Don Bosco Girls: Anna to the Front

Anna Barcelo

Anna Barcelo has come a long way in a hurry. The Nogales Senior came into the season with modest track PR’s of 5:31.56 and 11:51.88, which she set while taking 5th place at last year’s SGV Track & Field Championships.  She obviously had a great summer, and her 18:02 effort over 3 miles Saturday was the confirmation, finishing 5th overall and best among the SGV by 25 seconds!

The girls teams of the SGV are a little behind the boys, so that only Walnut (7th, 97:53) – paced by an excellent 18:32 frosh debut by Anahi Betart – were the only locals in the meets Top 10.  Other notable (sub 19:00) performances came from Bishop Amat frosh Emily Hubert (18:27) and Covina senior Ashli Baddorf (18:53).  Arcadia came into the meet ranked 8th in Div. I, but ran short-handed and finished only 20th in 10:43:40.  Pasadena Poly (6th in Div. V) was a solid 1:43:32 for 19th, paced by soph Evan Gancedo (19:18)

SGV Top 14

1. 18:02 – Anna Barcelo, Sr – Nogales
2. 18:27 – Emily Hubert, Fr – Bishop Amat
3. 18:32 – Anahi Betart, Fr – Walnut
4. 18:53 – Ashli Baddorf, Sr – Covina
5. 19:05 – Melanie Deciga, So – Walnut
6. 19:06 – Patsy Hurley, Sr – Mark Keppel
7. 19:06 – Eryn Blakely, Jr – Alverno
8. 19:06 – Ana Galicia, So – El Rancho
9. 19:15 – Ariel Melendrez, Jr – St. Paul
10. 19:18 – Evan Gancedo, So – Pasadena Poly
11. 19:27 – Ruby Medina, Jr – Covina
12. 19:28 – Katherine Haysbert, Jr – Alverno
13. 19:31 – Hillary Gutierrez, Sr – El Rancho
14. 19:36 – Krystal Martinez, Sr – Los Altos

Team Results with Team Leaders

• 1:37:53/7th – Walnut – Betart
• 1:38:42/11th – El Rancho – Galacia
• 1:40:32/14th – Los Altos – Martinez
• 1:40:34/15th – Covina – Baddorf
• 1:40:36/16th – Bishop Amat – Hubert
• 1:42:41/17th – Mark Keppel – Hurley
• 1:43:32/19th – Pasadena Poly – Gancedo
• 1:43:50/20th – Arcadia – Meghan Kamae, So – 20:02
  
• 1:44:15/23rd – La Serna – Iztel Moreno, Sr – 20:03
  
• 1:44:22/24th – San Marino – Veronica Mejia, So – 19:59
  
• 1:44:54/26th – Charter Oak – Helena Rojo, Jr – 20:14
  
• 1:45:50/29th – La Mirada – Elena Estrada, Jr – 20:50
  
• 1:45:55/30th – St. Paul – Melendrez
  
• 1:46:27/31st – Azusa – Shaina Pardo, Sr – 19:51
• 1:46:53/33rd – Pomona Catholic – Shannon Markle, Jr – 19:52
• 1:48:22/36th – Westridge – Dylan Jack, Fr – 20:37
  
• 1:49:48/38th – Diamond Ranch – Celina Kissinger, Sr – 20:43
  
• 1:51:35/42nd – Alverno – Blakely
• 1:51:57/43rd – Alhambra – Megan Tsui, Sr – 21:11
  
• 1:54:52/48th – Wilson – Nicole Olivas, Sr – 22:08
  
• 1:56:52/49th – Bassett – Karla Amparan, Sr – 22:10
  
• 1:56:36/50th – Pasadena – Brennan Torres, Jr – 20:20
  
• 2:07:05/54th – San Gabriel – Nallely De La Rosa, Sr – 23:50