Boys Virtual Semi: No. 1 Upland vs. No. 12 Trabuco Hills


Erick Hiller lead a sweep of the throws for Trabuco Hills in this virtual dual meet tournament semifinal against Namir Hemphill and top-seeded Upland. (Credits: Joe Hayishbara (Trabuco Hills HS)/DeAnna Turner)

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This article highlights the results of a semifinal-round dual as part of the MileSplitCA March Madness Virtual Meet Tournament. Virtual meets are scored based solely on 2020 outdoor results using the standard dual meet scoring points format of 5-3-1 for individuals and 5-0 for relays. Athletes are scored in no more than four events (although the Virtual Meet program that processes the meet scores does not have access to individuals in a relay). Teams are limited to three athletes per event. Stay with us for the entire tournament to see which boys and girls teams reign supreme in this virtual meet format.

BOYS SEMIFINAL RECAP & RESULTS

No. 1 Upland (SS) vs. No. 12 Trabuco Hills (SS)


It took a veteran throws crew, led by senior Erick Hiller, and an accumulation of points across all but one individual event for No. 12 Trabuco Hills (SS) to take down No. 1 Upland (SS). 

Sunday's scoring of the final semifinal in the boys bracket of the MileSplitCA March Madness Virtual Dual Meet Tournament sent the deep and versatile Mustangs into a championship matchup against No. 18 Mission Viejo in what evolved from a 32-team competition into an all-Orange County final. 

In the 75.5-60.5 victory over Upland, Hiller had the top marks in both the discus and shot put as Trabuco Hills swept the throws, 18-0. Hiller's support came in the form of seniors Logan Lopez, who was second in the shot, and Zach Porter, who was second in the discus, and junior Tevin Bowie, who was third in both. 

The only individual event sweep for Upland was the 100m dash, an outlier, as it turned out, won by senior Namir Hemphill.

Sophomore Delaney Crawford, who was second in the 100, had the fastest time in the 200m and in the 400m. Trabuco Hills senior Isaac Korn grabbed the three runner-up points in the deuce, and that was the trend as the Mustangs picked up points wherever they could across the meet. Junior Carson Kaminski and Korn went 2-3 in the 400m as the Mustangs managed to pull seven points out of the sprints. 

Junior Landen Lee had the fastest time in the 3200m and was second in the 1600m, and senior Kaiden Sahagun had the fastest time in the 800 as Trabuco Hills gained a three-point advantage in the distances. 

With Korn and Kamanski going 1-2 in the 300m hurdles and versatile junior Brandon Chau grabbing a point in the 110m hurdles, the Mustangs were able to play even in the barriers despite the efforts of impressive Upland freshman Kai Graves-Blanks, whose 14.79 (1.2) clocking before the 2020 outdoor season was shut down, ranks CA No. 6 for all-condition times. 

For Upland, senior Romeo Zendejas was first in the 1600m and second in the 800m, Hemphill was first in the triple jump, and junior Jailen Burrell had the top mark in the long jump. But that was it for the Highlanders. 

Chau also added to Trabuco Hills' accumulation with runner-up points in the high jump, long jump and triple jump. Senior teammate Augustine Reyes had the top mark in the high jump, and senior Andrew Cooper had the top mark in the pole vault as the Mustangs earned a 21-14 advantage in the jumps.

100 Meter Dash

PLACEATHLETEGRADETEAMTIMEPOINTS
1Namir Hemphill2020Upland High (SS)10.91 5
2Delaney Crawford2022Upland High (SS)10.98 3
3Jailen Burrell2021Upland High (SS)11.17 1
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200 Meter Dash

PLACEATHLETEGRADETEAMTIMEPOINTS
1Delaney Crawford2022Upland High (SS)22.05 5
2Isaac Korn2020Trabuco Hills High School (SS)22.52 3
3Marcello Watson2020Upland High (SS)23.09 1
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400 Meter Dash

