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.

Jelmini wins shot put at USA junior nationals

EUGENE, Ore. -- Late night? College competition? No problem. Anna Jelmini is a champion again anyway.

Jelmini, a Shafter High graduate, won the junior national championship in the shot put Friday, just hours after competing in the senior discus event on Thursday night at the USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Hayward Field.

Her best throw was 53 feet even, enough to out-distance the field by 3 feet, 7 inches. She hit that mark on her second of three attempts.

This came after Jelmini finished seventh in the discus among all U.S. competitors the night before.

"This morning I was a little groggy because I had such a late night," Jelmini said in a statement released by USATF. "But it was exciting to make the final in the women's discus, and I wanted to try and bring some of that excitement with me to the shot put."

Jelmini actually trailed after her first throw Friday, a 47-4.5 effort. But her second throw was the big one, and she followed that up with a 49-11.5 that also would have won the national title.

Jelmini competes in the junior discus championship at 9 this morning. Tonight, Taft native Billy Nelson goes for gold in the 3,000-meter steeplechase.

88:02 Team Time - 1737 average by Shafter at Valley 08

88:02 Team Time - 1737 average by Shafter at Valley 08

5. 159 SHAF/Shafter High ( 17:37 1:28:02)
====================================================================
1 14 Jesus Villapondo So 778 14 16:59
2 23 Christian Barrios Jr 774 23 17:26
3 30 Joshua Wittenberg Sr 775 30 17:36
4 34 Alex Moreno Jr 777 34 17:47
5 58 Hector Montoya Sr 779 59 18:14
6 ( 64) Jakob Velasquez Jr 780 65 18:22
7 ( 74) Christopher Handel Jr 776 76 18:36

Coach Darin Sundgren use to coach at North and if this past track season is any indication of the upcoming cross country season, he will be having a lot of success. Besides having many of the above athletes returning, he had more than a half dozen underclassmen break five minutes in the 1600. His squad is big, young and talented and should be one of the top teams around this fall.

Mens 1600 Meter
Rank	Mark		Name	Grade	School	Section	Meet	Date
1	4:39.12		Alex Moreno	10	Shafter	CE	Sequoia Sierra Area Finals	05/13/09
2	4:41.29		Chris Handel	11	Shafter	CE	South Sequoia Finals-CE	05/09/09
3	4:41.61		Jesus Villalpando	10	Shafter	CE	South Sequoia Finals-CE	05/09/09
4	4:42.09		Miguel:Plascencia	10	Shafter	CE	South Sequoia Finals-CE	05/09/09
5	4:45.73		SimonlViss	10	Shafter	CE	South Sequoia Finals-CE	05/09/09
6	4:50.16		Joshua Wittenberg	12	Shafter	CE	South Sequoia Finals-CE	05/09/09
7	4:51.22		Chis Handel	11	Shafter	CE	Atascadero Memorial Inv	03/21/09
8	4:53.18		Hector.Montoya		Shafter	CE	Exeter Monarch Invitatio...	03/27/09
9	4:55.84		Erik Manzo	9	Shafter	CE	South Sequoia Finals-CE	05/09/09
10	4:59.59		Pablo;Mendez		Shafter	CE	Frontier Frosh-Soph Relays	04/04/09

Mens 3200 Meter
Rank	Mark		Name	Grade	School	Section	Meet	Date
1	9:50.87		Jesus Villalpando	10	Shafter	CE	Sequoia Sierra Area Finals	05/13/09
2	10:02.01		Chris.Handel	11	Shafter	CE	West Coast Relays	04/04/09
3	10:08.39		JesusiVillaplando		Shafter	CE	Central Valley Masters	05/23/09
4	10:10.58		ChisiHandel	11	Shafter	CE	Atascadero Memorial Inv	03/21/09
5	10:15.93		Joshua Wittenberg	12	Shafter	CE	Sequoia Sierra Area Finals	05/13/09
6	10:19.14		Alex:Moreno	10	Shafter	CE	Reedley Invitational	05/01/09
7	10:22.46		Alexander Moreno	10	Shafter	CE	Atascadero Memorial Inv	03/21/09
8	10:43.34		Luis Mireles	9	Shafter	CE	Atascadero Memorial Inv	03/21/09
9	10:49.63		Hector Montoya		Shafter	CE	Kern Relays	03/13/09
10	10:49.95		Erik Manzo	9	Shafter	CE	Reedley Invitational

Jelmini makes discus final at national meet

EUGENE, Ore. -- Barely out of high school, Anna Jelmini already is competing with the nation's best.

Jelmini, a Shafter High graduate, made the final of the discus throw at the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships on Thursday night at Hayward Field.

Jelmini finished seventh in a field that included Olympic gold medalist Stephanie Brown-Trafton and American-record holder Suzy Powell. Jelmini's best mark was 187 feet, 9 inches, two and a half feet short of her national high school record 190-3.

