Locals impressed by Division 3 discus record

The biggest story to come out of the CIF Southern Section Division 3 Preliminaries was not produced by local athletes, although several had the opportunity to see it come to pass.

Track and field’s postseason kicked off with a thunderous throw from Oak Park’s Robbie Otal at Estancia High on Saturday afternoon.

Otal became No. 10 on the all-time California performance list with a mark of 209 feet, 3½ inches in the discus.

The senior’s heave shattered the Division 3 Prelims record of 199 feet, 3 inches, which was set last year by Esperanza’s Bronson Osborn (PR of 204-4 at Mt. SAC Relays in 2016).

“That was insane, but good for him,” Corona del Mar’s Mason Crane said. “It was incredible watching it with my own eyes. I hope to see more of that in the upcoming CIF track meets.”

Crane, a senior, earned the right to have an up-close-and-personal view of the action, as he took second with an effort of 166 feet, 5 inches.

In order to advance to the CIF-SS Divisional Finals, athletes had to place in the top nine of their event. For track athletes, they could automatically advance by placing first in their heat.

CdM pushed three more discus throwers into the finals next week, with Bryce Claybaugh (151-10, 8th), Amanda Cooper (113-8, 5th), and Simona Bocancea (112-6, 7th) advancing.

“Our coach always tells us to ‘seize the day,’” Claybaugh said. “CdM, as a group right now, we have four (throwers) in CIF.”

Costa Mesa’s Felicia Crenshaw demonstrated the separation that she has in being the prohibitive favorite for the girls’ discus title in Division 3 next week. The junior threw 147 feet, 7 inches, over 27 feet better than the competition.

Nothing would mean more to Crenshaw than to have her twin sister, Tayla, join her for as long as she can, as Mustangs coach Steve Moreno knows very well.

“I know coming into this that (advancing together) has been the goal from the very beginning,” Moreno said. “It’s a great moment for them to continue on.”

Tayla Crenshaw placed fourth with a mark of 114-8. She will need to add around 15 feet in competition throws over the next two weeks to approach the state meet at-large standard (132-3).

On the track, two similar outcomes told very different tales. One runner extended his season, while another appeared relieved to save hers.

Ocean View’s Ryan St. Pierre surprised many with a 14-second improvement on his career-best effort of 9:48 (at the Laguna Beach Trophy Invite) in the 3,200 meters.

Nearly two months later, the senior provided a shocking performance in what could have been the final race of his Seahawks career. His time of 9:34 was enough to take ninth overall and qualify him for his first CIF-SS Finals.

“I got anxious about the other runners because I knew that there were so many guys that were faster than me,” St. Pierre said. “All I can do is control how I run, and I just told myself to stay with these guys.

“With a lap to go, I just went for it, and I said, ‘Jesus, take the wheel.’ It was all God from that point. I’m so blessed.”

Disappointment befell CdM senior Raquel Powers in the 1,600, as she was passed at the finish line and became the first one out. The Michigan signee missed qualifying in the event by three hundredths of a second (5:13.06).

She came back with a vengeance in the 3,200, determined to continue her senior year. Still, she nervously watched to see if her time of 11:14.06 from the first heat would stand up against the remaining competitors. When it did, she leapt with delight.

“I just came back with a mission,” Powers said. “That was to follow the plan, to redeem myself, and to make sure that my season didn’t end here. I still have other chances to prove myself.”

Corona del Mar topped local schools with seven athletes qualifying for the CIF-SS Finals. Paige Damron traversed the 300 hurdles in 45.86 seconds to place eighth. Morgan Simon joined a litany of girls’ pole vaulters to clear 9 feet, 9 inches, the final height contested on qualifying day.

Ocean View’s Nicholas Elliot jumped a lifetime best of 6 feet, 1 inch to qualify in the high jump.

Laguna Beach’s Evie Cant (3,200; 11:22.51; 10th) and CdM’s Leif Hellgren (1,600; 4:27; 11th) narrowly missed advancing in the distance races.

