Not overlooking the fact that La Sierra's Tanya Sapa was our only girl to come away with a Master's Meet 1st place medal, the true highlight belonged to Centennial's Adriana Olivas.  After a solid personal best in the 1600, she came back and just missed the all-time record in the 3200 meters by less than a 1/2 second with an amazing 10:34.73 effort!  We have had four girls break 10:40 this season, all just missing that elusive county record. 

Great Oak's Khala Taylor becomes only the 6th girl in county history to break 55 seconds in the 400 meters while coming back to lead her group back to the state meet in the 4x400 relay.  Also pulling double duty on that 4x4 relay and qualifying individually was Jade Miller (300 Hurdles).  Miller returns back to the state meet for the 2nd year in a row.  The incredible late-season rise of Woodcrest Christian's Becky Collier continues to impress us.  She finished 3rd (5'5") in the highly competitive high jump and then just missed moving forward in the triple jump with a solid effort.  Meanwhile, Roosevelt moves their 4x400 team as well after Iris Chijioke moved on in the 100 Hurdles.  They will join junior teammate Gardenia Centanaro as she as rebounded from a sprained ankle, suffered three weeks ago, to finish 3rd place in the Pole Vault with a solid 11'8" effort.   Representing our top team in the county, Vista Murrieta qualified their 4x100 squad.  Afterwards, Erika Reddish (1600) moves on the 2nd year in a row while Jasmyne Graham (100 Hurdles) represented them in the individual events.  We cannot remember a girl qualifying in the 1600 and 3200 to the state meet from Riverside County, but it looks like Olivas and JW North's Mariel Mendoza have achieved that great feat.  Mendoza was inserted as an alternate in the 1600 ironically enough as she dipped just under the state at-large standard for both events.  Making their first trip to the state meet are three juniors.  ML King's Tayler Fleming qualified in the 300 Hurdles along with Kiarra McIntosh (Paloma Valley) for the 800 meters and Breanna Standifer (Elsinore) in the discus.   

GIRLS
100 - 9) -Loryn Nichols (Murrieta Valley) 12.04
400 - 2) -Khala Taylor (Great Oak) 54.96
800 - 6) *Kiarra McIntosh (Paloma Valley) 2:13.55*; 9) *Briana Fonseca (Vista del Lago) 2:15.46
1600 - 4) -Erika Reddish (Vista Murrieta) 4:51.12; 5) -Adriana Olivas (Centennial) 4:51.35; 7) **Megan Huebner (La Quinta) 4:53.99; 8) -Mariel Mendoza (JW North) 4:57.92*
3200 - 9) -Adriana Olivas (Centennial) 10:34.73*; 11) -Mariel Mendoza (JW North) 10:41.07*
100 Hurdles - 3) ***Jasmyne Graham (Vista Murrieta) 14.05; 5) -Iris Chijioke (Roosevelt) 14.18
300 Hurdles - 2) *Jade Miller (Great Oak) 42.67; 3) *Tayler Fleming (ML King) 43.03
400 Relay - 6) Vista Murrieta - 47.44*; 8) Roosevelt - 47.82
1600 Relay - 5) Great Oak - 3:50.52; 7) Roosevelt - 3:51.14*
High Jump - 3) *Becky Collier (Woodcrest Christian) 5-5
Pole Vault - 3) *Gardenia Centanaro (Roosevelt) 11-8; 6t) -Megan Melton (ML King) 11-2; 6t) *Devin Stetson (Corona) 11-2
Long Jump - 12) *Akia Armstrong (Roosevelt) foul
Triple Jump - 6) *Becky Collier (Woodcrest Christian) 37-10
Shot Put - 1) *Tanya Sapa (La Sierra) 46-9.5; 11) -Hailey Erickson (Centennial) 38-5
Discus - 4) *Breanna Standifer (Elsinore) 136-10

The road to the 800 meters continues to run through Riverside County.  Santiago's Brett Moulton was able to outlast La Sierra's Edgar Cobian and the Vista Murrieta duo of Omar Solis and Kevin Gonzalez in this year's version of our county dominating this event once again.    This will be Cobian's 3rd trip to the state meet and we believe the first for any boy in county history for the 800 meters.  In the 1600 meters, though it looked questionable during that first 1200 meters, the Roosevelt dynamic duo of Nick Woolf and Aaron Potts both qualified for the state meet.  Following closely behind, Vista Murrieta's Porter Reddish also met the at-large standard, despite being sick.  Reddish joins five other individuals on his team along with their 4x400 squad moving forward as they broke 3:16!  Keep in mind that this 4x400 squad is racing without Bernard Quinn (47.2 in 2011)!   Rounding out VM's state meet roster is Darion Williams (110 Hurdles), Sapule Ta'amilo (Discus) and Corey Whitaker (Shot Put).  After a frustrating 100 meters, Roosevelt's Elijah Mitchell returned to qualify in the 200 meters.  more to come...

