Dos Pueblos track & field’s Phil Contakes and San Marcos swim’s Sophia Hall put together strong showings for their teams last week en route to Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table Athlete of the Week honors.
The pairing was honored at Monday’s SBART Press Luncheon at Harry’s Plaza Cafe.
Contakes helped lead the Charger boys team to a co-Santa Barbara County Championship over the weekend with several strong performances.
As an individual, he took first place in the 1,600-meter with a time of 4:20.53 and the 3,200-meter at 10:06.12. He was also a member of the first-place 4×800 relay team that set a school record with a time of 7:53.93.
Meanwhile, Hall was a driving force in the Royals’ earning a dual meet victory over Camarillo to complete an undefeated dual meet regular season for the team.
She claimed first place in both the 50 freestyle and 100 freestyle, while also linking up with teammates to take the top spot in the 4×50 freestyle and 4×100 freestyle relays.
The boys honorable mentions were Flynn Chenoweth (SB Lacrosse), James He/Kenny Wang (Cate Tennis), Nolan Clark (SM Swim), Kellan Cotter (DP Track), Malachi Johnston (SB Track) and TJ Deakyne (SM Track).
The girls honorable mentions were Harper Wolfe-Lyons (DP Track), Allie Ben-Yaacov/Char Welch (DP Beach Volleyball), Sophie Otte/Wynter Thorne-Thomsen (Bishop Beach Volleyball), Isa Malarkey (SM Softball) and Josephine Grossman (SM Lacrosse).