MVTF on Top!
Monta Vista Track & Field competed in the El Camino League Championships last week at Fremont High School, facing off against our division of the SCVAL league. It was a great two days of competition that ended with the Mats outscoring all other teams when combining Varsity, JV, boys, and girls! Here are the division results (found here):
- Varsity Boys: 1st place with 168 points (2nd place was Santa Clara with 69 points)
- Varsity Girls: 2nd place with 92 points (1st place was Cupertino with 117 points)
- JV Girls: 2nd place with 95 points (1st was Santa Clara with 158 points)
- JV Boys: 3rd place with 97 points (1st was Fremont with 155, 2nd was Santa Clara with 115)
There were many highlights, outstanding performances, and qualifiers to the next round (SCVALs) but what I really want to congratulate the team on is how great of a team we were at these championships. The amount of support that I saw given, whether it was supporting the meet by moving hurdles, supporting competitors from other schools at the start and finish lines, or showing up on Wednesday’s trials just to support the JV 3200m runners when you didn’t even have a race to run, was beyond my expectations! You guys looked like a team (thank you for wearing your shirts and jackets!) and acted like one and that just makes your coaches so proud. And, as you can see from the results, it has an impact on your performance! It takes more than simply being listed as a team member on a roster to get this effect, you have to do all of these “little” things to actually feel it. Thank you so much for leaning in, and congratulations!
MV’s Point-Scorers
As you can see from the results above, we scored a lot of points. Instead of my usual paragraph style of reporting these, I will list them to emphasize just how deep our team goes in terms of contributors!
- First place finishers – 10 points!
- Allie Rummelhoff – VG Triple Jump, Shot Put
- Lelani Laruelle – VG High Jump, Long Jump
- Gillie Ross – VG Discus Throw
- Jake Tong – VB 4x100m relay (leg 1)
- Ivan Shliakhov – VB 4x100m relay (leg 2), 4x400m relay (leg 3)
- Jeffrey Choy – VB 4x100m relay (leg 3), 4x400m relay (leg 4)
- Jayden Tang – VB 100m, 200m, 4x100m relay (leg 4)
- Constantine Chua – VB 4x400m relay (leg 1)
- Riu Yamada – VB 4x400m relay (leg 2)
- Tarun Gandhi – VB 3200m
- Ryan Shen – VB Triple Jump, Long Jump, High Jump
- Taylor Orr – JVG 1600m, 3200m, 4x400m relay (leg 4)
- Sophia Li – JVG 800m, 4x400m relay (leg 1)
- Sarah Kumar – JVG 4x400m relay (leg 2)
- Zeynep Dogan – JVG 4x400m relay (leg 3)
- Rikita Sane – JVG Shot Put
- Evan Chen – JVB 4x100m relay (leg 1)
- Aaryan Samanta – JVB 4x100m relay (leg 2)
- Yibo Wang – JVB 4x100m relay (leg 3)
- Carter Miller – JVB 4x100m relay (leg 4)
- Han Chau – JVB Long Jump, Triple Jump
- Second place finishers – 8 points!
- Gillie Ross – VG Shot Put
- Zoe Laruelle – VG Triple Jump
- Ivan Shliakhov – VB 400m
- Riu Yamada – VB 1600m, 800m
- Constantine Chua – VB 300m Hurdles
- Kingston Jourdan – VB Shot Put
- Eddie Fan – VB Discus Throw
- Adarsh Inampudi – VB Triple Jump
- Evan Chen – JVB 4x400m relay (leg 1)
- Aiden White – JVB 4x400m relay (leg 2)
- Ritik Shenoy – JVB 4x400m relay (leg 3)
- Aaryan Samanta – JVB 4x400m relay (leg 4)
- Duncan Ross – JVB Shot Put
- Leo Jayasena – JVB High Jump
- Michael Zhilinsky – JVB Triple Jump
- Third place finishers – 6 points!
