San Marin HS Sports Update May 6-11

San Marin Sports Update May 6-11

MCAL Track & Field and MCAL Swim & Dive Championships were held last week with some great results for San Marin.  Baseball and softball begin MCAL Playoffs this week, as NCS competition begins for Track/Field & Swim/Dive. 

BASEBALL

Varsity Boys – It looks to be an exciting week ahead for the SM baseball team.  The boys closed out the MCAL season at 11-7 clinching the 6th seed in this week’s MCAL Playoffs.  They were just 1 game back of a 4 way tie for 2nd place.  They will play at Novato on Tuesday at 4:30 in the quarterfinals.   The boys have also qualified for NCS Playoffs beginning next week. 

TUESDAY, May 14  4:30  San Marin @ Novato

THURSDAY, May 16 (if win Tuesday)  7:00  San Marin vs. Drake @ Albert’s Field

SATURDAY, May 18 (if win Thursday)  7:00  MCAL CHAMPIONSHIP @ Albert’s Field

SOFTBALL

The girls had a great close to the season knocking off previously unbeaten Terra Linda on Tuesday.   They are the #2 seed going into this week’s playoffs and look to be a real force in their quest for a repeat title.  The girls will open the MCAL Playoffs on Friday at 6:30 on Gary Gates Field at San Marin.  Their opponent will be determined after the completion of Tuesday’s quarterfinals.  The girls look to receive a high seed going into next week’s NCS Playoffs as well.

FRIDAY, May 17  6:30  TBA vs. San Marin @ San Marin (Gates Field)

SATURDAY, May 18  6:30  MCAL CHAMPIONSHIP  @ San Marin (Gates Field)

Swimming

The Mustangs had an impressive run at the MCAL Swimming and Diving competitions.  First on Thursday, Haley Blount repeated as champion of girl’s diving in dominating fashion winning by 46 points.  She will now move on to NCS competition on Thursday in Concord. 

Then over the weekend, the swimmers hit the pool at Drake HS.  As a team, the boys took 5th and the girls finished 6th.  Individually: 

• Boys 200 yard Medley relay got 2nd – Ryan Campbell, Louis Campbell, Kenneth Castro Abrams and Dan Farbman
• Megan Campbell got first in the 200 IM and 100 fly. 
• Kenneth Castro Abrams got first in the fly and in backstroke got first, broke his own MCAL meet record by over a second and broke the MCAL league record. 

San Marin will send the following athletes over to compete at NCS:

• Boys and Girls 200 yard medley relay teams
• Megan Campbell, Kenneth Castro Abrams, Ryan Campbell, Daniel Hardman, Louis Campbell and Haley Blount will compete in individual events

Track & Field

The MCAL Track & Field Championships were hosted at San Marin last week.  The Mustangs will be sending along 11 athletes to NCS competition this weekend at Santa Rosa HS. 

Boys

100- Jason Shannon

Triple Jump- Brian Ho

300 Hurdles- Paul Shin

Relay- Jason Shannon, Brian Ho, Paul Shin, David Beach

Discus- Erik Borders, Johnathan Deluna

Shotput - Erik Borders

Girls

Triple Jump- Emma Westerlund, Rachel Teel 

High Jump -Jenna Sundlow

100- Ariel Dunbar

3200- Michelle Bollinger

Relay – Rachel Teel, Ariel Dunbar, Jenna Sudlow, Emma Westerlund

SCHEDULE FOR THIS WEEK

Tuesday, May 14

4:30 PM

Boys Varsity Baseball – MCAL PLAYOFFS

San Marin @ Novato

Thursday, May 16

9:00 AM

NCS DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS

@ Concord

7:00 PM

Boys Varsity Baseball – MCAL SEMIS

(if win Tuesday)

@ Albert’s Park

Friday, May 17

9:00 AM

Varsity Swim & Dive

NCS CHAMPIONSHIPS –FINALS

@ Concord Community Pool

6:30 PM

Softball – MCAL SEMIS

@ San Marin

Saturday, May 18

9:00 AM

Varsity Track & Field

NCS CHAMPIONSHIPS - FINALS

@ SANTA ROSA HS

9:00 AM

Varsity Swim & Dive

NCS CHAMPIONSHIPS –FINALS

@ Concord Community Pool

6:30 PM

Softball – MCAL CHAMPIONSHIP

@ San Marin

7:00 PM

Baseball – MCAL CHAMPIONSHIP

@ Albert’s Park