Posted: May 12, 2022
EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. – Senior Tatiana Cornejo won the girls' 800 meters with a personal record of two minutes, 13.19 seconds while senior Cate Joaquin broke her own school 1,600 meters record with a second-place time of 4:46.42 seconds, then nearly ran down Del Oro's Riley Chamberlain in the 3,200 en route to another runner-up performance, leading St. Francis to a fourth-place team finish at the Sac-Joaquin Section Division I track & field championships at Oak Ridge High Thursday.
The top eight finishers in the division championships advance to the SJS Masters Meet, hosted by Davis Senior High on May 20 and 21. The top performers from that meet then go on to the state championships a week later.
Cornejo was joined in the 800 by sophomore Kayla Towne, who passed three other runners in the final 80 meters of the race to move into third place for the meet. Cornejo's 2:13.19 moves her ahead of Ingrid Kantola (2003) for third in the school record book, while Towne's time of 2:16.98 vaulted her from 10th to sixth on the all-time Troubie leaderboard.
Joaquin's 4:46.42 shattered her old record of 4:48.58, set weeks earlier at the Sacramento Meet of Champions. She then followed with a 10:47.65, just four hundredths of a second behind Chamberlain, to take second in the 3,200 in completing a tough double in Thursday's session. Chamberlain appeared to have out-kicked Joaquin on the back stretch of the bell lap, but Joaquin made up the deficit in the final straightaway, resulting in a photo finish at the line.
Cornejo finished third behind Chamberlain and Joaquin in that 1,600 race with a PR of 4:51.61, besting the 4:53.27 she ran at the Dublin Distance Fiesta. Joaquin, headed to Georgetown; and Cornejo, who signed with Cal Poly, are just one of five SFHS runners in school history to break the five-minute mark in the 1,600. All three of the other Troubies ran in college: Peyton Bilo (Cal Poly), Lauren LaRocco (Portland) and Sydney Vandegrift (Cal),
Also representing St. Francis in the 3,200 were juniors Daphne Witherell and Paige Quigley, who finished 10th (11:42.82) and 11th (11:50.52), respectively. Quigley's time on Thursday is her fastest since she went 11:49.35 back in February 2020.
Senior Grace Heisinger represented another Troubie senior to earn a spot in the SJS Masters Meet. She celebrated her 18th birthday with a fifth-place 46.96 in the 300-meter hurdles, oddly matching her Delta League-winning time and representing the fourth time she broke the 47-second barrier in the event this year.
Two St. Francis athletes also won Masters meet spots in field events based on Thursday finals. Junior Lauren Riley nabbed the eighth and final spot to the Masters meet in the shot put, firing a throw of 30-7 on her first attempt. That surpassed her previous best by more than a foot (29-4.75), led the first flight, and held up through the second in earning the advancement to the next round.
In St. Francis' only other field event on Thursday, senior long jumper Kenna DeLemos finished fifth with a leap of 17-6.5. She hit that mark on her first attempt, then went 17-6 on her sixth and final jump. DeLemos also went much farther than that measurement, but she leaned backwards after her landing, with her hand catching her fall well behind her actual landing point. The 17-6.5 mark would tie her personal record set at the 2019 section meet, but no wind reading was recording, rendering the mark unofficial for the purposes of records. DeLemos, who will compete in track and soccer at Delta College next year, ranks sixth in school history in the long jump.
2022 CIF SAC-JOAQUIN SECTION DIV. I TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Oak Ridge High School (El Dorado Hills, Calif.)
Results with SFHS only • Winners plus SFHS finishers listed
GIRLS' TEAM SCORING - 1. St. Mary's 89; 2. Whitney 65; 3. Oak Ridge 59; 4. St. Francis 55; 5. Elk Grove 47; 6 Rocklin 43; 7. Davis 41; 8. Del Oro 34; 8. Pleasant Grove 34; 10. Lincoln (Stockton) 30; 11. Granite Bay 27; 12. Folsom 23; 13. Lodi 21; 14. Franklin (Elk Grove) 18; 15. Tracy 16; 16. Cosumnes Oaks 12; 17. Sheldon 5; 18. Tokay 4.
GIRLS' SHOT PUT - 1. Emily Guter, Rocklin, 37-5... 8. Lauren Riley, 30-7.
GIRLS' LONG JUMP - 1. Cameron Fields, SM, 18-2 (w: NA)... 5. Kenna DeLemos, 17-6.5 (w: NA).
GIRLS' 1,600 METERS - 1. Riley Chamberlain, Del Oro, 4:45.63... 2. Cate Joaquin, 4:46.42; 3. Tatiana Cornejo, 4:51.61; 11. Grace Dunham, 5:19.03; 14. Kelsey Sutch, 5:38.45.
GIRLS' 800 METERS - 1. Tatiana Cornejo, St. Francis, 2:13.19... 3. Kayla Towne, 2:16.98.
GIRLS' 300 HURDLES - 1. Yvette Harris, Lincoln (Stockton), 43.36... 5. Grace Heisinger, 46.96.
GIRLS 3,200 METERS - 1. Riley Chamberlain, Del Oro, 10:47.61... 2. Cate Joaquin, 10:47.65; 10. Daphne Witherell, 11:42.82; 11. Paige Quigley, 11:50.52; 13. Ryann Strawn, 12:15.94.
