Jones Steps Up to Leave Others Flat
When Trevor Jones discovered the theft shortly after winning the open 110-meter hurdles at the Pasadena Games March 25, replacing the inserts for his training shoes was the least of his concerns.
The Newport Harbor senior also lost his letterman’s jacket, sweat pants and athletic bag containing his car keys, watch and cash. The articles were left on the infield near the starting line a few minutes before the race.
Jones took his frustration out on the 300 hurdles a few hours later, running the state’s leading time in the event (37.16 seconds), then spent the next few days trying to replace what stolen items he could.
The inserts, called orthotics, were designed to mold to the bottom of Jones’ feet, which are uncommonly flat, and work as shock absorbers. The orthotics were instrumental in relieving painful shin splints that plagued Jones for much of his junior season and limited his training between meets.
“When I stand, my whole foot is flat on the ground and my arch completely collapses,” Jones said. “If I stepped in the sand it would look like a hand print.”
Jones was delivered a new set of orthotics a couple weeks after the theft, but they were the wrong fit. Before getting the correct inserts last week, Jones went a month without, and the shin splints returned.
“I can already tell a difference,” Jones said of his new orthotics. “Even though it might be psychological.”
That edge should be enough for Jones and Newport Harbor to dominate the Sea View League finals Thursday at Irvine High. Jones, one of the most talented multi-event track athletes in the state, plans to run both hurdle events, the 100 dash and anchor leg on the 1,600 relay team. He is expected to be the first across the finish line in each event, earning huge points for the Sailors.
In addition to his specialty, the 300 hurdles, Jones also leads the county in the 110 hurdles and the 400. Currently, he’s also among the top three in the 100 and 200 and has proved to be the county’s most successful anchor on the four-lap relay.
Jones was the top individual performer at the Orange County Championships last month, winning both hurdles, anchoring the 1,600 relay team and finishing second in the 100. Jones, who holds school records in the 100, 200 and both hurdles, ran his final individual 400 against Aliso Niguel last week and posted another county-leading mark (48.9).
“I knew he was really strong in the 300 hurdles,” said teammate Doug Dukes. “All the other events, the 200 and 110 hurdles, we figured he would be a real strong competitor, but he has broken four school records. It’s kind of unexpected, which makes it really impressive.”
Although Jones didn’t do much training last season, he advanced to the state finals in the 300 hurdles, where he placed seventh. Jones had the second-highest finish among non-seniors in that race.
Jones is bound for UCLA, where he’s expected to specialize in the 400-meter hurdles. “I’m not too worried about adding two hurdles and another 100 meters,” Jones said. “What I also like is the last 50 meters is just sprinting. In the 300 hurdles, only the last 10 or 15 yards is sprinting.”
After league finals, Jones wants to continue running both hurdles right through to the June 3 state finals at Cerritos College. Jones also plans to run the anchor on the 1,600 relay team as long as the Sailors stay alive.
“We’re going to take the relay as far as we can go,” Jones said. “My other races are over when the relay starts, so that’s just a bonus.”
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UNIVERSITY RECORD FALLS
University High held the national record in the girls’ distance medley for 18 years before it was broken Thursday by Felton San Lorenzo Valley at the Penn Relays in Philadelphia.
The event begins with the 1,200 meters and is followed by the 400, 800 and 1,600. Alejandra Barrientos, the defending state champion and national leader in the 1,600 meters, ran the final leg in 4:44.5 and completed the relay in 11:41.28, breaking the record set by the 1982 University team (11:43.56) anchored by Polly Plumer, a three-time state champion in the 1,600.
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COUNTY’S TOP TRACK AND FIELD MARKS
Boys
100 METERS--Poston (Edison), 10.77; Pannell (Western), 10.80; Jones (Newport Harbor), 10.87; Stewart (Costa Mesa), 10.88; Wedin (Dana Hills), 10.92; Nguyen (Fountain Valley), 10.94; Shumate, 10.98; Pett (Huntington Beach), 11.03; Bruno (Trabuco Hills), 10.8; Shorter (Cypress), 10.8; Beatty (Kennedy), 11.05; Langford (Santa Margarita), 11.09; Casupanan (Tustin), 11.12; Thorson (Edison), 10.9; Scoby (Los Alamitos), 10.9; Douglas (Loara), 10.9; Thomas (Century).
