Records Fall at YMCA Optimist Meet

In the 39th annual Palisades Optimist-YMCA Track Meet, kids of all ages came out to PaliHi’s Stadium by the Sea on Sunday to compete. Participants set multiple meet-records. In the boys 3-4 division, Braun Levi stole the show, setting records in the 25-meter (5.5 seconds) and 100 (22.8). He also won his heat in the 50-meter, but Lucas Brumbach’s time of 11.2 just outpaced him. In the girls 3-4 division, Tess Hubbard sprinted to three records of her own, as she won the 25 (5.8), 50 (11.0) and 100 (22.1) James Rockwell then set three records in the boys 5-6: 4.5 in the 25, 8.6 in the 50 and 17.0 in the 100. Meanwhile, Duke Massey won his heats in the 25 and 50, while Jack Richman won his 25 heat and had the second fastest times in the 50 and 100. It was more of the same in the girls 5-6, as Hailey Hubbard claimed records in the 25 (4.84), 50 (8.5) and 100 (17.1). Kendall Wilken also won heats in both the 25 and 100, while Adelle Levi took first in her 50 heat. In boys 7-8, Justin Gilbert won both his heats in the 50 and 100, setting a record with 7.1 in the 50. In the 100, he tied for first with Dominc Greco at 16.9, while Lane Johnson and Preston Barnes each won their heats, finishing a hair behind at 17.0 Meanwhile, Molly Hastings posted the fastest time for the girls 7-8 in both the 50 (8.1 seconds) and 100 (17.0). Noelle Winter also won both of her heats in 8.2 and 17.2, respectively. In boys 9-10, Anderson Bleak set the pace with low times in the 100 (16.0), 200 (34.8) and 400 (1:25.6). Parker Barnes came in second in the 100, while Aaron Simon claimed runner-up in both the 200 and 400. For the girls 9-10, Ashley Henderson’s 16.1 time took first in the 100 (Brook Hardson and Andrea Campos also won their heats), Erin Muldoon and Ryann Mackston won their heats and tied for the fastest time in the 200 (36.6) and Muldoon took first in the 400 at 1:25.6. In the boys 11-12, Michael Carner swept the 100 (14.4), 200 (29.9) and 400 (1:14.9). For the girls, Mila Danton took first in the 100 (14.8) and 200 (31.1) and finished second to Whitney Yost’s first-place time (1:16.3) in the 400. The record-breaking continued in the boys 13-15 division, as Chase Cobbs set new marks in both the 100 (12.0) and 400 (58.3), while also winning the 200 (25.5) For the girls 13-15, Hannah De Silva took first in the 100 (14.2) and 200 (29.7), while Natalie Wiegand finished second in both. De Silva also won the 400 at 1:07.6, holding off Elizabeth Goodman’s 1:08.0 finish. The winners of the field events were as follows: Long jump: Marshall Logan (boys 7-8, 9’4”); Molly Hastings (girls 7-8, 9’9”); Andrea Campos (girls 9-10, 9’5”); Michael Carner (boys 11-12, 13’5”); Geneviene Whitell and Bailey Kirshner (girls 11-12, 10’11”); Briton Fitzmaurice (boys 13-15, 16’11”) and Elizabeth Goodman (girls 13-15, 12’8”). Shot put: Ben Holmes (boys 11-12, 31’9”); Bailey Kirshner (girls 11-12, 19’6”); Briton Fitzmaurice (boys 13-15, 30’7”) and Isabel Kelley (girls 13-15, 22’4”).