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Meredith Rides to Cal
GREATEST SHASTA FEMALE TRACKSTER EVER?
(Article by Jeffery Jen Record Redding Record Searchlight)
(6/25/02-Redding) "I just felt that was the place for me. It was a nice campus and not too far from home. And there were about four other heptathletes on the team, so I won't be training alone," said the Knight's, Brooke Meredith. Back in January, Brooke Meredith believed her track and field days were numbered. But after a spectacular 2002 season at Shasta College that ended with state junior college titles in the heptathlon and the women's 400-meter hurdles, Meredith isn't running from the sport. Earlier this month, Meredith accepted a full-ride scholarship to UC-Berkeley and its track and field program. After considering Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo, Cal State Northridge and University of Jacksonville among others, Meredith settled on Cal. Her decision completed a whirlwind four months during which Meredith went from virtual unknown in recruiting circles to being hotly pursued by several Division I schools. There was a time when Meredith wasn't really into track. At West Valley High School, she was more into softball. It was her junior year when she started concentrating on track and field. Meredith attended Simpson College for a semester before missing the competition of the sport prompted her to transfer to Shasta College in time for the 2001 season. She had a good freshman season as a long jumper and sprinter, but Shasta College coach Chris Baptista felt she would get more attention from four-year schools as a heptathlete. An athlete competes in seven different events in the heptathlon and earns points in each event based on her finish. The better the performance, the more points she accrues. In her first year competing in the heptathlon, Meredith broke the Shasta College record three times in addition to school marks in the 200, long jump and 400 hurdles. Meredith tallied an impressive 5,182 points at the state JC track and field championships to win the state title, beating her nearest competitor by more than 800 points. "I was really happy with what I did," Meredith said. "I was just aiming for 5,000, but things worked out." After completing the heptathlon in two days at the state meet, Meredith also won the state 400 hurdles title in another school record (1:00.11) and finished second in the long jump. Her coach was in awe. "It's the most outstanding performance I've ever been associated with," Baptista said. "The heptathlon is a tough event. There are lots of good athletes who can't do it because they just can't put it all together and do good in all the events. Her desire to excel is what sets her apart." Meredith hopes to get up to 5,700 points and make the NCAA championships by the time her Cal career is over. But the coaches at Cal are already thinking of having her train and compete on an even higher level — the Olympics? — after that. "I never thought I could make it to that level," Meredith said. "It would be a dream if I could."
Brooke Finishes in Style!
BREAKS TWO MORE SCHOOL RECORDS
(5/18/02-Santa Barbara) Brooke Meredith seems intent on leaving a long lasting legacy at Shasta College. The multiple school record holder beat her previous mark in the heptathlon by more than 300 points Saturday at the California Community College track and field championships. Brooke completed the two-day event with a score of 5,182, beating her previous record of 4,867 and topping the second-place finisher by a whopping 820 points. In addition, Meredith finished first in the 400 hurdles with a time of 1.00.11 seconds, which beats her previous record of 1.01.85. Meredith also took second in the long jump (19 feet, 2¼ inches). In her Shasta College career, Brooke has to be known as the record breaker. (Link to school records) At one time she held 5 different school records. When the topic of best ever Shasta College female athletes is ever talked about, heading that list has to be Brooke Meredith. The Shasta women finished sixth overall. Aleah Howington helped the women, finishing second in the 800 meters (2:16.03). Carie Knox placed seventh in the 200 (25.95) and eighth in the 100 (12.08). Shasta's men finished in a tie for 17th. Justin May was fourth in the decathlon with 5,867 points. Jeff Billing was fourth in the 100 (10.47) and the long jump (24-7¾ ). Billing also helped the 1,600 relay team (Billing, Aaron Hathaway, Brandon Heater, Jed Falkowski) to a seventh-place finish (3:16.80). The men's 400 relay team (Falkowski, Billings, Andy Edgerton, Jacob Shultz) was eighth at 41.85. Hathaway also finished ninth in the 400 hurdles (56.44).
