High school track & field
Opportunity met peak performance on Saturday at the North Coast Section Redwood Empire Qualifier meet held at Maria Carrillo High School in Santa Rosa, a key step on the road to the CIF State Championships.
Participating athletes gained a spot in the NCS REQ by virtue of a top six effort at last week’s North Bay League finals, while others secured entry with a qualifying mark in their particular event.
The goal for most participants a the NCS REQ was a top seven finish, good for advancement to the prestigious Meet of Champions on May 18 at Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill. In all, Windsor qualified five athletes in six events to the MOC, an outstanding showing for the team.
“It was another fun one for the Jags,” WHS coach Brandon Bronzan said of the NCS REQ. “Early in the season we talked about peaking at the end of the season, running our best times in May, and the team took that to heart.”
Leading the way for the Jaguars was senior distance star Lucas Chung, who logged MOC qualifying efforts in both the 1,600 and 3,200-meter events. His time of 4:17.67 in the 1,600 meters placed him fourth overall and shattered his own school record in the event. Chung also placed fifth in the 3,200 meters in a fast 9:33.15.
Also moving on to the MOC was talented senior Vince Corday, who captured first place in the 300-meter intermediate hurdles in a personal best 39.56. In doing so Corday smashed the school record set by Matt Daugherty in 2007 by some 90 seconds. He also owns the WHS mark in the 400 meters.
“He’s still new to the 300 hurdles, but shaved three seconds off his personal record,” Bronzan noted. “The record he broke (in the hurdles) was the longest-standing record we had.”
Just missing on advancement to the MOC was sprinter Max Sandwina, who took 10th overall in the 200 meter final in a fast 23.14, just .07 off the school record.
Setting the pace for the varsity girls was junior sprinter Kendall Campos, who obliterated the school mark in the 200 meters in a sizzling 26.37. The mark earned her third place, while also finishing sixth in the 100 meters in a MOC qualifying time of 13.01.
Sophomore sprinter Isabela Chavez, who captured second place in the 100 meters in a blistering 12.74, also moves on to the MOC.
Also advancing to the MOC was versatile sophomore Emily Johnson, who took seventh overall in the triple jump with a leap of 33 feet 11 inches.
