Local athletes take home titles in Orange County Championships
On any given day, the athletes from the Corona del Mar High School track and field team face some of the toughest competition in the area, and that is just at practice.
Their ability to push each other in workouts showed itself Saturday in the Orange County Championships at Mission Viejo High School, where three names kept repeatedly popping up on the leaderboard.
Jason Plumb, Caroline Glessing and Ava Simos each took home county titles for CdM, which was the standout school for the area at the meet.
Plumb, who has committed to UC Berkeley, won the boys’ long jump with a personal-best mark of 23 feet, four inches, which he achieved on his second and fourth attempts. He also recorded a mark of 23-2 on his third jump.
Afterward, Plumb pounded his chest, then motioned to the stands by throwing up the fingers that corresponded with his new personal record.
“I just know I can do better,” Plumb said. “I left a couple inches on the board, and I’m just excited. I just got to be patient. I know I can do better, and I’m just excited to keep improving.”
Following Plumb on the runway was Glessing, who claimed the girls’ long jump crown with a season-best mark of 17-9¾.
Simos then edged out Glessing, among others, in the 100-meter sprints with a wind-legal time of 12.32 seconds. A sophomore from Australia, Simos found herself in the final flight by virtue of her performance in the Laguna Beach Trophy Invitational — she finished fourth overall in last week’s meet, despite not running in the fastest heat.
“I’m so grateful to have her on my team,” Simos said of Glessing. “It’s really fun being able to do the relay with her and stuff, and just running against her, it’s really fun. I’m so glad that she’s on my team.”
Fireworks at the jump pits continued later in the day, with Fountain Valley’s Jonathan Yu leaping to a career-best mark of 47-2 in the triple jump. Yu maintained his spot atop the county leaderboard in the event, and the mark was good for second in the CIF Southern Section. Temecula Great Oak’s JC Stevenson jumped 48-6 at the Redondo Nike Track Festival on March 12.
“There’s not many meets left this year, but I feel like at least I’m going to try to go for a 48-[foot] jump this year,” Yu said of his goals for the season.
Edison’s Lindy Tarvin continued a positive trajectory, earning her third invitational win of the season in the 300 intermediate hurdles. Her time of 46.19 seconds was the second-best performance of her career. She pulled away from the pack through the last three hurdles on the straightaway.
“I always feel strongest in the last half,” Tarvin said. “My dad likes to compare me to that movie about the racing horse, ‘Seabiscuit.’ I love the competition, and that just always comes to light a fire underneath me in the last 100-[meter] stretch.”
The girls’ hurdles were swept by local athletes, as Pacifica Christian’s Charis Wondercheck paced the field in the 100 high hurdles with a time of 15.73 seconds, one of two athletes to go under 16 seconds.
Wondercheck helped the Tritons win the Division 4A girls’ basketball championship this season.
“It’s just good getting back into the groove because I really do love hurdles,” Wondercheck said of seeing regular action on the track after the COVID-19 pandemic-induced respite. “Obviously, I’m passionate about basketball, too, but [they are] two of my favorite sports, so I’m glad that I get to compete and show my effort in both of them.”
Mater Dei won the boys’ team title convincingly over San Clemente 82.33 to 46, while the girls’ county championship went to JSerra. The Lions topped Los Alamitos 88 to 66.
Servite’s Max Thomas and San Clemente’s Caroline Hawkes were named the sprinters of the meet, Dana Hills’ Jai Dawson and JSerra’s Ashlee Gallegos were the distance runners of the meet, and Mater Dei’s Brandon Gorski and Los Alamitos’ Mackenzie Kirk were the field athletes of the meet.