Carie Sets Two School Records
BROOKE MEREDITH BREAKS ONE OF HER OWN
(5/11-12/02-Modesto) Its on to the state meet for several Shasta tracksters. Leading the way will be school record holder, Brooke Meredith. Brooke currently holds four school records - long jump, 110 hurdles, 400 hurdles, and in the heptathlon. Brooke just became the first woman athlete in school history to break the 19 foot barrier in the long jump with a leap of 19' 5". Brooke also qualified in the 400 meter hurdles and the shot put. Carie Knox broke one of Brooke's "old" school records while qualifying for the finals, running a fine 12.27 in the 100 meters. Carie also broke the school record in the 200 meters, running a fast 25.45. Carie finished 4th in the 200. Carie is the Knight's Web Athlete - Outstanding Performer. Meagan Wilcox finished 13th in the 3000m Steeplechase, improving her school record set earlier this season (14:23.04). Jeff Billing also qualified for the state meet with a 23' 1" long jump. Aleah Howington placed second in the 800 meters running a 2:20.92. The men's relay team of Andy Edgerton, Jeff Billing, Jacob Shultz and Jed Falkowski will move on to the finals after running a 41.86. The 1,600 relay team of Aaron Hathaway, Brandon Heater, Falkowski and Billing also advances, they finished four in 3:19.32. Billing also ran the 100 in 10.67 and Hathaway in the 400 hurdles in 55.14. Justin May advances in the triple jump (45' 7") and high jump (6' 8").
Brooke Leads the Way
SHE SETS THREE SCHOOL RECORDS IN QUALIFYING
(5/4/02-Chabot College, Hayward) While qualifying for the NorCal finals, all Brooke Meredith did was reset three school records that she already had broken this year. Brooke finished first in the long jump @ 18' 10", second in the 100 meter hurdles @ 14.47 seconds and first in the 400 hurdles @ 1:01.85. That 400 meter hurdles time is the best in the state. With the top nine finishers advancing in the running events and the top 12 advancing in the field events Shasta's 400 meter relay team of Andy Edgerton, Jeff Billings, Jacob Shultz and Jeff Falkowski advanced with a fourth place time of 42.07. The men's 1,600 relay team of Aaron Hathaway, Brandon Heater, Falkowski and Billings also advanced with a 5th place finish in a time of 3:20.48. Jeff Billings also advanced in the long jump (24' 1") and 100 meters where he was third in a time of 10.82. Justin May advances in the triple jump (45' 2 1/2"), Heater again in the 400 (49.46) and Hathaway in the triple jump @ 43' 10 3/4". Other Lady Knights also fared well. Carie Knox qualified in the 100 (12.51) and 200 (25.65) and Aleah Howington finished second in the 800 meter @ 2:18.93. Lauren Wild finished 15th with a season best 5:18.66 in the 1500m. Jesse Minor finished 15th in the 1500m (4:20.68). Ashti Dawson ran a season best in the 100m (13.61). Dan Sweet finished 9th in the 10,000m run (34:37.92).The NorCal finals are set for this Saturday in Modesto and the state finals are the following weekend in Santa Barbara.
Meredith, May & Billing Lead
JUSTIN MAY NAMED CONFERENCE MVP
(4/26 & 27/02-Oroville) Jeff Billing and Brooke Meredith once again had big days at the Golden Valley Conference track and field championships on Saturday. Also having a huge day was Knight, Justin May. All Justin did was win the 110m hurdles, 400 hurdles and the high jump. He also took a second in the long jump and a third in the triple jump. Justin was named league MVP for his efforts. Once again, the Shasta women won the GVC team title, but the men finished second to host Butte. Despite a strong head wind, Jeff Billing repeated as the GVC champion in the men's 100 meters, the 200 and the long jump and was part of the Knights' first-place 400 and 1,600 relay teams. The sophomore won the 100 in a slow 11.19 seconds before beating out the College of the Siskiyous' Elijah Markstrom by four-hundredths of a second in the 200 with a 22.55. "That wind definitely made it tough to run today," Billing said. "With that much wind, it's a whole different ball game running. But I'm pleased with winning all my events. I just wished we could have won the team title. "Butte edged out Shasta 121-114 in the men's standings while Siskiyous, expected to be a contender, finished a distant third with 40. The difference was the men's 3,000-meter steeplechase. "There were six Butte runners in that race and no one else," Shasta coach Chris Baptista said. "That one event gave them 16 points and the conference title, it turns out." A year after winning four events, Meredith won five events this time around and placed second in the shot put. The sophomore set another school record, her fifth of the season, in the 400 hurdles. Her time of 1:03.81 eclipsed Lisa Littrell's 1986 mark of 1:04.59. Meredith also won the long jump, triple jump and the 100 hurdles. She took the javelin with a personal-best throw of 127 feet, one inch. "I was nervous before the 400 hurdles," Meredith said. "I've never run that event before so I wasn't sure what to expect, but I still managed to get the school record." For here outstanding efforts Brooke was named G.V.C. M.V.P. Behind Meredith and double-winners Aleah Howington (800 and 1,500) and Carie Knox (100 and 200), the Shasta women ran away with its second straight GVC title, scoring 139 points. Butte was second with 39, Lassen third at 38 and Siskiyous fourth with 28. Rosanna Hall won the 5,000 and 10,000 for Siskiyous. For the Shasta men, Justin May was a triple-winner with a season-best 6-9 in the high jump. He won both the 110 and 400 hurdles. A pair of Shasta runners ended up with photo finishes. Dan Sweet won the 5,000 in 16:38.00 by edging Butte's Ian Craig at the line. Craig finished 16:38.01. Jesse Minor, who had already won the 1,500, finished second in the 800, falling by one-hundredth of a second, 2:05.34 to 2:05.35.
