OVS runners and throwers brought home nearly a dozen medals this past week at the school’s first Omega League Final track meet with two athletes earning spots in CIF Prelims at Carpenteria High this Saturday.
The two headed to CIF are junior Corbin Muller, who dominated the 100 meter race finishing first at 11.39 seconds, and sophomore Adam Pepper-Macias, who earned another first place spot in discus with a distance of 94’ 8.
“I love running the 100 because it’s such a fast race and getting all of your energy out in just a few seconds feels so good. I feel like I could have improved, but other than that I feel like I did fine for my first track experience,” Corbin said of his results after the meet. “It’s CIF and that’s a pretty cool thing…to be able to go to.”
Due to league realignment in 2014, OVS’ decades-long track program in the Condor League was forced to come to an end. But, since the school’s entry into the Omega League this year, track was able to start up again after its four-year hiatus.
Nearly a third of OVS upper students are a part of the track team and many of them displayed incredible performances at their last meet of the season.
Several boys in the 400-meter race earned new personal record times, such as senior Danny Cha and freshman Danny Lee, but an incredibly impressive performance came from sophomore Gabe Weisiger, who ran a PR of 56.69 seconds, earning a second-place medal by only six hundredths of a second.
Gabe also won a third-place medal in the 800-meter, where he earned another best time of 2:22.77.
In the 1600-meter, sophomore Ethan Gao demonstrated his grit by running a PR of 5:44 and finishing in sixth place.
On the girl’s side, the 4×400-relay team earned third-place medals. The team consisted of senior Nanako Tatewaki, junior Stephany Nostrant, junior Caspian Ellis, and junior Angela Qu.
Junior Yui Kikuchi also ran a new best time of 1:15 in the 400-meter race, along with sophomore Bella Slosberg who also earned a PR of 14:34 and a second-place medal in the 3200-meter race.
After leaving it all on the track after their final meet of the season, the athletes are happy with the results from their successful season and the returning students look forward to running again next year.
“I am very thankful to Mr. Alvarez and Ms. Wachter. They’ve been very supportive of this whole team,” Corbin concluded. “The team itself is so supportive of each other as well, it’s so cool to see that.”
Corbin and Adam will conclude their season by competing this Saturday, May 4, at Carpenteria High School’s CIF preliminaries.