SAN JOSE
– Jason Alcarez broke the Live Oak High School record in the
1600-meter race, and Kris Mott finished higher than any other
Acorns runner in the past 12 years in the 800-meter race during
Central Coast Section semifinals at San Jose City College.
SAN JOSE – Jason Alcarez broke the Live Oak High School record in the 1600-meter race, and Kris Mott finished higher than any other Acorns runner in the past 12 years in the 800-meter race during Central Coast Section semifinals at San Jose City College.
During the previous week’s league finals, Jesus Atanacio, Billy Wong and Ashley Ceasar broke school records in the frosh/soph events. Alcarez broke the school record in the 800 with a time of 2:03.79, and Ceasar got in the record books with a 7’6” mark in the pole vault. Wong set the frosh/soph record of 9:58 in the two mile event and also set the record in the mile with a time of 4:29.9.
Alcaraz started off the day on Saturday by lowering his best time in the 1600 meters by almost two seconds with a school record time of 4:27.79.
“Jason ran a very intelligent and tactical race which should come as no surprise for someone headed to MIT,” said Live Oak track coach Dean Raymond.
Alcaraz finished ninth overall and qualified for next Friday’s finals that will also be held at San Jose City College, located south off I-280. The top three of 12 competitors move on to state. Alcaraz will be competing at approximately 6:15 p.m.
Leanne Lopez was the next Acorn runner to compete on Saturday. She finished with a time of 17.71 for the 100 meter hurdles,
“Lopez, who has been training on Britton Middle Schools dirt track the whole season, never seemed to get into proper hurdling rhythm,” Raymond said. “The fast mondo surface at City College was not receptive to Lopez’ strides this day.”
Mott, who was ranked 16th prior to his race in the 800 meters, placed a remarkable twelfth with an outstanding time of 1:59.03. Mott also ran a PR, lowering his best from the previous week by almost two seconds.
“I talked to the coach before me, and it’s been at least 12 years since any Live Oak athlete has ran sub-two minutes for the 800 meters,” Raymond said. “What Kris accomplished today is an indication of what a heart Kris has for competition.”
Wong rounded out the Acorn competitors on Saturday by running the 3200 meters in a time of 10:20.9.
Although off his best time of the previous week, Wong still had an excellent season and has two more years to return to CCS to run what he’s capable of running.
“The distance runners are excited about their accomplishments, and the underclassmen are looking forward to competing at this level next year,” said distance coach Renay Magioncalda. “Billy and Jesus will be great role models for the future Acorn distance running program. Jason and Kris are leaving the program on a high note in the hands of the team’s future leaders.”
