High School Roundup: Breakers make best of home track

Laguna Beach excels in Orange Coast League track and field preliminaries in quest to reach CIF section prelims.

May 02, 2013|By Mike Sciacca

(SCOTT SMELTZER…)

Laguna Beach High was the site Monday of the Orange Coast League track and field preliminaries, and several Breakers gave strong performances on their home track to advance to league finals.

The league finals were held Thursday at Guyer Field. Finals results weren't available at press time.

The top eight finishers in sprint events, and the top 12 finishers in distance events, advanced to Thursday's finals. Seniors Drake Martinez (100-, 200-meter dash), who Laguna boys' coach Scott Wittkop said "ran great," and Spencer Anderson (110, 300 hurdles), both won two heats in the boys' varsity competition.

"I was also impressed with Cale Airey and Charlie Warner," for making finals as freshmen," Wittkop said.

Airey advanced in the 400, and Warner advanced in both the 110 and 300 hurdles.

On the girls' side, two Laguna athletes, Brielle Budroe (800) and Coco Putnam (300 hurdles) turned in the top times in their respective events.

Below are the prelims finishes for Laguna athletes who advanced to Thursday's finals:

Girls

100 meter dash: 3. Tessa Hopper, 13.63; 4. Rose Niermeijer, 13.86; 7. Amy Hewlett, 14.02; 8. Sarah Ross, 14.09.; 200: 2. Janie Crawford, 27.19; 7. Tessa Hopper, 28.34; 8. Johana Abarca, 28.46.; 400: 3. Coco Putnam, 1:01.26; 4. Johana Abarca, 1:03.59.; 800: 1. Brielle Budroe, 2:29.71; 4. Natalie Kimball, 2:31.24.; 1,600: 1. Pearl Shoemaker, 5:18.58; 2. Janie Crawford, 5:24.67; 3. Livie Clark, 5:23.57; 6. Brenna Merchant, 5:33.16; 7. Natalie Kimball, 5:35.96.; 300 hurdles: 1. Coco Putnam, 47.49; 5. Monica White, 52.58; 7. Darby Winson, 53.44.

Boys

100: 1. Drake Martinez, 11.36; 4. Nathan Lancaster, 11.67; 6. Robert Clemons, 11.81.; 200: 1. Drake Martinez, 23.02; 3. Nathan Lancaster, 23.95; 8. Robert Clemons, 24.65.; 400: 8. Cale Airey, 55.07.; 800: 10. Mitch Kimball, 2:13.41.; 1,600: 6. Jack Crawford, 4:39.85; 9. Veda Rebollar, 4:48.61.; 110 hurdles: 1. Spencer Anderson, 15.94;. 6. Charles Warner, 18.13; 7. Andrew Goh, 18.66.; 300 hurdles: 1. Spencer Anderson, 42.35; 3. Charles Warner, 44.58.

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During Laguna's final OCL dual meet of the season against Saddleback, Coco Putnam set a new individual record and the boys' 4x100 relay team again set a new school mark on April 25. Putnam set the record in the girls' 300 hurdles in a time of 47.41 seconds. The boys' 4x100 relay team of Nathan Lancaster, Spencer Anderson, Drake Martinez and Robert Clemons, established a new mark in the event with a time of 43.35.

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