The Christopher High track and field team split with Monterey in
a league dual meet Thursday. The girls came away with a 100-12 win
while the shorthanded boys were defeated 94-21.
The Christopher High track and field team split with Monterey in a league dual meet Thursday. The girls came away with a 100-12 win while the shorthanded boys were defeated 94-21.
The varsity came to win the meet,” head coach Jeff Myers said. “And after having the girls jump into any open event to steal points, they just ran away with the meet.”
The girls 4×100-meter relay team of Haylee Peterson, Cailin McCarry, Sarah Warner and Monique Esparza won its race while the 4×400 team (Claudia Ferreira McCarry, H. Peterson, Esparza) followed suit..
Lauryn Preeshl took first in both the shot put (29-feet, 10 inches) and the discus (89-8). McCarry and Haylee Peterson finished one, two in the 100-meter dash, clocking times of 13.06 and 13.07, respectively. Haylee Peterson continued a solid meet with a top spot in the 100 hurdles registering a 17.53.
Warner won the triple jump with 28-0, long jump (13-03) and took second in the 200.
Maddie Peterson finished second in the 100 hurdles (19.34), 300 hurdles (55.28) and second in the discus at 61-08. Ferreira ran a season-best time of 52.53 in winning the 300 hurdles and also finished second in the shot put with 24-10.
On the boys’ side, Marty Ettema posted a 15.32 in the 110 high hurdles to capture first and Chase Hillpole vaulted to the top with an 11-0 clearance.
Daryl Akers was the No. 1 long jumper with a 17-10, and sprinter Jorge Ramos took third in the shot put , tossing a new school record with a throw of 36-02.
Boys Volleyball
A third-set loss did little to disrupt an otherwise convincing four-set match victory (25-6, 25-15, 21-25, 25-12) for the Gilroy High boys volleyball team over Alisal on Thursday night in Gilroy.
The win came one night after the Mustangs (18-6 overall, 14-1 Tri-County Athletic League) dropped a tight five-set decision to non-league opponent San Lorenzo Valley.
Gilroy wraps up the regular season against Christopher on Tuesday at GHS.
–Seven kills from Justin Laveroni and five more from Nathan Moria wasn’t enough as the CHS volleyball team fell in three sets (25-10, 25-11, 25-20) to Salinas on Thursday.
