Jeff Tully
A group of anxious youth track and field athletes were poised and
ready to compete in the annual Burbank Middle Schools' Track Meet.
However, rain washed out the originally scheduled competition
March 19 at Memorial Field, forcing the athletes to wait.
Although it was a week late, the athletes got their chance to
shine Saturday at a rescheduled meet that featured boys and girls
from John Muir, Jordan and Luther middle schools.
The meet was held in boys' and girls' divisions and broken down in
grades six, seven and eight. The overall winner was Muir, which
accumulated 517 1/2 points, Jordan (401 1/2 ) was second and Luther
(320) was third.
In addition to some fine times turned in by the participants,
there were a few athletes who stood out.
In the seventh-grade girls' division, Rebecca Fredrickson of
Jordan had a hand in three meet records. Along with winning the mile
in 5 minutes 56.3 seconds, she also ran legs in her team's winning
4x100-yard (1:01.56) and 4x440 (4:58.86) relay teams.
In all, 10 meet records were broken in the competition.
Here are the top three finishers from each division.
8TH GRADE BOYS
1. Muir 93; Jordan 73; Luther 40.
75 yards
1. Adam Walker, Muir (10.40); 2. Miguel Mendez, Muir (10.50); 3.
Jeff Dumas, Jordan (10.55).
100
1. Omar Cruz, Muir (11.58); 2. Adib Younan, Luther (11.90); 3.
Josh Velandria, Jordan (11.94).
220
1. William Markgraf, Jordan (27.5); 2. Adam Coria, Muir (27.8); 3.
Jose De La Cruz, Muir (29.4).
440
1. Adib Younan, Luther (1:00.4); 2. Isaac Kang, Muir (1:00.8); 3.
Angel Mendez, Muir (1:02.9).
880
1. Hrant Nazarinyan, Muir (2:39.5); 2. Mario Bonilla, Muir
(2:41.5); 3. Roger Ham, Jordan (2:42.7).
Mile
1. Adam Walker, Muir (5:27); 2. Roger Ham, Jordan (5:52); 3. Nick
Bullian, 6:25).
High jump
1. Robert Pecache, Muir (4-10); 2. Jeff Dumas, Jordan (4-8); 3.
Sam Kaplan, Jordan (4-6).
Long jump
1. Josh Velandria, Jordan (15-11); 2. Omar Cruz, Muir (15-9); 3.
Robert Pecache, Muir (15-2).
Shot put
1. Sabestian Valenzuela, Luther (39-1); 2. Aaron Byson, Jordan
(38-3); 3. Jose Gonzalez, Luther (35-11).
Pole vault
1. Dustin Blenkenship, Luther (7-6); 2. Gilbert Jacobo, Luther
(6-0); 3. Omae Herrera, Luther (5-6).
4x100 relay
Jordan (53.6); 2. Muir (53.7); 3. Luther (57.1).
4x400
1. Muir (4:24.63); 2. Jordan (4:27.19); 3. Luther (4:58.44).
8TH GRADE GIRLS
1. Muir 79; 2. Luther 78; 3. Jordan 49.
75 yards
1. Marina Pedone, Luther (no time); 2. Angela Parker, Luther no
time); 3. Ava Elong, Jordan (no time).
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