Sacramento Area Talent Represents at Prestigious National Track Meet

The Arcadia Invitational, dubbed the “Home of National Records” is taking place in this weekend in Arcadia, California.  The meet, considered one of the most competitive track & field meets in the country, has played host to 25 national high school records and has helped to produce 152 U.S. Olympians.  The meet was headlined by Olympian Sydney McLaughlin of Union Catholic High School who won the 300m hurdles invitational in a scorching 38.90.

Numerous Sacramento area athletes participated and so far have represented the area very well. 

Sacramento area individual/team results as of 7:30 pm. Note: There are two races in each event in the night portion, the invitational for the fastest group and a seeded race for the next-fastest group. Same for rated (fasted) and open (next-fastest).

Women

• St. Francis (Sacramento) won the 4 x 1600 seeded in 21:11.79 and placed 11^th in the 4 x 800 seeded with a time of 9:30.92.
• Sheldon (Elk Grove) placed 2^nd in the 800 sprint medley invitational with a time of 1:45.35 and finished 9^th in the 4 x 200 invitational running 1:44.75. [Shout out to Lees Summit West, Lees summit (Kansas City) Missouri, for finishing for finishing 5^th with a blistering time of 1:41.34.]
• Vacaville placed 18^th in the 4 x 1600 invitational running 21:31.68.
• Sofia Castiglioni finished 13^th in the 3200 seeded running 10:52.07.
• Abagail Fisk (Davis) ran 11:12.11 in the 3200 meter open.
• Erin Whelan (Rocklin) finished 8^th in the shot put with a throw of 34-08.00.
• Kara Smith (Franklin-Elk Grove) ran 2:21.33 and finished 34^th in the 800 seeded.
• Tai McDonald (Sheldon-Elk Grove) finished 3^rd in the 100 seeded running 12.07.
• Davis High’s Alyssa Lengtat and Tessa Malone (Davis) finished 6^th (39-00.50) and 20^th (36-08.50) respectively in the triple jump.

Men

• Franklin (Elk Grove) placed 5^th with a blistering time of 1:32.10 in the 4 x 200 seeded.
• Woodcreek (Roseville) placed 14^th in the 4 x 800 invitational running 8:00.95 while Whitney (Rocklin) placed 15 in the 4 x 800 seeded with a time of 8:17.80.
• Xavier Weaver (Franklin-Elk Grove) finished 4^th in the 800 invitational running 1:53.76.
• Jordan Tillis (Franklin-Elk Grove) finished 8 in the 400 invitational running 48.86.
• Matt Strangio (Jesuit-Sacramento) and Jake Ritter (Granite Bay) finished 9^th (9:17.58) and 18 (9:26.33) respectively in the 3200 meter rated.
• Jonah Wiener-Brodkey of McClatchy (Sacramento) finished 19 in the 3200 meter open in a time of 9:31.00.
• Iffy Joyner (Pittsburg) took 5^th in the discus with a throw of 198-04 and 10^th in the shot put with a mark of 54-08.25.
• Zach Galgan (Vacaville) finished 11^th in the pole vault jumping 15-00.00.

Please let me know if I missed any local athletes. Click here for live results.