9 March 2019, The Bronco Invite

The second meet of the season for the Islander Track was the Bronco Invite at Rancho Bernardo High School. It's still early in the season and Bronco's a little hard to qualify for so we took just a handful of athletes. Our only double winner of the day was Ruthie Grant-Williams who won both the 100-meter hurdles and the high jump. She also placed fourth in the long jump. Her 100 hurdle time was 15.78, her high jump mark was 5 feet 4 inches, and her long jump was 16 feet 9 inch. That's a nice set of early season marks. Our other winner was Teresa Perez, who took the 800-meter run with a time of 2:18.60 followed by Sofia Van Arsdale who placed third with a time of 2:20.95. The Hundley sisters ran the 1600 with Madden clocking 5:20.78 for seventh place and Abigail running 5:30.02 for the 14th spot. The two sisters then teamed-up with Van Arsdale and Perez to place second in a very closely contested Distance Medley Relay (DMR). It looked like Van Arsdale, running the 1600 meter anchor leg, would reel-in the Rancho Bernardo Anchor, but the RB girl had a bit too much of a lead as we placed 2nd by six-tenths of a second with a time of 13:13.27.  In the throws, Victoria Perez had time for the shot put only and threw 33 feet 5.5 inches for 7th place against some stiff competition.  Our State Champ long jumper, Alysah Hickey, wasn't at this meet because she was competing at the New Balance National Indoor Championships held at the Armory in New York where she long-jumped 19 feet 6.75 inches for seventh place. It's worthy of note that all of the girls mentioned above are school record holders. Hickey holds the record for the long jump, 100 dash, 200 dash, and as a member of the 4x100 record team. Grant-Williams holds the 100 hurdle record and was on the 4x100 team. Teresa Perez holds all the distance records: 800, 1600, 3200, 3-mile, as well as the record for the DMR. Van Arsdale and the Hundley sisters are on the record-breaking DMR team. Victoria Perez holds both the shot put and discus records.

For the boys contingent, we took our best long distance runner and best sprinter.
Brad Busby persevered in the 3200-meter run with a time of 10:08.22 for 14^th place. Nicholas Dunn sped to a time of 11.69 for 10^th place.

Coach Green

2 March 2019: First Meet of the Season, Mt. Carmel Field and Distance

It rained off and on for the duration of our first meet of the season, the Mt. Carmel Field and Distance Invitational. In spite of that, we had a few good results. Last year’s State Champ in the long jump, Alysah Hickey, dominated with the Section Leading leap of 19 feet even, followed by Ruthie Grant-Williams in eighth place with 16 feet 1 inch.  Both girls scratched the high jump, even though they were the favorites, because of a slippery takeoff area. Victoria Perez, who holds the school records for both the shot put and discus throw, placed third in both events with a 33 foot 7-inch heave for the shot and a 102 foot 3-inch sling for the discus.  Soph Sofia Van Arsdale had a nice run on the fast 800 heat with a third-place finish in 2:23.3. The Hundley Sisters both ran the 1600 with Madden clocking 5:25.3 and Abigail finishing in 5:40.2. Madden came back to run the 3200 in 11:52.9 for 10^th place behind Teresa Perez’s fifth-place finish in 11:28.3. Our only boy runner featured Brad Busby who clocked 10:41.4 for the 3200-meter run.

-Coach Green

2019 Track Season

There's a bit of a gap between this post and my last. Track kind of took up all my free time. That said, this and the posts to come today will be about the track season, taken from my weekly submissions to the Coronado Eagle.
We'll start with my pre-season entry.

