Some field champs already crowned

Woodside’s Evan Usher, who has the leading discus throw in the CCS this season, won the shot put with a distance of 53 feet, nine inches, beating San Mateo’s Emmanuel Fitzgerald, who had a mark of 51-3. Hillsdale’s Gavis Blos was third with a 51-2, while Yianni Ftizgerald grabbed the last automatic transfer spot to CCS by finishing fourth with a toss of 50-5.

Usher will be the heavy favorite to add the discus title Saturday.

In the boys’ long jump, Benicio Labuguen of Westmoor took the championship, leaping 21 feet, half an inch. His teammate, Javen Young, was the only other jumper to go over 20 feet, posting a mark of 20-2. Burlingame’s Zander Levitt was third with a leap of 19-9 1/2, while San Mateo’s Luke Sebisanovic was fourth with a jump of 18-11.

The final boys’ field event of the day was the pole vault, which was won by Sequioa’s Axel Larson, who cleared 14 feet, a new personal record and tied for sixth-best in the CCS this season. Aragon took the next two spots with Calvin Hong and Noah Lin both going 12-6. The final automatic spot to CCS went to Woodside’s Martin O’Toole, who got over 11 feet.

In girls’ events, San Mateo’s Kaitlyn Schuh won the high jump, clearing 5 feet, 4 inches. Emerson Elyse Barajas of Carlmont and Hillsdale’s Sophia Flores joined Schuh in clearing the 5-foot mark, with Barajas going 5-2 and Flores posting a height of 5 feet even. Sophia Cacianti grabbed the last CCS spot with a mark of 4-10.

In the discus, Sequoia’s Desiree Huffer easily took the title with a throw of 127-8. Terra Nova’s Gabriela Dyogi was a distant second, with a mark of 112 feet even. San Mateo’s Bella Fong was third with a 104-6 and Mills’ Kelaliah Johnson rounding out the top four with a throw of 94 feet.

Rona Elan of Hillsdale took the triple jump title, hopping, skipping and jumping her way to a distance of 35 feet, 6 3/4 inches. Mills went second and fourth with Alexis Ivankov jumping 34-3 and Reece Roach posting a jump of 21-8 14. Aragon’s Victoria Chen was third with a leap of 31-10 1/2.

The only running event that was final was the boys’ and girls’ 4x800. Carlmont cruised to the boys’ title, as its time of 8 minutes and half a second was more than seven seconds better than the 8:07.10 from second-place Menlo-Atherton. Aragon was third and Sequoia fourth.

The Lady Scots gave Carlmont the sweep of the distance of relay, winning with a time of 9:35.78. Burlingame was second in a time of 9:44.02, while Mills held off M-A for third place with a time of 10:03.04, with M-A coming in with a 10:05.65.