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Menza's PR highlights Day 2 at section Masters meet

Menza's PR highlights Day 2 at section Masters meet

FOLSOM, Calif. – Freshman Miya Menza posted a personal-best time of 10 minutes, 58.97 seconds in the girls' 3,200-meter run, highlighting St. Francis' second day of action at the Sac-Joaquin Section Masters track & field meet at Folsom High's Prairie City Stadium Saturday.

Menza, who finished 14th in the race, cut almost 14 seconds off her previous personal record of 11:12.68, set at the Halden Invitational on April 19. The 10:58.97 clocking also makes her just the eighth Troubadour in history to crack the 11-minute barrier. Grace Dunham performed the feat twice as a senior last year and Cate Joaquin previously did it 11 times in her career from 2019-2022, but they were the first since 2017.

Menza was one of four SF individuals in action during Saturday's session, which features finals from Friday's preliminary rounds plus finals-only distance and field events. Fellow ninth grader Halle Welch represented the Troubadours in the 1,600, placing 21st at 5:24.75

Sophomore Jasleen Gandhoke had the highest individual SF finish, placing eighth in the 100 hurdles with a 15.56 time. She comes off Friday's high jump championship, which earned her the lone Troubie ticket to next week's state championship in Fresno. Gandhoke advanced to the final thanks to a PR 15.00, a time she posted while still competing in the high jump.

The relay squad of Gaby Gonzalez, Alexa Randall, Emma Bugarin and Jada Dwyre opened Saturday with a sixth-place 49.32 in the 4x400 frelay. Randall opted out of the 400, for which she nabbed the 10th and final qualifier from Friday; then went 29.08 in the 200 for ninth. Welch later replace Randall to join Nassali Serwanga, Colleen Medina and Brynn Baker to finish the meet with a 10th in the 4x400 relay (4:15.30).

The 105th CIF state championship meet takes place at Buchanan High in Fresno next Friday and Saturday.

2025 SAC-JOAQUIN SECTION MASTERS TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS, DAY 2
Prairie City Stadium (Folsom, Calif.)
Events with SF entrants only • Winners plus SF finishers listed • All events are finals

GIRLS' 4x100 RELAY - 1. Christian Brothers (Davis, Brown, Van Den Bogert, Koch), 47.11... 6. St. Francis (Gonzalez, Randall, Bugarin, Dwyre), 49.32.

GIRLS' 1,600 METERS - 1. Giselle Fernandez, Riverbank, 4:50.11... 21. Halle Welch, 5:24.75.

GIRLS' 100 HURDLES - 1. Brooke White, River City, 13.89... 8. Jasleen Gandhoke, 15.56.

GIRLS' 400 METERS - 1. Briyanna Word, St. Mary's, 54.60... Alexa Randall, DNS.

GIRLS' 200 METERS - 1. Naiaja Sizemore, Vanden, 23.61... 9. Alexa Randall, 29.08.

GIRLS' 3,200 METERS - 1. Natalie Arriaza, Patterson, 10:37.83... 14. Miya Menza, 10:58.97.

GIRLS' 4x400 RELAY - 1. Twelve Bridges (Blume, Winston, Oriel, Go Forth), 3:52.19... 10. St. Francis (Serwanga, Medina, Baker, Welch), 4:15.30.