BOYS
100 - 9) *Elijah Mitchell (Roosevelt) 10.93
200 - 4) *Elijah Mitchell (Roosevelt) 21.62
400 - 7) -Tyler Brown (La Quinta) 48.71 
800 - 1) *Brett Moulton (Santiago) 1:52.58; 2) -Edgar Cobian (La Sierra) 1:52.93; 4) *Omar Solis (Vista Murrieta) 1:53.16; 5) -Kevin Gonzalez (Vista Murrieta) 1:53.21
1600 - 3) -Nicholas Woolf (Roosevelt) 4:11.57; 7) -Aaron Potts (Roosevelt) 4:13.18; 11) *Porter Reddish (Vista Murrieta) 4:14.82*
3200 - 2) *Omar Caro (Norte Vista) 9:05.87
110 Hurdles -  3) -Darion Williams (Vista Murrieta) 14.52; 6) -Keithyon Moten (Indio) 14.75; 9) -Duane Soloman (Great Oak) 15.00
300 Hurdles - 3) -Zach Lewis (Ramona) 37.49; 6) -Duane Soloman (Great Oak) 37.87*
400 Relay - Rancho Verde - 42.09
1600 Relay -  2) Vista Murrieta - 3:15.95; 6) Great Oak - 3:19.24
High Jump  - 10) *Diego Felix (Coachella Valley) 6-1
Pole Vault - 2) -Peter Chapman (Murrieta Valley) 15-9; 8) -Cory Pittman (Great Oak) 14-9; 12) -Nic Weisheipt (Roosevelt) 14-3
Long Jump - 11) -Chris Milan (Great Oak) 21-7.25w
Triple Jump -  6) -Craig Mauldin (Murrieta Mesa) 46-7w
Shot Put - 3) *Nick Ponzio (Great Oak) 60-2; 10) -Corey Whitaker (Vista Murrieta) 56-5*
Discus - 6) -Sapule Ta'amilo (Vista Murrieta) 174-8*; 10) *Nick Ponzio (Great Oak) 164-2; 12) -Jacob Costilow (Elsinore) 159-1

We're witnessed another great showing from Riverside County athletes at this year's 2012 CIF Divisional Finals!  We had 14 CIF Champs while also crowning another team champion!

As we predicted, Vista Murrieta's boys ran away with their 3rd straight Division I CIF Title by scoring 71 points!  Meanwhile, Great Oak was able to hold off Roosevelt for that 2nd place plaque by a score of 51-50.  In the last three events, Great Oak scored 18 points to Roosevelt's 12 to make the difference. 

On the girls side for Division I, Long Beach Poly as expected ran away with the title with an impressive 86 points.  Roosevelt's girls earned their 2nd straight runner-up plaque by outlasting Great Oak 35-34.   

Individually, Vista Murrieta's Erika Reddish roared to a new Riverside County record in the 1600 meters en route to defending her Division I Title.  She breaks her own record as she is our first girl in county history to break 4:50. 

CIF Individual Champs
Div. I Girls 400 - Khala Taylor (Great Oak) 55.27
Div. I Girls 800 - Kiara McIntosh (Paloma Valley) 2:13.41
Div. I Girls 1600 - Erika Reddish (Vista Murrieta) 4:48.96
Div. I Girls Shot Put - Tanya Sapa (La Sierra) 45-9
Div. II Girls 200 - Loryn Nichols (Murrieta Valley) 24.70
Div. II Girls 400 - Aaliyah Crawford (Citris Hill) 55.78
Div. IV Girls High Jump - Becky Collier (Woodcrest Christian) 5-3

Div. I Boys 200 - Elijah Mitchell (Roosevelt) 21.19
Div. I Boys 800 - Brett Moulton (Santiago) 1:51.64
Div. I Boys 110 Hurdles - Darion Williams (Vista Murrieta) 14.21 (+3.1)
Div. I Boys 300 Hurdles - Duane Soloman (Great Oak) 37.26
Div. I Boys 1600 Relay - Vista Murrieta - 3:16.67
Div. II Boys 3200 - Omar Caro (Norte Vista) 9:05.35
Div. II Boys Pole Vault - Peter Chapman (Murrieta Valley) 16-3

We will highlight the top results as soon as possible as we have a strong group that has moved on to next Friday's Southern Section Masters Meet.

-Lauren Nichols (Murrieta Valley) 11.92 (#12 AT)
-Khala Taylor (Great Oak) 12.22


Girls 200 Meters

*Akia Armstrong (Roosevelt) 24.42 (#11 AT)
-Khala Taylor (Great Oak) 24.60 (#15 ...

Girls 400 Meters

-Khala Taylor (Great Oak) 54.96 (#6 AT)
***Aaliyah Crawford (Citrus Hill) 55.78 (#9 ...

