Evan Fehler runs to PR at Alumni Meet!
The Agoura High School distance runners put in some good performances at the Intrasquad Meet (or as Perry Casey described it, "practice with a tent") on Saturday, especially given that many of them put in a 4-6 mile workout only hours before the event. The mile race combined all levels of both boys and girls, prompting Evan Fehler to post a Personal Record of 5:33 as he held off top female finishers Kristen Hessick, Katie Klezek and Michelle Kislak. Chris Baird, naturally, led the race from start to finish, posting a cool 4:36 without breaking a serious sweat. Other notables were Jessica Stoffel who broke 7 minutes in her first competition after an extended battle with injuries, and alum Travis Moffat who ran a gutsy 5:45 but still had sand kicked in his face by Kristen.
In the hotly contested 800M, Jake Higgins played possum to John Reuter and Perry Casey, then blew by them on the backstretch to set a 2:11 PR! Phoebe Simon completed a double by winning the Girls' 800M, matching her 11 year old sister, Carly ("You're So Vain") Simon, who destroyed the Agoura HS JV girls in the 100M race. Ben Wolhaupter announced his return from the wrestling mat with a win in the 400M.
Several distance runners competed in the 4 by 400M race, sparked by Mitchell Squires who fearlessly took the baton on the first leg despite having already run the 1600M. John Reuter also bounced back from his loss to Jake "Possum" Higgins in the 800M by putting in one of the better performances in the relay.
Finally, Derek Johnson threw the discus 182 feet, a distance that would have placed him in 5th place in last year's State Finals!!! But Evan Fehler stills says that he, not Derek, was the Athlete of the Meet. Evan World must be a pretty scary place to live.
