Traveling Teen Gets Two Seconds

After a very successful freshmen year, Stockdale's Curtis Kelly left Hawaii to compete at the California State Games this weekend and came in second in the 1500 in a time of 4:23. He also came in second in the 3000 in a time of 9:40 according to his mom. They reported that it was nice to run against new faces.

Former Mustang is Top Bakersfield Female 15 to 18

Brianna Curtis must be home from Notre Dame for a little while because she came in 17th in a time of 49:08. Winning this division was Meghan Marvin from Clovis High School. Her team won the valley meet this past track season. Her teammate Saylah came in 6th.

Female 15 to 18
Place	Name	City	Bib No	Age	Overall	Time	Pace	Time Back
1	Meghan Marvin	Clovis CA	834	15	59	41:17	6:53/M
2	Julia Uyttewaal	San Luis Obispo CA	444	17	61	41:36	6:56/M	00:19
3	Kathleen Uyttewaal	San Luis Obispo CA	445	15	68	42:11	7:02/M	00:54
4	Mimi Petersen		910	15	71	42:41	7:07/M	01:24
5	Lindsay Gray	Clovis CA	214	15	72	42:53	7:09/M	01:36
6	Saylah Barserian	Fowler CA	481	17	80	43:43	7:17/M	02:26
7	Julia Thulin		744	15	82	43:48	7:18/M	02:31
8	Jennifer Nakamura	Fresno CA	764	16	96	44:45	7:28/M	03:28
9	Christine Hoffmann	San Luis Obispo CA	573	15	97	44:52	7:29/M	03:35
10	Abby Otto	Mill Valley CA	665	17	103	45:08	7:31/M	03:51
11	Meghan Arigo	San Luis Obispo CA	582	15	105	45:10	7:32/M	03:53
12	Madeline Lavack	San Luis Obispo CA	517	15	107	45:24	7:34/M	04:07
13	Lizzy Hoyt	Los Osos CA	759	16	111	45:37	7:36/M	04:20
14	Rachel Frye	Morro Bay CA	169	15	130	46:53	7:49/M	05:36
15	Rebecca MacIas	Simi Valley CA	443	18	138	47:23	7:54/M	06:06
16	Marie Frye	Morro Bay CA	167	15	139	47:24	7:54/M	06:07
17	Brianna Curtis	Bakersfield CA	678	18	168	49:08	8:11/M	07:51
18	Michelle Carruth	Fresno CA	592	15	194	50:20	8:23/M	09:03
19	Alyssa Mejia	Clovis CA	284	16	205	50:57	8:30/M	09:40
20	McKenzie Poe	Clovis CA	388	15	208	51:01	8:30/M	09:44
21	Skylar Payne		687	16	313	56:01	9:20/M	14:44
22	Amanda Hall	San Francisco CA	827	18	334	56:43	9:27/M	15:26
23	Allison Frye		653	15	393	59:29	9:55/M	18:12
24	Mayra Aguilar	Taft CA	624	17	452	1:02:32	10:25/M	21:15
25	Berenise Flores	Taft CA	626	17	453	1:02:34	10:26/M	21:17
26	Stephanie Rowland		667	16	455	1:02:50	10:28/M	21:33
27	Kyla Lennex	Fresno CA	275	16	463	1:03:43	10:37/M	22:26
28	Heather Jelstrom	Morro Bay CA	549	17	510	1:06:35	11:06/M	25:18
29	Alexis Williams	Saan Francisco CA	909	15	587	1:12:49	12:08/M	31:32
30	Samantha Ortega		908	15	588	1:12:50	12:08/M	31:33
31	Taylor Ross	Bakersfield CA	793	15	610	1:15:19	12:33/M	34:02
32	Joscelyn Pizzino	Bakersfield CA	437	17	633	1:19:05

Collatz second at World Youth event

SUDTIROL, Italy -- Stockdale's Alex Collatz was second in the girls discus in May at the Central Section track and field championships and second last month at the CIF state meet.

Now she's second in the world.

Collatz tossed her second throw 50.09 meters (164 feet, 4 inches) Saturday in the girls discus finals at the IAAF World Youth Championships. That was good for a silver medal, nearly a full meter better than third-place Shanice Craft of Germany.

China's Shanshan Li won the gold medal with a 51.65-meter (169-5). Collatz has one throw better than that in her career, a 177-0 at the state meet in Clovis.

