Here was an article in the Morgan Hill Times about Afari. We're looking for one more PR to add to the list we are currently at 273. Article.
Good luck tonight.
Friday, May 25, 2012
Monday, May 21, 2012
Next Year
Just want to say, I hear a lot of you already talking about next year. I am glad you are excited and no doubt I am excited for the future as well. (We had 9 CCS qualifiers and all of them are coming back next year: 1 junior, 7 sophomores and 1 freshman) I just think this year was great and it would be a shame if you didn't even give yourself sometime to enjoy it because you already started thinking of 2013. Look back at the PRs you got this year, think about the work that went into them. Pat yourself on the back. It was a great year. If you don't take anytime to enjoy it, then really what is the point?
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Well I decided the best route to go was twitter... just fits well with track. Good for short quick updates. Awesome job on my part waiting until all but one person was done to sign up but thats just how it goes. Feel free to follow at http://twitter.com/LOTrackField
Saturday, May 19, 2012
CCS Semifinals Recap
Another great day on the track... lets go through everything:
The day started off with Emily Guthormsen (Soph) running a 9 second PR in the 1600 (79,83,83,79 splits) she went from a 5:31.8 to a 5:22.28.
Afari La-Anyane (soph) got not just a big PR but a wind legal big PR of 15.37 which was also good enough to buy him another 6 days of track.
In the high jump, Kalum Bergstrom (soph) jumped great but the fact that he only started high jumping 6 weeks ago and the starting height being at his PR caught up to him. He was jumping plenty high, just couldn't get the hips up.
In the 800, Emily came back and just missed out on her PR, but considering she went from a 2:31 to 2:26 last week a 2:27 is a nice way to back that up, for her 2nd fastest 800 ever.
Also in the 800, James Gabbard (Soph) wanted nothing more than to break 2 minutes in the 800 and he went out and got that with a 1:59.20 which was our 3rd PR of the day. (It also lowered his own FS school record)
Finally with the 4by400s ... I posted the girls video and the guys video is uploading.
Girls. Paige Frierson (Fr) led off and went from a 65.1 to 63.5 for a huge PR, she started this year at 74 seconds and has just continued improving all year. Emily ran second and would have had a PR but Annalise ran into some traffic in the handoff and since it happened before the line that time goes to Emily. So she got a 64.0 and her PR is 63.6. After pushing through some traffic Annalise DiSalvo (Jr) ran a really aggressive 200 (as opposed to last week) and it paid off with a PR (62.5). Finally Carolina Martinez (Sr) stepped in for Alissa Pham because Alissa broke her wrist in 2 places last week at soccer. She kept the PRs coming dropping her fastest 400 from 74 to 72. Our team ran a 4:16 last week and that was with Alissa running a 64. So swapping a 64 for a 74 we were hoping for a 4:26 or faster and they ran a 4:22. Great race.
The guys didn't have as good of a race as the girls, but they didn't run poorly by any means. Kyle Robertson (So) led of and tied his PR with a 54.6, Daniel Gonzalez (So) ran within .3 of his PR on the second leg considering the confusion because the kids took being locked in place that they couldn't move forward (makes sense when you see the video, Daniel and James have to go way out to lane 5) Seems like James time was the one that suffered the most running over a second from his PR and Kalum finished it off with a 52.9 which is close to his PR of 52.6. They missed out on the FS school record but since it was their own record they were trying to break I think they will be ok with that.
We are currently at 273 PRs which is our most ever. (257 last year was the old record) Great, Great job. Obviously I am happy with the times but I really liked everyones attitude, I have seen the shift from worrying about places to worrying about PRs over the course of the season.
Here are the Results
Also like I said before there are some pictures posted as well as the videos of the two 4by4s.
-Coach Mike
The day started off with Emily Guthormsen (Soph) running a 9 second PR in the 1600 (79,83,83,79 splits) she went from a 5:31.8 to a 5:22.28.
Afari La-Anyane (soph) got not just a big PR but a wind legal big PR of 15.37 which was also good enough to buy him another 6 days of track.
