Serra’s Jaden Green is going to have a busy day Saturday as the senior is participating in four Central Coast Section track and field finals. Additionally, a couple dozen other San Mateo County athletes have qualified for the section championships at Gilroy High School Saturday.
Field events begin at 3 p.m., track events at 4:45 p.m.
Green has qualified in three running events — the 100, 200 and 4x100 relay — and the long jump and has an excellent chance to finish in the top-6 and earn a podium spot and a possible top-3 and a slot in the CIF State Meet trials.
Green comes into the 100 with the third-fastest qualifying time of 11.10. But he has the second-fastest time in CCS this season with a 10.58. Los Altos’ Nathaniel Guillory came out of nowhere, really, to post the fastest qualifying time of 10.88, a new personal record for the senior. His time of 11.04, which won the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League title, was just the sixth-fastest qualifying time going into the CCS trials.
Similiarly, Guillory flew to the fastest time in the 200, running a 21.18. Again, he came into the trials with the sixth-fastest qualifying time. But Guillory has the fastest time in CCS this season, posting a 21.30 at the CCS Top 8 Meet in April.
Green qualified for fifth with a 21.84, which is fourth-best in the CCS this season.
The Serra’s sprinters other best chance to move on to state is in the 4x100, where he teamed with Christopher Yoon, Jeovanni Henley, Jusiah Vinson to qualify third, cruising in with a 42.27.
There should be more left in the tank for the Padres, as they ran a CCS-best 41.77 to win the West Catholic Athletic League title two weeks ago.
Valley Christian is the leading qualifier, posting a time of 41.86. The Warriors finished second to Serra at the WCAL championships.
Yoon and Henley also qualified for the CCS finals as individuals. Yoon qualified 11th in the long jump — Green is eighth in the long jump. Yoon also qualified seventh in the 300 hurdles.
Henley, a freshman, qualified second in the 400.
The 3,200 has been a specialty of county runners this season, as a total of seven runners from six different schools grabbed one of 24 spots in the finals — 12 girls, 12 boys.
On the girls’ side, Crystal sophomore Anna Salter has the fastest time in CCS this season, having run a 10:39.96 at the Aracadia Invitational in April. She ran a 11:18.48 to win the WBAL championship and qualified for the final in third with an 11:14.83.
Joining her is Mills’ Jackie Pan, who ran an 11:16.51. Burlingame’s Victoria Kolmsee, a junior, posted an 11:26.23 to make the final, as did Sacred Heart Prep’s Sophie Chen with a time of 11:17.16.
Palo Alto junior Kinga Czajkowska had the fastest qualifying time of 11:05.29, but has the eighth-fastest time in CCS this season with a 10:58.55.
On the boys’ side, Menlo junior Landon Pretre is one of the favorites to claim a CCS championship. He qualified second with a time of 9:27.11, with Palo Alto’s Grant Morganfeld taking the top time of 9:14.03.
Pretre and Morganfeld have the two fastest times in CCS this season. Morganfeld’s time of 8:50.95 is more than two seconds behind Pretre’s best of 8:48.11 this season, which is seventh-fastest in the state this season.
Pretre’s teammate, freshman Henry Hauser, qualified for the final, as did Nueva School’s Ryan Fitzpatrick.
