Santa Barbara’s Anne Knecht set a Ventura Invitational meet record Friday night, winning the Distance Carnival 1600 meters in a personal best 5:10.33.
Dos Pueblos and San Marcos also competed at the event Friday and Saturday. Team scores were not kept.
“That’s a great performance,” Santa Barbara coach Olivia Perdices said. “Anne is relatively new to being a distance runner and there’s still a lot of upside as she learns the event.”
Other Santa Barbara results:
Andreas Dybdahl ran an eight-second lifetime best of 4:16.94 for 3rd place in the 1600.
“Andreas came off cross country with a lot of momentum and confidence, and it really shows in how he’s racing this season,” Perdices said.
At Saturday’s Invitational, Davis Flanagin was a double winner for the Dons, capturing the long jump at 21-3.5 and doubling back in the triple jump. He was also 4th in the 100 meters in a personal best 11.21.
“Davis just loves to compete,” Perdices said. “He had a great day.”
Carter Battle was 2nd in the high jump, tying his career best of 6-1.
“Carter is showing he can compete with anyone,” Perdices said.
Gianna Stump added a win in the triple jump at 33-7 and London Moro was 4th in the 400 at 1:02.17.
“I can always count on these two to show up for us.”
Santa Barbara hosts Ventura and Pacifica in their Channel League opener on Wednesday.
San Marcos results:
San Marcos senior Makenzie Fauver won both hurdles races, took third in the high jump and ran on a third-place 4×400 relay at the Ventura Invitational.
Fauver clocked 16.29 in the 100 hurdles and 48.67 in the 300 hurdles. She cleared 4-7 in the high jump and was on a relay team that finished in 4:22.38. The other team members were Stella Crawford, Kiala Haas and Bailey Harris.
Haas took third in the 800 (2:28.58).
For the San Marcos boys, the 4×400 relay of Justin Hess, Jonas Strand, Easton Rose and Dylan Briner took first place in 3:30.79.
Brodie Johnsen won the 300 hurdles in 43.54 and was fourth in the 100 hurdles (17.40). Justin Hess placed third in the 400 meters in 50.33 and freshman TJ Deakyne was fifth in the long jump (17-6.25).
The boys 4×100 relay of Andre McCullough, Dylan Briner, Cameron Letendre, Evan Perez came in fifth in 44.78.
Dos Pueblos results:
For the boys, Andrew Brennan placed third in the 300 meter hurdles with a time of 44.9 seconds, the fifth-ranked time in the Channel League. He also placed fourth in the 800 meters.
Among highlights for the girls, Phoebe Wolfe Lyons placed eighth in the 300m hurdles with a time of 55:87, the eighth-ranked time in the Channel League. Ellie Gleason placed second in the 800m, and close behind were teammates Lyons (4th) and Vienza Machuca (5th).
Boys Varsity:
300m Hurdles — 3rd, Andrew Brennan, 44.90 — *5th ranked time in the Channel League
— 8th, Eoghan Gloster, 47.16
110m Hurdles — 10th, Eoghan Gloster, 18.64
Pole Vault — 3rd, Eoghan Gloster, 11’6″
4x100m Relay — 8th, 45.61
100m — 32nd, Gabriel Runyen, 11.93
Long Jump — 7th, Chris Pagliaro, 18’10″
Triple Jump — 12th, Chris Pagliaro, 37’2″
Discus — 15th, Max Kubel, 104’10″
800m — 4th, Andy Brennan, 2:02.98
1600m — 24th, Orlando Ye, 4:45.20
3200m — 4th, Eamon Gordon, 9:39.55 — *5th ranked time in the Channel League
Girls Varsity:
300m Hurdles — 8th, Phoebe Wolfe Lyons, 55.87 — *8th ranked time in the Channel League
400m — 12th, Ellie Gleason, 1:05.50
100m — 20th, Juliana Vela, 13.60
Long Jump — 14th, Juliana Vela, 13’6.75″
High Jump — 3rd, Olivia van Gool, 4’7″
Discus — 8th, Chloe Kazmerzak, 67’7″
Shot Put — 26th, Chloe Kazmerzak – 21’0″
800m — 2nd, Ellie Gleason, 2:28.42
— 4th, Phoebe Wolfe Lyons , 2:28.96
— 5th, Vienza Machuca, 2:30.72
1600m — 6th, Ellie Gleason, 5:31.70