Day leads the way

Costa Mesa junior Sharon Day sizzled in the 400 meters at the

Trabuco Hills Track and Field Invitational Saturday, with an electronic

time of 57.94 in the invitational field out of Lane 9, a winning effort

in a field her coach, George Greenwalt, said, “Was the best field she’ll

see all year outside of perhaps the Masters.”

Day was sharp in the high jump, too, equalling her personal best to

win the event at 5-foot-9.

Teammate Christine Bjelland, boxed in against big fields in the 1,600

and 800, got loose in the 2,300 and turned in a personal-best of

11:21.62. She went 5:17.04 and 2:25.91 in the 1,600 and 800.

Costa Mesa’s 1,600 relay team of Day, Bjelland, Stacy Krikorian and

Rachel Hughes, was second in its race in 4:13.83.

Cheryl Hack had a personal b est in the 300 hurdles with a 53.9

clocking.

Irwin Salas led Costa Mesa’s boys with a personal best in all three of

his races, going 10:13.2 in the 3,200, 4:35.19 in the 1,600 and 2:03.39

in the 800.

Also with big efforts were Zach Powell and Junior Epenesa.

Powell went 52.51 in the 400, 23.76 in the 200 and 42.36 in the 330

intermediates.

Epenesa, competing in the frosh-soph level, went 42-111/2 in the shot put.