Disclaimer: Jonathan Tran is a member of the FVHS track team.
By Jonathan Tran
The Fountain Valley High School (FVHS) co-ed track team went up against Huntington Beach Oilers last Tuesday on Apr. 5. Although it wasn’t a scored meet, the Barons crushed Huntington Beach placing first in nearly every varsity event.
Running
The meet started off with the varsity 4×100-meter relays. The boys ran a time of 44.35 seconds and the girls finished with 49.83 seconds, placing the Barons first in both races.
Following the relays were the 1600-meter run, 110-meter hurdles, 100-meter hurdles and 300-meter hurdles.
Boys’ varsity swept their competition and placed first in all categories. In the 1600-meter run, junior Luke Dias ran a time of 4:41.34 to place first followed by sophomores Diego Alonso at 4:41.82 and Andrew Hsieh at 4:57.41. In the 110-meter hurdles, senior Brian Chau placed first with a time of 17.02 seconds. Following Chau was senior Gavin Schuld in the 300-meter hurdles who placed first as well at 43.05 seconds.
The girls matched the boys’ performance with a sweep of their own in all three categories as well.
In the 1600-meter run, senior Samantha Martinez placed first with a time of 5:26.18. Following her was freshman Aya Roque with 5:37.37 and senior Megan Feitz with 5:43.70. In the 100m and 300m hurdles, senior Madison Haugh ran times of 17.28 seconds and a 50.33 seconds, respectively, to place her first in both races.
The Barons’ winning streak was continued in the 400-meter run, 100-meter dash, 800-meter run, and 200-meter dash.
For the boys, junior Alan Marteneze placed first in the 400-meter at 53.89 seconds. Following Marteneze’s win was junior Abrahim Elrachid who finished at 11.34 seconds to place first in the 100-meter dash. For the 800-meter run, senior Shane Hill ran a time of 2:06.24 to win the race. The Barons gained another first place win with junior Luke Wilfert in the 200-meter dash with a time of 23 seconds.
For the girls, senior Kaho Cichon finished with 59.45 seconds to place first in the 400m run. In the 100-meter dash, junior Aubri Le ran a time of 12.93 seconds to place first. In the 800-meter run, junior Kiera Tallas ran a 2:27.03 to win first.
In the boys’ 3200-meter run, freshman Ethan Kwong placed first with a time of 10:50.50 for the boys while junior Jennifer Nguyen finished at 13:09.96 for the girls.
To end off the running events, both the boys and girls placed first in the 4×400-meter relays. The boys ran a time of 3:47.89 while the girls finished at 4:02.10.
Field Events
The field events were equally as successful as the running events. The Barons coasted through their competition with great ease.
In the long jump, senior Lucas Le placed first with a distance of 20-04.50 feet for the boys while senior Karlee Giuntoli placed first with at 16-03.75 for the girls.
For the girls’ high jump, senior Zayna Reid secured first with a height of 4-08.00 feet. For boys’ triple jump, senior Jonathan Yu also ensured a first place finish with a distance of 42-05.50 feet.
In pole vault, senior Adam Garrison’s 13-03.00 for the boys and sophomore Isabella Abrahams’s 10-00.00 for the girls placed them both first in the event.
Both the boys and girls performed spectacularly in shot put and discus throw as well. In the shot put, senior Nicolas Mendez’s 44-01.00 and junior Madison Dinh’s 29-08.00 placed them both first in the event. In the discus throw, junior Madison Dinh placed first again with a throw at 77-09.00 feet while senior Andrew Liu secured first for the boys with a distance of 129-06.0 feet.
Overall, although it wasn’t a scored meet, the Barons gave it their all.
“I think we did really well considering there were no points and the fact that there were many [personal records] today,” boys’ distance running coach Steven Knowles said. “It shows that we are on schedule and doing great.”
