The track and field competition continued for the greater Tri-City athletes following the Mission Valley Athletic League (MVAL) finals. On Saturday, May 17, the Bayshore Track and Field Championships was held at Vallejo High School.
In the Bayshore meet, athletes who place first through sixth in their event will continue on to the Meet of Champions (MOC) held in Dublin High School this year to continue onto the road to the state championships.
The girls in the field events continue to make their marks on the meet and on the board. Mia Toress of San Lorenzo was a standout claiming first place in the discus event with 33.91 meter throw. In third through fifth place followed more from the greater Tri-City area including Arushi Naidu of American, Samantha Pereira of Castro Valley, and Payton Siquig of Kennedy High School.
Continuing with the girl’s field events, Isabella Rivera of Arroyo High School in San Leandro took first in the high jump while Tri-City girls swept the pole vault board covering first through fourth place: Kaitlyn Hancock (Washington), Elisabeth Szeto (American), Adriana Howard (Moreau Catholic), and Matilda Wong (Irvington), respectively.
On the boy’s side of the field events, Tri-City athletes made a mark on the discus board taking all six spots to move forward to the MOCs: Nathaniel Bello, Andrew Arias both of Castro Valley, Tevita Paongo and Mateaki Paongo of Hayward, Om Parikh of James Logan and Easton May-Fanane another Castro Valley Trojan were the boys who will be continuing their journey.
Back on the track, local teams managed to stay in sight of the top six places. In the girls’ 800m long distance race, Kaylin Teo of Mission San Jose took second place; while in the 3200m, MVAL standout Alice McCarty of Newark Memorial took third with Owena Chen of Mission San Jose close behind in fourth place, followed by another Newark Cougar Grace Veloza in sixth.
In the sprint events, Essence Anderson-Brown of James Logan, who made a splash at the MVAL meet winning nearly all the sprint events, stuck to her 100m win at Bayshore claiming first place with time of 12.03.
In the boys’ 100m, Isaiah San Pedro (Newark Memorial) and Asa Dillon (James Logan) punched their tickets for MOCs winning fourth and fifth, respectively.
For full results of the Bayshore Championships, visit live.adkinstrakwest.com/meets/53094.
