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San Francisco Chronicle
29-05-2025
- Sport
- San Francisco Chronicle
Metro top qualifying marks for CIF track and field state championships
Five metro athletes are among the top qualifiers based on section championship events heading into this weekend's 105th CIF State Track and Field Championships at Buchanan High School in Clovis (Fresno County). De La Salle-Concord junior Jaden Jefferson is the leader in the 100 meters after setting a North Coast Section record with a winning 10.30 seconds time on Saturday at Dublin High. He hopes to lead the Spartans to a first state title for the program and the team has extra incentive, competing for their late head coach John Harvey who died suddenly April 28 from a respiratory condition. Other top qualifiers from the Metro region are Menlo School-Atherton senior Landon Pretre (in the boys 3200 (8:48.57), Pittsburg senior boys pole vaulter Khaliq Muhammad (17-1), San Ramon Valley-Danville sophomore girls high jumper Riley McMullen (5-6) and St. Mary's-Berkeley girls triple jumper Kira Gant Hatcher (40-10.50), who also ranks second in the long jump (19-4.75). State trials scheduled starts are 3 p.m. Friday with field events and running events beginning at 5 p.m. Saturday's finals are scheduled at 4:30 p.m. (field events) and running events (5:45 p.m.). Note that meet directors previously have pushed back start times due to extremely warm weather and with temperature forecasts both days in the 100s, that is a distinct possibility again. Below are all the top qualifiers in each event, along with all Metro athlete who qualified and qualifying teams. BOYS (Top qualifier, with local metro qualifying marks from section meets.) 100 meters: 1. Jaden Jefferson (De La Salle) 10.30 Other Metro qualifiers: Chad Works-Wright (El Cerrito) 10.43, Khairee Baker (American Canyon) 10.68, Prince Babalola Buchango (St. Ignatius) 10.78, Rahsjon Duncan (McClymonds) 10.79, O'Bryan Flanigan (Sacred Heart Cathedral) 10.95, Syd Villegas (Lincoln) 10.95 200 meters: 1. RJ Sermons (Rancho Cucamonga) 20.97 Metro qualifiers: Jefferson (De La Salle) 21.11, Works-Wright (El Cerrito) 21.28, Babalola Buchango (St. Ignatius) 21.43, Jaylyn Smallwood (El Cerrito) 21.69, Duncan (McClymonds) 22.31, Villegas (Lincoln) 22.40 400 meters: 1. Jaelen Hunter (Servite) 46.91 Metro qualifiers: Mattheo LaCasia (Woodside) 46.92, Tim Edwards (Pittsburg) 47.71, Sean Walsh (St. Francis) 47.94, Chase McMullen (San Ramon Valley) 48.90, Ian Sweeney (Bishop O'Dowd) 49.19, Phinehas Browne (Oakland Tech) 49.31, Ikembuchukwu Udeh (De La Salle) 49.88 800 meters: 1. Lucas Alberts (Jesuit) 1:51.27 Metro qualifiers: Caeden Gardner (Tamalpais) 1:54.62, Sebastien Swain (Piedmont) 1:54.67, Thomas Hekl (Amador Valley) 1:54.74, Shrey Chettiar (Bellarmine) 1:54.81, Tristan Kippes (Palo Alto) 1:55.95, Henry Witt (Lowell) 1:57.88 1,600 meters: 1. Conor Lott (Clovis North) 4:05.80 Metro qualifiers: Benjamin Bouie (Crystal Springs Uplands) 4:06.02, Aydon Stefanopoulos (Los Gatos) 4:08.80, Miles Cook (Sacred Heart Cathedral) 4:10.09, Arrin Sagiraju (Dougherty