Another Great Meet At Tam!

The Marin Catholic Wildcat Track Team had their first quad meet of the season against Tam, San Marin and Branson on Thursday, March 26th, 2015 over at Tam high school. 

On the girls side:  The ladies got it going right from the get go in the 4 x 100 relay winning in a photo finish.  The team of Tiana, Danielle, Jordan and Sarah ran a great race with Sarah coming back from behind to win at the tape!  Our girls 4x100 team is ranked 3rd in the MCALS top 10.  Next, Boyce and Redman placed 8th and 9th in the 1600 in 5:52 and 5:57 respectively.  In the 100 hurdles, Janet Miramontes ran to a third place, which also has her 4th overall in the MCAL top 10!  In the 100 meters, Ihnken and Anderson continued their back and forth battle with Ihnken taking this one for third place in 13.1 and Anderson in fourth at 13.2.  These times place Ihnken in 3rd overall in the MCAL top 10, with Anderson in 6th!  Boyce came back in the 800 meters, placing sixth in 2:43.  The 4x400 meter relay team of Miramontes, Robello, Farney and Boyce placed 2nd on Thursday in a time of 4:56.  It was great to see them come together to put a relay team on the track at the last minute!  In the field events, Sarah Ihnken won the long jump....again.  She jumped 16'1.25" and is also ranked 1st in the entire MCALs!  Elaine Shaw placed 4th in the shot put and Shannon Merrion placed 4th in the discus.  Bailey Ash won the pole vault with a vault of 8'6" and is 3rd overall in MCALs.  The women beat Branson 73-38 and San Marin 76-41, but fell to Tam 103-25 going 2-1 on the day. 

On the boys side:  The boys continued their dominance of the 4x100 meter relay this season, by winning yet another one!  The team of Glasser, Margulis, Juarez and Peterson won the event by over a second and are also ranked 1st in the MCALs top ten right now by a full second!  Next, Max Glasser got his first taste of victory in the 400 meters by winning in a personal best time of 51.3.  This time has him 3rd overall in MCALs by only a half of a second.  Juarez came in right behind in 53.5 seconds.  Darius Peterson ran the 100 meters in 11.0 seconds to win his second race of the day.  This also has him #1 in the MCAL top 10 right now!  Margulis ran an 11.9.  Peter Kent ran a big PR in the 800 meters by breaking 2:10 for the first time and running a 2:09.8!  He placed 2nd in the race which also catapulted him into 4th overall in the MCAL top 10!  In the 300 hurdles, Jake Laudenslager placed 4th and Colletti came in right behind Jake in 5th.  These two have taken this event on and are really coming on strong!  On the boys side, we also had to piece a 4x400 relay team together at the last minute and this team ended up giving us our best time of the year!  The team of Patrick Smith, Peter Kent, Marcus Narodny and Hunter Juarez brought home 2nd place on the night.  Peterson came back in the long jump after a few scratches to get his best jump of the year!  He jumped 20 ft 7.5 in to place first, which also has him ranked first in the MCAL top 10!  Freshman, Liam Oprendek placed 4th in the long jump with a jump of 18 ft 2.5 in.  Max Mani set two personal bests with a throw of 97 ft 4.75 in. in the discus and a throw of 37 ft and 5 inches in the shot put.  Luca Sullivan won his third consecutive meet with a vault of 12'6".  Liam Killpack came in second with a vault of 12 feet.  The boys beat Branson 115-12 and lost to San Marin by two points, 70-68.  Three of our losses this year are by a total of eight points.  We also lost to Tam 82-53, going 1-2 on the afternoon. 

The JV boys:  Blake Thomas placed fourth in the 1600 meters, with a time of 5:37.  Nate Gernhard placed 4th in the 100 with a personal best of 11.9.  Jack Wight ran a 12.0 to finish in 5th place.  Henry Gardner ran a 12.1.  Gernhard came back to run a 25.1 in the 200 meters, with Wight right behind him again in 25.2.  They placed 3rd and 6th.  Lastly, Henry Gardner tied for first in the high jump with a jump of 5'2".  This freshmen class is going to be great! 

Closing thoughts:  It was another great night of track and field.  I'm so proud of our athletes and how they are going after it in every single event.  MC track is on the scene and we are turning some heads.  It's been awhile since MC track was competitive, but this year's team is very deep with talent.  We just went through a stretch of three meets in three weeks, but now we are coming up on a long Spring break and we do not have another meet until 4/23 at Redwood.  One athlete will be competing at Stanford, and that is Sarah Ihnken in the long jump.  GO CATS!