2008 Woodie Awards
Discus record gets Young-er
Advancing: young breaks discus record, prepares for regional championships
By: Yoshi Otobe
Issue date: 5/6/04 Section: Sports
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As opposed to his javelin throw, Rochelle performed better in the discus and qualified easily.
Rochelle snatched sixth place with a throw of 140-1.
"I feel pretty good about the discus performance because I didn't expect to do so well," Rochelle said.
"I'm excited about the Southern California Championships," he said, "because it's my first time being there."
Darryl Guerin placed 11th in the shot put, with a throw of 44-9 and qualified along with Young.
"I threw far enough to be qualified," Guerin said. "It gives me another week to practice so I can really get it up there."
Another qualifier in the field was Amir Fisher. Fisher cleared 6-4 in the high jump and qualified.
"He's got a really good chance to make it to the state meet," assistant coach Kevin Hughley said.
"He could win the Southern California title, and that's what we're looking for."
Consistent jumper Thomas Norcio finished 14th in the pole vault at 13-6, ending his season.
In the running events, while there were no qualifiers, the Warriors made an honorable last effort.
The 1,600-meter relay team finished in 15th with a time of 3:25.73, taking off five seconds from the time they had in the last meet.
"Emmit Karlay was out of shape because of an injury," Hughley said. "That's one of the keys that we are not qualifying. Besides him, losing Kyle Montgomery was huge loss this year."
In the 400-meter hurdles, Justin Kalama ran 59.78 and finished 22nd. Kalama made a mistake that affected his results.
"He tripped on the fourth hurdle and almost fell," Hugely said.
"He was looking really good up until that point. But by the time he was back into the race, everybody had passed by already."
In the 800-meter, Rickey Sallee took 13th with a time of 2:00.10.
Emiliano Nash finished 18th with 2:02.64 also in the 800-meter.
For the track team, the day didn't do go quite as well. The team finished with a mediocre meet.
In the 10,000 meter final, Corey Hirokawa ran 34:38.50 respectively and finished 15th.
Rochelle snatched sixth place with a throw of 140-1.
"I feel pretty good about the discus performance because I didn't expect to do so well," Rochelle said.
"I'm excited about the Southern California Championships," he said, "because it's my first time being there."
Darryl Guerin placed 11th in the shot put, with a throw of 44-9 and qualified along with Young.
"I threw far enough to be qualified," Guerin said. "It gives me another week to practice so I can really get it up there."
Another qualifier in the field was Amir Fisher. Fisher cleared 6-4 in the high jump and qualified.
"He's got a really good chance to make it to the state meet," assistant coach Kevin Hughley said.
"He could win the Southern California title, and that's what we're looking for."
Consistent jumper Thomas Norcio finished 14th in the pole vault at 13-6, ending his season.
In the running events, while there were no qualifiers, the Warriors made an honorable last effort.
The 1,600-meter relay team finished in 15th with a time of 3:25.73, taking off five seconds from the time they had in the last meet.
"Emmit Karlay was out of shape because of an injury," Hughley said. "That's one of the keys that we are not qualifying. Besides him, losing Kyle Montgomery was huge loss this year."
In the 400-meter hurdles, Justin Kalama ran 59.78 and finished 22nd. Kalama made a mistake that affected his results.
"He tripped on the fourth hurdle and almost fell," Hugely said.
"He was looking really good up until that point. But by the time he was back into the race, everybody had passed by already."
In the 800-meter, Rickey Sallee took 13th with a time of 2:00.10.
Emiliano Nash finished 18th with 2:02.64 also in the 800-meter.
For the track team, the day didn't do go quite as well. The team finished with a mediocre meet.
In the 10,000 meter final, Corey Hirokawa ran 34:38.50 respectively and finished 15th.