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Rainy weather on April 7 postponed Fallbrook High School's first Valley League track and field meet to April 11 but the delay didn't bother the Fallbrook's girls as they opened league competition with a 115-15 victory at Orange Glen.
"They're actually doing very well," said Fallbrook coach Marco Arias. "The girls team is well-rounded."
Orange Glen senior Betsabe Reyes accounted for 10 of the Patriots' points with winning throws of 29'10" in the shot put and 102'7" in the discus. In five events, Orange Glen salvaged a third-place point.
Fallbrook had the only two qualified marks in the high jump and the only two heights in the pole vault. Senior Natalie Dudley was the only runner to finish the 3,200-meter race, which she did in 12:12.03 to garner the victory.
Audrey Peterson won the other two distance races with a 2:34.95 performance in the 800-meter event and a time of 5:37.44 in the 1,600-meter competition. The freshman won the metric mile by seven seconds while Fallbrook sophomore Gisselle Rivera took second with a time of 5:44.77. Warrior senior Andrea Vela finished third in 5:52.17.
"It's a great time," said Arias of Peterson's clocking in the 1,600-meter race. "Audrey's really having a great season."
Rivera also placed second in the 800-meter race, recording a time of 2:37.87.
The 1,600-meter run was one of four Fallbrook points sweeps, not including the winner-take-all relay races or the three individual events in which not all nine points were obtained. Darriale Yarbrough won the 100-meter dash in 12.84 seconds. Monique Gonzalez placed second with a time of 13.89 seconds and Katherine Regotti finished third in 14.28 seconds. Yarbrough, a freshman, made her high school track and field debut March 17 at home against Sage Creek and won the 100-meter dash with a hand-held time of 12.7 seconds, which is converted to an electronic time of 12.94 seconds.
Emily Larson led the other running event sweep, completing the 100-meter hurdles in 16.85 seconds. Hannah French had a time of 18.58 seconds and Bergen Banta had a 20.76-second performance.
The other Fallbrook sweep was in the long jump. Gonzalez had a distance of 14'10", Alexandra Danso had a jump of 14'9", and junior Sophie Rojas earned her first varsity point with a distance of 14'4".
Larson won a total of four events, including three individual events. Her high jump of 4'8" was complemented by the 4'3" leap by Jessica Wilbert. Larson won the 200-meter dash in 28.18 seconds with April Paulson taking second at 29.26 seconds.
Gonzalez, Larson, Paulson, and Regotti won the 4x100 relay race in 54.54 seconds. French, Paulson, Regotti, and Rivera had the winning time of 4:27.00 in the 4x400 relay.
Paulson won the 400-meter race in 1:03.04 with Dudley finishing second at 1:04.78. French had a winning time of 51.44 seconds in the 300-meter hurdles and Banta was second with a time of 54.52 seconds. Gonzalez won the triple jump with a distance of 30 feet 8 inches while French had the second-place distance of 29 feet 5 1/2 inches.
The two Fallbrook pole vaulters are both freshmen and both earned their first varsity points. Sandra Duong cleared 6'6" and Giselle Morell had a height of 6'0".
Anna Curran placed second in both throwing events with a shot put distance of 26 feet 7 1/2 inches and a discus throw of 85 feet 8 inches. A shot put throw of 25 feet 2 inches gave freshman Siena Allen third place and her first varsity point. Tatiana Arias had the third-place discus distance of 72 feet 7 inches.
"We'll be competitive for the rest of the season," said Arias. "We're in a position to have a shot at the league title."
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