Athlete of the Year: Sydney Mosley, Monrovia, senior
Mike Knowles took one look at Sydney Mosley and knew that the then-sophomore was competing in the wrong event.
“When she first came to us she was a jumper,” Knowles recalled. “All she did was the triple jump and long jump. No one ever thought of her as a runner. But then she was running at the same pace as with the (other) kids. I said, ‘This girl can run.’”
Mosley ran all the way to the CIF State meet and Star-News track and field athlete of the year honors.
She advanced to the state meet three consecutive years in the 100 meter hurdles and finished fifth with a personal-best time of 13.70 seconds a little less than two weeks ago.
“I’m so happy with my accomplishments this year,” she said. “My senior year, to finally make it to the state finals and to actually place and to be on the podium; overall I feel blessed. I was not supposed to make the state finals, so I feel accomplished.”
Mosley re-wrote the school and Rio Hondo League record books in her three years. She advanced to the state meet three consecutive years.
“All the years were a road to determination and self-motivation,” she said. “I was so blessed to actually have the opportunity to run for Monrovia.”
Mosley, who will run for Arizona State next year, won the CIF Southern Section Division 3 title and was second in the CIF-SS Masters Meet. She won a league title in the 300 hurdles and anchored the Wildcats’ winning 4×100 relay team. She won the 100 hurdles title three consecutive years and finished second in the CIF-SS finals in the event in her sophomore and junior years.
Coach of the Year: Chris Schultz, Arcadia
The best middle distance runners in the west San Gabriel Valley come from Arcadia High School.
Witness the Apaches’ 4×400 relay team. The Arcadia girls advanced to the CIF State meet for the first time. The Apaches team of freshman Rebecca Troescher, senior Rachel Wiggins, freshman Lauren Buehner and junior Sarah Troescher finished fifth in the meet in a 3:48.89, just slightly slower school-record time of 3:47.94.
The Apaches’ 4×100 team of Jasmine Paulus, Buehner, Wiggins and Sarah Troescher set a school record in 46.85.
The Apaches won the Pacific League title and Schultz is the Star-News girls Coach of the Year for the second consecutive time.
First team
Nina Acebo 12, South Pasadena (100 hurdles, long jump)
Karlly Feng, Temple City, junior (pole vault)
Kayla Grahn, Flintridge Sacred Heart, senior (1,600, 3,200)
Jasmyn Harris, Muir, junior (discus, shot put)
India Hines,La Salle, senior (300 hurdles, triple jump)
Kate Kutzer, South Pasadena, sophomore (100, 300 hurdles, long jump)
Emily Serhan, Mayfield, junior (1,600, 3,200)
Rebecca Troescher, Arcadia, freshman (200, 400)
Sarah Troescher, Arcadia, junior (100, 200)
Jordyn Tucker, Monrovia, junior (100, 200)
Second team
Lauren Buehner, Arcadia, freshman (200, 400)
Keeya Cotlage, Muir, senior (100, 300 hurdles)
Micah Fulton, Monrovia, freshman (long jump, triple jump)
Jazmin Jackmon, South Pasadena, senior (100, long jump)
Holly Lung, Arcadia, sophomore (1,600, 3,200)
Sophie Saldivar, Flintridge Sacred Heart, sophomore (800)
Katherine Sheeby, La Canada, junior (long jump)
Helen Tade, Gabrielino, senior (100, 300 hurdles)
Tammy Vien, Rosemead, freshman (100, 300 hurdles)
Rachel Wiggins, Arcadia, senior (200, 400)
Honorable mention
Breanna Da Sylveria, Marshall, senior (100, 200)
Olivia Harrigian, San Marino, junior (1,600, 3,200)
Lauryn Miller, Muir, sophomore (triple jump)
Alexis Mora, South Pasadena, junior (400, 300 hurdles)
Katherine Scoville, La Canada, freshman (1,600, 3,200)
Best varsity marks of season, all conditions
100: Jordyn Tucker, Monrovia, 11.77
200: Tucker, 23.99
400: Laura Buehner, Arcadia, 56.64
800: Sophie Saldivar, Flintridge Sacred Heart, 2:18.98
1,600: Emily Serhan, Mayfield, 5:02.55
3,200: Kayla Grahn, Flintridge Sacred Heart, 10:59.76
100H: Sydney Mosley, Monrovia, 13.70
300H: India Hines, La Salle, 44.61
4×100 relay: Arcadia 46.85
4×400 relay: Arcadia 3:48.34
Discus: Jasmyn Harris, Muir, 118-2
High Jump: Katherine Sheeby, La Canada, 5-2
Long Jump: Nina Acebo, South Pasadena, 18-6 ¼
Pole Vault: Karlly Feng, Temple City, 11-7
Shot Put: Harris, 37-1 1/2
Triple Jump: Micah Fulton, Monrovia, 38-4
