Life under the sand

Paul Bienaimé
April 26, 2013
Filed under Features, Top Stories, Track & Field

Imagine playing baseball with no field or water polo with no pool. For the Paly track and field team’s jumpers, this inconvenience became a reality this year. When construction on the new bleachers around the football field hit a snag, Paly’s new jumping pits were not completed in time for the spring... Read more »

Hops on hops on hops

Charlotte Biffar and Sammy Solomon
April 26, 2013
Filed under Features, Profiles, Top Stories, Track & Field

At the start of the spring sports season, most members of the Palo Alto High School track team hit the ground running. However, the Paly jumpers, those track members who participate in the high jump, long jump, and triple jump, could be seen just walking. “So far we’ve barely started jumping this... Read more »

Girls’ and Boys’ track and field overpower Los Altos

Pippa Raffel, Staff Writer
March 27, 2013
Filed under Spring Sports, Track & Field

Paly girls' track and field smashed Los Altos 89-33 Tuesday afternoon, and the boys clenched a nail-biter, 65-62. Although the meet is considered home for the Vikings, it took place at Los Altos due to the lack of jumping facilities at Paly. The meet started off rough for the Lady Vikes as the girls'... Read more »

2012 London Olympics preview

Hilda Huang, Business Manager
June 22, 2012
Filed under Basketball - Boys, Basketball - Girls, Features, Gymnastics, Pro Sports, Spring Sports, Swimming - Boys, Swimming - Girls, Top Stories, Track & Field, Volleyball, Winter Sports

The Viking will provide online, Twitter and Facebook updates on Paly's Olympic hopefuls and Olympians beginning Monday, June 25 at the 2012 USA Swimming and Diving Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebr. until the Aug. 12 closing ceremonies at the 2012 London Olympics.  When the countdown clock in Trafalgar... Read more »

Liveblog: 2012 CIF States Track and Field

Hilda Huang, Staff writer
June 1, 2012
Filed under Spring Sports, Top Stories, Track & Field

Note: The most updated information will be listed at the top of the page. You can also see the unabridged results at the RecordTiming results page. Finals 9:01 p.m.: Sarah Baxter ('13) of Simi Valley wins the girls' 3200-meter run with a time of 10:12.00. 8:56 p.m.: Noel Frazier ('12) of California... Read more »

Boys’ track and field makes Paly history winning CCS championship title; individual girls’ place seventh

Nikolai Solgaard, Staff writer
May 26, 2012
Filed under Top Stories, Track & Field

Boys’ track and field made history last night at Gilroy High School, winning Paly’s first ever Central Coast Section (CCS) championship title. The Vikings had a total of eight boys qualified to compete in this meet.  Paly was represented in the 4x100-meter relay, the 4x400-meter relay, the 100 and... Read more »

Brief: 10 track athletes advance to CCS finals

Hilda Huang, Business Manager
May 19, 2012
Filed under Spring Sports, Top Stories, Track & Field

Paly has qualified 10 athletes for the Central Coast Section (CCS) Championship finals at today's CCS semifinal meet in Gilroy. In the running disciplines, the winner of each heat advances, as well as those with the next four fastest times. In the field events, the top eight scores qualify for the finals. E.J.... Read more »

Boys’ track and field place first at SCVAL qualifier meet; girls’ place fourth

Nora Rosati, Nikolai Solgaard, Editor-in-Chief, Staff Writer
May 11, 2012
Filed under Top Stories, Track & Field

Boys’ and girls’ track and field competed at the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League (SCVAL) qualifier meet this Friday at Santa Clara High School. Boys’ placed first with a 57 point lead over 13 other teams; girls’ placed fourth with 41 points. The boys’ began with a win in the 4x100 meter... Read more »

Track and field dominates in the De Anza League finals meet: boys’ placed first, girls’ placed second

Anne Hildebrand, Grant Shorin, Nikolai Solgaard, Nora Rosati, Staff Writers, Editor-in-Chief
May 3, 2012
Filed under Top Stories, Track & Field

The Palo Alto High School track and field team dominated the De Anza League finals meet today at the Los Altos track. The boys’ placed first overall with a total of 193 points; the girls’ placed second with 79 points. Nine meet records were broken between the girls’ and boys’ team. The boys’... Read more »

Brief: Girls’ track and field defeats Lynbrook

Nikolai Solgaard, Grant Shorin, Staff Writers
May 2, 2012
Filed under Track & Field

The girls’ track and field team defeated Lynbrook at home, 76-51. The Lady Vikes got out to a early lead, winning the 4×100 meter relay with a time of 50.25 seconds. Katy Foug (‘15) added five more points for the Vikes, after finishing first in the 1600 meter run in 5:19.84 minutes. Torie... Read more »