CENTURY LEAGUE MEET : Terry Paces El Modena by Winning 3 Events, Anchoring Mile Relay

El Modena’s Mike Terry won three events and anchored the winning mile relay team to highlight the Century League track championships Friday night at El Modena High.

Terry, a junior, handily won the 200-meter race (22.95), the 440 (51.12) and his speciality, the 800 (2:00.63). He anchored the mile relay to a 3:32.47 finish and a victory over Villa Park (3:32.84).

In girl’s action, El Modena’s Cara Brookhouse won two events and anchored the winning mile relay team.

Brookhouse won the 330 (47.60) and the 440 (1:02.01). As anchor of the mile relay team, she picked up speed in the final yards to overtake Canyon by one-hundredth of a second, 4:17.84 to 4:17.85.

Final meet scores and league champions were undetermined at press time because of a scoring problem.

Other highlights:

Foothill’s Roman Slobodynski won the shotput with a throw of 49 feet 2 1/2 feet and the discus with a throw of 147-4. Brian Pearsall of Villa Park was second in the shotput at 48-7.

Ian Alexander of Foothill won the high jump at 6-6.

In the distance events, Villa Park’s Rob Fisher won the mile in 4:29.99 and Santa Ana’s Frank Quinonez, who placed third in the mile (4:35.28), outpaced the competition in the two-mile (9:54.07).

Joanne Alo of Santa Ana Valley also won two events. Alo, the No. 2 shotputter in the county, won with a throw of 39-9, and won the discus competitionwith a throw of 127-5 1/2.

In the mile, Villa Park’s Susannah Thrasher (5:11.73) defeated El Modena freshman Kristina Dahlberg (5:17.61).

Santa Ana Valley’s Teresa Beltran, third in the mile at 5:26.76, easily won the two-mile in 11:45.60.