4/23/13
STRONG SHOWING FOR BEAVERS AT BIG 8 CONFERENCE TRIALS
The Beavers headed into the Big 8 Conference Trials and did nothing but help their cause. Three American River athletes qualified for the finals in the 100m with Walter Finney clocking a 10.86, Shawn Simms running 10.98, and Gabe Derilo finishing in 11.03. Simms and Finney also qualified for the 200m final running 22.16 and 22.17 respectively. Sophomore Kenny Andri qualified for the finals in the 400m, running a season best 48.76. The Beavers dominated the conference in the 800m, taking the first six places. ARC was led by Luis Luna’s 1:54.90, followed by Jacob Huston (1:56.71), Derek Woodard (1:56.81), Brennan Holman (1:56.82), Epi Nunez (1:57.22) and Matt Lozancich (1:57.59). There was even a bigger landslide in the 1500m where twelve athletes were set to qualify into the finals. The Beavers grabbed the top eleven places. Cruising through were Jacob Huston, Will Reyes, Steven White, Frank Archuleta, Derek Woodard, Luis Luna, Alberto Villa, Matt Winkler, Epi Nunez, Will Melton and Luke Stancliff. The only other athlete to make the final was from Diablo Valley College.
With a comfortable margin in the team title chase, the Beavers held their top runners out of the 10k and instead rested them for the Nor Cal Championships. Michael Mathews qualified with the #2 time in both the 110m high hurdles and 400m hurdles. In the long jump final Shawn Simms just missed on his final attempt and had to settle for a jump of 22’8.5”, good enough for fourth. Daniel Lehner placed sixth in the discus with a throw of 133’4”. Decathlete Jeremy Darr placed seventh in the javelin, and distance runner Derek Woodard placed eighth, with throws of 143’7” and 137’8” respectively.
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4/17/13
DARR REPRESENTS ARC AT DECATHLON CHAMPIONSHIPS
Freshman Jeremy Darr competed in the Northern California Decathlon Championships hosted at the College of San Mateo and placed 13th overall in the 20-athlete field, scoring 5395 points. Darr beat his previous total in the decathlon by about 300 points.
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4/13/13
MT. SAC INVITATIONAL WORTH THE DRIVE FOR ARC
One of the most competitive community college-only invitational’s in California proved to be worth the seven hour drive. Matt Lozancich ran a personal best in the 800m to take second place in 1:54.59. Brennan Holman nearly matched his lifetime best, finishing in 1:55.43, while Jacob Huston also set a lifetime best in 1:57.60. Huston did so after placing second in the 1500m where he just missed his lifetime best, clocking a 3:54.56. Steven White placed second in the second heat in 4:00.85, just missing breaking the 4:00 mark.
The top mark of the meet for the Beavers was in the 5000m where Luis Luna took over the lead with about a lap to go and finished in 14:45.13. Will Reyes settled for third place in 14:55.61. Brian Williams placed sixth in the high hurdles and intermediate hurdles, running 15.69 and 54.48 respectively. The 4x100m relay (made up of Gabe Derilo, Shawn Simms, Walter Finney and Martin Mosely) ran a season best 41.69. In the final event of the day, the 4x400m relay team placed third in a time of 3:16.78.
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