Brown-Trafton won the event at 210-9, and Powell -- who previously owned the high school record -- was fifth at 197-10.

Jelmini became one of the eight women in the final with a 185-11 throw on her last qualifying attempt. She popped off the 187-9 with her second-to-last throw in the final.

She competes in the junior national championships in the shot put today and in the discus Saturday.

Jelmini tops Day 1 results Nationals

Impervious to the pressures and pratfalls, Anna Jelmini continued to perform
in a class of her own.
Jelmini, the recently graduated throws sensation from Shafter High in the Bakersfield, California
region, delivered a pair of clutch efforts to provide the biggest highlights among high schoolers
assembled for the opening day of the 2009 USATF National Championships at Hayward Field on
Thursday.

More HERE

Jelmini named Gatorade's National Track and Field Female Athlete of the Year for the 2009 Season !

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (June 18, 2009) – In its third decade of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company, in partnership with ESPN RISE, today announced senior thrower Anna Jelmini of Shafter High School (Shafter, Calif.) as its 2008-09 Gatorade National Girls Track & Field Athlete of the Year.

Of the 22 student-athletes ever to win Gatorade National Girls Track & Field Athlete of the Year honors, 14 hail from the state of California. Jelmini joins Melisa Weis (1998-99, Bakersfield HS) as the only other high school girls track & field athlete from the Bakersfield area to earn Gatorade National Girls Track & Field Athlete of the Year honors.

The award, which recognizes not only outstanding athletic excellence, but also high standards of academic achievement and exemplary character demonstrated on and off the field, distinguishes Jelmini as the nation’s best high school girls track & field athlete. A national advisory board comprised of sportswriters and sport-specific experts from around the country helped select Jelmini from more than 447,000 high school girls track & field athletes nationwide. Jelmini is now a finalist for the prestigious Gatorade Female High School Athlete of the Year award, to be presented at a special afternoon ceremony prior to The ESPY Awards in July.

The 5-foot-9 senior thrower broke the national prep record this spring by launching the discus 190 feet, 3 inches at the California Interscholastic Federation Central Section Sequoia Sierra Area Meet in May. The 2008 USA Junior Outdoor Track & Field Championships discus gold medalist, Jelmini also put the shot 54 feet, 4.75 inches at the CIF area meet, which ranked as the nation’s best prep performance of 2009 and the No. 2 throw all-time among American girls prep competitors at the time of her selection. She doubled in the discus and shot put events at the CIF State Track and Field Championships earlier this month, setting the state record in each apparatus (186-9 and 53-8, respectively) and becoming the first girls thrower in California history to win both events in consecutive years. The Generals finished fourth in the state as a team. A participant in last summer’s 2008 IAAF World Junior Championships in Poland, where she reached the discus event finals, Jelmini finished 19th at the 2008 USA Track & Field Olympic Team Trials last July.

Jelmini has maintained a 3.83 core-academic GPA in the classroom. An active member of the St. Francis Catholic Church community, she has volunteered locally on behalf of the U.S. Marine Corps Toys for Tots Foundation and in association with an elementary school literacy-outreach program. Jelmini has also donated her time to an area junior high school library renovation project, as well as multiple food drives. As Shafter High’s Associated Student Body Commissioner of Girls Athletics, Jelmini has been a tireless fundraising booster for the Generals’ athletic program, which is heavily privately funded.


“For an athlete to set one national record and be within a whisper of another is unheard of in prep outdoor track and field,” said Steve Underwood, News Editor for dyestat.com. “But Anna Jelmini has done just that in the shot and discus. It's been exciting that she's captured the discus record. Her four-foot improvement in the shot, however, has really wowed the track community and set her apart as probably the greatest combo thrower ever, of either gender.”

Jelmini has signed a National Letter of Intent to compete in track and field on scholarship at Arizona State University this fall.

“Without question, Anna is deserving of recognition as the nation’s best high school girls track & field athlete based on her statistics on the field and the impact her play had on Shafter’s success,” said Gatorade Senior Vice President of Sports Marketing Jeff Urban. “But she is also a shining example to peers and aspiring young players of what a leader and a student-athlete should be. She represents everything we hope for in a Gatorade Player of the Year recipient.”

The Gatorade Player of the Year program annually recognizes one winner in the District of Columbia and each of the 50 states that sanction high school football, girls volleyball, boys and girls cross country, boys and girls basketball, boys and girls soccer, baseball, softball, and boys and girls track & field, and awards one National Player of the Year in each sport. The selection process is administered by ESPN RISE, which works with top sport-specific experts and a media advisory board of accomplished, veteran prep sports journalists to determine the state winners in each sport.

