Haylee Varner and Cesar Mireles each had first place finishes in the Western State Conference Prelims on April 19.
Varner placed first in the women’s discus throw finals with a mark 118 feet, 1 inch, while Mireles finished first in the 800-meter run with a time of 1 minute, 59.30 seconds. Mireles also placed fourth in the men’s 1500 with a mark of 4:15.86.
BC’s Ankia Jackson placed in the top ten in five events. Jackson placed fourth in the women’s 100 with a mark of 12.8, sixth in the women’s 200 with a time of 26.28, second in the women’s 100 hurdles with a time of 14.86, third in the women’s 400 with a mark of 1:05.70, and second in the women’s shot put with a distance of 33-8.
Other Renegade runners who placed were: Emnet Habebo, third in the women’s 1,500 with a time of 5:13.8; Elliot Blakslee, sixth in the men’s 800 with a time of 2:00.70, and Holly Moseley-Raymond, third in the women’s pole vault with a height of 10-1.
Top placers at the WSC Prelims were competing for a spot in the WSC Final that will be held in Moorpark on April 26. The Southern California prelims will be held May 3 at BC’s Memorial Stadium.