Valley) 4:10.46, Will Hauser (Menlo School) 4:10.37, Will Mulliken (Archie Williams) 4:12.20, Stephen Sziebert (Bellarmine) 4:12.65, Stefan Langridge (International) 4:13.44, Nicolas Rivas (Galileo) 4:22.88 3,200 meters: 1. Landon Pretre (Menlo School) 8:48.57 Other Metro qualifiers: Trey Caldwell (De La Salle) 9:08.91, Tadhg Murray (De La Salle) 9:09.75, Djali de Chalus (St. Mary's) 9:14.43, Gus Schafer (Oakland Tech) 9:46.28, Rivas (Galileo) 10:45.55 110 high hurdles: Jasir Fontenot (San Diego) 13.40 Metro qualifiers: Chase Young (De La Salle) 14.04, Babaloa Buchango (St. Ignatius) 14.32, Nathaniel Maddox (Dublin) 14.49, Aaron Adamos (Dublin) 14.50, Antonio Bayon (Redwood) 14.60, Joshua Haven (Bellarmine) 14.72, Ryan Gray (Oakland Tech) 15.33 300 hurdles: 1. Kingston Waring (Culver City) 36.91 Other Metro qualifiers: Haven (Bellarmine) 37.93, Luke Kazee (St. Ignatius) 38.79, Young (De La Salle) 39.20, Krish Sandhu (Moreau Catholic) 39.53, River Lockwood (Acalanes) 39.68 4x100 relay: 1. Servite 40.40 Metro qualifiers: El Cerrito 41.02, De La Salle 41.20, Serra 41.44, Hillsdale 41.81, Mountain View 42.18, American Canyon 42.38, Lincoln 43.79 4x400 relay: 1. Long Beach Poly 3:10.83 Metro qualifiers: Mountain View 3:18.68, St. Francis 3:19.68, De La Salle 3:29.78, Tamalpais 3:31.92, Acalanes 3:24.75 4x800 relay: 1. Mira Costa 7:37.84 Metro qualifiers: Crystal Springs Upland 7:51.87, Las Lomas 7:53.64, Bellarmine 7:54.48, Analy 7:57.04, Lowell 8:07.67 High Jump: 1T. Joshua Harel (Notre Dame-Sherman Oaks), Matthew Browner (Chaminade-West Hills), 6-10 Metro qualifiers: Grady Wachob (Benicia) 6-6, Ben Stout (Amador Valley) 6-6, Ryan Shen (Monta Vista) 6-6, Haven (Bellarmine) 6-6, Bayon (Redwood) 6-4 Pole Vault: 1. Khaliq Muhammad (Pittsburg) 17-1 Other Metro qualifiers: William Freas (Tamalpais) 15-6, Ethan Radford (Bellarmine) 14-8, Bayon (Redwood) 14-2 Long Jump: 1. Kayden Lewis-Burnley (Clovis) 24-8¾ Metro qualifiers: Shen (Monta Vista) 23-7¾, Ernest Okere (Clayton Valley) 23-4¾, Levi Harte (Encinal) 23-0¾, Oskar Herlitz (Sacred Heart Prep) 22-11¾, Noah Gonzalez (St. Ignatius) 22-7½, Kaleb Pleis (San Ramon Valley) 22-6, Kaleb Banh (Lincoln) 21-3½ Triple Jump: 1. Keith Cotlage (Cajon) 48-10 Metro qualifiers: Anthony Dean (De La Salle) 47-11, Cameron P. Jones (Bishop O'Dowd) 46-10½, Gonzalez (St. Ignatius) 46-7¾, Benicio Labuguen (Westmoor) 46-5, Jasaun Mabrey (Sacred Heart Cathedral) 46-1½, Maddox (Dublin) 45-11½, Alex Martin (Valley Christian) 45-11, Banh (Lincoln) 42-0¾ Shot Put: 1. McKay Madsen (Clovis North) 67-4½ Metro qualifiers: Joshua Taylor (King's Academy) 59-4, Evan Usher (Woodside) 57-9½, Case Jacobson (St. Francis) 57-5, Maxime Morelle (Sacred Heart Prep) 57-4½, Chibuike Ihe (Pittsburg) 55-10¼, Emmanuel Fitzgerald (San Mateo) 55-6, Alexander Gorobets (Washington-San Francisco) 45-4¼ Discus: Madsen (Clovis North) 204-9 Metro qualifiers: Isaac Duren (Mitty) 164-0, Usher (Woodside) 162-8, Fitzgerald (San Mateo) 162-4, Deonte Littlejohn (Acalanes) 156-3, Zach Bruce (California) 154-0, Bryant Angel (Mission) 139-11 GIRLS 100 meters: 1. Journey Cole (Redondo) 11.36 Metro