PLACEATHLETEGRADETEAMTIMEPOINTS
1Delaney Crawford2022Upland High (SS)49.51 5
2Carson Kaminski2021Trabuco Hills High School (SS)50.80 3
3Isaac Korn2020Trabuco Hills High School (SS)51.81 1
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800 Meter Run

PLACEATHLETEGRADETEAMTIMEPOINTS
1Kaiden Sahagun2020Trabuco Hills High School (SS)2:01.63 5
2Romeo Zendejas2020Upland High (SS)2:04.28 3
3John Forbes2022Trabuco Hills High School (SS)2:04.67 1
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1600 Meter Run

PLACEATHLETEGRADETEAMTIMEPOINTS
1Romeo Zendejas2020Upland High (SS)4:33.38 5
2Landen Lee2021Trabuco Hills High School (SS)4:33.82 3
3Jeremiah Castellano2020Upland High (SS)4:34.70 1
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3200 Meter Run

PLACEATHLETEGRADETEAMTIMEPOINTS
1Landen Lee2021Trabuco Hills High School (SS)9:33.00 5
2Jeremiah Castellano2020Upland High (SS)9:54.72 3
3Mark Sailer2021Trabuco Hills High School (SS)10:01.75 1
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110 Meter Hurdles

PLACEATHLETEGRADETEAMTIMEPOINTS
1Kai Graves-Blanks2023Upland High (SS)14.79 5
2Davis Davis-lyric2023Upland High (SS)15.39 3
3Brandon Chau2021Trabuco Hills High School (SS)16.00 1
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300 Meter Hurdles

PLACEATHLETEGRADETEAMTIMEPOINTS
1Isaac Korn2020Trabuco Hills High School (SS)38.65 5
2Carson Kaminski2021Trabuco Hills High School (SS)38.87 3
3Kai Graves-Blanks2023Upland High (SS)40.92 1
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4x100 Meter Relay

PLACETEAMTIMEPOINTS
1Upland High (SS)42.17 5


4x400 Meter Relay

PLACETEAMTIMEPOINTS
1Trabuco Hills High School (SS)3:24.34 5


Long Jump

PLACEATHLETEGRADETEAMMARKPOINTS
1Jailen Burrell2021Upland High (SS)20-8 5
2Brandon Chau2021Trabuco Hills High School (SS)20-3 3
3Darius Mclaurin2020Upland High (SS)19-0 1
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High Jump

PLACEATHLETEGRADETEAMMARKPOINTS
1Augustine Reyes2020Trabuco Hills High School (SS)5-10 5
2Brandon Chau2021Trabuco Hills High School (SS)5-6 2
2James Martin Iv2020Upland High (SS)5-6 2
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Triple Jump

PLACEATHLETEGRADETEAMMARKPOINTS
1Namir Hemphill2020Upland High (SS)49-11 5
2Brandon Chau2021Trabuco Hills High School (SS)39-7.25 3
3James Martin Iv2020Upland High (SS)36-9 1
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Pole Vault

PLACEATHLETEGRADETEAMMARKPOINTS
1Andrew Cooper2020Trabuco Hills High School (SS)13-7 5
2Daniel Metzdorf2021Trabuco Hills High School (SS)12-1 3
3Kaiden Johnson2021Trabuco Hills High School (SS)12-0 0.5
3Michael Deberry2020Upland High (SS)12-0 0.5
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Shot Put

PLACEATHLETEGRADETEAMMARKPOINTS
1Erick Hiller2020Trabuco Hills High School (SS)53-2.5 5
2Logan Lopez2020Trabuco Hills High School (SS)45-6 3
3Tevin Bowie2021Trabuco Hills High School (SS)43-7.5 1
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Discus

PLACEATHLETEGRADETEAMMARKPOINTS
1Erick Hiller2020Trabuco Hills High School (SS)153-7 5
2Zach Porter2020Trabuco Hills High School (SS)134-9.5 3
3Tevin Bowie2021Trabuco Hills High School (SS)121-9 1
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Team Scores

PLACETEAMPOINTS
1Trabuco Hills High School (SS)75.5
2Upland High (SS)60.5