew orphans |
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One of the best renditions (*outside of Natasha Barthel’s) |
Articles and Other Interesting Stuff |
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Article on coaching the 400 using ”The Baylor Method” |
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Article on developing HS 800 and 1600 runners |
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Article on coaching the 800 and 1500/1600m |
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Article on distance training |
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Article on transitioning from XC to Track seasons |
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Views on off-season training from XC to Track |
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Interview with all 4 sub-4:00 milers |
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Convert between different Track distance times |
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Tools to convert Meters to Yards, etc. |
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Tool to convert Kilograms to Pounds, etc. |
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Mercury News Article on Evolution and Running |
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B/W movie of his 3:59.1 HS record (9.5MB file) |
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B/W movie of his 3:51.1 WR (6.2MB file) |
History and Statistics |
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2008 SFHS Track and Field web page |
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2007 SFHS Track and Field web page |
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2006 SFHS Track and Field web page |
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2005 SFHS Track and Field web page |
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2004 SFHS Track and Field web page |
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2008 CCS Top 20 Marks |
2008 CCS best marks at the end season. |
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Best marks in CCS history |
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CCS winners Boys: ‘66 – ’05; Girls: ’74 – ’05 |
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SFHS Girls Team Finishes at the CCS Meet: ‘78 – ‘06 |
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Best marks in California history |
Contact Information |
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Athletic Director |
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(650) 968-1213 x410 |
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Athletic Dept. Admin Assist. |
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(650) 968-1213 x254 |
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Principal |
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(650) 968-1213 x455 |
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