And Then There Were Two...
Caption: Whittier High School's Luis Dorantes runs toward the finish
line during the Del Rio League Boys Varsity Cross Country Finals at La
Mirada Regional Park on Tuesday, October 30, 2007. (SGVN/Staff Photo by
Keith Durflinger/Sports).
Saturday's Division I, II and III Track and Field Preliminaries proved to be a difficult trek for the Del Rio League as only two athletes qualified for advancement to Saturday's CIF-Southern Section Divisional Championships at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut.
Dorantes led the charge by winning his heat in the boys 3,200-meter run at the Division II Prelims at Moorpark High School.
His time was the third best in the Southern Section this past weekend.
1. Riley Sullivan, Trabuco Hills, Division I - 9:14.63
2. Rex Nelson, Newport Harbor, Division II - 9:18.523
3. Luis Dorantes, Whittier, Division II - 9:19.12
Congratulations to Luis and to the DRL's only other qualifier, Pioneer's Michelle Macias.
The senior finished ninth in the girls 400-meter dash with a time of 58.86.
There were also two other local qualifiers from Division II.
La Mirada senior Stephanie Felix was eighth in the girls 3,200 (11:11.22) while senior Cameron Gillett qualified in both the boys long jump (23-4 3/4, second) and triple jump (44-7, seventh).
The area's only other qualifiers came from the Division IV prelims at Carpinteria.
Cantwell-Sacred Heart's Khamari English qualified in both the 200 (22.56, sixth place) and 100 (11.04, eighth). St. Paul's quartet of Dusty Brown, Ryan Cadwalader, Eddie De Dios and Pete Romo all tied for first in the boys pole vault with marks of 12 feet while Daniel Trejo advances in the 300 hurdles (42.35, fifth). Whittier Christian's Kyle Clark also won the boys 300 hurdles (39.86) and took third in the 110 hurdles (15.69) while the Heralds boys 400 (43.86, fifth) and 1,600-relay teams (3:34.62, eighth) also earned nods to Mt. SAC.
Possible alternates for Saturday include:
10th place
Natalie Galvan (El Rancho) first alternate in the girls 300 hurdles (44.94)- DI
Alex Valdez (Schurr) first alternate in the boys long jump (21-6)- DI
Felix (La Mirada) first alternate in the girls 1,600 (5:10.67)- DII
Natalie Le Flore (La Mirada) first alternate in the girls triple jump (35-00 3/4)- DII
11th place
Pedro De Alba (El Rancho) second alternate in the boys 1,600 (4:19.52)- DI
Dorantes (Whittier) second alternate in the boys 1,600 (4:22.78)- DII
John McDonough (Whittier Christian) second alternate in the boys 3,200 (10:03)- DIV
Ross Ferguson (Whittier Christian) second alternate in the boys 200 (22.83)- DIV
Congratulations to all the competitors.
Saturday's Division I, II and III Track and Field Preliminaries proved to be a difficult trek for the Del Rio League as only two athletes qualified for advancement to Saturday's CIF-Southern Section Divisional Championships at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut.
Dorantes led the charge by winning his heat in the boys 3,200-meter run at the Division II Prelims at Moorpark High School.
His time was the third best in the Southern Section this past weekend.
1. Riley Sullivan, Trabuco Hills, Division I - 9:14.63
2. Rex Nelson, Newport Harbor, Division II - 9:18.523
3. Luis Dorantes, Whittier, Division II - 9:19.12
Congratulations to Luis and to the DRL's only other qualifier, Pioneer's Michelle Macias.
The senior finished ninth in the girls 400-meter dash with a time of 58.86.
There were also two other local qualifiers from Division II.
La Mirada senior Stephanie Felix was eighth in the girls 3,200 (11:11.22) while senior Cameron Gillett qualified in both the boys long jump (23-4 3/4, second) and triple jump (44-7, seventh).
The area's only other qualifiers came from the Division IV prelims at Carpinteria.
Cantwell-Sacred Heart's Khamari English qualified in both the 200 (22.56, sixth place) and 100 (11.04, eighth). St. Paul's quartet of Dusty Brown, Ryan Cadwalader, Eddie De Dios and Pete Romo all tied for first in the boys pole vault with marks of 12 feet while Daniel Trejo advances in the 300 hurdles (42.35, fifth). Whittier Christian's Kyle Clark also won the boys 300 hurdles (39.86) and took third in the 110 hurdles (15.69) while the Heralds boys 400 (43.86, fifth) and 1,600-relay teams (3:34.62, eighth) also earned nods to Mt. SAC.
Possible alternates for Saturday include:
10th place
Natalie Galvan (El Rancho) first alternate in the girls 300 hurdles (44.94)- DI
Alex Valdez (Schurr) first alternate in the boys long jump (21-6)- DI
Felix (La Mirada) first alternate in the girls 1,600 (5:10.67)- DII
Natalie Le Flore (La Mirada) first alternate in the girls triple jump (35-00 3/4)- DII
11th place
Pedro De Alba (El Rancho) second alternate in the boys 1,600 (4:19.52)- DI
Dorantes (Whittier) second alternate in the boys 1,600 (4:22.78)- DII
John McDonough (Whittier Christian) second alternate in the boys 3,200 (10:03)- DIV
Ross Ferguson (Whittier Christian) second alternate in the boys 200 (22.83)- DIV
Congratulations to all the competitors.



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