Marshall triples but Newport Harbor falls

Newport Harbor High sophomore Courtney Marshall won the 800 meters,

1,600 and 3,200 for the girls and sophomore Jon Szecsei was a double

winner for the boys, but both teams were defeated by Sea View League

track and field host Foothill Thursday.

Marshall topped the field in the 800 (2:28.8), went 12:27.5 in the

3,200 and clocked a 5:30.3 in the 1,600 to post half of the Newport

Harbor girls team’s individual victories.

Szecsei won the shot put (48-2 1/2) and the discus (142-2) for a

Sailor boys team that won only four events. Both of Szecsei’s marks

were personal records.

Foothill won the girls meet, 83-43, and was victorious, 79-55, in

the boys meet.

Sophomore Kiley Hall posted a solid winning performance in the

girls 400, going 1:00.9 on the dirt track.

Junior Elizabeth Clayton won the girls triple jump (33-4 1/4) and

Shannon Forsythe rounded out Harbor’s individual girls winners by

producing a season-best 5-1 mark in the high jump. It was Forsythe’s

first varsity high jump victory.

Alec Urtusuastegui won the boys 3,200 in 10:36.0 and was second in

the 400, while fellow Sailor senior Rhett Hartsfield won the triple

jump (37-4 1/2). It was Urtusuastegui’s first 3,200 this year, as

coaches had limited him to shorter distances due to lingering back

pain.

Elda Hernandez, who was second in the girls 100 and third in the

200, was joined on the Sailors’ winning 1,600 relay by Megan Randall,

Amy Klippert and Hall.

Ally Stoltz was second in the pole vault (8-6) and Lauren Celek

was runner-up in the discus (88-11) for Coach Eric Tweit’s girls

squad, which wrapped up the league dual-meet season with a 2-3

record.

Newport’s Keith Eldridge was second in the 100 and the 200, while

Nick Miller was second in the 1,600 and third in the 800 for the

Sailors (0-5 in league).

Ricky Nott was second in the high jump and third in the triple

jump, while senior Jack Skahen was second in the shot put for the

Tars.

The Sailors’ boys and girls teams will return to competition

Tuesday at the Sea View League preliminaries, which begin a 1:30 p.m.

at Irvine High.

The Sea View League finals are scheduled for Friday, beginning at

3 p.m., also at Irvine.