Men’s track wins El Camino meet

The Saddleback men's track & field team had a big performance this past Saturday, winning the five-way meet at El Camino College in Torrance.  The Bobcats had six wins at the event.

Griffin Schwab was the headliner, winning two events.  Schwab was a winner in the 110 hurdles when he broke the tape at 16.25, which was the 10^th fastest time in the state this season.  Schwab also won the high jump, an event he finished second in the state last season.  Schwab cleared 2.00 meters to win the event on Saturday, which equaled the top leap in the state this season and met the "A" standard.   Joining Schwab in the "A" standard club in the high jump was Rylan Edrosolano, who cleared 1.90 meters to finish second for the day.  It has Edrosolano tied for fifth in the state so far.

Isaiah Williams had a big day as well, winning the long jump while finishing second in the 100 meters.  Williams jumped 6.73 meters to win the long jump, which was his season-best and put him in fourth place in the state this season.  Williams also finished second in the 100 meters when he finished in 11.09.  It was good enough for the 10^th best time in the state.

Just on their heels was Jameel Naber, who won the javelin throw before finishing third in the discus.  Naber threw the javelin 54.37 meters on Saturday, which was the second best toss in the state this season.  It also moved him into 16^th all time in Saddleback history.  Naber wasn't finished for the day, finishing third in the discus with a fling of 33.15 meters. 

Saddleback owned the pole vault event when Connor Hutchison finished first and Canyon Hadsall was third.  Hutchison cleared 4.05 meters on his first attempt to win the event, which was the fourth highest vault of the season.  Hadsall cleared 3.75 meters on his first attempt, which tied him for 10^th place in the state.

Saddleback had one other win on the day when the 4 x 400 relay team of Timothy Wells, Mikey Schinstock, Isaiah Williams and Carson Vaught won the event with a time of 3:30.64.  It was the 10^th best time in the state so far.

Saddleback had a number of other top five performances on the day.  Timothy Wells was second in the 110 hurdles (16.42) while finishing third in the 400 hurdles (59.07).  Schinstock finished second in the 400 hurdles (57.26) while Kendall Jones was second in the triple jump (12.71m).  Shaun Thompson was third in the 100 meters (11.10) while Aaron Small was third in the 200 meters (22.75) and fourth in the 100 meters (11.25).  Ian Moore was a fifth place finisher in the 800 meters (2:08.93) while the 4 x 100 relay team finished fourth.

Saddleback is back in action this Friday at Riverside City College in the first Orange Empire Conference meet of the season.