The following are all the county athletes who have qualified, along with the top qualifier in each event:
Running events
Boys’ 100
1st - Nathaniel Guillory, sr. Los Altos, 10.88
3rd - Jaden Green, sr. Serra, 11.10
Girls’ 100
1st - Ellie McCuskey-Hay, so. St. Ignatius, 12.03
4th - Delaney Brown, sr. San Mateo, 21.71
8th - Lauryn Fleshman, so. Crystal, 12.80
Boys’ 200
1st - Nathaniel Guillory, sr. Los Altos, 21.18
5th - Jaden Green, sr. Serra, 21.84
Boys’ 400
1st - Joshua Han, sr. King’s Academy, 49.44
2nd - Jeovanni Henley, fr. Serra, 49.69
4th - Charles Harger, so. Aragon, 50.27
Girls’ 400
1st - Hannah Rutherford, jr. Mountain View, 53.99
4th - Cora Haggarty, sr. Burlingame, 56.94
Boys’ 800
1st - Denny Dong, sr. Monta Vista, 1:56.37
9th - Miles Rokala, jr. Aragon, 2:00.31
12th - Jared Saal, jr. Menlo, 1:59.37
Girls’ 800
1st - Kylie Hoornaert, jr. Prospect, 2:11.74
4th - Tatum Olesen, sr. M-A, 2:13.64
7th - Annie Pflaum, sr. M-A, 2:13.74
Boys’ 1600
1st - Grant Morganfeld, sr. Palo Alto, 4:11.94
4th - Benajamin Bouie, jr. Crystal, 4:18.24
10th - Aiden Dougherty, sr. M-A, 4:17.07
12th - Ryan Fitzpatrick, so. Nueva, 4:22.42
Girls’ 1600
1st - Annie Pflaum, sr. M-A, 4:59.03
3rd - Tatum Olesen, Sr., MA 5:00.71
Boys’ 3,200
1st - Grant Morganfeld, sr. Palo Alto, 9:14.03
2nd - Landon Pretre, jr. Menlo, 9:27.11
5th - Henry Hauser, fr., Menlo 9:30.56
8th - Ryan Fitzpatrick, Nueva, so, 9:33.51
Girls’ 3,200
1st - Kinga Czajkowska, jr. Palo Alto 11:05.29
2nd - Jackie Pan, sr. Mills 11:20.64
3rd - Anna Salter, so. Crystal, 11:14.83
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6th - Victoria Kolmsee, jr. Burlingame, 11:26.23
7th - Sophie Chen, jr. SHP, 11:17.16
Boys’ 110 hurdles
1st - Prince Najee Bablola-Buchango, so. Mitty, 14.51
6th - Evan Rose, sr. San Mateo, 15.21
7th - Christopher Yoon, jr. Serra, 15:22
Girls’ 100 hurdles
1st - Laniah Simpson, jr. Mitty, 14.56
5th - Sara Nordlund, jr. M-A 14.96
6th - Sydney Domingo, so. Mercy, 15.24
Girls’ 300 hurdles
1st - Avery Adelman, sr. Gunn, 44.42
4th - Ava Reichow, sr. Burlingame, 45.55
5th - Sara Nordlund, jr. M-A 44.69
Boys’ 4x100 relay
1st - Valley Christian 41.86
3rd - Serra 42.27
6th - cmont 42.42
8th - Hillssdale 42.87
Girls’ 4x100
1st Mitty 48.05
6th - M-A 49.25
Girls’ 4x400
1st Los Altos 3:57.23
3rd - Bgame 4:00.53
4th - M-A 4:02.21
Field events
Boys’ High jump
Luka Sebisanovic, jr. San Mateo/Tomi Adenekan, sr. Hillsdale, one of eight jumpers to qualify with jumps of 6-2.
Girls’ high jump
Summer Young, sr. Menlo/Sophia Cacianti, jr. Capuchino/Jonah Gatoff, jr. San Mateo, three of 12 jumpers to qualify with jumps of 5-0.
Boys’ pole vault
Jared Nunnemaker, sr. Aragon/Axel Larson, jr. Sequoia two of eight vaulters to qualify with a height of 13-6.
Girls’ pole Vault
Abby Goetz, sr. Sequoia one of five qualifiers to clear 10-6
Elaina Shao, jr. Aragon/Allison Yue, so. Notre Dame-Belmont two of seven vaulters to clear 10-0.
Boys’ long jump
1st - Tyson Bonilla, sr. Wilcox, 22-5
4th - Oskar Herlitz, so. SHP, 21-8.50
8th - Jaden Green, sr. Serra, 21-5.75
11th - Christopher Yoon, jr. Serra, 21-4
Girls’ long jump
1st - Suraya Newman, sr. St. Ignatius, 17-11.5
3rd - Pia Cho, sr. Aragon, 17-9.25
11th - Delany Brown, sr. San Mateo, 16-11
Boys triple jump
1st - Colin Lakkaraju, sr. Bellarmine, 44-11
7th - Jaeden Vazquezz, sr. Mills, 43-1
9th - Mitchell Stone, Sr. Serra, 42-10
11th - Oskar Herlitz, so. SHP, 42-3.5
Boys’ shot put
1st - Luke Lewis, Jr. Serra, 58-5.5
12th - Ethan Vuong, sr. Mills, 47-8
Girls’ shot put
1st - Nicole Steiner, jr. Los Gatos, 43-6
7th - Evelini Mla, sr. SHP, 35-6.5
Boys’ discus
1st - Kyler Headley, sr. Silver Creek, 168-2
12th - Taniela Folau, sr. Serra, 137-9
Girls’ discus
1st - Brielle Moseley, jr. Silver Creek, 137-03
6th - Desiree Huffer, jr. Sequoia, 110-11
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