Conditions were ideal for the Palisades High track and field team’s season-opening meet last Friday at Stadium by the Sea and the Dolphins showed signs that they will again be strong contenders for the City Section title.
Photo: Rick Steil
Junior Marissa Williams, the defending City 1,600 and 3,200 champion, ran the varsity mile in 4:59 as the Dolphins dominated Taft and Carson.
Sophomore Aaron Cromwelll ran the varsity 100 meters in 11.14 seconds and the 200 meters in 23.49 seconds and Makhai Husband ran the 400 in 52.78 seconds.
Jared Rothenberg won the boys varsity 300 hurdles in 50.12 seconds and the Dolphins swept the boys varsity 400 and 1,600 relays.
Junior Tessa De Nicola won the girls varsity 200 meters in 27.37 seconds, Dowshawn Franks won the 400 meters in 1:01.59 and Jillian Wong won the girls varsity 300 hurdles in 1:17.25.
The Dolphins also swept the girls varsity 400 and 1,600 relays.
Softball
The Dolphins opened the season March 3 with a 4-3 victory over Culver City, taking a 3-0 lead to the sixth inning before rallying for the decisive run in the bottom of the frame.
Daisy Jones, Lily Lack, Paulette Ely, Stephanie Boorstin, Jaylene Navarro and Keren Cohen all had hits and Jones, Ely, Navarro and Sabina Foreman-Palmer scored the runs for the Dolphins, who tied Hamilton for second place in the Western League last season behind Venice.
“We’ve got a lot of players back and four freshmen travel ball players,” Coach Manny Flores said. “I expect us to challenge for the league title.”
The ninth-graders are pitchers Ely and Reina Strauss, shortstop Charlie Weiner and third baseman Navarro.
The Dolphins (1-0) travel to Chavez High on Saturday to play in the Lincoln Tournament. PaliHi opens against Vaughn of San Fernando at 12:30 p.m., followed by a 4 p.m. game against Pacific of San Bernardino. The Dolphins open league April 2 against Westchester.
Boys Volleyball
First-year coach Carlos Gray took the Dolphins south to the Redondo Tournament last weekend, where they lost 25-16, 25-23 to Long Beach Poly, 25-10, 25-15 to Los Angeles Cathedral and 25-16, 25-21 to Granada Hills, which upset PaliHi in the City Section finals last spring.
PaliHi traveled to Granada Hills on Wednesday for a nonleague rematch against the Highlanders.
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