Shantel gets some air

The last track meet before District, held at Judson on Thursday, April 8th, resulted in several season best (SB) performances.  For the Girls, Luisa Garza was 3rd in the 100m dash (12:53 – SB), Glynnis Meade 2nd in the 3200m (12:12.6), and Shantel Swift was 2nd in the Long Jump (17′ 4″) and the Triple Jump (36′ 9″ – SB).  The Girls 4x100m Relay team topped the field in 48.2, and the 4x400m Relay team was 6th in 4:07 (SB).

The Varsity Track Team was split this week, with the relay teams headed to Austin to participate in the Texas Relays on Friday/Saturday, and the rest taking part in the SAISD meet on Thursday, April 1st.  Here in town, David Scorcelletti (10:08.14) and Glynnis Meade (12:21) both finished 4th in their respective 3200m races, and Jose Sierra was 6th in the 800m run (2:03.6).

Out of town, the relays gained valuable experience running against some incredible competition.  None made the finals, but the Girls 4x200m relay team (Triniqua Collins, Shaneve Swift, Esjah Booker, Shantel Swift) ran a season best 1:43.93 (heat 2), and the 4x100m relay team (Louisa Garza, Shaneve, Esjah and Shantel) placed 29th out of 82 teams in 43:43 (heat 6).  The Boys 4x200m team (Travis Cooke, Hayden Greenbauer, Ryan Jones, Joe Vasquez) were running well and then dropped the baton (heat 1), and the same team completed the 4x100m relay in 43:43 (heat 4).  For you die-hard fans, all four races can be seen on http://www.flotrack.org/videos/coverage/view_video/236783/323806 – see Division II using the heat numbers listed.

Out last meet before District will be Thursday, April 8th at Judson.  Go Cougars!

-R. Meade

The Cougar Track Team didn’t have far to go as they took part in NISD’s Alamo Relays at Gus stadium on Saturday, March 27th.  The Varsity Boys tied for 4th place out of 15 teams, and the Girls finished 5th out of 17 teams.  Leading the way for the Girls was Shaneve Swift’s 1st place in the 400m Dash (56.63), followed by 2nd place for Shantel Swift in the 200m Dash (25.63), 2nd place for the 4x200m Relay team (Triniqua Collins, Shantel, Esjah Booker, Louisa Garza – 1:44.4), 3rd place for the 4x100m Relay team (Louisa, Shaneve, Esjah, Shantel), and 5th place for Glynnis Meade in the 3200m Run (12:06.8).  The Boys 4x200m Relay ran away with 1st place in 1:30.5 (Travis Cooke, Ryan Jones, Hayden Greenbauer, Joe Vasquez) after placing 3rd for the 4x100m relay (42.88).  Sam Perez pulled off a comeback in the final straightaway to finish 2nd in the 800m run (1:58.9), and Hayden was 2nd in the 110m Hurdles (14.14).  Jimmy Kueber took 4th in the Shotput with a throw of 45′  2.75″.  Pictures courtesy of Bill Jones and Dave Meade are located at http://saclarktrack.shutterfly.com/.

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A warm day at Harlandale’s Memorial Stadium resulted in the Varsity Cougar track team posting several strong performaces on Saturday, March 13th, as the Boys finished 3rd out of 17 teams and the Girls 4th out of 15 teams.  Pictures are available at http://saclarktrack.shutterfly.com.

• Ryan Jones – 1st 100m, 10.77 and 4th 200m, 22.69
• Sam Perez – 1st 800m, 2:00.1
• Hayden Greenbauer – 2nd 110 Hurdles, 14.65 and 3rd 200m, 22.63
• David Scorcelletti – 2nd 3200m, 10:05.3 and 4th 1600m, 4:41.9
• Jose Sierra – 2nd 1600m, 4:38.9 and 5th 800m, 2:02.3
• Austin Wells – 3rd 3200m, 10.07.6
• Jimmy Kueber – 5th Shot Put, 43″ 4.5″ and 6th Discus 126′ 7″
• 4 x 200m Relay, 2nd 1:30.2 (Sam Perez, Ryan Jones, Hayden Greenbauer, and Joe Vasquez)

Clark appears several time on the first Track Area Leaders list for the 2010 season.  Hayden Greenbauer has the top time for the 110m hurdles (14:38), Shantel Swift is 2nd for Long Jump (17-10 1/2) and Shaneve Swift is 3rd for the 200m dash.  The Girls 400m (Triniqua Collins, Shaneve, Esjah Booker, Luisa Garza)  and 800m ((Triniqua, Shaneve, Esjah, Shantel) relay teams are the FASTEST around, 49.15 and 1:44.25 respectively.  Congrats to all!

