CVC Meet 2B (4-11-24): Thursday was easily the warmest day of the season so far which meant some fast times for the short distance runners. Sprinters and jumpers usually like the warmer weather because it lends itself to fast times and our meet at Roseville HS proved that to be true. As a team the Broncos swept both Roseville HS and Inderkum HS in all four divisions. See below for team scores:
Dual Meet Scores - Through Event 52
Varsity Girls
Bella Vista 69.00 64.00 Inderkum
Bella Vista 82.00 54.00 Roseville
Inderkum 73.00 50.00 Roseville
Varsity Boys
Bella Vista 76.00 59.00 Inderkum
Bella Vista 88.00 35.00 Roseville
Inderkum 87.50 40.50 Roseville
Frosh/Soph Girls
Bella Vista 92.00 18.00 Inderkum
Bella Vista 80.00 48.00 Roseville
Roseville 69.00 29.00 Inderkum
Frosh/Soph Boys
Bella Vista 79.00 53.00 Inderkum
Bella Vista 67.00 54.00 Roseville
Roseville 76.00 53.00 Inderkum
The highlight of the day came from the varsity boys 4 x 100 relay team who have been showing consistent improvement every meet this season. Before the race the quartet of Carson Newman, Kai Brown, Reddick Trumbull and Owen Dismukes seemed to be energized by the warm temps and the promise of being pushed by a solid opponent in Inderkum HS. The four boys didn't disappoint passing the baton smoothly through three exhanges and powering home for a new school record of 42.61 (video). The old record of 42.67 was set in 2010 so after 14 years the feeling was that it was about time for the record to fall.
Other notable performances included several times and marks making it to the all time lists for the first time or moving up previous list marks.
- The varsity girls 4 x 100 of Allie Anselmino, Emily Bluemel, Fiona Ryan and Hanna Gossett moved into the top ten all time at number nine with an excellent time of 50.39.
- Freshman Erin Spratt joined the 30+ club in the girls shotput taking second for her 30-09 toss placing her 18th all time.
- Freshman Hanna Gossett snuck onto the 200 meter all time list for the first time with a big personal best of 27.03 sliding her into the number 20th position.
- Senior Reddik Trumbull also moved onto the 200 meter all time list running 23.20 and earlier rocketed to a 51.08 in the 400 meters and an all time list placement of number 18.
- Senior Owen Dismukes moved up two lists with a 21-10.00 long jump putting him at number 11 all time and a 22.68 200 meters moving him up to number 9 all time.
- Freshman Sophia Ramos made her debut on the 100 meter all time list at number 27 running 13.32.
- Senior Kai Brown moved up on the 100 meter all time list clocking a 11.30 timing moving him to number 11 all time.
The Broncos look tough heading into the last half of the season with greater things to come as we head to conference and section finals!
Lancer Invitational (4-6-24): A few Broncos won a some medals and made moves on the all time list at Cordova HS on Saturday. The day started out with a cold south breeze and slowly warmed in the afternoon.
Gold Medal Winners:
- 100 meters - Freshman Hanna Gossett took first in the JV girls running 13.55 into a wind.
- 3200 meters - Freshman Liv Toyias won the JV girls in 14:38.16.
- 300 hurdles - Polina Bardusova claimed varsity gold in 49.98.
- 4 x 100 Relay - Sophia Ramos (9), Carmen Tomlinson (10), Erica Yessaian (11), Hanna Gossett (9) won in a time of 53.22.
- Discus - Freshman Erin Spratt was victorious in the JV division throwing 90-10 inches. This mark also moved her up on the all time list to 18th all time.
- Pole Vault - Senior Fiona Ryan secured a gold in the varsity division vaulting 10-00.
- 4 x 800 Relay - Ruby Rogers, Bethany Lacey, Al Brancamp and Addison Bernel won the relay going 11:40.07.
- High Jump - Bryce Lovins jumped 6-00 to win the varsity division.
Other Medal Winners (top 3 earned medals and 4th - 6th ribbons) and full results follow the results link below.
Arcadia Invitational (4-5-24 & 4-6-24): The Broncos sent a small contingent of athletes to the prestigious Arcadia Invitational this week pitting themselves up against the best track and field athletes in the country! With 787 schools submitting marks trying to get into the meet to compete, it was a not only the most challenging meet to compete in but near impossible just to qualify. However, even with the high level of difficulty our Broncos were able to shine showing that BV always has talent on display!
