Boys Track and Field Athlete of the Week
- Boys track athlete of the week: Kelsey Benoit, San Clemente
- Kelsey Benoit San Clemente High School The Tritons junior recorded a lifetime best and current county leading mark of 62 feet, 6¾ inches in the shot put at the CIF-SS Division 1 preliminaries. Benoit’s throw is currently No. 2 in the... Full story
- Boys track & field athlete of the week: Jeff Thies, Edison
- Jeff Thies Edison The Chargers senior claimed three individual league titles at the Sunset League Finals. Thies clocked victories in the 1,600 (4:18.51), the 800 (1:56.66), and the 3,200 (9:29.61). With his effort helping to lead the way, the Cha... Full story
- Boys track athlete of the week: Frank Schnicker, Mission Viejo
- Frank Schnicker Mission Viejo High School The Diablos senior won both the 110 hurdles (15.37) and the 300 hurdles (39.68) to help top-ranked Mission Viejo defeat No. 4 Dana Hills 81-55 to finish the regular season undefeated in the South Coast Le... Full story
- Boys track and field athlete of the week: Dante Pettis, JSerra
- Dante Pettis JSerra The versatile junior was the only county athlete to win two individual titles at the Orange County Championships. Pettis won the long jump (22-8¼) and returned later in the meet to win the 200 in a time of 21.84. He is t... Full story
- Boys track & field athlete of the week: William Truong, Esperanza
- William Truong Esperanza The Aztecs junior thrower posted wins in both the shot put (52-11) and the discus (153-4) at the Ocean View Small Schools Invitational. Troung, the county’s lone double event winner at the meet, is currently ranked i... Full story
- Boys scholar-athlete of the week: Jason Engel, Santa Margarita
- Jason Engel Santa Margarita High School Track and field GPA: 4.42 Engel has developed into one of the county’s top distance runners this spring while also being a stellar academic performer. He is currently taking AP Macro Economics, AP ... Full story
- Boys track & field athlete of the week: Marty Taylor, Newport Harbor
- Marty Taylor Newport Harbor High School The Sailors senior was the county’s lone invitational event winner at the Arcadia Invitational, claiming the shot put title. Taylor threw a lifetime best 61 feet, 2½ inches (currently fifth bes... Full story
- Boys track & field O.C. Top 10 (4-1-13)
- 1. Mission Viejo 2. Mater Dei 3. Orange Lutheran 4. Corona del Mar 5. Dana Hills 6. Fountain Valley 7. Edison 8. Trabuco Hills 9. Brea Olinda 10. Aliso Niguel... Full story
- Boys track & field athlete of the week: Myles Hawkins, OLu
- Myles Hawkins Orange Lutheran Hawkins produced a quality week of results. He won the high jump, long jump, and triple jump to help the Lancers defeat St. John Bosco 71-64 in dual meet action. He then set a new Lancers school record of 23 feet, 4&f... Full story
- Boys scholar-athlete of the week: Hunter Simmons, Tesoro
- Hunter Simmons Tesoro High School Track and field GPA: 4.60 One of the county’s fastest sprinters, Simmons is also one of its’ top students. He is currently taking AP Calculus, AP Environmental Science, AP Literature, American Gover... Full story
- Boys track & field athlete of the week: Juan Gonzalez, El Toro
- Juan Gonzalez El Toro High School The Chargers senior won the invitational 3,200 race at the adidas Meet of Champions Distance Classic Saturday at Azusa Pacific University. His time of 9:07.65 is currently the fastest in the state and the fifth b... Full story
- Boys track athlete of the week: Garrett Corcoran, Villa Park
- Garrett Corcoran Villa Park High School The junior became the state leader in the 1,600 after recording a time of 4:16.29 at the Villa Park/Esperanza/Brea Olinda tri-meet. At the ASICS Triton Invitational, Corcoran posted a 4:18.2 anchor leg of the... Full story
- Boys track and field athlete of the week: Marty Taylor, Newport Harbor
