PREP ROUNDUP : Laguna Hills, Century Win in Track

The Laguna Hills girls’ team and the Century boys’ team won Wednesday the Pacific Coast League Track and Field finals Wednesday at Trabuco Hills High School.

Laguna Hills and Century entered the meet with 5-0 dual-meet records. Wednesday, Century’s boys totaled 198 points to Laguna Hills’ 139. Trabuco Hills outpointed Estancia for third, 79-53.

On the girls’ side, Laguna Hills totaled 175 points and was not affected by the loss of points in the 3,200-meter run, in which the three Laguna Hills athletes who finished first were disqualified. Trabuco Hills was second with 117 points and Estancia third (58).

Laguna Hills’ Mayra Medina, Heather McGlone and Heidi Sickler were disqualified because they crossed the finish line holding hands, a violation of CIF rules.

The three were reinstated by a vote of the league coaches to advance to the Southern Section preliminaries as the league’s top three entries. Laguna Hills was not, however, awarded points for the top three places in the 3,200.

In one of the top performances of the meet, Trabuco Hills’ Chad Peare set a personal best in the shotput at 60 feet 11 inches, breaking his season best of 60-7 1/2.

Peare, who also won the discus throw at 178-5, wasn’t too impressed with his results.

“A two- to three-inch personal record isn’t much,” Peare said.

The shotput performance still ranks him second in the Southern Section. He is also one of the top discus throwers.

Century’s Lucinda Watson won the girls’ 100 (12.2) and 200 (25.53). Watson said she wanted to get out fast in the 200 after Trabuco Hills’ Rosie Manning defeated Watson in the league prelims. In Wednesday’s race, Watson won easily in 25.53. Laguna Hills’ Kelly Robson (26.16) and Manning (26.84) were next.

Laguna Hills’ Tiffany Boykin also had a strong performance, winning the 800 (2:23.1) after placing second in the 400 (58.8). Laguna Hills’ Shaheed Qaasim won the boys’ 110 hurdles (14.95) and 300 hurdles (39.7). Century’s boys’ 1,600 relay of Steve Mencha, Issa Freeman, Anthony McSwain and Randall Coleman won in 3:28.86.

Century League golf finals:

Finnane wins--Jay Finnane of Villa Park finished at seven-over 151 (77-74) for two rounds at El Prado’s Butterfield Course. Finnane, Brian Madden of El Modena (154) and Alicia Allison of Foothill (156) advanced to the Southern Section individual championships.

In the Empire League finals:

Berry wins--Chris Berry of Esperanza shot a four-under 67 Tuesday, setting a Cypress Golf Club record, and added a three-over 74 Wednesday to win by 16 shots. It was his second straight league championship.

Los Alamitos’ Bret Yunker (157) and Esperanza’s Ryan Donavan (158) also qualified for the section individual championships.

In the Pacific Coast League:

Trabuco Hills 205, Costa Mesa 233--Zachary Allen and Kevin Rodgers shot one-over 38s at Costa Mesa for Trabuco Hills (17-1, 8-0), which finished undefeated in league for the second consecutive season.

In the Freeway League boys’ swimming preliminaries:

Sonora swimmers set records--Jay Judson set a new league record in the 100 breaststroke, finishing in 1:00.87 to break the record by 1.12 seconds for Sonora. Senior Jernej Seljak of Sonora, swam a 1:57.46 in the 200 individual medley to break the league record of 1:57.68.

In Orange League boys’ tennis:

Brea-Olinda 10, Valencia 8--Regi Buenviaje swept in singles, 6-1, 6-1, 6-1, for host Brea-Olinda (17-2, 9-0), which clinched its first league championship in boys’ tennis in school history.

In the Sea View League:

Corona del Mar 14, Irvine 4--Ali Jahangiri swept in singles, 6-1, 7-5, 6-2, for visiting Corona del Mar (18-1, 13-0), which will host University for the league championship Friday.