Track and field: Sailors rumble past Irvine

NEWPORT BEACH - Sprinter Ashley Harrison, distance runner Lauren

Paul, jumper Elizabeth Clayton and thrower Jillianne Whitfield were

double winners Thursday for the Newport Harbor High girls track and field

team as Coach Eric Tweit’s Sailors defeated visiting Irvine, 108-27, in a

Sea View League dual meet.

Harrison won the 100- and 200-meter races in 13.1 and 26.0, Paul crossed first in the 1,600 (5:38.1) and 3,200 (12:27.7), Clayton topped

out in the long (16 feet, 2 1/2 inches) and triple jumps (34-11 3/4), and

Whitfield captured the shot put (33-5) and discus (116-0).

Tiffany Vandersloot, who won the 800 for Newport in 2:36.2, and

teammate Elda Hernandez, first in the 400 (1:01.4), competed on both

winning relay teams for the Sailors.

Alyson Jennings won the high jump for Newport at 5-0, and Allyson

Stoltz captured the pole vault in 8-0.