MODESTO-- The Ceres High varsity boys track and field team had a memorable outing against Johansen on Wednesday.
Several Bulldogs broke records en route to leading Ceres to a 78-49 win over the Vikings.
"We had lots of different guys do well," said Ceres coach Drew Brown.
Ceres improved to 1-0 in the Modesto Metro Conference. Johansen fell to 0-2 in the league standings.
Ross Tate set two records in the high jump. He cleared a personal-best 6 feet, 4 inches.
"That's the school record for sophomore boys," Brown said. "He barely missed 6-5. He clipped it with his feet."
Tate broke Donnie Donaldson's record, which stood for 22 years. Donnie Jr. cleared 6-2 in 1983.
"He's hungry because he didn't make the section meet last year," Brown said.
James Gmachowski placed first in the discus with a personal-best throw of 130 feet, 7 inches. His previous-best mark in the event was set last season (124).
"Everyday I look at my computer screensaver and it says 135," Gmachowski said. "If I hit that coach (Randy Moore) is going to buy me lunch. If I hit 145, coach buys me dinner."
Gmachowski knew he set a record as soon as he released the discus.
"It came out nice," he said.
Gmachowski also placed first in the shot put (42-10).
Brandon Hale placed first in the 400. He completed the race in a personal-best 54.31 seconds.
"I started my kick at the midway point and blew right past him," Hale said. "I broke my previous record by 200th of a second."
Ryan Leazer placed first in the 100 in 11.41 seconds and 200 in 23.62 seconds.
"I felt good today," Leazer said.
"I think my times will be better next week."
Kevin Dupree placed first in the long jump with a leap of 20 feet, 31/2 inches and second in the triple jump with a leap of 40-7.
The 4x100 relay team of Leazer, Dupree, Daniel Munoz and Charlie Cunha placed first.
Dupree filled in for Dingko Luangchai, who sat out with a pulled hamstring.
The 4x400 relay team of Hale, Munoz, Leazer and Cunha place first.
Chris Gregg placed second in the 110 hurdles in 17.0 seconds and 300 hurdles in 44.3 seconds. He also placed third in the 100 in 11.98 seconds and 200 in 24.88 seconds.
Munoz placed second in the 100 in 11.55 seconds and 200 in 24.20 seconds.
Marques Castrejon placed second in the 800 in 2:22.
John Cook placed second in the 3,200 at 11:35.
Cunha placed second in the long jump at 19-31/2 and third in the triple jump at 40-6.
Alex Khan placed second in the shot at 39-1 and discus at 105.
A.J. Ball placed second in the discus at 109-3 and third in the shot at 36-11.
Bennie Perez placed third in the 800 in 2:23 and 1,600 in 5:08.
Adrian Hurtado placed third in the 400 in 57.88 seconds.
Jonathan Esparza placed third in the 110 hurdles in 19.6 seconds.
Eric Callahan placed third in the 300 hurdles in 50.6 seconds.
Cleo Payne placed third in the long jump at 18-3.
Girls edge Johansen
The Ceres High varsity girls track and field team edged Johansen 66-59 on Thursday in Modesto.
"We took first, second and third in all of the jumping events," said Ceres coach Drew Brown. "That's 27 points."
"Vanessa Graham and Heather Jones also helped out."
Jones placed first in the 100 hurdles in 17.87 seconds and 300 hurdles in 55.36 seconds.
Graham placed first in the 400 in 69.98 seconds.
Melanie Casey placed first in the triple jump with a leap of 30 feet and long jump with a leap of 13 feet, 8 inches.
Jan Lu placed second in the long jump at 12-9 and third in the triple jump at 24-4.
Beverly Hernandez placed second in the triple jump at 27-10 and 400 in 1:11.53.
Carmen Kong placed third in the long jump at 12-8.
Jessica Mazza placed first in the high jump. She cleared 4-10. LaJuana Guillory and Crystal Perez placed second (4-2) and third (4-0), respectively, in the high jump.
Karrah Brown, Melanie Vega, Nicole Laranjo, Marissa Cabusas, Juliana Trejo, Katie Lutes and Danielle Dawson also earned points for the Bulldogs.
Brown placed second in the 1,600 in 5:59 and 3,200 in 12:50.
Vega placed second in the shot with a toss of 31-8 and discus with a toss of 87-6.
Laranjo placed second in the 800 in 2:52.
Cabusas placed second in the 100 hurdles in 19.22 seconds.
Trejo placed third in the shot at 26-8 and discus at 81-8.
Lutes placed third in the 400 in 1:13.04.
Dawson placed fourth in the shot at 24-7.
