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Wildcatz senior among standouts

Aceves-Aguilar shines at Mission finals meet

Watsonville High’s Jocelyn Guzman competes in the 100-meter hurdles during the PCAL Mission Division Championships in Salinas on Friday. Guzman finished third with a time of 18.43. PHOTOS BY RAUL EBIO — SANTA CRUZ SENTINEL

Watsonville High’s Lisandro Pantoja competes in the shot put during the PCAL Mission Division Track and Field Championships in Salinas on Friday. Pantoja finished third with a throw of 43 feet, 4 inches.

Watsonville High’s Nain Garcia-Ferria beats Stevenson’s Will Kernan for fourth place in the 1,600-meter race during the PCAL Mission Division Championships in Salinas on Friday.

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By Jim Seimas

jseimas@santacruzsentinel.com

Watsonville High senior Nathaniel Aceves-Aguilar took first in three individual events at the Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division Boys Track and Field Championships at Rancho San Juan High in Salinas on Friday.

King City (169 points) took first out of six teams, and the Wildcatz (77) were third.

Aceves-Aguilar first place in the long jump (19 feet, 11.5 inches) and triple jump (39-06.75), and second in the 110 hurdles (18.71 seconds).

Wildcatz junior Lisandro Pantoja took second in the discus with a school-record distance (156-5) and third in the shot put (43-4).

Watsonville freshman Noel Navarro took second in the 300 hurdles (44.36), and senior Gerardo Acosta-Perez took third in the 110 hurdles (18.75).

PCAL Cypress Championships >> Monte Vista Christian junior Owen Bingham took first in the 110 hurdles (18.81) and second in the 300 hurdles (47.66) in the PCAL Cypress Division Championships at Pacific Grove High on Friday.

Pacific Grove (161 points) took first out of five teams. The Mustangs (90) took third.

MVC junior Conor Gilliam took first in the 800 (1:58.32).

MVC (juniors Patrick Tracey, Gilliam, and Gavin Beckmen, and senior Joshua Tepoorten) took first in the 4×400 relay (3:32.13).

Tepoorten also took second in the 200 (50.98).

MVC (junior Patrick Tracey, sophomore Sean Williams, junior Boston Ashe, and Tepoorten) took second in the 4×100 relay (44.63).

Beckmen took second in the 3,200 (10:11.82) and third in the 1,600 in the third best mark in school history (4:36.65), and sophomore Isaiah Ortega took third in the pole vault (10-0), the second best mark in school history.

PCAL Santa Lucia Championships >> Pajaro Valley senior Izaak Ocampo took first in the 100 (11.61), 200 (24.55) and long jump (20-11.5) in the PCAL Santa Lucia Division Championships at Greenfield High on Friday.

The Grizzlies (126 points) took first out of eight teams. St. Francis (118) took second, Pacific Collegiate School (32) was sixth, and Kirby (15) was seventh.

St. Francis senior Derek Anderson took first in both the 110 hurdles (18.19) and 300 hurdles (48.05), and junior teammate Jacob Jimenez took first in both the triple jump (40-2) and high jump (5-8).

Pajaro Valley senior Luis Torres took first in the discus with a school record (150-10).

PCS sophomore Jude Holmlund took first in the pole vault (11-0) and Pajaro Valley senior Carlos Anaya took second (9-6).

Pajaro Valley junior Giovanni Villanueva took second in both the 110 hurdles (18.71) and 300 hurdles (48.11).

Kirby freshman Oliver Dooley took second in the 400 (55.07) and third in the 200 (25.41). Pajaro Valley junior Erik Michi took second in the 800 (2:16.29) and third in the 1,600 (5:06.32).

PCS freshman Alexander Profumo took second in both the 1,600 (5:00.82) and 3,200 (10:45.66).

St. Francis junior Coy Jordan took second in the long jump (18-4.5) and classmate Robert Gomez Jr. took second in the high jump (5-8).

St. Francis (juniors Joseph Dayrit and Gomez Jr., sophomore Vince Tovar, and Jordan) took second in the 4×100 relay (45.41). The Sharks (senior Johnny Croghan, Gomez Jr., sophomore Vince Tovar, and senior Van Ridgway) also took second in the 4×400 relay (3:48.18).

