Track & Field
We strive for student-athletes to have a happy, healthy confidence-building experience, each year in our program.
2024 FHS T&F Coaching Staff(left to right) Alejandra Flores, Mark Shields, Adam Miranda, Jeff Rohrer, Rob Guzman, Idreece Barns, Jeff Lehto, Anthony Rivera, Rand Crippen, Lewis Louie
FREMONT COACHES
- For 2025 T&F season: Head Coaches - Contact Coach Alejandra Flores at alejandra.xc26@gmail.com and Adam Miranda at coachmiranda17@gmail.com
- 2024 Program Head Coach, T&F Program Coordinator, all running events & Hurdle (HRD) workouts planner, Webpage Admin, Mark Shields
- Jumps Head Coach, Lewis Louie
- Throws Head Coach, Rob Guzman
- Boys Head Coach, Sprints, Relays, Distance, Adam Miranda
- Girls Head Coach, Distance, Hurdles, Meet Announcer, Alejandra Flores
- Assistant Coach, Throws, Jeff Lehto
- Assistant Coach, Hurdles and Sprints, Idreece Barnes
- Volunteer Assistant Coach, Distance, Jeff Rohrer
- Volunteer Assistant Coach, High Jump, Rand Crippen
- Volunteer Assistant Coach & Throws-Guru, Anthony Rivera
- Volunteer Assistant Coach intern, Jumps and hurdles, Brianna Fedkiw
Team Parents: Anjana Prabhakar, Shara Carder, Mike Carder
More background info below under "Fremont T&F Coaching Staff"
Fall & Winter CONDITIONING 2024, 2025
As of 10/15/2024
Strength Conditioning and Throws skills
- 6:00pm, Tuesday and Thursday, Fremont HS Weight Room. With dynamic stretching ("drills") on field afterwards.
Baseline Conditioning (Winter/Spring sports, club sports, T&F)
- 6:00pm, Monday and Wednesday, Fremont Track
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COACHES/ALUMNI REPRESENT IN EUGENE
2024 Season Awards & Pot-luck @ Baylands
Top-10 In-season GPA's
Results in a 13-way tie at '4.0'.
Yarden Halperin (10), Chloe Maxwell (10), Weilin Oh (11), Shay Yaakobovitz (11), Sari Mai (11), Arjun Dutia (10), Ryan Lehto (10), Allison Rahn (9), Daniel Hassner (9), May Hassner (9), Elijah Smith (10), Enzo Feng (9), Archit Wankhade (12)
2024 TEAM MVPS
Marie Anne Madrigal and Wyatt Parry
The MVP's not only helps the team by being a regular point scorer, but also is a leader, supports individual team members and helps keep the team together. Setting examples by doing what is asked of them and not complaining or wandering off on their own agenda. Keeping their chin high and supporting others, even when they are having a bad day
2024 EL CAMINO CHAMPIONS
Ethan Chen, FSB 3200M run Champion
May Hassner, FSG Discus Champion
Meagan Aquino, FSG 400M Champion
Anusha Chadalavada, Varsity Girls 100m Hurdle Champions and Varsity Girls 300m hurdle Champion
MEDALS OF DEDICATION
Top-10 workout percentages
(not in order of appearance) Aiden Guzman, Anagha Gore, Allison Rahn, Ryan Lehto, Matthew Gray, Jack Lehto, Leander Dy-Johnson, Daniel Hassner, Manoah Maciel, Ethan Chen
HIGHEST SEASON TOTAL POINTS SCORED
Varun Kale and Anusha Chadalavada. The pair were scoring machines in dual meets. Often winning two or three events, plus relay points.
Varun won 4-events twice in two separate dual meets.
Anusha's scoring supported by other Varsity Girl high scorers like Maya, Yarden, Ada and Shay, resulted in the VG having their 1st ever undefeated dual meet season for Fremont Track & Field
MOST VALUABLE THROWERS
Seniors Ella Hassner and Aiden Guzman were key leaders in helping the coaches guide the multi-faceted throws program. The two T&F-experienced seniors will be missed.
MOST VALUABLE NEWCOMERS
These are student-athletes who became key contributors and point scorers in their 1st year on the team.
Ada Johnson and Philip Schulz
The freshman-phenom and the 1-and-done senior brought piles of points which were unexpected at the start of the season
HIGHEST VARSITY IMPACT BY FR/SO
Ada Johnson and Ryan Lehto. The FR/SO were the highest scorers in the "Fremont Air Force" (Throws), and for the whole team during the regular season. However, after the awards were ordered, another talented FR/SO, Yarden Halperin edge her way between the two with post season points, so one more plaque is on order.
The CHAMELEON AWARD
This award is for student-athletes who scored points in 7-different varsity events or more during the season.
A regular El Camino division high school track meet has 15 events, including both relays. These student-athletes display exceptional athletic ability, range and focus to be able to score points in almost 1/2 of all events. There have been seasons when no one has won this award, this season we had three winners.