Girls 800 Meters

-Erika Reddish (Vista Murrieta) 2:12.67 (#3 AT)
*Kiara McIntosh (Paloma Valley) 2:13.41 ...

Girls 1600 Meters

-Erika Reddish (Vista Murrieta) 4:48.96 (COUNTY RECORD)
-Adriana Olivas (Centennial) ...

Girls 3200 Meters

-Adriana Olivas (Centennial) 10:34.73 (#2 AT)
-Erika Reddish (Vista Murrieta) 10:36.27 ...

Girls 100 Hurdles

***Jasmyne Graham (Vista Murrieta) 13.89 (#6 AT)
-Iris Chijioke (Roosevelt) 14.18  ...

Girls 300 Hurdles

*Jade Miller (Great Oak) 42.00 (#5 AT)
*Tayler Fleming (ML King) 43.31 (#14 ...

Girls 400 Meter Relay

Roosevelt - 47.18 (#18 AT)
Vista Murrieta - 47.27 (#20 AT)


Girls 1600 Meter Relay

Great Oak - 3:48.87 (#10 AT)
Roosevelt - 3:50.88 (#17 AT)
Temecula ...

Girls High Jump

-Joshulyn Penniman (Rancho Verde) 5'6" (#11 AT)
*Becky Collier (Woodcrest Christian) ...

Girls Pole Vault

*Gardenia Centanaro (Roosevelt) 12'0" (#3 AT)
-Megan Melton (ML King) 11'4" ...

Girls Long Jump

*Akia Armstrong (Roosevelt) 19'2" (owns #9 AT)
***Jazyme Graham (Vista Murrieta) ...

Girls Triple Jump

*Becky Collier (Woodcrest Christian) 38'6" (#7 AT)
**Michelle Norman (Vista ...

Girls Shot Put

*Tanya Sapa (La Sierra) 47'10.75" (COUNTY RECORD)
-Hailey Erickson (Centennial) ...

Girls Discus

*Tanya Sapa (La Sierra) 138'3" (#13 AT)
*Breanna Standifer (Elsinore) 136'10" ...

Boys 100 Meters

*Elijah Mitchell (Roosevelt) 10.58 (#8 AT)
-Napoleon Singeltary (Roosevelt) 10.82


Boys 200 Meters

*Elijah Mitchell (Roosevelt) 21.19 (#4 AT)
*John Kane (Great Oak) 21.58 (#26 ...

Boys 400 Meters

-Tyler Brown (La Quinta) 48.06 (#14 AT)
-Terence Narvaez (Canyon Springs) 48.18 (#18 ...

Boys 800 Meters

*Brett Moulton (Santiago) 1:51.52 (#2 AT)
-Kevin Gonzalez (Vista Murrieta) 1:51.78 ...

Boys 1600 Meters

-Nick Woolf (Roosevelt) 4:11.57 (#8 AT)
-Aaron Potts (Roosevelt) 4:13.18 (#10 ...

Boys 3200 Meters

*Omar Caro (Norte Vista) 9:04.68 (#5 AT)
-Nick Woolf (Roosevelt) 9:08.28 (#13 ...

Boys 110 Meter High Hurdles

-Keithyon Moten (Indio) 14.27 (#13 AT)
-Darion Williams (Vista Murrieta) 14.49 (holds ...

Boys 300 Meter Intermediate Hurdles

-Duane Soloman (Great Oak) 37.26 (#6 AT)
-Zach Lewis (Ramona) 37.28 (#7 AT)


Boys 400 Meter Relay

Roosevelt - 41.66 (#8 AT)
Great Oak - 41.83 (#14 AT)
Vista ...

Boys 1600 Meter Relay

Vista Murrieta - 3:15.95 (#9 AT)
Great Oak - 3:19.05 (#19 AT)
 Roosevelt ...

Boys High Jump

*Diego Felix (Coachella Valley) 6'6"
*Nolan Kelly (Corona) 6'6"
-Darion Williams (Vista ...

Boys Pole Vault

-Peter Chapman (Murrieta Valley) 16'6.25" (County Record)
-Cory Pittman (Great ...

Boys Long Jump

-Chris Milan (Great Oak) 23'6.5 (#17 AT)
-Theartis Grigsby (Vista Murrieta) 22'3"


Boys Triple Jump

-Craig Mauldin (Murrieta Mesa) 46'4.25"
-Dion Beckton (Rancho Verde) 45'9.75"
-Cullen ...

Boys Shot Put

-Corey Whitaker (Vista Murrieta) 61'0" (#7 AT)
*Nick Ponzio (Great Oak) 60'2" ...

Boys Discus

-Jacob Castilow (Elsinore) 175'5" (#14 AT)
-Sapule Ta'amilo (Vista Murrieta) ...

Riverside County State Meet History

Wednesday, March 28