The Egan Junior High School track team had a successful day at the Silicon Valley Middle School Championships May 19, with the Egan seventh-grade girls finishing first and the eighth-grade boys in second.
Egan sent 27 athletes to participate at the county track meet in Campbell and got outstanding performances from seventh-graders like Sawyer Pitschka (first in seventh-grade girls 65 meter hurdles), Veda Reddy (first in seventh-grade girls triple jump), Allison Krutzik (second in seventh-grade girls 400 meters), Tahlia Morgenstern (third in seventh-grade girls triple jump) and Mahi Choletti (third in seventh-grade girls 1600 meters). For the eighth-grade boys, Jackson Clement (first in eighth-grade boys high jump, second in eighth-grade boys 100 meters), Nate Giesselman (first in eighth-grade boys 100 meters), and Macabee Lee (second in eighth-grade boys high jump) had top performances as well.
To qualify for the county track meet, athletes needed to finish in the top five of an event at the previous week’s Valley Athletic League Championships, while relay teams had to finish in the top two, Egan track coach Steve Apfelberg said. The Valley Athletic League has 11 schools and 33 athletes competing in each event.
The Egan County Meet competitors
Seventh grade girls: Skylar Chaffe (4×100 relay), Mahi Choletti (800, 1600, 4×400 relay), Joana dePaula (high jump), Clara Grow (400, 4×400 relay), Allison Krutzik (400, 4×400 relay), Juliana Marshall (100, 4×100 relay), Tahlia Morgenstern (triple jump), Kelana Ng (4×100 relay), Sawyer Pitschka (65 hurdles, 100, 400, 4×100 relay), Veda Reddy (high jump, triple jump), Katelyn Wang (4×400 relay) and Mina Wang (65 hurdles, long jump).
Eighth-grade girls: Maja Amren (discus, shot put), Vivian Heit (800, 1600) and Rhea Paliwal (high jump).
Seventh-grade boys: Jayden Bell (high jump), Dylan Gooden (400) and Peter Kopp (shot put).
Eighth-grade boys: Jackson Clement (high jump, 100, 4×100 relay), Nate Giesselman (100, 4×100 relay), Owen Gomez (shot put), Macabee Lee (high jump, 400, 4×100 relay), Tank McCall (discus), Aiden Nam (4×100 relay), Dylan O’Brien (4×100 relay) and Donovan Zeisler (shot put, 4.×100 relay).
