BRAVES OUT DUAL BEARS
 After
a sluggish start and some early meet mishaps the St. John Bosco
track and field team were able to regroup themselves and defeat
the Warren high school Bears by a hefty margin. It was a commanding
win, but if the Braves hope to keep their undefeated streak
alive against their opponent next week - Mater Dei - they will
need to step up their game 100%.
Leading the way for the varsity Braves were
senior captains Emiliano Uranga and Daniel Jenkins. Uranga
once again put in over time as he competed in four events.
In the hurdle races "E" was never challenged as he
ran to wins of 16.2 in the 110 and 41.6 in the 300 hurdles
respectively. Uranga would also go on to take the runner up
spot in the triple jump and third place in the long jump with
a personal best of 19 feet 4 inches. Jenkins would excel in
his main events this day out winning both horizontal jumps.
His best leap would come in the long jump as he set a personal
best of 20 feet 4 inches.
The freshman-sophomore Braves won their meet
as well. Highlights included freshman Travion Smith winning
three events - the long, high and triple jumps. Smith would
set a personal best of 38-5 in the triple jump to capture the
win. Sophomore Joseph Easter would also capture 3 wins in the
meet competing for the first time in the throws. Easter was
able to throw well enough to capture the shot put and discus
competition as well as the open 100 meters. Perhaps the highlight
of the meet would come in the 4x400 relay as the frosh-soph
team of Ruben Pereyra, Joey Castillo, Branson Nicholson and
Tyree Toomer gave the varsity Bears all they could handle.
Warren's varsity squad nipped the Braves frosh-soph team by
less then a second as both teams clocked times of 3:42.
Next up for the Braves will be their first
Serra League meet of the young season as they travel to Santa
Ana to compete against Mater Dei. The meet on Thursday March
17 starts at 5:00PM |
