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NBL TRACK Finals May 13, 2005 Maria Carrillo girls, Santa Rosa boys capture championships By DEWEY FORGET THE PRESS DEMOCRAT It’s beginning to look like the year of the Pumas. They captured both the boys and girls North Bay League cross country in the fall, and now the Maria Carrillo girls can add the NBL Track and Field Championship to their trophy case. On Friday the Pumas amassed 193 points, the second highest NBL meet point total ever, to run away with the title. Montgomery finished second and Santa Rosa third. It was the sixth league title in seven years for Carrillo. The Santa Rosa boys edged Montgomery, 119-115, to garner the first-place medal. The Panthers, who finished second to Montgomery in dual meets, will share the league title with the Vikings, who entered the championship meet undefeated. “We’re kind of excited about what’s going on,” said Carrillo coach Danny Aldridge, who has put together a top-notch staff that he credits for the Pumas’ success. “We try to make it fun, and everyone on the team is treated equally. We have Mike Tillinghast working with the vaulters; Tom Nyhan does a great job with the throwers (discus and shot put); Jim Lanz with the jumpers and now I have my daughter Jenny working here along with Richard Flores assisting me with the runners.” Kristen Sanzari, one of the top middle distance runners in the Empire, won three events for Carrillo. The sophomore ran 1,600 meters in a scintillating 5:03.1, an Empire best and eight seconds faster than her personal best. She added the 800 to her win column and capped off the day with a first-place medal in the long jump, going 15 feet, 10 inches. Teammate and top-seeded Amy Robinson, who was nursing a cold, placed second in the 1,600 after leading for much of the race. The top four finishers move on to the Redwood Area meet next week at Santa Rosa High School. “I felt pretty good, so I decided to go for it,” said Sanzari, who has run limited 1,600s this season. “Before the race I was a little tired. I was just trying to hang with Amy through 1,200 meters. I wanted to stay right behind her.” Sanzari said the 1,600 wasn’t originally in her plans for postseason meets. “The 800 is my best race,” Sanzari said. “I didn’t know about trying the 1,600, but now with that time maybe I will. But I really want to go on with the 800.” Robinson, a top distance runner for four years, came back strong in the 3,200, running 11:34.9 to out-finish teammate Jacqui Wentz. Robinson said she has had trouble focusing her senior year. “It’s a mental thing,” she said. “The 3,200 is so repetitive you kind of zone out. You run the first mile, then you think, ‘Oh my, I have to do that again.’ Right now at the end of the season, I’m tired.” Maria Carrillo’s Michael Brew won the boys’ 1,600. Alex Wolf-Root (Carrillo) ran 9:59 in the boys’ 3,200 to finish ahead of three teammates — Brew, Ryan Aldridge and Tim Cumbo. “I did my job. I led a 1-2-3-4 Pumas finish,” Wolf-Root said. “Team is the important thing. We work as a team. We’re building a dynasty.”
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