SANTA ROSA — Isaac Rascon is a runner for all seasons.
The Middletown High School cross country star broke the school’s nine-year-old 1,600-meter record on Friday afternoon during the Santa Rosa Twilight Invite on the all-weather Maria Carrillo High School track in Santa Rosa.
Maria Carrillo’s all-weather surface came in handy because Rascon, a sophomore, set the new record of 4 minutes, 49.21 seconds in a steady rain during a heat race.
“I started out faster then I wanted to but I didn’t die out and I felt pretty good the whole race,” Rascon said. “It felt like a solid run.”
Rascon’s splits were remarkably consistent. He ran the first 400 meters in 1:13, the second 400 meters in 1:12, the third 400 meters in 1:12 and the final 400 meters in 1:12.21.
“I almost fell apart during the third lap, but I was able to get it together and run a strong last lap,” he said.
It’s the second school record for Rascon this season. He earlier broke the 3,200 record with a time of 10:19. Middletown’s previous 1,600 record was set in 2010 by Alejandro Maldanado (4:53.44).
Several Middletown track and field records have fallen this season. Besides the two by Rascon, Bryson Trask has set boys discus and shotput records, Taelor Roderick has set girls discus and shotput records, and Alyssa Terry, Grace Southern, Zamora Rogers and Kelsey Lemoine teamed up to break the girls 4×100 relay record.
Rascon was scheduled to run in the 3,200 on Friday night.
A full recap of the Santa Rosa Twilight Invite will appear online Monday and in Tuesday’s print edition.