- Allie Rummelhoff – VG Discus Throw, Long Jump
- Lauren Moore – VG Triple Jump
- Jeffrey Choy – VB 200m
- Ethan Yang – VB 1600m
- Eddie Fan – VB Shot Put
- Mya Vu – JVG High Jump (tie)
- Mia DeRoche – JVG High Jump (tie), Triple Jump
- Aaryan Samanta – JVB 400m
- Carter Miller – JVB Long Jump
- Leo Jayasena – JVB Triple Jump
- Fourth place finishers – 5 points!
- Suhani Pahuja – VG 3200m
- Constantine Chua – VB 110m Hurdles
- Adarsh Inampudi – VB High Jump
- Mya Vu – JVG 200m
- Alex Perrault – JVG 1600m
- Ellie Kong – JVG 100m Hurdles
- Ritika Sane – JVG Discus Throw
- Mia DeRoche – JVG Long Jump
- Aaryan Samanta – JVB 200m
- Ritik Shenoy – JVB 800m
- Adam Yang – JVB Long Jump
- Fifth place finishers – 4 points!
- Miranda Hsu – VG 3200m
- Alex Frefel – VB 110m Hurdles, 300m Hurdles
- Mya Vu – JVG 100m
- Sophia Li – JVG 3200m
- Ellie Kong – JVG Triple Jump
- Evan Chen – JVB 100m
- Sixth place finishers – 3 points!
- Naomi Hsu – VG 3200m
- Jasmine Zhao – VG High Jump
- Jeffrey Choy – VB 400m
- Ethan Yang – VB Triple Jump
- Zeynep Dogan – JVG 800m
- Ellie Kong – JVG 300m Hurdles
- Medha Rustagi – JVG 3200m
- Aiden White – JVB 800m
- Michael Zhilinkshy – JVB Long Jump
- Adam Yang – JVB Triple Jump
- Seventh place finishers – 2 points!
- Myra Mishra – VG 1600m
- Zoe Laruelle – VG Long Jump
- Dayo Davies – VB Long Jump
- Caroline Labudde – JVG Long Jump
- Carter Miller – JVB 100m
- Eighth place finishers – 1 point!
- Lauren Moore – VG Long Jump
- Audre Chang – JVG Triple Jump
- Akshat Ambekar – JVB 3200m
By my count, that’s 48 unique individuals who scored at least 1 point for the team!! I think that’s just fantastic, and seeing how long this list should make you realize how strong our team really is. Absolutely great job, team!
Some Highlights…
I would be remiss if I didn’t specifically call out a few notable highlights from the meet, starting with the varsity ladies in the field. 78 of the 92 points scored by the varsity girls was done in field events. We had zero girls in varsity sprints/hurdles/relays, and we had 5 girls in distance who collected a solid 14 points in two events (the 1600m and 3200m). Triple jump scored 24 points (sweep of top 3), long jump 19 (with 4 girls), shot put 18, discus 16, and high jump 13 (with 2 girls). To get 2nd place as a team scoring in only 7 of the 15 events…that’s pretty awesome! We had two varsity girls who were double champs, Lelani Laruelle (high and long jump) and Allie Rummelhoff (shot and triple jump). To stick with the field, on the boys side we had Han Chau as a double champ (long and triple jump) in JV and Ryan Shen as a triple champ, taking all 3 jumps for varsity boys!
On the track, there were plenty of notable performances as well! We had a few double champions, including Sophia Li (JVG 800m and 4x400m), Jeffrey Choy (VB 4x400m and 4x100m), and Ivan Shliakhov (VB 4x400m and 4x100m). The triple champions were Jayden Tang (VB 100m, 200m, and 4x100m) and Taylor Orr (JVG 1600m, 3200m, and 4x400m). Our relays went 4 for 5 (that we contested), winning both the 4x100m and 4x400m on varsity boys’ side, 4x100m on JV boys, and 4x400m for JV girls! Perhaps the most exciting performance of the day was the varsity boys in the 4x400m relay to end the meet. Constantine Chua got us off to a blistering, low 52 second split to start and no one stood a chance after that. Riu Yamada held off Santa Clara with a mid 52 split, and Ivan put it away with a high 51 second split. Our anchor, Jeffrey Choy, could have cruised to an easy win, but instead he laid down a low 52 to cross the line with the fastest time Monta Vista has seen since 2019 with 3:28.96 (they sit at 5th best in school history)!
