By From staff reports

Posted April 10, 2010 at 11:09 p.m.

Brian FitzGerald wasn’t sure Rio Mesa High would come out ahead in a matchup of the state’s fastest boys’ 4x100 relay teams.

Rio Mesa not only won, it produced the 12th fastest time in California high school track and field history Saturday night at the Arcadia Invitational.

The team of Jamison Jordan, LaDarrin Roach, Blake Selig and Jamaal Perkins produced a school and county record time of 40.69 seconds, which ranks second in the nation this spring. Long Beach Poly, which owned the state’s fastest time entering the meet, was second in 41.26.

“I thought that we would be in the race,” said FitzGerald, the Rio Mesa boys’ coach. “I didn’t think we’d be under 41. And by so far.”

Jonathan Cabral of Agoura was a double winner.

Cabral shattered the area’s all-time record in the boys’ 300 hurdles, winning the invitational final with a state-leading mark of 36.83. It is the third fastest time in the nation this year. Cabral also won the invitational 110 hurdles in 13.94

Niko DiMartino of Oaks Christian captured the invitational boys’ long jump at 23 feet, 914 inches.

Rio Mesa was second in the boys’ invitational 4x400 relay with a school-record time of 3:15.03, the second fastest time in Ventura County history.

Simi Valley’s Liberty Miller had a lifetime best of 10:31.05, the eighth fastest time in county history, to finish second in the girls’ invitational 3,200. Melissa Skiba of Oak Park was eighth in 10:46.59.

Sean Davidson of Royal had a county season-leading performance in the boys’ seeded 3,200 with a time of 9:09.90 to place seventh. Kevin Joerger of Thousand Oaks was 11th in 9:13.65.

Placing seventh in the invitational boys’ mile run was Royal’s Travis Edwards, who had a time of 4:17.18.

Philip Hanley of Thousand Oaks matched his personal best and finished sixth in the invitational boys’ high jump by clearing 6-7. Oak Park’s Connor Stark set a school record in the invitational boys’ pole vault, placing sixth at 15-1.

After winning the open girls’ high jump with a season-best 5-7, Thousand Oaks’ Lydia French edged Rio Mesa’s Raegan Nizdil for fifth place in the invitational high jump. Both cleared 5-6. Oak Park’s Tayler Johnson was 11th at 5-4.

Defending state champion Valexsia Droughn of Rio Mesa was fourth in the girls’ seeded 100 with a season-best time of 12.09. Jordan was second in the boys’ seeded 100 in 10.68.

Thomas Garner of Royal was second in the boys’ seeded 110 hurdles in 14.74 and fourth in the seeded 300 hurdles (39.28).

The Ventura boys’ distance medley was third in 10:34.88.

Alex Morgan of Ventura was fifth in the invitational girls’ shot put at 43-134. Teammate Kristen Wilson was 14th at 40-112.

Royal was ninth in the invitational boys’ distance medley in 10:27.09.

Placing seventh in their respective events were Newbury Park boys’ shot putter Pat Smith (52-012) and La Reina girls’ long jumper Hanna Winter (16-912).

Gus Mena of Oxnard was eighth overall in the boys’ seeded mile in 4:21.89. The Oxnard girls’ 4x100 relay team was third in its heat at 49.69.

In the girls’ mile run, Oak Park’s Kaycee Holcomb (5:11.69) and La Reina’s Rachel Brajkovich (5:15.83) were sixth and 13th.

Steven Richards of Rio Mesa was ninth in the boys’ 400 in 49.30. Newbury Park’s Sean Grumney finished 23rd in the boys’ 800 in 1:59.37. Oak Park’s Madison Stark tied for 14th in the pole vault at 10-1.

On Friday, Kapri Madrid of Ventura placed second in the girls’ discus with a season-best throw of 125-10.

Thousand Oaks’ Meredith Bell was third in the girls’ triple jump at 36-0.

Korey Yoakum of Royal was seventh in the boys’ open 3,200 at 9:27.03 and Ventura’s Hannah Kirka-gaard finished eighth in the girls’ open 3,200 in 11:12.61.