Li threw her 51.65 on her first attempt, then added four other throws above 50 meters. Collatz's next-best attempt was a 49.41 (162-1) on her fifth attempt. She fouled on her sixth and final throw.

Collatz was second at both the section and state meets to Shafter's Anna Jelmini, who holds the national high school record in the event. Jelmini, 18, is too old to compete in the youth championships; competitors must turn 16 or 17 during 2009.

Alex Collatz makes Team USA roster for the World Youth Championships

Team USA roster for the World Youth Championships
World Youth Championships: July 8-12 in Bressanone, Italy

The mark listed next to each event below is what an athlete likely needs to achieve in order to place in the finals of the World Youth Championships. Each athlete’s listed IAAF mark is the best-known performance by the athlete that meets IAAF standards and was achieved between Jan. 1, 2008 and June 22, 2009.

Discus (144-05)
1. Alex Collatz (Stockdale, Bakersfield, Ca.) 152-0.
IAAF: 177-0 (State Prel., Clovis 6-5-09)

Discus
Top 12 Qualify for Final

Alex Collatz (Stockdale, Bakersfield, Ca.) bettered the automatic qualifying standard of 154-2 on her first attempt with a throw of 163-9 to advance to the final. Also advancing to the final on their first throw were Shanshan Li of China at 161-3, Shanice Croft of Germany at 158-10, Lena Urbaniak of Germany, the winner of the shot put, at 157-6, Viktoriya Klochko of Ukraine and Leesa Lealaisalanoa of New Zealand at 154-5. Erica Brand (Northwest, Shawnee Mission, Ks.) threw 144-8 to finish in 14th place. It took 149-11 to make the final.

Stockdale Girls Best was a 21:29 Average at Valley 08

107:24 was the second best Kern County team time on the Woodward course. Thoough almost 5 minutes slower then Ridgeview, Stockdale is returning all their varsity runners but one. Ridgeview has three really good runners but as everyone knows, in big meets you need five to excel. Stockdale has large squads and fields good teams year after year but has the misfortune of running in the SWYL were they use to be the bridesmaid behind Centennial and now Ridgeview.

7. 184 STO-B/Stockdale - Bakersfield ( 21:29 1:47:24)

1 28 Courtney Moore Sr 907 28 20:59
2 32 Carolin Haney So 905 32 21:12
3 36 Shelbe Pennel Jr 908 36 21:27
4 38 Amber Nelson So 906 38 21:30
5 50 Cynthia Lopez So 910 50 22:16
6 ( 54) Lauren Schultz So 911 54 22:37
7 ( 56) Delilah Diaz Fr 909 56 22:55

Womens 1600 Meter
Rank Mark Name Grade School Section Meet Date
1 5:42.31 Carolin Haney 10 Stockdale CE Reedley Invitational 05/01/09
2 6:04.92 Cynthia Lopez Stockdale CE Liberty Frosh-Soph Invit... 03/27/09

Womens 3200 Meter
Rank Mark Name Grade School Section Meet Date
1 12:31.54 Carolin Haney 10 Stockdale CE Reedley Invitational 05/01/09
3 13:31.99 Cynthia Lopez Stockdale CE Liberty Frosh-Soph Invit... 03/27/09


Interestingly, over the past few years, the Mustangs have had good large cross country teams but few seem to run track. I assume they must be swimmers. Haney ran well this past track season and should be their leader.

Collatz claims national discus gold medal

Anna Jelmini's not the only one around here who can throw her way into world competition.

Stockdale High's Alex Collatz and Shafter's Lacie Rasley each won a throwing event at the USA Track & Field Youth Championships this week and advance to compete at the IAAF World Youth Championships next week in Bressanone, Italy.

The events are for 16- and 17-year olds. Both Collatz and Rasley were sophomores last year.

Collatz threw 152 feet in the discus Tuesday at the USATF event in Ypsilanti, Mich., not close to her personal best of 177-0 but enough to out-distance her nearest competition by more than five feet.

Then on Wednesday, Rasley put the shot 43-9.25 to beat Sarah Howard of Dublin, Ga., by 12.25 inches. Rasley's personal best is 44-0.25.

The top two finishers in each event were up for consideration to attend the world youth games, and USATF selected Collatz and Rasley.

Shafter High's Jelmini competed in the discus in Poland last year as part of the USATF World Junior Championships team, one age group up from Youth.