By Dick Dornan
MyBurbank Sports Editor
There is nothing like defeating the defending league champion and ending a couple of streaks in the process. Just ask the Burbank High track and field team what a great feeling that is.
Burbank traveled to Arcadia High on Thursday hoping to put an end to years of futility. The Bulldogs had never beaten the Apaches, in any level, since joining the Pacific League in the 2006 – 2007 season.
Arcadia had also not lost a league dual meet, at any level, in five years. Not one. Well, it’s time to celebrate, at least for this weekend, after the Burbank boys were able to defeat Arcadia in both the boys varsity and frosh-soph divisions.
Here are the numbers that shook up the Pacific League on the boys varsity level:
Burbank 69.5 Arcadia 66.5
“This was a huge win for our program,” Burbank coach Darin Wolf said. “Last year we beat CV for the first time since joining this league and this year we knock off the 5-time reigning champions Arcadia. It was just an overall outstanding effort and I am just so proud of this team.”
Both BHS teams are now 4-0 in league and 5-0 overall while Arcadia drops to second place, an area very unfamiliar to them.
As for the Bulldogs, it’s a nice view from above as they sit atop the league standings in their drive for a league championship.
Results:
Event | BV (Burbank- 69.5 Arcadia 66.5) | BFS (Burbank 71 Arcadia 65)
| GV (Arcadia 102 Burbank 34) | GFS (Arcadia 107 Burbank 25) |
4 x 100 | 2nd– 49.57 | |||
1600 | 2nd Ethan Moskowitz 4:31.68 | 1st– Sam Gorman 4:41.51 2nd Jonas Macromalis 4:48.65 | 2nd Candela Fernandez 5:06.82 | 3rd Alexia Hatun- 4:45.89 |
100H/110HH | 1st Jonathan Afzali 15.6 2nd Martin Swan 16.0 3rd Dev Patel 16.3 | 1st Nevin Velasquz 18.4 3rd Gevorg Papazyan 20.2 | 2nd Adriana Lopez 18.4 | |
400 | 1st Chris Roe 51.81 | 3rd Caroline Adams 67.60 | ||
100 | 3rd James Williams 11.88 | 1st Julia Newton 12.69 | ||
800 | 3rd Arsen Mkrtchyan 2:03.2 | 1st Sam Gorman 2:07.38 3rd Justin Smith 2:09.63 | 1st Daisy Ignacio 2:31.24 | 3rd Caroline Adams 2:47.0 |
300H | 1st Jonathan Afzali 42.51 3rd Martin Swan 42.94 | 1st Nevin Velasquez | 2nd Kira Bochard 50.24 | |
200 | 3rd Chris Roe 23.79 | 3rd Raymond Francois 24.74 | 2nd Felicia Tomitsa 26.99 | |
3200 | 1st Gabriel Ellman 9:41.9 2nd Ethan Moskowitz 9:43.3 | 1st Jonas Macromallis 10:23.2 3rd Angel Flores 10:34.6 | 2nd Candela Fernandez 11:32.5 | 1st Alexia Hatun 12:33.7 |
4 x 400 | 1st Roe, Mkrtchyan, Pulgarin, Swan 3:30.33 | |||
HJ | 2nd Noah Powell 5-8 3rd Chris Walker 5-8 | 1st Colin Vuncannon 5-0 | 3rd Elizabeth Sanchez and Haleigh Cusamano 4-8 | 1st Makenzie Dolan 4-6 |
PV | 1st Chris Miranda 12-0 2nd Andres Pulgarin 10-6 3rd Eddie Gibbons 10-0 | 1st Andre Poladian 10-6 2nd Davit Papoyan 10-0 | 1st Julia Newton 9-0 2nd McKenzie O’Dea 7-0 | |
LJ | 2nd Noah Powell 20-3 3rd James Williams 19-5.5 | 2nd Davit Papoyan 17-4 3rd Nevin Velasquz 16-11.5 | ||
TJ | 1st James Williams 41-9 | 1st Davit Papoyan 38-11 2nd Nevin Velsquez 35-3.75 | 3rd Makenzie Dolan 26-8.5 | |
SP | 3rd Andy Hurtado 44-7 | 2nd Mitchell Aslo 38-8 3rd Gianni Razavi 34-6.5 | 3rd Kynlee Vuncannon 28-7 | 2nd Rachel Wiley 25-0 |
DT | 1st Andy Hurtado 161-3 * New School Record 3rd Eddie Gibbons 115-2 | 1st Peter Abrahamian 100-6 2nd Mitchell Aslo 92-6 3rd Colin Vuncannon 90-9 | 1st Rachel Wiley 69-2 2nd Sara Larson 68-5 |
