A day-long battle with Vacaville with a triumph as Jesuit claimed
73 points and the SJS Division 1 Section Championship on Friday
at Elk Grove High School. Jesuit entered the meet with 21 points
from juniors Thomas Sperbeck in the high jump and triple jump and
juniors Austin White and Andrew Augustine in the shot put at
Wednesday’s Trials. The afternoon field event finals began on a
disappointing note as senior Matthew Gaskin injured his
quadriceps in the pole vault. Despite the pain, Gaskin vaulted
again clearing 12-02. A missed attempt at 12-08 led him to pull
out of the competition.
Junior Thomas Sperbeck won the high jump on Wednesday at Elk
Grove High School to become the first individual section champion
for Jesuit in 2012. Sperbeck cleared a season-best 6 feet 3
inches and won on misses over his competitors. Sperbeck scored 10
points for the Marauders with his win and added another 2 points
by placing 5th in the triple jump with a mark of 44 feet 3.5
inches. He qualifies for the SJS Masters meet in both events
where he will vie for one of three bids to the state meet.
The Marauder Track and Field squad retained the Delta River
League title on Thursday at Ponderosa High School by scoring 214
points, easily outdistancing second place Oak Ridge with 96
points. In total, nineteen athletes qualified to next week’s SJS
Division I meet. The evening was highlighted by a new school and
league record by junior Austin Mitsch in the 200m. Mitsch blew
away the competition by running 21.50 in wind-legal conditions,
breaking the 2009 mark set by fellow Marauder Tom Blocker. Mitsch
ranks first in the section and 7th in the state in the 200m.
Jesuit claimed the 2012 frosh-soph league championship by scoring
162 points over second place Oak Ridge. The Marauders wasted no
time at Ponderosa High School on Tuesday, winning the first event
to take the first 10 points of the meet. The team of sophomores
Sebastian Cosentino, Jacy Neczypor, Cody Salter and freshman
Denzel Perkins ran a season-best 45.25 in the 4×100m relay.
Salter returned minutes later to take 2nd and 8 points in the
110m hurdles. Sophomore Andrew Callens added 4 points with his
4th place finish.
Despite a sending no jumpers and few sprinters to the Sactown
Races at Whitney High School, the distance runners and throwers
managed an 8th place finish at the unofficial section meet for
frosh/soph competitors in the SJS section. Junior Andrew Brown
led the distance runners with impressive 4th and 6th place
finished in the unconventional 3000m and 1500, respectively, in
times of 9:46.78 and 4:26.60. Freshman Cristian Hernandez knocked
another second off of his personal best in the 800m to finish in
2:14.93 in 14th place.
The Marauders won the dual meet portion of the Delta River League
with a win against Sheldon yesterday. All but one event was won
by a Jesuit athlete, and many athletes scored multiple wins.
Though all running events were untimed, and therefore unofficial,
the Marauders still were able to post respectable marks. Junior
Kaba Alkebulan won the 110m hurdles in 15.05 and the 300m hurdles
in 41.8. Junior Austin Mitsch took both sprints, running the 100m
in 10.8 and 200m in 22.6 while senior Zane Westmoreland won the
400m in 54.4. Senior Luke Gary won the 800m in 2:07.9.
Junior Austin Mitsch dropped nearly 0.5 seconds off of his 200m
time to take third in the invitational portion of the Sacramento
Meet of Champions at American River College. His wind-legal mark
of 21.53 ranks him 6th in the state and first in the Sac-Joaquin
section. He is also now 2nd on the Jesuit High School all-time
list. In addition to his 200m, he placed 2nd in the 100m in a
time of 10.76. He currently leads the section with a time of
10.74.
A portion of the Jesuit distance squad headed to Sheldon High
School on Friday evening and took home several medals. Sophomore
Andrew Brown highlighted the meet by winning the F/S 1600m in a
PR of 4:47 and the 3200m in 10:37. Sophomore Logan Day took third
in the 2nd heat of the 1600m, running 5:12. In the varsity 1600m,
junior Greg Woollgar took 2nd in a PR of 4:37 in a rough heat.
