Xavier Prep’s track and field team came up with one of its
best performances of the season at just the right time, winning the Northeast
Valley Regional at Phoenix Horizon and building momentum for the Division I
state meet on May 4 and 7 at Mesa Community College.
The Gators scored 115 points in the Northeast, which began
Monday (April 25) and finished up on Wednesday (April 27). Cave Creek Cactus
Shadows was second with 97 points.
Xavier had two winning relay teams (4x100 and 4x800) and one
individual winner (senior Teresa Roessler in the long jump).
Other key performances:
Senior Tessa Weiss (2nd, 800), junior Sarah
Carter (2nd, 3,200), sophomore Caroline McClelland (3rd,
3,200), senior Cydeni Carter (2nd, 100-meter hurdles), junior Annie
Grant (3rd, 100-meter hurdles and 3rd, 300-meter hurdles)
and the 4x400 relay team (2nd).
Xavier results:
100 – Bisola Ojeniyi, So., 5th, 12.95; Taylor
Ford, Jr., 12th, 13.53.
400 – Leila Grant, Fr., 4th, 60.60; Calista
Kistler, Fr., 11th, 63.79; Sarah Fox, Fr., 12th, 65.60.
800 – Tessa Weiss, Sr., 2nd, 2:15.50; Ally
Novacek, Sr., 16th, 2:28.72; Sarah Carter, Jr., 18th,
2:31.01; Shannan Higgins, Sr., 24th, 2:32.72.
1,600 – Sarah Carter, Jr., 4th, 5:17.51; Shannan
Higgins, Sr., 5th, 5:17.85; Helen Innes, Fr., 6th, 5:20.71;
Caroline McClelland, So., 12th, 5:27.33.
3,200 – Sarah Carter, Jr., 2nd, 11:31.52;
Caroline McClelland, So., 3rd, 11:33.00; Helen Innes, Fr., 4th,
11:33.96.
100 hurdles – Cydeni Carter, Sr., 2nd, 15.73;
Annie Grant, Jr., 3rd, 15.82; Jada Sims, Fr., 9th, 17.01.
300 hurdles – Annie Grant, Jr., 3rd, 45.59;
Teresa Roessler, Sr., 5th, 48.11; Jada Sims, Fr., 8th,
50.40; Izzy Estes, So., 13th, 53.42.
4x100 relay – Xavier 1st (Bisola Ojeniyi, Annie
Grant, Cydeni Carter, Maddie Minton), 49.12.
4x400 relay – Xavier 2nd (Kinsey Ehmann, Teresa
Roessler, Leila Grant, Annie Grant), 4:03.50.
4x800 relay – Xavier 1st (Tessa Weiss, Shannan
Higgins, Jane Miller, Ally Novacek), 9:37.82.
Shot put – Gisselle Bojorquez, Fr., 11th, 28-00;
Joyce Karekezi, So., 17th, 26-07.
Discus – Jai Nero, Jr., 15th, 79-03, Gisselle
Bojorquez, Fr., 29th, 67-01; Joyce Karekezi, So., 62-04.
High jump – Helene Hart, Fr., 6th, 4-10; Olivia
Zanczucchi, Sr., 9th, 4-08; Mary Long, So., 12th, 4-06;
Emma Strouse, Jr., 12th, 4-06.
Pole vault – Molly Cahill, Fr., 13th, 7-0.
Long jump – Teresa Roessler, Sr., 1st, 16-11;
Maddy Todd, Jr., 10th, 14-7 ½; Emma Strouse, Jr., 12th,
14-3; Jada Sims, Fr., 17th, 13-8 ½.
Team scores –
Xavier Prep 115, Cave Creek Cactus Shadows 97, Phoenix North Canyon 86 ½, Scottsdale
Chaparral 63, Phoenix Pinnacle 55 ½, Phoenix Shadow Mountain 52, Gilbert 36,
Scottsdale Desert Mountain 36, Tempe 25, Phoenix Horizon 25, Fountain Hills 24,
Scottsdale Prep 18, Phoenix Arcadia 10, Scottsdale Saguaro 8, Phoenix Veritas
Prep 7, Tempe Marcos de Niza 2.
*Results provided by assistant track coach Chris Pfaff.