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Bulldogs sweep crosstown Hawks in track and field
Ceres High boys, girls dominate Central Valley
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Central Valleys Mahogany Simon (green uniform) edged Ceres Highs Azia Brewster in the 100 hurdles. The Bulldogs won the girls dual meet. - photo by DALE BUTLER/The Courier

Seth Gibson made it look easy.

The Ceres High varsity boys track and field standout swept two individual events and ran the first leg on a winning relay team during Thursday's 110-21 triumph over crosstown-rival Central Valley at Bulldog Stadium.

Seth took first in the 110 hurdles and long jump for the second-place Bulldogs, who improved to 3-1 in the Western Athletic Conference dual-meet standings.

Gibson, Blake Borba, Isaac Leon and Christian Linarez, Ceres High's 4x400 relay team, also placed first.

The last-place Hawks dropped to 0-3 in the WAC.

"This is my senior year," Gibson said. "I only have one more chance to get to state. I'm definitely a lot more focused. I also try to push other people on the team."

Ceres High's Johnni Smith-Willis placed first in the 100 and 200.

Borba placed first in the 400.

Trevor Nash placed first in the triple jump.

Louie Thomas placed first in the high jump, and second in the long jump and triple jump.

Donavon Guiriba placed first in the pole vault and discus, and second in the shot put.

Ryan Wolf placed first in the shot put and second in the discus.

Leon placed first in the 800 and second in the 1,600.

Linarez placed first in the 1,600 and second in the 800.

David Murrillo placed first in the 3,200, second in the 300 hurdles and third in the 800.

Jacob Salazar placed second in the 400.

Angel Macias placed second in the 3,200.

Gabriel Heredia placed second in the 110 hurdles and third in the 300 hurdles.

Ethan Carter placed third in the triple jump.

Roman Acosta placed third in the 3,200.

Samuel Garcia placed third in the 200.

Central Valley's Lisandro Gallardo placed first in the 300 hurdles, and third in the 110 hurdles and 100.

Estevan Barragan placed second in the 200 and 100.

Sergio Garcia placed second in the pole vault.

Angel Rico placed third in the shot put.

Raquesh Hernandez placed third in the discus.

Diego Andrade placed third in the long jump.

Central Valley's 4x100 relay team of Barragan, Andrade, Gallardo and Josh Sidhu placed first.

Ceres High's girls track and field team faced little resistance in topping winless Central Valley 101-23 last week.

The third-place Bulldogs improved to 2-2 in the WAC.

The Hawks fell to 0-3 in the conference standings.

"I'm very pleased with what they did," Ceres High head coach Brett Johnson said. "We had a lot of great performances."

Bulldog Julia Pata placed first in the shot put and discus.

Haleigh Leazer placed first in the 800 and 1,600.

Yasmine Cordova placed first in the 400.

Azia Brewster placed first in the high jump and long jump, and second in the 100 hurdles.

Kendall Meyer placed first in the triple jump, and second in the long jump and high jump.

Carli Gomes placed first in the 100 and second in the 300 hurdles.

Peyton Jones placed first in the 3,200 and third in the 1,600.

Destiny Suarez placed second in the 800 and 1,600.

Maria Diaz placed second in the 3,200.

Destiny Adams placed second in the 400.

Claudia Jimenez placed second in the 200.

Saray Gonzalez placed second in the discus.

Yariseldi Gonzalez placed second in the shot put.

Sydney Elness placed second in the triple jump, and third in the long jump and high jump.

Courtney Adams placed third in the 400.

Ceres High's 4x100 relay of Gomes, Brewster, Jimenez and Destiny Adams placed first.

Ceres High's 4x400 relay team of Jimenez, Elness, Cordova and Leazer placed first.

Central Valley's Mahogany Simon placed first in the 200, 100 hurdles and 300 hurdles.

Jessika Guizar placed second in the 100.

Megan Suarez placed third in the 100 and 200.

Rocio Villasenor placed third in the 100 hurdles.

Alexa Arvizu placed third in the 800.