Photo: Brentwood Athletics
Showing why she was one of the Palisadian-Post’s top athletes of the year in 2024, Brentwood School sophomore Amelia Sarkisian won the 1600 meter race in a personal-best 5:08.41, took second in the 800 in 2:21.82 and won the 3200 meters in a time of 11:04.73 at the Gold Coast League Track & Field Championships on April 29.
On May 10 at the Southern Section Division 4 prelims in Carpinteria, she was the top qualifier in both the 1600 (in a time of 5:12.02) and the 3200 (in a time of 11:29.91) and last Saturday in Moorpark she won the 3200 in 10:55.96.
In November, Sarkisian covered the three-mile Woodward Park course in Fresno in 17:31.8 to take first place by 15.6 seconds in the Division V girls race at the CIF state cross country finals. That came after winning the Southern Section title in 18:13.2 and the Gold Coast League individual crown in 17:01.40 while leading the Eagles to second in the team standings. She clocked 17:17.4 to win the White Varsity Girls A Division race at the Woodbridge Classic in Irvine.
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