GIRLS' 4x400 RELAY - 1. St. Mary's (Hussain, J. Lee, Clay, S. Lee), 3:58.76... 8. St. Francis (Carson, Heisinger, Charles, Towne), 4:18.20.
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The top eight finishers in the division championships advance to the SJS Masters Meet, hosted by Davis Senior High on May 20 and 21. The top performers from that meet then go on to the state championships a week later.
Cornejo was joined in the 800 by sophomore Kayla Towne, who passed three other runners in the final 80 meters of the race to move into third place for the meet. Cornejo's 2:13.19 moves her ahead of Ingrid Kantola (2003) for third in the school record book, while Towne's time of 2:16.98 vaulted her from 10th to sixth on the all-time Troubie leaderboard.
Joaquin's 4:46.42 shattered her old record of 4:48.58, set weeks earlier at the Sacramento Meet of Champions. She then followed with a 10:47.65, just four hundredths of a second behind Chamberlain, to take second in the 3,200 in completing a tough double in Thursday's session. Chamberlain appeared to have out-kicked Joaquin on the back stretch of the bell lap, but Joaquin made up the deficit in the final straightaway, resulting in a photo finish at the line.
Cornejo finished third behind Chamberlain and Joaquin in that 1,600 race with a PR of 4:51.61, besting the 4:53.27 she ran at the Dublin Distance Fiesta. Joaquin, headed to Georgetown; and Cornejo, who signed with Cal Poly, are just one of five SFHS runners in school history to break the five-minute mark in the 1,600. All three of the other Troubies ran in college: Peyton Bilo (Cal Poly), Lauren LaRocco (Portland) and Sydney Vandegrift (Cal),
Also representing St. Francis in the 3,200 were juniors Daphne Witherell and Paige Quigley, who finished 10th (11:42.82) and 11th (11:50.52), respectively. Quigley's time on Thursday is her fastest since she went 11:49.35 back in February 2020.
Senior Grace Heisinger represented another Troubie senior to earn a spot in the SJS Masters Meet. She celebrated her 18th birthday with a fifth-place 46.96 in the 300-meter hurdles, oddly matching her Delta League-winning time and representing the fourth time she broke the 47-second barrier in the event this year.
Two St. Francis athletes also won Masters meet spots in field events based on Thursday finals. Junior Lauren Riley nabbed the eighth and final spot to the Masters meet in the shot put, firing a throw of 30-7 on her first attempt. That surpassed her previous best by more than a foot (29-4.75), led the first flight, and held up through the second in earning the advancement to the next round.
In St. Francis' only other field event on Thursday, senior long jumper Kenna DeLemos finished fifth with a leap of 17-6.5. She hit that mark on her first attempt, then went 17-6 on her sixth and final jump. DeLemos also went much farther than that measurement, but she leaned backwards after her landing, with her hand catching her fall well behind her actual landing point. The 17-6.5 mark would tie her personal record set at the 2019 section meet, but no wind reading was recording, rendering the mark unofficial for the purposes of records. DeLemos, who will compete in track and soccer at Delta College next year, ranks sixth in school history in the long jump.
2022 CIF SAC-JOAQUIN SECTION DIV. I TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Oak Ridge High School (El Dorado Hills, Calif.)
Results with SFHS only • Winners plus SFHS finishers listed
GIRLS' TEAM SCORING - 1. St. Mary's 89; 2. Whitney 65; 3. Oak Ridge 59; 4. St. Francis 55; 5. Elk Grove 47; 6 Rocklin 43; 7. Davis 41; 8. Del Oro 34; 8. Pleasant Grove 34; 10. Lincoln (Stockton) 30; 11. Granite Bay 27; 12. Folsom 23; 13. Lodi 21; 14. Franklin (Elk Grove) 18; 15. Tracy 16; 16. Cosumnes Oaks 12; 17. Sheldon 5; 18. Tokay 4.
GIRLS' SHOT PUT - 1. Emily Guter, Rocklin, 37-5... 8. Lauren Riley, 30-7.
GIRLS' LONG JUMP - 1. Cameron Fields, SM, 18-2 (w: NA)... 5. Kenna DeLemos, 17-6.5 (w: NA).
GIRLS' 1,600 METERS - 1. Riley Chamberlain, Del Oro, 4:45.63... 2. Cate Joaquin, 4:46.42; 3. Tatiana Cornejo, 4:51.61; 11. Grace Dunham, 5:19.03; 14. Kelsey Sutch, 5:38.45.
GIRLS' 800 METERS - 1. Tatiana Cornejo, St. Francis, 2:13.19... 3. Kayla Towne, 2:16.98.
GIRLS' 300 HURDLES - 1. Yvette Harris, Lincoln (Stockton), 43.36... 5. Grace Heisinger, 46.96.
GIRLS 3,200 METERS - 1. Riley Chamberlain, Del Oro, 10:47.61... 2. Cate Joaquin, 10:47.65; 10. Daphne Witherell, 11:42.82; 11. Paige Quigley, 11:50.52; 13. Ryann Strawn, 12:15.94.
GIRLS' 4x400 RELAY - 1. St. Mary's (Hussain, J. Lee, Clay, S. Lee), 3:58.76... 8. St. Francis (Carson, Heisinger, Charles, Towne), 4:18.20.
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