Napa Valley Register | Local Report: Napa Track Club athletes win eight of their 10 events at All-Comers

Local Report: Napa Track Club athletes win eight of their 10 events at All-Comers

From Register Staff

Less than a week after returning from the National Finals in Chicago, Napa Track Club athletes competed in a Pacific Association of USA Track & Field Youth All-Comers Track & Field Meet at Vallejo High School on Saturday.

Six of the club’s athletes competed well in 10 events, notching eight first-place finishes and two seconds.

Three of the club’s high jumpers set personal records. Brendan Cardey won both the high jump and the turbo javelin events in the 11-12 boys age division. He improved his PR in the high jump by 3 feet with a clearance of 4 feet, 4 inches, and later tossed the javelin 106 feet to triumph. The St. John’s Lutheran sixth-grader is ranked 35th in the nation in the turbo throw.

In the 13-14 girls division, St. John’s eighth-grader Olivia Husted set a new PR in the high jump with a winning height of 4-11, moving her into the top 50 nationally with another year to compete in that age group. She also won the 800 meters.

Napa High School senior-to-be Dominic Giovannoni captured the high jump and triple jump in the 17-18 age division. Giovannoni’s triple jumps have been in the 41- to 42-foot range all summer, as he looks to improve on this year’s Monticello Empire League runner-up finish.

Mario Giovannoni, an incoming Napa High sophomore, claimed the triple jump in the 15-16 boys division and took second in the high jump. After winning the MEL junior varsity high jump title this past season, he hopes to move up to the varsity next spring.

Justin-Siena junior Kevin Cardey won the high jump in the 15-16 boys group with a PR of 6-2, which vaulted him up to 12th place in the national youth rankings. He hopes to be in contention for a medal at the Junior Olympics later this month.

Lauren Cardey, 14, qualified for her second straight Junior Olympics in the high jump. The Justin-Siena freshman-to-be matched her PR with a second-place height of 4-10.

The club’s final tune-up for the Junior Olympics will be an All-Comers meet Saturday in Union City.

Junior Legion Baseball

• Napa Cardinal 15,

Tompson Cabinetry-Fairfield 14

After relying on sttrong starting pitching and consistent defense to win games this summer, Napa Cardinal needed its bats and excellent relief pitching to win at Fairfield’s Laurel Creek Park Wednesday night.

Napa scored nine runs in the first inning to take a commanding lead, but allowed TC right back in the game by giving up four runs during the home half of the inning. The third and fourth innings proved to be difficult innings for the Cardinal as well, as TC tacked on eight more runs to take a 12-9 lead.

Napa regained the lead with five runs in the top of the fifth inning thanks to a two-RBI double from Andrew Pieper (6-for-7, two doubles, stolen base), a two-RBI triple from CJ Blom (3-for-6, triple) and a run-scoring single from Anthony Bergman (1-for-2). The game remained 14-12 in Napa’s favor until the bottom of the sixth, when TC managed two runs to tie it at 14.

Both teams failed to execute any offensive production until, after four hours and 45 minutes, the Cardinal (23-8 overall) plated the winning run during the visiting half of the 12th and final inning.

Patrick Powers earned the win in relief with five scoreless innings of four-hit pitching, striking out seven. Along with Pieper, Blom and Bergman, the Cardinal offensive attack was led by Bud Accardo (2-for-6, RBI, stolen base) and Mike Jones (2-for-5, triple, RBI).

Swimming

• NVST hosts its annual long course meet

More than 412 swimmers on 29 teams competed in the Napa Valley Swim Team’s annual C/B/A+ Long Course Meet June 15-17 at Napa Valley College.

In the 8-and-under girls division, Nathalie Brewster swam to 100-percent best times and achieved A times in the 50-meter freestyle (sixth place) and 50 breaststroke (second). She also swam the 100 free (fourth), 50 backstroke (fourth), 100 back (fourth), 100 breaststroke (third) and 50 butterfly (eighth).

Maddie Perna achieved a new A time in the 50 fly (fifth) and also swam the 50 free (third), 100 free (third), 200 free (third), 50 back (third), 100 back (first), 100 breaststroke (seventh) and 50 fly (fifth). Kathleen Schafle achieved a new A time in the 50 breaststroke (fifth) and also competed in the 100 breaststroke (sixth). Belle Calforda swam the 100 free (eighth), 200 free (fifth), 100 back (eighth), 50 breaststroke (eighth) and 50 fly (seventh). Annika Jean Erickson swam the 200 free (fourth), 50 breaststroke (sixth), 100 breaststroke (eighth) and 100 fly (second). Kareena Meyer and Hannah Smorra swim in their first meet with the team.

In the 8-and-under boys division, Jeffrey Gibbs and Shota Ibonai had all best times with Gibbs achieving a new A time in the 50 free (third) and Ibonai swimming the 50 free (fourth), 100 free (third), 200 free (first), 50 back (fifth), 100 back (third), 50 breaststroke (second) and the 50 fly (second). Quinn McMichael swam the 50 free (seventh), 100 free (sixth), 200 free (second), 50 back (sixth), 100 breaststroke (third) and 50 fly (fourth). Cayd Roberts competed in the 100 free (eighth), 50 back (eighth) and 100 back (fourth). Patrick Smorra swam in his first meet with the team and William Fallini-Haas also represented NVST in this age group.