Yuba College Last Chance Meet
KNIGHTS FINISH 1-2-3 IN THE 800
(4/19/02-Marysville) A small group of Lady Knights traveled to Yuba College on Friday for one last shot to improve their times before the conference meet. The Lady Knights scored a 1-2-3 punch in the 800m with Aleah Howington winning the event (2:19.58), followed by Kathleen Aragon (2:23.41), and Brooke Meredith (2:27.19). Howington and Aragon both finished with season bests and are ranked 3rd and 7th respectively in Northern California. Meredith also won the javelin with a throw of 117'11". Carie Knox won the 100m and the 200m.
NorCal Multi-Event Meet
MEREDITH & MAY QUALIFY
(4/16-17/02-Sacramento) Brooke Meredith and Justin May earned their ticket to the State Track and Field Championships via the NorCal Multi-Event Championships in Sacramento this past week. Meredith won the heptathlon with a state leading score of 4,867 points, more than 700 points over her nearest competitor, and bettering her previous school record of 4,679. She had a personal best throw in the javelin (121'0") during the competition. Justin May finished 6th (5,791 points) to qualify for the state meet competing in his first ever decathlon. He had season bests as follows: 100m (11.65), LJ (21'9"), HJ (6'8"), 400m (55.52), and 110mh (15.38).
Oregon Tech Invitational
KNIGHTS BREAK 4 X 100 RELAY RECORD
(4/13/02-Klamath Falls, OR) The Shasta College men's 4x100 relay team took the spotlight at the Oregon Tech Invite on Saturday. The team of Andy Edgerton, Jeff Billing, Jacob Shultz, and Jed Falkowski ran a very fast 41.76 to establish a new school record, breaking the existing record of 41.92 set in 1988. Falkowski also won the 100m and Billing the 200m. For the lady knights Aleah Howington finished 2nd in the 400m (1:00.18) and 3rd in the 200m (26.98). The 4x800 relay team of Howington, Kathleen Aragon, Lauren Wild, and Korina Jones finished 1st (10:22.98).
Lady Knights Second in Fresno
BROOKE MEREDITH LEADS THE WAY
(4/5/02-Fresno) The Lady Knight's track team is peaking at the right time, just before the GVC championships. Led by school record holder, Brooke Meredith, the Lady Knights took second at the Fresno City College Relays. Brooke broke her own school record in the long jump, this time jumping 18' 6". Brooke also took a second in the Javelin (114'5"), and second in the 100m hurdles (15.22). The Distance Medley Relay team of Korina Jones, Kathleen Aragon, Lauren Wild, and Aleah Howington also finished 2nd (13:09.19). Carie Knox took a second in the 100-meter dash (12.53) and Meagan Wilcox turned in a nice second place finish in the 3,000 meter steeple chase. Carie Knox finished second in the 100m (12.53) and also ran the anchor leg on the Lady Knights 2nd place 4x400m Relay team. Kathleen Aragon and Korina Jones ran seasonal bests in the 800m (2:30.57 and 2:31.40, respectively). Megan Wilcox established a new school record competing as the first female in Shasta College history in the 3000m Steeple Chase (15:02.09). On the men's side, Justin May finished second in the high jump (6'8") and fourth in the Triple Jump (46'2"). Jed Falkowski led all Knight sprinters in the 100m dash with a personal best 10.86 seconds. Aaron Hathaway finished 2nd in the 400m hurdles (55.21), moving to #3 in the NorCal rankings. Jacob Schultz set a personal record in the javelin, finishing 4th (154'8"). Both of the Knights Relay teams ran season bests. The 4x100m relay team of Andy Edgerton, Jeff Billing, Jacob Schultz, and Jed Falkowski finished 4th (42.05) and the 4x400m relay team finished 2nd (3:21.66) behind Brandon Heater's leg
of 48.8 seconds.
