Moser Sets Meet Mark; Edison Boys, Girls Win

Four meet records and several impressive individual performances highlighted the Sunset League track and field finals on a chilly and damp Friday evening at Huntington Beach High.

Scott Moser of Huntington Beach continued his assault on state discus throwers by shattering the league meet mark with a toss of 204 feet. The previous mark of 183-8 had stood 16 years. Moser’s county-leading best this season is 207 feet. He also won the shot put with a 59-7 1/4 effort.

Not to be outdone, Edison’s Jenny Shutt turned in a meet record of 41-7 1/4 in the girls’ shot put.

Marina freshman Noel Dula won four events: long jump, triple jump, 100 and 200 meters. As expected, the Vikings swept the girls’ pole vault, led by junior Katie Rorem with a meet record 11-2.

Huntington Beach senior Tony Trueba won the 800, 1,600 and 3,200 meters, as the Oiler boys dominated the distance events. Senior Summer Shaw of Huntington Beach won the 400 and 800 meters, the latter in 2:14.40, barely missing a meet record. Sophomore Kristen Green, who woke up Friday morning with a sore knee and nearly scratched, was a surprise second-place finisher with a personnel-best 2:19.76. Jennifer Spahr of Marina, one of the race favorites, faded to sixth.

Shaw was ecstatic after she discovered she and Green had finished 1-2 in the 800.

“My goal was 2:12 and this is the first time I have set a mark to reach for,” she said. “I was really rooting for Kristen. She has a lot of heart.”

Fountain Valley junior John Sanders won the boys’ 100 and 200 and the Barons also won the 400 relay.

Edison sophomore Lauren Belcher turned in a personnel best of 5-4 to win the high jump, key points as Edison (139 points) edged Esperanza (132) and Marina (123) for the team title.

Fountain Valley senior Travis Vandrovec won the boys’ pole vault with a meet record 15-4, but Edison (125) beat the Barons (96) for the team title.