Former notable Gatorade National Players of the Year include:
• Reigning 200-meter world champion Allyson Felix
• 2004 Athens Olympic Games 4-x-400-meter gold medalist Monique Henderson
• 2006 IAAF World Athlete of the Year and 400-meter American record-holder Sanya Richards
• NFL all-time leading rusher Emmitt Smith
• Softball Olympic gold medalist Cat Osterman
• Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Peyton Manning
• Kansas City Royals ace Zach Grienke
• WNBA all-time leading scorer and rebounder Lisa Leslie

For more on the Gatorade Player of the Year program, including nomination information and lists of past winners and future announcement dates, visit gatorade.com/playeroftheyear.

ALL-TIME GATORADE NATIONAL GIRLS TRACK & FIELD ATHLETES OF THE YEAR
YEAR NAME HIGH SCHOOL STATUS
2008-09 Anna Jelmini Shafter HS/Shafter, CA Arizona State
2007-08 Chanelle Price Easton Area HS/Easton, PA High School Senior Univ. of Tennessee
2006-07 Emily Pendleton Woodmore HS/Elmore, OH Univ. of Michigan
2005-06 Bianca Knight Ridgeland/Ridgeland, MS Univ. of Texas
2004-05 Brittany Daniels Merrill F. West/Tracy, CA Univ. of Tennessee
2003-04 Shalonda Solomon Long Beach Poly/Englewood, CA Univ. of South Carolina
2002-03 Allyson Felix Los Angeles Baptist/North Hills, CA USA Track & Field/adidas
2001-02 Sanya Richards St. Thomas Aquinas/Ft. Lauderdale, FL USA Track & Field/Nike
2000-01 Ychlindria Spears Luling/Luling, TX Univ. of Texas Grad.
1999-00 Monique Henderson Samuel FB Morse/San Diego, CA USA Track & Field/Reebok
1998-99 Stacy Martin Edgewood/Ellettsville, IN Auburn Grad.
1997-98 Angela Williams Chino/Chino, CA USA Track & Field/Nike
1996-97 Kinshasa Davis Woodrow Wilson/Long Beach, CA USC Grad.
1995-96 Kim Mortensen Thousand Oaks/Thousand Oaks, CA UCLA Grad.
1994-95 Joanna Hayes J.W. North/Riverside, CA USA Track & Field/Nike
1993-94 Suzy Powell Thomas Downey/Modesto, CA USA Track & Field/Asics
1992-93 Marion Jones Thousand Oaks/Thousand Oaks, CA USA Track & Field/Nike
1991-92 Marion Jones Thousand Oaks/Thousand Oaks, CA USA Track & Field/Nike
1990-91 Marion Jones Rio Mesa/Oxnard, CA USA Track & Field/Nike
1989-90 Melisa Weis Bakersfield/Bakersfield, CA Cal State-Bakersfield Grad.
1988-89 Angela Burnham Rio Mesa/Oxnard, CA UCLA Grad.
1987-88 Chryste Gaines South Oak Cliff/Dallas, TX Stanford Grad.
1986-87 Janeene Vickers Pomona/Pomona, CA UCLA Grad.
1985-86 Yolanda Johnson George Washington/Denver, CO Univ. of Colorado Grad.

Jelmini among sports legends with Gatorade honor

SHAFTER — With each name, Anna Jelmini's smile got a bit wider, the crowds' cheers a bit louder.

Kobe Bryant. Peyton Manning. Candace Parker. Alex Rodriguez. Allyson Felix. Lebron James. Cat Osterman. Emmitt Smith.


A veritable who's who of modern athletes, all winners of the Gatorade National Athlete of the Year award in their various high school sports.

Add Jelmini's name to the list.

Jelmini was publically given the 2009 girls track and field honor Thursday in the gym at Shafter High, her alma mater, in front of an adoring crowd that included her sheepish father.

"I knew this was a big deal," Rick Jelmini said afterwards. "I didn't know it was this big of a deal."

It's a big enough deal that Jelmini is now eligible for Gatorade's National Girls Athlete of the Year across all sports. She and the national winners from five other girls sports -- volleyball, cross country (Jordan Hasay from San Luis Obispo-Mission Prep), basketball, soccer and softball -- will go to Hollywood next month for ESPN's ESPY Awards, where one of them will win the overall award.

"It means a lot," Jelmini said. "There are some really fantastic athletes around the country."

Jelmini figures to have a good chance at the overall honor for the same reasons she won the track and field award. She set a national discus record at 190 feet, 3 inches last month at the Central Section Sierra/Sequoia meet in Oakhurst. The same day, she launched the shot put 54-4.75, the second-best throw ever. No other athlete is even top 10 in both disciplines.

Jelmini also became the first girl ever to win back-to-back double state championships in the throwing events June 6 at the CIF state championships in Clovis. Last year, she won the junior national title in the discus and competed in the U.S. Olympic Trials.

But she said this award ranks right up there with any of those honors.