Pajaro Valey senior Aron Bernabe took second in the shot put (39-2).

Croghan took third in the 800 (2:18.15) and sophomore teammate Evan Salguero was third in the 300 hurdles (50.39).

Pajaro Valley junior Luis Martinez took third in the 3,200 (11:07.18), sophomore teammate Andrew Chavez took third in the long jump (18-0), and the Grizzlies took third in the 4×100 relay (45.68).

Girls track and field

PCAL Mission Championships >> Watsonville senior Katelynn Ruiz took first in the 1,600 (5:28.03) and 3,200 (11:55.56) at the PCAL Mission Division Championships at Rancho San Juan High in Salinas on Friday.

Stevenson (115.6 points) took first out of six teams, and the Wildcatz (69) were fourth.

Wildcatz senior Jocelyn Guzman took first in the 300 hurdles (48.90) and third in the 100 hurdles (18.43), and junior teammate Azucena Sandoval took second in the 3,200 (12:02.34).

Watsonville (sophomore Aileen Reyes, junior Lizbeth Gomez Abrica, freshman Julieta Garcia, and senior Jocelyn Guzman) took second in the 4×400 relay (4:23.67).

PCAL Cypress Championships >> Freshman Anna Conca took first in the 800 (2:30.89) and 1,600 (5:20.33) in the PCAL Cypress Division Championships at Pacific Grove High on Friday.

MVC (178 points) took first out of eight teams.

MVC (freshmen Charley Moggia, Kylie Fitzpatrick, and Norah Rondia, and senior Madison Bandy) took first in the 4×100 relay (52.61). The Mustangs (sophomore Finley Castro, freshman Carly Heitzenrater, sophomore Chloe Shaw, and Conca) also took first in the 4×400 relay (4:29.31).

Senior Kylie Brunelli took first in the 3,200 (12:10.45) and second in the 1,600 (5:22.49).

MVC swept the top three spots in the pole vault: senior Nyree Delfin (8-6), freshman Gabby Telles (8-0), and freshman Eleanor Crane (7-6).

Bandy took second in both the 100 (13.23) and 200 (27.20), and Heitzenrater took second in the 100 hurdles (18.06) and third in the 300 hurdles (54.51)

Castro took second in the 400 (1:04.93), senior Hannah Woodford took second in the 800 (2:41.15), and Rondia took second in the 300 hurdles (53.27).

Shaw took third in the 400 (1:08.22), Castro took third in the 1,600 (5:26.82), and Moggia took third in the 100 hurdles (18.70).

PCAL Santa Lucia Championships >> St. Francis junior Peyton Orradre and PCS freshman Iris Paten each took first in thee individual events in the PCAL Santa Lucia Division Championships at Greenfield High on Friday.

St. Francis (112 points) took first out of seven teams. Pajaro Valley (69) was fourth, and PCS (33) was seventh.

Orradre took first in the 100 hurdles (17.38), 300 hurdles (52.66), and triple jump (32-6), and Paten took first in the 800 (2:29.76), 1,600 (5:25.78), and 3,200 (12:08.08).

St. Francis junior Camila Suarez took first in the discus (75-8) and second in the shot put (26-2).

Pajaro Valley senior Ellie Moore took first in the pole vault (7-6), and junior teammate Emily Lopez took second in both the 800 (2:46.72) and 1,600 (6:04.72).

St. Francis junior Julie Lopez took second in the long jump (13-5.5), classmate Mia McClendon took third in the 400 (1:06.98), and senior teammate Carley Anderson took third in the triple jump (31-10).

Pajaro Valley (Lopez, freshman Kylie Moore, junior Alyssa Moore, and freshman Liz Zamora) took first in the 4×400 relay (4:36.41). The Grizzlies (juniors Scarlet Gomez and Alyssa Moore, senior Ellie Moore, and Zamora) took second in the 4×100 relay (54.86), the third best time in school history.

St. Francis (sophomore Malia Madrigal, junior Giselle Meschi, senior Sophia Fitzpatrick, and junior Mia McClendon) took second in the 4×400 relay (4:42.78).

Pajaro Valley senior Jocelyn Jimenez-Rincon took third in both the shot put (22-4) and discus (70-10), and freshman teammate Liz Zamora took third in the high jump (4-8).