SCVAL Qualifiers!
Here’s the list of folks moving onto SCVAL Championships on May 9th at Santa Clara High School!
Source: https://lynbrooksports.prepcaltrack.com/ATHLETICS/TRACK/2026/qualent.pdf
- Suhani Pahuja – 3200m
- Miranda Hsu – 3200m
- Naomi Hsu – 3200m
- Allie Rummelhoff – Triple Jump, Shot Put, Discus Throw, Long Jump
- Zoe Laruelle – Triple Jump, Long Jump (Alternate #2)
- Lauren Moore – Triple Jump, Long Jump (Alternate #3)
- Gillie Ross – Shot Put, Discus Throw
- Lelani Laruelle – Long Jump, High Jump
- Jasmine Zhao – High Jump
- Riu Yamada – 800m, 1600m (Alternate #1)
- Constantine Chua – 110m Hurdles, 300m Hurdles
- Alex Frefel – 110m Hurdles, 300m Hurdles
- Ivan Shliakhov – 400m
- Jeffrey Choy – 200m, 400m
- Jayden Tang – 100m, 200m
- Ryan Shen – High Jump, Triple Jump, Long Jump
- Adarsh Inampudi – Triple Jump, High Jump
- Kingston Jourdan – Shot Put
- Eddie Fan – Shot Put, Discus
- Alternates:
- Tarun Gandhi – 3200m (Alternate #1)
- Ethan Yang – 1600m (Alternate #2), Triple Jump (Alternate #2)
- Dayo Davies – Long Jump (Alternate #3)
- Myra Mishra – 1600m (Alternate #5)
- Alex Sharma – Shot Put (Alternate #6), Discus Throw (Alternate #7)
- Relays:
- VB 4x100m relay (Jake Tong, Ivan Shliakhov, Jeffrey Choy, Jayden Tang)
- VB 4x400m relay (Constantine Chua, Riu Yamada, Ivan Shliakhov, Jeffrey Choy)
- VB 4x800m relay (TBD)
- VG 4x800m relay (TBD)
51 PRs in Total!
20 Girls PRs!
- Mya Vu – 100m
- Navya Kari – 100m
- Mya Vu – 200m
- Sarah Kumar – 400m
- Sophia Li – 800m
- Myra Mishra – 800m
- Zeynep Dogan – 800m
- Taylor Orr – 1600m
- Myra Mishra – 1600m
- Medha Rustagi – 1600m
- Naomi Hsu – 3200m
- Ellie Kong – 300m hurdles
- Nishi Doshi – shot put
- Gillie Ross – discus throw
- Ritika Sane – discus throw
- Nishi Doshi – discus throw
- Mia DeRoche – long jump
- Caroline Labudde – long jump
- Lauren Moore – triple jump
- Mia DeRoche – triple jump
31 Boys PRs!
- Carter Miller – 100m
- Evan Chen – 100m
- Sudhanshu Bhagwat – 100m
- Jeffrey Choy – 200m
- Aaryan Samanta – 200m
- Yibo Wang – 200m
- Ivan Shliakhov – 400m
- Jeffrey Choy – 400m
- Aaryan Samanta – 400m
- Sam Heinonen – 800m
- Ritik Shenoy – 800m
- Aiden White – 800m
- Darin Young – 800m
- Riu Yamada – 1600m
- Ethan Yang – 1600m
- Akshat Ambekar – 1600m
- Oliver Perrault – 1600m
- Tarun Gandhi – 3200m
- Akshat Ambekar – 3200m
- Brandon Wang – 3200m
- Constantine Chua – 110m hurdles
- Alex Frefel – 110m hurdles
- Constantine Chua – 300m hurdles
- Duncan Ross – shot put
- Duncan Ross – discus throw
- Adarsh Inampudi – high jump
- Carter Miller – long jump
- Adam Yang – long jump
- Adarsh Inampudi – triple jump
- Ethan Yang – triple jump
- Leo Jayasena – triple jump