{"id":275369,"date":"2026-04-19T08:48:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T08:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/275369\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T08:48:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T08:48:14","slug":"calabasas-girls-get-the-4x100-relay-win-at-mt-sac-relays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/275369\/","title":{"rendered":"Calabasas girls get the 4×100 relay win at Mt. SAC Relays"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Humble but hungry.<\/p>\n

That was the mindset that Calabasas\u2019 foursome took to the track at Hilmer Lodge Stadium for the Invitational girls\u2019 4×100-meter race Saturday at the 66th annual Mt. SAC Relays in Walnut.<\/p>\n

In one of the meet\u2019s marquee matchups, the Coyotes ran their fastest time yet \u2014 44.48 seconds \u2014 to set a meet record and avenge their loss to Fullerton Rosary one week earlier at the Arcadia Invitational.<\/p>\n

\u201cTaking that \u2018L\u2019 last week gave us motivation,\u201d senior captain Marley Scoggins said after getting her team off to a good start with a blazing first leg. \u201cWe didn\u2019t like that feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n

Speed ultimately wins races, but Coyotes coach Jeff Clanagan helped the cause by changing the order of his runners in hopes of building an early lead. He flipped Scoggins and Olivia Kirk (who led off seven days earlier) while Malia Rainey and Devyn Sproles ran the second and third legs. Adding an element of surprise proved to be an effective strategy.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou always look at matchups and in a relay you want to get out first and force a mistake by another team,\u201d Clanagan said. \u201cMarley is our best starter off the blocks and I felt doing that might give us a mental edge. We kept it a secret right up until race time. I told my girls not to show our new order until you get on the track so Rosary won\u2019t have time to talk to their coach.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Rosary\u2019s <\/p>\n

Rosary\u2019s Justine Wilson (left) wins the Invitational 100-meter dash by three hundredths of a second. <\/p>\n

(Steve Galluzzo \/ For The Times)<\/p>\n

Scoggins, a Tennessee commit, was edged at the finish by Rosary\u2019s Maliyah Collins at Arcadia, where Calabasas settled for second at a 44.54 effort while the Royals circled the oval in 44.23, shattering the state record of 44.50 set by Long Beach Poly in 2004.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve run every leg at one time or another but I liked starting today \u2014 it felt more powerful putting us in front,\u201d Scoggins said. \u201cWe\u2019re trying to go 43 [seconds]. We can definitely drop time. For the first time this week we tried different handoffs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her teammates did the rest. Rosary was second in 44.94 and Steele Canyon took third place in 46.62.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the first time I\u2019ve anchored in a while and the girls gave me a lead like they always do,\u201d said Kirk, a senior headed to Oklahoma. \u201cI think the key was our determination. We knew we didn\u2019t run our best last week and we wanted to come here and take our win.\u201d<\/p>\n

Calabasas has won two of three head-to-head relays with Rosary this spring, having clocked 44.95 to take the teams\u2019 first encounter at the Mt. Carmel Invitational on March 28 in San Diego.<\/p>\n

Next up for the Coyotes is a trip across the country for the Penn Relays in Philadelphia, an international meet where they will compete in prelims Thursday for a chance to make the finals Friday on the world stage.<\/p>\n

\"Torrance <\/p>\n

Torrance senior Nicolas Obimgba (left) wins the Invitational 100-meter dash in 10.24 seconds at Mt. SAC.<\/p>\n

(Steve Galluzzo \/ For The Times)<\/p>\n

\u201cNo U.S. team has beaten a Jamaican team in 20 years,\u201d Clanagan said. \u201cWe\u2019re hoping to change that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Two hours later, Rainey and Sproles were among the nine sprinters in the Invitational 100, which also featured a pair of Rosary\u2019s 4×100 runners, Justine Wilson and Tra\u2019via Flournoy. Wilson prevailed by three hundredths of a second over Rainey in 11.65.<\/p>\n

Collins demonstrated why she is one of the Southland\u2019s top sprinters, taking first in the 200 in 23.25 \u2014 30 hundredths of a second off the meet record set in 2002 by L.A. Baptist\u2019s Allyson Felix.<\/p>\n