South San Relays
March 4th and 5th found the Varsity Track teams back on the new track at South San High School for a big meet – 31 girls teams and 32 boys teams.  Prelims were run on Thursday night, making the finals on Friday very exciting.  The Cougar Girls finished an amazing 3rd overall, winning both the 4x100m (Triniqua Collins, Shaneve Swift, Esjah Booker, Luisa Garza – 49.15) and 4x200m (Triniqua, Shaneve, Esjah, Shantel Swift – 1:44.3) relays, with more points added by Shaneve, 2nd in the 200m dash (25.62), Shantel, 5th in the 800m (2:28.2) and 3rd in the long jump (16′ 4.5″), and Glynnis Meade, 4th in the 3200m (12:06.99).  The Cougar Boys also finished well given the high level of competition, placing 8th as a team.  Hayden Greenbauer was 1st in the 110m hurdles (14.38), the 4x100m relay team was 4th (Sam Perez, Ryan Jones, Hayden, Joe Vasquez – 43.68) and 4x200m relay team was 3rd (Sam, Ryan, Hayden, Joe – 1:30.5).

Cardinal Relays
UIW hosted the inaugural running of this Relays only track meet on a windy Friday, February 26th.  The Girls Varsity team finished 4th out of 15 schools – impressive considering we only participated in a few events.  They won the 4x100m relay (49.56) and the Distance Medley (1200m, 400m, 800m, 1600m – 13:43) and were 2nd in the 4x200m relay (1:47.3).  The Varsity Boys were 5th out of 17 schools.  The Boys 4x100m Weight Man team was 1st (49.5), Sprint Medley (100m, 100m, 200m, 400m – 1:43.7) 2nd, 4x100m 3rd (44.91), 4x200m 4th (1:33.9), and 4x800m 6th (9:20.1).  Their Distance Medley team finished 5th (11.54.1) after having the baton accidentally kicked out of our hands during an exchange.  The other events were the 4x400m, 4x1600m, and the wild and crazy 4x100m Shuttle Hurdle Relay.

Clark track out in front

The Varsity Track and Field teams fared well at their first meet of the season on Thursday, February 18th.  Held at South San High School’s new track, the Girls placed 4th and the Boys 5th out of 14 teams.  We had several first place finishes – way to go Cougars!

Girls Results

• 200m Dash, Shaneve Swift, 1st, 26.00
• 200m Dash, Luisa Garza, 5th 27.70
• 800m Run, Shantel Swift, 1st, 2:27.78
• 1600m Run, Glynnis Meade, 5th, 5:50.46
• 3200m Run, Glynnis Meade, 3rd, 12:21.82
• Long Jump, Shantel Swift, 1st, 17″ 10.5″
• 4 X 100m Relay, Clark, 1st, 49.78 (Shaneve, Luisa, Triniqua Collins, Esjah Booker)
• 4 X 200m Relay, Clark, 1st, 1:45.63 (Luisa, Shaneve, Esjah, Shantal)

Boys Results

• 100m Dash, Ryan Jones, 2nd, 11.24
• 100m Dash, Hayden Greenbauer, 3rd, 11.31
• 200m Dash, Ryan Jones, 3rd, 23.11
• 800m Run, Jose Sierra, 4th, 2:03.96
• 1600m Run, Jose Sierra, 4th, 4:44.81
• 3200m Run, David Scorcelletti, 6th, 10:53.61
• 110m Hurdles, Hayden Greenbauer, 1st, 14.52
• Shot Put, Jimmy Kueber, 4th, 43″ 11.5″
• Discus, Jimmy Kueber, 5th, 120″ 7″

See pictures of a few of the events at http://saclarktrack.shutterfly.com/.  Next Friday (Feb 26th) the runners will be at the Cardinal Relays held at UIW.  Races start at noon and include a variety of relays, including a distance medley (1200m, 400m, 800m,1600m) and sprint medley (100m,100m, 200m, 400m).

-R. Meade

Sam Perez, a varsity Clark track athlete, participated in the AAU National Track and Field meet at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa this week.  He placed 42nd out of 65 athletes (Young Men’s division) in the 800m run prelims with a time of 2:04.  The top 12 moved on to the Finals.  He reached the meet by qualifying 2nd in the Regional meet with a time of 2:01.74.  He placed 18th at Regionals in the 400m with a time of 54.10.

Others Cougars participating in Regionals:
Shantel Swift, 2nd in the 400m, 58.81; 7th in the 800m, 2:28.62; 1st in Long Jump, 17ft, 11 inches; 2nd in Triple Jump, 36 feet (Intermediate division) but was unable to attend the National meet
Morgan Thomas, tied for 3rd in Pole Vault, 13 feet (Young Men’s division)

Congratulations and here’s to a great season!