Large Field Set for Pasadena Games

The defending state co-champion Long Beach Wilson girls are among the more than 100 teams and 700 athletes that will participate in the 57th annual Pasadena Games track and field invitational Saturday at Occidental College.

This is the final year the meet will be held at Occidental. The event moved from Pasadena Muir to the college when an all-weather track was installed for use as a training site for the 1984 Olympic Games.

The event will return to Pasadena next year at the Pasadena City College Sports Complex, which is under construction.

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David Dischner of La Verne Damien and Brent Whitfield of Long Beach Poly were selected co-players of the year in boys’ Division I soccer, and Brittany Kirk and Janet Light of Claremont were chosen as co-players of the year in girls’ Division I soccer.

Other boys’ players of the year: Jesus Ochoa of Riverside Poly and Kevin Friedland of Irvine Woodbridge in Division II; Scott Gwartz of Anaheim El Dorado and Brandon Meeks of Santa Margarita (Division III); Miguel Alvarez of San Marino and Brian Reed of Anaheim Servite (Division IV); Ivan Vargas of Carpinteria and David Tankersley of Orange Lutheran (Division IV).

Other girls’ players of the year: Erin Misaki of Newhall Hart and Nicole Swanson of Irvine Woodbridge (II); Erica Perrotta of Santa Margarita and Lauren Jacobs, Placentia Valencia (III); Jennifer Valentine of West Hills Chaminade and Maggie Kirchoff of Torrance Bishop Montgomery (IV); Amber Walinga of Ontario Christian and Lindsay Wetzler of Orange Lutheran (V).

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Jessica and Alexandra Lopez, who led Bell Gardens to a section girls’ water polo championship, were selected co-players of the year in Division III.

Other division players of the year: Ashley Stachowski of Mission Viejo Capistrano Valley in Division I; Thalia Munro of Santa Barbara (II); Natalie Golda of Rosary and Amy Hilts of Irvine University (IV).