Having clocked 39.70 to better its own state record at Arcadia seven days earlier, Servite broke the boys\u2019 4×100 relay Mt. SAC record for a second straight year Saturday as Jace Wells, Benjamin Harris, Jorden Wells and Kamil Pelovello ran the one-lap sprint in 39.98 after Jorden Wells, Harris, Jaelen Hunter and Robert Gardner got the baton around in 40.15 last year. Sherman Oaks Notre Dame came in second for the second straight year in 41 flat.<\/p>\n

Torrance senior Nicolas Obimgba won the Invitational 100 in 10.24, three hundredths of a second off the meet record set last year by Mt. Miguel\u2019s Brandon Arrington. Newbury Park senior Jaden Griffin (10.30) finished second, Jorden Wells (10.44) was third and Pelovello (10.64) was seventh.<\/p>\n

Loyola senior Ejam Yohannes won the Invitational 400 in 46.29 after placing third in the event while battling sickness at Arcadia. His personal best (46.11) came three weeks ago at the Chandler Rotary in Arizona.<\/p>\n

\"Loyola <\/p>\n

Loyola senior Ejam Yohannes (second from right) wins the Invitational 400 meters in 46.29 seconds. <\/p>\n

(Steve Galluzzo \/ For The Times)<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of these guys I\u2019ve raced and beat before,\u201d Yohannes said. \u201cEarly on I was feeling the effects from last week. I usually finish stronger but I\u2019m still not 100%. I\u2019m already primed to win CIF. I\u2019m confident I can run 45 [seconds] or even a little lower.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tenth-grader Kaahliyah Lacy of San Jacinto Valley Academy, who won the girls\u2019 300 hurdles in 40.81 at Arcadia, clocked 39.93 to break the Mt. SAC record Saturday and doubled for first in the 100 hurdles in 13.65. JSerra junior Reese Holley was the 800 winner in 2:08.10 and Long Beach Wilson\u2019s Clara Adams was first in the 400 in 53.13. Her teammates Brooklyn Fowler (54.33) and Brooke Blue (54.47) were third and fourth.<\/p>\n

Adams did not race in the Invitational 4×400 relay but the Bruins won anyway in 3:49.55. JSerra was second in 3:52.77. In the boys\u2019 4×400, Yohannes ran the anchor leg as the Cubs finished second in 3:14.70 behind Fresno Central East (3:13.96).<\/p>\n

Defending state high jump champion JJ Harel, who cleared 6 feet, 9 inches to win at Arcadia, was second with a height of 6-10 Saturday. Dean Guzman of Moorpark won at seven feet.<\/p>\n

Sherman Oaks Notre Dame junior Lillian Wilson won the girls\u2019 shot put with a throw of 43-3.75 and took second in the discus (147-3) behind Lancaster Desert Christian\u2019s Corynn Smith (152-8).<\/p>\n

Having won the girls\u2019 long jump and triple jump at Arcadia, senior AB Hernandez of Jurupa Valley tripled Saturday, leaping 19-4 to win the long jump, spanning a distance of 41-7.5 for the the triple jump title then clearing 5-10 to win the high jump.<\/p>\n

Cassidy Nguy\u1ec5n from Los Alamitos won the girls\u2019 pole vault at 13 feet and Aliso Niguel\u2019s Dane Malloy won the boys triple jump at 48-5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Humble but hungry. That was the mindset that Calabasas\u2019 foursome took to the track at Hilmer Lodge Stadium…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":275370,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[108789,119118,119117,115672,9514,119120,80842,48,52,51,5562,47,50,49,119119,55984,119121,119122,9018,427,430],"class_list":{"0":"post-275369","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-arcadia-invitational","9":"tag-calabasas-girl","10":"tag-fast-time","11":"tag-fullerton-rosary","12":"tag-girl","13":"tag-hundredth","14":"tag-jorden-wells","15":"tag-la","16":"tag-la-headlines","17":"tag-la-news","18":"tag-last-week","19":"tag-los-angeles","20":"tag-los-angeles-headlines","21":"tag-los-angeles-news","22":"tag-malia-rainey","23":"tag-meter","24":"tag-race-saturday","25":"tag-scoggins","26":"tag-second","27":"tag-team","28":"tag-week"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=275369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275369\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/275370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}