Last Week in Review
The inagural decathlon style meet (plus relays) was a huge success for the athletes and the fans. The meet was set in the same style as the Nike Outdoor Team Nationals with points assigned to times and distances. With this type of meet each athlete tries for the fastest time and longest distance in order to gather the most points for their team. Many of the athletes set goals coming into the meet and the crowd was there to encourage...........and they did! The final individual event of the night was the 1600 and the entire crowd gathered in land 5 around the track to get up close and personal with the runners. Sarah Fakler (Xavier) was trying to break 5 minutes on her first race of the season and almost made it as she was only 1.25 seconds off. Likewise Will Firth (Brophy) was making an attempt to break 4:20 and finished in 4:22.47. The relaxed atmosphere of the meet and the engagement of the crowd made it a fun night for all! Sarah Fakler, Tommy Williams (Brophy) with his 1:56.12 800 meter run and Devon Allen (Brophy) with his 48.73 400 meter dash, all moved into the #1 spot on the Arizona leader board. Allen is currently ranked US#9 in the 400 and Tommy Williams is ranked US#9 in the 800. (From left: Tommy Williams pacing Will Firth in the 1600, Devon Allen in the 400 and Sarah Fakler in the 1600) Brandon Pineda (Tolleson Union) hurled the shot put 59-05 for a US#7. Pineda is already ranked US#5 for his 60-4 shot put at the Gatorade Invite last weekend. Brian Thompson (Mountain Ridge) threw the discus 171-06.50 earning him a spot at US#11. Paul Corona (Yuma Catholic) jumped 15-07 in the pole vault for a US#6. Many records fell at the Rattler Booster Invitational with several athletes taking top spots on the Arizona and US leader boards. Jasmine Todd (Chandler) broke the 100 meter dash record with a time of 11.94 for an AZ#1 and a US#9. Todd also broke the long jump when she leaped 18-8 landing in the AZ#1 and US#9 spot. Chandler Teammates Sherrelle Jordan, Ky Westbrook and Makaila Flannigan all broke meet records and all hold AZ#1 spots. Jordan won the 100 meter hurdles in a wind aided 14.53. Her AZ#1 time of 14.33 came from the PUSD relays last weekend. Westbrook finished the 200 meter dash in 25.28 and Flannigan won the 300 hurdles in 44.89. Alexis Clay, also from Chandler, took 2nd in the 100 hurldes with a 14.67 and Flannigan finished 3rd in 14.83. Both times were wind aided. Haley Bowser (Chandler) won the pole vault with a jump of 11-0. Hannah Carson (Chandler) stepped up to the discus area and threw a 146-6.4 on her first throw to smash the meet record moving into US#3. The previous record of 125-11 was set by Ironwood's Kelsey Klein in 2007. Carson also broke the shot put record, hurling the shot put 42-02.50 for a US#4. Jessica Schmitt (Dobson) took 2nd in the shot put with a 38-6.5. Billy Orman (Tuba City) not only broke 2 meet records, he also moved up to US#2 in the 3200 and US#7 in the 1600. Orman ran a 4:16.82 in the 1600 early in the day, taking the lead at the 800 meter mark. In the late afternoon he ran alone finishing in 9:00.27. Brandon Kocmoud (Sunrise Mountain) finished 2nd in the 1600 with a time of 4:20.18. Kocmoud went on to win the 800 in Trae Armstrong (Deer Valley) won the 100 meter dash with a 10.72 wind aided time. Armstrong also ran a 10.94 in the prelims. Armstrong also won the 200 meter dash in 21.90. Rolonda Jumbo (Chinle) had a nice PR in the 3200 finishing 1st with a 10:54.47. Earlier in the day Jumbo finished 2nd in the 1600 with a 5:13.50. Marissa Opatz (Desert Mountain) passed Jumbo in the 1600 with 100 meters to go to finish in 5:10.81. Opatz went on to win the 800 meter run in 2:17.17 breaking the meet record. Jumbo and Opatz hold the AZ#1 spots in their winning events. Travis Colby (Chandler) won the discus in 151-0.5 and Talaiasi Tauel (Mesa) won the shot put in 52-2. All in all, 13 meet records were broken with the Chandler girls braking 9 of them. The Chandler boys broke the 4x400 meter relay with a time of 3:24.89. Bourgade Catholic Invitational
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