San Marcos track & field swept its crosstown rivals Dos Pueblos and Santa Barbara High in a double-dual meet on Wednesday at Warkentin Stadium.
On the boys side, the Royals took down the Chargers by a score of 89-38 and defeated the Dons 88-39. As for the girls, San Marcos pulled out a 65-62 win over Dos Pueblos and an 86-41 victory over Santa Barbara.
“We had a great city track meet today. So much good competition all around,” San Marcos head coach Marilyn Hantgin said.
San Marcos
Logan Patterson Deakyne continued his stellar senior season for the Royals with individual victories in the 110 hurdles, 300 hurdles and 400-meter race. He also teamed up with Alex Silva, Eddie Perez and Dalton Shupe to win the 4×400 relay.
“Logan is inspiring to all that watch him,” Hantgin said. “He broke 50 seconds in the open 400, running 49.76. He’s been trying to break 50 for a while. He’s done it in a relay, just not the open.”
Meanwhile, TJ Deakyne came out on top in the long jump, triple jump and high jump for the Royals.
“TJ continues to improve. It’s difficult to be a jumper because there is a lot of stress on the legs, but TJ has learned how to deal with the demands,” Hantgin said.
Wyatt Degner also had a strong individual performance, winning the 1,600-meter race, placing second in the 300 hurdles and earning third in the 110 hurdles.
“Wyatt can run almost anything. He is strong and very athletic. It’s been such a pleasure having him on the team,” Hantgin said.
On the girls side, Sofi Hernandez crossed the finish line first in the 1,600-meter and 3,200-meter races.
“Sofi is a very talented runner. She is strong and loves competition,” Hantgin said. “Sofi is heading to Westmont to further her running career, and I know she will do great things for them.”
Elsie Tuttle rounded out the Royals’ standouts with a first-place finish in the 400-meter race.
Santa Barbara High
Elina Stump did it all for the Dons, taking first place in the triple jump (37-7.5), long jump (17-9.5) and 200-meter race (26.10). She also came in second in her 400-meter race debut.
“We’ve been doing a lot of technical work on [Stump’s] jumps and 200 and it was nice to see it coming together today,” Santa Barbara High head coach Olivia Perdices said.
In the throws, Malachi Johnston led the way for the Dons with a first-place performance in the shot put and a second-place showing in the discus.
“Not [Johnston’s] best day, but he’s a guy who’s going to show up and compete in any situation,” Perdices said.
Olivia Arevalo (300 hurdles), Nonia Brown (shot put) and Kik Van Engelen (800-meter) all recorded personal bests and won their respective events.
Santa Barbara High will send athletes to the Arcadia Invitational on Saturday.
Dos Pueblos
Kellan Cotter was the Chargers’ lone double individual event winner, taking first in the 100-meter and 200-meter races. Ty Perkins took first place in the discus to round out the victors on the boys side.
Meanwhile, Yana Martin (100 hurdles), Hazel Burgess (100 meter), Iyla Herrick (800 meter), Luna Gnagy (high jump) and Alix Hollingsworth (discus) all picked up victories for the Charger girls.
The Dos Pueblos girls 4×400-meter relay squad also came out of the race victorious.
No information was provided by Dos Pueblos track & field.