(Top 5 advances to Division I Championships)
Boys
200 Meters
4. Alec Nicolai, Turlock 23.72
400 Meters
3. Jacob Wessels, Pitman 53.13
800 Meters
4. Frank Finch, Pitman 2:09
110 Hurdles
5. Everardo Olide, Turlock 16.72
300 Hurdles
2. Andrew Garcia, Pitman 42.0
5. Everardo Olide, Turlock 42.86
4x100 Relay
4. Pitman 44.93
High Jump
5. Titus Judish, Pitman 5-7
Pole Vault
4. Caleb Wittstruck, Pitman 12-4
Long Jump
5. Denny Serpa, Turlock 19-11
Triple Jump
2. Denny Serpa, Turlock 41-4
Shot Put
3. Ivan Delgado, Pitman 44-2
Discus
1. Sean Donnelly, Pitman 148-03.; 3. Tre Vargas, Pitman 127-09
Girls
100 Meters
5. Hailey Stroud, Pitman 13.28
200 Meters
2. Aman Hundal, Pitman 26.15; 5. Jasmine Roberson, Pitman 27.23
400 Meters
2. Aman Hundal, Pitman 59.33; 3. Jacelyne Montes, Turlock 1:01.32; 5. Terri Gallon,
Pitman 1:03.74800 Meters
5. Elisiah Frank, Pitman 2:32
3200 Meters
5. Jami Ford, Pitman 14:23
100 Hurdles
1. Kelsee Derr, Pitman 15.73; 2. Mallory Patino, Turlock 16.58; 3. Misty Alexander, Turlock 17.73
300 Hurdles
1. Mallory Patino, Turlock 47.17; 3. Alexi Gimeno-Brown, Pitman 52.28; 5. Misty Alexander, Turlock 53.73
4x100 Relay
1. Pitman 49.45
High Jump
1. Caitlin O’Connell, Pitman 4-10; 2. Hannah Bertomen, Turlock 4-8; 3. Haley Jones, Pitman 4-8; 4. Alexa Benavides, Pitman 4-6
Pole Vault
1. Kyndel Fletcher, Pitman 9-11; 2. Nicole Cipponeri, Turlock 9-11; 4. Claire Severson, Turlock 7-11; T5. Taylor Zavala, Pitman 7-5; T5. Taylor Ash, Turlock 7-5
Long Jump
1. Caitlin O’Connell, Pitman 16-8; 2. Kelsee Derr, Pitman 16-8; 3. Cierra Booz, Turlock 16-5
Triple Jump
1. Caitlin O’ Connell, Pitman 33-9 1/2; 5. Hannah Bertomen, Turlock 30-5 1/2.
Shot Put
2. Erica Sickert, Pitman 33-4
Discus
2. Erica Sickert, Pitman 107-06; 5. Rashel Pritchard, Pitman 95-11
Mallory Patino’s reaction after the 300-meter hurdles run was priceless. She stuck both arms in the air, holding the pose for a couple seconds. Just moments earlier, she was able to beat out a foe.
With the little breath she had left after the race, she shouted, “What?”
With a personal-best time of 47.17 seconds, the Turlock High sophomore hurdler edged out Atwater High’s Courtney Bernatz — someone Patino had never beaten before. It was a glorious moment among many highlights at Friday’s Central California Conference Championships at Debely Stadium, where the athletes’ top priority was to finish in the top five of their respective events in order to qualify for next week’s Sac-Joaquin Section Division I Championships at Elk Grove High on Wednesday and Friday.
“It was a huge ‘oh, my goodness! I just did that’ moment,” said Patino, who a Section qualifier last season. “If I can do that in this league, what can I do in Section? Can I run in college? I tried so hard to finally beat her.”
Patino was among a handful of athletes from Turlock and Pitman high schools to complete the day with individual titles. Pitman High’s Caitlin O’Connell had the most, however, as she won the high jump, long jump and triple jump events.
Kelsee Derr won the 100-meter hurdles in 15.73 seconds, just beating Patino and her runner-up time of 15.58. Pitman’s Kyndel Fletcher and Turlock’s Nicole Cipponeri both cleared the height of 9 feet, 11 inches in the pole vault, though Fletcher won based on least amount of misses. And the 4x100-meter relay team of Jasmine Roberson, Aman Hundal, Hailey Stroud and Derr won the race with a school-record time of 49.45 seconds.
On the boys side, Pitman’s Sean Donnelly took home the discus title after tossing 148 feet, 3 inches.
To contact Chhun Sun, e-mail csun@turlockjournal.com or call 634-9141 ext. 2041.
