2023 St. Francis Track & Field News

  • Nabeta, sweet SF sixteen earn Delta League plaudits
    May 29, 2023
    SACRAMENTO, Calif. – St. Francis head swimming coach Brian Nabeta earned Co-Coach of the Year while a total of 16 Troubadours won a total of 16 first-team honors, as the spring sports All-Delta League awards were announced by commission Rick Spears’ office Monday.
  • Relay foursome wraps 2023 season at state meet
    May 27, 2023
    CLOVIS, Calif. – The foursome of Grace Dunham, Daphne Witherell, Kelsey Sutch and Kayla Towne compiled a time of nine minutes, 30.52 seconds to place 14th in the girls’ 4x800 relay, closing out St. Francis’ 2023 season at the CIF State Track & Field Championships, hosted at Buchanan High School’s Veterans Memorial Stadium Saturday.
  • Pelfrey closes SF career with season high at state meet
    May 26, 2023
    CLOVIS, Calif. – Senior pole vaulter Maddie Pelfrey posted a season-best leap of 12 feet, 3 inches on her third attempt en route to placing 14th in the girls’ pole vault, while junior Grace Dunham placed 16th in the 1,600-meter run with a time of five minutes, 3.55 seconds, representing St. Francis in Friday’s session of the 103rd CIF State Track & Field Championships, hosted at Buchanan High School’s Veterans Memorial Stadium.
  • Troubie crew headed to 103rd state meet
    May 24, 2023
    SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Senior Maddie Pelfrey, junior Grace Dunham and a 4x800 relay team will represent St. Francis at the 103rd CIF State Track & Field Championships, hosted at Buchanan High School in Clovis on Friday and Saturday.
  • Pelfrey, Dunham punch tickets to CIF state meet
    May 20, 2023
    DAVIS, Calif. – Senior Maddie Pelfrey finished second in the pole vault with a leap of 12 feet, no inches; while junior Grace Dunham took third in the 1,600-meter run with a personal-best time of 5:02.27, leading St. Francis on the second day of the Sac-Joaquin Section Masters track & field championships at Ron & Mary Brown Stadium Saturday.
  • Troubies' 4x800 ties record, qualifies for state championship
    May 19, 2023
    DAVIS, Calif. – The foursome of junior Grace Dunham, senior Daphne Witherell, junior Kelsey Sutch and junior Kayla Townetied the 4x800 relay school record of nine minutes, 26.91 seconds, good for second place in the meet and a berth to the state championships, leading St. Francis on the first day of the Sac-Joaquin Section Masters track & field championships at Davis Senior High’s Ron & Mary Brown Stadium Friday.
  • Middle distances, throwers lead SF at SJS D-I meet
    May 12, 2023
    FOLSOM, Calif. – Junior Grace Dunham ran a personal-best five minutes, 3.87 seconds to place second in the 1,600 meters, junior Kayla Towne matched that runner-up finish in the 800 meters, while throwers Lauren Riley and Elise Blomquist each hit huge PRs in the shot put, leading St. Francis at the Sac-Joaquin Section Division I track & field championships, hosted by Folsom High at Prairie City Stadium Friday.
  • Relay record, pole vault title leads SF at D-I sections
    May 10, 2023
    FOLSOM, Calif. – Senior Maddie Pelfrey won the pole vault title with a leap of 12 feet, 2 inches while the foursome of Kayla Towne, Grace Dunham, Daphne Witherell and Kelsey Sutch set a school record of nine minutes, 26.91 seconds in the 4x800 relay final, leading St. Francis on the first day of the Sac-Joaquin Section Division I track & field championships, held at Prairie City Stadium Wednesday.
  • Dunham wins 1,600 title, Troubies fourth at Delta League meet
    May 02, 2023
    ELK GROVE, Calif. – Junior Grace Dunham won the girls’ 1,600-meter run with a time of five minutes, 7.47 seconds, to capture the lone St. Francis individual varsity title on the second day of the Delta League Track & Field Championships, hosted by Elk Grove High School Tuesday night.
  • Troubies open strong at Delta League T&F championships
    April 29, 2023
    ELK GROVE, Calif. – The foursome of Grace Dunham, Kelsey Sutch, Daphne Witherell and Kayla Towne won the inaugural 4x800-meter relay, Perpetua Nwaukoni led a 1-2-3 sweep in the frosh/soph shot put, and Colleen Medina finish first in each of the frosh/soph 200- and 400-meter prelims to highlight St. Francis on the first day of action at the Delta League track & field championship meet held at Elk Grove High Saturday.
  • Troubies hit personal, season bests at Sacramento MOC
    April 22, 2023
    SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Juniors Grace Dunham and Kayla Towne each posted personal-best times to move up in the St. Francis record book, while senior Maddie Pelfrey and the foursome of Colleen Medina, Towne, Penelope Cole and Sarah Charles both finished second in their respective events, highlighting a select crew of St. Francis student-athletes at the 40th Sacramento Meet of Champions track & field meet, held Saturday at American River College.
  • St. Francis repped well at Friday's Glenn Rogers Distance Carnival
    April 21, 2023
    ELK GROVE, Calif. – Junior Pamela Vargas led St. Francis in each of the varsity 800- and 1,600-meter races as a crew of Troubadours competed in the Glenn Rogers Distance Carnival at Sheldon High Friday night. 
