Royal tracksters fare well

Arturo Villa settles into the blocks before the start of the 300 hurdles. He finished sixth.

Ana Villafana charges toward the finish line in the girls 3200. She finished ninth in that race and in the 800 and 1600.

by Sun Tribune Editor & Ted Escobar
| May 1, 2016 6:00 AM

Ana Villafana charges toward the finish line in the girls 3200. She finished ninth in that race and in the 800 and 1600.

ROYAL CITY — Joe Lang placed first twice, and Maggie Delay placed first once to lead the Royal High track teams at the Quincy Invitational on Saturday.

Lang took first place in 110 hurdles with a clocking of 15:33. He claimed the long jump with a leap of 21-2.25. Delay won the 100 hurdles in a time of 15:50.

The Royal boys finished in eight place among 17 teams. The girls finished fifth among 19 teams. Long distance runner extraordinaire Kay Lester did not compete. She was resting a minor leg injury.

Other notable efforts by Royal athletes included:

— Boys —

200 4. Joe Lange, 23.73.

800 11. Silver Beltran, 2:15.83.

1600 11. Silver Beltran, 5:08.68.

3200 6. Salvador Horta, 11:03.86.

100 hurdles 10. Arturo Villa, 17.92.

300 hurdles 6. Arturo Villa, 45.21; 9. Fernando Soto, 46.20.

4X400 relay 7. Royal (Miguel Villafana, Soto, Horta, Villa), 3:51.52

Shot 10. Jose Jimenez, 39-6.

Jav 9. Victor Villanueva 125-9.

HJ 4. Joe Lang, 5-10.

PV Kevin Pastor, 10-0.

TJ Gerrit Larson, 36-3.75.

— Girls —

400 Noelia Juarez, 1:04.31; 9. Karla Villalobos-Calderon, 1:09.61.

800 2. Gracelynn Miller, 2:35.39; 9. Ana Villafana, 2:50.14.

1600 5. Elizabeth Guadarrama, 6:12.27; 9. Ana Villafana, 14:12.71.

3200 5. Elizabeth Guadarrama, 13:32.78; 9. Ana Villafana, 6:24.43.

100 hurdles 11. Alicia Callahan, 18.57.

2X200 relay 2. Royal (Gracelynn Miller, Abigail Delay, Maggie Delay, Noelia Juarez). 1:50.47.

4X400 relay 3. Royal (same girls at 800 relay), 4:20.91.

Pole Vault 8. Berenice Rodriguez, 7-6; 11. Yajaira Michel, 7-0.

TJ 3. Maggie Delay, 35-2.