Lauren, Rosie, Chris Crank at CIF Finals

Cerritos College - Lauren Radke started the day defending her CIF SS D4 Title in the pole vault and also improved her CIF SS division 4 record vaulting 11-0. Lauren will be the first female to compete at the CIF SS Master's Meet next week.

Roseanne Fleming defended her CIF SS D4 Title in the 1600m posting a 7 1/2 second personal best dropping her time to 5:04.10. SHe also placed 4th in the 800m.

Chris Owusu posted 10.67 ans 21.71 (PR) in the 100m and 200m finishing 2nd and 3rd respectively. Chris also qualified for the CIF SS Master's Meet, and the first OC athlete to do so in multiple events.

Jules Sharpe placed 4th in the high jump, Jeremy Reed placed 9th in both the high jump and triple jump. Malcolm Jones place 5th in the 110HH and Shannon Armstrong placed 5th in the high jump.

Thegirls team equalled OC bests with 29 points and fifth place finish. The boys scored 23 and placed 11th.

Triumph and Disappointment at CIF SS Prelims

May 12th - At Carpinteria High School for the final time this season (fourth in five weeks) the Lions made their bids to qualify for CIF SS D4 Finals.

Qualifiers were led by Roseanne Fleming who will defend her title in the 1600m earning the #1 seed in the 1600m and #2 seed in the 800m. Rosie won both of her qualifying heats easily and effortlessly with a PR in the 1600m 5:11.43 and a season best 2:17.53 in the 800m. Chris Owusu showed his leg is healing posting easy heat wins in the 100m and 200m with times of 10.86 and 22.02 that earned him the #2 and #3 seeds respectively. Both were second best marks lifetime and this is the third CIF SS Final aapearance for Chris in his career, second in the 200m. Malcolm Jones qualifed as the #3 seed in the 110HH with a 15.70. Jules Sharpe and Jeremy Reed qualified in the high jump and Jeremy also added the triple jump to his itinerary. This is the second year in a row Jeremy has qualified in the high jump. Shannon Armstrong will make a repeat visit to the finals in the high jump. Shannon won the title on 2005, but sat out with an injury last year. Lauren Radke returns to her third CIF Finals and will defend her title in the pole vault.

Heartbreaks include a qualifying effort by Malcolm in the 300IH, but he was later DQ'd for kicking the hurdles down. Then the 4x400m team which established a greater than five second lead, but had to hit the brakes to make the finals exchange. Unfortunately the officials were not in good position to see the exchange was legal and still ruled a DQ. The relay would have been the #2 seed. Keiosha Hunt added a trifecta of fouls to not advance in the shot put and Cathrine Price missed in the 300IH. All of these should be motivation for next season!!

Cif SS D4 Finals are at Cerritos College next Sat, May 19th. See you there...

Owusu, Jones, Reed Tri Valley Champions

Thu, May 3rd - At Carpinteria for the first TVL finals the Lions fought the wind and the highly competitive league format at the final regular season meet. Boys varsity move up a position in the final standings second overall. Girls lock up the third place finish. Girls JV moved from sixth to fourth with a third place finish in the TVL Finals.
Chris Owusu manages both a sore groin and two more league titles to run his career total to eight. Chris won his first 100m title and his second 200m title. Malcolm Jones tallied his first of hopfully many league titles winning the 110HH. Malcolm added two runner ups in the 300IH and shot put. Jeremy Reed won his second title, first in the triple jump. Jules Sharpe was runner up in the high jump. Justin Sullivan, Zach Davis, Brian Owusu and Scott Arellano place third in the 4x400 with a dramatic disqualification by St Bony's freshman anchor. He spiked the baton concluding the race. All of the above boys plus Spencer Daly (alternate in the 4x400) have earned post-season qualification.
Roseanne Fleming led the girls varsity effort with two runner ups in the 1600m and 800m. Lauren Radke and Keiosha Hunt earned runner ups in the pole vault and ssot put respectively. All three plus Shannon Armstrong who met the at-large standard in the high jump earned qualification for the post-season.
Tina Boskovich won the girls JV 800m with a PR 2:38.60. Morgan Temanson, Tina Boskovich, Fallon Cislo and Samantha Nordlund placed runner up in the GJV 4x400. Rachel Nosco was runner up in the GJV 100IH. Sam Nordlund was third in the GJV long jump. Kenny Ryhal-Holt was third in the GJV shot put.

