Eagles soar to success at Mount SAC Relays

The Mesa View Middle School track and field team returned to the

Mount SAC Relays for the first time in 11 years, and the appearance

at last Friday’s event yielded plenty of success.

With 52 Eagle athletes competing in Walnut, Mesa View, under

coaches Kelly Painter and Mike Vlachos, returned back to Huntington

Beach with 83 medals.

Mesa View, the first school in the Ocean View School District to

participate in the relays in 1985, had not competed in the event

since 1993.

“Although we had told them this was the largest track meet in the

United States, their eyes were big as saucers when they first viewed

the 7,000 participants,” Painter said. “Kelly Self put everyone at

ease when she crossed the finish line in the 1,500 meters to give us

our first medal of the day.”

Self finished third in the 1,500 in the girls’ Eighth Grade

Division.

Marine View’s Celso Arcos established a new meet record in the

boys’ Eighth Grade Division 1,500 meters with a time of 4:44. Mesa

View’s Josh Smith also shattered the previous record and finished

second behind Arcos.

Other notable Mesa View finishes were as follows:

GIRLS

Sixth Grade Division

Long jump: 1. Jennifer Albertson; 2. Sara Jones; 3. Emily Hennes

4x100-meters relay: 2. Jennifer Albertson, Cassie Cotarelo, Emily

Hennes, Sara Jones

Seventh Grade Division

Triple jump: 1. Mariah Nogueira; 2. Mai Hoang; 3. Anna Yeutter

Long jump: 2. Victoria Anthony

High jump: 2. Amanda Berger; 3. Anna Yeutter

1,200 meters: 2. Hayley Lytle

100 meters: 1. Lisa Loperfido; 2. Mariah Nogueira; 3. Anna Yeutter

4x100-meters relay: 1. Mai Hoang, Lisa Loperfido, Victoria

Anthony, Mariah Nogueira

Eighth Grade Division

100 meters: 1. Jennifer Klasing

Long Jump: 1. Jennifer Klasing; 2. Tessa Jackson

Triple Jump: 1. Kinsey Wood

1,500 meters: 3. Kelly Self

Sprint medley: 1. Katie Welch, Jennifer Klasing, Tessa Jackson,

Clarissa Holz of Spring View

BOYS

Sixth Grade Division

Triple Jump: 1. Gabriel Rodriguez

Long Jump: 2. Wade Houston; 3T. Larry Pazej, Ryan Buckles

4x200-meters relay: 1. Ryan Buckles, Larry Pazej, Wade Houston,

Gabriel Rodriguez

4x100-meters relay: 3. Roberto Flores, Dominic Capone, Richard

Nobella, Chad Smith

Seventh Grade Division

Long jump: 2. Martin Leal; 3. Chad Loperfido

100 meters: 2. Martin Leal

4x100-meters relay: 1. Chad Loperfido, Robert Manno, Kenny Gibo

and Martin Leal

Eighth Grade Division

1,500 meters: 2. Josh Smith (broke old meet record); Chris

Chirinos100 meters: 1. Felipe Granados; 2. Ethan Staus; 3. Troy

Bosiljevac

4x100-meters relay: 2. Colin Hurt, Kyle Myers, Ethan Staus, Felipe

Granados

Long Jump: 2. Eric Gatlin

Triple Jump: 1. Donniven Murphy

Sprint medley relay: 1. Celso Arcos, Brandon Ishimoto, Troy

Bosiljevac, Josh Smith

Sprint medley: 1. Katie Welch, Jennifer Klasing, Tessa Jackson and

Clarissa Holz