Braves Overwhelm Mater Dei
It was not the most graceful of victories, but the St. John
Bosco Track and Field team did what it needed to do in order
to keep their undefeated streak against host Mater Dei alive.
While the Monarchs may have had "upset" on their
mind, on this - their inaugural track meet on their newly installed,
all weather track, the Braves' overall depth kept the red clad
athletes at bay.
The Braves won the 100 through the 3200 meters. They swept
the 800, and 1600 meters, as well as the shot put. Highlights
for the day included senior Luis Uribe, the only varsity athlete
to win two events. His range showed through during this meet
as he claimed victories in the 400 (51.2) and 3200 meters (9:54.2).
Two major breakthroughs for the Braves on the varsity level
included another personal record for junior Daniel Jenkins
in the long jump. He jumped to a personal best of 19 feet 11.25
inches to take second place. His jump was a 1 foot 2 inch improvement
over his previous best. The second breakthrough for the Braves
came in the 200 meters where junior Kenny Brown may have found
his niche as he set a personal best time of 22.8 seconds to
capture the victory.
On the frosh/soph level sophomore Domingo Castellanos once
again showed his athleticism as he scored in four events. Out
of those four events he would go on to set personal records
in the shot put (46-9), discus (102-0), and triple jump (38-7);
his long jump was at 18 feet 5 inches for the day.
Despite varsity's 90-45 defeat of the Monarchs, the lower
levels could not put it together as well as frosh/soph fell
63-73, while junior varsity fell 49-51. |
