Locals Shine At Meet of Champions

Esther Higgwe and her teammates on the Monterey Trail track and field team were the stars of Saturday's Meet of Champions, the largest track and field event thus far this spring. The event is usually at Hughes Stadium, but because of the construction of a new track and football field there, it was moved to American River College.

Higgwe won both the girls' 100 and 200 meters. She and the Mustangs' relay team also took first place in the 4x100 meters and the 4x400 meters.

Here are the Elk Grove-area competitors who finished in the top ten Saturday:

MT Girls  4x400 meters 1^st 4:01.02

MT Girls  4x100 meters 1^st  47.43

Cosumnes Oaks 2^nd

Franklin 4^th

Esther Higgwe (MT) 1^st 100 meters (11.86), 1^st 200 meters (24.50)

William Reyes (MT) 1^st 3200 meters, 5^th 1600 meters

Ciara Levy (MT) 8^th 100 meter hurdles, 7^th 300 meter hurdles

Ciarra Jones (CO) 4^th 200 meters

Brandon Adams (CO) 9^th 200 meters

Phoenisha Schuhmeirer (MT) 2^nd Triple Jump 36 – 0.5, 4^th Long jump

Rachel Gardner (MT) Triple jump, 7^th

Elk Grove boys 4^th 4x100 relay

Franklin 7^th  

Elk Grove boys 4^th 4x400 relay

Cosumnes Oaks 5^th

Monterey Trail 7^th

Kassandra Corrigan (Sheldon) 7^th 100 hurdles

Kamaya Tucker (LC) 2^nd 400 meters, 6^th 100 meters

Jazmine Smith (EG) 10^th 100 meters

Jorden O’Neal (Fr) Franklin 2^nd long jump 17-7.5

Ben Garcia (PG) 2^nd 800 meters

Tais Marinho-Gomez (CO) 5^th Triple jump

A’ Jah Love (MT) 3^rd 400 meters

Londeen McCovery (CO) 2^nd High jump

Brandon Bloodworth (EG) 9^th 100 meters, 7^th 200 meters

Ryan Bowen (Fr) 5^th 300 meter hurdles