Although we haven't had any meets yet,  we have quite a few new kids on the team, I have a pretty good idea about the strength of this year's teams except for the new kids. There are surprises every year and this season is not likely to be any different. Rather than speculate, I'll report the surprises in later articles. We have 24 girls on the team and 31 boys with half being new to the program, so there's a lot to learn about the recruits.  Last year the girls' team easily won the CIF D-II championship, and if we were in D-I, they might have won that as well. The good news is that most of the girls involved in that victory are back for this season, the bad news is that most are seniors so next year will be a rebuilding season. Last year Alysah Hickey had the top mark in the San Diego Section for the 100-meter dash (11.87), the long jump (20' ½"), and the high jump (5' 10").  She was the state champion in the long jump while placing fourth in the high jump. The word "while" in that previous sentence is literal as both events ran at the same time. Alysah holds the school records in the 100, 200, and the Long Jump. In the high jump, her top mark of 5 feet 10 inches is only a quarter of an inch off Jamie Klages' record set in 2005.  She also anchored the school record-setting 4x100 relay team that won the D-II CIF championship with a time of 48.22.  The other member of that team returning this season is Ruthie-Grant-Willams. Ruthie also holds the school record in the 100-meter hurdles (15.50) (and has very respectable marks in both the high jump (5'-5") and the long jump (17'-5").

  In the distance events, Teresa Perez holds the school records in the 800 (2:13.38, 1600 (5:03.22), and 2-mile run (11:03.48).  The Hundley sisters had nice performances in the 1600 with Madden clocking 5:07.10 and her frosh sister, Abigail,  running 5:12.91. Two other sophomores to watch this year are Sofia Van Arsdale and Jessica Ehret. Sofia advanced to the CIF finals in the 800 and has a top time of 2:18.96 while Jessica competes in the 3200.

 We have only one female thrower,  Victoria Perez, but she went undefeated against league competition in both the shot put and discus, while setting school records in both. Her best shot-put was 34' 7" and her best discus throw was 119'2".

Last season Alysah was named the Field MVP of the year for the San Diego Section. She also received the same award for the League with Teresa being named the Track MVP for the league.

 All of the girls mentioned above are back for this season, along with over a dozen more new to the team.

For the boys, our top sprinters are back with Nicholas Dunn leading the way with 11.22 in the 100-meter dash and 23.24 in the 200. He is joined by Shane Alihan, Leo Adams, Jessie Vernalis, Kainoa Potter, and Ryan Meachum.

 In the distance events, our top runner is senior Brad Busby, who is joined by Cole Mullins, Landon Mullins, and Connor Jaynes.

 It'll be interesting to see how all the new kids fare this season. While the girls' team is strong, the boys are in a rebuilding stage.

-Coach Green

8 - 13 October Workouts

Short week with no school on Monday, and homecoming on Friday:
8 Oct Mon: Base on you own
9 Oct Tues - Special Endurance 1 on grass 6 x 150 fast with 5 minute interval(6-8 miles total with     WU and CD)   Less for those racing on Wed
10 Oct Wed: JV race : Varsity Hills at Morley/Balboa or base
11Oct Thu:  recovery or Morley Hills
12 Oct Fri: Friday Homecoming - rest or on your own
13 Oct Sat: Various - we did 5th lane tempo on the track with some (330 meters tempo, followed by 50 m jog for 12 laps.
14 Sun : Rest, recovery, or 4 miles of  cruise intervals with 4-5 x 200 meter pickups at mile pace.

24 Sept to 7 Oct

24 Sept Mon: 4 x 1 mile Race Pace to VO2Max rest = Work + Core
25 Sep Tue: 50 Minutes Base
26 Sept Wed: 30 minutes base plus Strides and core (combined)
27 Sept Thur: 6 x 400 at 75% for 400
28 Sept Fri: Travel to Stanford, jog around Campus
   Those not at Stanford did a dune workout
29 Sept Sat: Stanford Invite
30 Sept Sun: Recovery
1 Oct Mon: easy base
2 Oct Tues: Short pre-meet run plus stides
3 Oct Wed: First League Meet at Morley Field.
4 Thur - Easy 4-8 mile relaxed recovery + 5x100 strides + core/strength
5 Fri - 30 minute base + Core
6 Sat - Short Hills, Pomona or rest depending on needs. We didn't meet
7 Sun - Easy base or rest -- several out of town