  • Troubies close out spring break with successful Halden Invite
    April 15, 2023
    DAVIS, Calif. – The St. Francis junior distance tandem of Grace Dunham and Kayla Towne hit personal records in the 3,200-meter run to highlgiht St. Francis action at Davis’ Halden Invitational track & field meet at Ron & Mary Brown Stadium Saturday. Both runners move into the school’s all-time top 10 list with their respective performances.
  • Troubies win five events, honor seniors at home finale
    April 12, 2023
    CARMICHAEL, Calif. – Senior Sarah Charles, junior Grace Dunham and sophomore Maysen Boswell each won individual events while Dunham and senior thrower Lauren Riley enjoyed huge personal records, highlighting St. Francis in the second of two Delta League center track & field meets at Jesuit High Wednesday.
  • Troubie DMR wraps action at Arcadia Invite
    April 08, 2023
    ARCADIA, Calif. – The squad of senior Daphne Witherell, senior Sarah Charles, junior Ryann Strawn and junior Grace Dunham compiled a time of 12 minutes, 40.65 minutes in the 4,000-meter distance medley relay to wrap up St. Francis’ action at the prestigious Arcadia Invitational Saturday night.
  • Relays kick off SF action at Arcadia Invite
    April 07, 2023
    ARCADIA, Calif. – The foursome of Grace Dunham, Daphne Witherell, Kelsey Sutch and Kayla Towne compiled a time of 21 minutes, 36.03 seconds to finish ninth in the Invitational 4xmile relay, closing out St. Francis’ first-day action at the vaunted Arcadia Invitational track & field meet at Arcadia High School Friday.
  • Pelfrey, Towne, three relays to rep SF at Arcadia
    April 06, 2023
    SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Senior pole vaulter Maddie Pelfrey, junior middle distance runner Kayla Towne and three relay teams will represent St. Francis at the prestigious Arcadia Invitational track meet, which takes place at Arcadia High School all day Friday and Saturday. 
  • Troubies post strong times at BV and Stanford
    April 01, 2023
    FAIR OAKS, Calif. – Junior Caitlin Hafenstein posted two top-five overall finishes at Bella Vista’s Bronco Speed Festival while junior Kayla Towne notched a team season best in the 800 meters at the prestigious Stanford Invitational, highlighting St. Francis track & field in another split-squad day of action Saturday.
  • Troubies split squads to Stanford, Granite Bay
    March 31, 2023
    GRANITE BAY, Calif. – Senior Lauren Riley, sophomore Maysen Boswell and senior Maddie Pelfrey each won individual events at the Granite Bay Field Festival, while the foursome of Grace Dunham, Sarah Charles, Kayla Towne and Daphne Witherell finished third at the vaunted Stanford Invitational, highlighting St. Francis track & field action 140 miles apart on Friday.
  • Riley, Charles hit big PRs at Thunder Invite
    March 25, 2023
    ROCKLIN, Calif. – Senior Sarah Charles finished second in the 400 meters with a time of 59.58 seconds, while senior Lauren Riley placed third in the discus and hit a personal record in the shot put, highlighting a small crew of St. Francis athletes at Rocklin’s Thunder Invitational high school track & field meet Saturday.
  • Pelfrey, Towne lead SF at Bronco Roundup
    March 24, 2023
    FAIR OAKS, Calif. – Senior Maddie Pelfrey and junior Kayla Towne finished second in the pole vault and 1,600-meter run, respectively, to lead the St. Francis delegation at Bella Vista’s Bronco Roundup Distance & Pole Vault Carnival Friday night.
  • Towne wins 800 to lead SF at Delta League center meet
    March 22, 2023
    DAVIS, Calif. – Junior Kayla Towne won the varsity 800-meter run with a season best of two minutes, 18.56 seconds, leading four St. Francis runners in the top five, highlighting her team’s appearance in the first of two Delta League track & field center meets at Davis’ Ron & Mary Brown Stadium Wednesday night.
  • Charles, Riley, Pelfrey score wins in split squad Saturday
    March 18, 2023
    SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Seniors Sarah Charles, Lauren Riley and Maddie Pelfrey each won their respective events in two different cities, while junior Kayla Towne broke into the school’s all-time top 10 list in the 1,600-meter run, highlighting St. Francis action at three meets around Northern California Saturday.
  • Towne, 4x800 relay win at LeFebvre Relays
    March 03, 2023
    AUBURN, Calif. – Junior Kayla Towne won the 3,200-meter run with a time of 11 minutes, 20.55 seconds, leading five St. Francis runners in the top six finishers in the race, then anchored the winning 4x800 relay squad to a 9:59.74 to highlight Troubadour action at Placer High’s LeFebvre Relays track & field meet Friday.
  • Troubie track opens new season at Oakmont
    February 25, 2023
    ROSEVILLE, Calif. – Junior Kayla Towne won the girls’ 800-meter run with a time of two minutes, 22.0 seconds, then helped the 4x400 relay squad capture that event at 4:18.60, leading St. Francis in the season-opening Glenn Poole Invitational high school track & field meet at Oakmont High Saturday.
  • Worthen assumes St. Francis' head track & field post
    October 31, 2022
    SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Chad Worthen, who guided St. Francis Catholic High School to the Delta League cross country championship last Saturday, has been appointed as the school’s head track & field coach, Director of Athletics Ryan Chisolm announced Monday.