They are known as the Grizzled Vets, a group of runners who have completed every Big Sur International Marathon since its inception in 1986.

The group is now down to six — five men and one woman — after last month’s 38th running of one of the world’s iconic marathons.

Competing in their 38th Big Sur Marathon were Donna Troyna, Pierre D’Avenas, Bob Utley, Manny Ramirez, Jake McGuire and Mike Suchomel.

The significant six have the distinction of claiming they have run in the hottest, coldest, wettest and windiest Big Sur Marathons.

The 71-year-old Troyna completed her race in just over six hours, finishing fifth in her age category.

The 63-year-old Ramirez dipped under five hours, while the 72-year-old D’Avenas, a Carmel resident, finished in 5:52.27.

Utley, 68, covered 26.2 miles in 5 hours, 14 minutes and 16 seconds, with McGuire finishing a few strides behind in 5:28.38. Suchomel was just over six hours.

Montano invited to N.Y. Giants camp >> Former Alisal High and Hartnell College kicker Abraham Montano has been extended an invitation to the New York Giants rookie minicamp, slated for Friday and Saturday.

The left-footed Montano, who originally was granted a waiver for an extra year of eligibility to former junior college players, but later denied by the NCAA, went undrafted in last week’s NFL draft.

Montano put together one of the best single seasons by a kicker in New Mexico State history last fall, connecting on 78.3 percent of his field goal attempts.

The 22-year-old put himself in the New Mexico State and Conference USA record books with a 59-yard field goal in his final game against UTEP.

Montano led the conference in field goals (18), with his percentage being second in Conference USA. He was seventh in the conference in scoring at 6.3 points a game.

A member of Alisal’s Northern California Division III title-winning soccer team in 2019, Montano was 7-of-7 inside 40 yards and connected on 5-of-8 from beyond 50 yards.

The 6-foot, 200-pounder didn’t miss an extra point and produced 34 touchbacks on kickoffs for New Mexico State.

After kicking a school record 50-yard field goal for Hartnell in 2019, Montano spent three years at Fresno State, converting 12-of-19 field goals and 45-49 extra points over 16 games before transferring to New Mexico State.

Montano is the first kicker in the county to be extended an NFL invitation since former Carmel kicker Andrew Franks spent two seasons with the Miami Dolphins in 2015-16.

Salinas’ White coaching at San Francisco State >> With San Francisco State slated to cut its baseball program at the end of the season, former Salinas High catcher Nick White could be coaching his last games for the Gators.

Arriving in 2023, White is the pitching coach and catching coordinator for San Francisco State, which is headed to the CCAA tournament along with CSUMB.

Administrators for San Francisco State announced last month that they were cutting the baseball program because of financial restraints.

White has also served as the head coach for the Menlo Park Legends of the Bay Area Collegiate Baseball League since 2021.

Having played at Oklahoma Wesleyan, where he helped lead the program to the College World Series in 2013, White also helped College of San Mateo reach the Junior College World Series.

Prior to arriving at San Francisco State, White had coaching stints at Menlo College and San Jose State.

Schreiber a spot starter >> Alisal gra Sebastian Schreiber has made eight appearances for the Santa Clara University baseball team — five of which have been starts.

The 6-foot-3, 230-pound left-handed hurler put together his best outing earlier this year against Cal, striking out eight in four shutout innings.

Schreiber, who is still looking for his first win, has thrown 14.1 innings overall for the Broncos with 17 strikeouts. He has rotated in and out of the rotation in his last four appearances.

A former Alisal hurler, Schreiber returned from an arm injury in 2023 at Hartnell College, where he struck out 75 hitters in 65 innings of work, including a collegiate career high 10.

Stevenson sailors in state championships >> Two Stevenson sailing teams among 29 pairs grabbed 11 Top 10 finishes in the Silver Division to place fourth at the Pacific Coast State Championships at the Oakland Estuary.

Patrick O’Hara and Marc Cheug earned seven top 10 finishes, while Claire Lee and Liah Yamamura earned four top 10 places to put the Pirates within a point of a podium finish.

Both teams, who have been among the top regatta teams in the state all season, were taking part in the “A” Fleet Division in the biggest high school sailing event of the season.

Point Loma High won the title. Teams from Carmel and Pacific Grove also took part in the prestigious event.

Johnson-Toney Football Camp >> The Boys and Girls Club of Monterey County will showcase the 13th annual Johnson-Toney free football camp.

The camp — boys and girls ages 9-14 — will be staged June 24-27 at the Cal State Monterey Bay soccer fields, with boys and girls ages 15-17, slated for July 22-25 at Rabobank Stadium.

Ron Johnson and Anthony Toney, who both played for the Philadelphia Eagles, have been a part of the camp since its inception when it was called the Herm Edwards Football Camp.

The camp is non-contact, mirroring the NFL Play 60 Character Camp. Coaches will teach basic football skills, as well as gratefulness, self-control, loyalty, honor, truthfulness and integrity.

The youth camp is limited to 300 participants, with the high school portion in July limited to 100 kids. Deadline to register is June 23. Register online at bgcmpc.org

Coaches needed >> Salinas is looking for a boys and girls cross country coach, a girls volleyball coach and a girls water polo coach for this coming fall. Go to art.hunsdorfer@salinasuhsd.org

Marina is looking for varsity, JV and freshman head coaches this coming fall for girls’ volleyball. Go to edjoin.org

Officials needed >> Peninsula Sports Incorporate is looking for high school and middle school officials for all sports this season. Varsity officials are paid $100 a game.

There is an immediate need for officials in the fall for football, flag football, water polo, field hockey and volleyball. Training is provided. Call Tom Emery at (831) 241-1101.