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
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Name Year School Finals Points
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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
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Women - Team Rankings - 8 Events Scored
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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
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BY ZACH EWING
ReplyDeleteCalifornian staff writer
CLOVIS — Anna Jelmini can't remember much about her first high school shot put and discus throws.
The last few are etched in history.
Jelmini completed her dominant run Saturday to a back-to-back double state championship in the throwing events at the CIF State Track and Field Championships at Veterans Memorial Stadium.
"I don't remember the first throw exactly," Jelmini said, "but I remember loving it. I was just like, 'Oh, this is great. I love track.'"
And why not, with the way she ended high school? Jelmini became the first girls thrower in California history to win both events back-to-back.
After setting the state-meet record in the shot put in Friday's preliminaries at 53 feet, 8 inches, Jelmini added the meet record in the discus today, recording 186-9 on her first toss of the finals. She later narrowly fouled on a throw that hit right at the 190-foot pylon.
"It's been great," said Jelmini, who's already the national high school record holder in the disc and second all-time in the shot. "All the great stuff that's already happened, and then to come here and defend my titles and get both state (meet) records, and then do that, I'm just amazed."
Jelmini's winning shot put mark was 50-5.75 on a day in which she fouled by throwing out of bounds on four of six throws and still beat the field by about five feet.
She has also added to the lore of Kern County throwing — including Jelmini's four, there have now been 15 girls state throwing championships won by locals.
"It's great to see the tradition of Kern County throwing continued," said Shafter throwing coach Matt Godbehere, who threw at Cal State Bakersfield. "All these great throwers have come out of the same area."
It also was a special day for Godbehere and his wife Dawn Dumble — who owns three of those titles and coaches Frontier's Matt Darr, who won both boys throwing titles.
"It feels amazing," Godbehere said. "I guess that as husband and wife, it's just that Dawn's been so focused on Matt and I've been so focused on Anna that that conversation — 'Oh, you know we could win four state championships' — never took place. It was just task at hand. But it's pretty awesome, pretty neat for our family."
Most of all, though, this day was about Jelmini. The event's public-address announcer and several publications around the state proclaimed her all weekend as the best high school track and field athlete of all time because of her prowess in two events.
This was simply a coronation.
"It was history today," Godbehere said. "For her, it's just another chapter of history in this season. It's been pretty special."
Jelmini, who's bound for Arizona State after a summer of competing in the junior national championships and Pan American games, had a rare struggle in the shot put. After fouling on her first throw, she lobbed in a routine —for her — 48-11.5 on the second throw. Her next three attempts were all over 50 feet, but all landed just outside the left sector line. She fouled again on her last throw.
"She might have been focusing too much on every little thing with her technique rather than just letting herself enjoy the moment," Godbehere said.
She did just that in the discus ring, and the record-breaker was a thing of beauty. She unleashed it on her first throw, then enjoyed the proceedings — her last as a high school student.
"I guess it hasn't quite hit me yet, but I just can't believe it," Jelmini said. "It's just so exciting.
Anna Jelmini of Shafter won her second individual title of the day with a first round toss of 186-9 to break the meet record of 181-3 set by the 2008 Olympic champion Stephanie Brown-Trafton, when she was a student at Arroyo Grande in 1998. It is also the fourth farthest throw of all time. Alex Collatz of Stockdale, who led after Friday’s qualifying round with a personal best of 177-0, was second at 163-1 followed by Rebecca Hammar of Buchach Colony at 140-2, Lindsay Machado of Shingle Springs El Dorado at 137-2 and Kayla Kovar of Ridgecrest Burroughs at 136-10.
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