· Anusha Chadalavada –varsity points in the 400, 200. 100Mh, 300mH, 4x1, 4x4, 4x8
· Philip Schulz – varsity points in LJ, 200m, 400m, 800m, 4x400R, 4x800R, Distance Medley Relay
· Shay Yaakbovitz varsity points in TJ, HJ, LJ, 100mH, 300mH, 4x4 relay, 4x8 relay
MOST IMPROVED
(from previous season PR's)
Ryan Lehto and Anagha Gore
Ryan Lehto – improved 30 feet in the discus (27% of his previous PR and is going to CCS), 5 ft in the 12-lb shot (14% of previous PR). Anagha Gore: improved by almost 19 feet in the discus (35% of her previous PR), By 3 ½ ft in the shot (20% of her previous PR) (8-votes so far).
Anagha's improvement in the discus is like a high school sprinter improving their 100 by 1.0 second. Very impressive.
COMEBACK AWARD
Hayley Johnson
At the beginning of the season, the dual-sport standout could not compete in T&F due to a rash of injuries, a broken bone, knee injury, twisted ankle from BB. She came back in a heroic mid-season effort to help the VG's beat Santa Clara in a tight dual meet, to keep the VG's undefeated. From there she made her way through the season to CCS Finals. Missing State qualifying by only 2-spots.
THE MOST SEASON PR's
(personal records)
Ethan Chen is on a roll. This is the 2nd year Ethan has had 11 PR's He just missed winning last year, but reeled in the award this season
KAMIKAZE AWARD
Someone thrown into an event they’ve never done before to try to help the team. E.g: a thrower tossed into a 4x4, someone attempts to hurdle or high jump, who has never done those events. Sprinter, jumper or thrower runs the 3200 because they hear the other team has no one or only 1-or-2 people running the event.
Allison Rahn: thrower/high jumper: due to injury, the team was one girl short for the El Camino FSG 4x4 relay. Allison didn't hesitate, she volunteered.
Meagan Aquino and Sari Mai: dual meets were about to start, we had no long jumpers. We would have gotten swept in the dual meet LJ. The two girls took the challenge when Coach Louie ask them to try long jump, with zero practice for the 1st meet
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AWARDS POTLUCK gate-crashing ALUMNI
Alumni training group visitors: Core training Group from first contact-allowed during the Pandemic, then on through graduation (2020-2023)..
Nick Pesich (FRE 2023 / Cal Poly), Kathir Balakrishnan (FRE 2023 / Univ. of North Carolina), Isaac Tiscareno (FRE 2023 / Cal State East Bay), (Coach Shields), Nathan Lau (AMHS 2023 / San Jose State Univ.), Leland Nguyen (FRE 2023 / UC Santa Cruz).
Another season in the books . . .
(Coach Louie (Lewis) was travelling during the Potluck, but we still had a Coach Louie (Samantha))
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SENIOR AWARDS NIGHT
Aiden Guzman, Firebird Relays 2024 Scholarship winner
Anusha Chadalavada, Fremont Female Athlete of the Year: Cross Country, Basketball, Track & Field
Anagha Gore, National Honor Society
END OF SEASON UPDATES
UNIFORM RETURNS.
- Tuesday 5/28, and Wednesday 5/29 6:00pm at the Snack Shack
- Student accounts will be billed if the student-athletes uniform is not returned
AWARDS POTLUCK @ Baylands Park
- 4:30 to 6:30 on Monday, June 3rd
SEASON BESTS MARKS FOR 2024 (link)
SCHOOL RECORDS UPDATES
2024 T&F SCHEDULE
- Saturday, March 2nd, RustBuster Invitational @ Monta Vista High school (Full results (Hank))
- Thursday, March 7th, Dual meet - Fremont @ Saratoga, (Full results (Hank))
- Saturday, March 9th, Willow Glen Invitational @ Willow Glen high school: (Full results (Athletics.Net))
- Tuesday, March 12th, Dual meet - Fremont @ Wilcox (Full results (Hank)).
- Tuesday, March 19th, Dual meet, Santa Clara @ Fremont (Full results, Athletic.Net)
- Saturday, March 23rd, Firebird Relays @ Fremont High School (Full results, Athletic.Net)
Monday, March 25th, first workout-percentage cut: if not at 90% or above, you are off the team.
- Tuesday, March 26th, Dual meet, Milpitas @ Fremont (Full results, Athletic.Net)
- Saturday, March 30th, Quicksilver Invitational, Leland High School (Full results, Athletic.Net)
- Saturday, April 6th, De Anza/Cupertino Invite, De Anza College (Full results, Athletic.Net)
- Thursday, April 11th, Quadruple Dual meet @ Monta Vista; Fremont, Cupertino, Monta Vista & McDonald, (Meet results)
- POST SEASON Qualifying *******************************************
- Wednesday, April 24th, El Camino Division (SCVAL) Trials (Qualifier limited) Prelim results.