qualifiers: Ellie McCuskey-Hay (St. Ignatius) 11.78; Amirat Temi Aganju (Pittsburg) 11.78; London Shedd (Liberty) 11.90, Julia Bayon (Redwood) 11.98, Avery Hui-Bytof (St. Ignatius) 12.36, Alicia Choy (Lowell) 12.56 200 meters: 1. Keelan Wright (Chaparral) 23.21 Metro qualifiers: McCuskey-Hay (St. Ignatius) 24.06, Bayon (Redwood) 24.63, Hannah Rutherford (Mountain View) 24.72, Shedd (Liberty) 24.78, Isabella Moriyama (Monte Vista) 24.90 400 meters: 1. Clara Adams (North Salinas) 53.23 Metro qualifiers: Rutherford (Mountain View) 53.99, Madison Kohli (Los Gatos) 55.35, Eden Enoru (Heritage) 57.19, Moriyama (Monte Vista) 57.54 800 meters: 1. Makenna Herbst (Carlsbad) 2:03.30 Metro qualifiers: Sabrina Zanetto (St. Francis) 2:09.79, Josie Hill (Technology) 2:10.16, Lily Symon (Los Altos) 2:10.29, Hailey Sellers (Branson) 2:12.25, Ava Padilla (Monte Vista) 2:12.80, Chloe Leduc (Oakland Tech) 2:20.14 1,600 meters: 1. Chiara Dailey (La Jolla) 4:43.57 Metro qualifiers: Hanne Thomsen (Montgomery) 4:47.26, Kinga Czajkowska (Palo Alto) 4:47.75, Amaya Bharadwaj (Palo Alto) 4:49.63, Farah Allen (Branson) 4:50.49, Ani Stieg (Archie Williams) 4:51.12, Anna Salter (Crystal Springs Uplands) 4:56.63, Leduc (Oakland Tech) 5:13.63 3,200 meters: 1. Rylee Blade (Santiago) 10:11.38 Metro qualifiers: Thomsen (Montgomery) 10:19.56, Amrie Lacefield (Montgomery) 10:25.52, Lily Montilla (Las Lomas) 10:29.01, Veronica Taira (Menlo School) 10:48.53, Brooke Oliveira (Castilleja) 10:48.96, Maya Eisenberg (Mountain View) 10:52.01, Leduc (Oakland Tech) 11:59.55. 110 high hurdles: 1. Anisa Bowen-Fontenot (San Diego) 13.38 Metro qualifiers: Emma San (Dublin) 14.59, Hughes (Los Altos) 14.64, Tatum Trucks (Carondelet) 14.73, Hope Diekmann (San Ramon Valley) 14.76, Shiloh Haliburton-Rudy (Mitty) 15.04, Sara Nordlund (Menlo-Atherton) 15.19 300 hurdles: 1. Morgan Herbst (Carlsbad) 39.95 Metro qualifiers: Janelle Wanliss (Santa Rosa) 43.74, Haliburton-Rudy (Mitty) 44.23, Nordlund (Menlo-Atherton) 44.57, Soleil Warner (Bay School) 45.11, Kiana Chen (Carlmont) 45.17, Savannah Sawyer (Ygnacio Valley) 45.36 4x100 relay: 1. Long Beach Poly 45.94 Metro qualifiers: Pittsburg 46.98, Mitty 47.51, Valley Christian 47.56, St. Mary's 47.62, Los Gatos 47.81, Redwood 48.50, Lowell 50.45 4x400 relay: Long Beach Wilson 3:43.71 Metro qualifiers: Los Gatos 3:51.74, Pittsburg 3:53.33, St. Francis 3:53.80, Dublin 3:55.54, Sacred Heart Cathedral 3:56.12, Clayton Valley 3:57.59 4x800 relay: 1. Claremont 8:59.39 Metro qualifiers: Palo Alto 9:11.71, Monte Vista 9:13.96, Branson 9:14.07, St. Francis 9:16.64 High Jump: 1T. Riley McMullen (San Ramon Valley), Jasleen Gandhoke (St. Francis-Sacramento), all 5-6 Other metro qualifiers: Rachael Osicka (California) 5-5, Kaitlyn Schuh (San Mateo) 5-4, Lelani Laruelle (Monta Vista) 5-4 Pole Vault: 1. Paige Echsner (Del Norte-San Diego) 13-5 Metro qualifiers: Olivia Miles (University) 12-0, Avery Boyse (Burlingame) 11-9, Katherine Cueva (Menlo-Atherton) 11-3, Kaitlyn Hancock (Washington-Fremont) 10-11, Miranda Howeth (Dublin) 10-11, Alexa Bernard (Lowell) 10-0 Long Jump: 1. Amaya Estes (Canyon Crest Academy) 