Friday night started off the meet and our girls 4 x 1600 relay team did amazing running the race in the fifth fasted time in school history! The team of Haley Mazzei, Jayden Fritz, Kai Pham, and Zoe Corder made us all proud showing they can run with the best in the state. They posted a fine 21:57.64 good for 9th place in the seeded race (video)
Next up for the Broncos on Saturday morning was the boys 4 x 100 relay team of Carson Newman, Kai Brown, Reddick Trumbull and Owen Dismukes. After a starters error which caused the team to be last in their heat, BV was given another chance after a protest to the games committee. In heat two, our lead-off man, Carson Newman was not in a set position when the gun went off. Since it is the starters responsibility to make sure all lanes are set we were given a second chance and put into heat five. Way out in lane 9 now the quartet was able to establish the third fastest time in school history running 42.90 (video heat 2) (video heat 5) putting them 5th in the entire Sac Joaquin Section (SJS) in early April!
Next up on the track was two lap ace Kellen Kirby. He had run one of the top times in the SJS the week before at the Stanford Invitational and was looking to continue his success at Arcadia. Kellen ran a solid 1:55.09 (video) good for 12th place and 4th in his heat earning him a medal.
Our loan field event entrant was Owen Dismukes in the triple jump. Owen was able to post his second best meet ever jumping 44-09 good for 7th place!
Bella Vista's final event of the day was the boys and girls distance medley relay (DMR). Both our boys and girls teams achieved times fast enough to put their teams solidly onto the BV DMR all time lists! The girls team of Haley Mazzei, Emily Bluemel, Jayden Fritz, and Zoe Corder finished 22nd overall and their time of 12:51.82 (video) was enough to place them 11th all time in school history!
The Bronco's final race of the day was the boys DMR with the team of Kellen Kirby, Reddik Trumbull, Griffen Keel, and Calvin Fear placing 14th overall and posting a time of 10:39.68 (video) putting them at number six all time in school history!
Bronco Speed Festival (3-23-24): Some BV highlights include a second place in the 200 (26.60) and 400 (60.34) by Emily Bluemel. A fourth place finish by Polina Bardusova in the 300 hurdles. Polina ran 49.08 which placed her 18th on the all time list. The girls 4 x 100 relay team of Allie Anselmino, Emily Bluemel, Fiona Ryan and Hanna Gossett posted a fourth place finish with an all time list time of 50.80 moving the 2024 team to number 11 all time.
Granite Bay Field Fest (3-22-24): This meet is always a fun outing for the field event folks. There is no added presure of having to check out of a field event to go to other events. It felt all day like it wanted to rain at times but the rain held off and the Broncos were able to post some good performances.
There was some movement on the all time lists with some Broncos improving their list standing, a few tying their all time best and one all time list debut.
- Sophomore Eva Jensen tied her personal best in the pole vault going 8-06 tying her for 28th all time.
- Senior Fiona Ryan triple jumped 33-06 tying her best all time performance at 14th all time.
- Junior Taylor Douglas showed up on the long jump list for the first time with a personal best 15-07.50 placing her 30th all time.
- Senior Owen Dismukes had a huge improvement in the triple jump rocketing up the all time list to number 4 with a jump of 45-08.
The top three placements in each field event received a Field Fest custom towel. Towel winners for Bella Vista were:
- Fiona Ryan - 2nd place, pole vault 10-06
- Bryce Lovins - 2nd place, high jump 6-00
- Reese Kneeland - 3rd place, JV triple jump 29-02.50
- Grant Hymas - 3rd place, pole vault 14-00
- Riley Nichols - 2nd place, JV pole vault 10-00
- Guillermo Perez - 1st place JV long jump - 20-02
- Owen Dismukes - 1st place triple jump 45-08
Lincoln Zebra Invitational (3-16-24): I think everyone was in agreement that it was a pleasure to finally compete in perfect weather! The BV squad was once again split this weekend with the distance runners at Dublin (see below) and the field athletes, sprinters and hurdlers at Lincoln HS.
