Vanden Heuvel 4:15.63, McClain runs 10:35.57


Healdsburg’s Jack Vanden Heuvel again lowerd the school record at the Sundown meet in Arizona today 3/27/21.
This week running the full mile distance Vanden Heuvel finished in 4:17.20.
They had Lynx timer cameras at both the 1600 meter mark and the 1 mile mark.
At 1600m Vanden Heuvel crossed at 4:15.63.
Video of race, Jack-black top, blue shorts
That moves him to 13th All-Time.
Running a mile on a 400 meter track Vanden Heuvel came through the first 409.35 meters in 62.94 or 61.50 for 400m.
He circled the second lap in 63.94 for 2:06.88 at 809.35 meter or 2:05.42 for 800m.
A third lap of 64.67 and a final lap of 65.66 completed the mile.
Complete results here.

Top 15 All-Time , complete list
4:09.91 Mike Perez, Lower Lake #1 2006
4:10.76* Luis Luna, Piner #1 2012
4:10.94+ J.K. Withers, Cardinal Newman #1 2004
4:11.74 Brian Cole, St. Helena #1 2007
4:11.83 Reesey Byers, Santa Rosa #1 2010
4:13.66* Dave Royal, Petaluma #1 1979
4:13.67 Jordan Kinley, Maria Carrillo #1 2002
4:13.81 Ryan Mack, Ukiah #1 1998
4:13.85 Steve Guerrini, Santa Rosa #2 1991
4:14.27 Sterling Lockert, Petaluma #2 2009
4:14.86* Mark Hadley, Vintage 1973
4:15.45* Dan Aldridge, Petaluma #3 1975
4:15.63 Jack Vanden Heuvel, Healdsburg #1 2021
4:15.77 Hugh Dowdy, Petaluma #4 2010
4:16.03 Tom Macken, Santa Rosa #3 1986

The next race of the night was the girls 3200 meter run.
St. Helena’s Harper McClain joined three other California greats to leave the rest of the field behind.
Even though the race was in Arizona all the runners were from California were Invitationals are not allowed at this time.
The pack of four ran together for the first five laps.
McClain lead the group at 800m 2:39.61, 1600m 5:17.33, 2000m 6:37.10 and 2400m 7:56.01.
Only then was Dalia Frias 10:24.79 and Riley Chamberlain 10:27.22 able to pull away from McClain 10:35.57.
Complete results
This was McClain’s third mark on the Empire All-Time performance list with only Julia Stamps (17), Sara Bei (15) and Gabriel Peterson (7) having more.

McClain’s splits
1:20.58
1:19.04
1:19.59
1:18.14
1:19.77
1:18.92
1:19.49
1:20.08

Girls All-Time
10:11.11 Sara Bei, Montgomery #1 2001
10:12.20 Julia Stamps, Santa Rosa #1 1996
10:13.20 Rylee Bowen, Sonoma Academy #1 2016
10:20.74+ Amber Trotter, Ukiah #1 2002
10:23.85 Gabriel Peterson, Healdsburg #1 2019
10:29.68 Harper McClain, St Helena #1 2019

2021 CA State leaders
1. 12 Mia Barnett 10:15.82 Feb 27 Sundown Track Series Meet #2
2. 12 Dalia Frias 10:24.79 Mar 27 Sundown Track Series Meet #3
3. 11 Riley Chamberlain 10:24.84 Dec 12 Orange St. Holiday 3200
4. 12 Harper McClain 10:35.57 Mar 27 Sundown Track Series Meet #3
5. 11 Cate Joaquin 10:39.18 Dec 12 Orange St. Holiday 3200