Carpinteria track wins dual meet

Carpinteria track and field hosted a dual meet against Nordhoff on Feb. 29; both the Warriors boys and girls came out on top, and several athletes set new personal records.

In the first dual meet and Citrus Coast League meet of the season, Carpinteria’s girls won with a score of 106-30 while the boys’ squad prevailed by a margin of 73-62.

Senior captain Audrey Kramer set two new personal records with wins in both the 1600 and 3200 meters. Junior Camila Martinez won both the long and triple jumps, while junior Melanie Avalos also won two events with first place in both the shot put and discus. Other double winners were Vivian Huskins, who won the 200 and participated in the Warriors’ winning 4x100 relay team, and Mika Mullikin, who won the 300 hurdles and was part of the winning 4x400 relay team.

On the boys’ side, senior Wes Chung was a triple winner in his first meet of the year, winning the high jump and both the 110- and 300-meter hurdles. Junior Joel De Lira won the 800 and 1,600 meters, while sophomore Nathan Holmstrom won the 3,200 meters and junior Nathan Carillo took first in the pole vault.

“It was a promising league opener,” said Carpinteria coach Van Latham. “We had many strong performances and quite a few personal records, especially for an early season meet.”