Check the List: The Broncos started the meet off with a big win from the varsity boys 4 x 100 relay team of Carson Newman, Kai Brown, Reddick Trumbull and Owen Dismukes! The four seniors posted a season best 43.16 putting them at number 5 all time (video)! The girls varsity 4 x 100 of Polina Bardusova, Emily Bluemel, Fiona Ryan and Allie Anselmino ran a 51.06 good for 14th all time (video). On a whim, senior Reddick Trumbull asked to run the 400 meters and from a much slower heat 3 blew away the competition running 51.97 all by himself placing him 30th all time in school history. In the varsity girls 300 hurdles, senior Polina Bardusova inched up the all time list to 22nd all time with a 50.51 clocking. Junior Grant Hymas also improved his best pole vault all time list performance jumping 14-01.50 moving him to number 7 all time.
...And Some Hardware: Athletes and relay teams placing in the top three in each event received a medal. Here is a list of Broncos who brought home medals:
- Emily Bluemel - 2nd place varsity girls 100 meters
- Hanna Gossett - 1st place F/S girls 200 meters
- Reddick Trumbull - 2nd place varsity boys 400 meters
- Polina Bardusova - 3rd place varsity girls 300 hurdles
- Erin Spratt - 2nd place F/S girls shot put
- Carson Newman, Kai Brown, Reddick Trumbull and Owen Dismukes - 1st place varsity boys 4 x 100 relay
- Erin Spratt - 1st place F/S girls discus
- Polina Bardusova, Emily Bluemel, Fiona Ryan and Allie Anselmino - 3rd place varsity girls 4 x 100 relay
- Grant Hymas - 1st place varsity boys pole vault
- Aiden Browning - 3rd place varsity boys pole vault
- Riley Nichols - 3rd place F/S boys pole vault
- Owen Dismukes - 3rd place varsity boys long jump
- Owen Dismukes - 2nd place varsity boys triple jump
- Guillermo Perez - 3rd place F/S boys long jump
Dublin Distance Fiesta (3-15-24 & 3-16-24): Personal bests are usually the goal at Dublin and this weekend was no exception! The meet is billed as the largest distance meet in the nation with thousands of runners and a never ending schedule of distance heats. The Bronco runners weathered the grueling schedule while posting some fine marks for this early season meet.
Results |
Highlights! The girls 1600 meters saw sophomore Zoe Corder better her all time mark bringing it down to 5:14.32 inching her closer to a coveted top ten ranking. Her time moved her to number 12 all time. Another sophomore, Kai Pham, broke the 5:30 barrier for the first time running 5:29.32 debuting her at number 31 all time. The big news of the day was in the boys 1600 meters where freshman Calvin Fear broke a 52 year old freshman school record. The previous record was set by Jim Mebust in 1972 at 4:30.24 and has stood for decades until Saturday. We all have a feeling that the record will get faster before the seaons ends! Calvins time also place him 26th on the 1600 meter all time list!
CVC Meet 1B (3-13-24): At Woodcreek HS (Roseville) - A windy Wednesday allowed for some fast sprint times as the Broncos came together as a team for the first time this season. Bella Vista performed well sweeping the boys divisions and taking close seconds to Woodcreek in both girl's divisions (see scoring below).
Dual Meet Scores - Through Event 52
Varsity Girls
Bella Vista 110.00 25.00 River Valley
Woodcreek 71.00 65.00 Bella Vista
Woodcreek 103.00 20.00 River Valley
Varsity Boys
Bella Vista 123.00 10.00 River Valley
Bella Vista 74.00 62.00 Woodcreek
Woodcreek 116.00 16.00 River Valley
Frosh/Soph Girls
Bella Vista 83.00 17.00 River Valley
Woodcreek 64.00 61.00 Bella Vista
Woodcreek 74.00 19.00 River Valley
Frosh/Soph Boys
Bella Vista 91.00 24.00 River Valley
Bella Vista 80.00 42.00 Woodcreek
Woodcreek 64.00 41.00 River Valley
Highlights - Starting off the meet, Polina Bardusova set a personal best in the varsity girls 100 hurdles running 16.59 placing her at number 18 all time. The varsity boys 4 x 100 relay team of Carson Newman, Kai Brown, Reddick Trumbull and Owen Dismukes improved their all time status running 43.79 moving them up a bit on the all time list.
