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Covina Girls & Bonita Boys Win Team Titles at Covina Invitational; RHP Freshman Braeden Yokoyama Finishes First in Pole Vault

Mar 31 2025 03:35:12

Photos by Robert Ketterling

Track & Field:

Colt Classic:

The Covina girls and Bonita boys secured impressive team titles at this past weekend’s Covina Invitational.

The Lady Colts (102) finished 17 points ahead of second-place Claremont.

Covina’s Kaylei Combest won the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 14.97.

The Colts’ Elizabeth Agopian secured the discus title with a distance of 105-01.

And CHS’ Sofia Jara earned first place in the long jump (17-06.75) and the triple jump (34-08.00)

Western Christian’s Gabriella Petrucci claimed titles in the 100 and 200 meters.

Petrucci finished the 100 at 12.03, and the 200 at 24.80.

Bonita (98.75) finished 11.75 points ahead of second-place Damien.

Western Christian’s PJ Hibb won both the shot put (47-05.00) and discus (140-00)

Bonita’s Daiveon Woodley secured the 200-meter title with a time of 21.62.

Damien finished first in both the 4×100 and 4×400 relays in times of 42.01 and 3:21.97.

And the Spartans’ Jaxson Gates won the 100-meter race at 10.83.

Rio Hondo Prep freshman Braeden Yokoyama cleared 13-06.00 to win the pole vault competition.

Girls Team Scores (Top 10):
1-Covina (102 team points)
2-Claremont (85)
3-Upland (75)
4-Beaumont (65)
5-Gabrielino (60)
6-Western Christian (51)
7-John W. North (43)
8-Fontana (42)
9-Monrovia (40)
10-Bonita (38)

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Girls’ Individual & Team Relay Champs From 210 Prep Sports Programs:
100: Gabriella Petrucci (Western Christian), 12.03
200: Gabriella Petrucci (Western Christian), 24.80
400: Annika Graham-Scanlon (Claremont), 57.65
1600: Isla Terrill (Monrovia), 5:00.08
3200: Jillian Terrazas (Claremont), 11:46.09
100 Hurdles: Kaylei Combest (Covina), 14.97
300 Hurdles: Alanna Potts (Upland), 44.11
Shot Put: Vailele Potesio (South Hills), 35-00.00
Discus: Elizabeth Agopian (Covina), 105-01
Pole Vault: Mia Cerecerez (Alta Loma), 10-06.00
Long Jump: Sofia Jara (Covina), 17-06.75
Triple Jump: Sofia Jara (Covina), 17-06.75
4×100 Relay: Upland, 49.00
4×400 Relay: Claremont, 4:04.70
4×800 Relay: Claremont, 9:21.52

100 Meter (top five):
1-Gabriella Petrucci (Western Christian), 12.03
2-Jacqueline Sides (South Pasadena), 12.34
3-Alanna Potts (Upland), 12.41
4-Amiyah Norwood (Alta Loma), 12.52
5-Amaya Lochard (MLK), 12.56

200 Meter:
1-Gabriella Petrucci (Western Christian), 24.80
2-Zenani Guannu (Claremont), 25.45
3-Amiyah Norwood (Alta Loma), 25.61
4-Skye Williams (Upland), 25.73
5-Amaya Lochard (MLK), 25.76

400 Meter:
1-Annika Graham-Scanlon (Claremont), 57.65
2-Emma Ramirez (St. Lucy’s), 1:00.92
3-Sophia Caldera-Imel (St. Lucy’s), 1:01.07
4-Destiney Rentie (Fontana), 1:02.06
5-Bella Tang (Gabrielino), 1:03.12

800 Meter:
1-Gabby Vazquez (Beaumont), 2:26.93
2-Isabel Sosa-Mancinas (Covina), 2:27.79
3-Victoria Gamboa (Western Christian), 2:30.77
4-Natalie Nilo (Bishop Amat), 2:31.62
5-Madeline Borrayo (South Hills), 2:33.22

1600 Meters:
1-Isla Terrill (Monrovia), 5:00.08
2-Aracelly Guzman (Beaumont), 5:07.44
3-Becky Osorio (West Covina), 5:08.90
4-Camila Trevino-Davila (Claremont (5:15.08)
5-Kaitlyn Smith (Claremont): 5:22.25

3200 Meters:
1-Jillian Terrazas (Claremont), 11:46.09
2-Angie Valenzuela (Beaumont), 11:50.52
3-Samantha Quezada (South Hills), 11:52.68
4-Alanna Orozco (Wilson), 11:55.00
5-Triana Maldonado (Claremont), 12:40.39

100 Meter Hurdles:
1-Kaylei Combest (Covina), 14.97
2-Avery Taylor (South Pasadena), 15.77
3-Vienna Lin (Rowland), 16.74
4-Eunice Vandenberg (Rowland), 17.28
5-Jade Rogers (Centennial Corona), 17.33

300 Meter Hurdles:
1-Alanna Potts (Upland), 44.11
2-Layla Roslan (Arcadia), 44.18
3-Avery Taylor (South Pasadena), 46.62
4-Kaylei Combest (Covina), 48.02
5-Genesis Sanchez (Northview), 49.23

