The Olympian High School track and field team put on a power packed showing to capture both the boys and girls team titles at last Saturday’s 14th annual Phair Co./Mustang Relays at Otay Ranch High School.
The Eagles tallied 66 points to finish on top of the girls Blue Division field and mustered 57 points to top the boys field.
The scores were tops on the day between both divisions.
Serra won the boys Silver Division title with 47 points while Kearny out-pointed Serra 42-41 to win the girls Silver Division title.
A total of 22 teams competed in the one-day meet. Olympian finished 19 points ahead of runner-up Steele Canyon in the girls Blue Division field and 14 points ahead of runner-up Otay Ranch in the boys Blue Division field.
Eastlake finished third in the potent girls Blue Division field, two points behind Steele Canyon, while Valhalla finished third in the boys Blue Division field, two points ahead of East County rival Steele Canyon.
“I think the competition was great,” first-year Otay Ranch head coach Russ Hill said. “You saw the best of Sweetwater and our league (Mesa League). It was great to mix it up with schools from around the county we don’t get to face often. It was great to see them and a good time was had by all.”
Olympian notched six first-place finishes — four in relay events and two in individual events.
Adaeze Noble posted the top time in the (41.91) in the girls 300-meter dash while Chayin Osgood posted the top mark (6-0) in the boys high jump.
Victorious relay teams included the girls 4×100 relay (49.46), girls 4×200 relay (1:46.06), boys 4×200 relay (1:31.99) and girls 4×400 relay (4:02.46).
Olympian’s girls 4×400 relay is ranked second among San Diego Section teams with a season best time of 4:00.93.
The foursome of Jasmine Simmons, Alyssa Meeks, Noble and Kolumbia Page are bidding for a return to the state meet.
“We’re all sprinters,” Noble said. “But we’ve been doing endurance runs so we can start faster and finish stronger.
“We’ve all been PR’ing in the 400 to help us with the 4×400.”
Among individuals, Noble (58.72) and Page (58.84) rank sixth and seventh among section sprinters in the 400 dash.
The Lady Eagles rank third in the section in the girls 4×100 relay.
Top marks
Other top individual performances turned in by Metro Conference athletes at last weekend’s Mustang Relays were headlined by Eastlake junior Jaylin Jackson’s winning marks in the boys long jump (22-7) and triple jump (46-6.5).
Jackson ranks first in the section in the triple jump (46-8), fourth in the long jump (22-10) and ninth in the 110 high hurdles (15.49).
Mater Dei Catholic senior Ezekiel Campos won the Silver Division pole vault by clearing 12-6. Point Loma senior Brentan Reynolds and Steele Canyon senior Wyatt Holmes both cleared 12-6 to top the Blue Division.
Eastlake sophomore Renna Cozza, Otay Ranch senior Yazmin Desanges and Steele Canyon junior Hannah Hodge all cleared 8-6 for the top mark in the girls Blue Division high jump.
Otay Ranch junior Jace Fumatu finished second in the Blue Division shot put with a mark of 47-7.50 to trail event-winner Kyree Woods, a senior from Steele Canyon, at 50-10. Wood ranks second in the section with a mark of 52-3.5.
Hilltop junior Noe Sanchez posted the third-best mark in the event at 45-0.5 to win the Silver Division flight.
Eastlake sophomore Talon Lazio finished second in the Blue Division shot put at 128-10. University City junior Jake Jones won the event at 140-0.
Otay Ranch junior Darian Williams and Olympian junior Adriane Rodriguez both finished at 5-8 behind Osgood in the Blue Division high jump.
Olympian senior Michael Hull-Littlejohn, the section leader at 23-9.75 in the boys long jump, finished runner-up in the Blue Division (22-3.5).
Olympian senior William Yancey (41-11.25) and Isaiah Wilson (41-7.5) finished third and fourth, respectively, in the boys Blue Division triple jump while Hull-Littlejohn was fifth (41-5.25). Eastlake sophomore Kevin Bateman was sixth (40-11.5).
Besides relay and field events, the meet also highlighted several standalone invitational events: the 300-meter dash, 1500-meter run and 300-meter hurdles.
Helix senior Noah Tynes ran to the top time in the Blue Division boys 300-meter invitational in 36.50 seconds. Tynes’ time was the best between the two divisions on the exceptionally warm day.
Valhalla junior Alex Lieu recorded the top time in the Blue Division boys 300-meter intermediate hurdles in 40.85 while Helix senior Troianah Freeman sped to the top time in the girls event with a time of 48.42. Both times were bests on the day.
Olympian senior Ryan Sanchez finished second in the boys Blue Division 300 dash in 27.00.
Brawley junior JeVain Harrington won the boys Silver Division in 37.31, nipping Central Union senior Angel Espinosa (37.40), El Cajon Valley sophomore Josue Lara-Flores (37.80) and Mar Vista junior Kyle Denney (37.89).