BOYS’ TRACK AND FIELD
CIF-SS Division 3 Preliminaries
At Estancia High
Top Nine Advance to CIF-SS Finals

100 – 1. Asemota (Notre Dame/SO) 10.59; 2. Shakir (Gahr) 10.66; 3. Hennesay (Santa Margarita) 10.71; 4. Renfroe (Gahr) 10.74; 5. Grubb (Notre Dame/SO) 10.83; 6. Lane (Wilson/HH) 10.84; 7. Washington (Monrovia) 10.85; 8. Bryan (Damien) 10.86; 9. Walker (Damien) 10.86

200 – 1. Asemota (Notre Dame/SO) 21.44; 2. Shakir (Gahr) 21.64; 3. Irvin (Servite) 21.68; 4. Bynum (St. John Bosco) 21.87; 5. Mitchell (St. John Bosco) 21.87; 6. Lane (Wilson/HH) 21.88; 7. Johnson (Harvard-Westlake) 21.93; 8. Farias (South Hills) 22.06; 9. Henderson (Diamond Ranch) 22.07

400 – 1. Shinnick (Damien) 48.6; 2. Murray (Palm Springs) 49.93; 3. Rodriguez (Harvard-Westlake) 49.97; 4. Manahan (Lompoc) 50.53; 5. Cortez (Chaminade) 50.37; 6. Guajardo (Bishop Amat) 50.40; 7. Higgins (San Luis Obispo) 50.49; 8. Asabor (Diamond Ranch) 50.54; 9. Hudson (Gahr) 50.63

800 – 1. Nevarez (Cathedral City) 1:56.8; 2. Valadez (Alemany) 1:57.43; 3. Wilkinson (Alemany) 1:58.01; 4. Irish (Palos Verdes) 1:58.27; 5. Barajas (Servite) 1:58.54; 6. Beckum (Bonita) 1:58.62; 7. Johnson (Palos Verdes) 1:58.71; 8. Gracian (Gahr) 1:58.71; 9. Dempsey (Brea Olinda) 1:59.22

1,600 – 1. Bolger (San Luis Obispo) 4:15; 2. Smith (Pacifica) 4:16; 3. Grover (JSerra) 4:19; 4. Gonzalez (Rubidoux) 4:21.3; 5. Byrne (Santa Margarita) 4:21.87; 6. Sotelo (St. John Bosco) 4:22; 7. Howard (Santa Margarita) 4:23.39; 8. Garcia (Baldwin Park) 4:23.71; 9. Guzman (Rubidoux) 4:24.2; 11. Hellgren (Corona del Mar) 4:27

3,200 – 1. Bolger (San Luis Obispo) 9:20; 2. Corcoran (St. John Bosco) 9:29.33; 3. Gonzalez (Rubidoux) 9:29.01; 4. Smith (Pacifica) 9:29.95; 5. Ramos (Rubidoux) 9:31; 6. Botten (Royal) 9:33; 7. Perez (Brea Olinda) 9:34.03; 8. Grover (JSerra) 9:34.09; 9. St. Pierre (Ocean View) 9:34.68

110HH – 1. Sandoval (Servite) 14.31; 2. Enochs (Yucca Valley) 14.65; 3. Ward (Servite) 14.83; 4. Wang (Harvard-Westlake) 14.92; 5. Williams (Covina) 15.11; 6. Huger (Wilson/HH) 15.04; 7. Minor (Gabrielino) 15.17; 8. Wallace (Cathedral City) 15.19; 9. McGarvey (Bonita) 15.21

300IH – 1. Sandoval (Servite) 38.55; 2. Hennesay (Santa Margarita) 39.05; 3. Borquez (Harvard-Westlake) 39.43; 4. Castellon (Rubidoux) 39.50; 5. Ward (Servite) 39.60; 6. Clark (Palm Springs) 40.04; 7. Young (Rancho Alamitos) 40.61; 8. Sanin (Gabrielino) 40.67; 9. Taber (Lompoc Cabrillo) 40.81