Freshman Andrew Huitt was just out-leaned and took 3rd in the
3200m. Freshman Cristian Hernandez continued to improve with a
2:15 performance in the 800m.
Jesuit’s varsity squad won 92-26 against Folsom and 78-49 against
Oak Ridge to win their home meet and remain in first place in
league standings. Steady rain caused some events to go
uncompleted, but weather did not stop the Marauders from sweeping
the throws. Junior Garrett Strohmaier threw over 150 for the
first time to win the discus, leading junior teammates Kayman
Nixon (141-10, PR) and Andrew Augustine (131-8) in taking first
through third. Junior Austin White hit a personal best in his win
at the shot put, throwing 53 feet.
The Jesuit track and field squad torched an already scorching
track on Saturday at the Davis High School Halden Invitational.
Michael Titherington started off the day by breaking the freshman
class record in the 10-lb. shot, previously held by all-state
performer Stephen Boals, by almost 9 inches, throwing 53-9.25 to
win the event. Freshmen Chris Ruggles and Miguel Martinez set
personal records in 4th (44-2.75) and 9th (39-11.75),
respectively. Titherington came back to place 3rd in the discus
(104-9).
Junior Austin Mitsch notched two event wins and placed second
with the 4×100m relay to solidify his number one ranking in the
section in the sprints. He won the 100m from behind in 10.81 and
the 200m in 22.02. The 4×100m relay team of Mitsch, senior Zane
Westmoreland, and juniors Kaba Alkebulan and Thomas Sperbeck
placed second in 43.18 and currently rank second in the section.
Alkebulan also competed in the 110m hurdles (15.59, 7th in heat)
and 300m, placing 5th in his heat in a season-best 41.10.
Sperbeck competed three more times to max out his event entries.
The varsity and frosh-soph boys improved to 2-0 in league
standings on Tuesday, winning 89-36 and 91-30, respectively,
against Pleasant Grove High School. Triple event winners included
juniors Austin Mitsch (100m-11.35, 200m-22.89, 4×100m 43.31),
Kaba Alkebulan (110 hurdles-15.53, 300m hurdles-41.45, 4×100m)
and Thomas Sperbeck (long jump 21-1, high jump-6-2, 4×100m).
Senior Zane Westmoreland added a win on the 3rd leg of the 4×100
relay and a seasonal best 52.78 placing 2nd in the 400m.
The frosh-soph Marauders highlighted a large invitational
featuring 41 teams and over 50 competitors in many events.
Freshman Michael Titherington again led the throws squad with a
medal in the discus, throwing 115-11 for 3rd place. He also made
the finals of the shot put, placing 6th overall (42-7). The rest
of the frosh-soph boys achieved personal bests for the season as
they march towards the end of their season in 3 weeks. Sophomore
John Hancock cleared 100 feet for the first time in the discus,
throwing 107-5 for 8th place.
Five Marauders set six personal bests at the Bella Vista Distance
Roundup on Friday at Bella Vista High School. The event featured
only the distance events, the 800m, 1600m, 3200m and distance
medley relay, drawing the top distance talent from the area.
Junior Erik Glasky kicked off the PR carnival with an 8th place
finish in the varsity 800m in 2:05.74. Freshman Cristian
Hernandez followed suit in the frosh-soph 800m in 2:17.
Competing against the top athletes in California, Jesuit’s finest
proved themselves to be in the running for the state meet on
Saturday in Palo Alto at the Stanford Invitational. Austin Mitsch
set a wind-legal personal best in the 100m, running 10.74 to win
his heat of the prelims. He took second overall in the final,
currently ranking him 7th in the state in the event. Junior
Garrett Strohmaier cleared 50 ft for the first time in the shot,
winning his flight with a throw of 50-10.75. His mark placed him
third overall.