Sturgeon Invitational (3-9-24): Some big time performances were seen from Bella Vista athletes at Granite Bay high school on Saturday despite the steady wind in the runners faces. A constent negative wind reading hampered the sprinters, hurdlers and jumpers but as you will see we still posted excellent marks.
Full Results (check PR and SR next to result for personal and seasonal records) |
Top Placers: The top three finishers in each event received a medal with 4th - 6th place receiving a ribbon. 1st through 6th place scored points for the team (10, 8, 6, 4, 2, 1 points respectively)
- Hanna Gossett - F/S Girls 200 meters, 4th place
- Allie Anselmino - F/S Girls 200 meters 5th place
- Emily Bluemel - Varsity Girls 400 meters 5th place
- 4 x 100 Relay - F/S Girls (Allie Anselmino, Carmen Tomlinson, Sofia Ramos, Hanna Gossett) 1st place
- Erin Spratt - F/S Girls Shot Put 2nd place
- Erin Spratt - F/S Girls Discus 2nd place
- Fiona Ryan - Varsity Girls Pole Vault 2nd place
- Eva Jensen - Varsity Girls Pole Vault 4th place
- Fiona Ryan - Varsity Girls Triple Jump 3rd place
- Bryce Lovins - Varsity Boys High Jump 3rd place
- Grant Hymas - Varsity Boys Pole Vault 3rd place
- Riley Nichols - F/S Boys Pole Vault 2nd place
- Logan Mello - F/S Boys Pole Vault 5th place
- Guillermo Perez - F/S Boys Long Jump 5th place
Moving Up The List: Some all time list movement was also seen on Saturday with several Broncos stepping up with great performances. Erin Spratt, a freshman in her first ever high school track meet, took second in the discus throwing 84-02 putting her number 24 all time in that event. Senior Fiona Ryan moved from 19th to 14th all time in the triple jump, improving her best mark by 11 inches jumping 33-06. Junior Grant Hymas had the biggest leap of the day over in the pole vault moving him into the top 10 all time with an 8th ranked performance vaulting 14-00 for the first time.
Friday and Saturday showed that the Broncos are ready to make their mark. Both days were solid outings for our team. Now we look forward to our ultimate team challenge in our first CVC meet. This is where we all come together to perform as a team not just individuals. Be ready to step up for your teammates. Support and cheer for each other. Conference meets can be tough but I believe we are ready for the challenge. GO BRONCOS!
Bronco Roundup Distance Carnival (3-8-24): Our weekend began with the eighteenth annual BV Distance Carnvial. 30 schools attended this meet hosted by Bella Vista on a cool Friday night. Highlights of the meet for the Broncos:
PRs, PRs, PRs! Friday saw most of the Bronco distance crew set personal records (PRs) or at the very least set seasonal records (SR)! If you follow this link, you can view the meet results. For a closer look at Bronco personal accomplishments select the "Show Team Filters" button above the "Mens Results" heading, then select "Bella Vista". Look to the right of each athletes time to view if it was a SR or PR. This is an easy way to see the very impressive night the Broncos had!
New and Returning All Time Listers: Our lady 1600 runners made their presence known in a big way with both sophomores Haley Mazzei and Zoe Corder running under 5:20 for the first time. Haley had a massive 24 second PR running 5:17.29 allowing her to crack the 4 lap all time list for the first time at number 16. Zoe also improved her best running just behind Haley in 5:18.03 moving her up to number 19 all time.
In the 800 meters there were two improvements and one debut on the 2 lap all time list with two doubling back from the 1600 meters. Haley Mazzei impoved her 800 meter all time standing by just over two seconds! Haley finished second overall with a fine early season mark of 2:23.93. This performance moved her from number 26 all time to the 19th best performance in school history. Making her debut on the 800 meter list was Zoe Corder. Zoe dropped a 2:25.84 to improve her 800 PR by over a whopping 7 seconds placing her 27th all time. Not to be outdone, senior Kellen Kirby set a personal best in his specialty lowering his time to 1:56.12 moving him past Mike Koerner to fourth place all time. Koerner's time was run 58 years ago in 1966, making Kellen's move up the list a historic one.