- Friday, April 26th, El Camino Division (SCVAL) Finals results.
- Saturday, May 4th, SCVAL Championship/CCS Qualifier @ Santa Clara High school (Final results)
- Saturday, May 11th, CCS Semi-finals (Results)
- Saturday, May 18th, CCS Finals / State Qualifier (Results)
- Friday/Saturday, May 24th/25th, CIF State Prelims and Finals (Qualifier limited)
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- Team Rules
- Fremont T&F Coaching Staff
- Head Coach & Team Mom contact
- Firebird Relays Scholarship
- Athletics.net
- Carpooling & Meet Support
- School Records
Team Rules
Fremont T&F Coaching Staff
Head Coach & Team Mom contact
Firebird Relays Scholarship
Athletics.net
Carpooling & Meet Support
School Records
CCS Finals / CA State Qualifier
Hayley Johnson was the lone Firebird to make it to CCS Finals this year.
Battling through multiple injuries this season, Hayley tied her High Jump PR (personal record) jumping 5'04" to come in 4th place. CCS automatically qualifies it's top 3 finishers for the CA State meet, so Hayley missed by 1-spot. Hayley finishes her career ranked 4th all-time, for Fremont Girls high jump.
Hayley adds to the long list of Fremont/Homestead/Mountain View/Gunn high jumpers Coach Crippen has coached to CCS Finals in his 30+ years of coaching in SCVAL.
Anusha made CCS prelims, but did not move on to the finals. However, in her 1st year of hurdling, she becomes #9 all-time on the Fremont Girls 100m hurdles list and #8 all-time on the 300m hurdles list. Adding to her 2023 marks of #14 all-time for the 400m-dash, and a member of the #4 all-time 4x100m relay.
Fabian in his 2nd CCS appearance in as many years, does not move on to CCS finals, and just misses making the Fremont all-time top-15 in the 400m by 4-thousandths of a second. However, his contribution as a lead-by-example leader, and as a member of the #3 all-time 4x400m relay, will stay etched in records and recollections.
Ryan's first CCS appearance did not result in him moving to the finals, but Ryan is only in 10th grade. His season PR is very close to making the Fremont Boys discus all-time top-15 (a list which includes kids who went on to be Olympians and world-class throwers). Ryan may end up as the leader of the discus list by the time he graduates Fremont
FREMONT T&F - CCS QUALFIERS
Anusha moves on to CCS in the 100m hurdles and 300m hurdles this year. Last year she made CCS in the open 400m and the 4x100m Relay.
Battling injury all season, Hayley still goes to CCS in the High Jump for her 3rd year.
Fabian, returns to CCS for the 2nd year, but this is his 1st in an open event (400m). Last year he went as a member of the 4x4 relay.
With a 30-foot improvement from last year, Ryan makes his 1st CCS appearance, in his sophomore season.
SCVAL Championships / CCS Qualifier
Due to the weather, Saturday's competition was more like a swim meet than a track & field meet.
The rain was so intense, the hurdle races, and some field events, were postponed until Monday, May 6th.
All results will be final this evening after hurdles and the remaining field events.
VB 4X100m relay - Wyatt to Ike
VB 4X100m relay - George to Leander
Leander closed in, almost completing the rundown, but there wasn't enough track left. The team came in 2nd in the heat, leaving Homestead, Saratoga and Monta Vista behind
Ella warms up for the discus
It was difficult to stay warm with the rain and the cold.
Fabian in the open 400m
Maya in the 100m
Shay leading off the VG 4x4 relay
Meagan to Maya in the VG 4x400m relay
VG 4x400m relay, Anusha gaps the other anchors
Varsity Boys 4x400m relay: Wyatt Parry, Leander Dy-Johnson, Philip Schulz, Fabian Oduk
El Camino Championship / SCVAL Qualifier (2-day event)
El Camino 100m hurdle Champion, Anusha Chadalavada
El Camino 300m hurdle Champion, Anusha Chadalavada
El Camino JVB 3200M Champion, Ethan Chen
El Camino JVG 400m Champion, Meagan Aquino
El Camino JVG Discus Champion, May Hassner
El Camino JVB 2nd place 4x400m relay; Zander Ledbetter, Arden Zhang, Arjun Dutia and Daniel Hassner
El Camino 2nd place VG 100 meter dash. Maya Chandurkar
El Camino prelim heat winner, 2nd place over-all, VG 100-meter hurdles, Maya Chandurkar
El Camino VB 400m prelim winner, 2nd place over-all, Fabian Oduk
El Camino JVB 2nd place for 100-meter dash, Dominic Hemenez
El Camino VB discus 2nd place, Ryan Lehto (right).