Ceres will compete against the Beyer Patriots today at 3 p.m. in Modesto. - By DALE BUTLER / Staff reporter of the Ceres (Calif.) Courier
Several Bulldogs broke records en route to leading Ceres to a 78-49 win over the Vikings.
"We had lots of different guys do well," said Ceres coach Drew Brown.
Ceres improved to 1-0 in the Modesto Metro Conference. Johansen fell to 0-2 in the league standings.
Ross Tate set two records in the high jump. He cleared a personal-best 6 feet, 4 inches.
"That's the school record for sophomore boys," Brown said. "He barely missed 6-5. He clipped it with his feet."
Tate broke Donnie Donaldson's record, which stood for 22 years. Donnie Jr. cleared 6-2 in 1983.
"He's hungry because he didn't make the section meet last year," Brown said.
James Gmachowski placed first in the discus with a personal-best throw of 130 feet, 7 inches. His previous-best mark in the event was set last season (124).
"Everyday I look at my computer screensaver and it says 135," Gmachowski said. "If I hit that coach (Randy Moore) is going to buy me lunch. If I hit 145, coach buys me dinner."
Gmachowski knew he set a record as soon as he released the discus.
"It came out nice," he said.
Gmachowski also placed first in the shot put (42-10).
Brandon Hale placed first in the 400. He completed the race in a personal-best 54.31 seconds.
"I started my kick at the midway point and blew right past him," Hale said. "I broke my previous record by 200th of a second."
Ryan Leazer placed first in the 100 in 11.41 seconds and 200 in 23.62 seconds.
"I felt good today," Leazer said.
"I think my times will be better next week."
Kevin Dupree placed first in the long jump with a leap of 20 feet, 31/2 inches and second in the triple jump with a leap of 40-7.
The 4x100 relay team of Leazer, Dupree, Daniel Munoz and Charlie Cunha placed first.
Dupree filled in for Dingko Luangchai, who sat out with a pulled hamstring.
The 4x400 relay team of Hale, Munoz, Leazer and Cunha place first.
Chris Gregg placed second in the 110 hurdles in 17.0 seconds and 300 hurdles in 44.3 seconds. He also placed third in the 100 in 11.98 seconds and 200 in 24.88 seconds.
Munoz placed second in the 100 in 11.55 seconds and 200 in 24.20 seconds.
Marques Castrejon placed second in the 800 in 2:22.
John Cook placed second in the 3,200 at 11:35.
Cunha placed second in the long jump at 19-31/2 and third in the triple jump at 40-6.
Alex Khan placed second in the shot at 39-1 and discus at 105.
A.J. Ball placed second in the discus at 109-3 and third in the shot at 36-11.
Bennie Perez placed third in the 800 in 2:23 and 1,600 in 5:08.
Adrian Hurtado placed third in the 400 in 57.88 seconds.
Jonathan Esparza placed third in the 110 hurdles in 19.6 seconds.
Eric Callahan placed third in the 300 hurdles in 50.6 seconds.
Cleo Payne placed third in the long jump at 18-3.
Girls edge Johansen
The Ceres High varsity girls track and field team edged Johansen 66-59 on Thursday in Modesto.
"We took first, second and third in all of the jumping events," said Ceres coach Drew Brown. "That's 27 points."
"Vanessa Graham and Heather Jones also helped out."
Jones placed first in the 100 hurdles in 17.87 seconds and 300 hurdles in 55.36 seconds.
Graham placed first in the 400 in 69.98 seconds.
Melanie Casey placed first in the triple jump with a leap of 30 feet and long jump with a leap of 13 feet, 8 inches.
Jan Lu placed second in the long jump at 12-9 and third in the triple jump at 24-4.
Beverly Hernandez placed second in the triple jump at 27-10 and 400 in 1:11.53.
Carmen Kong placed third in the long jump at 12-8.
Jessica Mazza placed first in the high jump. She cleared 4-10. LaJuana Guillory and Crystal Perez placed second (4-2) and third (4-0), respectively, in the high jump.
Karrah Brown, Melanie Vega, Nicole Laranjo, Marissa Cabusas, Juliana Trejo, Katie Lutes and Danielle Dawson also earned points for the Bulldogs.
Brown placed second in the 1,600 in 5:59 and 3,200 in 12:50.
Vega placed second in the shot with a toss of 31-8 and discus with a toss of 87-6.
Laranjo placed second in the 800 in 2:52.
Cabusas placed second in the 100 hurdles in 19.22 seconds.
Trejo placed third in the shot at 26-8 and discus at 81-8.
Lutes placed third in the 400 in 1:13.04.
Dawson placed fourth in the shot at 24-7.
Ceres will compete against the Beyer Patriots today at 3 p.m. in Modesto. - By DALE BUTLER / Staff reporter of the Ceres (Calif.) Courier
