WHAT GOES UP -- High jump gold medalist Milan Marinkovic looks like he's on top of the world (above), but the Jaguar's crash landings on the far corner of the landing pad (right) were as spectacular as his rocket take-offs.
Julia Boldt, Cambridge
The Internmational girls track and field team again proved indomitable once again, but the Cooperative boys deposed the International boys from their accustomed spot atop the standings for the League championship after last Friday's SCISL Track and Field Championships.
It was the first time that the Jaguar boys had won since 2006, and only the second time in the six-year history of the League that the International boys had not brought home the championship trophy. (Actually they did bring it home because due to a mistake in scoring they were awarded the trophy at the end of Friday's meet -- but they have to bring it back. It will be presented -- again -- to Cooperative during the awards presentation at the Basketball championships Thursday at Christian Learning.)
Under the complex scoring system used by the League to calculate the championships, in which the points from the first meet of the season are combined with the points from the championship meet, the International girls came out way on top. In the corrected figures, the Griffin girls amassed 282 points, way ahead of second place Christian Learning, which had 154. Cooperative girls had 127, and Cambridge girls trailed with 32.
The International girls won both meets handily.
The revised combined results for the boys show Cooperative on top with 207 points, followed by International with 198; Christian Learning with 186; and Cambridge with 52.
If the championship meet last Friday were scored by itself (and no awards are given for that), International was the victor in both boys and girls. (The figures for the championship meet were correct in the original reports of the meet last week, and have not changed.)
For the girls, looking at the championship meet alone, International had 134 points. Christian Learning was second with 90 points, Cooperative third with 73 points, and Cambridge fourth with 16 points.
And for the boys, again considering the championship meet by itself, International had 119 points: Cooperative had had 97; Christian Learning had 81; and Cambridge had 24.
(The results of the first meet are posted on this website. Go to the search box and search for "Jaguar Boys, Griffin Girls Triumph.")
Eight League records were broken or tied Friday on an ideal afternoon for a track meet with clear skies, little wind, and moderate temperatures. (The League records posted at right will be updated this week.)
Canaviri leads record-breaker brigade
Danny Canaviri of Christian Learning broke the oldest record on the books in the boys 1500 meters. He finished in a time of 4:46.36, knocking almost two seconds off the record set by Facundo Lay of Cooperative that had stood since 2006, and had never even been closely approached.
Abby Phillips of Christian Learning, who took home three gold medals from the meet, knocked almost as much time off the record for the 400, which she had set in this year's first meet. She was clocked at 1:03.59. She tied a League record with a leap of 1.40 meters which Florencia Sosa of Interantional had set several times. Sosa finished second Friday.
Jorge Harriague of International chipped a few tenths off the record he had set in 2007 with a time of :11.51 in the 100 meters, then swept the sprint events by also winning the 200 meters, again beating his own record set back in 2007.
Griffin Beatriz Nallar won the girls discus with a record heave of 21.64 meters. She too put in a good day at the office, winning the shot put and placing second in the 800.
In the boys high jump Cooperative's Milan Marinkovic tied the record of 1.70 meters set last year by International's Nicolas Bedoya.
In the girls high jump, Abby Phillips of Christian Learning tied a mark that had been set several times by Florencia Sosa 0f International, by clearing the bar at 1.40 met5ers.
In the boys 4 x 400 relay the Christian Learning team of Canaviri, Mark Salinas, Andre Larsen and Jesse Hallock lowered the record they had set in the first meet with a time of 3:54.76.
Harriague, Phillips ignite spectators
The two most electrifying moments in the meet were the relay anchor legs by Harriague and Phillips. Harriague stormed down the home stretch in the boys 4 x 100 to make up a deficit of perhaps ten meters and cross the finish line first. Phillips did much the same in somewhat more elegant fashion as she caught up about a quarter lap doing the last leg of the girls 4 x 400.
