LIONS PROVIDE RECORDS AND HIGHLIGHTS AT TRINITY CLUSTER: It was a day of re-writing the school record books and lifetime bests for several athletes of the @jserra.tfxc Girls and Boys Track and Field teams at Wednesday’s Trinity League Cluster meet at Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana.

Senior Chloe Elbaz spotlighted the historical action by putting her name atop the school record list in the 300m hurdles.

Elbaz dueled Santa Margarita’s Olivia Smyth in a fantastic battle, ultimately finishing second in a lifetime best of 43.70.

Her clocking topped the previous school record of 43.87 set by former Lions hurdler Johanna Barmettler at the 2023 CIF-SS Finals.

Freshman Tessa Russell became the school’s wind-legal 100m hurdles record holder by winning in a lifetime best of 15.90.

Junior Reese Holley (57.20) sprinted to victory in the 400m, the third fastest one-lap time in school history.

Freshman Maya Pawlowicz moved into eighth place on the school’s all-time list in the 800m with a victorious lifetime best of 2:13.47.

Junior Hayden Kroger kicked across the finish line in a lifetime best of 2:16.84 to finish second.

Senior Maya Woolforde finished second in the 100m with a wind-legal time of 12.35 and third in the 200m in a wind-aided clocking of 25.40.

JSerra also enjoyed a quartet of victorious efforts in field events.

Junior Adi Rusin won the pole vault with a lifetime best clearance of 11 feet, 9 inches.

Junior Nylah Key opened her spring campaign with a winning leap of 17 feet, 9¾ inches in the long jump.

Senior Molly Hogan cleared 4 feet, 10 inches to win the high jump.

Sophomore Anastasia Slobodynskyj earned first place in the discus with a throw of 87 feet, 10 inches.

Senior Alden Morales made his season debut with a victory in the 800m, recording a time of 1:53.17.

Junior Will Fredericksen sprinted to a wind-legal lifetime best of 10.95 in the 100m, earning third place.

Fredericksen’s time is tied for the third best wind-legal effort in school history.

Senior Jack Burnett (50.64) finished second in the 400m.

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LIONS SPLIT IN HEAD-TO-HEAD ACTION WITH LANCERS: The @jserra.swimmingdiving Boys and Girls teams battled the Orange Lutheran Lancers to a split in Trinity League action on Wednesday at JSerra Catholic High School.

JSerra easily outpaced the Lancers in the boys’ team competition by a score of 124-42.

Senior Connor Colman was a dual individual winner on the day, touching the wall first in the 200 Free (a CIF consideration time of 1:45.37) and the 100 Fly (55.49).

Colman, along with junior Heath Kitcher, sophomore Lars Knepper, and junior Joe Wraith swam to a CIF consideration time performance of 1:31.29 to win the 200 Free Relay.

Colman ended the day by joining forces with Wraith, sophomore Ronan Keane, and freshman Jonathan Hendy to win the 400 Free Relay in a CIF consideration time of 3:27.39.

(The Lions “B” team of junior Casey Cardenas, Kitcher, sophomore Andrew Schneider, freshman Reed Jonsson finished second in a CIF consideration time of 3:30.12.

Senior Nolan Baker was also a two-race individual winner, claiming victory in the 200IM (2:09.77) and the 100 Free (50.22).

Baker, Cardenas, Wraith, and senior Chase Clements swam cohesively to a triumph in the 200 Medley Relay in a CIF consideration time of 1:44.44.

Other individual winners included: Knepper (22.48) in the 50 Free, Keane (5:04.61) in the 500 Free, and Schneider (57.99) in the 100 Back.

Orange Lutheran pulled out a 94-76 victory over the Lions in the girls’ team competition.

A trio of Lions enjoyed victorious performances.

Senior Gabby Elbaz swam to victory in the 200 Free in a time of 2:04.81, freshman Skylar Shim turned in a first-place swim in the 200IM with a clocking of 2:23.70, and freshman Dani Ku touched the wall in first place in the 100 Back with a time of 1:09.67.

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EAGLES EARN WIN OVER LIONS: The @jserra.boysvolleyball team put forth a spirited performance against Trinity League rival Santa Margarita on Wednesday, but the Eagles secured a 25-12, 30-28, 23-25, 25-15 victory at JSerra Catholic High School.

Santa Margarita opened with a strong opening set victory, but the Lions fought impressively over the next two sets.

JSerra trailed by five points midway into the second set, but rallied back and had two set point opportunities, but the Eagles survived and secured a two-point set win.

The Lions hard-nosed effort yielded a third set win, as the two teams were tied at 21-21 before JSerra won four of the final six points to cut the match deficit in half.

The Lions were within two points early in the fourth set before the Eagles seized control with seven straight points to help clinch the match victory.

Junior Kevin O’Hara supplied a team-best 18 kills, while junior Trey Assad added 17 kills.

Seniors Hunter Frates and Will Alvarez combined for 39 assists.

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LIONS ROLL OVER BRAVES: The @jserra.boys_tennis team kicked off the second half of Trinity League with another convincing victory on Wednesday, as the Lions defeated the St. John Bosco Braves 16-2 at the Lakewood Tennis Center in Lakewood.
JSerra is now 16-1 on the season and 6-0 in league play.

The Lions swept all nine sets of singles action to highlight their win.

Senior HB Warner produced a perfect day with triumphs of 6-0, 6-0, and 6-0.

Senior Tom Gormley claimed wins of 6-4 and 6-0, with freshman Aidan Andren turning in victories of 6-0 and 6-1.

Senior Connor Faul and sophomore Rafael Shaikh each added a set wins of 6-0 respectively.

Senior Cade Faul and junior Kayden Kral swept their tandem action in doubles, winning by scores of 6-2, 6-0, and 6-1.

Senior Emilio Salgado and junior Enzo Biundo secured dual wins of 6-1 and 6-1.

Junior Robert Thornton joined forces with junior Omar Ali for a 6-3 triumph and then teamed with sophomore Leo Salgado for 6-2 victory.

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