The Marauders used their first fair-weathered meet in weeks to
their advantage as they scored 352.5 points to win the Rio Linda
Invitational over 2nd place Sheldon. The Marauders used their
depth in the throws to take 5 of the top 6 places in the shot put
led by juniors Austin White (1st, 49-11.50 ft.), Andrew Augustine
(2nd, 48-5.50), Kayman Nixon (3rd, 47-00.50), Sina Javidan-Nejad
(4th, 46-5.50) and senior Chris Soto (6th, 44-01). Nixon returned
to win the discus with a throw of 131-00 followed by Augustine in
2nd with a throw of 128-01. Javidan-Nejad took 6th with a throw
of 114-10.
A rainy Saturday turned the Lancer Invitational from a track meet
into an endurance competition as athletes waited and competed in
tough conditions at Cordova High School. Many field events went
uncontested and running events postponed, sending sprinters and
jumpers home without competing. However, those who had the
opportunity to compete were able to gather enough points to place
3rd in the Varsity division and 6th in the Frosh-Soph division.
The Varsity Jesuit track and field squad won all but two events
in a 101-35 rout of Ponderosa on Wednesday in a Delta River
League match-up. The 4×100 relay team of Austin Mitsch (11), Kaba
Alkebulan (11), Niko Hansen (11) and Zane Westmoreland (12) won
handily in 43.11 to start off the meet. The 4×400 relay team of
Mitsch, Alkebulan, Westmoreland and Erik Glasky (11) drew a win
at the tail end of the meet in 3:34.04.
Austin Mitsch took down his second meet record at Granite Bay
High School on Saturday running 22.04 in the 200m into a
headwind. He coupled that with another win in the 100m (11.22)
for two first place finishes. Junior Austin White also won his
event a personal best 51-11.50 throw in the shot put. Andrew
Augustine (47-00, 4th) and Sina Javidan-Nejad (45-11.50) also
scored points for the Marauders. Garrett Strohmaier placed 6th in
the discus, throwing 130-01 to add to Jesuit’s 5th place finish
with 36 points.
Juniors Austin Mitsch and Kaba Alkebulan won two events each in a nonleague dual meet against Davis High School on Wednesday. Mitsch won the 100 (10.98) and 200 meter (22.29) sprints in windy conditions by almost a full second while Alkebulan took both the 110m hurdles (15.37) and 300m hurdles (42.03). Senior Zane Westmoreland took third in the 400m and senior Tyler Selewicz took third in the 110m hurdles.
Juniors once again led the distance events as Eric Ragland was nipped at the tape in the 800m (2:06.00). Chris Goode and Sam Stoll took 2nd (4:43) and 3rd in the 1600m (4:47).
The Marauder Track & Field teams opened up the 2012 outdoor
season at the Sacramento State Track Classic on Saturday against
37 schools. Junior Austin Mitsch, a 2011 state meet qualifier,
set two personal bests and took home two silver medals in the
100m and 200m dashes. His times of 10.83 in the 100 and 21.97 in
the 200 were both faster than the previous meet records. Junior
Kaba Alkebulan opened up his season with a win in the 110m high
hurdles with a personal best time of 15.31. He also placed 9th in
the 300m hurdles.
A Sacramento native, Rod graduated from Hiram Johnson High
School in 1984, and graduated from the University of California,
Berkeley in 1989. While at Cal, Rod was a three time
All-American in the high hurdles. Rod competed
professionally in track and field from 1989-1997, going to the
U.S. Olympic Trials in 1988, 1992, and 1996. Rod began
teaching and coaching in 1997 working at Sheldon High School (Elk
Grove) and St, Mary’s High School (Berkeley) before coming to
Jesuit in 2002. Rod currently teaches U.S. History and
Global Studies.
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Tom graduated from Jesuit Prep,
Dallas, in 1970 and Loyola University, Los Angeles in 1974
with a BA in Political Science. After completing a
credential the following year, he accepted a position at St.
Paul’s High School in Whittier. Between 1976-81 he juggled
a variety of duties, teaching Social Studies, moderating Student
Activities and finished the stint as Boy’s Dean of Discipline and
head golf coach.
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