In the high jump, Kalum Bergstrom (soph) jumped great but the fact that he only started high jumping 6 weeks ago and the starting height being at his PR caught up to him. He was jumping plenty high, just couldn't get the hips up.
In the 800, Emily came back and just missed out on her PR, but considering she went from a 2:31 to 2:26 last week a 2:27 is a nice way to back that up, for her 2nd fastest 800 ever.
Also in the 800, James Gabbard (Soph) wanted nothing more than to break 2 minutes in the 800 and he went out and got that with a 1:59.20 which was our 3rd PR of the day. (It also lowered his own FS school record)
Finally with the 4by400s ... I posted the girls video and the guys video is uploading.
Girls. Paige Frierson (Fr) led off and went from a 65.1 to 63.5 for a huge PR, she started this year at 74 seconds and has just continued improving all year. Emily ran second and would have had a PR but Annalise ran into some traffic in the handoff and since it happened before the line that time goes to Emily. So she got a 64.0 and her PR is 63.6. After pushing through some traffic Annalise DiSalvo (Jr) ran a really aggressive 200 (as opposed to last week) and it paid off with a PR (62.5). Finally Carolina Martinez (Sr) stepped in for Alissa Pham because Alissa broke her wrist in 2 places last week at soccer. She kept the PRs coming dropping her fastest 400 from 74 to 72. Our team ran a 4:16 last week and that was with Alissa running a 64. So swapping a 64 for a 74 we were hoping for a 4:26 or faster and they ran a 4:22. Great race.
The guys didn't have as good of a race as the girls, but they didn't run poorly by any means. Kyle Robertson (So) led of and tied his PR with a 54.6, Daniel Gonzalez (So) ran within .3 of his PR on the second leg considering the confusion because the kids took being locked in place that they couldn't move forward (makes sense when you see the video, Daniel and James have to go way out to lane 5) Seems like James time was the one that suffered the most running over a second from his PR and Kalum finished it off with a 52.9 which is close to his PR of 52.6. They missed out on the FS school record but since it was their own record they were trying to break I think they will be ok with that.
We are currently at 273 PRs which is our most ever. (257 last year was the old record) Great, Great job. Obviously I am happy with the times but I really liked everyones attitude, I have seen the shift from worrying about places to worrying about PRs over the course of the season.
Here are the Results
Also like I said before there are some pictures posted as well as the videos of the two 4by4s.
-Coach Mike
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Reminder: No go on Hartnell meet
There is no Kearney invite this Saturday. Use the time to recover and get ready for Del Mar, our last dual meet! Also, if you see them on campus - make sure to wish several of the athletes good luck for the CCS Top 8 meet on Friday. Otherwise, see you at practice.
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Meets this week
This week we have 3 meets... some people do at least.
Wednesday: vs San Jose @ Live Oak (Results will be posted here after the meet)
Friday: CCS Top 8 Meet @ SJCC
Saturday: Bill Kearney Invitational @ Hartnell College
I will post all the previous meet results here soon, and you can always see action shots from the season in the photo albums here. - CM
Wednesday: vs San Jose @ Live Oak (Results will be posted here after the meet)
Friday: CCS Top 8 Meet @ SJCC
Saturday: Bill Kearney Invitational @ Hartnell College
I will post all the previous meet results here soon, and you can always see action shots from the season in the photo albums here. - CM
Monday, April 9, 2012
Quicksilver Invite
Saturday we had the quicksilver invite which I would say went pretty good... I always wish we had more PRs but there were a lot of good performances.
Here are the results: Quicksilver RESULTS
Here are some Photos: Quicksilver Photos
Some Highlights:
Our Boys 4 by100 that was just assembled about 18 hours earlier ran a our fastest time of the year with a 48.46 (Kyle-Afari-Drew-Chris) they finished third overall.
