Middletown High School track teams shine in final meet of regular season
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ST. HELENA >> Three of Middletown High School’s four track and field teams – varsity boys, varsity girls, and frosh-soph girls – won their respective divisions during the final Coastal Mountain Conference meet of the regular season Wednesday at St. Helena High School, which will also host the CMC Championships on May 7.
“With one week to go until the CMC Championships, it was a good meet,” Middletown head coach Wyatt Hall said. “My athletes got to experience the track and facilities at St. Helena for the first time this year, which is helpful with them (Saints) hosting the championship this year.”
Added Hall, “Most of my athletes were competing in fewer events than normal because we have another meet this Friday in Corning (Gary Burton Invitational). With the lighter load, a few of my athletes were allowed to focus better on certain events.”
The best example, according to Hall, was senior Bryan Sanchez, who bested his own school record of 11 feet, 7 inches in the pole vault by clearing 12-0 at St. Helena.
“This week Sanchez was working with our pole vault coach, Eric Smith, to get more comfortable on a longer pole, and it paid off,” Hall said. “Sanchez looked fluid in most of his jumps, and the new pole gives him room to go even higher in future meets.”
Another Middletown standout was Makayla Mace, according to Hall.
“She finished the day with wins in the 200 meters and 100-meter hurdles and a second-place finish in the 100 meters,” Hall said. “Mace suffered an injury a few weeks ago that caused her to miss our last meet and a couple of weeks of practice. She had a little rust to knock off, but she should be 100 percent by next week.”
Varsity boys
Middletown’s varsity boys finished with 141 points to Cloverdale’s 130, St. Helena’s 59, Calistoga’s 56, Kelseyville’s 37 and Summerfield Waldorf’s 27.
Middletown athletes with first-place finishes were Sanchez in the pole vault, Landon Pisaro in the 3,200 meters (11 minutes, 35.03 seconds), Seth Watson in the discus (124 feet, 5 inches), and Tyler Galamay in the high jump (4-10).
Seconds went to Galamay in the 100 (11.71 seconds), Ren Ueno in the 800 (2:21.91), Estaban Muniz in the triple jump (35-3), and Bryton Caviness in the pole vault (9-6).
For Kelseyville, Yahir Rodriguez won the 400 (54.82) and placed second in the 200 (23.41).
Varsity girls
Middletown’s varsity girls accumulated 226 points to 75 for Cloverdale, 55 for Kelseyville, 22 for St. Helena, 20 for Summerfield Waldorf and 12 for Calistoga.
Mace won the 200 (27.48) and 100 hurdles (16.96) while taking second in the 100 (13.16).
Other Middletown firsts went to Bailey Smith in the 400 (1:06.56), Cat Barriga in the 800 (2:47.38) and pole vault (7-0), Isa Barnes in the 300 hurdles (52.09), Krystal Ocken in both the shotput (31-7 ½) and discus (90-8), and Mia Hoogendoorn in the high jump (4-2). The Mustangs added another first in the 4×100 relay where Hoogendoorn, Thira Hoage, Casandra Padilla and Thaliana Rodriguez finished in 56.65.
Middletown also pulled down several other seconds – Barriga in the 1,600 (6:32.28), Sophie Yebra in the 3,200 (14:08.77), Barnes in the 100 hurdles (17.41), Cora Krick in the 300 hurdles (58.94), and Allyson Cherry in the pole vault (6-6).
For Kelseyville, the 4×400 relay team of Nyejzniya Krohn, Grace Hobbs, Estefany Munos and Arionna Jimenez finished first in 5:05.49. The Knights also placed second in the 4×100 relay (57.29). Team members were Krohn, Hobbs, Bella Patti and Mikaela Rico.
Kelseyville’s Rubi Raygoza finished second in the discus (87-11).
JV girls
Middletown’s junior varsity girls finished with 84 points to Kelseyville’s 59, Mendocino’s 46, Willits’ 31, St. Helena’s 30, Calistoga’s 25 and Cloverdale’s 15.
Middletown’s Emma Stark won the 100 hurdles (21.53) and the 300 hurdles (1:02.3) while taking second in the long jump (11-11). Jolene Holley and Crystal Duval also had two firsts — Holley winning the 200 (30.40) and high jump (4-8), and Duval topping the field in the shotput (26-8 ¾) and discus (75-7).
Other seconds went to Middletown’s Emma Jones in the 100 hurdles (21.83) and 300 hurdles (1:02.52).
Kelseyville’s Estefany Munos won the 400 (1:13.88) while teammate Lorena Garcia-Pantaleon came in second (1:42.53). Aylin Aguilar finished second in the 1,600 (7:10.61).
JV boys
St. Helena’s JV boys won the meet with 154 points followed by Middletown with 101, Kelseyville and Cloverdale both with 56.5, and Calistoga with 26.
Kelseyville’s John Carr won the shotput (36-11 ¾) and discus (77-10). Middletown firsts went to Cale McLean in the in the high jump (5-2) and to Dylan Caviness in the pole vault (9-0).
Seconds went to Kelseyville’s Jacob Parker in the 800 (2:34.46) and high jump (5-0), to Middletown’s (Zachary Norris in the triple jump (28-7) and Jose Ramirez-Walle in the shotput (36-6 ½), and to the Mustangs’ 4×100 relay team of Norris, Ramirez-Walle, Caviness and Luke Mace in 50.70.
