Two recent track matches have helped bring the Healdsburg Greyhounds teams into focus. The distance runners continue to make strong showings, and sprinters pound the track to the finish line.
Locally, the boys and girls of Healdsburg High visited Piner on April 2 for a lively intraleague meet. Among the Greyhound girls, freshman Justina Domenichelli is showing strong in the sprints, winning both the 100-meter (13.47) and 200m (28.93) races, single handedly bringing her school 10 points.
Delainey Cornilsen and Amelia Wickersham added 4 more points in the 400m by coming in second and third, as Madeleine Herzberg added 3 with a second place in the middle-distance 1600m run and a single point by coming in third in the 3200m.
Klara Doney, an exchange student from Germany, added a boost to the field team by winning the high jump competition with a 4-foot-6-inch hop, and coming in third in the long jump, leaping 14 feet 2.25 inches, less than 2 inches off the winning jump by Piner’s Brisa Cibrian Gomez’s 14 feet 4 inches. And freshman Siena Jasper threw for second place in both the shot put (26 feet 4 inches) and discus (83 feet 9 inches).
On the boys side, junior Jake McWilliams dominates in the mid-distance races winning the 800m at Piner with a 2:09.73 time. He also had a strong showing at the regional East Bay Invitational (April 5) by placing second in the 1600m, setting a personal record of 4:32.86 in that event.
Teammate Kaeden Anderson will focus on the longer 2-mile (3200m) distance in this, his senior year, but he doubles in middle distances at dual meets. Against Piner, he won both his races, breaking the tape ahead of teammates McWilliams in the 1600m and Lucas Welty in the 3200m.
Multi-sport athlete Teague Jasper had a strong second-place finish in the 200m race, and he won both the high jump event with a 5-foot-10-inch hurdle and the long jump with a 19-foot landing. Teammate Cayson Hagen was right behind him for a second-place finish in the high jump (5 feet 4 inches).
The next duel will be held Wednesday, April 16, at 4pm at Healdsburg High, while the final home meet this season will find Healdsburg hosting Rancho Cotate on April 30. In between, the Viking Track Classic will bring together the region’s top track and field athletes for a challenging day at Montgomery High on April 19.
