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Moncada earns top boy athlete honors as Manteca claims title of Chandler Invite
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Manteca’s Julian Moncada hands off to Evani Gaeta for the third leg of the 4x400-meter relay won by Manteca in 3 minutes, 34.0 seconds. Moncada was named the boys varsity track athlete of the meet.

MODESTO – Julian Moncada was named the boys track athlete of the meet and took home four gold medals Saturday to help lead the Manteca boys to the championship of the Carl Chandler V Invitational at Modesto Junior College while the behind the effort of Starla Skiles the Ripon girls won their division.

Moncada won the 100 meters (11.19 seconds) and 200 (22.93). He was on the winning 4x100 relay team (43.70) with K.P. MacDannald, Ramone Arechiga and Robert Facundo as well as the

4x400 relay (3:34.00) with Evani Gaeta, Isaiah Arechiga and Facundo.

“We work hard and we never let up,” Moncada said. “This is the first time I have won four gold medals. It feels great.”

This is the meet’s second year and it is hosted by Manteca High. The Buffaloes boys defended their title from last year.

“We won the boys title last year too,” Manteca coach Paul Lyons IV said. “Ripon came out and stopped us from winning the girls this year, but we were happy to have the boys defend their title.

“The weather was great. It wasn’t super windy and after the rain on Friday we didn’t have any today. It wasn’t hot and we had perfect running conditions which led to a lot of PRs.”

Manteca’s Mason Gibson won the shot put (45 feet, 2 ½ inches) and led a Buffaloes sweep with Christopher King taking second (44-4) and Dylan Gulseth third (43-0 ½).

“Our best competitors have always been the three of us during practice,” Gibson said. “We always push ourselves to go out further than other teams do.

“We have a great coach in Coach Johnson who has been out here helping us. That’s pretty much the secret of it.”

For Manteca, Josiah Ford won the 110 hurdles (17.27), Roberto Facundo the 300 hurdles (43.36), Oscar Angel the 3200 (10:47.34) and Alexander Chatham the discus (127-11).

Angel as second in the 1600 (4:53.91).

“I had a PR in the mile,” Angel said. “But I missed it in the two mile.”

Also finishing second for Manteca were Isaiah Arechiga (400, 53.98); Jaime Leon (800, 2:18.40); MacDannald (triple jump 38-0); Alijah Cota (discus, 125-1) and David Chea (pole vault, 9-0).

Manteca’s Matthew Sarmento (3200, 12:52.55) and D. Marcus Estes (long jump, 19-11) finished third.

Skiles won the 300 hurdles in 48.82. She was on the winning 4x100 relay (51.20) with Rylee Agbayani-Duenas, Olivia Maragas and Emily Paxton and the and the winning 4x400 relay (4:15.25) with Paxton, Jenna Skavdahl and Kyla Agbayani-Duenas (4:15.25).

Skiles was second in the 100 hurdles (17.25).

“Today was a really big accomplishment,” Skiles said. “I have been pushing myself much harder than last year. Especially in the hurdles. It makes my heart happy to win the 300s and PR.

“I cannot wait to get to sections and masters and by the end of this year I hope I will be much improved.”

Ripon’s Gabby Delgado won the discus (123-6) and shot (35-4).

“Today I felt good,” Delgado said. “I was going for some PRs but I fell a little bit short. The throws were still consistent with what I have been throwing.

“But I now have the school records in the shot and disc and that is huge for me. I have been striving for that since my freshman year.”

The Indians took first place over from Manteca which won the championship last year

“We’ve had a really busy couple of weeks,” Ripon coach Jill McPherson said. “And it’s great to come out when the weather is nice.

“I think the kids had fun and they performed very well.”

Finishing second for Ripon were Skavdahl (400, 1:02.63; 800, 2:34.01), Ellena Parenti (high jump, 4-8) Maragos (long jump, 16-5 ¼) and Jordyn Hegarty (3200,13:54).

Clara Schooland (400, 1:04.07), Maragos (100, 12.84), Katie Martin (pole vault, 8-0) and Maddison Lopez (triple jump, 31-5) were third for Ripon.

Ripon finished second in the boys division and was led by field athlete of the meet Jesus Oshoa who won the high jump (5-0) and was third in the triple jump (37-7 ¼).

Ripon’s 4x100 relay team of Nathan Curless, Nathan Gaines, Dru Orlando and Jacob Allen finished second (45.60) as did Orlando in the 200 (24.02) and Julio Pelaez in the 3200 (10:49.98).

The 4x400 relay team of Orlando, Gaines, Curless and Brett Shaw was third (3:46.16) as was Julio Pelaez (1600, 4:58.38), Valente Hernandez (800, 2:20.34; pole vault, 8-0), Shaw (100 hurdles, 17.87; 300 hurdles 43.59), Orlando (200, 24.02) and Austin Wood (discus, 122-0).

Rylan Steckler won the pole vault (9-0) and Jada Ikharo the triple jump (34-3 ¾) to lead the Manteca girls to second place. Ikharo was third in the long jump (16-1 ¼) and she tied for fifth in the high jump (4-6) with her triple-jump effort just one-half an inch shy of the Buffaloes school record.

“It was fun,” Ikharo said. “this is my first year and like only my third meet.

“Next meet I’m going to try and get that record.”

Sienna Jones (1600, 5:55.71), Shylea Hollins (discus, 115-01), Genisis Mailangi (shot, 34-2) and Jordyn Hegarty (3200, 13:54.73) finished second for the Buffaloes.

The 4x400 relay team of Jones, Taylor Thomas, Cameron Silva and Corrine Jones was third for the Buffaloes (4:34.08) as were Hegarty (1600, 5:59.70) and Sienna Jones (800, 2:39.52).

The Ripon boys junior varsity was second with Logan Trickey (3200, 11:06.26), Gustavo Nungaray (discus, 111-06), Eric Guevara (pole vault, 11-6) and the 4x400 relay of Guevaram Logan Lefebvre, Ethan Baur and Jackson Everhart finishing first (3:55.35).