Athletes of the week

(Published during the high school sports season)

(For the week of March 16 through March 22)

Boys

Hayden Xavier (Sr.) Middletown High School track & field

Three Middletown High School track and field records went by the wayside Friday during the annual Lake County Meet and Hayden Xavier had a hand in breaking all three. Xavier set new school marks in the 100 meters (10.79 seconds) and the 200 meters (22.47) while also running the anchor leg on the winning 4×100 relay team, which finished in a school-record time of 44 seconds flat. For good measure, Xavier also won the long jump, another event he is close to setting a school record. All the points Xavier earned for the Mustangs proved invaluable as they edged Lower Lake 113-112 in the varsity boys standings at the meet.

Girls

Isa Barnes (Jr.) Middletown High School track & field

Isa Barnes won the triple jump (30 feet, 9 1/2 inches) as well as both hurdle events — the 100 hurdles in 17.43 seconds and the 300 hurdles in 53.71 — during the Lake County Meet while helping lead the Mustangs to the varsity girls team championship. Barnes also ran a leg on Middletown’s winning 4×100 relay team. While the 4×100 is not one of her regular events, she filled in as the Mustangs were missing a handful of girls for the meet.