Searching for Victory

Dairyland Newsletter

Dairyland High School

Team Rankings

BoysGirls

  1. Monache CVC
  2. DinubaTulare
  3. Porterville Monache
  4. TulareRedwood
  5. CorcoranPorterville
  6. Avenal Dinuba
  7. RedwoodLemoore
  8. LemooreSierra Pac.
  9. CVCCorcoran
  10. Sierra PacificAvenal

Pre-Season Team Rankings**** Next Ranking will come out March 22nd.

Kings and Tulare Track and Field Heritage

List of State Champions

NameEventSchool

Jerry White440yrds. 48.7Corcoran1955

Jerry White440yrds. 46.7Corcoran1956

Tommie Smith440yrds. 47.3Lemoore1963

Larance Jones440yrds. 46.6Lemoore1969

Gerald Blankenship880yrds. 1:59.8Visalia 1915

Herb Welch880yrds. 2:01.2Visalia 1928

Herb Welch880yrds. 1:58.4Visalia 1929

Leonard Havens880yrds. 1:52.0Avenal1955

Pete Quinonez880yrds. 1:50.13Tulare1980

Gerald Blankenship Mile. 4:30.0Visalia1915

Phil MorentinMile. 4:31.0Visalia 1930

Phil MorentinMile. 4:32.8Visalia1931

Bob Mathias 120yrd HH 14.5Tulare1948

Rafer Johnson120yrd HH 14.3Kingsburg1954

Dale Messer120yrd HH 14.2Lemoore1956

Louie IrrigarieDiscus 145’1”Lemoore1950

Wayne CrowDiscus 160’7”Corcoran1955

Wayne CrowDiscus 171’5”Corcoran1956

Bob OttoDiscus 184’9”Porterville1971

Loyd HillHigh Jump 5’9 ¼”Coalinga 1917

Michael BurkeHigh Jump 7’1”Lemoore2015

George ShentarianLong Jump 22’2 ½”Tulare1930

George GaffneyLong Jump 24’1 ¾”Lemoore1979

James StallworthLong Jump 26’4 ¾” Tulare1989

BB Malone Long Jump 24’1”Redwood 1998

Aarold RedPole Vault 13’ ½” Lemoore1950

Voyce HendrixPole Vault 13’6”Riverdale1957

Don MosebanShot Put 62’6 ¾”Mt. Whitney1979

Girls

Kathy Roldan800m 2:12.11Mt. Whitney1988

Lissette MendivilDiscus 155’10”Redwood2012

Tonya MendoncaHigh Jump 6’1”Mt. Whitney1983

Melissa PricePole Vault 12’6”Kingsburg

Pictures of Outstanding Athletes

Outstanding Athletes

March 8th Press Conference High School Honorees

Issac Leppke Dinuba Multi Events

Jonah BurkeLemoore Multi Events

Tyler Gonzales MonacheSprints

Gabby SatterleeCVCDistance

Ryan RossCVCSprints

Mitchell LawrenceLemooreThrows

JonathanMatson CorcoranDistance

Mallory Elick TulareJumps

Mohammed AliAvenalDistance

Alexandria ZermenoRedwood Multi Events

Romel Robinson Redwood Sprints

Kayla DanielsonCVCJumps

De’vyd LawsonRedwood Sprints

David Roderick RedwoodDistance

Austin Hole Hanford WestJumps

Brianna GuerreroRedwood Distance

Kings and Tulare Dairyland Athletes of the Week

March 1st - 5th

Brianna Guerrero – Redwoods 1600m runner, placed 2nd @ Sanger Spring Classic out of 91 Milers.

Mohammed Ali– Avenal High School, Ali won the 1600m at the Kings County Championships in 4:30.10 defeating 5 runners from McFarland High.

Mallory Elick – Tulare High School, Mallory jumped a PR of 5’2” to win girls high jump at the Sanger Classic.

Austin Hole – Hanford West, Austin battled the wind and rain to jump a PR to win the boys pole vault and lead Hanford West to the team title at the Kings County Championships.

Athletes of the Week March 7th - 12th

Ian Kelly – Golden West, 110m HH, 15.83@Pioneer Invitational

Jacob Perez – El Diamante, 800m, 1:58.68@Pioneer Invitational

Gabby Satterlee – CVC, 1500m, 5:03.90@Rafer Johnson Invitational

Emmitt Brooks – Kingsburg, 100m 11.36, Long Jump 21’10”@Rafer Johnson Invitational

John Newhauser – El Diamante, High Jump 6’5”@Pioneer Invitational

March Meet Schedule

Kings County Championships

Friday, March 4th, 2016 @ Hanford High School

Team Scores

Men’sWomen’s

  1. Hanford West – 109.831. Ridgeview – 120
  2. Lemoore – 101.52. Lemoore - 116
  3. McFarland – 993. Hanford – 79.5
  4. Ridgeview – 964. McFarland - 79
  5. Hanford – 455. Riverdale – 30.4
  6. Avenal – 176. Sierra Pac.– 24.9
  7. Riverdale – 13.667. Hanford W. - 21
  8. Sierra Pacific – 78. Avenal – 13.2
  9. Kings Christian – 59. Kings Christian-4

