Gilroy
– Megan McAvoy and Stephanie Glenn were seeing double Thursday,
which helped Gilroy see its way to an easy win over Alisal.
Gilroy – Megan McAvoy and Stephanie Glenn were seeing double Thursday, which helped Gilroy see its way to an easy win over Alisal.
Meanwhile, the Mustang boys dominated the field events but couldn’t overcome triple winner Diego Estrada of the Trojans, who won 72-64.
McAvoy won the high jump in 4-8 and the long jump in 14-8 1/2. She was also second in the triple in 32-1 1/2. Glenn won the 100 hurdles in 18.60 and the pole vault in 7-6. Led by its two seniors, Gilroy’s girls (3-1) had a 43-10 advantage in field events.
In the running events, the Mustangs were led by freshmen. Sarah Unadia went under 50 seconds for the first time in the 300 hurdles, clocking 49.15. Elise Ogle went under 5:30 in the mile for the first time, clocking a 5:26. Ogle is within six seconds of Shanna Skillman’s school record set in 1987.
GHS sophomore Kathleen Miller followed Ogle with a PR 5:30. And freshmen Paty Hernandez and Brandie Rodriguez ran 1-2 in the 800 in 2:34 and 2:35, respectively.
“We’re strong and balanced across the board,” GHS coach Jeff Myers said of the girls. “We have more than anyone else depthwise. We’re out-numbering (teams) when it comes to placings.”
It was no surprise that Estrada was the star of the boys’ meet. The talented junior clocked 2:03 in the 800, 4:32 in the 1,600, and 9:53 in the 3,200. His times helped pull along two of Gilroy’s top distance runners.
Junior Derek Pesta, celebrating his 17th birthday, ran 4:37 in the 1,600 and 10:16 in the 3,200. Sophomore Jaime Reyes, running in just his second competition of the season, was just a second behind Estrada in the 800.
The Mustangs, who had a 33-21 in the field events, won all three jumps. Lorenzo Dobson high-jumped 5-6, Dante Fullard long-jumped 18-1 and Marshad Johnson triple-jumped 40-0.
Meanwhile, discus throwers Ismael Gutierrez (132-8) and Matt Ondriezk (126-0) easily turned in season-best performances.
“The boys are working hard,” Myers said of the 0-4 team. “They’re improving their times and distances which is the most important thing.”
