WEEK 4 2018 TRACK (TVL Relays, County Clash, Bronco Dist Carnival)

During what was a very wet week, most of the MMC dual meets were canceled for the 2nd week in a row. On the all-weather oval at Riverbank the TVL schools managed to compete in the light rain on Tuesday. Most of the schools from Stanislaus, Merced, and San Joaquin Counties met to compete at the County Clash meet.

This coming week the weather is supposed to warm up and dry out a bit. The MMC schools are off this week (so no dual meets). Hughson and Riverbank will meet on Wednesday. Also the first CCC cluster will be on Wednesday. Next Friday is the MJC Invite. The high-powered elite Stanford Invite is also next Friday.

TUE 3/20/18 TVL RELAYS, Riverbank HS, Riverbank
This meet was all relays. There are no results currently posted on Athletic.net.

Alondra Hernandez of Riverbank

PHOTOS

FRI 3/23/18 COUNTY CLASH, Oakdale HS, Oakdale
This meet is intended to match the best track athletes of Stanislaus County against their counter-parts in both Merced and San Joaquin Counties, however some schools pass on the county championship meets, and others pass on the combined meet. A few distance crews run at county and them swap runners at Clash or go to Bronco instead of County Clash. It is all a mix of politics, preference, and providing rest for top distance runners. Never-the-less there were some very impressive performances at this meet under some decent conditions.

VB 800m
Anthony Vazquez led from the start and never looked back. Although he took the easy win he had to be disappointed in the time.

Vazquez leading the pack

1. Anthony Vazquez (Central Catholic) 2:04.04
5. Ryan Zwalhen (Enochs) 2:07.06
7. Uriel Alvarez (Turlock) 2:08.38
8. Cesar Garcia (Oakdale) 2:08.50

VG 800m

Bianca Garcia rounding the final turn

 1. Jordyn Gleaton (Kimball) 2:24.88
2. Bianca Garcia (Pitman) 2:30.02
4. Aryana Perillo (Modesto) 2:32.53
9. Mikayla Perry (Pitman) 2:35.97
12. Myra Banuelos (Modesto) 2:40.07

VB 1600m
Guerrero and Perez both of MoHi ran shoulder to shoulder in the lead for almost three laps before Perez faded and Guerrero was overtaken for the victory.

Guerrero and Perez leading a big pack

1. Sinjun Tran (Kimball) 4:34.78
2. Alan Guerrero (Modesto) 4:38.10
3. Jayson Martin (Pitman) 4:40.27
5. Josue Perez (Modesto) 4:43.25
7. Chase Bogart (Central Valley) 4:45.76
8. Gavin Valenzuela (Turlock) 4:46.01
9. Joseph Gutierrez (Ceres) 4:46.76

VG 1600m
Kackley jumped to the lead at the gun with Mann trailing her. They left the rest in the dust as they produced some incredibly fast times.  Kackley's time broke the meet record.

Kackley races to a meet record in the 1600m

1. Madison Kackley (Gregori) 5:15.73
2. Mavleen Mann (Pitman) 5:19.43
3. Noheli Ron (Modesto) 5:32.61
8. Kinsey Langley (Hughson) 5:40.55
11. Mikayla Perry (Pitman) 5:47.51
14. Jenna Stanislaw (Beyer) 5:50.45

VB 3200m
As with the StanCo meet the top/fastest boys bypassed this one making it anyone's race. Forkner ran a break-neck pace for the first three laps or so until Maldonado took the lead for good. Cronkite was repeatedly bounced around by two Tokay runners, but he fought down the stretch for a big PR and a second place finish.

Zwalhen, Hoach, Curiel

1. Abraham Maldonado (Atwater) 10:04.06
2. Sebastian Cronkite (Gregori) 10:12.82
5. James Forkner (Oakdale) 10:21.82
6. Brent Curiel (Pitman) 10:21.45
7. Brandon Zwahlen (Enochs) 10:23.14
9. Austin Hoach (Hughson) 10:27.35
12. Justin Thomas (Gregori) 10:32.72
14. Elias Fierro (Central Catholic) 10:44.58
15. Edgar Ceballos (Turlock) 10:45.90
16. Sergio Mazon (Turlock) 10:46.74
19. Jordon Tasho (Pitman) 10:53.77

VG 3200m
In the girl's 3200 Legan and the Merced Champ took out the early pace. Meanwhile the Hughson duo were on 12-flat pace in the middle of the pack. As other runners faded they continued moving up. Campos ultimately over-took Legan with 500m to go and ran home for the win.

Campos overtakes Legan with 500m to go

1. Esmeralda Campos (Hughson) 11:51.97
2. Kayden Legan (Oakdale) 11:57.10
3. Elizette Ysais (Hughson) 12:00.37
5. Eva Rodriguez (Gregori) 12:24.73
6. Macie Ericksen (Turlock) 12:37.12
11. Sienna Espinoza (Gregori) 12:50.28

RESULTS

PHOTOS

FRI 3/23/18 BRONCO DISTANCE CARNIVAL, Bella Vista HS, Fair Oaks
A few years ago this was the premier distance-only meet in Northern California. More recently the Dublin Distance Fiesta (see last week's post) has bumped it. Don't get me wrong it is still a major meet with some strong competition. The only competing StanCo teams were Riverbank and Downey.

VB 800m
23. Ryan Crisp (Downey) 2:08.55
25. Chris Martinez (Riverbank) 2:08.68
34. Isaac Andalon (Riverbank) 2:10.93

VG 1600m
22. Makaelyn Bickel (Downey) 5:37.01
25. Esme Aguayo (Downey) 5:40.35
39. Katie Krieger (Downey) 5:46.32
40. Alondra Cardoza (Downey) 5:47.10

VB 1600m
32. Damian Lopez (Riverbank) 4:45.61
42. Moises Benavides (Downey) 4:48.92
43. Christian Gutierrez (Downey) 4:49.18

VB 3200m
36. Ramon Rosas (Riverbank) 10:34.80

RESULTS