BOYS’ TRACK AND FIELD
Orange County Championships
At Mission Viejo High School
Team Results
1. Mater Dei 82.33; 2. San Clemente 46; 3. Orange Lutheran 44; 4. Mission Viejo 39.50; 5. Servite 30; 6. Los Alamitos 29; 7. Santa Margarita 28.5; 8. Canyon 25.66; 9. Fountain Valley 24; 10. Tesoro 22
Individuals
100 — 1. Thomas (Servite) 10.41*; 2. Overn (Foothill) 10.54; 3. Gates (Tesoro) 10.64; 4. Bragg (Los Alamitos) 10.67; 5. Frazier (Mater Dei) 10.76
200 — 1. Thomas (Servite) 21.80; 2. Clement (Troy) 22.03; 3. Frazier (Mater Dei) 22.09; 4. Lynch (Orange Lutheran) 22.47; 5. Bowles (Mater Dei) 22.61
400 — 1. Lynch (Orange Lutheran) 48.99; 2. Ware (Servite) 50.09; 3. Provenzano (Yorba Linda) 50.40; 4. Garrison (JSerra) 51.05; 5. Vasquez (Orange Lutheran) 51.09
800 — 1. Dawson (Dana Hills) 1:54.56; 2. Lederer (San Juan Hills) 1:57.39; 3. Dias (Fountain Valley) 1:57.42; 4. Beauchemin (San Clemente) 1:57.46; 5. Robison (Foothill) 1:58.26
1,600 Seeded — 1. Dawson (Dana Hills) 4:13.08; 2. Foody (Aliso Niguel) 4:13.47; 3. Sweningson (Foothill) 4:14.45; 4. Singer (Cypress) 4:14.81; 5. Chantaca (San Clemente) 4:20.17
1,600 Rated — 1. Beltran-Leon (Valencia) 4:39.42; 2. Chernekoff (Dana Hills) 4:40.39; 3. Spangler (Rancho Alamitos) 4:40.64; 4. N. Hernandez (Troy) 4:40.83; 5. J. Hernandez (Troy) 4:41.19
3,200 — 1. Dominguez (Santa Ana) 9:28.64; 2. Chantaca (San Clemente) 9:30.72; 3. Singer (Cypress) 9:31.25; 4. Catsimanes (San Clemente) 9:31.65; 5. Ramos (Santa Ana) 9:35.87
110HH — 1. Lyght (Mater Dei) 14.68; 2. Fairchild (Crean Lutheran) 15.05; 3. Adinew (Troy) 15.10; 4. Torosian (Troy) 15.52; 5. Mendoza (Santa Margarita) 15.62
300IH — 1. Mendoza (Santa Margarita) 38.82; 2. Lyght (Mater Dei) 39.06; 3. Marschall (Los Alamitos) 39.90; 4. Zeutzius (Edison) 40.16; 5. Fairchild (Crean Lutheran) 40.52
400 relay — 1. Mater Dei 42.10; 2. Orange Lutheran 42.58; 3. Tesoro 42.89; 4. Corona del Mar 43.11; 5. Mission Viejo 43.28
1,600 relay — 1. Santa Margarita 3:25.04; 2. Orange Lutheran 3:28.51; 3. Mission Viejo 3:28.83; 4. Canyon 3:33.13; 5. San Clemente 3:33.96
HJ — 1. Gorski (Mater Dei) 6-6; 2T. Schwab (San Clemente) 6-2; 2T. Hampton (Edison) 6-2; 4. Brewer (Orange Lutheran) 6-0; 5. Delgado (Mission Viejo) 6-0J
LJ — 1. Plumb (Corona del Mar) 23-4; 2. Lopez (Mission Viejo) 22-8; 3. Gorski (Mater Dei) 22-7; 4. Craig (Mater Dei) 22-2½; 5. Christie (Villa Park) 21-10
TJ — 1. Yu (Fountain Valley) 47-2; 2. Cotton (Northwood) 43-6; 3. King (Tesoro) 42-11½; 4. Fairchild (Crean Lutheran) 42-8; 5. Wallace (Mission Viejo) 42-6
PV — 1. Brok (Los Alamitos) 14-6; 2. Bennett (San Clemente) 14-6J; 3. Davis (Newport Harbor) 14-6J; 4. Conway (Mater Dei) 14-0; 5. Schroeder (Mission Viejo) 13-0
SP — 1. Zavala (Canyon) 52-10½; 2. See (JSerra) 51-¾; 3. Conner (El Modena) 49-7½; 4. Lewis (Pacifica) 47-6; 5. Breland (Mater Dei) 46-6
DT — 1. Conner (El Modena) 164-6; 2. Zavala (Canyon) 151-3; 3. Stafford (JSerra) 142-5; 4. Rogers (Los Alamitos) 141-1; 5. Acosta (El Toro) 140-0
GIRLS’ TRACK AND FIELD
Orange County Championships
