Junior Bryan Greenberg outperformed 28 other athletes to win the pole vault at the Birmingham Invitational track and field meet last Saturday in Lake Balboa. Greenberg cleared a personal-best 13 feet on the first of his three attempts, six inches higher than the silver medalist. “I didn’t know much about the competition so I didn’t really expect to win,” Greenberg admitted. “I don’t feel any fear when I’m in the air. It feels great. It feels weird when I’m on the ground.” Greenberg’s best height last year was 10-6 and he started this season by improving on four straight vaults at the Cerritos Meet in April. Saturday’s victory makes Greenberg the clear-cut favorite to repeat as Western League champion and a legitimate contender at the City Section finals May 25. Fellow 11th-grader Kristabel Doebel-Hickok ran to an easy victory in the 1,600 meters in last Friday’s dual meet against Fairfax and continued her winning ways on Saturday at Birmingham by running a personal-best 11:19.78 to place first in the 3,200 meters. Jan Stavro ran 2:06 in his heat of the 800 meters–a personal best by three seconds, while Jason Kil finished third in his heat in a personal-best 2:07.4. Pali had a makeup meet at Venice Monday and travels to Westchester on Friday for its final dual meet. Baseball Cole Cook pitched his second no-hitter of the season on Monday, striking out eight batters as the Dolphins (13-9, 7-1) beat host University 8-0 to remain atop the Western League standings. The Uni win followed a pair of victories over Westchester last week. Andy Megee had three hits and three RBIs in Pali’s 14-3 six-inning victory over the Comets last Tuesday, with Cook allowing six hits and striking out seven. Pali then won 10-1 at Westchester to take over sole possession of first place before losing to Narbonne, 4-2, in a round robin game of the Chatsworth Tournament on Saturday. Lacrosse Palisades’ girls team lost its first game ever, 7-1, at the hands of host Pasadena Westridge last Wednesday. Goalie Liz Lima-Reyes had 14 saves and Kristina Villamil scored the Dolphins’ only goal. On Friday, Pali lost to Santa Ana Foothill, 11-1, with Sierra Centowski scoring an unassisted goal. The Dolphins’ boys varsity team improved to 6-3 overall with impressive wins last week over Gardena Serra (12-10) and Huntington beach (13-9). Swimming All four Dolphin teams dominated Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies in Monday’s final Western League dual meet at Temescal pool. The varsity girls swam to a 134-22 victory while the varsity boys outscored LACES 138-19. Pali’s frosh/soph girls won 102-27 and the frosh/soph boys won 94-40. Newcomers Alyssa Machida, Nicole Washington and Cheyenne Kampe and divers Ashley Baele and Cayley Cline paced the girls squad. Pali participated in the League Finals Meet at Venice on Wednesday (result unavailable at press time). Boys Tennis The Dolphins clinched their 19th consecutive league title with wins over Venice, Hamilton and Fairfax last week and a 7-0 shutout of University on Monday. Against the Wildcats, senior Ben Tom won 6-1, 6-0 at No. 1 singles, Chase Pekar won 6-0, 6-2 at No. 2 singles, Ariel Oleynik won 6-1, 6-0 at No. 3 and Mason Hays won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 4. In doubles, Seth Mandelkern and Stephen Surjue won 6-4, 6-1 at No. 1, Michael Light and Sepehr Safii won 6-1, 6-0 at No. 2 and Daniel Burge and Jeremy Shore won 6-3, 6-1 at No. 3. Palisades travels north for the Ojai Tournament this weekend. Boys Volleyball Coming off victories over Hamilton and Westchester last week, the Dolphins needed a win at first-place Venice on Wednesday (result unavailable at press time) to gain a share of the Western League title. The Dolphins played in the Sylmar tournament last Saturday, losing to eventual-champion Saugus, 25-20, 25-16, in pool play.
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