400 relay – 1. Servite 41.99; 2. Gahr 42.07; 3. Notre Dame/SO 42.38; 4. Harvard-Westlake 42.93; 5. Chaminade 43.24; 6. Damien 42.97; 7. Palm Springs 42.98; 8. Bishop Amat 43.15; 9. Laguna Hills 43.25

1,600 relay – 1. Damien 3:20; 2. Alemany 3:24; 3. Chaminade 3:24.01; 4. Gahr 3:24.74; 5. Harvard-Westlake 3:20.95; 6. Cathedral 3:24.22; 7. Servite 3:24.51; 8. Bishop Amat 3:25.16; 9. Orange Lutheran 3:26.97

HJ – 1. Sears (Alemany) 6-3; 2. Molina (St. Francis) 6-3; 3. Crosby (Gahr) 6-3J; 4T. Johnson (Marshall) 6-3J; 4T. Dixon (Hillcrest) 6-3J; 4T. DeJesus (Brea Olinda) 6-3J; 7. Carter (Desert Hot Springs) 6-3J; 8. Elliot (Ocean View) 6-1; 9. Williams (Covina) 6-1J; 10. Rithrangsey (Ocean View) 6-1J; 12. Villalpando (Costa Mesa) 5-11

LJ – 1. Smith (Oak Park) 22-9; 2. Enochs (Yucca Valley) 22-8.5; 3. Hunter (Chaminade) 22-3.5; 4. Sears (Alemany) 21-9; 5. Hudson (Sultana) 21-8.5; 6. Naftal (Calabasas) 21-7; 7. McDuffie (Servite) 21-6.5; 8. Lee (Garey) 21-6.5J; 9. Tolbert (South Hills) 21-4; 10. Harris (Bonita) 21-4

TJ – 1. Smith (Oak Park) 46-5; 2. Dedmon (Antelope Valley) 45-1; 3. Azinge (San Marino) 44-4.5; 4. Grubb (Notre Dame/SO) 43-10.5; 5. Benoit (Artesia) 43-3; 6. Wei (South Pasadena) 43-2; 7. Dugesclin (Marshall) 43-1; 8. Davis (Lompoc) 43-0; 9. Molina (St. Francis) 42-10.5

PV – 1T. Martinez (JSerra) 13-3; 2. 1T. Seireeni (Harvard-Westlake) 13-3; 1T. Prata (Damien) 13-3; 4. Liu (Rosemead) 13-3J; 5T. Brady (South Hills) 13-3J; 5T. O’Connell (Servite) 13-3J; 7. Kalmar (Covina) 12-9; 8. Goergen (Jurupa Valley) 12-9J; 9. Ho (Rosemead) 12-9J

SP – 1. Wilborn (Notre Dame/SO) 58-1.75; 2. White (Hoover) 52-4.5; 3. Lyons (Notre Dame/SO) 51-7.5; 4. Crane (Corona del Mar) 50-11; 5. Schuler (Yucca Valley) 50-7; 6. Vuong (Gabrielino) 49-11; 7. Aguilar (Sultana) 49-5; 8. Neilon (Santa Margarita) 49-3.5; 9. Lito (Yucca Valley) 48-7.5

DT – 1. Otal (Oak Park) 209-3.5; 2. Crane (Corona del Mar) 166-5; 3. Lyons (Notre Dame) 155-6; 4. Duensing (Esperanza) 155-1; 5. Schuler (Yucca Valley) 153-9; 6. Palmer (Notre Dame) 153-1.5; 7. Nelson (Servite) 152-11; 8. Clabaugh (Corona del Mar) 151-10; 9. Garibay (Rubidoux) 149-9.5

GIRLS’ TRACK AND FIELD
CIF-SS Division 3 Preliminaries
At Estancia High
Top Nine Advance to CIF-SS Finals