All three throwers (Jack Lehto (left), Aiden Guzman (center)) made it to the SCVAL Championship / CCS Qualifier
The Firebirds competed in the El Camino Division meet on Wednesday 4/24 and again on Friday 4/26.
The meet yielded a handful of Fremont El Camino division Champions.
- El Camino Girls Varsity 100m hurdle Champion is, senior, Anusha Chadalavada
- El Camino Girls Varsity 300m hurdle Champion is, senior, Anusha Chadalavada
- El Camino Girls JV 400m dash Champion is, sophomore, Meagan Aquino
- El Camino Girls JV Discus Champion is, freshman, May Hassner
- El Camino Boys 3200-meter (~ 2-miles) Champion is, sophomore, Ethan Chen
Firebirds moving on to the SCVAL Championships / CCS Qualifier on Saturday, May 4th @ Santa Clara HS
- 4x100m relay;
- VB: Leander Dy-Johnson Wyatt Parry, George Alcantara, Ike Weidman
- 1600m run
- VG: Yarden Halperin
- Hurdles,110m/100m;
- VG: Anusha Chadalavada, Maya Chandurkar
- VB: Varun Kale
- 400m dash
- VB: Fabian Oduk, Wyatt Parry
- 100m dash
- VG: Maya Chandurkar
- 800m run
- VG: Yarden Halperin
- VB: Philip Schulz
- 300m Hurdles
- Anusha Chadalavada
- 4x400m Relay
- VG: Shay Yaakobovitz, Meagan Aquino, Maya Chandurkar, Anusha Chadalavada
- VB: Wyatt Parry, Leander Dy-Johson, Philip Schulz, Fabian Oduk
- SHOT PUT
- VG: Ada Johnson
- VB: Ryan Lehto
- DISCUS
- VG: Ella Hassner, Ada Johnson
- VB: Aiden Guzman, Jack Lehto, Ryan Lehto
- HIGH JUMP
- VG: Hayley Johnson
- VB: Varun Kale
- TRIPLE JUMP
- VG: Shay Yaakobovitz
- VB: Varun Kale
- 4X800M Relay
- VG: Yarden Halperin, Chloe Maxwell, Neha Balaji, Marie Anne Madrigal
GO FIREBIRDS!
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Three-way Dual Meet & Senior Day
Fabian, Noah, Jack, Aiden, Kevin, Philip, Don, Wyatt, Dan, Archit, Rishab, Zeke, Nikolas, Ved, Anagha, Ella, Anusha, Nina, Michelle, Marie Anne
HIGH-FIVES & HUGS TO OUR SENIORS
Four-year, full-term Firebirds
Zeke Carder, Aiden Guzman, Jack Lehto
Three-year, three-pete Firebirds
Anagha Gore, Ella Hassner, Hayley Johnson, Marie Anne Madrigal, *Michelle Overcamp, Wyatt Parry, Kevin Rhee (*Michelle is full term for her, she's graduating early)
Two-year, gone too soon Firebirds
Nina Behrens, Anusha Chadalavada, Dan Chizik, Ved Kamishetti, Rishab Madhugiri, Fabian Oduk, Archit Wankhade
One-run and done Firebirds
Don Martinez, Jordan McKinney, Philip Schulz, Nikolas Wong
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Three-way Dual Meet Recap
With one majestic, flame-trailing, swoop from their scenic nest at Deisner Field, across the hillside track of Monta Vista, the Firebirds scorched the Condors, The Matadors and The Miners, on their way to an 12-and-2 over-all Varsity record for the season.
- The Varsity Boys barely lost to Monta Vista, but defeated Cupertino and MacDonald to render a 5-2 dual-meet season record.
- The Varsity Girls swept the same three schools to remain undefeated in El Camino dual meets this season.
- Often outnumbered as much as 3-to-1 in dual meets, the Fremont VG's posted the 1st ever undefeated dual meet season for Fremont girls Track & Field.
- Fremont's' 2024 Varsity dual meet prowess was mostly paced by consistent event winning/scoring from the Sr/Jr core of Anusha, Maya, Varun, Fabian, Shay, Philip, Hayley, Michelle and Ella. However, as the season moved on, more Fr/So's stepped up their performances to compete in Varsity, adding to the teams' scoring punch. Key FS's were Yarden, Leander, Manoah, Matt, Ada, Meagan, May, and last but not least Ryan (ranked 15th in CCS in the discus, 2nd highest ranked FS in CCS discus).
After Spring Break, next up for the Firebirds will be the El Camino Championships/SCVAL Qualifier. GO FIREBIRDS!!
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Fremont vs Milpitas Dual meetThe kingdom of Troy invades the nest of The Phoenix
The Firebirds were vastly outnumbered by the Trojans in this Fremont home meet. Milpitas has over 210 student-athletes on their team, Fremont has 70. Consequently, more of our Firebird F/S's (Ryan Lehto, Leander Dy-Johnson, Yarden Halperin, Meagan Aquino, May Hassner, Ada Johnson, Matt Gray, et al) were asked to compete, and score points, in Varsity.