Everyone Wants the Shirt! The Bronco Roundup Distance Carnival gives out a "winner" t-shirt to the top three finishers in each heat. Here is a list of Broncos who won a shirt:
- Girls 1600 meters - Ruby Rodgers 2nd place, heat 2;
- Boys 1600 meters - Cade Rucker 1st place and Mason Harvey 2nd place, heat 5; Hadley Teater 1st place heat 7;
- Girls 800 meters - Amelia Swenson 3rd place, heat 5; Kai Pham 3rd place, heat 6; Haley Mazzei 2nd place, heat 8
- Boys 800 meters - Kellen Kirby 2nd place, heat 10
Glenn Poole Invitational (2-24-24): The first meet of the year always brings out the most nerves, anxiety and doubt especially when considering the individual circumstances of each athlete. For some team members the Glenn Poole Invitational was their first ever track meet. Others may have been experiencing their first varsity level competition and a few were making a come back from long injury recovery. With everyone out of school the week before the meet the coaching staff can sometimes have the same doubts, not knowing what to expect on meet day. A large track and field team like ours has a complicated dynamic and being the beginning of the season that dynamic can become very confusing. As you will see, even when considering all of these things, the Broncos were able to shine showing great promise for the upcoming 2024 season!
All Timers - The Broncos had a number of all time marks achieved on Saturday. Now remember, this is just the first meet of the year in the cold month of February, and these are still some of the best marks in school history!
- Distance runners Zoe Corder (10) and Kai Pham (10) made their debut on girls 3200 meter all time list. Zoe clocked 11:44.35 putting her number 16 all time and Kai posted a fine 11:54.98 breaking her onto the list at number 24.
- The varsity girls 4 x 100 relay team of Polina Bardusova, Emily Bluemel, Allison Dennett, and Allie Anselmino ran 51.66 good for the 21st best time in school history.
- On the boy's side the varsity 4 x 100 relay team of Carson Newman, Kai Brown, Reddik Trumbull, and Owen Dismukes finished in a fine early season time of 43.88 ranking them 13th on the all time list.
- Senior Owen Dismukes moved up on the triple jump all time list from last year jumping 43-08.50 giving him the 13th best mark in school history.
- Finally, sophomore Haley Mazzei cracked the 800 meter all time list for the first time with a strong 2:26.11 starting her at number 26 all time.
Medalists - For you new comers to track and field you will find that awards given out at track meets differ from meet to meet. At the Glenn Poole Invite athetes medaled if they placed in the top four in individual or relay events. Below are the Broncos who medaled on Saturday.
- Bryce Lovins (12) 3rd place varsity boys high jump - 5-10.00
- Owen Dismukes (12) 2nd place varsity boys long jump - 20-04.00
- Owen Dismukes (12) 1st place varsity boys triple jump - 43-08.50
- Riley Nichols (10) 1st place frosh/soph boys pole vault - 11-00.00
- Logan Mello (10) 4th place frosh/soph boys pole vault - 10-00.00
- Zoe Corder (10) 3rd place varsity girls 3200 meters - 11:44.35
- Kai Pham (10) 4th place varsity girls 3200 meters - 11:54.98
- Calvin Fear (9) 1st place frosh/soph boys 3200 meters - 10:08.55
- Frosh/Soph girls 4 x 100 relay team of Jada Beloberk (10), Carmen Tomlinson (10), Kamellah Tullock (9), and Hanna Gossett (9) 2nd place - 53.74
- Varsity boys 4 x 100 relay team of Carson Newman (12), Kai Brown (12), Reddik Trumbull (12), and Owen Dismukes (12) 2nd place - 43.88
- Haley Mazzei (10) 2nd place varsity girls 800 meters - 2:26.11
- Hanna Gossett (9) 4th place frosh/soph girls 200 meters - 28.70
- Emily Bluemel (12) 1st place varsity girls 200 meters - 26.25
- Calvin Fear (9) 2nd place frosh/soph boys 1600 meters - 4:44.94
- Varsity girls 4 x 400 relay team of Emily Bluemel (12), Allison Dennett (12), Lia Anselmino (12) and Polina Bardusova (12) 3rd place - 4:28.83
Personal and Seasonal Records - Athletic.net is an excellent website for tracking an athletes progress thoughout the season. Follow this link (choose the "show team filters" button and select Bella Vista to view all BV athletes in meet) to view how our team did. When you see a "PR" after an athletes time/mark it means a personal record was achieved. If you see a "SR" after the time/mark it is a season record marking the best time/mark for that season so far.