Track Notes
SHASTA COLLEGE TRACK TEAM UPDATE
(3/28/02-Shasta College) Jesse Minor has moved himself closer to qualifying for NorCal in the Men's 1500m, he is now less than 2 seconds away from the provisional mark with a time of 4:18. Aaron Tara remains a NorCal qualifier with his 1500m time of 4:09. Lauren Wild is 8 seconds away from qualifying in the 1500m with her time of 5:36. Aleah Howington already has NorCal qualifying marks in the woman's 800m and 1500m with times of 2:22 and 5:00 respectively. Meagan Wilcox is poised for a good time as she competes as the first ever Shasta College female in the woman's steeplechase at Fresno Relays next week.
Meredith & Billing MVP's
BOTH NAMED ATHLETE OF THE MEET
(3/26-27/02-Salinas) The Knights placed third in both the men and women's results and second as a combined program at the 15 school event held at Hartnell College in Salinas. Brooke Meredith won the 100m dash (12.48) and 100m hurdles (15.13), setting new Shasta College records in both. Carie Knox finished first in the 200m dash (26.30) and second in the 100m (12.67). Kathleen Aragon finished third in the 400m (1:03.66). For the men, Jeff Billing won the long jump (23'3"), the 100m (10.90), and finished second in the 200m (22.02). Brandon Heater finished third in the 400m (50.10) and Justin May was third in the triple jump (44'5").Brooke Meredith and Jeff Billing were named Female and Male Athletes of the meet!
Knights Run Wild at Humboldt
MOSTLY FOUR YEAR SCHOOLS
(3/16/02-Eureka) The Shasta College men's and women's track programs stole the show this past weekend at the Humboldt State Invitational. The men's 4x100m relay (Andy Edgerton, Jeff Billing, Louie Wurch, Jed Falkowski) opened the meet with a victory for the Knights with a time of 43.17. Jeff Billing also finished first in both the 200m dash and the long jump. Justin May added two firsts one in the 110m hurdles (15.40) and one in the triple jump. In the 800m, Aaron Tara (2:01.90) and Jesse Minor (2:02.43) finished 5th and 6th respectively. Brian Sherman improved on his personal best in the discus with a throw of 129'8", claiming a third place finish. Rounding out the top performances for the men's team was that of the 4x400m relay. The team of Aaron Hathaway, Jed Falkowski, Brandon Heater, and Jeff Billing, finished second with a time of 3:24.80. Overall the Knights finished third in the meet with 119 points, just behind Humboldt State (136) and Southern Oregon University (176). On the women's side, Brooke Meredith won the 100m hurdles (15.47) and finish 3rd in the long jump behind teammate Marvela Jung (17'5"). In the 1500m, Aleah Howington finished fourth with a personal best of 5:00.51. Kaycee Shreeve took fourth place in the 200m dash. Kristen Butcher continues to see improvement every week in the hammer throw (101'6"). The Lady Knight's 4x400m relay team of Shreeve, Meredith, Howington, and Carie Knox finished second with a season best of 4:07.40.
Jeff Billing Sets School Record!
BEATS HIS OLD MARK
(3/9/02-Sacramento) Jeff Billing is starting off where he left off last season, breaking records. Jeff bested his old long jump record by 8" in a meet in Sacramento this past weekend. The new record is now 24' 11 3/4 ". Jeff also owns the title of the "fastest man in Shasta College history," owning the 100 and 200 meter records as well. (Shasta College track and field men's records.) Jeff will be attending the University of Alabama next year on a scholarship. Justin May also had a good meet for the Knights, he finished second in the high jump (6' 5"). The men's 400 meter relay team also took a second at 42.42 seconds. The women's top finisher, Aleah Howington, took a fifth in the 800 with a time of 2:22.06 seconds. The women's 1600 meter relay team, consisting of Howington, Kaycee Shreeve, Brooke Meredith and Korina Jones also placed 5th with a time of 4:07.78.

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