Despite being outnumbered by 3x, the varsity battle was a split;
- The Firebird VB's were over-run by the Trojan VB numbers. Losing their 1st dual meet, 82-to-45, to go 3-and-1 for the season.
- Firebird VG's remain undefeated in dual meets, beating Milpitas VG's 66 to 61, by winning the last event, VG 4x4 relay..
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Despite the weather, the Firebird Relays ran successfully for the 11th time since its’ inaugural 2012 meet.
The meet still holds the distinction of running within 5 minutes of the scheduled time, every year!!
Both current head coaches (Girls & Boys head coaches) were student-athletes, and team captains, in those 1st couple Firebird Relays.
The Firebirds came in 4th out of 30 California high schools, and a Calgary Canada high school club.
As much as the Firebird Relays are about the fun and development of our current Fremont, and CCS, student-athletes, it has always been a celebration and reunion of alumni student-athletes, plus alumni student-athlete parents.
In the 1st couple of of Firebird Relays, the snacks and food were worked by track parents on grills, then borrowing the Snack Shack. Once the Boosters embraced the Firebird, it became a fundraiser for supporting all Fremont athletics. Thank you, Boosters!!
We would like to give a huge Thank you, shout out, and big Track family hug to all volunteers who supported the meet (if I do not have a student-athlete name next to your name, please email me to point out your son or daughters name, then I will update the webpage)
Current T&F Parents
o Mrinal Dutia (Arjun, 2026)
o Rachel Kim (Casey, 2026)
o Ambrosia Studley (Tyro, 2026)
o Shara Carder (Zeke 2024)
o Jennifer Jue (Evan Fischer 2026)
o Mike Carder (Zeke 2024)
o Ayala
o Leena
o Owen Jellison (Fabian, 2024)
o Alida Parry (Wyatt, 2024)
o Phani
o Lauren Ledbetter (Xander, 2027)
o Micah Ledbetter (Xander, 2027)
o Junyi (Weilin & Weiqi, 2025)
·Alum Parents/Students
o Cathy Gomez (Tommy, 2018, Columbia University), volunteering since 2014.
o Gus Gomez (Tommy, 2018, Columbia University), volunteering since 2014
o Satheesh Balakrishnan (Kathir, 2023, Univ of North Carolina)
o Priya Pegatheesan (Kathir, 2023, Univ of North Carolina)
o Matthew Tiscareno (Samuel 2021, Isaac 2023)
o Laura Tiscareno (Samuel 2021, Isaac 2023)
o Anjana Prabhakar (Nikhil, 2025)
o Samuel Tiscareno (FHS 2021, Cal Poly)
o Ganesh Balgi (Pranav, 2017, UCLA). Ganesh’s has supported since the 2013 Firebird Relays as a volunteer. Deepa Balgi as well, but she fell ill the night of the meet.
o Matthew Tsai (FHS 2023, UC Davis)
o Zara Dayal (FHS 2019, UC Irvine)
o Isaac Tiscareno (FHS 2023, Cal State, East Bay)
o Samantha Louie (FHS 2018, UC Davis)
o Amanda Liu (FHS 2019, UC Davis)
o JJ Escalera (FHS 2016, CSU San Jose, West Valley & Santa Clara Univ)
- Coach Jeff Rohrer (Heather and Jackie (XC), 2013). Jeff's wife Rachel was Team Mom for Track, Swimming, Water Polo and Cross Country, at the same time, for 3 years!!!
Possible future alumni, who volunteered on the 23rd
- Nathan Tiscareno (2027)
- Elsie Tiscareno (2030)
Embrace competition -
Respect all . . . fear none
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FREMONT vs WILCOX DUAL MEET recap
The Varsity Firebirds short-circuited the Chargers in the Tuesday March 12th dual meet.
The Varsity dual meet scores were VB, Fremont 77 and Wilcox 44. Varsity Girls, Fremont 100 Wilcox 14.
Varsity event winners;
Boys
- Junior, Varun Kale won 4 events: 110m High hurdles, High jump, Long junp and the triple jump
- Senior Fabian Oduk won the 400m
- Senior Philip Schulz, won the 800 meters.
- Sophomore Manoah Maciel won the 300m hurdles
- Sophomore Ryan Lehto won the Shot Put
- Senior Jack Lehto won the Discus
Girls’
- Junior, Shay Yaakobovitz won the high jump and the triple jump
- Senior, Ella Hassner won the Discus
- Freshman, Ada Johnson, Sr. Ella Hassner and junior, Anagha Gore swept the shot put
- Junior, Maya Chandurkar won the 100m hurdles, 100 meters and the 200 meters
- Sr., Marie Anne Madrigal won the 1600 meters and the 3200 meters
- Junior, Neha Balaji won the 800m
- Junior Sari Mai won the Long Jump
- Sr., Anusha Chadalavada won the 400 meters and the 300m hurdles. Still holding the 6th fastest 300mH time in CCS this season.
