By J. Ryan Franklin
Staff Writer
When schools from all over Southern California come to compete in one meet, it is very difficult for a team’s players to excel enough to stand out among the crowd. But of the 14 female Mustangs who competed in the CIF prelims on May 14, eight are moving on, a high concentration for so many competitors.
To accompany them, two of the eight Costa boys from prelims will be competing in the CIF Finals on May 21. Moorpark High School hosted the prelims on May 14. In the first round, the girls 4×100 meter team, composed of freshman Camille Mills, sophomores Taylor Foland and Kirby Benson and junior Ashlee Dotson finished second and set a school record with a time of 49.14.
“We wanted to run for each other, because we knew it could have been the last time running together,” Foland said.
Juniors Charlotte Barnett and Claire Barnett joined Dotson and Foland in the girls 4×400-meter relay and got second at 3:58.9. Dotson also competed in the 100-meter and 200-meter races. She qualified for both with times of 12.38 and 25.42, respectively.
Senior Aryn Foland won the 1,600 meter with a personal record of 4:57.61. Other Costa qualifiers were senior Savannah Pio and junior Kelli Sugimoto, who finished the two mile in 10:53.16 and 10:58.96, respectively.
Junior Acacia Moore qualified for the next round with a time of 15.54 in the 100-meter hurdles.
Senior Brett Douville will be the lone Mustang boy moving on after running his 800-meter race in 1:55.59.
Coach Bob Fish is very optimistic about how the Mustangs will perform in the next phases of the CIF season.
“Saturday was an excellent day for us,” Fish said. “I’m proud of our group.”
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