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    The track and field team is off to a flying start, rolling to victories in the varsity and junior varsity boys and girls division against Bakersfield Christian High School last week.

   Tehachapi High School’s varsity boys won 83-25, the varsity girls won 70-28, the junior varsity boys won 76-28, and the junior varsity girls won 66-6 to complete the sweep.

   “It was the first meet of the year (for BCHS) so they were still getting their feet wet, so to speak,” said track head coach Ed Weaver. “But our group really did a great job and did what they needed to do to get the points and get the win.”

   Highlighting the boy’s effort was first place showings by Josh Snider in the 1600-meter, 800-meter and long jump and Will Clark winning the 400-meter and 100-meter races. Alyssa Fechner won the 100-meter and 200-meter race, while Emily Leming won the 1600-meter and 3200-meter races to highlight the varsity girls effort.

   In the junior varsity boys division, Tehachapi won every event except the 110 high hurdles, with Michael Minjares winning the 1600-meter and 800-meter races, Tyler Guyon taking a victory in the shot put and long jump, and Sergei Horowitz grabbing gold in the 200- and 400-meter races. Markie Wahlstrom won the long jump, 300 hurdles and 100 hurdles and Sarah Whitson took first the 1600- and 800-meter races to highlight the junior varsity girls effort.

  “We’re off to a great start, we have a great coaching staff in place to help us out and we’re looking forward to having some success this season,” added Weaver.

   Coaches for this year’s track team include Ed Weaver (head coach), Bob Papac (assistant head coach), Don Thomas (sprinting specialist), John Roemer (hurdle specialist), Mr. Cone (mechanics specialist) and Ralph and Thomas Turner (technical experts)

   “We’re very fortunate to have Ralph and Thomas helping us out this year,” Weaver said. “Ralph is a retired physical education teacher who just moved to Tehachapi and his knowledge of track is limitless, while Thomas (Turner) is a former two-time state finalist. Overall, it’s a great group of coaches and just a great group of kids.”

Track and field results

 4x100 – Varsity Boys: Tehachapi (first); Varsity Girls: Tehachapi (first); JV Boys: Tehachapi (first); JV Girls: Tehachapi (first)

1600 meter – Varsity Boys: Josh Snider (first), Chris Sanchez (second), Adam Moreno (third); Varsity Girls: Emily Leming (first); JV Boys: Michael Minjares (first), Jason Trost (second), Jason Kerns (third); JV Girls: Sarah Whitson (first)

100 hurdles – Varsity Girls: Cassie Harris (second), Leia Minch (third); JV Girls: Markie Wahlstrom (first)

110 high hurdles – Varsity Boys: Louie Olofson (first), Richard Guiles (second), Garrett Coontz (third); JV Boys: Conrad Mattly (second)

400 meter – Varsity Boys: Will Clark (first); Varsity Girls: Katie Burford (first), Leia Minch (second); JV Boys: Sergei Horowitz (first), Hans Gripkey (second), Shadi Haddad (third); JV Girls: Danielle Tidahl (first), Megan Bryant (second), Katy Miles (third)

Discus – Varsity Boys: Alek Taliulu (second); Varsity Girls: Lauren Rynders (first), Chelsea Maduena (second), Kaity Lang (third); JV Boys: Tyler Guyon (third), Gene Wahlstrom (fourth); JV Girls: Cynthia Campbell (first)

100 meter – Varsity Boys: Will Clark (first), Alek Taliulu (second); Varsity Girls: Alyssa Fechner (first), Christina Danielson (second), Jacquesha Lowder (fourth); JV Boys: Brennen Davis (first), Joshua Cone (third), Logan Collier (fourth); JV Girls: Rachel Evans/Mikeisha Lowder (first), Cynthia Campbell (second), Katy Miles (third)

800 meter – Varsity Boys: Josh Snider (first), Adam Moreno (second), Keenan Colditz (third), Chris Sanchez (fourth); Varsity Girls: Allison Stainer (first); JV Boys: Michael Minjares (first), Jason Trost (second), Trent Gardner (third); JV Girls: Sarah Whitson (first), Danielle Tidahl (second)

300 hurdles – Varsity Boys: Richard Guiles (first), Louie Olofson (second); Varsity Girls: Cassie Harris (second), Emily Leming (third); JV Boys: Ralph Harris (first); JV Girls: Markie Wahlstrom (first), Katy Miles (second)

Shot Put – Varsity Boys: Alek Taliulu (second); Varsity Girls: Chelsea Maduena (first), Lauren Rynders (second), Kaity Lang (third); JV Boys: Tyler Guyon (first), Niko Taliulu (fourth)

Triple Jump – Varsity Boys: JJ Balkar (second); JV Boys: Corey Frank (third)

200 meter – Varsity Boys: JJ Balkar (first), Alek Taliulu (second); Varsity Girls: Alyssa Fechner (first), Christina Danielson (second), Kaity Lang (third), Jacquesha Lowder (fourth); JV Boys: Sergei Horowitz (first), Josh Cone (second), Logan Collier (third), Hans Gripkey (fourth); JV Girls: Mikeisha Lowder (first), Cynthia Campbell (second)

Long Jump – Varsity Boys: Josh Strauss (first), JJ Balkar (second); Varsity Girls: Alyssa Fechner (second), Christina Danielson (third), Cassie Harris (fourth); JV Boys: Tyler Guyon (first), Jason Kerns (second), Jose Zamora (third), Joshua Cone (fourth); JV Girls: Markie Wahlstrom (first)

3200 meter – Varsity Boys: Chris Sanchez (first), Varsity Girls: Emily Leming (first); JV Boys: Jason Trost (first)