Things are Looking Bright at Brite Lake

Coach Sundgren reports that the Shafter's jv boys, varsity girls & varsity boys won at the SSL cross country scrimmage at Tehachapi's Brite Lake. Jesus Villalpondo won the varsity boys race in a dramatic finish at the tape.

Shafter Girls win at Highlander Invitational

Highlander Invitational

5K course at Woodward Park

Boys

Team scores -- 1. Ridgeview 32; 2. Roosevelt 65; 3. Shafter 106; Avenal 108; 5. Sunnyside 11.

RIDGEVIEW 2. Baker, 16:33; 4. Garcia, 17:07; 6. Solis, 17:39; 7. Lewis, 17:51; 13. Magno, 18:30; 24. Madrigal, 18:59; 32. Hobson, 19:44; 37. Samora, 20:00.

SHAFTER -- 5. Jesus Villalpando, 17:39; 17. Jesus Aros, 18:44; 25. Chris Handel, 19:02; 26. Erik Manzo, 19:04; 28. Simon Viss, 19:09.

Girls

Team scores -- 1. Shafter 50; 2 Ridgeview 50; 3. Sunnyside 87.

SHAFTER -- 4. Moriah Millwee, 21:59; 7. Carli Preston, 23:01; 11. Cambria Tudor, 23:28; 13. Irene Rodriguez, 23:56; 15. Ashley Foster, 24:46; 20. Lenea Lara, 25:34.

RIDGEVIEW 1. Lynch; 21:11; 3. Huizar, 21:33; 5. Armendariz, 22:24; 16. Carr, 24.46; 25. Morgan, 25:59; 27. Johnson 26:04; 31. Boss, 26:20.

A New Era

After several years of dominant front runners like Salazar (08) and Wittenberg (09), this year is an unknown for the Generals in that there is not a clear cut front runner but there is a whole bunch of returning athletes.

Mariah had a very good track season for a freshman and should lead her teammates to a good season this fall.


4. 124 SHAF/Shafter High ( 21:48 1:48:57)

1      6  Elizabeth Wittenberg           Sr    767     6   19:59
2     17  Mariah Millwee                 Fr    769    17   21:10
3     28  Lindsee Handel                 So    768    33   22:12
4     31  Katerina Plaza                 So    770    36   22:21
5     42  Mayra Torres                   So    771    48   23:15
6   ( 44) Lenea Lara                     So    772    51   23:19
7   ( 90) Jennifer Scales                So    773    98   25:11

Womens 1600 Meter
Rank	Mark		Name	Grade	School	Section	Meet	Date
1	5:45.71		Moriah Millwee	9	Shafter	CE	Sequoia Sierra Area Finals	05/13/09
4	6:05.64		JazminiLlamas	10	Shafter	CE	South Sequoia Finals-CE	05/09/09
5	6:21.86		Lenea Lara	10	Shafter	CE	South Sequoia Finals-CE	05/09/09

Womens 3200 Meter
Rank	Mark		Name	Grade	School	Section	Meet	Date
1	12:20.44		Moriah Millwee	9	Shafter	CE	Reedley Invitational	05/01/09
2	13:20.38		Jazmin Llamas	10	Shafter	CE	Sequoia Sierra Area Finals	05/13/09
3	14:11.16		Lenea Lara	10	Shafter	CE	Sequoia Sierra Area Finals	05/13/09

Jelmini best in Western Hemisphere

First the state. Then the nation. Now the Western Hemisphere. Anna Jelmini has conquered another set of throwers.

Jelmini, a Shafter High graduate, won gold Thursday in the shot put at the Junior Pan American Games in hot and humid Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.

Jelmini used her second-to-last throw of 16.37 meters (53 feet, 8.5 inches) to inch past Julie Labonte of Canada, who threw 16.29, in the shot put finals.

Jelmini's mom, Michele, spoke to her daughter and said Anna was excited.

"I let her tell me what had happened," Michele Jelmini said. "Everything always gets on text message and e-mail, so she never gets to tell anybody (she won)."

The Junior Pan Am Games are held every four years and host competitors from countries in North, South and Central America.

Jelmini, who competes in the discus today at 1 p.m. Pacific time, is a two-time CIF state champion in the shot put and discus and won the junior national championship in both events earlier this summer.

Lacie Rasley makes Team USA roster for the World Youth Championships

Team USA roster for the World Youth Championships
World Youth Championships: July 8-12 in Bressanone, Italy

The mark listed next to each event below is what an athlete likely needs to achieve in order to place in the finals of the World Youth Championships. Each athlete’s listed IAAF mark is the best-known performance by the athlete that meets IAAF standards and was achieved between Jan. 1, 2008 and June 22, 2009.

Shot Put (44-08.75)
1. Lacie Rasley (Shafter, Ca.) 43-09.25
IAAF: 44-00.50 (Central Sec. Sequoia-Sierra Area, 2, Oakhurst 5-13-90)
2. Sarah Howard (Trinity Christian, Dublin, Ga.) 42-09.00
IAAF: 44-06.75 (Atlanta Inter., 1, Atlanta 5-30-09)

Lacie Rasley wins throwing event at the USA Track & Field Youth Championships

Anna Jelmini's not the only one around here who can throw her way into world competition.

Stockdale High's Alex Collatz and Shafter's Lacie Rasley each won a throwing event at the USA Track & Field Youth Championships this week and advance to compete at the IAAF World Youth Championships next week in Bressanone, Italy.

The events are for 16- and 17-year olds. Both Collatz and Rasley were sophomores last year.

Collatz threw 152 feet in the discus Tuesday at the USATF event in Ypsilanti, Mich., not close to her personal best of 177-0 but enough to out-distance her nearest competition by more than five feet.

Then on Wednesday, Rasley put the shot 43-9.25 to beat Sarah Howard of Dublin, Ga., by 12.25 inches. Rasley's personal best is 44-0.25.

The top two finishers in each event were up for consideration to attend the world youth games, and USATF selected Collatz and Rasley.

Shafter High's Jelmini competed in the discus in Poland last year as part of the USATF World Junior Championships team, one age group up from Youth.

Jelmini adds more national hardware

EUGENE, Ore. -- Shafter High graduate Anna Jelmini earned her second junior national championship of the weekend with a victory in the discus Saturday at the USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships.

Jelmini's winning throw of 174 feet, 10 inches was well short of her national record (190-3), but it easily outdistanced Erin Pendleton and Aslynn Halvorson, who each threw 169-5.

"I threw decent today," said Jelmini, who will next compete July 31-Aug. 2 at the Pan Am Juniors in Trinidad and Tobago. "It has been a long weekend. I just did what I needed to do to go to the next meet."

Jelmini captured the junior national shot put title Friday night.