Emily Guthormsen followed that up with a 3rd place finish in the 1600m and ran her season best 5:34 which is just 2 seconds off of her PR run at CCS Semis last year. Later, she ran a 4 second PR and led the race from start to finish to win the 800 with a time of 2:32.
Kalum Bergstrom was able to run a 4:41 in the 1600 to finish in first place and get his first PR in the 1600 since last year. He also PR'd in the HJ with a leap of 5'8" which was also good enough for first place.
James Gabbard had an off day in the long jump but ran a great 800 (getting some negative splits 63-62) to finish with a 2:05 and a 4 second PR. Like Emily he led the race from start to finish.
Chris Armstrong, while in the middle of high jumping, was able to sneak over and run a PR in the 100m with a 12.91.
In the 400 Daniel Gonzalez, despite fighting the last 100 meters ran a PR of 56.6, which was good for a 4th place finish.
Afari La-Anyane set a school record in the 65 hurdles with a 9.54 to win easily, followed that up with a 4 second PR in the 300 hurdles to take home first in that event as well.
Paige Frierson was able to get a PR in the 300 hurdles after many attempts with a 54.12 and that was good enough to win the meet (from out in lane 8).
The boys 4 by 4 (Kyle-Daniel-James-Kalum) ran a 3:45 despite the fact that they had no one to run with after Kyles first leg. Considering the fact that none of them got PRs they won by 12 seconds. As they get more competition that time should continue to drop.
The biggest PR of the day was set by Carolina Martinez who ran the 3200 for the 2nd time ever and improved her time from 13:31 to 13:07.
Our 7 frosh soph boys were able to win the meet with over 30 schools competing (in a land slide too) 74 to 42 points for second. PRs are the most important thing, but it feels good to be rewarded they have stepped up and run against varsity athletes all year so had some fun going against people there own age. It was nice to see that they are on there way. Lots to still be done this year though, we are barely in April. - CM
Here are the results: Quicksilver RESULTS
Here are some Photos: Quicksilver Photos
Some Highlights:
Our Boys 4 by100 that was just assembled about 18 hours earlier ran a our fastest time of the year with a 48.46 (Kyle-Afari-Drew-Chris) they finished third overall.
Emily Guthormsen followed that up with a 3rd place finish in the 1600m and ran her season best 5:34 which is just 2 seconds off of her PR run at CCS Semis last year. Later, she ran a 4 second PR and led the race from start to finish to win the 800 with a time of 2:32.
Kalum Bergstrom was able to run a 4:41 in the 1600 to finish in first place and get his first PR in the 1600 since last year. He also PR'd in the HJ with a leap of 5'8" which was also good enough for first place.
James Gabbard had an off day in the long jump but ran a great 800 (getting some negative splits 63-62) to finish with a 2:05 and a 4 second PR. Like Emily he led the race from start to finish.
Chris Armstrong, while in the middle of high jumping, was able to sneak over and run a PR in the 100m with a 12.91.
In the 400 Daniel Gonzalez, despite fighting the last 100 meters ran a PR of 56.6, which was good for a 4th place finish.
Afari La-Anyane set a school record in the 65 hurdles with a 9.54 to win easily, followed that up with a 4 second PR in the 300 hurdles to take home first in that event as well.
Paige Frierson was able to get a PR in the 300 hurdles after many attempts with a 54.12 and that was good enough to win the meet (from out in lane 8).
The boys 4 by 4 (Kyle-Daniel-James-Kalum) ran a 3:45 despite the fact that they had no one to run with after Kyles first leg. Considering the fact that none of them got PRs they won by 12 seconds. As they get more competition that time should continue to drop.
The biggest PR of the day was set by Carolina Martinez who ran the 3200 for the 2nd time ever and improved her time from 13:31 to 13:07.
Our 7 frosh soph boys were able to win the meet with over 30 schools competing (in a land slide too) 74 to 42 points for second. PRs are the most important thing, but it feels good to be rewarded they have stepped up and run against varsity athletes all year so had some fun going against people there own age. It was nice to see that they are on there way. Lots to still be done this year though, we are barely in April. - CM
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