- Marty Taylor Newport Harbor High School The Sailors senior thrower enjoyed a banner day of competition at the Irvine Invitational, winning both the discus (179-10) and the shot put (60-1¼). Both marks were lifetime best for Taylor, who is th... Full story
- Boys track athlete of the week: Herbert Gamboa, San Clemente
- Herbert Gamboa San Clemente The Tritons senior sprinter claimed the Division 1 100 title at Saturday’s CIF-SS Divisional Finals with a state-leading wind-legal best time of 10.51. That time broke the previous school record of 10.56 set by Tim... Full story
- Boys track athlete of the week: Dragan Simic, Woodbridge
- Dragan Simic Woodbridge The Warriors senior enjoyed a stellar day at the CIF-SS Division 3 preliminaries. Simic clocked the best overall time of the meet in the 800 (1:55.62). He also won his qualifying heat of the 1600 in a time of 4:16.24, the th... Full story
- Boys track athlete of the week: Juan Gonzalez, El Toro
- Juan Gonzalez El Toro The Chargers junior produced a stellar effort at the South Coast League Finals, rallying to win league titles in both the 1600 (4:15.60) and the 800 (1:55.97). Both times were seasonal best for Gonzalez, who also finished thir... Full story
- Boys track athlete of the week: Oliver Pham, Canyon
- Oliver Pham Canyon The senior hurdler record a wind-legal lifetime best of 14.97 in the 110 hurdles at the Century League Prelims to finish as the top qualifier. Pham’s time is currently the second best wind-legal time among all county... Full story
- Boys track O.C. Top 10 (4-23-12)
- 1. Mater Dei 2. Mission Viejo 3. El Toro 4. Orange Lutheran 5. Woodbridge 6. Corona del Mar T7. Servite T7. Santa Margarita 9. Trabuco Hills 10. Fountain Valley... Full story
- Boys track athlete of the week: Herbert Gamboa, San Clemente
- Herbert Gamboa San Clemente High School The Tritons senior sprinter enjoyed a breakout week. He clocked a wind-legal 10.64 to win the 100 and a wind-legal 21.78 to win the 200 in Wednesday’s dual meet against Capistrano Valley. His 100 time i... Full story
- Boys track athlete of the week: Cody Nguyen, Brea Olinda
- Cody Nguyen Brea Olinda The Wildcats senior established a personal best and a new school record of 1:54.10 in the 800 competition at the Pomona-Pitzer Invitational. That time broke the previous school record of 1:54.71 set by former Wildcats runne... Full story
- Boys scholar-athlete of the week: J.D. MacWillie, Fountain Valley
- J.D. MacWillie IV Fountain Valley High School Track and field GPA: 3.92 The Barons senior pole vaulter is also highly accomplished in the classroom and in the community. He is currently taking AP Calculus, AP English, AP Government, Spanish 4, ... Full story
- Boys track athlete of the week: Ethan Cochran, Newport Harbor
- Ethan Cochran Newport Harbor Cochran set lifetime best efforts in the discus (209-8) and the shot put (62-10) en route to winning both competitions at the 45th annual Arcadia Invitational. He is currently ranked No. 1 in the country in the discus a... Full story
- Boys track athlete of the week: Kezue Nwachie, Loara
- Kezue Nwachie Loara Nwachie continued a strong start to the season by posting wind-legal seasonal bests of 10.88 and 22.35 to win the both the 100 and 200 at the Trabuco Hills/Brooks Invitational.... Full story
- Boys track athlete of the week: Quaid Vuncannon, San Clemente
- Quaid Vuncannon San Clemente Highs School The senior thrower set a new all-time school record with a throw of 179-8 in the discus last week against El Toro. Vuncannon’s throw broke the old school record of 174-8 set by former Triton standou... Full story
- Boys track athlete of the week: Nicholas Plumb, Trabuco Hills
- Nick Plumb Trabuco Hills Plumb won the 1600 race at the Irvine Invitational in a lifetime best time of 4:14.48. His time is currently No. 1 in the country among all outdoor 1600 times.... Full story
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