We witnessed some incredible efforts from our county's athletes at the 2009 version of the Arcadia Invitational.  Representing 44 states and three different nations, it is the largest and most competitive in the nation.  We're not going to sugarcoat things folks - many walked away disappointed but that is what comes with the double edged sword called....talent!  Competing against the best in the nation does come with a pricetag.  La Sierra's Reggie Wyatt blazed to a 36.01 in the 300 Hurdles, just missing his own personal best established as a sophomore.  Santiago's Rodney Storrs followed that up with a nice victory in the invitational 200 meters.  We also saw the coming out party of Vista del Lago's Emmanuel Ngula.  Looking 'human' he still came through incredibly breaking 4:18 in the full mile and coming back on little rest to break 1:56 in the 800!  On the girls' side, Norco's Ashley Perkins finally got in a wind legal mark in the triple jump with 39'5" effort and very impressive series of jumps!  Rancho Verde's Alycia Herring put out a 19'3" mark in the long jump as well.  We'll update our summary, but in the meantime we have two goals - update the marks and finalize our own personal entries for the Inland Empire Championships that is due this morning!

Boys 400 Relay
Rancho Verde - 42.32
Great Oak - 42.56
Santiago - 43.09
Vista Murrieta - 43.38
Murrieta Valley - 44.55

Girls 400 Relay
Rancho Verde - 46.72
Vista Murrieta - 47.75 (#17 AT)
Chaparral - 49.87
Great Oak  - 50.25 
Vista del Lago - 50.86

Boys Mile
-Emmanuel Ngula (Vista del Lago) 4:17.87 (#16 AT)
-Noe Ramirez (Vista Murrieta) 4:24.28
-Jonathan Lopez (Roosevelt) 4:25.82
**Michael Gauger (Corona) 4:27.82

Girls Mile
*Ashlee Cervantes (Beaumont) 5:20.06 

Boys 100 Meters
-Greg Hornsby (Rancho Verde) 10.79

Girls 100 Meters
*Asiah Gooden (Rancho Verde) 12.10
-Ashley Perkins (Norco) 12.75

Boys 800 Meters
*Ruben Danielson (Rancho Verde) 1:52.85 (#5 AT)
-Emmanuel Ngula (Vista del Lago) 1:55.98
-Tyler Owen (Vista Murrieta) 1:58.57 

Girls 800 Meters
***Laura McDowell (La Sierra) 2:13.10
*Ashlee Cervantes (Beaumont) 2:22.06 

Girls 100 Hurdles
*Amber Clark (Rancho Verde) 15.40

Girls 3200 Meters
**Anna Johnson (Great Oak) 11:05.85
**Katie Johnson (Great Oak) 11:13.71

Boys 300 Hurdles
-Reggie Wyatt (La Sierra) 36.01
*Austin Hill (Roosevelt) 39.09
-David Williams (Santiago) 39.24
-Ramon Marshell (Rancho Verde) 39.95 

Girls 300 Hurdles
-Ericka Nowell (Perris) 45.24
*Amber Clark (Rancho Verde) 47.14
**Jazmine Harper (Vista del Lago) 47.62 

Boys 400 Meters
-Bryan Adams (Roosevelt) 48.51
-Paul Robertson (Rancho Verde) 49.77
-Josh Potter (Murrieta Valley) 50.17
-Max Mills (Great Oak) 51.15

Girls 200 Meters
*Dynese Adams (Vista Murrieta) 25.09
*Alycia Herring (Rancho Verde) 25.11 (-0.8w)
-Jazmin Weatherspoon (Vista Murrieta) 25.20 

Boys 200 Meters
-Rodney Storrs (Santiago) 21.47
-Kenny Jackson (Elsinore) 21.68
*Bubba Luna (Great Oak) 22.82 (-1.2w) 

Boys 5000 Meters
**Michael Gauger (Corona) 15:15.84
-Omar Gonzalez (Centennial) 15:24.72

Girls 4x400 Relay
Rancho Verde - 3:55.33
Murrieta Valley - 4:10.53 

Boys 4x400 Relay
Rancho Verde - 3:17.72 (#8 AT)
Roosevelt - 3:20.54 (#18 AT) 
Murrieta Valley - 3:23.05
Great Oak - 3:23.97

Girls Distance Medley Relay
ML King - 12:22.96 (#3 AT) 
Great Oak - 12:31.02 (#8 AT)
Vista Murrieta - 12:34.93 (#10 AT)
Murrieta Valley - 12:47.84
Chaparral - 13:02.61

Boys Distance Medley Relay
Vista Murrieta - 10:23.98 (#5 AT)
Woodcrest Christian - 10:39.56 (#15 AT)
Corona - 10:47.11
ML King - 10:53.05
Great Oak - 11:09.75
Murrieta Valley - 11:09.99

Boys Discus
-Jeff Tavashati (Murrieta Valley) 144'2"

Girl Pole Vault
*Calay Ayer (Vista Murrieta) 10'1"

Boys Long Jump
-DJ Lloyd (Vista Murrieta) 23'1.5"
-John Byrd (Arlington) 22'4.75"

Girls Triple Jump
-Ashley Perkins (Norco) 39'5" (#3 AT)
**Kellie Boyd (ML King) 37'5.75" (#18 AT)
-Brittany Bozeman (Rancho Verde) 35'2.25" 

Boys High Jump
-Nick Ross (Vista Murrieta) 7'1"
-Nick Gregory (Chaparral) 6'1"

Girls High Jump
-Audrey Mitchell (Murrieta Valley) 4'11"
**Malia Cravens (Temecula Valley) 4'11"

Boys Shot Put
-Jeff Tavashati (Murrieta Valley) 49'5.25"

Girls Discus
-Shaylynn Fisher (Great Oak) 134'0"
*Lynn Patu (Vista Murrieta) 129'10"
-Chantel Hicks (ML King) 105'0"

Girls Long Jump
*Alycia Herring (Rancho Verde) 19'3.75"
-Ashley Perkins (Norco 18'4.25"
-Brittany Bozeman (Rancho Verde) 18'2.75"

Boys Triple Jump
-Nick Ross (Vista Murrieta) 48'5.25" (#5 AT)
-Curtis Wilson (Rancho Verde) 46'11"
-Paul Turner (Indio) 46'0.5"