Last Friday, the Coronado Islanders participated in the league Track & Field finals at Kearny High School. Head coach Cameron Gary supplies the details below.
Islander athletes returned to competition at the San Diego City Conference Central League Championships on May 8 at Kearny High School. Several posted personal bests, and many others earned medals with top-three finishes.
The Islanders were led by senior Spencer Reidarson, who won four medals. He captured individual titles in the boys’ long jump with a personal-best leap of 21 feet, 7 inches and in the boys 300m hurdles with a personal best time of 43.21 seconds. Reidarson also placed second in the boys’ triple jump with a personal-best mark of 43 feet, 1 inch. He added a second-place finish in the boys 4×100 relay with junior Xavier Marsh, senior William Heyen, and sophomore Ah’Mahn Oliver in 44.11 seconds.
Senior Nathan Ayan was another multiple league champion. He won the boys’ 800-meter run in 1:59.86, followed by seniors Vincent Russo in 2:01.06, and Andrew Buck in 2:02.04, giving the Islanders a sweep of the top three spots. Ayan also ran on the winning boys 4×800 relay team, which finished in 8:55.93 with Russo, Buck, and senior Derick Ritter. He later anchored the victorious boys 4×400 relay, joining Russo, Ritter, and senior Mason Gibbs for a time of 3:34.13.
Additional boys’ medalists included senior Davin Collins, who placed third in the 100-meter dash in a personal-best 11.05 seconds. That mark lowered his previous school record-tying time by one-hundredth of a second, making Collins the sole boys 100m school record holder. In the field events, sophomore Jeremiah Albrektsen placed second in the high jump at 5 feet, 6 inches, and sophomore Liam Morocco finished third in the long jump with a personal-best leap of 20 feet, 10 inches…