"It's really high up there," Jelmini said. "It's so exciting to get this. To know that all these other great athletes have got this, it's so nice. I really want to become a great athlete."

As if she's not already. Shafter mayor Cathy Prout was on hand to deliver Jelmini another honor -- a proclamation declaring June 18 "Anna Jelmini Day" in the city.

This all started late last week, when Shafter throwing coach Matt Godbehere received a call about the award. As he, Gatorade, the school and the Shafter community scrambled to set up the ceremony, they kept it a secret from Jelmini until Wednesday night.

That's when her parents drove her up to Shafter's city hall for a private ceremony announcing the award.

"My mom kind of gave it away when we turned the corner and she pulled out the video camera," Jelmini said. "She was claiming to be filming this flag, and I was like, 'Yeah, right mom, if this is a surprise, that's a bad cover.'

"But I thought it was just going to be a celebration. Then (during the ceremony) I heard "national," and I was like, 'What did she just say?"

Jelmini becomes the second Kern County athlete to win any of the Gatorade awards, which started in 1985. Bakersfield High's Melisa Weis took home the track and field hardware in 1990.

And so, head spinning all the way, Jelmini will join the Kobes, LeBrons and Melisas of the world.

"It's too crazy," she said. "It's like, no, you don't really rank yourself with them, but then it's like, 'Wow, I could actually be with them,'" Jelmini said. "I mean, I get to go the ESPYs. It's so crazy."

State Discus Champ: Anna Jelmini Shafter/ce 186-09

ATHLETE OF THE YEAR

Anna Jelmini

Shafter | senior

Gatorade National Girls Track and Field Athlete of the Year, so the All-Area selection is a yawner. In case you haven't heard, she's a two-time double state champion, holds the national record in the discus (190-3) and is second all-time in the shot put (54-4.75). Will attend Arizona State next season.

CIF State Track and Field Championships - 6/5/2009 to 6/6/2009
Presented by Farmers
Buchanan High School - Clovis

Event 26 Girls Discus Throw
=================================================================================
Name Year School Finals Points
=================================================================================
Finals
1 Anna Jelmini Shafter/ce 186-09 56.92m 10
186-09 177-11 FOUL 171-05 179-04 179-04
2 Alex Collatz Stockdale/ce 163-01 49.70m 8
144-07 147-03 163-01 159-08 FOUL 155-04
3 Rebecca Hammar 10 Buch. Col/sj 140-02 42.72m 6
140-02 136-09 134-03 139-06 139-02 115-06
4 Lindsay Machado 12 El Dorado/sj 137-02 41.80m 4
118-07 133-09 135-08 137-02 121-03 FOUL
5 Kayla Kovar 12 Burr(Rid)/ss 136-10 41.70m 2
130-09 127-11 136-10 126-01 130-01 132-06
6 Shaylynn Fisher 12 Great Oak 135-03 41.22m 1
135-03 93-04 119-11 131-03 116-07 119-10
7 Janelle Prothro 10 Logan J/Nc 133-06 40.69m
116-10 122-04 123-00 125-04 129-01 133-06
8 Brianna French 10 Vacaville/sj 127-04 38.81m
121-00 115-02 FOUL 117-11 127-04 FOUL
-- Maddie Casanova 12 Alemany/ss FOUL
FOUL FOUL FOUL
=================================================================================
Women - Team Rankings - 8 Events Scored
=================================================================================
1) Poly (LB) /ss SS 25 2) Shafter /ce CE 20
3) Serra /ss SS 18 4) Logan James /nc NC 12
5) Claremont /ss SS 10 5) Academy of OLP /sd SD 10
5) Rio Mesa /ss SS 10 8) Stockdale /ce CE 9
9) Moreau Cath. /nc NC 8 9) Leland /cc CC 8
9) Highland /ss SS 8 9) Etiwanda /ss SS 8
9) Redondo /ss SS 8 9) St. Mary's /sj SJ 8
15) Buchach Colony /sj 6 15) Burrough(Rid) /ss SS 6
15) Deer Valley /nc NC 6 15) North Torrance/ss SS 6
15) Rancho Bernrdo/sd SD 6 15) Lutheran (Orange) /ss 6
15) Diamond Ranch /ss SS 6 15) St. Mary's Academy/ss 6
23) Casa Grande /nc NC 4 23) El Dorado /sj SJ 4
23) St. Mary's /nc NC 4 23) Pinewood /cc CC 4
23) Rancho Verde /ss SS 4 28) Torrey Pines /sd SD 3
29) Silverado /ss SS 2 29) St. Joseph-Sm /ss SS 2
29) Bullard /ce CE 2 29) Vallejo /sj SJ 2
29) Carter /ss 2 34) Clovis /ce CE 1
34) Great Oak/ss 1 34) Pinole Valley/nc NC 1
34) Oakmont /sj SJ 1 34) Paraclete /ss SS 1

