Area High Schoolers Compete at Masters Track and Field Meet

Carmichael-area high school students wrapped up competition on Friday in the two-day Sac-Joaquin Section track and field Masters Meet at Hughes Stadium in Sacramento, with three students and one each from Del Campo and El Camino qualifying for next month's state meet.

's Stephen Boals won the shot put event, with a throw of 59 feet, 6 inches. On Thursday, Boals, who next year, took third in the discus with a throw of 171 feet and 9 inches. The top three finishers in each event qualify for the state finals June 3 and 4 in Clovis.

"(Friday's shot put mark) is not as high as I'd like going into state," Boals said. "I'm gonna try to go big at state and get that title."

Del Campo's Jordan Rushing won the boys 1600 meter final with a time of 4:17.87.

Jesuit's Austin Mitsch took second in the 100 meter dash on Friday in a time of 10.72 seconds, behind Breonntae Snelling of Kennedy who won in 10.66. Mitsch, a sophomore, finished seventh in the 200 meter final, with a time of 22.37.

"I'm just so excited to run with the best of the best," Mitsch said. "Second place (in the 100m) as a sophomore is pretty good."

Colton Misono of Jesuit finished third in the 800 meters with a time of 1:57.02 behind Sean Gomes of Beyer with 1:55.91 and Darrell Jackson of Fairfield in 1:57.

"I'm stoked; last year, I didn't think this was a possibility," said Misono, who will attend Seattle University. "But I came out with a new attitude and it worked."

El Camino's Chris Kigar was third in the 3200 meter run with a time of 9:17.17 behind Davis' Trevor Halsted with 9:14.45 and Brian De La Mora in 9:14.99.

Other local competitors included:

Boys triple jump

6th Place- Thomas Sperbeck, Jesuit 45'

Boys high jump

8th Thomas Sperbeck, Jesuit 6'1"

Boys long jump

15th David Kulp, Del Campo 20'4.75"

18th Thomas Sperbeck, Jesuit 20'3"

Boys discus throw

8th Kevin Barlow, Rio Americano, 153'9"

19th Garrett Strohmaier, Jesuit 130'10"

20th Bobby Keenan, Rio Americano 120'10"

Boys shot put

7th Bobby Keenan, Rio Americano 50'

20th Garrett Strohmaier, Jesuit 44'3"

Girls 3200m

4th Macaulay Porter, Rio Americano 11:03.3

9th Neysa Mains, El Camino 11:32.56

Girls 400m

7th Joy Weems, Del Campo 58.42

Girls 800m

7th Kandace Compton, El Camino 2:20.56

Girls 100 meter hurdles

7th Chika Eke, Rio Americano 15.58

Girls 4X400m

8th El Camino 4:08.34 1) Alexis Price 2) Courtney Brignac 3) Keirnan Hawthrone 4) Kandace Compton

Boys 4X400m

9th El Camino 3:30.40 1) Michael Skelly 2) WIll McGehee 3) Robby Potter 4) Conor Hennessy

Girls long jump

9th Alexis Price, El Camino 16'6.5"

Boys 1600m

8th Robby Potter, El Camino 4:27.26

Boys 3200m

5th Robert Pflasterer, Del Campo 9:30.87

7th Tyler Mercado, Del Campo 9:40.36

11th Jack Nevins, Del Campo 9:44.26

12th Ansel Mills, Rio Americano 9:45.01

20th Mustafa Abbas, El Camino 9:57.30

Girls high jump

 Tied for 14th Kate Horst, Del Campo 4'11"

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Thanks to Red Cap Timing for the final results.