Sports Update - May 6

Submitted by Miriam Rotman 

Sarah Robinson – Currently the under 17 Women’s soccer championship is being held in Guatemala City. And why is this being reported you may ask? We can proudly report that Gunn has a representative playing for the US in these championships. Sarah Robinson, was chosen to lead the mid-field on this team even though she is a year younger than the rest of the team. In the first second game the US beat Trinidad and Tobago 5-0 with Sarah scoring a goal and declared the MVP of the game by the commentators. Way to go Sarah!!


Track and Field - Gunn track competed against the top track teams in the SCVAL league championships and the frosh/soph boys were able to pull off a very close victory over Lynbrook High to place first in league. The JV girls finished 2nd in league scoring 121 points. The varsity girls took third and just missed outscoring Paly by 7 points. The varsity boys finished fifth overall. A select group of athletes qualified for CCS and will compete at the SCVAL Qualifier Meet at Santa Clara High School on Friday, May 11th. Junior Ebba Nord will compete in the 100 meters. Sean Lydster(So.) who had 2 personal bests at the SCVAL championships will race in the 4x100, 100, 200, and 4 x 400. Michelle Carson (Fr.) will represent Gunn in the 400 and Senior and team captain Kieran Gallagher will run in the 800 meters and 4 x 400 as well. In the longer events Daniel Krigel (Sr ) will run the mile and Catherine Kim (Fr.)will compete in the 2 mile after qualifying in both the mile and 2 mile. Peter Chen will run the 3200 meter race. In the more technical events, lady titans Liana Vitousek, Anna Jaafe, Stephanie Do, and Elsa Chu will all represent Gunn in the 100 meter high hurdles. In the 300 meter intermediate hurdles Stephanie Do and Liana Vitousek qualified as well. Kirsten Baird and Moira Saxena both cleared 5 feet in the high jump to earn spots in the Qualifier meet and in the long jump Stephanie Do, Erica Johnston and Sarah Klem will try to move on to CCS as well. The lady titans also had success in the triple jump with Stephanie Do and Sarah Klem qualifying. In the shot put the lady titans did well with Adriana Noronha, Fallon Miller both moving on in the Shot put and Noronha also qualified in the discuss as well with her teammate Cat Yu. Noronha stand a good chance of making it to the CCS trials once again as she did as Frosh last year. On the boys side Jim Norton qualified in the shot put. On the boys side Wyatt Eberspacher had a huge personal record and qualified alongside his teammates Alex Barthelemy (who also qualified in the intermediate hurdles), and Joe Suh in the 110 high hurdles . Eric Price and Asaf Rotman both qualified in the long jump and triple jump and will also continue with Shang Yip as well. Eric Price, has had an outstanding season and has a good shot of making it to CCS finals.


Swimming - Given a 54-point ldeficit after the diving finals earlier in the week, the challenge for the Gunn girls swim team heading into the SCVAL De Anza Division Championships on Friday proved to be insurmountable. The girl's managed to beat Paly in the swimming portion of the meet it wasn't enough as Paly scored 508 points and won its 10th straight league title. Gunn closed with 499 in the closest league competition ever between the rivals. Gunn outscored Paly in swimming, 491-446, but couldn't win the title despite Gunn winning two of three relays and going 1-2-3 in the 500 free. Gunn outscored Paly in the final four events, 189-114, and it still wasn't enough. Gunn senior Rachael Acker did all she could to help the Titans finally get that elusive league-meet title. She won the 50 free in 23.40 after going 23.34 in the prelims, took the 100 free in a season-best 50.70, led off the 200 free relay that won in a meet record of 1:36.40 and led off the winning 400 free relay that clocked a season-best 3:29.65. Other Gunn standouts included Julia Ama, Christine Prior, Gabrielle Bethke, Casey Lincoln and freshman Jenna Campbell, who won the 500 free in 4:59.26. Maggie McKenna added a victory in the 100 breast for Gunn, her 1:06.85 time making her No. 2 in school history. "We swam valiantly, and had two great days of swimming," said Gunn coach Mark Hernandez. "Unfortunately, as I feared on Wednesday, we just couldn't climb all the way out of the hole we were in after the diving portion. "Palo Alto swam very well, and did just enough to hold on to their lead. Still, we're proud to be able to say that our swim team scored 45 more points than theirs; in a meet like this, that's no mean feat. We got back to work this morning, and we're going to do everything we can to make it a memorable CCS on Friday and Saturday." Gunn's Tommy Tai was only fifth in the 100 breast, but set a school record with his 1:00.69.


Basketball camp - The Gunn basketball camp will take place on June 11-14 from 1-5pm and be instructed by varsity head coach Michael Ferolino, assistant coaches, and current players. Campers will learn basic fundamental skills such as passing, dribbling, shooting, footwork, guard and post play. Campers will also compete in daily skills competition and 5 on 5 full court games. The camp is limited to 30 campers and is geared for grades 4-9. For more information please contact Coach Ferolino .