State Shot Put Champ Anna Jelmini Shafter/ce 50-05.75

CIF State Track and Field Championships - 6/5/2009 to 6/6/2009
Presented by Farmers
Buchanan High School - Clovis

Event 25 Girls Shot Put
=================================================================================
Name Year School Finals Points
=================================================================================
Finals
1 Anna Jelmini Shafter/ce 50-05.75 15.38m 10
FOUL 48-11.50 FOUL FOUL FOUL 50-05.75
2 Jackie Alhoo 12 St Mary's/sj 45-07.25 13.90m 8
45-07.25 45-04.75 45-05.50 44-00.50 43-00.50 44-06
3 Jasmine Burrell 11 N Trrnce/ss 45-01.25 13.74m 6
45-01.25 43-05.75 FOUL 43-10.25 43-05 42-08.75
4 Kayla Kovar 12 Burr(Rid)/ss 43-01.25 13.13m 4
40-05.25 43-01.25 FOUL 42-04.75 FOUL 41-01
5 Teresa Loya 11 St Jsph /ss 43-00.25 13.11m 2
41-02.25 39-06 43-00.25 42-06 41-04.50 43-00.25
6 Alex Collatz Stockdale/ce 42-06.00 12.95m 1
39-07.75 FOUL 41-02 41-04 42-06 41-06.50
7 Urina Harrell 9 Serra/ss 41-10.00 12.75m
40-00.50 40-02.25 38-10.25 41-10 37-01.50 36-00.75
8 Markita Hinton 11 Atascdro./ss 40-11.25 12.47m
40-09.50 38-02.75 39-00 39-03.50 40-11.25 39-10.25
9 Luseane Makenesi 12 Katella/ss 40-11.00 12.47m
40-03.25 40-04 40-11 40-11 39-00.75 40-02.50
=================================================================================
Women - Team Rankings - 1 Events Scored
=================================================================================
1) Shafter /ce CE 10 2) St. Mary's /sj SJ 8
3) North Torrance/ss SS 6 4) Burrough(Rid) /ss SS 4
5) St. Joseph-Sm /ss SS 2 6) Stockdale /ce CE 1

2nd Jelmini, Anna Shafter/ce 175-04q

Anna Jelmini, Shafter: Qualified first in shot put at meet-record 53-8; qualified second in discus at 175-4.

CIF State Track and Field Championships - 6/5/2009 to 6/6/2009
Presented by Farmers
Buchanan High School - Clovis
Last Completed Event

Event 26 Girls Discus Throw
================================================================
Name Year School Prelims
================================================================
Preliminaries
1 Collatz, Alex Stockdale/ce 177-00q
152-04 152-08 177-00
2 Jelmini, Anna Shafter/ce 175-04q
172-03 173-08 175-04
3 Machado, Lindsay 12 El Dorado/sj 143-02q
136-00 117-04 143-02
4 French, Brianna 10 Vacaville/sj 136-01q
127-04 136-01 125-04
5 Hammar, Rebecca 10 Buch. Col/sj 134-09q
128-02 121-06 134-09
6 Fisher, Shaylynn 12 Great Oak 133-08q
125-03 133-08 129-06
7 Kovar, Kayla 12 Burr(Rid)/ss 132-09q
130-06 132-09 128-03
8 Prothro, Janelle 10 Logan J/Nc 131-10q
FOUL 131-10 124-10
9 Casanova, Maddie 12 Alemany/ss 131-07q
125-00 97-00 131-07
10 Okwelogu, Nonny Clovis W/Ce 130-10
102-02 121-10 130-10
11 Evans, Alexa 10 West Hlls/sd 130-03
107-08 130-03 110-10
12 Morgan, Alexandra 10 Ventura/ss 128-07
FOUL 128-02 128-07
13 Porter, Jazmin 11 Shasta/no 128-05
FOUL 128-05 119-01
14 Amaechi, Chioma 11 Lincoln/sf 127-03
FOUL 127-03 111-04
15 Weir, Jillian 11 Homestead/cc 127-00
99-09 127-00 120-01
16 Ekong, Quinta 11 Hillsdale/cc 126-06
FOUL 126-06 108-02
17 Anvanwu, Nneka 10 Westview/sd 123-03
123-03 FOUL FOUL
18 Devaney, Viv 11 S.L. Obsp/ss 123-00
123-00 FOUL FOUL
19 Oliva, Adrianna 12 Hercules/nc 120-06
120-06 118-00 114-06
20 Maxey, Taylor 12 Bishop's/sd 115-02
109-06 115-02 108-11
21 Atkins, Deanna 10 Castlemnt/ok 108-07
91-02 96-04 108-07
22 Roper, Rhiannon 12 Fortuna/nc 108-01
104-00 108-01 105-11
23 Alexander, Myshauna 11 Hamilton/la 104-05
FOUL 75-10 104-05
24 Tagivakitini, Talei 11 Albany /nc 104-00
FOUL 104-00 PASS
25 McKee, Meagan 11 SantaTrs/ cc 103-02
103-02 FOUL FOUL

10th Rasley, Lacie Shafter/ce 40-04.50

Lacy Rasley, Shafter: Finished 10th in shot put at 40-4.5.

