WEEK 5: Athletes of the Week

During the fifth week of competition we had a duel meet at Grace Davis and the distance runners ran at the Bronco Distance Carnival. The coaches had a difficult time selecting the male athlete for this week. We ultimately decide to award it to two deserving individuals.

Kylo Vaught



Malcolm McCloud

 MALCOLM MC CLOUD and KYLO VAUGHT
Malcolm won both the discus and the shot put events vs Grace Davis. Kylo also won two events against Davis, the triple jump and the 300m hurdles. He also placed in the 110m hurdle race.

FELICIA ROMO
Felicia competed well against Davis. In spite of having other comitments, she remained loyal to the team. Her dedication and work ethic serves as an example for the rest of the team.

Bronco Distance Carnival

A handful of Downey distance runners drove up to Fair Oaks on Friday and competed with some of the Sac Joaquin Section's best at the Bella Vista Bronco Distance Carnival. Almost all of the Downey athletes acheived PRs for their efforts.

F/S Boys' Distance Medley Relay
This was the first event of the evening and the Downey athletes may not have gotten completely warmed up. Alfonso Urbano led off with the 1200m leg. He is one tough frosh, but he found himself in with the "big boys" on this leg. Halfway through his leg we were well behind the rest of the teams, but he hung in there to run 4:00.34 for his leg. Saul Zigala took the baton next for the 400m leg. He made up a significant portion of the gap with a solid 59.68. Anthony Garcia closed the gap and passed two teams in his 800m leg of 2:16.29. Jake Crenshaw ran the 1600m anchor leg. He passed another team and had to hold off a late charge. His PR 1600m relay split of 5:12.29 finish the race for us in 8th place (12:29.91).

F/S 1600m
With a very short time to recover and warmup again, Jake Crenshaw doubled back in the F/S 1600m. He was the just about the last person to get into the fastest of the two heats. As such he may have been overmatched and still tired from the DMR. He struggled the whole race near the back. Eventually gutting out the finish in 5:24.57, finishing in 41st place out of almost 80 in the 2 heats.

Varsity Boys' 1600m
Andrew Osgood fought from the back of the 1600m pack to the middle by the 800m mark. As the kickers began to move he struggled to hang on. Eventually he crossed the line with a huge PR of 4:37.54 for 13th place. This mark currently ranks him as #4 in Stanislaus County.

F/S Boys' 800m
In the F/S Boys' 800m Anthony Garcia bolted to the front as is his tradition. He gave up a few places over the middle 400m and then finished with a burst to hold on to 4th place and earn the only Downey medal of the evening. His 2:10.59 was a PR andranks him currenty as #10 in the county. Saul Zigala ran in the second heat. He is generally a sprinter but adjusted to the 800m nicely. He closed hard over the final 200m, passing many runners to finish 23rd overall in 2:21.51.

F/S Boys' 3200m
Alfonso Urbano laced up his racing shoes again for the F/S 3200m. It was a very fast and difficult field. He struggled to hang on to the last couple of runners for most of the race but managed to gut out a PR performance of 11:53.05 for 25th place.

Girls' 3200m
Sierra Durham toed the line in an enormous 42 runner field for the 3200m. She knew it would be a fast race and we were looking for her to be towed along to a fast time. That is exactly what happened as she went through the 1600m mark in a near best of 5:48.68 and hung on during the second mile to finish in 14th place with a time of 11:51.12. This time was a PR by 20 seconds and ranks her as #3 in the county for the year. More importantly it moved her into the #5 spot all-time for Downey. As sheis one of only 5 girls ever at Downey to break twelve minutes in the 3200m.

Varsity Boys' 3200m
Andrew Osgood doubled back from his successful 1600m race in the large field of the 3200m. He ran most of the race near the back of the lead pack. As the pace increased and the pack thinned, he struggled but hung on for a big PR. His placed 16th with a time of 10:18.73. This mark ranks him 4th in the county and #8 on the all-time Downey F/S 3200 list.