4×100 Relay:
1-Upland (Davis, Watts, Potts & Williams), 49.00
2-Claremont (Willard, Guannu, Araujo & Graham-Scanlon, 49.61
3-Bonita (Broussard, Brown, Alband & Turingan), 50.34
4-St. Lucy’s (Garvey, Caldera-Imel
5-South Hills (Roquemore, Sanchez, Duran & Robinson), 50.60

4×400:
1-Claremont (Willard, Guannu, Araujo & Graham-Scanlon), 4:04.70
2-Bonita (Haynes, Brown, Broussard & Reedy), 4:10.81
3-Upland (Williams, Watts, Amezcua & Williams), 4:16.87
4-Rowland (Cheung, Hernandez, Miramontes & Ghelie-Lopez), 4:35.53
5-St. Lucy’s (Caldera, Reyes, Holmes & Esqueda), 4:49.81

4×800:
1-Claremont (Smith, Trevino-Davila, Bulmer & Smith), 9:21.52
2-Beaumont (Guzman, Salera, Carbajal & Vasquez), 9:51.60
3-Bishop Amat (Jimenez, Romo, DeLeon & Nilo), 9:52.68
4-Claremont (Willett, Maldonado, Cheng, Vargas-Aldaco), 10:16.86
5-Rialto (Flores, Frias, Garcia & Torres), 11:48.41

Shot Put:
1-Vailele Potesio (South Hills), 35-00.00
2-Kaufoou Falekih Taulava (Fontana), 31-05.00
3-Elizabeth Agopian (Covina), 30-07.00
4-Carissa Garcia (St. Lucy’s), 29-07.00
5-Deysi Lopez-Posadas (Covina), 29-06.00

Discus:
1-Elizabeth Agopian (Covina), 105-01
2-Emmalina Tisdale (Victor Valley), 101-10
3-Lyric Bailey (Centennial Corona), 97-11
4-Kaufoou Falekih Taulava (Fontana), 91-05
5-Haley Robb (Alta Loma), 89-10

High Jump:
1-Destiney Rentie (Fontana), 5-00.00
2-Aeryn Thompson (Centennial Corona), 4-11.00
3-Alexis Fallejo (Covina), 4-10.00
4-Jalyssa Reyes (Monrovia), 4-10.00
5-Lily Kimura (South Pasadena), 4-08.00
5-Valeria Guevara-Elvir (Kaiser), 4-08.00
5-London Armstrong (Upland), 4-08.00

Pole Vault:
1-Mia Cerecerez (Alta Loma), 10-06.00
2-Djamila Franklin (Northview), 10-00.00
2-Jessica Eggleston (La Canada), 10-00.00
4-Kaitlyn Hanlon (Bonita), 9-06.00
4-Alexis Do (Gabrielino), 9-00.00
4-Sarah Tripp (St. Lucy’s), 9-00.00
4-Allison Salguero Aguilar (Norco), 9-00.00

Long Jump:
1-Sofia Jara (Covina), 17-06.75
2-Bryce Gomez (Edgewood), 16-09.00
3-Kezia Gavlak (16-08.50)
4-Catherine McFarlane (Poly), 16-04.00
5-Angelica Villarreal (Coachella Valley), 15-11.50

Triple Jump:
1-Sofia Jara (Covina), 34-08.00
2-Catherine McFarlane (Poly), 34-04.50
3-Hayden Nguyen (El Monte), 34-03.50
4-Kezia Gavlak (South Pasadena), 33-01.00
5-Angelica Villarreal (Coachella Valley), 32-10.50

Boys Team Scores (Top 10):
1-Bonita (98.75)
2-Damien (87)
3-Gabrielino (82.25)
4-John W. North (71)
5-St. Francis (66)
6-Claremont (62)
7-Dorsey (39)
8-Beaumont (38)
9-Arroyo (35)
10-Western Christian (30)

Boys’ Individual & Team Relay Champs From 210 Prep Sports Programs:
100: Jaxson Gates (Damien), 10.83
200: Daiveon Woodley (Bonita), 21.62
800: Lyle Mideiros (Claremont), 1:57.23
Shot Put: PJ Hibb (Western Christian), 47-05.00
Discus: PJ Hibb (Western Christian), 140-00
High Jump: Joshua Thompson (Upland), 6-02.00
Pole Vault: Braeden Yokoyama (RHP), 13-06.00
4×100 Relay: Damien, 42.01
4×400 Relay: Damien, 3:21.97

Boys Results:

100 Meter (top 5):
1-Jaxson Gates (Damien), 10.83
2-Daiveon Woodley (Bonita), 10.87
3-Dylan Robinson (Bonita), 10.89
4-Jingwei He (Claremont), 10.95
5-Malachi McFarland (Damien), 11:15

200 Meter:
1-Daiveon Woodley (Bonita), 21.62
2-Nikolas Blocker (Victor Valley), 21.79
3-Dontae Smith (John W. North), 22.16
4-Jingwei He (Claremont), 22.26
5-David Molina (Alta Loma), 22.30