19-6. Metro qualifiers: Kira Gant Hatcher (St. Mary's) 19-4¾, Annalise Horn (Redwood) 19-0, McCuskey-Hay (St. Ignatius) 18-6, Clara Fan (Monta Vista) 18-5½, Idara Essien (Castro Valley) 18-2, Jolee Chan (Lincoln) 16-7¼ Other metro qualifiers: Santia Ali (Clayton Valley) 39-11, Corinne Jones (St. Mary's) 39-5½, Hughes (Los Altos) 39-0, Amaya DeFlorimonte (Bishop O'Dowd) 38-7, Sophie Schwarz (Westmont) 38-1½, Fan (Monta Vista) 38-1½, Daia Sanders (Bishop O'Dowd) 37-11, Horn (Redwood) 37-9¾, Lanai Mitchell (Bishop O'Dowd) 37-7½, Brooklyn Pitigoi-Aron (Valley Christian) 37-6¾
San Francisco Chronicle
19-05-2025
- Sport
- San Francisco Chronicle
Resurgent El Cerrito softball steamrolls its way into NCS postseason
As the seventh seed in Division 4, El Cerrito's softball team doesn't figure to win a North Coast Section championship this season. But the Gauchos are definitely playing with house money. Buoyed by a top slugging freshman and mainstay senior on the mound, El Cerrito (19-3) has already set a school record for wins while winning the Tri-County Athletic League's Stone Division with a 14-0 record. It's the Gauchos' first winning season since 2021. Arlie Tatum, a freshman shortstop and catcher, is hitting .746 with North Coast Section bests of 53 hits and 52 RBIs in 71 at-bats to go along with 10 home runs, 23 doubles and 30 stolen bases, helping the Gauchos outscore league opponents 276-25. Tatum hasn't struck out once. 'One of the most dominating hitters I've seen in high school softball over the last five years,' said El Cerrito assistant coach Ken Miles. Senior captain and Occidental College commit Courtney Miles is 11-0 on the mound with 119 strikeouts in 53 innings. She's also batting .500 with 32 hits, 24 RBIs, 41 runs, 13 doubles and 28 stolen bases, earning her first-team All-TCAL for a third straight year. Natalie Gawlikowski (7-2, 0.63 ERA) is the other mainstay on the mound and one of five freshmen on the 17-person squad. Other top hitters are freshmen, Mia Martinez-Rojas (.510, 27 RBIs), Olive Calvin (.450) and Leah Sundstrom (.413). 'Admittedly our league wasn't as tough as some of the others in the Bay Area, but the team took care of business at hand and in nonleague beat NCS playoff teams Albany (14-0) and Piedmont (15-2),' coach Miles said. The Gauchos open NCS play at home Wednesday against No. 10 seed Las Lomas (13-8), with the winner traveling to second seed Berean Christian-Walnut Creek (16-3) in the quarterfinals Friday or Saturday. Top seeds in each division are Liberty-Brentwood (D1), Cardinal Newman-Santa Rosa (D2), Del Norte (D3), Northgate-Walnut Creek (D4), McKinleyville (D5) and Kelseyville (D6). Top NCS baseball seeds are: Granada-Livermore (D1), Cardinal Newman (D2), California-San Ramon (D3), Arroyo-San Lorenzo (D4), Pinole Valley (D5) and John Swett-Crockett (D6). State swimming: While the Metro stars were many at the CIF State Swim Championships in Clovis on Saturday, Foothill-Pleasanton sophomore Luke Mijatovic stood out by setting a national 500-yard freestyle record (4 minutes, 11.91 seconds) and breaking the state meet 200 free record in 1:33.52. The