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Fremont's Kristen Kam covered the 300 low hurdles in 47.10 to finish seventh in the girls field at the CCS track and field championships May 28 at San Jose City College.
Photograph by Dai Sugano
Kam, Seddiqui place at CCS
Big day for SCVAL at track finals
By Dick Sparrer
It was quite a day for the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League, and Kristen Kam of Fremont and Daniel Seddiqui of Homestead were both a big part of it.
Kam and Seddiqui brought home two of the 49 places that athletes from the SCVAL won at the rugged Central Coast Section track and field championships held May 28 at San Jose City College.
Kam raced to a seventh-place finish in the girls 300 low hurdles in 47.10, and Seddiqui was 10th in the boys 1,600 meters in 4:28.33.
Kam, though, won't be among the four girls from the SCVAL advancing to the state meet set for June 4-5 at Hughes Stadium in Sacramento. Only the top three placers in each event at CCS qualify for the prestigious state meet.
Still, it was an exciting finish to an outstanding season for Kam. She had earned her place in the finals with a sixth-place finish at the CCS semifinals a week earlier.
Girls from the SCVAL advancing to the state meet this weekend include Heather Hennessy of Los Gatos (third in the 800 meters in 2:14.96), Katie Brizgys of Palo Alto (second in the 3,200 meters in 10:40.85 and third in the 1,600 in 4:52.15), Anne Ricketts of Saratoga (third in the 3,200 meters in 10:58.65) and Tenia Green of Wilcox (third in the 300 hurdles in 45.20).
Homestead's Daniel Seddiqui romped to a 10th-place finish in 4:28.33 in the 1,600-meter run at the CCS finals.
Photograph by Dai Sugano
Four section champions will top a list of eight boys from the SCVAL making the trip to state. League athletes winning CCS titles were Khari Jones of Gunn (first in the 100 in 10.92), Benyam Mulugeta of Palo Alto (first in the 400 in 49.02), Stephen Nestinger of Santa Clara (first in the 800 in 1:54.86) and Pete Bjorklund of Los Altos (first in both the shot put at 59-0 and the discus at 172-11).
Andrew Hill of Los Altos (second in the 3,200 in 9:16.39), Alex Ware of Los Altos (second in the 110 high hurdles in 14.58), Micha Goins of Los Altos (third in the discus at 158-0) and Amin Nikfar of Wilcox (third in the shot put at 56-2) will also make the state trip.
The Milpitas 1,600-meter relay team also earned a state berth by finishing first in 3:22.53.
Alex Daniels of Saratoga (fourth in the 800 in 1:56.52), Matt Bates of Los Gatos (sixth in the 1,600 in 4:23.37), Zach Regner of Los Gatos (seventh in the 1,600 in 4:24.48), Tom Allen of Gunn (ninth in the 1,600 in 4:27.06), Russ Martin of Los Gatos (seventh in the 3,200 in 9:35.33), Ware (sixth in the 300 intermediate hurdles in 41.16), Barrett Bryson of Lynbrook (seventh in the triple jump at 43-6 3/4) and Goins (fifth in the shot put at 52-6 1/2) were other SCVAL boys who placed at CCS.
Among the girls who placed were Kacey Bradley of St. Francis (seventh in both the 100 in 12.27 and the 200 in 25.65), Christina Hardeman of Wilcox (eighth in the 400 in 1:00.42), Maureen Marquess of St. Francis (fourth in the 800 in 2:17.21), Kerri Gordon of Palo Alto (sixth in the 1,600 in 5:11.12), Anne Richards of St. Francis (11th in the 1,600 in 5:26.41), Stephanie Chang of Palo Alto (sixth in the 100 low hurdles in 15.57), Laura Birenbaum of Saratoga (seventh in the 100 low hurdles in 15.63), Kelsey Alloo of Los Altos (eighth in the 300 hurdles in 47.21), Danielle Endaya of St. Francis (fifth in the shot put at 35-3), Kim Gleason of Lynbrook (sixth in the shot at 34-0 1/2 and eighth in the discus at 106-0), Sarah Chan of Mountain View (sixth in the triple jump at 35-2 1/2), Holly Demeter of Los Altos (sixth in the high jump at 5-2), Cindy Hirsch of St. Francis (fifth in the long jump at 17-2 1/4), Diana Chien of Monta Vista (seventh in the long jump at 16-7 1/2) and Anne Farnady of Los Gatos (seventh in the discus at 116-3).
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