Rusty Bull takes the hand off from Jeremiah Jackson during the 4×100 relay last week at YHS. Photos by Amanda White
The Mariposa County Track and Field team kicked off their season with a quad meet at Yosemite High School in Oakhurst last week on March 3.
Teams who competed include Liberty High School (Madera Ranchos), Sierra High School, Yosemite High School and Mariposa County High School.
“They all did very well, I have a very young team with a lot of sophomores and freshmen,” said coach Adrian Perez.
“For a lot of them it was their first meet and they did very well.”
Liberty placed first in mens varsity with 57 points, followed by Sierra with 46.
Yosemite took third place with 15 points and Mariposa finished fourth with 13.
Liberty also placed first on the women’s varsity side with 66 points followed by Sierra in second with 38.
Yosemite finished in third place with 16 and Mariposa took fourth with six points.
MCHS highlights for mens varsity
Joseph Walker placed sixth in the 100 meter with a time of 12.29 followed by Wilde Ketron in seventh with a time of 12.29.
Juniper Helling came in third place in the 200 meter and first place in the 400 meter.
In the 200 meter, Ketron placed third with a time of 25.00 while Jeremiah Jackson placed sixth with 25.68.
Rusty Bull placed second in the 400 meter with a time of 54.77. Liam Davis came in seventh with 1:06.53.
In the 800 meter, Mason Rivera took third with 2:35.43 while Isaiah Diaz placed fifth with a time of 2:49.39.
Jackson, Bull, Nathiah Delgrego and Braxton Vecchiarelli took third place in the 4×100 relay with a time of 47.25.
In the 4×400 relay, Rivera, Devin Coca, Davis and Bull earned third place with a time of 4:16.21.
Eamon Fluharty set a personal best record in both shot put and discus.
He placed first in shot put with a throw of 43’5” and second in discus with a throw of 106’10”.
For high jump, Jackson placed fourth with 5’4” and Walker took sixth with 5’0”.
MCHS highlights for womens varsity
Dana Munoz takes off after receiving the baton from Alison Wolf during the 4×100 relay.
Juniper Helling placed fourth in the 100 meter with 14.29 while Alison Wolf earned fifth place with 14.33.
In the 200 meter, Helling took third with 28.39.
First place in the 400 meter went to Helling with a personal best time 1:04.85.
In the 800 meter, Juno Pike placed fourth with a personal best of 3:13.88 followed by Nailea Gonzalez with 3:14.15, which was also a personal best. Marley Gediman earned sixth place with 3:14.60.
Wolf, Dana Munoz, Cora Grasso and Tania Marquez placed third in the 4×100 relay with a personal best time of 58.41.
In seventh place was Brittany Vargas, Allie Sanders, Lily Peters and Aria Kornaros with a personal best time of 1:03.02.
In the 4×400 relay, Vargas, Helling, Wolf and Gediman earned third place while setting a personal best time of 4:55.10.
In fifth place was Pike, Kornaros, Gonzalez and Jaysea Whitmire with a personal best of 5:30.33.
For shot put, Pike and Grasso tied for fourth place with 23’2”.
Nailea Gonzalez is pictured throwing the discus last week.
In discus, Gonzalez placed seventh with 48’6” and Gediman took eighth with 44’1”.
In the long jump, Marquez finished fifth with 12’2.5” while Munoz earned sixth with 11’9.5”.
Harmony Fournier took seventh with 11’8.5” and Sanders finished in ninth with 10’3”
All four were personal best distances.
“We had a couple kids who stumbled out of the blocks but they didn’t give up,” Perez said.
“As they get their times we want them to improve over their season best or personal best, that’s a win even if they don’t make the podium.”
The meet at Yosemite High School was a chance for athletes to see where they stand.
“I’m glad we had this meet so they could get some times in,” Perez said.
“It’ll make them more competitive so they’ll be seeded with athletes who have similar times to them.”
The team traveled to Golden Valley High School in Merced on March 7 for the 17th Annual Dean Andreessen Classic with over 20 teams in attendance.
“These meets are good preparation for league,” Perez said.
The first Southern Athletic League meet took place on Wednesday, March 11 at Waterford High School.
Results for the first league meet were not available at press time.
Next up, the team will travel to Waterford for a second time for their second league meet of the season on March 25.
Events begin at 2 p.m.
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