The UCSB Gauchos will head down to UC Irvine's Anteater Stadium this weekend for the remainder of the Big West Conference Championships.Last year Long Beach State University won the men's division while the California State University-Northridge won the women's division. The Gauchos are looking in pretty good shape and hungrier than ever to reclaim their title.All of the multi-event athletes who competed last weekend will return to the track to compete in several open events. Currently, … [Read more...]
Individual Channel League titles taken at final meet
Friday, May 4, 2012 By 1 Comment
League champion Ventura dominated many of the events at Friday's Channel League Track & Field Championships, yet San Marcos and Dos Pueblos still had many CIF individual qualifiers who placed top three throughout the meet at Buena High School.Dos Pueblos' girls 4x100 relay took first place over San Marcos, as one of the first events on the track. The young competitors that made up this winning team Sydney Eilbacher, Niema Poindexter, Stamatia Scarvelis and Natalie Klapp gave strong … [Read more...]
Cornejo, Woo snatch TVL titles for Carp
Friday, May 4, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Carpinteria's David Cornejo and Noah Woo won Tri-Valley League titles at Thursday's Track and Field Championships, becoming the first Warrior boys to do so since 2005.Cornejo took first in the 300 hurdles and Woo was first in the high jump.Kelsey Drain equaled Carpinteria's school record in the pole vault with a jump of 10 feet. She placed third in the vault and third in the 300 hurdles.All three athletes qualified for CIF as a result.Oaks Christian won the team Tri-Valley League … [Read more...]
Poindexter repeats as Frontier champ
Thursday, May 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment
For the third consecutive year, Bishop Diego's Nicole Poindexter won Frontier League titles in three events, this time in Thursday's league championships at Fillmore High School.Poindexter won the 100-meter sprint in 12.50 seconds and the 200-meter in 25.60. The senior also won the long jump with a leap of 17 feet, four inches.Poindexter will compete next at the CIF Division 4 Prelims at Carpinteria High School. … [Read more...]
Nwaba, Gauchos dominate Cal Poly
Sunday, April 29, 2012 By Leave a Comment
SAN LUIS OBISPO -- The Gaucho men and women both dominated in their first and only dual meet of the season against Cal Poly State University.Notable performances today were highlighted by Barbara Nwaba who competed in the 100m hurdles, high jump and javelin events, and winning all three in clear fashion.In the throws, Irene Kujore had a great performance winning both the shot put and discus events while Alex Umstead lead the men's hammer throw and shot put events. Mitchell Haag … [Read more...]
Warriors bring in five titles at GSAC Championships
Saturday, April 28, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Five Warriors won GSAC Championship crowns as Westmont Men's and Women's Track each finished third at the GSAC Track and Field Championships held on Friday and Saturday in Azusa.The finish is the highest for the men since 2006 and for the women since 1999. The teams have not both finished in third place or better since 1995 when both teams were second. The men finished with 137.50 points and were second to Fresno Pacific who tallied 154.50 points. Azusa Pacific won the men's competition … [Read more...]
Warriors perform well in first day of GSAC Championships
Friday, April 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The first day of the 2012 Golden State Athletic Conference Track and Field Championships is in the books and Westmont has had several outstanding performances. The event, which is being conducted at Azusa Pacific, will conclude on Saturday.Kristin Hempy had a good first day in the women's heptathlon. The senior bettered her mark in every event over her performance in the Sam Adams Multi-Events at the beginning of April. As a result, she has 2545 points after the first day of competition and … [Read more...]
Final race leads Royals to a one-point victory
Thursday, April 26, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The San Marcos boys track and field team edged out Dos Pueblos by one point on Thursday with their 4x4 as the last event on the Chargers' track. Cole Erickson, Victor Sanchez, Cameron Cruikshank and David McBride made up the team that clinched the Royals victory with a time of 3:29.65."It was a really exciting meet that came down to the last race," said DP coach Leslie Roth."Unfortunately we were on the losing end of it."However, all wasn't lost for the Chargers whose girls team managed … [Read more...]
Cornejo, Drain beat Lions in 300-meter hurdles
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment
David Cornejo and Kelsey Drain captured the 300-meter hurdles for Carpinteria's track & field team in Wednesday's Tri-Valley League meet with Oaks Christian, but the Lions were still able to record victories in both boys and girls.The boys competition was closer with Oaks Christian winning 79-55.The Warrior boys did well in the field events, winning five of six. Trevon Guevara won the triple jump, Noah Woo the high jump, Andrew Hack the pole vault, and Xavier De Alba the discus and … [Read more...]