100 – 1. Nowling (Calabasas) 11.87; 2. Cockrell (Calabasas) 11.99; 3. Allain (La Sierra) 12.0; 4. Martinez (Yorba Linda) 12.07; 5. Green (Notre Dame/SO) 12.12; 6. Murdica (Palm Desert) 12.17; 7. Barnes (Santa Margarita) 12.13; 8. East (Chaminade) 12.19; 9. Alberico (Bishop Amat) 12.30

200 – 1. Crockrell (Calabasas) 23.97; 2. Nowling (Calabasas) 24.31; 3. Drysch (Santa Margarita) 24.65; 4. Allain (La Sierra) 24.66; 5. Prude (Bonita) 24.82; 6. Crosmer (St. Lucy’s) 25.14; 7. Murdica (Palm Desert) 24.97; 8. Salter (Diamond Ranch) 25.0; 9. Green (Notre Dame/SO) 25.01

400 – 1. Prude (Bonita) 57.19; 2. Ellis (Notre Dame/SO) 57.42; 3. Drysch (Santa Margarita) 57.59; 4. Taylor (South Pasadena) 57.97; 5. Riggs (Bonita) 57.45; 6. Jackson (Alemany) 58.34; 7. Crosmer (St. Lucy’s) 58.43; 8. Beasley (South Pasadena) 58.6; 9. Heckel (Yorba Linda) 58.81

800 – 1. Hines (Palos Verdes) 2:17.94; 2. Brown (Calabasas) 2:18.02; 3. G. George (Santa Margarita) 2:20.15; 4. Beasley (South Pasadena) 2:22.36; 5. Guthrie (Marshall) 2:19.18; 6. Dumaine (Esperanza) 2:19.28; 7. Fletcher (San Luis Obispo) 2:20.69; 8. Diaz (El Dorado) 2:21.85; 9. Ruiz (San Marino) 2:22.31

1,600 – 1. Ruelas (Bishop Amat) 5:01; 2. Hines (Palos Verdes) 5:05.64; 3. Shulze (Oak Park) 5:07.46; 4. Rodriguez (Indio) 5:07.93; 5. Nisbet (Atascadero) 5:10; 6. Fulcomer (El Segundo) 5:12.31; 7. Natividad (St. Joseph) 5:12.52; 8. Turner (Laguna Hills) 5:12.89; 9. G. George (Santa Margarita) 5:13.03; 10. R. Powers (Corona del Mar) 5:13.06

3,200 – 1. Ruelas (Bishop Amat) 10:44; 2. Cruz-Albrecht (Oak Park) 11:03; 3. Shulze (Oak Park) 11:08; 4. Catena (Palos Verdes) 11:13; 5. Vincent (El Dorado) 11:14.0; 6. Powers (Corona del Mar) 11:14.06; 7. Dholakia (Esperanza) 11:16; 8. Crosson (Harvard-Westlake) 11:18; 9. Rinke (Laguna Hills) 11:21.19; 10. Cant (Laguna Beach) 11:22.51

100HH – 1. Murray (La Canada) 14.6; 2. N. Merritt (Santa Margarita) 14.66; 3. Jackson (Chaminade) 14.94; 4. Gerardo (Santa Margarita) 15.05; 5. McGuire (Antelope Valley); 6. Wynn (San Dimas) 15.33; 7. Williams (Antelope Valley) 15.69; 8. Latting (South Pasadena) 15.70; 9. Weeks (Santa Margarita) 15.74

300IH – 1. Robinson-Hubbard (Calabasas) 43.59; 2. N. Merritt (Santa Margarita) 43.85; 3. Wynn (San Dimas) 44.34; 4. Jackson (Chaminade) 44.62; 5. Gerardo (Santa Margarita) 44.8; 6. Jones (Notre Dame/SO) 44.79; 7. Botshekan (Notre Dame/SO) 45.29; 8. Damron (Corona del Mar) 45.86; 9. Avery (Orange Lutheran) 46.32