CIF State Track and Field Championships - 6/5/2009 to 6/6/2009
Presented by Farmers
Buchanan High School - Clovis

Event 25 Girls Shot Put
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Name Year School Prelims
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Preliminaries
1 Jelmini, Anna Shafter/ce 53-08.00q
53-08 FOUL 52-01
2 Alhoo, Jackie 12 St Mary's/sj 44-10.50q
44-04 44-00.50 44-10.50
3 Hinton, Markita 11 Atascdro./ss 43-09.75q
42-03 43-02 43-09.75
4 Kovar, Kayla 12 Burr(Rid)/ss 42-10.00q
FOUL 42-01 42-10
5 Harrell, Urina 9 Serra/ss 42-05.75q
42-05.75 40-01.50 40-10
6 Collatz, Alex Stockdale/ce 42-04.50q
41-07.75 FOUL 42-04.50
7 Loya, Teresa 11 St Jsph /ss 41-10.75q
41-10.75 41-08.50 41-00.25
8 Makenesi, Luseane 12 Katella/ss 41-09.50q
40-03.75 41-09.50 41-07.75
9 Burrell, Jasmine 11 N Trrnce/ss 41-04.50q
40-00.50 41-04.50 39-03
10 Rasley, Lacie Shafter/ce 40-04.50
FOUL 37-02 40-04.50
11 Amaechi, Chioma 11 Lincoln/sf 39-11.50
FOUL 39-11.50 38-07
12 Tillet, Janay 12 Birmghm/la 39-11.00
FOUL 39-11 FOUL
13 Hammar, Rebecca 10 Buch. Col/sj 39-02.25
39-02.25 38-07.50 36-00.25
14 Oliva, Adrianna 12 Hercules/nc 39-02.00
37-06 39-02 37-05.25
15 Bingham, Jennifer 11 Steele Canyon/sd 39-00.25
39-00.25 38-03.75 37-04.50
16 Tagivakitini, Talei 11 Albany /nc 37-11.50
37-11.50 FOUL FOUL
17 Manning, Alyssa 12 Rio Linda/sj 37-06.00
FOUL 33-00.25 37-06
18 Jones, Erinn 12 Logan J/Nc 37-03.00
35-07 37-03 35-06.75
19 Porter, Jazmin 11 Shasta/no 36-00.50
36-00.50 34-11.50 35-04
20 Walsh, Chanelle 12 Rncho Brn/sd 35-11.00
35-11 FOUL 35-06.25
21 Isaacs, Eva 11 Campolndo/nc 35-07.75
33-04.50 35-07.75 34-10.75
22 Atkins, Deanna 10 Castlemnt/ok 34-08.75
FOUL 34-08.75 32-07.75
23 Byrd, Caitlin 11 Carson/la 34-04.00
33-11 34-04 33-11.25
24 Hardiman, Myeesha 11 Wilcox/cc 33-10.00
FOUL FOUL 33-10
25 Weir, Jillian 11 Homestead/cc 33-09.75
FOUL 32-07 33-09.75
26 Alexander, Myshauna 11 Hamilton/la 33-03.50
30-03.25 31-00.75 33-03.50
-- McKee, Meagan 11 SantaTrs/ cc FOUL
FOUL FOUL FOUL
-- Aragon, Emily 12 Escondido/sd FOUL
FOUL FOUL FOUL

1st Jelmini, Anna Shafter/ce 53-08.00q

Anna Jelmini, Shafter: Qualified first in shot put at meet-record 53-8; qualified second in discus at 175-4.

CIF State Track and Field Championships - 6/5/2009 to 6/6/2009
Presented by Farmers
Buchanan High School - Clovis

