A Day at the Beach

The Morro Bay Invitational was run under cloudy and cool conditions which lead to ideal racing conditions. The course, which changes yearly due to tide and dune conditions was measured at
roughly 2.6 miles. No team scores are kept at this fun and unique event.

In the boys race, Centennial's Eric Millan (So) had the fastest time of 16:04 (6:10 pace) and came in 16th overall. The top Taft athlete was freshman Phillip Taylor, who ran 17:57 for 81st place.

VARSITY BOYS
Place Time first Last Grade School
1 14:53 Sergey Sushchikh 11 DP
16 16:04 Eric Millan 10 Centennial
57 17:16 Nick Treiberg 10 Centennial
68 17:26 Hayden Raney 11 Centennial
69 17:27 Brandon Ballard 11 Centennial
81 17:57 Phillip Taylor 9 Taft
87 18:03 Brad Hinsley 11 Centennial
95 18:13 Joel morentin 10 Taft
100 18:33 Devin Capela 11 Taft
102 18:45 Chris Lopez 9 Taft
103 18:45 Travis Morro 11 Taft
104 18:45 Michael Hernandez 10 Taft
106 19:05 Misael Pelayo 12 Centennial

In the girl's race, Taft's Megan Thompson (12) was the fastest Kern County athlete. She ran the course in 19:08 (7:22 pace) for 11th overall and Margret Martinez was the top Golden Hawk with a time of 21:03.

VARSITY GIRLS
Place Time first Last Grade School
1 17:53 Annie Mooney 11 Mission College Prep
11 19:08 Megan Thompson 12 Taft
48 21:03 Margret Martinez 12 ?
50 21:13 Daisy Guitron 10 Taft
53 21:19 Chloe Carlson 9 Centennial
76 22:54 Jordyn Perry 10 Centennial
77 23:00 Melissa Megar 11 Centennial
78 23:00 Elizabeth Sanchez 11 Centennial
79 23:02 Sarah Moore 11 Centennial
80 23:03 Nayomi Velasquez 11 Centennial
81 23:37 Lillybeth Pedroza 10 Taft
83 23:41 Melissa Ballard 9 Centennial
88 24:58 Mayra Aguilar 12 Taft
89 25:15 Justine Montelongo 9 Centennial
91 25:35 Bernice Florez 12 Taft
94 28:03 Marion Ruan 10 Taft

Complete Results HERE.

Photos HERE.

Golden Hawks Look To Return to the Top

In 2007, they won the division two valley title. In 2008, they got moved to the super tough division one and had a new coach. This year they have quite a few expected returnees and some of them had a good track season too.

Look for Folsom, Martinez and Braughton to be the nucleus of their comeback in the super tough SWYL that Centennial ruled since the school opened.

 8.   233  CEN-B/Centennial High - Bakersfield                      (  22:08  1:50:36)

1     37  Jessica Crowe                  Sr    296    37   21:28
2     40  Jessica Folsom                 Fr    297    40   21:39
3     47  Margaret Martinez              Jr    299    47   22:05
4     52  Kelsey Dahl                    Sr    298    52   22:17
5     57  Jorey Braughton                Jr    302    57   23:07
6   ( 60) Stephanie Dittman              Jr    301    60   23:21
7   ( 65) Paige Anderson                 Jr    300    65   25:34

Womens 1600 Meter
Rank	Mark		Name	Grade	School	Section	Meet	Date
1	6:08.06		Jessica Folsom		Centennial	CE	Liberty Frosh-Soph Invit...	03/27/09
2	6:16.9		Jorey Braughton	11	Centennial	CE	Buchanan Distance Classic	02/27/09
3	6:23.1		Margaret Martinez	11	Centennial	CE	Buchanan Distance Classic	02/27/09
4	6:23.66		Sarah Moore		Centennial	CE	Liberty Frosh-Soph Invit...	03/27/09
5	6:41.99		Jordyn Peety		Centennial	CE	Liberty Frosh-Soph Invit...	03/27/09

Womens 3200 Meter
Rank	Mark		Name	Grade	School	Section	Meet	Date
1	13:06.31		Jorey Braughton	11	Centennial	CE	West Coast Relays	04/04/09
2	13:23.72		Jessica Folsom		Centennial	CE	West Coast Relays	04/04/09
3	14:09.07		Sarah'Moore		Centennial	CE	Liberty Frosh-Soph Invit...	03/27/09
4	14:40.64		Allie!Shaffer		Centennial	CE	Liberty Frosh-Soph Invit...	03/27/09
5	15:18.50		Jordyn Peety		Centennial	CE	Liberty Frosh-Soph Invit...	03/27/09