400 relay – 1. Santa Margarita 47.44; 2. Notre Dame/SO 47.86; 3. Calabasas 47.99; 4. Calabasas 47.99; 5. Chaminade 49.3; 6. Yorba Linda 48.61; 7. Palos Verdes 49.01; 8. Granite Hills 49.66; 9. St. Lucy’s 49.80

1,600 relay – 1. Santa Margarita 3:50.58; 2. Calabasas (3:52.35; 3. Bonita 3:57.25; 4. Notre Dame/SO 3:58.53; 5. Yorba Linda 3:51.86; 6. South Pasadena 3:58.82; 7. Chaminade 4:03.74; 8. Harvard-Westlake 4:05.24; 9. Beverly Hills 4:05.87

HJ – 1. Kaufman (Harvard-Westlake) 5-3; 2T. Moersdorf (San Luis Obispo) 5-3J; 2T. Edgar (Santa Margarita) 5-3J; 4. McPhillips (Oak Park) 5-3J; 5T. Chapus (Harvard-Westlake) 5-1; 5T. Hameister (West Valley) 5-1; 5T. O’Bannon (St. Joseph) 5-1; 8. Kawaguchi (North Torrance) 5-1J; 9. Steiner (Oak Park) 5-1J

LJ – 1. Batty (Lompoc Cabrillo) 19-2; 2. Crockrell (Calabasas) 18-0.5; 3. Tulloch (Lompoc Cabrillo) 18-0; 4. Koppel (Granite Hills) 17-8; 5. Weeks (Santa Margarita) 17-6.75; 6. Pastrana (Charter Oak) 17-4; 7. Woodall (Calabasas) 17-3.75; 8. Riggs (Bonita) 17-3.75; 9. Moersdorf (San Luis Obispo) 17-3

TJ – 1. Weeks (Santa Margarita) 38-3.5; 2. Woodall (Calabasas) 37-11.5; 3. Pastrana (Charter Oak) 37-9.75; 4. Moersdorf (San Luis Obispo) 36-11.5; 5. Cunningham (Lompoc) 36-0.75; 6. Tulloch (Lompoc Cabrillo) 36-0.75; 7. Manford (Bonita) 35-11.75; 8. Stivers (St. Lucy’s) 35-10.5; 9. Hartwell (Pacifica) 35-2

PV – 1T. Thomas (Santa Margarita) 9-9; 1T. Cabrera (Don Lugo) 9-9; 1T. Coomb (Orange Lutheran) 9-9; 1T. Gerardo (Santa Margarita) 9-9; 5T. Simon (Corona del Mar) 9-9J; 5T. Park (Beverly Hills) 9-9J; 5T. Demming (Lompoc Cabrillo) 9-9J; 8. Scher (Harvard-Westlake) 9-9J; 9T. Liddicoat (San Luis Obispo) 9-3; 9T. Kataoka (North Torrance) 9-3; 9T. Mickelson (Lompoc Cabrillo) 9-3

SP – 1. Harrington (Oak Park) 36-5.75; 2. Hansen (Ridgecrest Burroughs) 36-3; 3. F. Crenshaw (Costa Mesa) 36-0.5; 4. Fox (Orange Lutheran) 36-0.25; 5. Alarcon (El Monte) 35-11; 6. Burford (Yorba Linda) 35-3; 7. Jones (Laguna Hills) 35-2.75; 8. Malloy (Orange Lutheran) 35-1.25; 9. Suilaman (Antelope Valley) 34-8.5

DT – 1. F. Crenshaw (Costa Mesa) 147-7; 2. Van Beck (Atascadero) 120-5; 3. Flores (Tahquitz) 119-4; 4. T. Crenshaw (Costa Mesa) 114-8; 5. Cooper (Corona del Mar) 113-8; 6. Roberts (Yucca Valley) 112-7; 7. Bocancea (Corona del Mar) 112-6; 8. Baur (Ridgecrest Burroughs) 111-11; 9. Degnan (Atascadero) 109-3

Andrew.Turner@latimes.com

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