Emily Stephens, in the 9-10 girls division, achieved her first Junior Olympic time and a new A time while placing second in the 50 free. Stephens also swam the 100 free (second), 200 free (third) and 100 back (eighth). Megan Minor achieved a new JO time and new A time in winning the 100 back, and also swam the 50 free (fifth), 50 back (fifth), 100 free (sixth), 200 free (seventh) and 100 fly (eighth). Leigh Jensen achieved a new JO time and A time in the 50 back (third) and also achieved a new A time in the 200 free (second). She also swam the 50 free (fourth), 100 back (second) and 50 fly (eighth).

Also for the 9-10 girls, Mia Facey achieved new A times in the 50 back (fourth) and 50 fly (second), won the 100 fly and placed in the 100 back (third), 100 free (fifth), 50 free (sixth), 200 free (sixth), 50 breaststroke (eighth) and 100 breaststroke (eighth). Alex Swanson achieved a new JO time 100 breaststroke (fourth), a new AA time in the 200 free (first) and a new A time in the 50 back (second), while also swimming in the 100 free (first), 50 free (third), 100 fly (second), 50 breaststroke (fifth), 100 back (fourth) and 50 fly (seventh). Rose Ballantine swam the 100 free (eighth), 50 breaststroke (fifth), 100 breaststroke (fifth) and 100 fly (sixth). Madi Anderson swam the 50 breaststroke (fourth), 100 breaststroke (seventh) and 100 back (seventh). Elyssa Jame Erickson turned in six best times and Madeline Cline achieved four. Also representing NVST in this division was Elizabeth Schafle and Shania Stagner. Swimming in their first meets with the team were Alissa Meyer and Margaret Cline.

In the 9-10 boys division, new Q/Far Western times and AA times were posted by Colby Gibbs in the 200 free (first) and Mason Miller in the 50 fly (second); Miller also swam the 50 back (first), 100 back (first), 200 free (fourth), 50 free (fifth), 50 breaststroke (fifth), 100 breaststroke (sixth) and 100 free (seventh). Miles McArdle had all best times, achieving a new Junior Olympic and A time in the 100 free (second), a new JO time in the 200 free (second) and a new A time in the 100 fly (second) while also swimming the 100 back (third) and 50 breaststroke (third).

Daniel Richardson had a new JO and A time in the 50 back (fourth) and also competed in the 100 breaststroke (second), 50 breaststroke (fourth), 100 fly (fifth), 100 back (fifth), 50 free (sixth) and 200 free (sixth). Rio Barnes was perfect on best times, swimming the 100 back (second), 50 free (third), 200 free (third), 100 fly (fourth), 50 fly (fourth), 100 free (sixth) and 50 back (eighth). Bradley Erickson had all best times in the 200 free (seventh) and 100 fly (eighth). Louis Ayers placed eighth in the 200 free. Also representing NVST in this division was Andrei Astafyev, while Alexander Walder enjoyed his first meet with the team.

Among girls in the 11-12 age division, Erica Facey achieved a new JO time and A time in the 100 back, new AA times in the 50 back (fifth) and 50 fly (sixth) and was fifth in the 100 fly. Ximena Mendieta achieved new JO times in the 200 frees (fifth), 800 free and 100 fly (third), new AA times in the 100 free (eighth) and 800 free, new A times in the 200 free and 100 fly, and placed seventh in the 50 fly. Nicole Rossi had all best times and notched her first JO times in the 100 free, 50 fly (eighth) and 100 fly (fourth) and achieved new A times in the 200 and 800 frees and 50 fly. Chloe Hubbard, who had her first A time in the 100 free, and Melinda Miller had 100-percent best times. Also representing NVST in this division were Riliey Hebb (all best times), Ashley Amundson (six best times), Joanna Haas (five best times), Megan Perna (three best times), Leanne Woods (five best times), Haley Regan and Ellen Osborn.

In the 11-12 boys division, Theo St. Francis had all best times and new JO and AA times in the 200 back (third) and 800 free, JO times and new A times in the 50 free (third), 100 free (fourth), 200 free (fourth), 50 back (first), 50 fly (fourth) and 200 individual medley (fourth) and took fifth in the 100 back. Nick Meyer had all best times with an eighth in the 50 fly, while Eric Boessenecker swam the 100 freestyle (fifth) and 100 fly (fourth) and Cody Dusky swam five best times.

For the 13-14 girls, Alli Channels swam the 200 back (third), 100 back (fifth) and 100 fly (sixth), while Anastasija Kuprijanova turned in 100-percent best times, Madeline Miller swam six best times, and Laurel Davis won the 200 fly.

In the 13-14 boys division, Nick Kozlowski achieved a new JO time in the 200 back (third) and also swam the 100 back (third) and 200 IM (seventh). Jesse Risinger achieved a new Q/Far Western time in the 800 free (second) and competed in the 100 free (first), 200 free (second), 200 back (first), 100 breaststroke (fifth) and 200 IM (second). Seth Anderson, McCoy Ayers, Geoffrey Meyerhoff, Sam Starr and Jacob Sykes all had 100-percent best times. Anderson swam the 100 free (eighth), 100 back (seventh), 200 back (fifth) and 50 free (seventh); Ayers competed in the 50 free (second), 100 free (fifth), 200 free (third), 100 back (second), 200 back (second) and 800 free (fifth); Meyerhoff was eighth in the 100 fly; and Sykes swam the 100 back (fifth) and 100 fly (fourth). Jake Kennedy achieved three best times.

Among the 15-16 girls, Chardonnay Biter-Mundt swam the 50 free (second), 100 free (third), 100 back (fourth) and 200 back (second). In the 17-18 girls division, Dori Bland swam the 50 free (third), 100 free (fourth) and 100 breaststroke (third), and Danielle Carey swam the 100 back (fourth), 200 back (first), 100 fly (second) and 200 fly (first).