TEMECULA — The Southwestern League track and field finals were held at Chaparral High School Wednesday, April 27, with the exception of the pole vault events, which took place at Great Oak high school earlier in the day. Each of the six Southwestern League schools and their athletes competed for league titles and the opportunity to participate at the CIF prelims. The top three finishers in each event qualify for the prelims.
Vista Murrieta finished on top in both the boys’ and girls’ teams results, followed by Great Oak and Murrieta Mesa, finishing second and third, respectively. Scores by placement for the top three teams were as follows: 223.83 for the Vista Murrieta boys, 190 for the girls; 111.50 for the Great Oak boys, 118 for the girls; 77.66 for the Murrieta Mesa boys, and 104 for the girls.
The Vista Murrieta’s boys’ and girls’ jumpers had a strong showing with the boy’s long jumpers taking two of the top three spots. Placing second was Donathan Florence, 21-06.50 while Kyran Jackson 21-04.00 took third. On the girl’s side Alyssa Alumbres won the long jump with a leap of 19-04.50, Kaila Robinson finished second with a jump of 18-03.00. Emoree Smith was another top finisher, taking second in the high jump with a jump of 4-10.0. Alumbres also finished first in the triple jump at 36-08.50.
Great Oak was led by JC Stevenson who took first place in the three events he competed in, winning the boys long jump leaping 23-08.00, the triple jump at 46-07.75, and the most competed race of the day, the 100m-dash with a time of 10.78. Seven runners timed below the eleven second milestone.
Top-ranked Murrieta Mesa thrower Cade Moran has now pulled off a triple-double of the shot put and discus events. He has the top shot put mark in the nation this season (66 feet, 10 inches) and the state’s top mark in the discus (199-8). Moran not only won at the Southwestern League finals with a hurl of 64-04.00, and the discus with a throw of 188-02.00, but he won both events at the Arcadia Invitational and in Walnut at the Mt. Sac Relays.
On the track another top athlete for Murrieta Mesa was Brooklynn Bright, who won the girls 400m with a time of 58.32 and fellow Ram, Elijah Green, who won the boys 110m hurdles timed at 14.79.
Murrieta Valley and Vista Murrieta continued their excellent performance in the girls’ pole vault taking the top three spots. Murrieta Valley’s Madisyn Negro hit the top mark at 13-01.00, Vista Murrieta’s Aspen Fears, also at 13-01.00, and teammate Katie Rodriguez had a vault of 11-07.00. Murrieta Valley’s Allie Goetz also had a strong showing winning the girls high jump taking flight at 5-02.00 and won the 100m hurdles with a time of 16.64.
All results and stats, which are compiled by the company, Finished Results, can be found online at https://www.finishedresults.com/files/Track2022/Meets/10422-Southwestern-League-Finals.html.
Action Captures Media Group and Valley News Sports Editor JP Raineri contributed to this article. Got sports news? Send local information, along with high resolution pictures, to sports@reedermdia.com.
