Varsity Takes the Trophy

Our Monta Vista Track & Field Matadors had an exceptional team performance at the El Camino League Championships, hosted by Saratoga High School this past week. Our Varsity teams both came away with 1st place team finishes!! Our JV teams each finished with awesome 2nd place finishes! Combined, we had 17 league champions, 17 runner-ups, and 12 3rd place finishers. More information below, but a special shoutout to each individual that recorded at least one championship performance: Anika Bhandarkar, Clara Fan, Constantine Chua, Gillie Ross, Kento Murase, Lelani Laruelle, Melinda Zhao, Meyra olcay, Riu Yamada, Ryan Shen, and Viha Gopalan!

If we were to combine all divisions together, our score would be 438, taking 1st overall with Santa Clara in 2nd place with 360 points. This was a dominant performance by our entire team and coaches could not be more proud! Everyone competed with heart and put on for their team. Thank you all for an incredibly rewarding season and I’m looking forward to an even better post-season!

All-League Performers

Champions

Varsity Girls:

  • Anika Bhandarkar – VG 3200m – 11:43.30
  • Lelani Laruelle – VG High Jump – 5′ 4″
  • Lelani Laruelle – VG Long Jump – 17′ 3.25″
  • Clara Fan – VG Triple Jump – 35′ 6.75″
  • Gillie Ross – VG Shot Put – 33′ 11.75″
  • Gillie Ross – VG Discus Throw – 108′ 7″

Varsity Boys:

  • Ryan Shen – VB High Jump – 6′ 5″
  • Ryan Shen – VB Triple Jump – 42′ 3″
  • Ryan Shen – VB Long Jump – 22′ 0.5″

JV Girls:

  • Melinda Zhao – JVG 1600m – 5:57.21
  • Melinda Zhao – JVG 3200m – 13:22.77
  • Viha Gopalan – JVG Triple Jump – 30′ 3.75″
  • Meyra Olcay – JVG Discus Throw – 83′ 2″

JV Boys:

  • Riu Yamada – JVB 1600m – 4:46.21
  • Constantine Chua – JVB 65m Hurdles – 10.33
  • Constantine Chua – JVB 300m Hurdles – 44.37
  • Kento Murase – JVB 800m – 2:10.68

 

Runner-Ups

Varsity Girls:

  • Anika Bhandarkar – VG 1600m – 5:19.14
  • Gabriella Slade, Raji Kenyan, Katie Lee, Anika Bhandarkar – VG 4x400m relay – 4:19.70
  • Dylan Hwang – VG Triple Jump – 34′ 11.75″
  • Clara Fan – VG Long Jump – 17′
  • Clara Fan – VG High Jump – 5′
  • Allie Rummelhoff – VG Shot Put – 32′ 5.5″
  • Allie Rummelhoff – VG Discus Throw – 99′ 6″

Varsity Boys:

  • Tanay Parikh – VB 1600m – 4:29.04
  • Tanay Parikh – VB 3200m – 9:49.14
  • Jayden Tang – VB 100m – 10.88
  • Jayden Tang – VB 200m – 22.43
  • Darren Lin – VB Triple Jump – 40′ 6.5″
  • Adam Abdelrahman – VB Shot Put – 43′ 8.5″

JV Girls:

  • Elaine Chen – JVG 100m hurdles – 21.42
  • Viha Gopalan – JVG Long Jump – 13′ 11.75″

JV Boys:

  • Riu Yamada – JVB 3200m – 10:27.17
  • Jonah Chang, Constantine Chua, Riu Yamada, Jeffrey Choy – JVB 4x400m Relay – 3:43.91

3rd Place Finishers

Varsity Girls:

  • Katie Lee, Gabriella Slade, Raji Kenyan, Lelani Laruelle – VG 4x100m Relay – 51.23
  • Gabriella Slade – VG 400m – 64.47
  • Lelani Laruelle – VG 200m – 26.28
  • Zoe Laruelle – VG Triple Jump – 34′ 7.5″
  • Clara Fan – VG Shot Put – 31′ 1.5″
  • Dylan Hwang – VG Long Jump – 16′ 6.75″

JV Girls:

  • Jasmine Zhao – JVG Triple Jump – 27′ 0.75″
  • Meyra Olcay – JVG Shot Put – 23′ 11.5″

JV Boys:

  • Kento Murase – JVB 1600m – 4:47.55
  • Maximilian Shaykin – JVB 100m – 11.82
  • Maximilian Shaykin – JVB 200m – 24.12
  • Tarun Gandhi – JVB 3200m – 10:30.56

Next up: SCVALs!

We are sending 10 boys and 12 girls onto the next stage – SCVAL championships at Los Gatos High School on May 10th. This is the combination of the El Camino League and the DeAnza League and will be made up of the top 16 performers from the combined list of marks achieved this past week. That means that just because you wind up in the top 8 on the El Camino side, you don’t necessarily make it in the top 16 overall from the combined leagues. Making it to this next stage is a great accomplishment! The top 5 finishers at SCVAL will move onto the CCS Trials at Gilroy High School on May 17th.

42 PRs Total!

18 Girls PRs:

  • Viha Gopalan – 100m
  • Lelani Laruelle – 200m
  • Katie Lee – 200m
  • Viha Gopalan – 200m
  • Gabriella Slade – 400m
  • Allison Su – 800m
  • Juliana Banes – 800m
  • Melinda Zhao – 1600m
  • Hemani Kamarshi – 1600m
  • Raji Kenyan – 300m hurdles
  • Katie Lee, Gabriella Slade, Raji Kenyan, Lelani Laruelle – 4x100m relay
  • Gabriella Slade, Raji Kenyan, Katie Lee, Anika Bhandarkar – 4x400m relay
  • Sofia Schilling – discus throw
  • Meyra Olcay – high jump
  • Dylan Hwang – long jump
  • Allie Rummelhoff – triple jump
  • Lauren Moore – triple jump
  • Jasmine Zhao – triple jump

24 Boys PRs:

  • Jayden Tang – 100m
  • Maximilian Shaykin – 100m
  • Graham Ischo – 100m
  • Jake Tong – 100m
  • Jayden Tang – 200m
  • Ivan Shilakhov – 200m
  • Maximilian Shaykin – 200m
  • Jeffrey Choy – 200m
  • Jonah Chang – 200m
  • Ivan Shilakhov – 400m
  • Ryan Liu – 800m
  • Ashwanth Sundaramoorthi – 800m
  • Ritik Shenoy – 800m
  • Riu Yamada – 1600m
  • Kento Murase – 1600m
  • Riu Yamada – 3200m
  • Tarun Gandhi – 3200m
  • Constantine Chua – 65m hurdles
  • Constantine Chua – 300m hurdles
  • Alex Frefel – 110m hurdles
  • Alex Frefel – 300m hurdles
  • Adam Abdelrahman – shot put (12lb)
  • Ryan Shen – high jump
  • Darren Lin – long jump