200 METERS--Poston (Edison), 21.92w; Jones (Newport Harbor), 21.97w; Shumate (Tustin), 22.18w; Stewart (Costa Mesa), 22.24; Pannell (Western), 22.25; Sardis (Santa Margarita), 22.33; Bruno (Trabuco Hills), 22.1; Beatty (Kennedy), 22.36; Bassani (Irvine), 22.2 (22.53); Nguyen (Fountain Valley), 22.3 (22.63); Brown (Katella), 22.3 (22.78); Thorson (Edison), 22.55; Smith (Troy), 22.76; Washington (Brea Olinda), 22.5 (23.20); Cradit (Cypress), 22.5.
400 METERS--Jones (Newport Harbor), 48.9; Monterroso (Laguna Hills), 49.5 (50.74); Sardis (Santa Margarita), 49.86; Bassani (Irvine), 49.8 (50.11); Monte (Capistrano Valley), 49.8 (51.22); Bernard (Aliso Niguel), 49.9 (50.10); Thorson (Edison), 50.50; Haddan (Mater Dei), 50.74; Lehmann (Sonora), 50.77; Greer (El Dorado), 50.99; Brown (Katella), 51.17; Ywakiem (Katella), 51.26; Cradit (Cypress), 51.38.
800 METERS--Smith (Tustin), 1:52.87; Peschelt (Newport Harbor), 1:56.04; Escobar (Villa Park), 1:56.59; Carrillo (Santa Ana Valley), 1:56.68; Bousquet (Esperanza), 1:57.09; Yelsey (Corona del Mar), 1:57.89; Monte (Capistrano Valley), 1:58.4; Schmit (Santa Margarita), 1:58.56; Lozano (Katella), 1:59.04; Hutchison (Dana Hills), 1:59.09; Childress (Mater Dei), 1:59.14; Clemente (Los Alamitos), 1:59.21.
1,600 METERS--Bousquet (Esperanza), 4:09.37; Escobar (Villa Park), 4:14.68; Milner (SanClemente), 4:17.0; Mejia (Katella), 4:20.00; Beardslee (Corona del Mar), 4:20.8; Yelsey (Corona del Mar), 4:22.54; McKeehan (Foothill), 4:23.01; Lozano (Katella), 4:23.57; Childress (Mater Dei), 4:25.02; Dukes (Newport Harbor), 4:26.71; Smith (Tustin), 4:26.80.
3,200 METERS--Mejia (Katella), 9:17.93; Bousquet (Esperanza), 9:22.66; Segal (Dana Hills), 9:36.41; Murray (Santa Margarita), 9:37.50; Brandos (Edison), 9:38.91; Rojas (Estancia), 9:42.96; Robles (Valencia), 9:44.58; Mais (Los Alamitos), 9:45.45; Stumpf (Foothill), 9:46.13; Miller (Esperanza), 9:48.05; Dukes (Newport Harbor), 9:48.6.
110 HIGH HURDLES--Jones (Newport Harbor), 14.21; Vinh (Katella), 14.30; Dwelley (Edison), 14.74; Colby (Tustin), 14.96; Czaykowski (El Modena), 14.99; Holindrake (Santa Margarita), 15.0 (15.39); Duong (Katella), 15.0 (15.47); Morrell (Esperanza), 15.39; Winter (Laguna Hills), 15.2; Van Reenan (Huntington Beach), 15.49; Hamilton (Edison), 15.50.
300 INTERMEDIATE HURDLES--Jones (Newport Harbor), 37.16; Vinh (Katella), 38.96; Zeitler (Santa Margarita), 39.55; Lamm (Irvine), 39.72; Dwelley (Edison), 39.6 (40.16); Hicks (Cypress), 39.9 (40.46); Moyer (Newport Harbor), 40.11; Czaykowski (El Modena), 40.0; Van Reenan (Huntington Beach), 40.2 (41.02); Perez (Sunny Hills), 40.41; Mudge (Aliso Niguel), 40.81; Morrell (Esperanza), 40.7 (40.96).
