Angelo Novi Field on the campus of Riverbank High School was the site for yet another Sac-Joaquin Section Championship series this past week, with the Division IV and V trials and finals staged Wednesday and Friday, May 14 and 16. A group of local athletes placed well, while the tennis squad competed in their section tournament last week as well.

TRACK AND FIELD

Riverbank junior Giselle Fernandez won first place in the CIF SJS Section Division V championship 3200-meter race, with a time of 11:23.21. She also won the 1600-meters, at 5:04.88. That was out of a field of 22 runners.

Freshman Isabella Valenzuela placed 20th in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 58.11.

The Riverbank girls 4x100-meter squad of Olivia Bulygo, Aaliyah White, Johannah Rosillo and Valenzuela finished ninth, with a time of 52.72.

Junior Maya Guzman placed first in the triple jump, with a distance of 36-feet, 4.25-inches, and came in third in the long jump, at 16-feet, 11.5-inches,

On the boys side, sophomore Armando Garcia finished first in the 800-meters, with a personal record time of 1:57.8; junior Matt Santana came in at sixth place in the 3200-meters, with a 9:51.92 finish for a personal record. Junior Victor Bermudez finished 12th in the preliminaries of the 400-meters.

Riverbank’s 4x400-meter relay squad, of Bermudez, Alejandro Ochoa, Luke Castro and Garcia, finished the 4x400 relay with a personal record of 3:37.36, for sixth place. In the 4x800 relay, the Bruin squad of Bermudez, Gustavo Ortiz, Ochoa and Garcia placed second, at 8:24.75, for another personal record.

In the high jump, junior Luke Castro finished in ninth place, at 5-feet, 8-inches.

In the long jump, junior JuJu Law tied for seventh, at 20-feet even, and he finished 12th in the triple jump, at 38-feet, 3.5-inches.

TENNIS

In the CIF SJS Round Two Playoffs, Riverbank netters took Lindhurst, 7-2, on their courts on Tuesday, May 13.

In the semifinals last Thursday, the Bruins traveled to Sacramento to take on West Campus, but fell, 7-2, according to Coach Bruce Edwards. He said they had three third set matches, and lost all three.

“Players seemed a little flat,” he said. “Perhaps two long bus rides took their toll.”

West Campus then lost in the finals to Amador by a 5-4 decision on Saturday, so Riverbank finished third in the championship round, said Edwards.