Sports capsule: Napa Track Club gets out of the blocks

Twenty-seven athletes from the Napa Track Club attended the Santa Rosa Express Sectional Track Meet March 31.

This was the club’s first meet of the 2007 season and its young competitors, age 7 to 14, took part in 78 events. The meet was highly competitive, with 38 clubs from all over Northern California represented.

Napa had several standout performances, with three members earning first-place finishes. Four individuals set marks good enough to qualify for this year’s Youth National Championships in Chicago.

Brendan Cardey, 11, won the boys turbo javelin with a toss of 100 feet — a throw that qualified him to compete in the national championships. Chris Bozzini, 11, won the high jump with a national qualifying height of 4-6. He also placed third in the long jump.

Mackenzie Mills, competing in the high jump for the first time, won her age division and qualified for nationals with a leap of 4-3. The 12-year-old Mills also had a second place finish in her 200-meter race and a fourth in the 400 to complete her outstanding day.

Claire Miller, 11, had a toss of 56-1 in the girls turbo javelin, which was good enough to qualify her for nationals and earned her a third-place finish. Her time of 5:59 in the 1500 was good enough for a sixth-place finish.

Other club members with high finishes in the girls divisions were Sarah Tracy with a second in the high jump and a fourth in the 400 meters, Donna Roscoe with a third in the long jump, Claudia Torkelson with fourth-place finishes in the 100 and 200, Ashley Agustus with a fourth in the high jump and a fifth in the 1500, and Rachel Taylor with a fourth in the 400.

The boys were paced by Eric Zoller, who won his heat in the 200, took second in the 400, and placed fifth in the long jump. Others with good performances were Ret Torkelson with a second in the 100 and a third in the 200, Jonathan Kinda with a fifth in the 100, Grant Smith with a fourth in the 100 and a fifth in the long jump, and Kennedy Salsman with a fifth-place finish in the 100 hurdles.

The club’s next meet will be a sectional qualifier in Novato April 14./Register

NV Swim Club sends six to Far Westerns

The Napa Valley Swim Team recently sent six swimmers to compete in the Far Western short-course championships in Pleasanton. It was attended by over 1500 swimmers from California, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Oregon and Virginia. All swimmers must meet strict qualifying standards in order to participate.

In the 9-10 boys age group, Colby Gibbs, 9, swam very well in the 100 backstroke. Gibbs was seeded 29th with a 1:17.35 going into the preliminaries. He broke out a lifetime best swim of 1:13.65 and an eighth place qualifying time for the finals.

During the finals he dropped another two seconds for a second lifetime best swim of 1:11.97. Gibbs placed seventh in the finals and was the only 9-year-old to place in the event. His final time was a new “AAA” standard and a new Pacific Reportable time.

In other action in the 9-10 boys age group, Mason Miller, 9, qualified for the 100 butterfly (1:19.97). During the preliminaries Miller dropped over two seconds for a 1:17.16 and a 16th-place finish. Miller was the fastest 9-year-old in the event.

The girls 11-12 age group saw Elise Roberts compete in the 50 and 100 breaststroke events and swim a lifetime best in the 100 breaststroke (1:16.59).

In the 13-14 girls age group, Alli Channels qualified in the 200 back and 400 individual medley. Channels swam a lifetime best in the 200 back (2:17.02).

Also competing were Danielle Carey and Jesse Risinger./Register

Infineon ticket offer available on Friday

Race fans are invited to Infineon Raceway in Sonoma for Two-Wheel Thunder, which will feature the fastest motorcycle road-racers in the country for AMA testing on the raceway’s twisting road course in advance of the upcoming Kawasaki AMA Superbike Showdown, presented by Supercuts, May 18-20. Fan elements include: Track Talk, a fan forum, in the Wine Country Winner’s Circle; Infineon Raceway Wall of Fame inductee announcement; and SBFreaks Street Freestyle demonstration.

Special ticket offers will be available Friday at Infineon Raceway. For information, contact Jennifer Enos at 933-3981 or jenos@infineonraceway. com./Register

VHS Athletic Boosters to meet on Monday

The Vintage High School Athletic Boosters will meet in the school’s career center at 6:30 p.m. Monday All members are encouraged to attend. The organization would particularly like to extend an invitation to the parents of next year’s freshmen class./Register 

Pop Warner football registration resumes

The Napa Night Hawks’ Pop Warner football and cheer program offers registration at www.napanighthawks.com or from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 14 and May 19 at Raley’s or May 5 at Albertson’s (California Boulevard)./Register

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