400 RELAY--Tustin, 42.46; Edison, 42.61; Irvine, 42.94; Trabuco Hills, 43.1 (44.24); Santa Margarita, 43.41; Esperanza, 43.55; Cypress, 43.68; Katella, 43.71; Western, 43.71; Kennedy, 43.74; Mater Dei, 43.6; Servite, 43.88; Dana Hills, 43.92; Marina, 43.9 (44.95); El Toro, 43.9 (44.14).
1,600 RELAY--Newport Harbor, 3:20.72; Santa Margarita, 3:22.66; Esperanza, 3:22.82; Irvine,3:23.8; Edison, 3:26.54; El Toro, 3:26.8; Trabuco Hills, 3:26.9; Katella, 3:27.1; Western, 3:28.65, Santa Ana Valley, 3:28.86; Dana Hills, 3:29.04; Sonora, 3:29.50.
HIGH JUMP--Lunnen (Santa Margarita), 6-8; Marbley (Tustin), 6-6; Spaulding (Dana Hills), 6-6; Provder (Cypress), 6-5; Ballard (University), 6-4; Halloway (Kennedy), 6-4; Romeo (El Toro), 6-4; Johnson (Kennedy), 6-4; Peschelt (Newport Harbor), 6-4.
POLE VAULT--Odden (Marina), 16-7; Luke (Santa Margarita), 15-8; McCabe (El Modena), 14-6; Sparks (Esperanza), 14-6; Giang (Katella), 14-6; Yang (Katella), 14-4; Morris (Katella), 14-1; Martello (San Clemente), 14-0; Robinson (Esperanza), 14-0; Bourland (Dana Hills), 14-0; Pett (Huntington Beach), 14-0; Slinkard (Santa Margarita), 14-0.
LONG JUMP--Casupanan (Tustin), 22-4; Thomas (Century), 22-3 1/2; Beatty (Kennedy), 22-3 1/2; Poston (Edison), 21-10; Czaykowski (El Modena), 21-9 3/4; Duong (Katella), 21-6; Sickles (Mission Viejo), 21-4; Sar (Century), 21-3 1/4; Scott (Mater Dei), 21-3; Wong (Edison), 21-3; Lourenco (Fountain Valley), 21-1 1/2; Cradit (Cypress), 21-1 1/2; Olsen (Fountain Valley), 21- 1/4; Christensen (Troy), 20-11 1/4; Frazeur (Capistrano Valley), 20-11.
TRIPLE JUMP--Moore (Cypress) 47-5; Lourenco (Fountain Valley), 45-0; Czaykowski (El Modena), 44-7 1/4; Bell (Tustin), 43-7 1/2; Whiting (Mission Viejo), 43-3 1/2; Klaasen (San Clemente), 43-1; Kelley (Edison), 43-0; Bui (Marina), 43-0; Briggs (Valencia), 42-11 1/4; Bernard (Aliso Niguel), 42-8 1/2; Bui (Huntington Beach), 42-7; Smallwood (La Habra), 42-6; Thomas (Century), 42-4; Wong (Edison), 42-1; Abe (Irvine), 41-10.
SHOTPUT--Fenton (Corona del Mar), 57-9; Jones (Esperanza), 55-3 1/2; Hulliger (Costa Mesa), 54-6 1/4; C. Perez (V), 54-0; Justice (Santa Margarita), 53-11 1/2; DeBrucky (Esperanza), 53-0; Hayes (Tustin), 52-9; Ruziecki (Huntington Beach), 52-6; Amico (Huntington Beach), 52-4; Eddleman (Valencia), 52-1 3/4; Neja (El Toro), 51-7 1/2; Stock (Mission Viejo), 51-6; Bennett (Mission Viejo), 51-5; Birrell (Esperanza), 51-5.
DISCUS--Pendleton (Esperanza) 197-10; Hayes (Tustin), 174-0; Eddleman (Valencia), 168-1; Chester (Tustin), 166-5; Manu (Magnolia), 166-5; Bansberg (El Toro), 165-3; Fenton (Corona del Mar), 164-5; Ruziecki (Huntington Beach), 163-11; Lochananonda (Woodbridge), 163-7; Plowman (Esperanza), 162-4; Cairney (Villa Park), 161-6.