Link to pictures of the meet:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=56950&id=1807850130&l=5062260cae

Link to complete results: 

http://rise.espn.go.com/track-and-xc/california/2011-track/Results/April/08-Bronco-Rdup-SJ.aspx?pursuit=TrackAndXC

TDHS v Grace Davis

Although I don't have complete results I will write up what I do have.

Varsity Girls (TDHS 35 Davis 94)
Sierra Durham won the 1600m (6:15), 800m (2:45), and 3200m (13:25) to score 15 of the team's points. She was the only Downey girl to win an event. Most of the girl's team left the meet prior to their events to go to a dance performance practice.

Varsity Boys (TDHS 57 Davis 78)
The score was closer than it otherwise might appear. Due to a poor handoff we lost the 4X100, didn't run a team in the 4X400, and were missing our top distance runner. Unfortunately, this was a winnable meet that we didn't win.

Malcomb McCloud won the shot put and the discus (119'21").
Kylo Vaught won the triple jump (38'3") and the 300m hurdles (46.8).
Anthony Garcia won his first varsity 800m of the year in a time of 2:19.
Caleb Lowe was the only other Downey event winner taking the tape in the 110H with a time of 16.79.

As I receive more complete results I will post them.

Links to pictures of the meet:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=56921&id=1807850130&l=f96094447e

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=56764&id=1807850130&l=cddccb3128

WEEK 4: Athletes of the Week

JAKE CRENSHAW
In last Wednesday's meet against Johansen, Jake won the F/S division 1600m, 3200m and long jump. He was the highest scoring male athlete with 15 total points.

SIMONE WEND
Simone won the varsity girls long jump, triple jump, high jump, and ran a leg on Downey's winning 4x100m relay team against Johansen. Her triple jump of 31'8" ranks as #8 all-time at Downey. She accounted for 16.3 of Downey's points.

Downey vs JoHo

Last Wednesday the Knights ran, threw, and jumped againt the Vikings of Johansen. We won all four divisions. Below I will summarize some of the highlights of each division.

F/S GIRLS beat JHS 39 to 9
Alicia Bargas won the 1600m and 800m to score 10 pts.
Katie Alexander also won two events, 100m and 200m, to score 10 points.
Abby Homan won the 3200m and was second in the 1600m which contributed 8 points.
Isaura Serna also added 6 points with her second place finishes in the 100m and 200m.

F/S BOYS beat JHS 90 to 28
Jake Crenshaw led the attack with three wins (1600m, 3200m, and LJ) earnig 15 points.
Herman Harris won the 100m and the HJ. His 5'8" in the HJ ranks as #9 all-time for F/S. His two wins earned the school 10 pts.
Mitchell Dill won the shot put and the discus to score 10 pts.
Francisco Solorzano scored 8pts by placing 1st in the TJ and second in the LJ.
Saul Zigala (400m), Rafael Chavez (800m), Kai Zambramo (200m) all were individual event winners.

VARSITY GIRLS beat JHS 63 to 48
Simone Wend led the scoring by winning the TJ, HJ and LJ. She also ran a leg on the winning 4x100m relay team. Beyond the 16.3 points that she was responsible for scoring, the 4x100m relay (Simone, Maddie Finch, Felicia Romo, and Micayla Lowe) team's time of 54.27 ranks them as #10 all-time. Simone's 31'8" in the triple jump also put her at #8 on the all-time list.
Sierra Durham won the 1600m, 800m, and 3200m to contribute 15 pts.
Taylor Wilson was the only other Downey individual event winner by taking the tape in the 300m hurdles. She also placed 3rd in the 100m hurdles to score 6 pts.
Rocio Ramirez-Castro placed 2nd in both the 1600m and 3200m to chalk up 6pts for the lady Knights.
Micayla Lowe ran a leg on the winning 4x100m relay team, placed 2nd in the 100m and 3rd in the 200m for an additional 5.3 points.

