MIDDLETOWN — Amanda Hart became the second Middletown High School track and field athlete to break a school record this year as the junior shattered the Mustangs’ girls shotput mark during a Coastal Mountain Conference home meet Wednesday against Lower Lake, Cloverdale and Anderson Valley.
Hart posted a winning throw of 35 feet, 1 inch to easily beat the old Middletown record of 34 feet, ¾ inches set by Taelor Roderick in 2019. Earlier this season Nadav Dicovski broke the school’s varsity boys triple jump record.
“Amanda has been working hard all season and put in some training on her own in the offseason to improve, so I’m happy she’s seeing the results of all her time and effort,” Middletown head coach Wyatt Hall said.
Girls
Hart won both the shotput and the discus (90-1/2). Middletown’s Citlalli Ramirez was third in the shotput with a personal-best toss of 21-4.
Middletown’s Makayla Mace led the field with three firsts — in the 100 meters (13.3 seconds), 100 hurdles (personal-best 19.2) and pole vault (personal-best 7 feet, 6 inches).
Other Lake County event winners were Lower Lake’s Mary Watson in the 200 (29.6), Middletown’s Bailey Smith in the 400 (personal-best 1 minute, 7 seconds), Middletown’s Jenna Tufo in the 1,600 (5 minutes, 48.7 seconds), Middletown’s Issy Barriga in the 3,200 (15:44), Middletown’s Nicole Pyzer in the 300 hurdles (personal-best 1:041.4), and the Middletown 4×400 and 4×800 relay teams.
County athletes also secured a number of second- and third-place finishes. Besides Middletown’s Ramirez in the shotput, Middletown’s Mia Hoogendoorn was second in the 300 hurdles, third in the 100 hurdles and third high jump; Lower Lake’s Sofia Rivera was second in the 400 and second in the triple jump; Middletown’s Pyzer was second in the 1,600 and second in the pole vault; Middletown’s Smith was second in the 200; Middletown’s Desi Perez was second in the high jump; Lower Lake’s Yamilet Saucedo was third in the 100; Lower Lake’s Hadia Rippe was third in the 400; Middletown’s Sophie Yebra was third in the 1,600; Lower Lake’s Cat Barriga was third in the pole vault; Lower Lake’s Watson was third in the long jump; and Lower Lake’s Gabby Pelcastre was third in the triple jump.
Varsity boys
Middletown’s Dicovski won all four of his events, takings first in the 200 (25.0), 400 (56.2), long jump (18-9 ¼) and triple jump (40-10). His teammate, Bryan Sanchez, won both hurdle events — 110 high (personal-best 19.3) and 300 (personal-best 57.0) — and tied teammate Bryton Caviness for first in the pole vault, both clearing 9-6 (it was a personal best for Sanchez).
Caviness also won the high jump in 4-8, beating out teammate Javed Calvin (personal-best 4-6). Calvin also finished second behind Sanchez in both hurdle events.
Other firsts went to Middletown’s Oscar Cruz in the shotput (personal-best 41-3 ½) and Jackson Graham in the discus (110-3 ½), and to Lower Lake’s Jose Hernandez in the 800 (2:40).
Middletown’s Jacob Urbina set personal-best times while finishing second in both the 100 and 200. Cruz added a second in the discus, and Lower Lake’s Stephen Felder placed second behind Dicovski in both the long and triple jumps.
Thirds went to Middletown’s Graham in the shotput and Baron Chang in the pole vault.
Frosh-soph boys
Daniel Mora-Lopez of Lower Lake won the 800 (2:37.3) and finished second in the 400 in the frosh-soph boys division while Middletown’s Richard Ramos won the pole vault (personal-best 6-6) and added seconds in the 800 and 1,600.
Another event winner was Sean Torres of Middletown with a personal-best leap of 24-3 ½ in the triple jump.
Middletown’s Dominik Jensen placed second in both the shotput and discus with persona-best marks while teammate Marlon Martin Del Campo came in third in both events. Also for Middletown, Logan Urbina finished second in the 200 and long jump, both with personal-best marks.
Lower Lake’s Fidel Alvarez-Ramos was the runner-up to teammate Mora-Lopez in the 400, and Middletown’s Aiden Cadwallader was second behind teammate in Ramos in the pole vault.
Schedule
All of Lake County’s teams return to action Saturday during the CMC Championships at Lower Lake High School..
