FROSH-SOPH Relay Bright spot for braves
 Many
Braves did not bring their "A" game to this year's
Surf City invitational. Maybe it was the fatigue of competing
in their 7th meet in four weeks or maybe it was the thought
of a Spring Break that started just a few days prior - whatever
the reason, the Braves were not at 100% today.
All was not negative however, as with all
track and field meets each athlete learned a valuable lesson
on how to compete. Notable personal bests on this day came
from senior Kenneth Brown in the 100 meters where he captured
the 4th place spot in a time of 11.37. Freshman Travion Smith
medalled in all his jumping events and leaped to a personal
best 19 feet 9.75 inches in the long jump. Sophomore Joseph
Easter set personal bests in both of his throwing events as
he went for distances of 133 feet 11 inches and 47 feet 4.25
inches in the discus and shot put respectively. Freshman Tim
Pardo set personal bests in all three of his events as he ran
the 100 meters in 12.74, long jumped 17 feet even and triple
jumped 35 feet 10 inches. Sophomore Keith McGill won the frosh-soph
title in the 110 meter high hurdles in a personal best time
17.34 seconds, in this just his 3rd time running the event.
Sophomore Daniel Becerra set a personal best in the 3200 meters
to clock a 10:39.69.
Perhaps the most notable performance of the
day came from the freshman sophomore 4x400 relay team of Ruben
Pereyra, Joey Castillo, Branson Nicholson and Tyree Toomer.
Individually these four athletes had mediocre outings in their
events (save for Castillo's runner-up spot in the frosh-soph
100 meters). Collectively the group came together as a team
to accomplish what they knew they were capable of. Leading
off for the team was Pereyra, he opened up a 20 yard lead that
was never relinquished. In the end the race was against the
young Braves and the clock. On record pace the Brave finished
in a time of 3 minutes 38.56 seconds just off the meet frosh-soph
4x400 record by .35 seconds. An impressive victory all alone
as the runner-up was more then 4 seconds behind.
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