Upcoming Meets

George Olson Results Top 10

Men’sWomen’s

  1. Lemoore – 97.51. Lemoore - 91
  2. McFarland – 82.52. Selma - 75
  3. Coalinga – 643. McFarland - 62
  4. Selma – 604. Hanford - 50
  5. Taft – 575. Taft – 43.5
  6. Hanford West – 536. Kern Valley - 39
  7. Kings City – 447. Firebaugh - 33
  8. Hanford – 368. Kings City – 31.2
  9. Dos Palos – 259. Dos Palos - 31
  10. Firebaugh - 24

March

18Golden WestVisalia

18Larry WhiteHanford

19Sequoia Relays, Community Colleges, Return of the Giants Track and Field Alumni Reunion, Mineral King Bowl, Celebrating 90 years of Heritage

Dairyland Community College History

College of Sequoias Men’s track and Field Records

100m: George Gaffney – 10.33 - 1980

200m: Woodny Turenne – 20.82 – 2006

400m: Akeem Alexander – 45.22 – 2014

800m: Pete Nunez – 1:50.7 – 1986

1500m: Mario Macias – 3:51.87 – 2002

3000m: Juan Garza – 9:05.6 – 1978

5000m: Juan Garcia – 14:21.4

10,000m: Robert Malseed – 30:23.5

110mHH: Clim Jackson – 14.03 – 1971

400mIH: Marlon Dixon – 52.74 – 2014

HJ: Jermaine Jenkins – 7’0” – 1993

LJ: George Gaffney – 25’2” – 1980

TJ: Tacuma Anderson-Richards – 52’2 ½” – 2015

SP: Charles Nelson – 53’6” – 1964

DT: Sam Alexander – 184’11” – 1975

JT(old): Ron Overmeyer – 230’3” - 1987

JT(new): Ray Elzy – 192’3” – 1992

PV: Randy Ruzicha – 16’0” – 1978

HT: Jason Gomez – 153’2” – 2009

4x100m –Woody Turenne, Darius Passmore, Nicolas Mcintosh, Kris
Polland – 40.04 – 2006

4x400m – Theon Lewis, Kris Polland, Ohdel James, Drelan Bramwell – 3:07.10 – 2015

Decathlon: Shawn Wilbourn – 7270 - 1988

College of Sequoias Women’s Record

100m: Shelia Nicks – 11.8 – 1983

200m: Deajah Stevens – 23.18 – 2015

400m: Deajah Stevens – 53.63 – 2015

800m: Bailey Henshaw – 2:11.18 – 2012

1mile: Yesenia Silva – 4:32.08 – 2014

3000m: Renee Ortiz-Wychoff – 9:47.02 – 1982

5000m: Yesenia Silva – 16:48.88 – 2015

10000m: Yesenia Silva – 36:54.4 – 2015

4x100m: Deajah Stevens, Carnisha Lewis, Deshaunda Morrison, Trudy Mccalla – 46.93 – 2015

4x400m: Dakota Docket, Denise Mckinley, Emonie Epps, Marki Middleton – 3:53.75 – 2014

3000m Steeplechase: Feliz Santillian – 12:55.8 – 2008

100mh: Deshaunda Morrison – 13.66 – 2015

400mlh: Taletha Calhoun – 1:00.82 – 2005

Shot Put: AJ Roby – 43’4.75” – 2003

Discus: AJ Roby – 154’10” – 2003

Javelin Throw: Dawn Buchanan – 139’9” – 1981

High Jump: Dee Dee Balch – 5’5” – 1992

Long Jump: Sheila Nicks – 21’3.5” – 1983

Triple Jump: Taylor Brown – 38’11.25” – 1998

Pole Vault: Kathryn Beasley – 10’7” – 2002

Hammer Throw: AJ Roby – 151’7 – 2003

Heptathlon: Marion Reneau – 4700pts - 1997

Elementary, Middle School and Community College News

March 8th Athlete of the Week

Erica Guzman Pioneer SchoolMulti Events

Josh Guzman West Hills College Distance

VIP Honoree at March 8th Press Conference –

Florinda Guzman who grew up in Corcoran and lives in Hanford and coaches at Pioneer Middle School was selected as the Got Milk 2015, Better Future Moms Award. San Joaquin Valley Mother of the Year

Return of the Giants

Legends

Heroes…Characters…Stars

Role Models

College of Sequoias Track and Field Alumni Homecoming

March 19th, 2016 Sequoia Relays

The Impact you made upon Track and Field in

Your School

Your Family

Your Community

Your Nation

The World

The Olympic Games

Throughout history it is the story of the legends, heroes, characters and stars that keeps the traditions alive and fuels the dreams of youth.

Celebrating the joys of our Track and Field Heritage.

Team Spirit is the magnet that draws people.