RAQUEL “ROCKY” HEFFLIN WINS IRVINE INVITE 800m in 2:16.74!

Olonade takes 2nd in Triple Jump; Sarokin takes 3rd in 100m; Meshkaty 5th in Shot Put

March 13, 2010 @ Irvine HS

Billed as one of the prestigious meets of the year, the Irvine Invite gathered many of the best track and field athletes in southern California.  Unfortunately, the head winds effected the performances especially the sprints and hurdles.  Despite those conditions, state ranked “Rocky” Hefflin ran a spectacular 800m in 2:16.74 against a stellar field.  She looks poised to take on the school record of 2:11.64 set in 1981 by Barbara Gottlieb.  Our other state ranked athlete Kemi Olonade took 2nd in the girls varsity triple jump in 36-3, but barely fouled on jump that soared over 38 feet.  She also finished 9th in the girls 110mH in 17.15.  Julian Sarokin continues to show his speed taking 3rd in the boys varsity 100m in 11.32.   Camyar Meshkaty took 5th in the boys varsity shot put in 51-8 1/2.  

Other varsity performances of note:   Kiarra Brown took 1st and 2nd in her heats of the 100m and 200m respectively in 13.37 and 27.34.  Briana Prince ran 62.32 in the 400m.  Gitla Shooster ran 5:44.25 and 12:22.03 for the girls 1600m/3200m double.  Ali Hatcher ran 4:51.41 and 10:22.84 for the boys 1600m/3200m double.  Soph Josh Galen ran 4:57.49 in the boys 1600m.  Daniel Bradbury ran 43.88 in the boys 300mH.  Dejah McCoy and Asia Williams jumped 15-6 and 15-0 respectively for the girls long jump.  Julian Jackson threw the boys shot put 47-0.  In the boys 400m Cameron Countryman ran 53.79 and Joel Steinberg ran 53.99.  In the relays, the girls and boys 4X100m relays both took 7th place. The girls team of Asia Williams, Dejah McCoy, Briana Prince and Kiarra Brown ran 51.11.  The boys team of Julian Sarokin, Cameron Countryman, Parson Peykar and Joel Steinberg ran 44.28.  The girls 4X400m team of Briana Prince, Raquel Hefflin, Kiarra Brown and Brianna Simmons ran 4:12.46 to take 7th place. 

frosh-soph highlights:  Brianna Simmons in the girls 800m took 6th place in 2:30.11, while Lilly Ting ran 2:36.74.  Sydney Segal won her girls 1600m heat in 5:53.84. Chanan Batra took 1st in his heat of the 800m in 2:10.93.

[Note: a number of our juniors did not compete as they were taking the SAT exams].

[Note: a number of the athletes made or moved up the all time lists at Beverly---see below for all time list changes.  At the end of the season they will be incorporated into the all time lists links]

BEVERLY LOSES TO MIRA COSTA; BUT GIRLS VARSITY PUTS UP STRONG

BATTLE

March 11, 2010 @ BHHS

One of the strongest teams in the southland Mira Costa defeated Beverly at all levels handily, but the girls varsity team performed well losing by a score of 72-57. 

Highlights:   Rocky Hefflin led the way by taking the 1600m in 5:25.00, with Brianna Simmons in 2nd at 5:34.00.  Sydney Gray took the 400m in 61.8  and third in the 3200m in 12:12.30.  Kiarra Brown ran an excellent 100m/200m double in 12.9 and 26.7 barely losing to Mira Costa’s Ashlee Dotson.  Asia Williams was 3rd in the 100m in 12.9.  Briana Prince won the 800m in her first time running the race in 2:33.7.  Kemi Olonade took 1st in both the long jump and triple jump and took 2nd in the 100mH in 16.2.  On the boys varsity---Julian Sarokin once again won the double sprints of 100m/200m in 11.0 and and excellent 22.1.  Mario Conti ran a personal best 400m in 51.2.  In the hurdles Donovan Dickens took 2nd the 110mH/300mH double in a fine 15.3 and 42.7 running with winner Michael Koger, Mira Costa’s top ranked hurdler.  Camyar Meshkaty took 2nd in the shot put in 48-1. Lilly Ting broke the 6 minute mark in the 1600m to make the FS all time list running 5:59.50.