VARSITY BOYS beat JHS 88 to 36
Andrew Osgood led the scoring by winning the 1600m and 3200m. He also placed 2nd in the 800m to tally 13points.
Ty Cummins racked up 12 points by winning the LJ, placing 2nd in the 100m and 200m, and taking 3rd in the TJ.
Jacob Hackett won the 100m and 200m to score 10 points.
Kylo Vaught won the TJ, placed second in the 100m hurdles, and third in the 300m hurdles.
Caleb Lowe won the 110m hurdles and placed third in the 200m to add 6 pts.
Blake Lopes won the 400m and ran a leg on the winning 4x400m relay team to contribute 6.3 pts.
The only other event winner was Paul Bilodeau whose 45.90 in the 300m hurdles just missed the 10th spot on the all-time list.

Links to pictures of the meet:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=56180&id=1807850130&l=c834c34f64

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/album.php?aid=2082046&id=1005406774

Link to complete Downey results from the meet:
http://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/MeetResults.aspx?Meet=121951#789

WEEK 3: Athletes of the Week

JOHN KREIFELS
John had a great meet at the MJC Invitational where he anchored the F/S boys 4x100m Relay team to a 1st place finish and placed a strong 5th in the F/S 100m dash.
KARINA REDDING
Karina placed 19th in her first venture into the 400m this year and improved her previous best time by over 5 seconds. The meet was cancelled due to bad weather just prior to her best event, the 300m hurdles.

MJC Invitational

Another weekend, another soggy track meet!

The Downey Knights took to the rain soaked oval at Modesto Junior College this past Saturday to compete against some of the best track athletes in the area. During the abbreviated competion some fine marks were acheived (especially considering the weather and track/fields conditions.

The F/S Boys
The boys place 4th overall and had eleven individuals/teams place in the top ten.

The 4x100 Relay team (Kreifels, Vaa-Ayala, Zambrano, Harris) started off the day for Downey on a high note by winning the event in 46.87 and earning the gold medal
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The sprint core again represented well in the 100m dash. John Kreifels placed 5th in 12.54 and Mario Sanchez was 9th in 12.71.

Downey dominated the 400m with Blake Lopes again turing in a solid 2nd place effort in 55.14 with Richard Lopez close behind in 4th, 56.16.

In the 800m Anthony Garcia led the race at the 400m mark but faded and crossed the line in 4th place, 2:13.31.

In the field events Alex Vele finished fifth in the shot put with a throw of 39'1".

Like the sprints, Downey dominated the high jump with three jumpers in the top nine. Herman Harris again won the event with a hieght of 5'2". Richard Lopez placed 8th (5'0") and Mitchell Evans was 10th (4'8").

In the long jump Francisco Solorzano placed 8th with a jump of 15'9.25".

The Varsity Boys
The varsity boys also represented well and pulled out a very strong 7th place.

The 4x100 Relay (Lowe, Cummings, Mitchell, and Hackett) team ended up in the second heat, which they won (due to a huge anchor leg by Jacob Hackett), but it left them with a slower overall time and a 5th place finish.

In the 110 hurdles Kylo Vaught finished 5th in 17.69 and Caleb Lowe was 10th in 19.79.

Following up after his strong anchor leg, Jacob Hackett turned in another strong performance in the 100m by finishing 4th and becoming the first Knight this season to break twelve seconds with his time of 11.91.

Aaron Zwahlen turned in a strong performance in the 400m with a 7th place finish and a time of 54.91.

In the 1600m Andrew Osgood battled the rain and the competition to finish 6th in 4:44.65.

In the field events Malcoln McCloud earned a 4th place with his Discus throw of 110'8".

Ty Cummings leaped 18'3" to grab 5th place in the long jump.

The Girls
The only Downey girls to garner a top-ten finish was Sierra Durham with her 2nd place in the 1600m in a time of 5:45.19.

The girls finished in 17th place with 8 points.


Below is the complete list of Downey results:

Link to pictures from the meet:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=55795&id=1807850130&l=8c02b0d3c5

Link to complete results:
http://rise.espn.go.com/track-and-xc/california/2011-track/Results/March/26-Modesto-JC.aspx?pursuit=TrackAndXC