Skyline girls dominate relays in San Jose meet

SAN JOSE -- Nine track and field athletes from the Oakland Athletic League, including six from Skyline High, took first place at Saturday's Hampton Phillips Classic at San Jose City College.

The Skyline girls swept the relay events. Cheron Amey, Asha Treadwell, Joi Glass and Chinwe Oniah won the 4x100-meter relay with a time of 48.72 seconds and the 4x200 with a time of 1:43.98. Amey, Treadwell, Glass and Chabarianna Ryan took the 4x400 with a time of 4:01.22.

Fremont's Maliana Payton captured the 100-meter dash with a time of 12:56, beating Oniah's second-place time of 12.69. She also won the long jump with a mark of 17-8, and teammate Montairra Hart took the 200 in 26.28. Oniah won the triple jump with a mark of 36-71/4.

On the boys side, the Titans 4x100 team also took first with the group of Darquis Rucker, Derrick Henry, Lamont Sanders and Jordan Norris winning in a time of 43.78.

Mountain biking

SANTA CLARA -- El Cerrito's John Bennett won Sunday's varsity boys race at Grants Ranch, only the second victory for a Gauchos cyclist -- he also won in a March 2 race at East Garrison in Fort Ord.

Bennett set for the pace for most of the four laps on the six- mile course and pulled away in a sprint at the finish. Bennett's brother, Chris Bennett, took first in the freshman race.

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