Girls
100 METERS--Davis (Santa Ana Valley), 12.21; Sanford (Woodbridge), 12.29; Atkinson (Santa Margarita), 12.29; Ross (Esperanza), 12.36; Taylor (San Clemente), 12.48; Thulin (Edison), 12.52; P. Donaldson (Orange), 12.3; Kalmbach (Santa Margarita), 12.62; Burlingham (Newport Harbor), 12.62; Jennings (Edison), 12.4; Burke (Foothill), 12.67; Havlena (Laguna Hills), 12.5 (12.81); B. Brown (Cypress), 12.5; McCuen (Brea Olinda), 12.5 (12.85).
200 METERS--L. Morse (Corona del Mar), 25.40; Burlingham (Newport Harbor), 25.44; Taylor (San Clemente), 25.45; Atkinson (Santa Margarita), 25.56; Davis (Santa Ana Valley), 25.68; Kalmbach (Santa Margarita), 25.74; Ross (Esperanza), 25.86; Sanford (Woodbridge), 25.99; Lampkin (Trabuco Hills), 26.0; McCuen (Brea Olinda), 26.1 (26.39); Handy (Esperanza), 26.1; Rozar (Mater Dei), 26.1 (27.18).
400 METERS--L. Morse (Corona del Mar), 56.18; Cummins (Corona del Mar), 59.07; Kalmbach (Santa Margarita), 59.10; Schmidt (Mater Dei), 59.19; Lazarus (Woodbridge), 59.5; Ross (Esperanza), 59.74; Stenglein (Marina), 59.77; Adams (Mater Dei), 59.78; Cornell (Edison), 59.7; Lampkin (Trabuco Hills), 1:00.1; Cramm (Laguna Beach), 1:00.43; Rozar (Mater Dei), 1:00.72.
800 METERS--L. Morse (Corona del Mar), 2:09.40; Cummins (Corona del Mar), 2:17.05; Steen (Newport Harbor), 2:17.53; Buche (Esperanza), 2:18.09; Thune (Brea Olinda), 2:18.70; Kelly (Marina), 2:19.10; Swanek (Foothill), 2:20.35; Allen (Fountain Valley), 2:21.5; Blaylock (Villa Park), 2:22.35; Perkins (Pacifica), 2:22.50; Kanin (Woodbridge), 2:22.77; Grob (Esperanza), 2:23.17.
1,600 METERS--Steen (Newport Harbor), 4:58.38; Allen (Fountain Valley), 5:01.97; Kelly (Marina), 5:06.56; Mann (Santa Margarita), 5:07; Sears (Mater Dei), 5:07.44; Hossfeld (Corona del Mar), 5:10.62; Arnerich (Rosary), 5:12.59; Thune (Brea Olinda), 5:12.67; Eckstaedt (El Modena), 5:14.99; Kanin (Woodbridge), 5:17.20; Pugmire (Esperanza), 5:17.23; Jones (La Habra), 5:17.61; Berglas (Woodbridge), 5:20.98.
3,200 METERS--Allen (Fountain Valley), 10:49.56; Steen (Newport Harbor), 10:54.4; Sears (Mater Dei), 10:59.21; Mann (Santa Margarita), 11:00.53; Manafian (University), 11:25.61; Meservey (Corona del Mar), 11:29.64; Berglas (Woodbridge), 11:31.06; Monge (Santa Ana), 11:31.93; Jones (La Habra), 11:34.35; Eckstaedt (El Modena), 11:36.40; Bellotti (Woodbridge), 11:38.07; Icban (Cypress), 11:38; Hossfeld (Corona del Mar), 11:40.5; K. Morse (Corona del Mar).
100 HIGH HURDLES--D. Bethel (Mission Viejo), 14.16; Wells (Mater Dei), 15.22; Fleskoski (Mission Viejo), 15.59; McIntyre (El Modena), 15.4 (15.95); Handy (Esperanza), 15.4 (15.90); Wright (Kennedy), 15.91; Alexander (Capistrano Valley), 15.7 (16.00); R. Ziemann (Edison), 15.8 (16.14); Delellis (Rosary), 16.21; B. Ziemann (Edison), 16.31; Konowal (Huntington Beach), 16.1; Wright (Kennedy), 16.3; Burson (Aliso Niguel), 16.3; Smith (Santa Ana Valley), 16.3 (16.63); de Beaubien (El Toro), 16.3 (16.74).
