Monte Vista Mustangs Track & Field: 2010 Results

5/26/10:  STRONG PERFORMANCES AT THE NCS MOC CLOSE OUT MONTE VISTA'S SEASON!
- Stephen Burke is 5th in the Shot Put
- Mikaela Hammit is 5th in the 800 meters
- Girls 4X400 (Hancock, Perkins, Rondoni, Hammitt) are 6th

Frosh Maddy Thornton clears 5' in the HJ.  Sr's Mel Rosenberg, Amis Matulionis and Jr Cameron Coutermarsh close out fine seasons with solid performances over the two day championships.

Results: http://images.dyestat.com/dyestatcal/images/2010/May/2010finalssaturdayMOC.pdf

Stephen Burke:  Both Shot Put and Discus!
Mel Rosenberg: Both Long and Triple Jumps!
Amis Matulionis: 1600 meters
Mikaela Hammitt:  800 meters
Cameron Coutermarsh:  100 meters (auto-qualifying time)
Maddy Thornton:  High Jump (finished 9th, in on scratches ahead of her)
Girls 4X400 Relay:  Rondoni, Hammitt, Perkins & Hancock

Results from Dyestatcal:


Sr Amis Matulionis (shown here at EBAL's) qualifies for MOC in the 1600 at NCS Tri-Valley!

Showing amazing depth, the Frosh Soph Girls finished as the EBAL Champions, edging Carondelet by winning the 4X400 relay at the end of the meet!  The final point total was:

Monte Vista:  107.5
Carondelet:  102.5
San Ramon Valley:  86

Results in the Handouts below.

Frosh Elena Smith scores 20 pts for the Frosh/Soph team by winning the
1600 on Saturday (above) and the 3200 on the previous Weds!

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SRV:  118
De La Salle: 110
Monte Vista:  74


Danyal Kamal opens up a gap in the FSB 4X400 relay!

Cal HS:  143
SRV:  74
MV: 72
CHS: 69


Frosh Maddie Thornton, jumping Varsity, clears 5'2" to capture 4th place at the EBALS!

SRV:  150
DLS:  90
Amador:  82
Granada:  65
Cal:  36
Monte Vista:  29

Stephen Burke captures 2nd place in the Shot Put at EBALs!

Results from the trials held 5-12-10 and 5-13-10.  Finals in the field events and the F/S 3200 meters.

See handouts below

Congrats to all the Mustangs who qualified to Saturdays Finals and/or finished in the top 6 of the field event finals today!

Story to follow.

The EBAL dual meet season concluded today with the Mustangs hosting cross-town rival San Ramon Valley HS.  This is a long, storied rivalry, and today's competition didn't disappoint fans looking for fast times, huge field marks, and great competition! 

On the girls side, the varsity meet went back and forth throughout the day, with neither team able to pull away from the other.  Surprise wins for the Stangs in one area were countered by spirited performances by the Lady Wolves in another.  In the end, the Mustangs were able to overtake SRV for a 70-66 victory, to complete the EBAL season at 6-1 heading into the Championship meet. 

Highlights for the Lady Stangs today:
- Jr Kaeli Hancock wins the 100 and 300 Hurdles, takes 2nd in the 400 and anchors the winning 4X400 relay!
- Soph Mikaela Hammitt returns to form winning the 800 in 2:22
- Mel Rosenberg once again wins both the Long and Triple Jumps
- MV sweeps the High Jump with Maddie Thornton winning, Ingram and Ashton tied for 2nd
- 4X400 Relay runs an outstanding 4:01 time to take a hotly contested race
- Johnson, Cook, Swanson, Swinnerton, Lawson and Vujovich have huge PR's to earn valuable points, Aha has two seconds, Smith, Abood also score points.

