Many Monta Vista athletes went to sleep on Friday night feeling pretty satisfied with their races at Top 8!
This year’s CCS Top 8 meet was held at San Jose City College while the stands at Los Gatos are being rebuilt. SJCC is a fast track and we took advantage of good, hot track weather to record some hot times.
Sophomore Anand Rao and freshman Rohan Choudhury both competed in their first Top 8 meet and scored huge PRs in the 800M. I’m pretty sure that Anand’s 2:07.31 and Rohan’s 2:08.12 were the first time that either of them went under 2:10, and more than that, I think these were 5-6 second PRs for both runners. Rohan, by the way, had a race plan to get to 2:08…I think that worked out pretty well! Sophomore Zach Patti also competed in his first Top 8 and recorded a 4:55 in the 1600M, and Albert Han represented our hurdlers well with a 46.24 for a PR in the 300H.
Two Monta Vista girls had highlight days. Jenny Xu had a big PR in the 3200M with a 11:25.91; this time is below the CCS Championship at-large standard! And Angella Qian demonstrated that she is the queen of the 2 second PR with a 2:23.64 in the varsity girls’ 800M race. Angella now has the second fastest 800M time of any freshman in the Central Coast Section–out of 130+ schools, there is only one girl with a faster time that that is by less than a second! Watch Angella in the last 100M of any race; Angella’s assassin instinct is easy to see, and she has a target on the back of any girl within striking distance. It’s a joy to watch!
The varsity boy’s 4×400 team of Surafael Yared, Bumpei Maeda, Michael Lu and Arvind Rao sent notice that they intend to return to the CCS championships with their 3:34 clocking.
The team is looking ready for the league meet coming up April 30/May 2! See you all there!
(Thank you to Mr. Choudhury and Takuto Doshiro for use of their photographs…not that I actually asked for permission to use them, but thank you anyway! 🙂 )