        Beverly’s Girls Varsity Jumpers from left to right Asia Williams, Kemi Olonade and Dejah McCoy

            dominate and take first place in both the long jump and triple jump competition at Gahr Relays

BEVERLY SHINES IN RAIN AT GAHR RELAYS

Girls Varsity of Raquel Hefflin, Sydney Gray, Brianna Simmons and Gitla Shooster sets school record in 4X1600m relay in 22:52.20

(SEE PHOTOS ON PHOTOS LINK ON LEFT MARGIN RE GAHR RELAYS)

2010 TRACK & FIELD SCHEDULE:

March 18      Morningside                        @ BHHS 2:45 p.m.

March 20      Culver City Relays              @ Culver City HS 10:00 a.m.

March 25      SAMO                                 @ BHHS 2;45 p.m.

April 10         Arcadia Invite                      @ Arcadia HS  9:30 a.m.

April 15         Inglewood                           @ Inglewood HS 2:45 p.m.

April 17         MT SAC                              @ Mt Sac 7:00 a.m.

April 22         Culver City                          @ Culver City HS 2:45 p.m.

April 29         Hawthorne                          @ BHHS 2:45 p.m.

May 3           Ocean League Prelims        @ TBA 2:45 p.m.

May 6           Ocean League Finals          @ TBA 2:45 p.m.

May 15         CIF Prelims                          @ TBA

May 22         CIF Finals                             @ Cerritos College

May 28         CIF Masters                          @ Cerritos College 4:00 p.m.

June 4-5       CIF State Meet                     @ Buchanan HS      

All Time List Changes for Summer 2009 and 2010

200m: BVar: J. Sarokin 22.34h (tie #11)

400m:  GVar: R. Hefflin 60.44h (#18); BFS: C. Countryman 53.74 (#14); J. Steinberg 53.99 (#21)

800m: GVar: R. Hefflin 2:14.33 (#4); B. Simmons 2:30.11 (#23); B. Prince 2:33.70 (#35); L. Ting 2:36.74 (#38)

GFS B. SImmons 2:30.11 (#12); L. Ting 2:36.74 (#26)

1600m: GVar: R. Hefflin 5:25.00 (#8); B. Simmons 5:34.00 (tie #13); Gitla Shooster 5:44.25 (#25); GFS: B. SImmons 5:34.00 (#5); S. Segal 5:53.84 (#22); L. Ting 5:59.50 (#27)

3200m: GVar: R. Hefflin 12:08 (#9); S. Gray 12:12.30 (tie #13); G. Shooster 12:22.03 (#16)

110/100H: GVar: K. Olonade 16.44h (tie #11); GFS: F. France 18.74h (tie #18)

HJ: BFS: W. Green 5’10” (tie #13)

LJ: GVar: K. Olonade 17-3 (tie #5); D. McCoy 17-3 (tie #5); A. Williams 16-6 (tie #12)

TJ: GVar: K. Olonade 38-4 (#1) school record

SP: BVar: C. Meshkaty 51-8 1/2 (tie #9); BFS: J. Jackson 47-0 (tie #12).

4X100m: BVar. 43.94h (tie #22); GVar. 51.04h (tie #21)

4X400m: GVar. B. Prince, R. Hefflin, K. Brown & B. SImmons 4:12.46 (#24)

4X1600m R: GVar: R. Hefflin, S. Grey, B. Simmons & G. Shooster 22:52.20 (#1) school record

4X800m R: GFS: L. Ting, S. Segal, J. Robert & A. Bootesaz 11:01.17 (#5)

Distance Medley: BVar: J. Galen, M. Conti, N. Harper, & A. Hatcher 11:45.18 (#10)