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WILLOW GLEN PHOTOS
SARATOGA DUAL MEET Recap
Battle of the birds:
The Fremont Firebirds singed the Saratoga Falcons in Varsity Track and field on Thursday March 7th at Saratoga.
The Varsity dual meet scores were VB Fremont 71 and Saratoga 50. Varsity Girls Fremont 76 Saratoga 40.
Varsity event winners;
Boys
- · Junior, Varun Kale won 4 events: 110m High hurdles, High jump, Long junp and the triple jump
- · Sophomore, Matt Gray won the Varsity Boys 1600m and 3200m
- · Sophomore, Leander Dy-Johnson and Senior, Jordan McKinney took 1-2 in the 100 meters
- · Seniors Fabian Oduk and Philip Schulz, teamed with Jr Noah Lacy to sweep the 400 meters.
- Fabian laid down the 12th fastest time in CCS this season.
- · Schulz and Dy-Johnson also took 1-2 in the 200 meters
Girls’
- · Junior, Shay Yaakobovitz won the high jump and the triple jump
- · Junior, Anagha Gore won the Discus
- · Freshman, Ada Johnson and Sr. Ella Hassner went 1-2 in the shot put
- · Junior, Maya Chandurkar won the 100m hurdles and the 200 meters
- · Sophomore Yarden Halperin won the 800 meters and the 1600 meters
- · Sr., Marie Anne Madrigal won the 3200 meters
- · Sr., Anusha Chadalavada won the 300m hurdles in the 5th fastest time in CCS this season.
- Anusha was 2nd to Maya in the 100m hurdles, where Maya is ranked 12th in CCS.
SCORING RESULTS (link)
RUSTBUSTER PHOTOS
Varsity Girls 4x 800-meter Relay
2024 TRACK & FIELD season officially began on Monday, January 29th
- For each practice, dress for the weather, meet on the Visitors side of the track.
- Practice is every weekday at 5:45pm, meeting by the burgundy sheds on visitors' side of the stadium.
- Practice will end between 7:10 and 7:30
- See "Team Rules" below for general rules, attendance, credit for the sport, and other information.
- Optional Skills practice on Saturdays @ 10:00am (if we do not have a meet). Counts as extra workout credit.
In order to be cleared for each sport, you must complete the following 3 steps.
1. Complete Physical Exam Form Part 1 and Part 2.
*All physical forms must be completed by a parent and doctor prior to the start date of your sport. The state of CA only accepts physicals that are signed, stamped and dated from a MD, DO, or PA. NP and RN signed physicals are not currently allowed.
2. Digital registration must be completed via the Athletics Clearance website. Here is a step-by-step instructional video of how to complete the Athletic Clearance registration.
IF COMING OUT AFTER A WINTER SPORT, YOU SHOULD SHOW-UP ON Monday, Feb 26th.
Ask the Trainer to transfer your physical to Track & Field
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TRACK & FIELD 2023
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Congratulations to all graduating seniors: passing the baton from high school to college! Go Firebirds!
(Leland will be running Track @ UC Santa Cruz, Kathir will run Track @ University of North Carolina)
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2023 FIREBIRD RELAYS SCHOLARSHIP AWARD WINNERS
Kathir Balakrishnan (University of North Carolina) Isaac Tiscareno (Cal State University, East Bay), Jonathan Mases (University of CA, Davis) and Leland Nguyen (University of CA , Santa Cruz)
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CA STATE T&F MEET 2023
People slowly filling in the stands at the start of the meet. Kathir missed the finals by 0.01 seconds
Battling injury, Kathir still finishes 10th in the State for 300mH. Here he is flanked by coaches and 2007 Fremont grad, Elijah Carrillo. After XC/T&F at Fremont, Elijah ran XC/T&F for Fresno State. He is currently a teacher, coach and award-winning community activist, in the Fresno school district
2023 TEAM AWARDS
TOP 10 IN-SEASON GPA's; 8-way tie for 1st, one person in 9th place, and a nine-way tie for 10th.
Recipients are Chloe Maxwell (FR), Shay Yaakobovitz (SO) Clara Estan (FR), Matthew Tsai (SR), Ziv Behar (JR), Nikhil Prabhakar (SO), Ryan Lehto (FR), Arjun Dutia (FR), Anagha Gore (JR), Weilin Oh (SO), Dhruti Halambi (SO), Varun Kale (SO), Dan Chizik (JR) and Naozumi Kawai (SR). Not shown: Nina Behrens (JR), Anuttam Preetham (JR), Ethan Chen (FR) and Yarden Halperin (FR).
