Spring Sports Summary
he Mountain View High girls swimming and diving team remained undefeated in the SCVAL El Camino Division by routing host Wilcox 141-42 last Friday.
Spartans coach Ben Murray said the meet was sloppy – largely due to the confusion caused by the starter in several events – but his team still put up some impressive performances.
Sophomore Yen Lau qualified for the Central Coast Section finals in the 200 individual medley, freshman Jessica Howard-Anderson just missed the CCS cut in the 500 freestyle and junior Megan Wicklander set personal records in 50 and 100 free events.
The Mountain View boys, meanwhile, held on for a 90-81 victory over Wilcox.
The Spartans were paced by seniors Mike Tkalevic’s victories in the 200 individual medley and 100 breast stroke, plus Brian Rees’ near-CCS qualifying victories in the 50 free and 100 back. Sophomore Michael Kasper also helped the cause by finishing second in the 50 free and 100 breast, an event he swam fast enough to make CCS.
Track & Field
The Los Altos boys and girls teams both fell to host Los Gatos last Thursday in an SCVAL De Anza Division meet.
The Los Altos boys lost 72-55 and the girls suffered a 79-49 setback.
Los Altos boys winners included Aaron Kaye in the mile (4 minutes, 30 seconds) and two-mile (10:33) runs, Shane Christine in the 400-meter run (50.09), Dawen Tsien in the long jump (19-feet-9) and Sai Pela in the discus (139-9).
Los Altos girls winners included Allison Miller in the 100 hurdles (17.1), Kelsey Alloo in the 300 hurdles (50.2) and Laura Battle in the shot put (26-7).
Mountain View split its El Camino Division meet at Cupertino last Thursday, with the boys losing 71-52 and the girls prevailing 71-49.
“We had an interesting day at Cupertino and had our closest meet to date on the girls side,” Spartans coach Sam Read said. “On the boys side, we had a number of top two finishers and double scorers. The boys feel a bit short, but they are coming into their own.”
The Mountain View boys were led by Trevor Hooper, who captured both the long jump (17-11 3/4) and triple jump (38-10 3/4). Other winners included David Young in the mile (4:47), Ryan Roulette in the 110 hurdles (21:38), Lewis Hall in the 100 dash (12.00), Guillermo Moreira in the 200 run (24.34) and Jeff Audett in the two-mile (10:59.0)
On the girls’ side, Mountain View won four individual events: Emilie Doolittle in the 400 run (1:06.0), Dawn Maxey in the 100 dash (12.74), Lisa Griego in the 800 run (2:34.0) and Adriana Palmer in the 300 hurdles (50.89). The Spartans’ mile relay team of Erin Hall, Rachel Walker, Laura Baldwin and Doolittle also came out on top by clocking a 4:27.18.
Boys volleyball
Mountain View lost in straight games to visiting Los Gatos on March 27, putting their record at 0-2 in the De Anza Division and 4-6 overall.
Spartans coach Peter Kim said his team played hard for all three games and he’s happy with his team’s performance thus far this season.
“Considering that it is our second year for the sport and Los Gatos and the rest of the teams in our league have club players, we have done quite well this season,” Kim said.
Boys Tennis
Pinewood (7-7) swept host Redwood Christian 7-0 Thursday in a Private Schools Athletic League match. All the Panthers’ wins came in straight sets; No. 1 player Jason Carp won 6-3, 6-0.
Mountain View took care of host Cupertino 5-2 Thursday, upping its El Camino Division record to 5-3. No. 1 player Derek Fong prevailed 6-0, 6-1 and the Spartans’ top doubles team of brothers Derrick and Eric Elder remained undefeated with a 6-3. 3-6, 7-6 (8-6) win.
Gymnastics
Behind another strong effort from sophomore Emily Keenan, Los Altos beat host Gilroy 153.1-85.1 on Thursday. Keenan won the all-around title with a 34.4, capturing the vault, uneven bars and beam competitions. Ciera Kash won the floor exercise for the Eagles (2-0).
Lacrosse
The Palo Alto Tomahawks defeated Marin Academy 11-7 on March 20, then routed Leland 14-0 on March 22.
Against Marin, Los Altos High’s Greg Barnekoff led the Tomahawks with three goals.
In the Leland match, Los Altos’ Chris Serviss had three goals and Gunn’s Colin Kelly two. Mountain View’s Taylor Schofield was among seven Tomahawks with one goal.