previous national record was 4:12.70 set in 2023 by Rex Maurer of Loyola-Los Angeles, and the state meet 200 record was 1:33.84, also by Maurer. Valley Christian junior Yury Kuzmenko was a double winner, taking the 50 and 100 freestyles, breaking the 50 meet record in Friday's prelims at 19.55 (the previous mark was 19.57 set by Palo Alto's Ethan Harrington). The Princeton commit also anchored the winning 200 medley relay team and was part of the third-place 200 free relay squad. Dougherty Valley-San Ramon's Songrui Wu also took two boys events, winning the 100 backstroke (47.20) and 200 IM (1:44.55). Other Metro winners were Mitty sophomore Shareef Elaydi (boys 100 breaststroke, 53.18), Gunnar Grubbs (boys diving, 611.80), Campolindo-Moraga freshman Stella Canoles (girls 100 free, 49.26) and Granada's Brooke Bennett (girls 500 free, 4:49.15). In the team competition, San Ramon Valley-Danville's girls (170.5) placed second behind Santa Margarita-Rancho Santa Margarita (Orange County) (229.5). Monte Vista-Danville (144.5) was third, Campolindo (139) fourth and Mitty (106) fifth.
Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Yahoo
Police investigate sexual assault on El Cerrito 'BART Path'
EL CERRITO, Calif. - Police are on the lookout for a suspect involved in a sexual assault incident in El Cerrito that occurred on the Ohlone Greenway, commonly known as the "BART Path," Sunday morning. What we know El Cerrito police said the suspect had interacted with the victim at the Del Norte BART Station Saturday night. The suspect allegedly abducted the victim and assaulted her between Hill and Blake Streets on the pathway, police said. The suspect was described as a Black man in his mid to late 20s, skinny and close to 6 feet tall, according to police. He was wearing a black beanie hat, black hoodie, black sweatpants, and a gold chain. What you can do Anyone who may have seen or heard anything or may have additional information is asked to contact Det. Michael Olivieri at (510) 820-3061 or email molivieri@ The Source El Cerrito Police Department
Yahoo
18-05-2025
- Yahoo
Authorities investigating Sunday morning Ohlone Greenway sexual assault
(KRON) – The El Cerrito Police Department is investigating a sexual assault that happened on the Ohlone Greenway early Sunday morning, which is called the BART pedestrian and bicycle path. The assault occurred from around midnight to 1:30 am. According to El Cerrito PD, the male suspect abducted and sexually assaulted a female suspect on the Ohlone Greenway between Hill Street and Blake Street. The suspect initially contacted the victim the day prior at Del Norte BART. Stolen Glock, weed found in probationer's car: Livermore PD The suspect, according to police, is a Black man in his mid-to-late 20s, skinny and about 6 feet tall. He was wearing a black beanie, black hooded sweatshirt, black sweatpants and a gold chain. Anyone with information regarding this assault or who may have additional information is asked to contact Detective Michael Olivieri at 510-820-3061 or email at molivieri@ Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