Event 25 Girls Shot Put
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Name Year School Prelims
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Preliminaries
1 Jelmini, Anna Shafter/ce 53-08.00q
53-08 FOUL 52-01
2 Alhoo, Jackie 12 St Mary's/sj 44-10.50q
44-04 44-00.50 44-10.50
3 Hinton, Markita 11 Atascdro./ss 43-09.75q
42-03 43-02 43-09.75
4 Kovar, Kayla 12 Burr(Rid)/ss 42-10.00q
FOUL 42-01 42-10
5 Harrell, Urina 9 Serra/ss 42-05.75q
42-05.75 40-01.50 40-10
6 Collatz, Alex Stockdale/ce 42-04.50q
41-07.75 FOUL 42-04.50
7 Loya, Teresa 11 St Jsph /ss 41-10.75q
41-10.75 41-08.50 41-00.25
8 Makenesi, Luseane 12 Katella/ss 41-09.50q
40-03.75 41-09.50 41-07.75
9 Burrell, Jasmine 11 N Trrnce/ss 41-04.50q
40-00.50 41-04.50 39-03
10 Rasley, Lacie Shafter/ce 40-04.50
FOUL 37-02 40-04.50
11 Amaechi, Chioma 11 Lincoln/sf 39-11.50
FOUL 39-11.50 38-07
12 Tillet, Janay 12 Birmghm/la 39-11.00
FOUL 39-11 FOUL
13 Hammar, Rebecca 10 Buch. Col/sj 39-02.25
39-02.25 38-07.50 36-00.25
14 Oliva, Adrianna 12 Hercules/nc 39-02.00
37-06 39-02 37-05.25
15 Bingham, Jennifer 11 Steele Canyon/sd 39-00.25
39-00.25 38-03.75 37-04.50
16 Tagivakitini, Talei 11 Albany /nc 37-11.50
37-11.50 FOUL FOUL
17 Manning, Alyssa 12 Rio Linda/sj 37-06.00
FOUL 33-00.25 37-06
18 Jones, Erinn 12 Logan J/Nc 37-03.00
35-07 37-03 35-06.75
19 Porter, Jazmin 11 Shasta/no 36-00.50
36-00.50 34-11.50 35-04
20 Walsh, Chanelle 12 Rncho Brn/sd 35-11.00
35-11 FOUL 35-06.25
21 Isaacs, Eva 11 Campolndo/nc 35-07.75
33-04.50 35-07.75 34-10.75
22 Atkins, Deanna 10 Castlemnt/ok 34-08.75
FOUL 34-08.75 32-07.75
23 Byrd, Caitlin 11 Carson/la 34-04.00
33-11 34-04 33-11.25
24 Hardiman, Myeesha 11 Wilcox/cc 33-10.00
FOUL FOUL 33-10
25 Weir, Jillian 11 Homestead/cc 33-09.75
FOUL 32-07 33-09.75
26 Alexander, Myshauna 11 Hamilton/la 33-03.50
30-03.25 31-00.75 33-03.50
-- McKee, Meagan 11 SantaTrs/ cc FOUL
FOUL FOUL FOUL
-- Aragon, Emily 12 Escondido/sd FOUL
FOUL FOUL FOUL

Anna Jelmini - Discus & Shot Put

What more can you say about Jelmini? Defending state champ in the throws. National record holder in the discus and the second best shot putter ever. Dyestatcal and others think she may have had the greatest performance of all-time at her area meet where she set those records.

She is 25 feet better than the next discus thrower in California (Alex Collatz) and 7 foot better than the next best shot putter. In the fall, she will be attending Arizona State but one hopes she gets the shot record before her high school career is over.

Oh and one thing that is not said enough, is she is really nice and a great student too!Event 25 Girls Shot Put Prelims
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National: 54-10.75 5/9/2003 Michelle Carter (Red Oak, TX)
State Meet: 52-11.50 6/19/1993 Kristin Heaston (Ygnacio Valley)
Name Year School Seed Mark
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1 Jelmini, Anna Shafter/ce 51-09.50
2 Alhoo, Jackie 12 St Mary's/sj 45-07.25
3 Amaechi, Chioma 11 Lincoln/sf 45-03.00
4 Kovar, Kayla 12 Burr(Rid)/ss 43-02.75
5 Rasley, Lacie Shafter/ce 43-02.00
6 Burrell, Jasmine 11 N Trrnce/ss 43-01.00
7 McKee, Meagan 11 SantaTrs/ cc 42-11.50
8 Loya, Teresa 11 St Jsph /ss 42-08.75
9 Harrell, Urina 9 Serra/ss 42-08.75
10 Makenesi, Luseane 12 Katella/ss 42-05.25
11 Bingham, Jennifer 11 Steele Canyon/sd 41-03.50
12 Hinton, Markita 11 Atascdro./ss 41-01.75
13 Collatz, Alex Stockdale/ce 40-04.25
14 Hammar, Rebecca 10 Buch. Col/sj 39-09.25
15 Manning, Alyssa 12 Rio Linda/sj 39-05.75
16 Tagivakitini, Talei 11 Albany /nc 39-05.50
17 Hardiman, Myeesha 11 Wilcox/cc 38-11.75
18 Weir, Jillian 11 Homestead/cc 38-11.00
19 Oliva, Adrianna 12 Hercules/nc 38-10.00
20 Jones, Erinn 12 Logan J/Nc 38-07.50
21 Aragon, Emily 12 Escondido/sd 38-05.25
22 Walsh, Chanelle 12 Rncho Brn/sd 38-03.25
23 Byrd, Caitlin 11 Carson/la 38-02.50
24 Porter, Jazmin 11 Shasta/no 37-07.50
25 Atkins, Deanna 10 Castlemnt/ok 37-04.00
26 Isaacs, Eva 11 Campolndo/nc 36-03.50
27 Tillet, Janay 12 Birmghm/la 35-05.75
28 Alexander, Myshauna 11 Hamilton/la 33-00.25

