ARCADIA – JSerra’s girls track and field team won the distance medley relay at the Arcadia Invitational Saturday at Arcadia High School for the second year in a row, and they again dominated the event.
The team of senior Anastasia Snodgrass, juniors Brooke O’Brien and Georgia Jeanneret and sophomore Brynn Garcia won the 4,000-meter race in 11 minutes, 52.45 seconds, the fastest time in California this season, and they finished well ahead of runner-up Palo Alto (11:58.80).
Last year’s JSerra team won the race at Arcadia in 11:54.43.
The distance consists of a 1,200-meter first leg, which was run by O’Brien, who gave the Lions a lead. The second leg was 400 meters run by Jeanneret, and she increased the lead. The third leg 800 meters, run by Snodgrass, who solidified the lead before sophomore Garcia ran a strong 1,600 meters on the final leg.
JSerra Girls place First… AND THIRD! In the Invitational Distance Medley Relay (1200,400,800,1600).
That’s #1 and #9 in the nation! Well done ladies! #GoLions #Allin pic.twitter.com/VreYzSGHki— JSerraTF (@JSerraTF) April 9, 2023
Jeanneret, O’Brien and Snodgrass were on last year’s DMR team at Arcadia. Garcia was the new addition to the group.
Garcia said she had no problem finding reasons to run hard although victory was pretty much in hand when she took the baton from Snodgrass.
“One, the environment here,” Garcia said. “This is one of the greatest races in the nation, the crowd here at night is cheering loudly and that’s a big push right there. There’s our coach (Chase Frazier), who I want to make proud of us, and then my teammates were screaming and they pushed me through every single lap.”
Santa Margarita senior Roman Mendoza won the invitational 300 hurdles with a personal best 37.39 seconds. He won the event last week in 38.43 at the Trabuco Hills Invitational and afterward talked about his need to improve the rhythm of his steps as he approached the first hurdle.
He successfully…
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