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Brown wins 3 events in Manteca’s Chandler Invitational
Chandler Invitational
Ripon’s Isaac Ramos leads Manteca’s William Brown into the home stretch of the 4x100-meter relay with Manteca finishing second (43.49 seconds) and Ripon fourth (43.92). - photo by DAVE CAMPBELL

 Four of the top five boys teams Saturday in the Carl Chandler V Invitational were local with Sierra winning at 92 points, East Union third (89), Ripon fourth (69) and Manteca (62).

In girls competition. local teams went 2-3-4 with Sierra second (78), Ripon third (75) and Lathrop fourth (66.5) at Guss Schmiedt Field.

In boys competition, Manteca’s William Brown was a triple winner in the 110-meter hurdles (14.94), 300 hurdles (39.78), 4x400 relay (3:32.98) and was on the second-place 4x100 (43.49).

“I felt good today,” Brown said. “We had new people in the relays and we are getting used to it and improving.”

Finishing second for the Buffaloes were Quinn Martinez (100, 10.95) and Jamir Mellion (discus, 132 feet, 8 inches). Mellion was fifth in the shot put (46-9 ½).

J.P. Abrew anchored the East Union 4x100 to first place (42.73), won the 100 (10.78) and was second in the long jump (20-2 ½). Teammate Sean Rutter won the pole vault (11-6). Finishing second for the Lancers were Mario Quezada (110 hurdles, 15.37; 300 hurdles, 41.38), Gunnar Fay (100, 10.88) and Gabriel Lopez (pole vault, 11-0). Fay was third in the 200 (22.99) and Anthony Oteri fourth in the high jump (5-8).

Sierra’s Christian Gonzalez was a double winner (800, 2:00.02; 3,200 10:58.94). Teegan Nazzisi (shot put, 52-6) and Oluwademilade Akinleye (long jump, 20-2 ½) also finished first for the Timberwolves. B.J. Cutar was third in the triple jump (39-11) with Mantoj Grewal (300 hurdles, 43.34), Connor McCoy (shot put, 47-9) and Arjun Prabhu (triple jump, 38-10) finishing fourth and Grewal (110 hurdles, 16.34), Francis Bravo (100, 10.99; 200, 23.33), Anthony Glover (400, 52.40) and McCoy (discus, 131-5) finishing fifth.

Ripon’s 4x800 relay finished first (8:42.77) along with Jude Viss (triple jump, 43-5). William Verver (discus, 136-2) and Viss (high jump, 5-10) finished second for the Indians with the 4x400 relay (3:46.18), Miguel Acosta-Pearson (3,200, 11:05.95) and Wyatt Swift (shot put, 47-11) finishing third, the 4x100 relay (43.92) and Lucas de Vera (800, 2:10.99) finishing fourth and Miguel Acosta-Pearson (1,600, 5:04.64) finishing fifth.

Avneer Faaaliga (shot put, 50-7) and Ekam Sohal (triple jump, 40-3) finished second for Lathrop with Maddox Ramos finishing third in the pole vault (10-6) and the 4x400 relay (3:52.10),

Malachi Gonzales (long jump, 19-10 ¾) and Luis LiBran (triple jump, 38-8) finishing fifth.

The 4x400 relay (3:55.52) and 4x800 relay (9:56.06) finished fifth for River Islands.

Anna Dittman paced Sierra with a resounding first-place finish in 1,600 (5:26.82), lapping the competition in the third lap and winning by nearly a minute, and finishing first in the 3,200 (11:58.11). After the mile, Dittman said, “I felt good. I just wanted to focus more on my two-mile pace in the beginning.”

Teammate Alyssa Rodriguez won the 800 (2:34.18). Khamylle Bollengier was second in the 400 for the Indians (1:01.31), Felisa Cruz-Olenhouse was third in both the 100, (12.75) and 200 (26.44), Naomi Ross fourth (800, 2:39.83) with Khamylle Bollengier (200, 26.84), Monserrat Saavedra (3,200, 13:27.47), Mamana Felesiailangi-Inia (discus, 87-1) and Athena Nunez (pole vault, 6-6) finishing fifth.

Manteca’s Raniya Nelson finished second in the discus (114-9) and fourth in the shot put (31-10 ½). Paisley Coenenberg finished third for the Buffaloes in the 1,600 (5:49.69) and 3,200 (13:14.83) as did the Manteca 4x100 relay (52.59). Caitlunn Vu (pole vault, 6-6) finished fourth.

Ripon’s Kaiya Kroutil won the 400 (58.16) as did the Indians 4x800 relay (11:10.84). Sophia Jung was second for Ripon in the 1,600 (5:47.19) and 3,200 (13:14.83) along with Madie Roberts (800, 2:36.22) and Clara Schooland (high jump, 5-4). Finishing third were Schooland (100 hurdles, 16.43) and Jazmine Sorrell-Williams (shot put, 32-10) with Schooland (300 hurdles, 49.39) and Giuliana Locarnini (800, 2:41.38) finishing fourth.

Alyvia Galano (pole vault, 10-6) and the 4x400 relay (4:35.81) finished first for Lathrop. The 4x100 relay (52.33) and Moira Ramones (triple jump, 35-5) were second with Araya Carson (high jump, 4-6), Melia Lewis (100, 12.84) and Ramones (long jump, 16-3 ¼) finishing fifth.

East Union’s Marley Arrizano finished fourth in the 100 (12.77) and Cheyanne Hudson was fifth in the 1,600 (5:59.20).

The River Islands 4x100 relay (54.61) finished fourth.

In junior varsity competition, Ripon won the girls (169) and was second in the boys (97).

Alana Martinez was a triple winner for the Indians (100, 13.41; long jump, 15-11; triple jump, 33-8). Also finishing first for Ripon were Ava Aguirre (200, 27.95), Noeli Jiminez (3,200, 17:05.10), Mallory Moore (300 hurdles, 54.44), the 4x100 relay (54.60), 4x400 relay (13:03.18)

and 4x800 relay (4:36.43)

East Union’s Camille Christensen won the high jump (4-8) and Sierra’s Rachel Sandler the 400 (1:06.26).

For the boys, Ripon’s Nikolia Vitz (high jump, 5-6) and Carmelo Rodriguez (1,600, 5:07.14) finished first as did Lathrop’s Jaylen Santos-Howard (300 hurdles, 44.84) and Logan Terry (discus, 119-7), East Union’s Antonio Escobar (pole vault, 11-0), Sierra’s Alvin Varghese (3,200, 11:05.32) and Manteca’s 4x100 relay (45.77).