By Steve Breazeale
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Track and Field Athletes Finish Season at State Meet
Four San Clemente track and field athletes capped off their 2014 seasons at the CIF State Championships in Clovis on June 6.
Senior distance runner Melissa Eisele finished 13th in the 3,200-meter run with a time of 10:36.32. Eisele was the fourth girls track and field team member to advance to the state meet in the past 20 years.
Senior Arik Nesbit’s third and final jump of 45-08.75 in the boys triple jump finals earned him an 11th-place finish.
Senior thrower Kelsey Benoit placed 10th in the shot put. He tossed a 56-07.50 on his third throw.
Senior Rocky Fenton won the discus following a throw of 184-10.
Fenton, Benoit and Nesbit combined for 10 total points and a t-14 placement in the state finals. The trio combined to finish third at the CIF-SS Division 1 Championships on May 24.
Softball Players Receive All-League Honors
Five San Clemente softball players were named to the All-South Coast League first, second, third and honorable mentions list recently.
Juniors Lauren Gonzales and Kelsey Horton were named to the league’s first team. Gonzales led the Tritons in batting average (.500), runs scored (25) and home runs (8) in 2014 while playing center field. Horton touted a .493 batting average and led the team in hits with 35, including five home runs.
Junior Lauren Kane was named to the second team. Kane was effective both at the plate (.418 batting average) and in the pitching circle, where she compiled a 9-6 overall record and a 4.13 ERA. Senior catcher Shannon McCasland (.323 batting average, 15 RBIs) was also named to the second team.
Junior pitcher Jordyne Prussak earned an honorable mention. Prussak pitched 59.2 innings for the Tritons, finishing with a 4-3 record and a 2.46 ERA.
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