Girls track and field: Uni shocks CdM

Joseph Boo

IRVINE - During the Pacific Coast League dual meet season, it was

University High’s boys track and field team which came within a point of

Corona del Mar, who went undefeated in PCL dual meets.

But at Friday’s PCL girls track and field championships, the lady Trojans

shocked the Sea Kings with what appeared to be a 160-160 tie, subject to

confirmation.

Uni led, 154-150 with only the 1,600-meter relay left on the schedule.

CdM, which owns the fastest Orange County time in that event, won the

race easily to gather 10 team points. Costa Mesa was second, and Uni came

in third. The Trojans got six points for third place.

Uni was in control of the meet because of the field events, where it

dominated by numbers. The Trojans took the top two spots in the shot put

and discus. While CdM’s Krisserin Canary easily won the pole vault in

9-0, Uni took spots two, three and four.

Canary was third in the triple jump (32-5), but Uni had a second, third

and fourth place finish in the long jump, and a second and sixth in the

high jump. Costa Mesa’s Sharon Day won that event with a 5-5, and CdM’s

Allison Brawner was third (5-1).

CdM had the most impressive finish in the 800, where it swept the top

three spots. Liz Morse, who has the nation’s fastest in that event, won

with a workmanlike 2:17.17. At the final stretch, Jenny Cummins and Diana

Hossfeld both surpassed a fading Jordan Bechtold of Northwood. Cummins

was second in 2:23.29, and Hossfeld was third at 2:23.29.

The 400 boasted three of the five fastest times in Orange County. Morse,

who had the previous best this year and set the second-best mark in the

PCL prelims, won the 400 with the most impressive time of the day, a

56.11. Cummins was third at 58.34. Costa Mesa’s Sharon Day, who ran a

58.11 in qualifying, was second with a 58.20.

Costa Mesa’s Julie Kroening won the 100 low hurdles in 17.30 in a race

that swung the team championship in the final 10 meters. Laguna Beach’s

Erin Henderson, fighting with Kroening for the win, fell on the last

hurdle and finished seventh. That allowed Uni’s Raina Hsi to finish third

and Kate Odell to sneak into the top six to gain two team points.

CdM got plenty of points from its distance runners. Sophomore Season

Meservey set a big PR in the 3,200 with a 11:27. She was also fifth 1,600

(5:23.23) while teammate Diana Hossfeld won with a 5:10.89, just off her

best mark.

Estancia’s Liz Huipe set a PR in the 1,600 with a 5:19.2 to finish

second. She was squeezed out for the top three spots in the 3,200 as she

crossed in a dead heat with Uni’s Jessica Howard and Connie Chou. The

Eagles’ twin of Hanni and Jasmine Geider qualified for the CIF Southern

Section prelim in two events each. The finished one-two in the 100

(Hanni, 13.29 and Jasmine, 13.35). They crossed the finish line at the

same time in the 200, good for second and third place.