The Douglas High track & field program saw a couple of school records fall Saturday afternoon at the Big George Invitational in Minden - the final tuneup for most schools in the region before the four-week championship stretch extending through state.
Tiger sophomore Amanda Brazeau cleared 11 feet in the pole vault to win the event and break her own school record of 10 feet acheived last season during the regional championships. It marked the third time she's broken the record in her career. She's now lifted the proverbial bar three feet since arriving on campus as the previous school record was 8 feet (Shasta Ceragioli, 1997).
The other record to fall Saturday was in the triple jump as Douglas senior Johnny Pollack turned in a distance of 44 feet, 6.5 inches - bettering Will Sheerin's school record mark of 42-2.5 (set in 2006) by more than two feet.
"There were definitely some outstanding individual performances today," Douglas coach Jim Abbott said. "We were pleased. We're getting there, not quite where we need to be yet (as a team), but we are getting there."
The Douglas girls' came up short against regional-favorite McQueen in the team standings, but took second ahead of Manogue, Carson and Whittell in order at the 14-team invitational.
McQueen also won the team competition on the boys' side while Minden-based Sierra Lutheran was fifth, Douglas was sixth and Carson was ninth.
The only other local girl to win an event Saturday was Carson's Alex Fallon, who took the triple jump with a leap of 36-8.25.
Douglas had a solid all-around day from its sprinters on the girls' side as Morgan Karnofel and Alexyss Easlick went fourth and fifth respectively in the 100 and Shannon Sturgess and Easlick went fifth-sixth in the 200.
Douglas freshman Aspen Abbott took third in the 400 with a personal best time of 63.74 seconds while Sturgess was fifth (65.26) and Carson's Hayden Jensen was eighth at 65.66.
The Tigers' Cara Dunkelman took third in the 800 with a time of 2:31.60 while Carson's Katie McFarren was second in the 1,600 at 5:29.39.
Also in the 1,600, Carson's April Shonnard was fifth, Sierra Lutheran's Becky Grabow was seventh and Carson's Amber Karnofel was eighth.
McFarren was third in the 3,200 while Carson's Amanda Gordon was fifth, Carson's Amber Karnofel was sixth and Sierra Lutheran's Becky Grabow was eighth.
Brazeau was a sixth-place finisher in the 100 hurdles and Douglas' Lauren Babbitt was eighth.
Douglas' Megan Filbin took sixth in the 300 hurdles.
In the relays, Douglas took third in the 4x100 with a time of 51.71 posted by the team of Brazeau, Easlick, Morgan Karnofel and Marissa Cowan.
Carson (Paige Robinson, Hannah Dudley, Alex Fallon and Julianne King) was third in the 4x200 at 1:48.87 while Douglas (Holly Downer, Kelsie Martinez, Sturgess and Susie White) was fifth at 1:49.98.
Carson's team of Allison Cowan, Jensen, Julianne King and Alex Fallon was second in the 4x400 at 4:15.11 while Douglas (Abbott, White, Easlick and Dunkelman) was third at 4:18.94.
Abbott, Bre Chabot, Sadie Gastelum and Dunkelman teamed to taked second in the 4x800 at 10:20.92.
The team of Amber Emerson, Audrey Moore, Stacy Waggoner and Rochelle Seymour was third in the distance medley for Douglas.
Jazz Halow took fifth in the shot put with a throw of 31-5 for Douglas while Carson's Hannah Dudley was eighth at 29-0.
Dudley took second in the discus (96-04) while Douglas' Bri Burnside was third (91-11). Carson's Makayla Ragone was seventh at 83-0.
In the high jump, Holly Downer tied for third at 4-8 for Douglas and Babbitt tied for eighth (4-6).
Carson's Maddie Sarrem followed Brazeau in the pole vault with a jump of 8-6, good enough for third and fellow Senator Mikayla Story tied for eighth along with Douglas' Stacy Waggoner and Shawnee McFadden at 6-0.
Downer was third in the long jump at 15-5 while Cesarina Ceglia was fifth with a jump of 15-3.5. Douglas' Kelsie Martinez came in seventh in the event at 14-9.
Ceglia also posted a personal best in the triple jump at 34-1 to take fifth.
On the boys' side, Sierra Lutheran's Nick DePaoli took fifth in the 200 and Carson's Taylor Bradshaw was sixth in the 400.
Carson's David McMasters was third in the 800 (2:01.63), followed by Sierra Lutheran's duo of Wade Meddles and Preston Lyons in fourth and fifth.
Meddles won the 1,600 with a time of 4:28.56 and Douglas' Scotty Lococo and Andrew Cobourn took fifth and sixth respectively.
Carson's Richard Shroy took second in the 3,200 while Sierra Lutheran's trio of Nathanael Williams, Andrew Deterding and Levi Grabow went fourth, sixth and ninth respectively.
Douglas' Ryen Ake took seventh in the 110 hurdles (17.05).
In the relays, Douglas' team of Sean Derbyshire, Dylan Neilsen, Cole Melhus and Corbin Zumpft was fifth in the 4x200 and Sierra Lutheran's team of Kody Miller, Nathan Conover, Jacob Medlock and Bradley Goins was seventh.
Sierra Lutheran (Lyons, Meddles, DePaoli and Conover)took fourth in the 4x400, Carson (Taylor Bradshaw, Trey Jensen, McMasters and Nick Shlager) was fifth and Douglas (Lococo, Justin Uhart, Nick Maestretti and Melhus) was eighth.
Sierra Lutheran (Meddles, Grabow, Lyons and Conover) was second in the 4x800 while Douglas (Cobourn, Adrian Duenas, Connor Greth and Lococo) was fourth.
The Falcons claimed the distance medley with the team of Williams, John McRae, Johnny Harms and Deterding while Douglas was fifth (Michael Clark, Johnny Ortega, Jeremy Tigh and Billy Rubino).
Carson's Nick Bukowy took third in the shot put (45-8.25) and teammate Blake McCoy took third in the discus (132-11). Bukowy was also eighth in the discus (119-3).
Corbin Zumpft led a strong Tiger showing in the high jump, taking fifth with a leap of 5-6. Teammates Greth and Melhus tied for seventh at 5-4 each.
Nick Maestretti won the pole vault for Douglas with a personal best of 14-0 while Carson's duo of Eric Garcia and Cameron Childers took second and third respectively.
Douglas' Craig Stratton and Justin Seyfried finished fifth and sixth respectively.
Pollack took fifth in the long jump with a distance of 21-1 while Carson's Evan Pearson was eighth at 19-7.5. Pearson also finished eighth in the triple jump at 40-0.5.