400 Meter:
1-Nikolas Blocker (Victor Valley), 49.55
2-Dontae Smith (John W. North), 49.81
3-Justin Guerrero (South Hills), 50.18
4-Lucas Magana (Damien), 50.46
5-Aaden Mozia (Webb), 50.69
5-Dane Barker (Damien), 50.69

800 Meter:
1-Lyle Mideiros (Claremont), 1:57.23
2-Julio Lopez (Baldwin Park), 1:58.18
3-Jake Ordaz (Bonita), 1:58.59
4-Alec Avalos (Paramount), 1:59.33
5-Zion Edwards (Claremont), 1:59.67

1600 Meter:
1-Baraa Abufarha (Beaumont), 4:27.08
2-Alec Avalos (Paramount), 4:31.79
3-Diego King (Alta Loma), 4:31.81
4-Declan Mansbridge (Flintridge Prep), 4:32.03
5-Orlando Santos (Mountain View), 4:33.51

3200 Meter:
1-Jacob Light (Beaumont), 9:42.24
2-Jacob Granados (Salesian), 9:59.25
3-Damian Madrigal (Paramount), 9:59.39
4-William Carrig-Braun (Flintridge Prep), 9:59.67
5-Matthew Glovsky (Claremont), 10:00.06

110 Meter Hurdles:
1-Jacob Davis (Wilson), 14.63
2-Nicholas Hoang (Gabrielino), 14.89
3-Quishawn Stanford (Alta Loma), 15.52
4-Austin McGinn (Arcadia), 15.92
5-Vance Davis (West Covina), 16.61

300 Meter Hurdles:
1-Jacob Davis (Wilson), 39.30
2-Quishawn Stanford (Alta Loma), 40.55
3-William Moore (Dorsey), 41.49
4-Austin McGinn (Arcadia), 41.79
5-Damian Arrieta (Rowland), 42.22

4×100 Relay:
1-Damien (Freeman, McFarland, Baker & Gates), 42.01
2-Bonita (McCune, Robinson, Hawkins & Woodley, 42.14
3-Monrovia (Fishkind, Sayles, Enriquez & Oler), 42.66
4-Muir (McDonald, Phillips, Baker & Allen), 43.46
5-Upland (Smith, Menefee, Cornejo & Davis), 43.84

4×400 Relay:
1-Damien (Monsibais, Barker, Patronite & Magana), 3:21.97
2-Bonita (Harrison, Robinson, Mann & Woodley), 3:27.23
3-Claremont (Escalante, Edwards, Kennebrew & Montgomery), 3:27.27
4-Dorsey (Johnson, Holley, Lee & Anderson), 3:28.04
5-Monrovia (Scott, Oler, Sayles & Enriquez), 3:32.41

4×800 Relay:
1-Don Lugo (D’Elia, Dominguez, Donis & Hansen), 8:23.64
2-Beaumont (Moore, Light, Soto & Bulis), 8:31.36
3-Gabrielino (Vien, Phan, Nagata & Wong), 8:52.65
4-Damien (Gomez, Kasper, Cotton & Urdiales), 8:59.63
5-Rialto (Reyes, Ramirez, DeLeon & DeLeon), 9:01.55

Shot Put:
1-PJ Hibb (Western Christian), 47-05.00
2-Kevin Guan (Los Altos), 44-11.00
3-Jason Brown (Muir), 44-11.00
4-Julian McCullough (John W. North), 43-11.00
5-Humberto Marin (El Monte), 43-04.00

Discus:
1-PJ Hibb (Western Christian), 140-00
2-Elijah Thorn (John W. North), 128-02
3-Humberto Marin (El Monte), 126-02
4-Michael Innabi (Excelsior), 124-06
5-Jeremian Martinez (Whittier), 123-10

High Jump:
1-Joshua Thompson (Upland), 6-02.00
1-Arman Jennings (Legacy Christian), 6-02.00
3-Derek Ochoa (Wilson), 6-00.00
4-Billy Summers (Damien), 5-10.00
4-Kaden Quinn (Bonita), 5-10.00′

Pole Vault:
1-Braeden Yokoyama (RHP), 13-06.00
2-Danny Chieng (Gabrielino), 11-06.00
3-Matthew Li (La Canada), 11-00.00
3-Angel Jimenez (Covina), 11-00.00
3-Conrad Lua (Alta Loma), 11-00.00

Long Jump:
1-Arman Jennings (Legacy Christian), 21-09.50
2-Ajani Romero (Gabrielino), 21-00.50
3-Justin Guerrero (South Hills), 20-11.00
4-Vince Segovia (Arroyo), 20-08.50
5-Edwin Sandoval (Covina), 20-00.00

Triple Jump:
1-Shamar Graham (MLK), 43-00.00
2-Adegheosa Asoro (Dorsey), 42-09.50
3-Justin Guerrero (South Hills), 41-10.00
4-Alexander Quezada (Rialto), 41-04.50
5-Zion McDonald (Muir), 41-00.00

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