The group of 18 had an average in-season GPA of 3.89
Kamikazi Award winners: Shay Yaakobovitz, Michelle Overcamp, Ella Hassner and Dan Chizik
Comeback Award Winner, Darlene De La Cruz
Chameleon Award Winner, Isaac Tiscareno and close-to-chameleon friends, Shay, Dan and Arjun
MOST IMPROVED: Maelys Fraisse and Jason McWilliams
Highest Varsity Impact (most varsity points) by a FR/SO; Maya Chandurkar and Varun Kale
Most regular season PR's (personal records); Isaac Tiscareno
Teams' Highest Point Scorers; Maelys Fraisse and Kathir Balakrishnan
Captain/Co-Captain Leadership Award Winners; Jack Lehto, Willem Guzman, Jasper Canalez, Aiden Guzman, Jason McWilliams, Isaac Tiscareno, Leland Nguyen, Matthew Tsai. Missing: Marie Anne Madrigal
Most Valuable Newcomers; Anusha Chadalavada and Fabian Oduk. Both juniors went to CCS on relays, Anusha also went in the open 400m dash
Most Valuable Throwers; Jasper Canalez and Willem Guzman. Although not the highest point scorers, the 2 were extremely valuable in coordinating the many Throws activities and extra workouts, while supporting and being aware of all throwers PR's and meet efforts. True MVT's
Medals of Dedication (Top-10 workout percentages): Ryan Lehto (Thrower), Willem Guzman (Thrower), Aiden Guzman (Thrower), Kathir Balakrishnan (SPR/HRD), Isaac Tiscareno (Distance/HRD), Jason McWilliams (HRD), Maya Chandurkar (SPR/HRD), Darlene De La Cruz (SPR/HRD), Leland Nguyen (Middle-distance/SPR/JMP), Nikola Pesich (SPR/HRD/JMP)
2023 TEAM MVP's: Maelys Fraisse and boys co-MVP's, Kathir Balakrishnan & Isaac Tiscareno.
As well as being the three highest scorers on the combined teams, the 3 team Captains were extremely valuable in coordinating warm-ups, workout pace and effort, in addition to being aware of the health, out-of-sport activities and PR's of the other 55 runners/jumpers on the team. True MVP's
TThe T&F Potlucks are always good times, good friends and good food
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CCS FINALS, May 20th, Gilroy HS
Nursing a high ankle sprain and fibularis tendonitis, Kathir still makes it to State. Placing 3rd, as well as beating the State automatic qualifying time
One more track meet before prepparing for the NCAA D1, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC)
Maelys was the last seed into the CCS 100m Final. Yet, in the Final she beat 4 of the other higher seeds and just missed State by .03 seconds, coming in 4th in CCS. She finishes the season as the 2nd fastest 100m girl in school history.
Injuries and a little inexperienced, dampened the VB finals chance of getting to State. However, the team had a great season, posting the 7th fastest 4x4 time out of the 150-school CCS. Also dropping in the 3rd fastest time in school history.
Fremont Coaches working CCS Finals: Coach Flores as part of the meet announcing team
Fremont Coaches working CCS Finals: Coach Shields working as zone judge and lane official
CCS PRELIMINARIES, May 13th, Gilroy
The Varsity Boys 4x400m relay moves on to next week's Finals by running the 6th fastest time in CCS. Kathir, Fabian, Jonathan and Leland posted the 3rd fastest time in school history.
Maelys handing off to Anusha. Maelys moved on to Finals in the 100 meters. Anusha came up short in the 400, but climbs into the Fremont all-time records lists in the 400m and 4x1.
Hayley, nursing a knee injury, lost in a jump-off for the last HJ spot. With some rest, and a scratch from 1-other jumper, she could surprise everyone by going to State
Kathir moves to the Finals, winning his heat with the 3rd best 300mH time of the meet. He still remains undefeated in head-to-head competition in the event this year
The Varsity Girls 4x100m relay of Maelys, Anusha, Maya and Nina ran the 4th fastest 4x1 in school history. The girls posted the 11th fastest 4x1 in CCS, which left them just outside of the finals. Still a solid accomplishment for a season in which they collected multiple 1st place medals in invitationals.
Isaac and the rest of the CCS distance runners had to battle near 90-degree temperatures as well as battling one another. Isaac did not make the Finals, but his SCVAL 4:21.91 is the 16th fastest time of the season, versus the over 1500 boys who ran the event in CCS.
SCVAL CHAMPIONSHIPS / CCS QUALIFIER
Ten Fremont T&F student-athletes move on to CCS, 4 more are on the bubble.
Due to injuries, Kathir drops the 100m and 110mHH in an attempt to move on to State in the 300mH.
