sportsRangers Popp, Haney top Russell Cup Invitational4
by Misty Volaski

The Nordhoff High School track and field team was represented by 34 Ranger athletes last Saturday at the 83rd Russell Cup Invitational at Carpinteria High School.
This year, 40 schools from as far away as the San Francisco Bay area competed in the meet. The top six performers in each event win points for their team.
"Nordhoff's strong throwing team continued to shine," said assistant coach Scott Smith, "even under the competitive pressure of a big, regional meet."
Leading the Nordhoff efforts was Shannon Popp, taking the first-place gold medal in the discus with a throw of 116 feet. She also had a second-place finish in the shot put with a toss of 35 feet, 10 inches.
Senior Justin Haney also brought home silver with his shot put of 47 feet, 9 inches in the boys' varsity category.
The girl's varsity 4 x 400 relay team of Lindsy Klingberg, Lindsey Owen, Taylor Johnson, and Ana Levin paced to a silver medal performance with a time of 4:15.5.
Other varsity point winners for the Nordhoff team included Johnson, fourth in the 800 meters (2 minutes, 29.4 seconds), to go with her relay second place. Das Baker placed fifth in the 300 meter hurdles, with a time of 42.6 seconds.
The standout for Nordhoff in the Freshman/Sophomore category was up-and-coming hurdler, freshman Alexa Pulley, who brought home second place in the 100 hurdles with a time of 18.1 seconds. She also nabbed fifth place in the 300 hurdles (53.5 seconds). Also finishing well was sophomore Josh Bonsworth, who placed sixth in the shot put with a toss of 43 feet, 1.75 inches.
Nordhoff's next meet is a Frontier League tri-meet with Malibu and Santa Clara, this Thursday at 3 p.m. at Malibu High School.

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