Here are a few highlights from last week’s track meet at Castlemont:

Girls  100m

• Tech’s NyErin Buckley- won 1st place vs. Skyline, Castlemont, Oakland High & Fremont.
• Tech’s Autumn Randall- won 2nd place.
• Tech won 3rd – (unknown new runner, Tech doesn’t have a team roster).

Girls  4X100m Relay

• Tech Girls Relay team – won 1st place against Skyline, Castlemont, Oakland High & Fremont.

Girls High Jump

• Autumn Randall- won 1st place.

Boys 100m   (1st Heat)­­                             

• Mack – won 1st place.
• Tech’s James Lewis -won 2nd place.
• Skyline – won 3rd place.

Boys 200m (1st Heat)                               

• Skyline- won 1st place
• Skyline- won 2nd place
• Tech’s Brandon Oliver-won 3rdplace

Girls 400m                                                

• Tech’s Lin -won 2nd place
• Tech’s Kona -won 3rd place

Girls 4X400m Relay                                 

• Tech’s Girls -won 2nd place.

Boys 100m (2nd Heat) 

• Mack -won 1st place
• Mack -won 2nd place
• Tech’s Brandon Oliver-won 3rd pl

Boys 200m (2nd Heat)         

• Mack- won 1st place
• Mack- won 2nd place
• Tech’s James Lewis – won 3rd place

Boys 400m

• Mack -won 1st place
• Tech’s Adam- won 2nd place
• Fremont -won 3rd place

Boys 800m                   

• Tech’s Adam won 3rd place

*Teammates that were greatly missed due to absence or injuries: Jacob Bavoso – sprinter, Raven Sanders -hurdler,  Malik G.- hurdler & sprinter, Britney Williams -sprinter and Simon – 1400m & 3200m.

*We apologize for students names that are not listed but Tech’s track team  does not have a roster.  Hopefully next year we will receive one.

Sophomore Sam Weaver recorded a PR of 4:48:21 in the 1600

The Oakland Tech boys track team had one goal in mind on Thursday: a 5-0 regular season. “This is one of the most dominant teams in the program history” said coach Noah Hinkston Jr.

The boys staked their claim by scoring 89 points to run away with this years regular season championship. Oakland HS finished second with 33 points, and Skyline finished third with 28.

This mark’s the third time this season the boys scored 80 points are more. “l’m just so proud of the team for the way they competed today they put themselves in position to compete for a 5-0 season with the way in which they competed from the very first event” said Oakland Tech Coach Hinkston. “The boys deserve this kind of result for the way in which they competed and fought through adversity all year long.” More on page 104

at Skyline HS

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Women – Team Rankings – 12 Events Scored
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1) Skyline HS 75
2) Oakland Technical HS 36
3) Castlemont HS 30
4) Oakland HS 21
5) McClymonds 10
6) Fremont HS 8
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Men – Team Rankings – 15 Events Scored
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1) Oakland Technical HS 86
2) Skyline HS 85
3) Oakland HS 42
4) Castlemont HS 10
5) Fremont HS 5

Complete individual and team results from this meet can be viewed by clicking here.

at Oakland Tech

Women – Team Rankings – 12 Events Scored

1) Oakland Technical HS 55
2) Oakland HS 34
3) Castlemont HS 23

Men – Team Rankings – 14 Events Scored

1) Oakland Technical HS 74
2) Oakland HS 42
3) Castlemont HS 13

Click here for complete team and individual results of the meet.

Eddie Gillies

Senior sprinter Eddie Gillies set a new personal record in the 400 meter dash with a time of 50:55 on Saturday afternoon at the Skyline Invitational.Gillies time is the ninth fastest in the state by www.dyestatcal.com statewide elite.

And as if that were not enough, Gillies blistered the track with a 50.3-second split on the second leg of ot’s 4 x 400 meter relay that dropped a season best 3 min 37.31sec.

Gillies combined with sophomore’S Euchari Murray(52.6), Leo Theus(52.8), Freshman Lamar Oakes (59.9)for a second place finish.In the 800 meter run David Harris(2:16.06 pr) and Ghila Andemeskel(2:35.05) finish in 15th and 42th.

In the 3200 meter run Michael Andemeskel was 14th in 11:10.68 and Samuel Weaver 18th 11:43.25.On the girls side Senior sprinter Antonia Currington finish in fifth place in the 100 meter(13.05). In the 1600 meter run Ronah Baha ran 6:21.34 for 22nd place, Michell Tran (6:42.05 ) for 30th place and Christal Huang was 40th in 7:08.76.

The Skyline Invitational is always a turning point for both of our teams.

“Since we will now make the transition to running fast qualifying marks”, said Tech’s head coach Noah Hinkston “in many ways,we took some positive steps forward as we prepare for the Dublin Distance. That will be our focus in training next week.”

Sam, Euchari, Lamar, David, Ghila, Leo

When OT sophomore Euchari Murray stepped onto the track for Saturday’s competition at the Cal Berkeley all-comers meet, the last thought running through his mind was that his name would soon be mentioned among the favorites to win All OAL honors in the 800m.  Graham took the 400m Heat 3 running a new PR in 53:63 (his old mark was 53:75 in last years OAL championships).

“I’m pretty surpised I ran that today considering where I am with my training,” Graham said. We are still going five days a week with some heavy two days.  Coach Noah Hinkston said we’ll scale back over the next couple of weeks and work more on pace.We all should start showing major improvement each week.

Teammates Leo Theus (sophomore) and Lamar Oakes (freshman) were 7th (57:17) and 10th (1:01.45), respectively, in the 400m. Freshman David Harris was 10th in the 1500m run 4:52.12. The teams return to action this weekend Jan 30@ The Skyline High All -Comer @ 11:30am

The Oakland Tech Track and Field teams are gearing up for another banner year this spring and are the midst of a strenuous fall regimen. The start of the 2010 season is now less than one week away and members of the OT track and field program are anxious to compete after wrapping up their training programs.

OT student-athletes will reconvene January 4 as they start to put the finishing touches on their preparation for the start of the 2010 season.”I am very pleased with the intensity that our athletes have brought to training each every day during the fall.That’s been a point of emphasis for us all semester” said OT Head Coach Noah Hinkston. “They have prepared themselves well to compete ar the highest level this season. I know they are anxious to get it going and see where they stack up against the OAL’s best this spring.”

Here is the schedule or the upcoming Track and Field season:

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