Zebb wins in his long jump debut to help Falcons to win
By Dick Sparrer
Justin Zebb is no stranger to the sports scene at Saratoga High School. He was a hot-shooting guard for the Saratoga basketball team in each of the past two seasons.
But Zebb is new to the sports scene at Saratoga when it comes to track and field. And when the senior made his debut recently, it was impressive indeed.
Zebb soared to a win in the long jump in his first varsity meet, helping the Falcons to an impressive 75-52 win over Cupertino.
Saratoga pushed its record to 4-0 in the El Camino Division of the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League with the win. The 'Toga girls are 3-1 in the division.
Zebb was one of five Saratoga athletes to nail victories in the dual meet against the Pioneers.
Will Kraemer led the Falcons with three individual wins. He took the 800 meters in 2:05.3, with David La second in 2:05.6, he won the 1,600 meters with La second, and he was first in the 300 intermediate hurdles in 44.0, with Steven Hwang second in 45.2.
"The best race of the day was the 1,600 meters," said Saratoga coach Marshall Clark. "[Kraemer and La] were pressed all the way by [Joe] Lordan of Cupertino."
Michael Wong was a winner in the 110-meter high hurdles in 18.5, with Hwang second in 19.3 and Aaron Blair third in 19.4.
Kevin Bromage was tops in the high jump at 5-8, with Mark Elfving second at 5-6 and Zebb third at 5-6, and Richard La won the 400 in 52.5, with Justin Gardner second in 55.1 and Pat McKenna third in 55.7.
Zebb rounded out the list of Saratoga winners in the boys varsity division with a first in the long jump at 18-7.
John Griffin was second in the 100 in 11.6, and Arnold Chu was second in the 200 in 23.7 and third in the 100 in 11.6.
Jacob Osborne was second in the triple jump at 38-7, Greg VanHoesen was second in the shot put at 39-10.5, Tom Cummins was second in the discus at 106-8, with Jeff McGowan third at 100-8, and Maximillian Tam was third in the 3,200 meters at 12:15.
Follmar leads girls
Alicia Follmar joined Kraemer as a triple-winner for the Falcons. The freshman won the 1,600, 3,200 and high jump to lead the Saratoga girls to a 79-48 win over Cupertino.
Follmar raced to a win in the 1,600 in 5:24.4, with Lauren Belomy third in 5:53, and Follmar was first in the 3,200 in 12:03, with Belomy third in 13:01.
Follmar also flew 4-5 to win the high jump, with Shaheen Jafri second at 4-5 and Samantha Smith third at 4-5.
Eevi Aura won a pair of events for the Falcons on the day, taking the 100 in 13.0, with Jamie Pfeifer second in 13.3 and Anna Aura third in 13.4, and E. Aura took the 200 in 27.1, with Smith second in 27.8.
Pfeifer was a winner in the 400 in 63.2, with Neja Talreja second in 63.9, and Jackie Molzon was tops in the 800.
Smith was first in the 100 hurdles, with Zola Petkovic third, and A. Aura was second in the 300 hurdles.
Amanda VanHoesen heaved the shot put 32-8 for a win and was second in the discus at 73-4, with Jafri third. Jessica Tu was third in the long jump at 12-8.
E. Aura, Pfeifer, Talreja and Smith teamed for a win in the 4x100 relay in 51.6.
Frosh-soph win
A one-two finish by Steven Surrette and Hari Subramaniam in the 3,200 meters helped the Saratoga boys frosh-soph team claim a 69-57 win over Cupertino.
Surrette also won the 300 intermediate hurdles, Dayne McGee took the 100 and 200 and Joe Yeh won the 400 and 800.
Roy Jang was first in the shot put, Jason Schaub won the discus and Brian Hammill won the high jump.
Stanford Invitational
The La brothers teamed with Kraemer and Conway Teng to run an impressive 8:00.30 to finish second in the 4x800 relay at the Stanford Invitational.
St. Ignatius won the event with the state's best time of the year, 7:59.78. Saratoga's time ranks second in the state this season.
D. La set the pace for the Falcons with his 1:56.2 relay split. R. La ran 1:57.6, Kraemer 1:57.8 and Teng 2:08.2.
Tight win
The Saratoga boys pulled out a tight 66-61 win over Homestead a week earlier, with the Falcons nailing a victory in the final event--the 4x400 -meter relay--to clinch the win.
The same quartet that placed in the 4x800 relay at Stanford teamed to run a 3:36.8 for the win in the 4x400 relay to secure the win over the Mustangs.
Teng raced to a win in the 400, with McKenna third, Kraemer won the 3,200, with Surrette second and Subramaniam third, R. La took the 800, with D. La second and Kramer third, Donald Prolo was tops in the 1,600 with Kraemer second and the La brothers tying for third, and Elfving won the high jump, with Bromage second.
Chu was second in the 100, with Griffin third, William Alleshouse was second in the 200, with Gene Lu third, Blair was third in both hurdle events, Lu was second in the long jump, Osborne was second in the triple jump, Cummins was second in the discus, and G. VanHoesen was third in the shot put.
Follmar was first in the 400 and the 800, and A. Aura ran a blistering 51.3 for a win in the 300 hurdles to lead the Saratoga girls to a 96-31 win over Homestead.
E. Aura was first in the 100 and second in the 200, Belomy won the 1,600 and was second in the 3,200, Petkovic was first in the 100 hurdles, A. VanHoesen was first in the shot and second in the discus, Smith took the high jump, with Follmar second, and Tu won the triple jump.
The Saratoga boys frosh-soph team rolled over Homestead 99-6, winning every event contested.
McGee took the 100 and 200, Scott Ko was tops in the triple jump and long jump, and Eric Onn won the 65 hurdles and 300 hurdles.
Saratoga won all but three events on the way to a 73-48 win over Homestead in girls junior varsity competition.
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