On the boys side, San Ramon unleashed a flurry of Section and even State leading marks to totally dominate the Stangs today with a 23-113 win.  Monte Vista finishes the EBAL dual meet season at 3-4.  Sr Stephen Burke is the only Monte Vista event winner today, capturing the Shot Put with a 51'9" effort.  Jr Cameron Coutermarsh's 2nd place in the 200, in a PR of 22.78, is the highest placing performance on the track today.

Point scorers for the Boys Team today:
 - Burke in the Shot and Discus
- Jr Tomas Pineda in the Discus
- Coutermarsh in the 200
- Sr Vincent Kot in the 110 and 300 Hurdles
- Jr Zach Chambers in the 800
- Jr Dane Turner in the Long Jump
- Jr Adam Wenig in the High Jump
- Soph Duke Dalton in the Triple Jump

5/1/10:  SACRAMENTO MEET OF CHAMPIONS!  SOPH TREVOR FURHIMAN'S 1:59.7 800 METER PR IS THE MV HIGHLIGHT OF THE DAY!  AHA (3200), HANCOCK (300IH), WENIG (HJ) SMILEY & MATULIONIS (3200) ALSO COMPETE WELL TODAY!
 Coverage: http://www.dyestatcal.com//?pg=dyestatcal-2010-TrackField-Results-May-01-Sacramento-MOC&PHPSESSID=f695e4c37ef7831799e9b4407da93323

and: http://www.sacramentomoc.com/

4X400 relay splits courtesy of Coach Sharon Kovar.  

4/24/10 PHILLIPS MCCAIN INVITE:  OUTSTANDING EFFORTS AT CAMPOLINDO HS TODAY AS ALL FOUR MUSTANG DIVISIONS EARN TEAM HONORS!  VARSITY GIRLS & FROSH/SOPH BOYS TAKE TEAM TITLES, WHILE VARSITY BOYS AND FROSH/SOPH GIRLS TAKE 2ND PLACE.  NUMEROUS PR'S SET TODAY.

Individual results posted on Dyestatcal - click here!

Dane Turner, Gabe Ribeiro, Cameron Coutermarsh and Christian Anderson run a season's best 44.39
in the 4X100 at the Phillips McCain Invitational 4/24/10.

Record day for the Mustangs, as the team emerges as the top overall school at this annual event.   With perfect weather conditions, and great hosts (Miramonte and Campolindo), the talented and sizeable MV squad ended up with two first places (Varsity Girls and FS Boys) and two second places (Varsity Boys and FS Girls) to beat 2nd place San Ramon Valley (one first, two seconds, one third).

With the season heading into the league finals, this meet was a perfect tune up for the Stangs!  Full results, including team scores, are in the handouts below. 

Varsity Highlights

Girls:
Aha (1600/3200), Hancock (100HH/300IH) and Rosenberg (LJ/TJ) each win two events today to help pace the Lady Stangs.  Both 4X100 (Call, Rondoni, Cook, Johnson) and 4X400 (Call, Perkins, Anderson, Hancock) relays win in season leading times.  Johnson (13.09) and Cook (13.14) take 1-2 in the 100 in season PR's.  Anderson & Perkins 1-2 in the 800.  Mustangs win 10 of 16 events, take 10 of 16 2nds as well.  Hancock, Ashton and Ingram again sweep the 300 hurdles!

Boys:
Coutermarsh is a double winner in the 100 and 200 in PR times (11.31/22.78).  Balanced effort helps pace the Mustangs as Kot, Killick, Burke, Dalton, Wenig and Shackleton each win their events.  4X100 relay is also victorious (Turner, Ribeiro, Anderson & Coutermarsh).

EBAL Varsity Point Tracker updated.  Check it out here.

4/30/10:  All individual results now updated.  See handout below.  Varsity scoring results also in the file below.

Senior Elliott Killick pulls away from Livermore to win the varsity boys 800 meters.   Elliott runs 2:01.7 today!

Girls lose their first league meet of the season, as Cal's key point scorers come through to hold off the Stangs.  Many strong performances today however, and the Girls are still 3-1 in the EBAL and look to settle the score with Cal at the EBAL Championships!

