SGV Rankings: Claire Kieffer-Wright ties SGV Record – Damien Takes Over the Boys Lead

Most of the SGV’s best competed in the massive Arcadia Invitational this last weekend.  The results gave us just one new SGV leader, but three marks on the San Gabriel Valley All-Time Top Performers list that we are introducing this week.

The top performance by place and quality at Arcadia came from 2012 State Champ Claire Kieffer-Wright (Sr – South Pasadena).  Her 6’0 jump in the Invite high jump earned her second place while equaling the previous meet record and the SGV record she set in 2012.  Earlier in the day, Claire took over the SGV lead in the 400m with a PR 57.07.

There were two other All-Time performances in the Arcadia Night Meet.  Monrovia junior Sydney Mosley was 4th at 14.04 in the Invite 100m Hurdles, which makes her =8 All Time SGV.  And in the “slow” heat of the 3200m, Estaban de la Rosa (Sr – Arcadia) was the winner in the 8th All-Time SGV time of 8:56.55.  His senior teammate Veronica Yamane improved her SGV seasonal leading marks in both the 1600m & 3200m, where her 10:51.32 was a PR.  In the girls relays, Monrovia improved their SGV seasonal best with a 47.57 to win the Seeded 4x100m, and in the 4x400m, SGV leaders Arcadia dropped their best to 3:55.10 while finishing 5th in the Seeded race.

There are two other active SGV athletes on the All-Time list.  Muir’s Tierra Adams (Sr) is 5th All-Time SGV with her 43’7″ throw in the Shot at this year’s Pasadena Games.  And in the girls 1600m, Bishop Amat junior Emily Hubert holds down the 10th spot with her 5:01.45 from last year’s CIF Div. III Prelims.

You can view the entire San Gabriel Valley All-Time Performers List here: SGV All Time Performers  Please Note: This is a work in progress.  I put this together using every public record I can find, but I’ve undoubtedly missed some top marks.  Please send any additions you have to info@sgvtrackandfield.net – but please make sure any marks in the 100, 200, LJ, and TJ are wind legal.

SGV teams also competed at the South Pasadena Tiger Invitational, the Irvine Distance Carnival, and down south at the Willie Banks Invite, while fifteen seasonal Top 10 marks came from dual meet action.

In the boys team rankings Damien is now the clear leader, with last week’s co #1 Walnut falling to 3rd, but only just.  All of the leaders lost ranking points, with the Spartans losing the least.  Arcadia remains best among the girls, holding a 3 point margin over Walnut, while there’s a crowd at the foot of the rankings, with five new schools entering the list at =10th.

Here are the San Gabriel Valley Team Rankings – (1 point for every Top Ten event ranking).

Boys

• 13.5 - Damien (Last Week: =1st/15 pts)
• 13.1 - Arcadia (3rd/14)
• 13.0 - Walnut (=1st/15)
• 10.4 - California (4th/10)
• 8.8 –  Santa Fe (5th/9)
• 8.4 –  Monrovia (=6th/8)
• 8.0 –  St. Francis (=6th/8)
• 6.0 –  Covina (=6th/8)
• 6.0 –  Glendora (=9th/5)
• 6.0 –  Maranatha (=9th/5)

Girls

• 16.0 - Arcadia (Last Week: =1st/18 pts)
• 12.9 - Walnut (2nd/15)
• 11.5 - Monrovia (=3rd/12)
• 10.4 - South Pasadena (=3rd/12)
• 8.7 –  Glendora (=5th/9)
• 8.3 –  La Salle (=5th/9)
• 8.0 –  John Muir (7th/8)
• 6.0 –  Bishop Amat (=8th/6)
• 5.7 –  South Hills (=8th/6)
• 4.0 –  Bonita (=8th/6), California (NR), Claremont (NR), Flintridge Sacred Heart (NR), Pomona (NR) & Santa Fe (NR)