At Mission Viejo High School
Team Results
1. JSerra 88; 2. Los Alamitos 66; 3. Dana Hills 44; 4. Orange Lutheran 37; 5. Corona del Mar 36; 6. Villa Park 34; 7. Mission Viejo 28; 8. San Clemente 27.75; 9. Edison 26.75; 10. Mater Dei 25
Individuals
100 — 1. Simos (Corona del Mar) 12.32; 2. Groves (Santa Margarita) 12.37; 3. McLeary (Villa Park) 12.38; 4. Glessing (Corona del Mar) 12.47; 5. Onestinghel (Canyon) 12.73
200 — 1. Hawkes (San Clemente) 24.75; 2. McLeary (Villa Park) 25.26; 3. Glessing (Corona del Mar) 25.40; 4. Podolski (Dana Hills) 25.60; 5. Frederiksen (Dana Hills) 25.62
400 — 1. Hawkes (San Clemente) 55.23; 2. Hill (San Juan Hills) 57.62; 3. Frederiksen (Dana Hills) 58.00; 4. Summer Allen (Los Alamitos) 58.27; 5. Parsio (El Toro) 58.60
800 — 1. Gallegos (JSerra) 2:12.68; 2. Cichon (Fountain Valley) 2:13.61; 3. Jeanneret (JSerra) 2:15.05; 4. Viramontes (Katella) 2:15.58; 5. Debarros (Brea Olinda) 2:18.42
1,600 Seeded — 1. Gallegos (JSerra) 4:55.41; 2. Markow (Dana Hills) 4:55.62; 3. Jeanneret (JSerra) 5:01.79; 4. Snodgrass (JSerra) 5:03.30; 5. O’Brien (JSerra) 5:07.15
1,600 Rated — 1. King (Ocean View) 5:23.83; 2. Lopez (Santa Ana) 5:26.52; 3. Daza (Kennedy) 5:27.71; 4. Hiraki (Troy) 5:28.21; 5. Barcenas (Tustin) 5:30.01
3,200 — 1. Markow (Dana Hills) 10:56.59; 2. Garcia (JSerra) 11:00.87; 3. Snodgrass (JSerra) 11:10.31; 4. Stetina (Sonora) 11:24.15; 5. Schuerger (Aliso Niguel) 11:38.65
110HH — 1. Charis Wondercheck (Pacifica Christian) 15.73; 2. Meredith (Villa Park) 15.91; 3. Barta (El Dorado) 16.11; 4. Simos (Corona del Mar) 16.47; 5. Menchine (Edison) 16.71
300IH — 1. Tarvin (Edison) 46.19; 2. Major (Santa Margarita) 47.16; 3. Barmettler (JSerra) 47.57; 4. Wondercheck (Pacifica Christian) 48.36; 5. Barta (El Dorado) 48.75
400 relay — 1. Los Alamitos 49.50; 2. Villa Park 49.95; 3. Orange Lutheran 50.05; 4. Rosary 50.43; 5. Northwood 50.56
1,600 relay — 1. JSerra 3:58.30; 2. Dana Hills 3:59.77; 3. Fountain Valley 4:05.41; 4. Mission Viejo 4:05.57; 5. Yorba Linda 4:08.13
HJ — 1. Martinez (Mater Dei) 5-2; 2. Kirk (Los Alamitos) 5-0; 3. Wons (Orange Lutheran) 5-0J; 4. Cunningham (Orange Lutheran) 5-0J; 5. Feldman (Crean Lutheran) 4-10
LJ — 1. Glessing (Corona del Mar) 17-9¾; 2. Kirk (Los Alamitos) 16-8; 3. Forbes (Mater Dei) 16-7; 4. Gatlin (Mission Viejo) 16-7J; 5. Richmond (Portola) 16-6½
TJ — 1. Kirk (Los Alamitos) 39-4½; 2. Gatlin (Mission Viejo) 38-10½; 3. Forbes (Mater Dei) 36-6½; 4. Thomson (Capistrano Valley) 35-2; 5. Wang (Huntington Beach) 35-½
PV — 1. Taylor (St. Margaret’s) 11-6; 2. Polk (Marina) 11-6J; 3. Brown (Northwood) 11-6J; 4. Wilson (Trabuco Hills) 11-0; 5. Meredith (Villa Park) 10-6
SP — 1. Tuinuknafe (Orange Lutheran) 38-4¼; 2. Hofland (Los Alamitos) 38-0; 3. Sheldon (Edison) 35-6; 4. Gontang (Tesoro) 34-1¾; 5. Speakman (Esperanza) 33-11¼
DT — 1. Lambert (JSerra) 123-8; 2. Hofland (Los Alamitos) 122-3; 3. Sheldon (Edison) 117-7; 4. Wilson (Los Alamitos) 116-0; 5. Speakman (Esperanza) 112-3
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