Varsity Team scoring results in the handout below.  Full results pending.

4/9/10 - 4/10/10: MUSTANGS JOIN NATION'S BEST AT THE ARCADIA INVITATIONAL!
 - Jr Kaeli Hancock re-breaks the 300IH record, this time smashing the mark with a 46.07 clocking!!
- Girls DMR runs a season PR to finish 10th in the Day Meet section!
  (Ingram, Call, Anderson and Aha)
- Sr Nicole Aha runs season PR of 11:13 for the 3200
- Rosenberg (Triple and Long Jump), Burke (Shot Put), Wenig (High Jump), Furhiman (1600) and Boys DMR (Furhiman,Coutermarsh,Killick & Smiley) also compete at this elite meet!

Meet web site: http://www.runnerspace.com/ArcadiaInvite

Coach Sharon Kovar, Rachel Call (400), Jill Anderson (800), Nicole Aha (1600) & Amy Ingram (1200)
set a season PR in the Distance Medley Relay at the Arcadia Invite.

4/1/10: GIRLS CONTINUE TO ROLL, BOYS DROP TOUGH CONTEST AT GRANADA!
- Varsity Girls score 82 points for their third consecutive win (82-54)
- Varsity Boys keep it close before dropping to a 57-79 loss.

Mustangs battle both Granada and the cold in a classic EBAL match up.  The Girls Varsity team continues to roll along, improving to 3-0 in the EBAL with a 82-54 win.  The Boys team stays close until the end, dropping a tough 57-79 decision.  The Boys are now 1-2 in the league.

Full Results in the handout below.  Photo's, story, to follow.

 Note:  Sr Will Ratcliff continues to recover in a local hospital.  He goes in for surgery during the weekend.  Please keep Will in your thoughts and lets wish him a quick recovery!

3/25/10: BOTH MUSTANG SQUADS BLOW BY FOOTHILL TODAY!
- Varsity Girls now 2-0 in league with a solid 87-49 win
- Varsity Boys even their record at 1-1 after a 81-55 victory

 
Check it out!   Dane Turner soars to a 21' 1" PR against Foothill!

The first home meet of the EBAL season saw the Mustangs ready to get after it against the Foothill Falcons.  With cool but dry conditions, many Mustangs had PR performances to turn back Foothill in both Varisty and Frosh Soph divisions today. 

After dropping the 4X100 and 1600 meters, the Varsity girls stormed back from the 12 point deficit to win going away: 87-49, to move to 2-0 on the season.  Highlights included double event winners Kaeli Hancock (100 & 300 Hurdles), Mackenzie Johnson (100, 200), Mel Rosenberg (LJ, TJ).  Other winners for the Stangs were: Haley Perkins (400), Nicole Aha (800), Amy Ingram (3200), Lauren Vujovich (HJ) and the 4X400 team (Call, Woods, Robertson & Johnson).

The Varsity Boys started the other way around, winning the 4X100 relay (Coutermarsh, Anderson, Turner, Wenig) and sweeping the 1600 (Matulionis, Smiley, Balke) to start the meet 14-0.  The guys never looked back, cruising to a 81-55 margin and evening their league record at 1-1.  Other event winners include: Kot (300IH), 4X400 relay (Garrick, Coutermarsh, Killick, Wu), Burke (SP), Pineda (Discus), Turner (LJ - 21'1" PR mark!) and Wenig (HJ).

Sr Vincent Kot picks up more points against Foothill

3/31: Full Monte Vista results are now posted.  Varsity and F/S team scoring in the handout below.  2010 EBAL Varsity Point Tracker now started - click here!

Frosh Soph Team Score (unofficial) in the handouts below as well.  Frosh/Soph Girls win 71-51, while the Frosh/Soph Boys roll 84-44.

Frosh/Soph and Varsity Vaulters participate in the PV "Relay" at the Castro Valley Invite on Friday March 19th and Saturday March 20th.  Combined marks determine the team winners.  The report from Coach Dan Graham:

The kids did great.

