Simi Valley's Barbarin, Nations star at Coastal Canyon League track finals

Having just exhausted themselves running to victory in the 200 meters, Simi Valley’s twin double league champions took a moment to catch their breath, lounging underneath the flag pole behind the finish line.

Until they were roused by a race official informing them of where to collect their medals.

With their eyes on long postseason runs, junior Jaelon Barbarin swept the boys 100-meter and 200-meter dashes and senior Joey Nations swept the boys long jump and high jump at the Coastal Canyon League Track and Field Championships on Friday night at Moorpark High.

“I’m pushing him, he’s pushing me,” Barbarin said of Nations. “We both have goals we want to set for each other.”

Barbarin took the 100 in 10.60 seconds and then set the meet record in the 200 in 21.61, with Nations finishing second at 21.98.

“I was coming out here to win,” Barbarin said. “I had a great season. The season’s over, now it’s postseason. … It was great. To get the record for the two, that also feels great.”

Nations took long jump with a leap of 21 feet, 9 inches and the boys high jump by clearing 6-3.

The Cal State Northridge commit was just off his personal bests of 21-9.5 and 6-4, respectively, in both events.

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“I just really wanted to qualify, get first and take home a medal,” the said. “But I felt like for this meet, there's a lot of stuff in my long jumping that I really could have worked on. … I have a lot of stuff to work on improve. So I look forward to working on that.

Oak Park junior Kymara Brodie swept the girls sprints, winning the 100 in a personal record of 11.93 seconds and the 200 in 25.14.

“It was really just about pushing myself and working on the form that I've been just working on and doing drills on the whole season,” Brodie said. “So it was just putting it all together and seeing what came out of it.”

The defending league and Division 3 section champion in the 100 is preparing for another postseason run.

“I'm hoping to go back this year and hopefully win again,” Brodie said. “I want to go as far as I possibly can, and really just see where my limit is.”

Royal junior Jonah Bazerkanian prepared to attack the 3,200 in the postseason by winning both distance events.

He won the boys 1,600 meters in a PR of 4:16.09 and the 3,200 in 9:30.00.

“It takes a lot of strength work, definitely,” Bazerkanian said. “I tried to stay as even as possible … coming in super controlled and smooth. I think I had a lot left so I’m really excited going into CIF.”

Camarillo’s Micah Contreras was also busy on the track. The junior swept the boys hurdles events, winning 110 in 15.89 seconds and the 300 in 40.35 seconds. He was also third behind Barbarin and Oak Park’s Jaren Hyde in the 100.

Moorpark junior Kade Larson swept the boys shot put (48-1.75) and discuss throw (134-6).

Camarillo junior Carter Weisenberger won the boys 400 in 50.30.

Camarillo senior Janrebb Puno won the boys 800 in 1:58.56.

Moorpark junior Victor Ezike won the boys triple jump with a leap of 41-2.50.

Royal freshman Graham LaBass won the boys pole vault at 13-1.

Royal senior Janet Gonzalez won the girls 400 in 59.01.

Camarillo junior Kimberly Willard won the girls 800 in a PR time of 2:20.54.

Camarillo’s Annie West won the girls 1,600 in 5:27.02. Oak Park’s Katarina Modrzejewski was second.

Oak Park’s Madison Parrone won the girls 3,200 in 11:36.57.

Moorpark junior Mieko Kadosono won 100 hurdles in 16.54 and was second (50.32) to freshman teammate Caitlyn Berger in the 300 hurdles. Berger won with a time of 47.74.

Royal senior Delaney Schultze won the girls high jump with a leap of 5-1. Berger also leapt 5-1, but finished second on a tiebreaker.

Camarillo junior Catherine Carney won the girls long jump with a leap of 16-0.75.

Royal sophomore Quincie Richards won the girls triple jump with a leap of 33-5.75 and was second in the long jump (16-0.50).

Camarillo girls swept both throws. Junior Ava Crouse won the shot put (35-11) and was third in the discus (119-4). Freshman Trinity Tipton won the discus (121-0) and was the runner-up in the shot put (33-11.5). Junior Laynie Tuimaualuga was second in the discus and third in the shot put.

Camarillo’s Megan Joedicker won the pole vault at 10-7.

Joe Curley is a staff reporter for The Star. He can be reached at joe.curley@vcstar.com. For more coverage of local high school sports, follow @vcspreps on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

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