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Hennessy wins, then wins again
Farnady heaves discus for West Valley first
By Dick Sparrer
Heather Hennessy didn't get much of a breather between 800s at the West Valley Relays held last weekend at West Valley Community College in Saratoga. But you certainly couldn't tell by her times. The Los Gatos speedster ran to a victory in the 800 meters in 2:17.34, then she came back just 45 minutes later to run a 2:17.5 split in the sprint medley relay.
"She anchored our sprint medley to a first, beating Berkeley off of the last turn," said Gatos coach Willie Harmatz. "We set a new school record."
The foursome of Aly Chavez (25.9 in the 200), Meghan Kirby-McFarland (27.2 in the 200), Simone Drucker (59.6 in the 400) and Hennessy ran 4:11.3 to break the old school mark of 4:15 set in 1986.
Hennessy's 2:17.5 came less than an hour after she had run 2:17.34 to win the individual 800, posting the best time of the year to date in the Central Coast Section. Her effort was one of two CCS bests recorded by the Gatos girls at the relays.
Senior weight star Annie Farnady heaved the discus 133-6 for a first-place finish. Her mark is tops in CCS and ranks as her best ever. It was also the third-best throw in Los Gatos history.
Michelle Beritzhoff joined her two teammates in the winner's circle. The sophomore sensation won the 1,500 meters in 4:53.4, the third best time in Gatos history.
Russ Martin and Matt Bates starred in the boys division at the West Valley Relays.
Martin finished second in the 5,000 meters (3.1 miles) in the school record time of 15:35.0. Martin, who crushed the old mark of 15:51 set in 1981, boasts the ninth-best 2-mile time in the state.
Bates finished third in the 1,500 meters in 4:08.3 (the equivilent of of 4:26 mile). A week earlier at the K-Bell Classic, Bates had finished first in the 800 meters in a CCS best 1:57.0.
Bill Stanton set a new school record in the steeplechase when he ran 7:45 to finish seventh overall, and he joined with Greg Tolan, Darren Key and Mike Rossmassler to nail sixth in the 4-mile relay in 20:08.
Seung Lee was seventh in the 110 high hurdles in 16.2, and he teamed with Payam Mokhtari, Bates and Tomas Viramontes to finish fourth in the sprint medley relay.
Other top marks recorded by Wildcats included: Nick Skrabe, 45-9 in the shot put; Jeff Hoeft, 4:20.6 in the 1,500; Mokhtari, 66.07 in the 400 hurdles; Emily King, a season best 16-2 in the long jump; and freshman Mallory Thornton, 5:17.0 in the 1,500.
Cats top Trojans
Earlier in the week, Los Gatos had run past Milpitas in all three divisions contested in dual meet action in the De Anza Division of the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League.
Skrabe and Martin were each double winners for the Gatos boys in a 67-55 win over Milpitas.
Skrabe took the discus with a heave of 135-2 and he won the shot put with a 45-9 1/2 effort. Rick Esparza was second in the discus (117-0) and third in the shot (40-2), and Matt McNerney was second in the shot put (41-7).
Martin raced to a win in the mile in 4:37.5 with Viramontes second in 4:41.2, and he also took the 2-mile in 10:17 with Tolan third in 10:35.76.
Lee was first in the 110 high hurdles in 16.3 with Mokhtari second (20.0) and Kyle Gisler third (21.81), and Lee finished second in the 300 intermediate hurdles in 45.8 with Mokhtari third (49.8).
Bates was tops in the 800 meters in 2:04.5 with Key third (2:12.1), and Bates added a second in the 400 (51.7).
Stone Hsu was second in both the long jump at 19-6 1/2 and the triple jump at 38-6, and Peter Baunach was second in the high jump at 5-8.
Thirds went to Ben Frasier in the long jump (18-8 1/2), Brian Edwards in the 100 (11.09), Matt Hintz in the 200 (24.28), Brian Heisman in the triple jump (36-7 1/2) and Eric Medefessor in the high jump (5-4).
Farnady and Kim Christiansen each won a pair of events to lead the Gatos girls to an easy 77-35 win over Milpitas the same day.
Farnady took the shot put with a heave of 32-6 and won the discus with a toss of 122-7. Sandy Runyan was second in the shot (27-5) and Heather Davis was third in the discus (80-7).
Christiansen was first in the triple jump at 34-4 with Lynsey Erickson second (30-0), and she was first in the long jump at 16-5 with Cristen McClenathan second (15-7 1/2) and Erickson third (15-6).
Hennessy took the mile in 5:25 with Beritzhoff second (5:25.6); Emily Obermeier won the high jump at 5-0 with Beritzhoff second (4-10) and Maya Stevens third (4-8); Chavez was a winner in the 400 in 59.20; and Racine Lewin was first in the 100 low hurdles in 17.07 with Kristen Turner second (17:29) and Mel Lopez third (19:08).
Drucker ran second in the 200 in 26.31, Kristen Fumia was second in the 100 in 12.91 with Kirby-McFarland third (13.01), Marissa Teal was second in the 800 in 2:32.9 with Lynsey Harris third (2:39.6) and Thornton was second in the 2-mile in 12:23 with Merin Clark third (13:26).
Andy Betzina won twice to pace the Gatos boys frosh-soph team to a 72-50 win over the Trojans.
Betzina took the 110 high hurdles in 22.5 and the 300 intermediates in 56.3 to lead the Gatos effort.
Nick Crawford was first in the shot put (41-10), Dan Leis took the triple jump (36-10 1/4), Abel Cornwell won the long jump (18-1) and Ivann Venter took the high jump (4-6).
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Los Gatos, California Since 1881
Los Gatos weightman Nick Skrabe, heaving the shot for a sixth at the K-Bell Classic, threw 45-9 at the West Valley Relays last weekend. Earlier in the week, Skrabe won both the shot and discus in a dual meet win over Milpitas.