F/S BOYS  A & B team tied for 1st place   anjo 2nd place overall  Heller 3rd place overall
F/S GIRLS  2nd place as a team  Carley 3rd overall
B-VAR  A team 1ST place  B team 4TH overall   Sean 2ND place  Dakota 3rd
G-Var   2nd place as a team

Next year we should bring the whole MV team. We would clean up the medals as a whole team.

Dan

Boys and Girls Distance Medley Relays traveled to nearby Dublin High School for the Distance Fiesta!  Both squads run season PR's in an attempt to qualify for future meets.  Girls run 12:54.00 to finish a strong 3rd.  Kimmy Abood (1200), Meghan Yap (400), Jill Anderson (800) and Nicole Aha (1600) form the squad.

Boys also run with the leaders behind stong individual performances, run a hot 10:37 time.  Josh Smiley (1200), Kevin Garrick (400), Trevor Furhiman (800) and Amis Matulionis (1600) set the pace today.

Results: Click on handout below
Video Summary (shot by Campolindo Coach but featuring many of the Mustangs): http://www.flotrack.org/videos/play/320012-2010-d-fiesta

Mustangs out strong against Amador Valley in the first EBAL dual meet of the season.  Girls Varsity rolls to a convincing 82 to 54 victory.  Event winners for the Mustangs include:

4X100 and 4X400 Relays!
Hancock in the 100 and 300 Hurdles
Perkins in the 400
Johnson in the 100
Aha in the 3200
Rosenberg in the LJ and TJ
Vujovich in the High Jump

Girls Sweep the 300 Hurdles, take 1-2 in the 100 Hurdles, 100 & 400 meters and Long Jump.

Boys drop a heartbreaker to Amador 66-69.  Many strong perfomances on the day, including:
Kot winning the 110 and 300 Hurdles
Anderson wins the 100 meters
Anderson and Van Dam go 1-2 in the 200 meters
Smiley wins the 3200 meters
Wenig, Turner and Horn sweep the Long Jump!
Wenig, Nelson and Dalton sweep the High Jump
Stephen Burke tosses 56' 11.25" in the Shot Put, while Trevor Furhiman runs 2:00.85 in the 800 meters (both finished 2nd)

Individual results, and team results, in the handout below.

 

Huge performances and scores from ALL FOUR Mustang teams today!
   - Frosh Soph Girls repeat EBI Team Champions by a huge margin
   - Frosh Soph Boys take 2nd place
   - Varsity Girls a strong 3rd place (1 pt out of 2nd)
   - Varsity Boys a surprising 2nd today, edge 3rd place by a point.

Results and Photo's on Dyestatcal.com

Official EBI Website: http://www.ebi.srvusd.net/ 

Margaret Gallagher of Sports Image Wire took photos for Dyestatcal.  Over 700 great EBI action photos can be found at: www.sportsimagewire.com

Team Scores and results also in the handout below:  

             Cameron Coutermarsh anchors the boys 4X100 at EBI

Results from the SRV Super Scrimmage held Saturday, Feb 27th against San Ramon Valley High School, Miramonte High School and your Monte Vista Mustangs.
Many amazing performances for an early season practice meet.

Results are in the Excel file attached below (updated 3/3/10 with some additions and corrections).   Since some athletes did not notate which school they competed for, there are some results here for non-MV athletes.  Also, some of you wrote in pencil or faint pen, and your name did not transfer to the photo copies.  But... here are results for MOST of you!

Next up - the East Bay Invite on Saturday March 6th - cohosted by Monte Vista, also held at SRVHS.

GO STANGS!

Mustang Track and Field schedule for 2010. 

Pay attention to the type of meets, in terms of attendance.  If an event says "Team" or "Traveling Team", then all members in good standing are eligible and expected to be at those events.  Also note SAT and ACT test dates and plan accordingly.