Central Valley’s track and field program closed out the Central California Conference regular season in memorable fashion last week.

“I’m really happy to see a lot of athletes have their best days,” Hawks’ head coach Michael Mrgudic said. “Seeing how the athletes have trained during practice, it makes sense they’re doing well. They work so hard.”

Sophomore Aaliyah Jauregui led Central Valley’s girls team during the CCC’s third cluster meet on April 17 at Dave Honey Stadium. 

She cleared a school-record 4 feet, 10 inches while taking second in the high jump.

“I’m super happy for her. She’s really earned it. She’s a hard worker. If she clears one more height, she can be a league champ.”

A newcomer to the event, Jauregui broke Vanessa Menor’s 2010 school-record of 4-9.

“For whatever reason, Aaliyah gravitated towards high jump,” Mrgudic said. “She’s done really well. She’s getting the hang of it.”

“Whenever you’re athletic as she is, you pick the skills up quickly,” he added. “She’s just getting started.”

Hawk teammate Lliria Lira Trinidad took fourth in the pole vault.

Central Valley’s 4x800 relay team of Milianna Rios, Emma Webster, Alexa Gudino and Tarnjot Kaur took third.

Gudino took ninth in the long jump and 37th in the 400.

Tamayo took 10th in the 100 and 200.

Aaralyn Jauregui took 11th in the 100.

Central Valley’s girls team totaled 23 points on its way to a sixth-place finish at the CCC’s third cluster meet. 

A standout receiver in football, Anthony Ramirez is enjoying his best season to date as a key member of Central Valley’s boys track and field team this year.

Ramirez set a school record while taking first in the long jump last week. He soared 21 feet, six inches en route to shattering Tyree Jones’ 2011 mark of 21-11/4.

“I’m super proud of him. He earned it. He’s a quiet leader. He works hard.”

Ramirez also took fifth in the 100 and ninth in the 200.

He set a personal record in the 200 (23.67).

Hawk teammate Jackson Stokes took fifth in the pole vault.

Kevin Mendoza Garcia took fifth in the 800 (2:15.12) and 16th in the 1,600 (5:01.65). He set personal records in both events. 

Jadin Navarro took fifth in the 300 hurdles and 28th in the 100. He set a personal record in the 300 hurdles (46.36).

Central Valley’s boys posted a team score of 24.5 while finishing in last place during CCC’s third cluster meet.

CHS boys earn sweep

Ceres High’s boys track and field team kept its Western Athletic Conference title hopes alive after besting Beyer and Los Banos on April 17 at Johansen.

“If we beat Lathrop and Mountain House loses to Lathrop, there will be a three-way tie for first,” head coach Brett Johnson said. 

The third-place Bulldogs improved to 5-1 in the WAC standings following its 111.5-29.5 domination of Beyer and 109-31 victory over Los Banos last week.

Bryan Gallardo, Manny Mendoza, Jaiden Boss, Aaron Lopez, Sergio Torres, Kyle Phongsa and Calen Adams led Ceres High.

Gallardo placed first in the shot put and discus.

He set a personal record in the discus (131-1).

Gallardo eclipsed his previous PR by 15 feet.

Mendoza placed first in the 200 and 400.

He set a personal record in the 200 (23.8).

Boss placed first in the 110 hurdles and 300 hurdles.

Lopez placed first in the 1,600 and second in the 3,200.

He set a personal record in the 1,600 (4:56.3).

Torres placed first in the 800, second in the 1,600 and eighth in the 3,200.

Phongsa placed first in the triple jump, fourth in the long jump and fifth in the 100.

He set a personal record in the triple jump and long jump.

Adams placed first in the pole vault and fifth in the 100.

Alexander Vas Dinis placed second in the discus and third in the shot put.

McCoy Adams placed second in the pole vault and fourth in the 100.

Rigo Mora placed second in the 100, fourth in the 200 and 12th in the 400.

David Rodriguez-Ochoa placed second in the triple jump and 110 hurdles, fifth in the 300 hurdles, and ninth in the 400.

Antwan Stevenson placed second in the high jump, third in the triple jump, and eighth in the long jump and 200.

AJ Brown placed second in the high jump and 10th in the 200.

Reis Smith placed third in the 400 and long jump.

Gilbert Nuno placed third in the discus, fourth in the 200, seventh in the 100 and eighth in the shot put.

Cashton Almeida placed third in the 300 hurdles, fifth in the 110 hurdles and sixth in the long jump.

Jesus Madrigal placed third in the pole vault and 17th in the discus.

Ceres High’s 4x100 relay team of Reis Smith, Manny Mendoza, AJ Brown and Kyle Phongsa placed first.

Ceres High’s 4x400 relay team of Mendoza, Smith, Aron Chavez and Cashton Almeida placed first.

Ceres High’s 4x800 relay team of Alexis Rodriguez, Ezekiel Lopez, Rocky Moss and Martin Bolanos-Aleman placed first.

CHS 71, Beyer 50

Los Banos 80, CHS 43

Ceres High’s girls track and field team beat Beyer 71-50 and lost 80-43 to Los Banos this past week.

The third-place Bulldogs moved to 4-2 in the WAC standings.

“We got a solid core of girls,” Johnson said. “They’re fun to coach.”

Lilly Blevins, Jayden Garcia, Mariah Zamora and Ava Montesdeoca led Ceres High.

Blevins placed first in the shot put and discus.

Garcia placed first in the 300 hurdles, second in the triple jump and third in the 100 hurdles. The freshman standout set personal records in the 300 hurdles (52.2) and triple jump (31-9).

Zamora placed first in the triple jump and sixth in the 400.

She set a personal record in the triple jump (33-4).

Montesdeoca placed second in the 100.

Ceres High’s 4x100 relay team of Kaylee Rodriguez, Carmen Arce Hayes, Emily Esparza and Ava Montesdeoca placed first.

Ceres High’s 4x800 relay team of Jaden Stahl, Katie Amezcua Cabello, Brooke Kiser and Stephanie Espinoza placed second.

Ceres High’s 4x400 relay team of Maria Bravo, Marissa Pacheco, Alyssa Arbaugh and Elizabeth Watts placed third.