Sofia Sotelo of Cooperative continued her dominance of the distance events, posting near-record times in winning both the 1500 and 800.
Notwithstanding the scoring mix-up, the meet was the best organized in League history, starting and finishing on time. A large squads of eager student volunteers from International recruited by Griffin athletic director Eli Vilar, and operating under the direction of meet director Andrew Bloomfield of Christian Learning, hustled the results to the central desk, prepared the medals and trophies, and generally kept things running smoothly. Griffin basketball coach Eduardo "Presi" de la Riva was superb as the announcer, and the staff of starters and officials performed flawlessly.
The full results of the meet were as follows:
Girls 1500 meters -- Sofia Sotelo, Cooperative; Florencia Sosa, International; Deborah Bernardes, Cooperative (Winning time 5:36.88)
Boys 1500 meters -- Danny Canaviri, Christian Learning; Daniel Roempler International; Alexander Nagel, Cambridge (4:46.36).
Girls 100 meters -- Maria Victoria Gutierrez, International; Mariela Salinas, Christian Learning; Natalia Davila, International (:14.49)
Boys 100 meters -- Jorge Harriague, International; Renzo Pinto, Cooperative; Mauricio Nostas, International (:11.51)
Girls 400 meters -- Abby Phillips, Christian Learning; Carmen Mansur, International; Natalia Davila, International (1:03.59).
Boys 400 meters -- Andres Percy MacLean, International; Cristian Coronado, International; Andre Larsen, Christian Learning (:58.66)
Girls 200 meters -- Mariela Salinas, Chrsitian Learning; Laura Maragaño, International; Maria Victoria Gutierrez, International (:30.71)
Boys 200 meters -- Jarge Harriague, International; Renzo Pinto, Cooperative; Andres Estenssoro, International (:23.61)
Girls 800 meters -- Sofia Sotelo, Cooperative; Beatriz Nallar, International; Jessica Smith, Christian Learning (2:41.20)
Boys 800 meters -- Mark Salinas, Christian Learning; Alejandro Rios, International; Daniel Roempler, International. (2:25.29)
Girls 4 x 100 relay -- International (Flavia Nostas, Maria Victoria Gutierrez, Laura Maragaño, Natalia Davila), Christian Learning (1:00.21) Cooperative was disqualified.
4 x 100 boys relay -- International (Jorge Harriague, Cristan Coronado, Andres Estenssoro, Mauricio Nostas); Cooperative, Christian Learning. (:48.55)
Girls 4 x 400 relay -- Christian Learning (Jessica Smith, Sharon Gabler, Mariela Salinas, and Abby Phillips); International, Cooperative (4:57.93)
Boys 4 x 400 relay -- Christian Learning (Jesse Hallock, Andre Larsen, Mark Salinas, Danny Canaviri); International; Cooperative (3:54.76)
Girls shot put -- Beatriz Nallar, International; Aldana Roda, Cooperative; Jessica Smith, Christian Learning (8.61 meters)
Boys shot put -- Jorge Harriague, International; Mauricio Nostas, International; Sebastian Kyllman, Cooperative (12.70 meters)
Girls discus -- Beatriz Nallar, International; Aldana Roda, Cooperative; Carmen Mansur, International (21.64 meters)
Boys discus -- Nicolas Smith, Christian Learning; Sebastian Kyllman, Cooperative; Andres Shin, Cooperative (26.70 meters)
Girls long jump -- Laura Maragaño, International; Nabila Farah, Cooperative; Florencia Sosa, International (4.12 meters)
Boys long jump -- Hyun Kim, Cooperative; Milan Marinkovic, Cooperative; Andre Larsen, Christian Learning (5.32 meters)
Girls high jump -- Abby Phillips, Christian Learning; Florencia Sosa, International; Flavia Nostas, International (1.40 meters)
Boys high jump -- Milan Marinkovic, Cooperative; Danny Canaviri, Christian Learning; Tae Han Kook, Cambridge (1.70 meters)
