MHS, SSHS dominate last day of athletics qualifiers

Marianas High School Dolphins and Saipan Southern High School Manta Rays dominated Event B on the last day of the NMA/PSS All-Schools Track and Field 2023-2024 18U/14U qualifiers last Wednesday at the Oleai Sports Complex track and field.

Event B consisted of the 100m, 400m, 1,500m, javelin, and long jump events.

MHS was first overall in four events—18U boys 400m, 18U boys 1,500m, 18U boys long jump, and 18U boys javelin events, while SSHS topped four as well—18U boys and girls 100m, 18U girls 400m, and 18U girls long jump events.

Cody Shimizu of MHS topped the 400m event with a time of 55.04 seconds, while Grace Christian Academy’s Theodore Rodgers came in next at 57.21 seconds, and third went to Agape Christian School’s Jireh Wang at 58.04 seconds.

Shimizu was also first in the long jump event with a distance of 5.30m; second was Kagman High School’s Reed Camacho at 5.06m; and third went to ACS’ Joseph Yang with a distance of 4.94m.

In the 1,500m race, MHS’ Pony Tang was the fleetest afoot and clocked in at 4:42.27; second was ACS’ Samuel Zhu at 4:44.63; and third place went to MHS’ Takeru Jim with a time of 4:45.64. MHS’ Mokyang Kim then grabbed first place in the javelin throw with a distance of 40.20m; KHS’ Anthony Kubo was second at 37.75m; and third went to KHS’ Javen Camacho at 37.40m.

For the Manta Rays, Christopher Cruz sprinted into first place in the 100m boys race with a time of 11.88 seconds; second went to KHS’ Justin Camacho at 12.10 seconds; and Rodgers was third with a time of 12.16 seconds.

SSHS’ Casey Cruz then smoked everyone else and came in first overall with a time of 13.11 seconds in the 100m girls race. Second went to teammate Haani Passi at 14.50 seconds, while third was ACS’ Mary Zhu at 15.07 seconds.

Casey was then first again in the 400m race with a time of 1:07.84, while Mary was second at 1:09.73. Third went to ACS’ Sunny Wang at 1:17.01.

Passi then racked up the fourth SSHS win with a first place finish in the long jump at 4.27m; Casey claimed second at 3.95m; and third was KHS’ Baki Joab with a distance of 3.48m.

In other results, KHS’ Ry’ahna Quitana was first in the javelin throw with a distance of 21.37m; second was ACS’ Elim Huang at 20.47; and third was ACS’ Emma Pang at 19.87m.

ACS’ Barbara Wang was first in the 1,500m girls race with the fastest time of 6:14.05; a distant second was MHS’ Catherine Pan at 6:30.42; and third was ACS’ Eunice Wu with a time of 6:35.70.

The 18U and 14U championships are set for Friday, May 17, (1,500m, 200m, 400m, shot put, discus, 4x100m events) and Saturday, May 18 (3,000m, 100m, 800m, long jump, javelin, and 4x400m events).