Short-Handed Lions Russell Cup Winners

Sat, Apr 14th - The lions traveled to Carpinteria High School for the 88th Russell Cup. Being the end of spring break the numbers for the lion squad were limited, but that did not stop the "Oaks Christian Show" from being a hit!! 25 lifetime best performances, 7 second best performances, 3 school records, 2 Russell Cup records and the male athlete of the meet.

Without its complete sprint squad the boys frosh soph placed second as a team behind St Bonaventure. The boys varsity placed third as a team behind Crespi an St Joseph / SM. But their combined scored won the Boys Sweepstakes Title for the first time in school history. St Bonaventure placed second in the sweepstakes scoring.

The varsity girls were highlighted by a double victory in the 800-1600 by Roseanne Fleming. She bettered her OC record with a 5:11.78 in the 1600m and followed it with a 2:18.98 in the 800m. Lauren Radke equaled her CIF SS winning mark of 10-6 (her second best) with a win in the pole vault. Shannon Armstrong placed fourth in the high jump. Karli Postel placed fourth in the GFS 200m and sixth in the 100m. Stephanie Armstrong placed fifth in the shot put and discus, and she added a OC record in the discus of 86-4.

Chris Owusu added to his three individual victories in the 100-200-400 from last years BFS competition by winning all three varsity sprints this year. Chris set the OC record with a 49.46 in the 400m, then won the 100m, then setting a personal best and Russell Cup record 22.01 and finished the day with a 48.3 relay split in the 4x400. Chris was given the Mel Patton Male Athlete of the Meet honors. Jeremy Reed took three silvers and two personal bests in the high jump 5-10 (=#2 best), triple jump 42-5 (=PR) and long jump 20-4 (PR). The 4x400 team of Ethan Long, Justin Sullivan, Zach Davis and Chris Owusu placed third.

Jules Sharpe headlined the BFS action with a Russell Cup record 6-2 in the high jump. He also added PR's in the triple jump (3rd) and long jump (6th). Malcolm's PR in the 300H of 41.66 is a OC Frosh record and is now is #2 in OC history. Hunter Hays and Charlie Petrie finish 1st and 2nd in the 1600m and 3200m. Charlie PR'd in the 1600 and Hunter PR'd in the 3200m. Nick Colarossi placed 6th in the 800m and set the OC Frosh record with a 2:09.05 (old record: Eric Meissner 2:09.93 also at Russell Cup). Malcolm Jones smashed the field in both of the 110 and 300 hurdle races.