LJ track @ 44th Sundevil Invitational - Mt. Carmel HS 3/29

Photos by Ed Piper

Jett Dailey (9th-grader) runs

in the 3200-meter. His time was

10:14.15. His PR is 9:56.23

two days earlier against

St. Augustine at home.

4x800m relay

Janae Stanley-Castillo (sophomore), far left,

waits to warm up for the shot put,

with her LJ coach, Darian Savage

(red shirt, second from right) in view.

Janae, though fighting a cold, throws a

warm-up shot before her events. She threw

31'9". Her PR is 32'2" in the Cerveny

Invite March 22 at Mission Bay.

Leilani Hill (left) takes the baton from Reese

Martin on the second leg of the 4x100m relay.

The Vikings ran a 53.09 time. Their PR

is 49.97 (two days before vs. OLP).

Reese Martin, preparing her start in the

4x100m.

Anastasia Volkov in the long

jump. The soph jumped

15'3.75" for sixth place.

Her PR is 16'3" at

the Viking Sunset Relays

March 8.

Peyton Gustafson (10) takes a break between

jumps. He long-jumped 19'9.75" for fifth place

in the huge meet.

Olivia Smith (left) leads the

4x100m relay team off the

infield after their race. Reese

Martin is on the right.

Hidden behind Smith is

Leilani Hill.

LJ track: Olivia Smith 'faves'

Olivia Smith, before

warmups Thurs., Feb. 27.

(Photo by Ed Piper)

By Ed Piper

Conversation on the infield before Olivia ran the 100- and 200-meter races at Edwards Stadium, LJHS, vs. OLP/St. Augustine Thurs., Feb. 27.

Favorite post-meet snack: Chick-fil-A

Favorite running surface: Mt. Carmel High - "best track in San Diego".

    La Jolla High's surface: "It's good. We only have six lanes, not nine. It's our home track, so we have to     love it."

Person you most admire or are inspired by: Michael Jordan. "But keeping it to track, Gabby Thomas" (Olympic gold medalist at the 2024 Paris Olympics in 200 meters, 4x100m relay, and 4x400m relay).

Favorite subject in school: English - "I like to read. I like to read fiction and talk about it."

Personal data:
--Senior at La Jolla High

--Wants to run in college, according to new LJHS track head coach Ben Martin
--ASB President (second year in a row from her family; her sister Payton served last year)

--Trailblazer - her sister was the first Black ASB president in La Jolla High's 103-year history; Olivia is the second.
--ASB Vice President last year

Olivia (in red jersey), with OLP competitors

before a relay race during the meet.

LJ baseball: Lancaster's stuff has movement

Viking starter Travis Lancaster

stretches for one of his first

pitches against Otay Ranch

Wed., Feb. 26. He threw

a two-hitter Feb. 21.

(Photos by Ed Piper)

By Ed Piper

Good times for good players.

On Fri., Feb. 21, La Jolla starter Travis Lancaster two-hit visiting Hilltop over seven innings, facing the minimum of 21 batters and using only 68 pitches. He was on.

Three days later, in a 7-5 Viking win at Mater Dei Catholic in the South Bay, the senior clubbed a massive home run that cleared the barrier in left field at MDC, a high one, from all accounts.

Good things come to those who wait. You could use up all the idioms and trite phrases, but it was a wonderful stretch that even his father said he enjoyed, proud of his son.

Asked Wed., Feb. 26, if he had any tough stretches in the two-hitter, Travis answered, "Not really." "My curveball was working."

And to complement that pitch, La Jolla pitching coach Koa Scott commented while Lancaster was pitching in his follow-up appearance against Otay Ranch at home Wednesday--which ended in a close 3-2 loss--"he's got movement on his fastball".

Lancaster, earlier in the delivery

to the lead-off batter.

LJ g beach VB v. Canyon Hills 3/25 - non-league

Photos by Ed Piper

LJ g lax 9, UC 4 - halftime 3/25

Photos by Ed Piper

Senior Stella Lee (3)

Allison Hawthorne (12) guarded by two

UC defenders, plus the goalie.

Lily Mebust (20, behind) defended by three

Cents in front of the UC goal.

Another goal by Lily (20), who had two in the first

quarter, and another one in the second.

The stark numbers on the scoreboard, for

the Vikings, who had four goals

in the first five minutes.

Another view of Allison

Hawthorne (12), who had two

goals in the first period,

another in the second.

Junior Sofia Rose (far right) tangles with

a pair of UC opponents in the La Jolla

attacking zone.

Stella Lee (3) advances the ball

into the attacking zone.

LJ b golf v. Santa Fe Christian @ Lomas Santa Fe 3/24

Photos by Ed Piper

Senior Seigo Lavinsky in warmups.

Junior Tate "Philly" Phillips

on a cold afternoon at Lomas

Santa Fe.

Lavinsky (L) and Phillips do the buddy

thing before their match.

Second-year assistant coach Jarid Morrison

(far left) and junior Carson Diehl (far right)

book-end the buddies in the middle,

Seigo Lavinsky and Tate Phillips.

Junior Leo Hawkinson makes

his first media appearance

in golf.

"The Hawk", who has a stroke coach

grandpa in Chicagoland.

LJ g beach VB 2, Scripps Ranch 3 - 3/24

Photos by Ed Piper

Junior Sofia Costello (12)

serves for the two's

for La Jolla.

Teammate Daniella Vinolo (10),

a senior, bumps a pass.

Three's action by #7.

LJ #8 hits at the net.

#8 follows through.

Tall Jordi Steele (11)

serves for the sixes.

Steele (R) and teammate Gianna

Puli (9) slap hands after a good play.

Teams switch sides every seven points.

Puli on the bump pass.

Conference time during the "tech" (timeout).

LJ b VB v. Cheyenne (North Las Vegas) - Pool play, BCI 3/21

Photos by Ed Piper

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