Kiana Chen, Daniela Cuadros, Alexandra Farrell and Isabella Schuett, Carlmont girls’ track and field. For the second straight week, Carlmont made a splash in the 4,000-meter distance medley relay. On the heels of a second-place finish in the event two weeks ago at the Stanford Invite, the Scots used an augmented lineup at the Arcadia Invitational, but proved just as impressive. The new quartet raced to fifth place in the elite-level invitational race with a time of 12:01.72, just .17 seconds off their finish at Stanford.
Rallin Covey and Kyle Sweeney, Sacred Heart Prep baseball. The Gators’ one-two punch on the mound led the way to back-to-back shutouts to sweep a two-game series from Mills. Covey opened the series, with the senior right-hander firing a two-hit shutout, with a career-high 15 strikeouts. Sweeney, the junior left-hander, followed that with a career-high 12 strikeouts over six shutout innings to earn the win in a 7-0 victory over Mills, upping his record to 6-0.
Maxime Morelle, Sacred Heart Prep boys’ track and field. The senior thrower had a pair of top-15 finishes in the invitational shot put and discus at Arcadia. He was third in the shot put with a mark of 61-02 and was 12th in the discus with a throw of 158-00.
Mira Krishnan, Annabel Okamoto, Amelia Veis and Megan Wong, Hillsdale girls’ swimming. It has been a down year for the 2024 PAL Ocean Division dual meet champion Lady Knights, who last Friday went head-to-head against crosstown San Mateo with both teams looking for their first PAL Bay Division win. Hillsdale led most of the way until San Mateo’s Sonja Hsich won the 100-yard backstroke, setting up the Bearcats to take a 78-77 lead into the final race of the day. Teaming for the first time this season, Krishnan, Okamoto, Veis and Wong swung the Knights ahead with a first-place swim of 4:40.46 to deliver win No. 1 in the Bay.
Austin Chen, Hillsdale boys’ volleyball. The junior hitter helped the Knights go 3-1 in the Hillsdale tournament. Over the four matches, which comprised nine sets, Chen averaged 8.7 kills per match. After being held to just four kills in. 25-3, 25-7 win over El Camino, Chen had 10 in a 25-14, 25-13 win over Newark Memorial, had 10 more in a 17-25, 25-20, 11-15 loss to Christopher-Gilroy. He rebounded with a day-high 11 kills in a 25-22, 25-19 win over Santa Teresa.
Christian Louie, San Mateo baseball. The senior pitcher/infield helped the Bearcats to a two-game series sweep of Half Moon Bay. He took the bump in the series opener and shoved in a 3-1 win. He went six innings, allowing one run on one hit while striking out 14. Offensively, he had two hits, including a double. In a 5-1 win in the series finale, Louie was 1 for 4, with two runs scored.
Yianni Fitzgerald, San Mateo boys’ track and field. Like Morelle, Fitzgerald had a pair of top-15 finishes in the invitational throw events at Arcadia. He was fifth in the discus with a throw of 163-03 and was 15th in the shot put at 53-03.
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Alice Han, San Mateo softball. The junior shortstop had the big hit to help the Bearcats snap a 16-game losing streak to Hillsdale. In the nine inning, 8-6 win, Han went 3 for 4 with three runs scored. but it was Han’s fourth-inning, three run homer that erased a 5-2 deficit to tie the game at 5-all.
Lawrence “Tres” Onyejekwe, Menlo School boys’ track and field. The junior hurdler had a pair of top-10 finishes in the two open hurdle events at Arcadia Invitational, one of the most prestigious meets in the United States that draws athletes from around the country. He nipped Mountain Ridge-Arizona’s Samel Eminovic to win the 300 hurdles — 37.58 to 37.59. He also finished ninth in the 110 hurdles in a time of 14.42. The winning time was 14.31.
Mercedes Coller and Malianna Liongitau, St. Francis softball. The San Mateo County duo helped the Lancers to a second-place finish at the stacked Livermore Stampede tournament. St. Francis posted a 4-1 record in the field, with Coller pitching in three games. The sophomore out of Millbrae posted a 2-0 record while allowing one unearned run through 12 2/3 innings, including a four-hit shutout in a 4-0 win over Whitney-Rocklin. Liongitau, a junior hailing from San Mateo, went 6 for 15 with a home run in the tourney, and is now batting .480 on the season.
Evan Chopra, Menlo-Atherton boys’ track and field. The Bears middle- and long-distance runner won the open 800 at the Arcadia Invitational, running a personal best of 1:52.23. He then teamed with Cason Mitchell, Calvin Blanford and Aidan Sharp to finish 7th in the invitational 4x1,600 relay in a time of 17.27.45.
Lucy Esquivel, Mills softball. The junior center fielder helped the Vikings to a 2-1 week as she was 8 for 12 at the plate. She had a monster game in Mills’ wild 25-11 win over Aragon to open the week. She went 5 for 6 with a double, two triples, six RBIs and three runs scored. A day later, she was 1 for 3 with two runs scored in a 5-1 win over Westmont. She then had the Vikings’ only two hits in a 6-0 loss to King’s Academy.
Caleb Nakagawa, Carlmont boys’ track and field. The junior pole vaulter ended up in third place in the rising stars competition at the Arcadia Invitational. He was one of four athletes to clear 14 feet, 4 inches, but did so in more attempts than the first- and second-place finishers.
Taylor Workman, Aragon softball. The junior shortstop helped the Lady Dons to a 1-1 week. In a 25-11 loss to Mills, Workman went 2 for 3 with a home run and two RBIs. In a 14-2 win over Burlingame, she went 4 for 4 with a double, homer, an RBI and three runs scored.
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