Becoming SCVAL champion in the event was a good start
Maelys finishes in a "dead-heat" for 1st place with Los Altos for SCVAL VG 100m champion. Maelys was edged out by 3-one-thousanths of a second (0.003). She also took 3rd in the 200m, moving on to CCS in both events
Maelys leads-off the VG 4x100m Relay. Teaming with Anusha, Nina and Maya to move on to CCS, taking 4th in SCVAL
Hayley continues to stay highly ranked in CCS, moving on to CCS from the SCVAL high jump
The VB 4x400m Relay moves on to CCS, with Wyatt doing an excellent job as a last-second sub, teaming with Fabian, Leland and Jonathan
Anusha Chadalavada moves on to CCS in the open 400m. She continues to climb the Fremont all-time records list in this event
Isaac blasts his way into the Fremont all-time top-5 in the 1600m/Mile with a 4:21.91, making his way into CCS by SCVAL placement, and by beating the provisional qualifier, to put a bow on it.
Nikola Pesich leads through 8 hurdles of his heat, but this hurdle left him on the bubble for CCS
Fremont camp at SCVAL
Leland blows by the 2-minute barrier for 800m with a 1:58.92. Unfortunately, he's on the bubble from SCVAL (he would have won 4 of the other 7 leagues in CCS).
Kevin leads during his leg of the VB 4x800 Relay
Zeke fights off Cupertino while anchoring the 4x800 relay. The relay team is on the bubble until all CCS League meets finish
Simalua and Antonio are on the bubble in the VG & VB shot put
Zeke and Matt staying ready for the 4x800m Relay
Shay runs down 4-other teams before handing to Anusha to further gap the pack in their heat, but the 2nd heat dropped in 7-faster times.
2023 FHS Track & Field Schedule
· Saturday, Mar 4th, Rustbuster, @ Monta Vista Meet Results link. RustBuster pictures
Saturday, Mar 11th, Willow Glen Invitational Meet results link
- Out of 35 high schools at Willow Glen; VB's 2nd, VG's 5th, FSB's 8th, FSG's 11th
Thursday, Mar 16th, double-dual; Mt. View & FRE @ Saratoga Meet Results link
Saturday, Mar 18th, Garlic Classic Track Invite, Christopher HS, Gilroy Meet Results link
Thursday Mar 23rd, Fremont @ Mt View, Meet Results
Saturday, Mar 25th, Firebird Relays, Meet Results
- Out of 25 high schools; VB 1st place, VG 1st place, FSB 7th place, FSG 6th place.
Monday, March 27th, first workout-percentage cut: if not at 90% or above, you are off the team
· Thu Mar 30th , Fremont @ Santa Clara, Meet Results
· Fri/Sat, Mar 31st / Apr 1st, Quicksilver Invitational (Meet results) – AND - Stanford Invitational (Meet results)
· Tue, Apr 4th, Wilcox @ Fremont, Meet Results
Sat, Apr 8th, Cupertino/De Anza Invitational Meet Results
· Tue, Apr 11th, Cupertino, Monta Vista & MacDonald @ Fremont Meet Results
Friday Apr 21st, Administrative Eligibility check, last workout percentage cut (must be 90% or above)
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· Wed, Apr 26th, El Camino Division Prelims, SCVAL qualifier Meet Results
· Fri, Apr 28th, El Camino Division Finals, SCVAL qualifier, at Wilcox Meet Results
· Sat, May, 6th, SCVAL Championships, CCS Qualifier, Meet Results
· Sat, May, 13th, CCS Preliminaries, Gilroy, Meet Results
· Sat, May, 20th, CCS Finals, State meet qualifier, Gilroy, Meet Results
· Fri/Sat, May, 26/27th, California State Track meet, Clovis, Meet Results
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Firebird Relays Scholarships.
· Athlete must have competed all 4-years
· Have been a co-ed captain or co-captain one of those years
· Have plans to go to college/university
· Cannot be on an athletic scholarship going to a college/university
· Then one of the next 3 items;
1. Have been a league champion, at any level (Varsity or JV), including relays
2. Have an individual event mark on the Fremont all-time top-15 records list or be part of a relay school record
3. Have 100% attendance all 4-years, including optional Summer/Winter Conditioning
2023 Scholarship Winners
- Isaac Tiscareno - 4yrs, 2-yr Captain, will run at CSU East Bay, on Top 15 in 2-individual events, 100% 4-yrs
- Leland Nguyen - 4yrs, 2-yr Captain/co-captain, may run at UC Santa Cruz, on school record 4x4, 100% 4-yrs
- Kathir Balakrishnan - 4yrs, 2-yr Captain, will run at UNC Chapel Hill, on school record 4x4, 4 entries on All-time Top 15's, 100% 4-yrs
- Jonathan Mases - 4yrs, 2-yr Captain/co-captain, going to UC Davis, 100% 4-yrs (possibly running hurdles at Davis)
2022 TRACK & FIELD
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2022 CCS Finals
School Record 4 x 400m Relay
Kathir moves on to State, finishing 10th in the State of CA for 110mHH
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