300 LOW HURDLES--Wells (Mater Dei), 45.86; Fleskoski (Mission Viejo), 46.56; Parkinson (St. Margaret’s), 46.60; Handy (Esperanza), 46.64; B. Ziemann (Edison), 46.74; McIntyre (El Modena), 47.25; Konowal (Huntington Beach), 47.52; D. Bethel (Mission Viejo), 47.66; Davis (Western), 47.80; Dapp (Marina), 47.97; Larson (Santa Margarita), 47.99; Fowle (Santa Margarita), 48.14; Hill (Mission Viejo), 48.36.
400 RELAY--Esperanza, 48.78; Santa Margarita, 48.78; Edison, 49.09; Irvine, 49.8; Mater Dei, 50.05; El Modena, 50.15; Savanna, 50.0; Woodbridge, 50.0 (50.17); Tustin, 50.22; Santa Ana Valley, 50.26; Irvine, 50.69; San Clemente, 50.91; Brea Olinda, 50.95; Trabuco Hills, 50.9.
1,600 RELAY--Corona del Mar, 3:57.01; Mater Dei, 3:58.32; Esperanza, 4:01.08, Santa Ana Valley, 4:02.62; Edison, 4:07.56; Marina, 4:08.17; Mission Viejo, 4:08.6; Brea Olinda, 4:09.22; El Toro, 4:09.46; Calvary Chapel, 4:11.14; Santa Margarita, 4:12.24; Huntington Beach, 4:12.6.
HIGH JUMP--B. Ziemann (Edison), 5-8; L. Paulick (University), 5-6 1/2; Brawner (Corona del Mar), 5-6; Ross (Newport Harbor), 5-6; R. Ziemann (Edison), 5-6; K. Paulick (University), 5-4 3/4; Stafford (Katella), 5-4; Cuthbert-Allen (La Habra), 5-4; Day (Costa Mesa), 5-4; White (San Clemente), 5-4; Nicholas (Sunny Hills), 5-4; Marks (Woodbridge), 5-4.
POLE VAULT--Rebello (Marina), 11-8; Von der Ahe (Santa Margarita), 11-0; Liana (Katella), 10-9; Nakagawa (Brea Olinda), 10-6; Duquette (Mater Dei), 10-6; Perkins (Edison), 10-2; Jaime (Laguna Hills), 10-0; Vaughn (Dana Hills), 10-0; Nguyen (Marina), 10-0; Anderson (San Clemente), 10-0.
LONG JUMP--D. Bethel (Mission Viejo), 18-10 3/4; Sanford (Woodbridge), 18-8 1/2; Jennings (Edison), 18-2 1/2; Starr (Savanna), 17-11; Westervelt (Capistrano Valley), 17-1 1/2; Davis (Santa Ana Valley), 16-10; Burke (Foothill), 16-9 3/4; Halley (Corona del Mar), 16-9; Wright (Kennedy), 16-8 1/4; Culley (Cypress), 16-7 1/2; Ross (Newport Harbor), 16-7.
TRIPLE JUMP--Sanford (Woodbridge), 39-7 3/4; Stafford (Katella), 38-8; Jennings (Edison), 38-2 3/4; Starr (Savanna), 38-2 1/2; Alexander (Capistrano Valley), 36-2; Ross (Newport Harbor), 35-11 3/4; Westervelt (Capistrano Valley), 35-10 1/2; Burke (Foothill), 35-6 1/2; Voisinet (Mater Dei), 35-4; Von der Ahe (Santa Margarita), 35-2.
SHOTPUT--Dill (Newport Harbor), 41-10 1/2; Fleskoski (Mission Viejo), 40-5; Lualamaga (Santa Ana), 40-3; Weenig (Laguna Beach), 39-6 1/2; Thompson (Esperanza), 39-4 1/2; Quinn (El Toro), 39-1; Rich (Mission Viejo), 38-8 1/2; Stewart (Woodbridge), 38-8; Zylstra (Edison), 38-4.
DISCUS--Thompson (Esperanza), 142-2; V. Faoa (Magnolia), 137-10; Dill (Newport Harbor), 131-1; Parrish (Esperanza), 129-3; Ciarelli (Huntington Beach), 127-6; Meredith (El Modena), 126-5; Gonzalez (Brea Olinda), 126-4; Pendleton (Esperanza), 126-1.