Pali Track Has Field Day

Thanks in part to their dominance in the field events, Palisades High’s varsity boys and girls track squads outscored University in last Friday’s dual meet at Stadium by the Sea. Erika Martin won the long jump with a personal-best distance of 16′ 9″ and teammate Lauren Gustafson was second at 15′. Martin also won the 100 hurdles in 14.94 seconds. Brock Earnest won the shot put with a throw of 44′ 1″ and Kolmus Iheanacho threw 38′ 10″ to finish second. Palisades swept the top three spots in the girls’ shot put. Chidera Izuchukwu (30′ 8″) won, followed by Leslie Ota (29′ 10″) and Kiki Bailey (27′ 5″). Junior Mariah Fisher won the girls’ varsity high jump (clearing 4′ 8″) and ran the first leg of the Dolphins’ victorious 4 x 100 relay team. Fisher was the City frosh/soph high jump champion last year. Carlos Bustamante, Palisades’ top distance runner doubled for victories in the mile (4:41) and 800 meters (2:04) while Deborah Abber won the girls’ 1600 in 5:30. Baseball It took a strong relief effort from pitcher Dylan Jeffers and a bases-loaded single by Jon Moscot in the 12th inning for the Dolphins to prevail over Hamilton, 5-4, last Thursday at George Robert Field. The Dolphins won despite stranding 17 runners. After Saturday’s 5-2 victory over Torrance in a Redondo Tournament game Palisades (16-9-1) routed LACES, 12-5, and improved to 13-0 in the Western League. The Dolphins host University on Friday. Lacrosse The boys’ varsity remains undefeated in league despite nonleague losses to a trio of Southern Section schools: Brentwood, Redondo and Beverly Hills. Palisades hosts Jordan Friday at 6 p.m. Boys Tennis On Monday, Palisades defeated LACES, 6-1, with Oliver Thornton, Brandon Clark and Kenneth Choi combining to lose just one game in their three singles matches.