Downey vs Beyer

Last Wednesday the Knights competed against the Patriots of Beyer.

F/S Girls (Downey 51; Beyer 0)
Obviously Beyer had no team, but that doesn't lessen the effort of the young lady Knights. Taylor Wilson won two events, the high jump (4'2") and the 100m (13.76). Alicia Bargas also won two events, The 1600m (6:58.84) and the 3200m (16:19.62). Rejveer Sandhu won the 400m (1:20.81), and Carolyn Fraze won the 800m (3:25.78). The only other winner was Katie Alexander in the 200m (32.93).

F/S Boys (Downey 84; Beyer 18)
Jake Crenshaw led the charge in scoring by winning the 1600m (5:29.46) and the 3200m (12:45.71). He also placed second in the 800m (2:25.99) and the long Jump (17'7") for a total of 16 points to almost single handedly outscore Beyer. Francisco Solorzano won the LJ (18'0") and the TJ (34'8.5") John Kriefels won the SP (44'4"), which would have been good enough to easily win the varsity shot as well. He also took second in the 100m (11.95) and the Discus (96'1"). Oh and did I mention that he ran a leg on Downey's winning 4x100m relay team (47.05). Mitchell Evans won the HJ in 5'4" and then took second in the TJ (31'10"0 and third in the LJ (17'3.5"). Other event winners were Saul Zigala in the 800m (2:22.05) and Josh Baldonado in the 100m (11.9). Alfonso Urbano took second in both the 1600m (5:51.87) and 3200m (12:49.58).

Varsity Girls (Beyer 100; Downey 23)
The girls simply got CRUSHED! Simone was sick, Micayla was hurt(?), Jenny and Fallon were at a soccer game. Would it have really mattered...probably not, but it would have been a 30 or 40 point loss instead of nearly an 80 point loss. Highlights were difficult to come by. The only first place finish was Karina Redding in the 300m hurdles (57.4). Sierra Durham scored 6 points with her two second place finishes in the 1600m (6:09.78) and the 800m (2:43.02). It should be mentioned that this was Sierra's first loss of the season in a Varsity 800m race. Felica Romo in the LJ (13'7.5") and Rocio Ramirez in the 3200m (13:52.65) also place second.

Varsity Boys (Beyer 68; Downey 59)
On another day the Knights may have won this meet. Andrew Osgood was feeling under the weather and went home after one race, that might have been the real deciding factor...we'll never know.
Let me begin with the highlights. Denzelle Marable cleared 6'2" to win the high jump. This mark represented a PR for Denzelle and moved him ito a tie for #6 on the all-time Downey list. The 4x100m relay team of Cummins, Lowe, Hackett, and Gorman had their fastest time of the year in a losing effort. The 44.58 time is good for #7 all time and hopefully gives them some momentum going into the MMC meet. Ty Cummins had a huge PR of nearly 18" in his LJ victory of 20' 9.5". Kylo Vaught won the TJ (38'10.5") and the 110mH. Malcolm McCloud won the discus (128'9.5") and took 2nd in the shot put (39'4"). Shane Gorman having perhaps his best meet of the season won the 100m in 11.3 and took second in the 200m (23.19). Paul Bilodeau won the 300m hurdles in 46.37. A handful of Knights took 2nd in teir events: Caleb Lowe in the 110mH, Jacob Hackett in the 100m (11.49), Blake Lopes in the 400m (55.28), and Kenji Soares in the 3200m (13:00.65).

Link to full Downey results:
http://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/MeetResults.aspx?Meet=121955#789