Braves Down Mater Dei
The Braves Track and Field team moved one win closer to a
league title on Wednesday. Braves stadium played host to a
duel meet that welcomed the visiting Mater Dei Monarchs. A
focused Bosco team was ready for anything that Mater Dei threw
at them. Anticipating the win, the Braves showed great heart
by putting 100% effort into every event. What resulted
was a 100-38 victory for the Braves! Next up for Bosco will
be the duel meet versus Santa Margarita. This meet will decide
who is the dominant team in the Serra League.
440yd Relay: Matt Young had a tremendous leg here putting
his team out in front early. Joe Cowan sustained that lead,
while handing off to a powerful running Josh Bradford. Garrett
Schott took a fine pass from Bradford and brought his team
victory. The Braves finishing time of 43.9 matches the fastest
time by a Brave team at Braves stadium. The last team to run
as fast set the school record of 42.38 in
1997.
One Mile: Chris Zepeda of Mater Dei took the early lead here
with three Braves trailing. By the second lap it was apparent
that the Braves were not going to give and eventually took
the lead over. Randy Hills, Anthony Martinez, and Daniel Estrella
finished one through three respectively to lead a Brave sweep.
120yd Hurdles: John Kim of Mater Dei took this race in what
would be Mater Dei's only track victory.
440yd Dash: The finishing times here were quoted as being "the
fastest times ever run on this track by Bosco runners." Those
accolades go to Braves Joe Cowan and Josh Bradford who finished
one-two respectively. They were clocked at 50.7 and 51.1. Historically
running a 440 at Braves Stadium converts anywhere from 1.5
to 2 seconds faster on an all weather surface - Stay tuned!
100 Meters: Garrett Schott ran well enough to gain a victory
here.
880yds: Randy Hills and Osvaldo Lopez went one and three to
finish strong for their team; earning six more points.
330yd Hurdles: Joe Cowan overcame "sub par" hurdle
technique to capture his third victory here. In a pleasant
surprise Archie Aragon and Robert Zamboni PR'd substantially
to take the number two and three spots and round out another
Braves sweep.
220yd Dash: Garrett Schott and Josh Bradford once again showed
their dominance at this distance finishing one-two for their
team.
Two Mile: Tony Martinez kept his pace nicely as he finished
in 10:05 for his team. Daniel Estrella finished a distant third.
Mile Relay: Despite Mater Dei being disqualified from the
race, the Braves ran tough. Running a 3:31 at Braves Stadium
all alone the team of Bradford, Schott, Young and Cowan proved
to themselves that they can run with the top talent in the
Southland when necessary.
Field Events: Ian Connell won the Discus...Kevin Cape
won the Triple Jump...Jorge De La Cruz cleared 13' 6" in
the Pole Vault to win his event after having to travel to Mater
Dei's campus because of insufficient runways at Braves Stadium
- De la Cruz earned himself the unofficial title of "Brave
Athlete of the Meet" |
