Prep track and field: Allen getting well

IRVINE - Corona del Mar High track and field standout Julie Allen,

still slowed from a bout with the flu, had enough in the tank to win the

1,600 and 3,200 meters and claim Athlete of the Meet honors Saturday at

the Irvine Invitational at Irvine High.

Allen, a senior, was the lone local winner, clocking a 5:07.2 in the

1,600 and an 11:05.6 in the 3,200.

Newport Harbor’s boys 1,600 relay of Matt Tracy, Zach Zarnow, Peter

Bass and Dartangan Johnson was second in 3:31.9. Bass, Johnson, Adam

Kerns and David Sprenger then combined to finish third in the 400 relay

in 44.28.

Sprenger, a senior, was third in the long jump (20-10), while CdM

senior Joe Barber was fourth in the shot put (49-8).

CdM’s Sara Claster, Katherine Morse, Becky Cummins and Melissa Swigert

combined to finish fourth in the 1,600 relay (4:15), despite a near

disaster on the pass from Morse to Cummins, created when a rival runner

collided with Morse, but not before Cummins had taken the baton and was

able to escape without falling.

CdM sophomore Kevin Artz was fifth in the 800 (2:01.8).