Next stop: CIF SS D4 Prelims @ Carpinteria HS Sat, May 12th...don't miss the action!

C Owusu Sets Ventura Record, 4x800 Wins Title

Fri, Apr 27th - Chris Owusu came to do what Marshall (2nd 2006) and Aaron (second 2005) both failed to accomplish, win the VCC title at 100m. Chris not only won the race he made a clear statement as well, "Fastest Man in Ventura History" setting the meet record with a 10.65. Chris now has the OC record at 100m and 400m.
The boys 4x800m team achieved one of its season goals joining Chris Owusu as Ventura County Champions. Justin Sullivan (2:06.6), Hunter Hays 2:06.0), Nick Colarossi (2:08.8) and Ethan Long (2:05.0) ran away with the victory with very little challenge from the compeition. They produced the third fastest time in OC history. The 2005 team also won the 4x800m title, and Justin and Ethan were members of the 2006 team which placed as VCC runner ups.
Malcolm Jones earned All VCC honors with a 3rd in the 100HH and improved his OC record to 15.45. Malcolm also added a OC record in the shot put with improving his PR by nearly three feet to post a 47-4 toss winning the seeded division. Malcolm also grabbed All VCC honors in the 300IH. Jump'n Jeremy Reed set thre PR's with a 20-4.5 long jump, 6-2 high jump and a 44-2 triple jump. He earned All VCC honors in the later. Hunter Hays became the first athlete in OC history to dip under the 10:00 barrier taking the OCR back from Charlie Petrie (10:05).
Lauren Radke vaulted 10-6 to earn her second consecutive VCC runner up and All VCC honors sin the pole vault. Roseanne Fleming also brought home a VCC runner up and All VCC honors placing second in the 800m. Earlier in the night Roseanne led the 4x800m to a 5th place finish, All VCC honors and a OC record. The team included Morgan Temanson (2:48.8), Samantha Roseler (2:31.3), Tina Boskovich (2:38.8) and Rosie running anchor. Rosie and Sam R joined forces with Karli Postel and Catherinw Price for a medal in the 4x400m seeded division. Keiosha Hunt broke her own OC record in the shot put witha near three foot improvement with a 34-1.

Invitational
100m 1. Chris Owusu 10.65 VCC R, OCR
800m 2. Roseanne Fleming
110HH 3. Malcolm Jones 15,45 OCR
300IH 6. Malcolm Jones
HJ 8. Jules Sharpe 6-0
HJ 6. Shannon Armstrong 5-0
TJ 4. Jeremy Reed 44-2 PR
PV 2. Lauren Radke 10-6
4x400m 7. J Sullivan, E Long, B Owusu, S Arellano
4x800 1. J Sullivan, H Hays, N Colarossi, E Long
4x800 5. M Temanson, S Roesler, T Boskovich, R Fleming OCR

Seeded
800m 6. Ethan Long 2:03.34 PR
300IH 2. Catherine Price 50.40 PR
3200 4. Hunter Hays 9:58.36 OCR
3200 9. Charlie Petrie 10:07.00
LJ 2. Jeremy Reed 20-4.5 PR
HJ 1. Jeremy Reed 6-2 PR
SP 1. Keiosha Hunt 34-1 OCR
SP 1. Malcolm Jones 47-4 OCR
4x400 4. C Price, S Roesler, K Postel, R Fleming

Rated
1600m 4. Charlie Petrie 4:42.24 PR