Event 26 Girls Discus Throw Prelims
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National: 188-04 5/20/1994 Suzy Powell (Downey, Modesto, CA)
State Meet: 181-03 6/5/1998 Stephanie Brown (Arroyo Grande)
Name Year School Seed Mark
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1 Jelmini, Anna Shafter/ce 182-08
2 Collatz, Alex Stockdale/ce 157-10
3 Morgan, Alexandra 10 Ventura/ss 141-01
4 Hammar, Rebecca 10 Buch. Col/sj 140-10
5 Machado, Lindsay 12 El Dorado/sj 139-08
6 Casanova, Maddie 12 Alemany/ss 138-08
7 Fisher, Shaylynn 12 Great Oak 137-00
8 Okwelogu, Nonny Clovis W/Ce 136-10
9 Devaney, Viv 11 S.L. Obsp/ss 136-06
10 French, Brianna 10 Vacaville/sj 135-11
11 Kovar, Kayla 12 Burr(Rid)/ss 135-01
12 Evans, Alexa 10 West Hlls/sd 134-06
13 Weir, Jillian 11 Homestead/cc 133-03
14 Ekong, Quinta 11 Hillsdale/cc 133-01
15 Prothro, Janelle 10 Logan J/Nc 132-04
16 Oliva, Adrianna 12 Hercules/nc 130-06
17 Anvanwu, Nneka 10 Westview/sd 130-04
18 Maxey, Taylor 12 Bishop's/sd 128-09
19 McKee, Meagan 11 SantaTrs/ cc 127-06
20 Alexander, Myshauna 11 Hamilton/la 126-00
21 Tagivakitini, Talei 11 Albany /nc 118-01
22 Porter, Jazmin 11 Shasta/no 114-10
23 Roper, Rhiannon 12 Fortuna/nc 113-08
24 Atkins, Deanna 10 Castlemnt/ok 111-05
25 Amaechi, Chioma 11 Lincoln/sf 88-11

Laci Rasley - Shot Put

Laci Rasley (Shafter So) is currently ranked number sixth in the state in the shot put and has a good shot at making the finals. She is within a few feet of most those in front her with the exception of her teammate Jelmini and has been improving throughout the season. In fact, her best this season (44'0.5) would have placed her second at the state meet in 2008

Event 25 Girls Shot Put Prelims
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National: 54-10.75 5/9/2003 Michelle Carter (Red Oak, TX)
State Meet: 52-11.50 6/19/1993 Kristin Heaston (Ygnacio Valley)
Name Year School Seed Mark
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1 Jelmini, Anna Shafter/ce 51-09.50
2 Alhoo, Jackie 12 St Mary's/sj 45-07.25
3 Amaechi, Chioma 11 Lincoln/sf 45-03.00
4 Kovar, Kayla 12 Burr(Rid)/ss 43-02.75
5 Rasley, Lacie Shafter/ce 43-02.00
6 Burrell, Jasmine 11 N Trrnce/ss 43-01.00
7 McKee, Meagan 11 SantaTrs/ cc 42-11.50
8 Loya, Teresa 11 St Jsph /ss 42-08.75
9 Harrell, Urina 9 Serra/ss 42-08.75
10 Makenesi, Luseane 12 Katella/ss 42-05.25
11 Bingham, Jennifer 11 Steele Canyon/sd 41-03.50
12 Hinton, Markita 11 Atascdro./ss 41-01.75
13 Collatz, Alex Stockdale/ce 40-04.25
14 Hammar, Rebecca 10 Buch. Col/sj 39-09.25
15 Manning, Alyssa 12 Rio Linda/sj 39-05.75
16 Tagivakitini, Talei 11 Albany /nc 39-05.50
17 Hardiman, Myeesha 11 Wilcox/cc 38-11.75
18 Weir, Jillian 11 Homestead/cc 38-11.00
19 Oliva, Adrianna 12 Hercules/nc 38-10.00
20 Jones, Erinn 12 Logan J/Nc 38-07.50
21 Aragon, Emily 12 Escondido/sd 38-05.25
22 Walsh, Chanelle 12 Rncho Brn/sd 38-03.25
23 Byrd, Caitlin 11 Carson/la 38-02.50
24 Porter, Jazmin 11 Shasta/no 37-07.50
25 Atkins, Deanna 10 Castlemnt/ok 37-04.00
26 Isaacs, Eva 11 Campolndo/nc 36-03.50
27 Tillet, Janay 12 Birmghm/la 35-05.75
28 Alexander, Myshauna 11 Hamilton/la 33-00.25