Palomares Finals – Whoosh!

The wind always blows at Ayala – the site of the first Palomares League Finals.  At prelims, the athletes faced 2-4 mps winds in their faces in the sprints and hurdles.  For Finals, they reversed the direction of some races to take advantage of the winds… and how!

Shalee Reynolds and Veronica Smeltzer – fast people. Note – We’re not sure why this photo appears sideways on some devices and computers.

Veronica Smeltzer (Sr, Glendora) led the girls with three wins – 15.39/100 hurdles (#5 SGV, GHS record), 200/26.06 & 4×400/4:02.85 #3 SGV).  But she was rivaled by two All-Time SGV performances.  Bonita senior Cassidy Peng’s 11-00 pole vault win moves her to #13= All-Time, and #2 this year.  But maybe the biggest breakthrough was from Shalee Reynolds (So, Glendora).  Her 45.38 to win the 300 hurdles was a PR by almost two seconds, and she now ranks #38 AT SGV and #4 this year.

Austin Warrington

Austin Warrington

Among the boys Diamond Bar senior Austin Warrington stepped up best on this big day and walked away with three first place medals.  His big 10.75 (2.3w) puts him #4 on the seasonal SGV list, and he backed that up with wins in the 200 – 22.93 and the relay 43.04 – #6 SGV.

Full Results – Track/Field

Complete Coverage after the jump

Palomares Boys

SGV 800 & 1600 leader Dillon Beckum (So, Bonita) was running to advance, but still ran really fast. His 4:21.25 effort just edged out a fine 4:21.80 (SGV #5) from Jonah Ross (Sr, Claremont) and he led a 1-4 Bonita sweep of the 800 at 1:56.48.  Dillon finished his day with a third win in the 4×400 in a nice 3:26.42.

The field events had two double winners. B.J. McLauren (Jr, Bonita) took both jumps with PR’s – 46-03 in the triple jump to rank #1 SGV and his 22-04 long jump is #3.  Ayala senior Trevor Ridley took both throws with a 45-09/140-05 double.

In other top performances (SGV Top 10) - Alex Perez (Sr, South Hills) won the 400 in 50.08/#8, Alex Duran (Sr, Bonita) and Duy Tran Sampson (So, Claremont) were 10.91/#5 and 11.16/#10 in the 100.  Bonita junior Caleb Stanton’s 39.35 300 hurdle win ranks him #2, and Harsh Patel’s (Sr, Glendora) 41.10 ranks #8.  High jump winner Yoofi Amonoo-Monney (Jr, Bonita) is now #5= after jumping 6-01, and Glendora senior Keaton Gregus matched his seasonal best 13-00/#7= to win the pole Vault.

Palomares Girls

Veronica and Shalee’s races were part of big Glendora sweeps in the hurdles – 1-5 in the 100H and 1-3 in the 300H.  Shalee was second  to Veronica in 15.68 #10 SGV, and her sister Shyann Reynolds was second in the 300H at 47.25/#8. Teammate Sydney Pink (Sr) was a double winner – at 5-04 seasonal best #2 SGV in the high jump, and 17-04/#8 in the long jump.

Soph Annie Boos and senior Brittney Duquette – both from Claremont – both ran to advance but still put in strong efforts – Annie 2:18.45/800 and Brittney 59.18/400.

Kaila Phaychanpheng (So, Ayala) PR’d by nearly three feet (!) to win the triple jump at 37-00 and ranks #2 SGV.  Glendora senior Daniela Ivory moved to #3 SGV to win the discus at 115-01 while soph teammate Sam Tobin won the shot with a fine 36-03.50.

Palomares athletes advance to three difference CIF-SS Prelim sites.  Diamond Bar moves on the Div. I meet at Trabuco Hills HS in Mission Viejo.  Ayala, Claremont & Glendora travel to Moorpark HS for the Div. II prelims, and Bonita and South Hills will be at the Div. III meet at Estancia HS in Costa Mesa.

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This site is maintained by Bob Ramsey – a SGV T&F athlete (Arroyo ’80), and former coach at Glendora HS and Meet Director of the SGV Champs. Bob is currently Director of Track & Field and Cross Country at Whittier College