St. Rita School: CYO Track Finals – 1, 2, 4, 5
No, this is not a poor job of counting, It is the order of the recent finishes in the CYO Finals. Out of seventy schools and over 2900 athletes, St. Rita School’s B Boys finished fifth and the B Girls were fourth. In the varsity divisions, St. Rita was first in girls and second in boys. The varsity girls gave St. Rita School, its 69th CYO Track Championship! It also marks their 28th straight year with at least one CYO Championship!
The Varsity Girls 4x 100 meter relay team of Beatriz Rivas, Collette Allen, Amber Allen and Hillary Howard are CYO Champs. Devon Nardoni is the individual champion in Javelin where along with Emerson Gohrick and Madeleine Biscaichipy, we went 1, 2, 3. Jenna Mijares is the 1600 meter champion and runner-up in the 800. She also anchored the third place 4×400 team that included Nicole Noriega, Emerson Gohrick and Devon Nardoni. The girls qualified all 3 contestants in each of the Field Events. Besides the already mentioned Javelin, St. Rita had Madeleleine Biscaichipy, Amber Allen and Natalie Kraich score in the shot put as did Collette Allen, Hillary Howard and Emerson Gohrick in the Long Jump.
In Varsity Boys, CJ Rettig was the Individual Champion and new CYO record holder in the javelin. Luca Farroni also broke the old record in finishing second. Govind O’Campo was the winner of the boy’s shot put. Luc Aguilar-Fraley who holds the school 1600-meter record for both B’s and Varsity scored in that event as well as the 800 meters. Christian Locateli and Tim De La Mora were long jump finalists. The most exciting race of the evening was the Varsity Boy’s 4×400. Assumption of Pasadena was heavily favored, but Christian Locateli gave St. Rita School a sizeable lead after the first leg and then Fredrick Harper and Brandon Clarizio each ran lifetime best legs to give the team a chance at gold. CJ Rettig battled their anchor mightily before Assumption pulled away near the wire.
Zachary Zambrano was St. Rita’s top scorer for B boys as he broke the school Javelin record and ran with Gus Rayc raft, George Tupy and Cohn Gala in the 4×400. Chris Johnson was second in the shot put while Robby Nardoni and Andrew Johnson joined Zambrano to score in the javelin.
Faith Blea was a triple Medal winner in both relays and the long jump as was Alex De La Mora in the relays and the javelin. Tahana Marganian and Makena Wilson went two-three in the shot put and also ran the final two legs in the 4x 100 for the B Girls. Kelly Mc Kiernan was the school’s top finisher in the javelin. Catherine Mispagel and Cassie Pic hardo ran the 4×400 to round St. Rita School’s finalists.
Saint Rita School, 322 North Baldwin Avenue, Sierra Madre, (626) 355-6114 or visit st-ritaschool.org.