Hilltop senior Aislinn Arias won the girls Silver Division 300 dash in 45.12.
Eastlake freshman Patricia Miessner won the girls 1500-meter run in the Blue Division in 4:56.94 ahead of Olympian sophomore Mariana Beltran-Picos (5:07.27).
Miessner’s time was the best on the day in the two divisions after Serra freshman Alyssa Ruiz won the Silver Division in 5:07.19.
Serra junior Anthony Benitez (Silver Division) posted the top time in the boys 1500 run in 4:03.36 while Bonita Vista junior Isaiah Labra won the Blue Division in 4:07.38.
Labra ranks eighth overall in the section in the 1600 run in 4:24.92; Benitez ranks fifth.
Olympian senior Diego Arriola finished runner-up in the Blue Division 1500 in 4:08.99 — just a stride ahead of Otay Ranch sophomore Justin Mulvany (4:09.67).
Southwest junior Jacob Fierro finished second in the Silver Division in 4:16.01.
Olympian senior Jaida Payne finished second in the girls Blue Division 300 hurdles in 48.64 — just a stride behind Freeman. Otay Ranch junior Alani Johnson was third in the field in 48.91, followed by Eastlake sophomore Roxanne Jaramillo in fourth place in 50.55.
Otay Ranch senior Daniel Langlais finished second in the boys Blue Division 300 hurdles field in 41.85 — one second behind race-winner Lieu. Olympian junior Adrine Sermons finished fourth in 42.71, just a flicker behind Steele Canyon junior Thomas Fishburne, who placed third in 42.29.
Serra junior Jacob Davis won the boys Silver Division field in 43.09 while Mar Vista senior Nathan Lopez was second in 43.76. Castle Park senior Jovani Chavez was fourth in 43.80.
Relay events
In the boys 4×100 relay, Olympian finished second in the boys Blue Division in 43.35 — a heartbeat behind race-winner Steele Canyon in 43.31. Eastlake was third in 43.71.
The Eagles rank seventh in the event in the section; the Titans are 10th in the section.
Eastlake won the boys Blue Division 4×400 relay in 3:28.06, nipping runner-up Olympian (3:30.54). The Titans rank fifth in the section in the event.
Otay Ranch finished runner-up in the girls Blue Division 4×800 relay in 10:21.05. Bonita Vista was right behind in third place in 10:21.66.
Olympian (1:52.53) finished second to Steele Canyon (1:52.47) by just .06 second in the girls sprint medley relay (legs of 100, 100, 200 and 400 meters).
The Eagles (1:37.96) were second to Steele Canyon (1:37.39) by .57 seconds in the boys sprint medley relay. Otay Ranch was third in 1:38.49.
Otay Ranch won the girls Blue Division 4×100 shuttle hurdles in 1:09.97 ahead of Steele Canyon (1:10.63) and Olympian (1:11.22).
Valhalla won the boys Blue Division 4×100 shuttle hurdles in 1:06.18 ahead of Point Loma (1:07.97) and Eastlake (1:08.95).
East County athletes showed exceptionally well in field events.
Besides Woods, Steele Canyon junior Eleanor Brandt recorded the top mark (111-03) in the Blue Division girls discus throw.
Next up for many of the athletes competing in last weekend’s meet will be honors in upcoming league, CIF division and state qualifying events.
14th annual Phair Co./Mustang Relays
April 22 at Otay Ranch HS
Boys Teams
1. Olympian 57 points
2. Serra 47 points
3. Brawley 45 points
4, Otay Ranch 43 points
5. Valhalla 39 points
6. Steele Canyon 37 points
7. Mar Vista 33 points
8. St. Augustine 32 points
9. Eastlake 29 points
10. Central Union 28 points
11. Southwest 25 points
12. Point Loma 20 points
13. El Cajon Valley 19 points
14. University City 14 points
15. (tie) Calexico 13 points
15. (tie) Sweetwater 13 points
17. Hilltop 9 points
18. Castle Park 8 points
19. Helix 7 points
20. Bonita Vista 6 points
21. Kearny 3 points
Girls Teams
1. Olympian 66 points
2, Steele Canyon 47 points
3. Eastlake 45 points
4. Kearny 42 points
5. Serra 41 points
6. Calexico 39 points
7. Mar Vista 28 points
8. (tie) Brawley 27 points
8. (tie) El Cajon Valley 27 points
10. Valhalla 24 points
11. Otay Ranch 23 points
12. Southwest 22 points
13. Point Loma 21 points
14. Bonita Vista 16 points
15. Central Union 15 points
16. Helix 14 points
17. Hilltop 10 points
18. Gompers Prep 4 points
19. Sweetwater 3 points
20. University City 2 points
