State veterans lead 2018 Bridgeport varsity track and field team

Members of the Bridgeport High School 2018 varsity track and field team include, front row, from left: Catalina Martinez, Yojaira Velazquez, Anayeli Trejo, Yohana Velazquez, Lesly Velasco, Alexander Vazquez, and Itzel Muniz. Second row, from left: Jennifer Gomez, Emily Saucedo, Monica Trejo, Karla Torres, Jasmine LeDuc, Antonio Flores, and Hunter Anson. Third row, from left: Alexander Parbol, Christian Smith, Joseph LeDuc, Federico Colin, Kaiden Morris, Issac Ochoa, Verania Velazquez, Joanna Prestegui, Luis Cervantes, and Jesus Herrera. Fourth row, from left: Alex Perea, Jesus Alameda, Gilberto Padilla, Ricky Vazquez, Santiago Moreno, Arturo Perez, Steven Bucio, Juan Trejo, and Fani Medel.

2018 Brdigeport High School Track and Field

Posted Thursday, March 8, 2018 11:09 am

Mike Maltais

BRIDGEPORT – Four Filly veterans from the 2017 state track and field championships in Cheney will lead Bridgeport’s near-three-dozen varsity competitors into this year’s track and field season.
Emily Saucedo, Jasmine Leduc, Itzel Munoz and Lesly Velasco were among a dozen Bridgeport athletes who qualified for state competition last year.
Saucedo finished sixth in discus with a throw in excess of 107 feet and will once again specialize in field events.
Leduc, who set the Bridgeport school long jump record in 2016 with a leap of 15 feet, 4.75 inches placed 10th at state last year with a jump of 16 feet.
Munoz throws the shot and placed 15th at state with a throw in excess of 86 feet.
Velasco also scored a 15th place in the state 300-meter hurdles.
Following a couple of weeks of conditioning since the first day of practice on Feb. 27, Bridgeport will host the Bridgeport Jamboree on Thursday, March 16 starting at 4 p.m. Two days later the Mustangs and Fillies will be in Oroville for the Oroville Invitational on Saturday, March 18.
Bridgeport’s track and field head coach, Mike Selle will be assisted this year by Eric Schmidt and Mike Selle, Jr. Team managers are Maria Silva and Raquel Hernandez.