Meet records tumble

Two new meet marks were established Saturday at the city of Laguna

Beach Community Services Dept.-sponsored citywide track meet at

Laguna Beach High.

One record went to Richard Mattingley, who ran the Division 7

(born in 1992) 1,600-meters in 5:56.

That run eclipsed the previous meet record time of 6:03.19, set in

2002 by Scott De Young.

The other meet record was set by Katelyn Murray in the Division 9

(1990) 400-meter race.

Murray finished in 1:06.09, to run past the previous meet mark of

Megan Nicholls O’Connell, who ran a 1:14.9 at the 1990 city meet.

The records set by Mattingley and Murray highlighted a meet filled

with other individual feats.

Below is a listing of triple winners from the meet:

Girls

Rose Niermeijer (1998): 50-meters, 10:93; 100-meters, 21.00; long

jump, 7-feet-4.

Marlee Grosher (1995): 200-meters, 36.22; 400-meters, 1:25.62;

long jump, 11-1.

Madeline Knutsen (1995): 200-meters, 42.44; 400-meters, 1:44.5;

long jump, 7-5.

Boys

Dylan Handel (1998): 50-meters, 9.44; 100-meters, 19.69;

200-meters, 45.57.

Trent Sadler (1997): 50-meters, 9.22; 100-meters, 18.9; softball

throw, 80-feet.

Rory Saunders (1996): 200-meters, 37.66; 400-meters, 1:32.56, long

jump, 9-6.

Nathan Thomas (1995): 100-meters, 17.12; 200-meters, 37.88;

softball throw, 99-feet.

William Brynjolfsson (1993): 100-meters, 17.62; high jump, 3-9;

long jump, 10-6).

John Swanson (1991): 100-meters, 14.97; 400-meters, 1:14.3; long

jump, 13-6.

The top four finishers in each event at the city meet

automatically qualify as members of the Laguna Beach track and field

team. That team will compete on May 1 at the Orange County Track and

Field Meet at Trabuco Hills High.

Fred Pichay once again will serve as the team’s head coach.