Erickson, Nebraska 6th at nationals
The Nebraska rifle team posted its highest national championship finish since 2017, as the Huskers finished sixth at the NCAA Championships last weekend.
Sutter High product and Nebraska freshman Madelynn Erickson placed fourth with a mark of 590. Cecelia Ossi paced NU with a 592 to finish with a 17th overall. Junior
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Elena Flake was 33rd with a score of 587, while junior Kinga Aletto finished one spot behind Flake with a 587. Senior Emily Cheramie rounded out the Husker lineup with a 585. Cheramie placed eighth in Saturday’s smallbore event, the Huskers’ highest finish in either apparatus.
Nebraska totaled a score of
2,356 in the air rifle on Saturday and completed the two-day event with an aggregate score of 4,676.
It is the 14th time that Nebraska has finished sixth or higher at the NCAA Championship.
“We shot about our average in air rifle, and you can’t ask for more than that at the biggest match of the year,” Nebraska rifle coach Rachel Martin said in a news release. “We have room to grow as a program, but we have the right group of athletes that have the potential of building a national championship quality team.”
Kentucky won the national title with a two-day score of 4,731, while TCU, which finished first in the air rifle with a mark of 2,380 on Saturday, and was second overall with a score of 4,722. Ole Miss (4,710), West Virginia (4,704) and Alaska Fairbanks (4,682) rounded out the top five.
Sureen Heer (7-6, 2-6, 6-3), Hanna Abe (6-4, 6-2), Annika Thiara (4-6, 6-4, 6-2), Manjot Kaur (6-4, 6-4) and Mehmeet Kullar (7-6, 5-7, 6-3) were all winners Tuesday against Roseville as the Falcons bested the Tigers at home, 6-3.
In doubles, Estefania Lopez/ Nainapal Kaur won 6-3, 6-1
River Valley is 4-4 in league.
Marysville native and UC Santa Barbara redshirt sophomore Chase Tarr recorded a personal best 220 feet, eight inches in the men’s javelin over the weekend at a division I NCAA qualifier.
For Tarr, it was a three meter improvement to win the event.
It happened quickly. Within minutes of getting the green light from the county officials, Chico High’s head coach, Kevin Girt threw together a multi-school cross country meet in a few days.
Seven schools (Core Butte, Chico, Gridley, Orland, Oroville, Pleasant Valley, Red Bluff) from Glenn, Tehama, and Butte County attended the Butte County Cross Country Championships at Hook Oak Park in Chico.
The weather was perfect as the top runner from Chico, Mario Giannini (11) set a new personal record. He finished the 5K course with 15:47.18. 2nd place was teammate Liam Sehorn (12) with 16:26.75 and 3rd was Renton Mcgregor (11) from Pleasant Valley with 17:07.55. Jack Hervey (12) and Nate Solecki (11) finished 4th and 5th with 15:15.70 and 17:37.74, both from
Chico.
Gridley’s Damian Mendoza Jr crossed the line 23rd overall at 20:23.2.
“It was the toughest race of the season,” Mendoza said.
Mendoza is currently ranked 15th in Div 4 and 42nd in Norcal.
Cross Country newcomer, Gordon Labuff, finished 26th at 22:23.3. Gordon decided to run because swimming (his normal sport) was not allowed this year, according to Gridley coach Steve Allard.
In the women’s 3.3K Jv/open race, Janessa Delgado (9) was a second behind the first-place runner from Orland, Itzel Esquivel (10). Itzel broke the tape with 14:33.42 and Janessa was a few steps behind with 14:34.6. The two runners battled for supremacy throughout the entire race, each taking turns leading. It was the final 200 meters when Esquivel turned on the jets toward the finish line and Delgado did her best to keep up. Finishing 7th overall, Giselle Fuentes (9) set a PR and finished in 15:41.9.
Only 4 runners from Gridley competed in the race.
Gridley completes the season today (March 17) at Wheatland (Camp Far West).
The Yuba Sutter Senior Softball Club is taking signups for the upcoming season. Signups are due March 31. For more information contact Terry Brown (530) 6130623, Val Martin (530) 713-3932 or Ken Shryock (916) 764-1559.