Boothby completes career triple crown at Dublin following girls 800 win, Volkmer captures second sombrero with 3,200 victory, Raker becomes first Nevada female athlete to triumph in meet history; Dietz delivers determined double, Hedlund highlights memorable boys 1,600 and Overgaard earns first title at Dublin

By Erik Boal, DyeStat Editor

DUBLIN, Calif. – From the deepest boys 1,600 meters in meet history to the completion of the career triple crown by Scotts Valley standout Ashlyn Boothby to the courageous 3,200 and distance medley relay double by Berkeley senior Olaf Dietz, the Dublin Distance Fiesta showcased strength, speed and selflessness Saturday at Dublin High.

And in addition to those highlights were the global achievements of improving upon one existing world record and producing another.

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Following a remarkable 411 male competitors eclipsing the 5-minute barrier in the 1,600 at the meet last year, the global all-time mark was elevated to 568 athletes Saturday, including three of the five fastest performers in meet history.

Not to be overshadowed, the previous world record of 268 female competitors running sub-6 efforts in the 1,600 was also easily surpassed, as 333 athletes achieved the feat, including the first championship victory by a Nevada high school girl in meet history.

Eleanor Raker, a junior at Galena High in Reno, won the girls 1,600 in 4:54.26, with fellow 11th-grader Kylie Hoornaert from Prospect High in Saratoga, Calif., clocking 4:55.23 to place second.

Amaya Aramini, a Notre Dame-bound senior at Bishop Manogue High in Nevada, took third in 4:58.40.

A trio of juniors from the Central Coast Section excelled in the boys 1,600, with San Jose Pioneer standout Carson Hedlund producing a well-timed surge in the final 200 to prevail in 4:12.89, the second-fastest performance in meet history.

Eli Fitchen-Young from Santa Cruz clocked 4:13.55 to secure runner-up, elevating to No. 4 all-time at Dublin, with Menlo School’s Landon Pretre running 4:13.78 to ascend to No. 5 in meet history.

Boothby, a Stanford commit who has returned to competition in the past month after suffering a stress fracture in her foot following cross country season, triumphed in the girls 800 in 2:14.70.

Boothby became the only athlete in meet history to secure championship victories in the 800, 1,600 and 3,200 in her career, earning sombreros in the other two events last season.

Ava Kopec, a Cal commit from Rocklin Whitney High, placed second in 2:17.04 and Vacaville sophomore Khloe DeLaTorre finished third in 2:17.11.

Jeffrey Overgaard, a senior at Stockton Lincoln High, prevailed in the boys 800 in 1:54.46.

San Domenico senior Joaquin Foster placed second in 1:55.50, with Hedlund taking third in 1:55.76.

Following her anchor leg on Campolindo’s meet-record 4x800 relay performance Friday, Colorado State commit Shea Volkmer added another victory Saturday with a 10:24.71 effort in the 3,200, the event’s No. 3 all-time mark.

Raker achieved runner-up in 10:36.73 and Aramini was third in 10:38.36. Aramini improved from running 5:05.37 and 10:54.90 last year at Dublin.

After Oakdale’s Omar Alsaidi and Sonora’s Broen Holman controlled the majority of the second half of the boys 3,200, Dietz delivered a 59-second final lap to surpass both athletes and emerge victorious in 9:04.42.

Holman held on for second in 9:06.07 and Alsaidi took third in 9:06.39.

Dietz returned to the track less than an hour later to anchor Berkeley’s distance medley relay, nearly achieving another come-from-behind victory for the Yellowjackets.

Despite boasting a lineup with two freshmen and a sophomore, Carmichael Jesuit managed to hold off Berkeley by a 10:30.10 to 10:30.56 margin in the DMR.

Matthew Ogilvie, senior Jonah Reynolds, Lucas Alberts and sophomore Drake Hoferer produced the third-fastest performance in meet history, including the top mark since 2017.

Mason Mullen, Hayden Morris, Leighton Sproul and Dietz elevated to No. 4 all-time at the meet.

Fitchen-Young anchored in 4:18 for Santa Cruz, including a 59-second final lap, to place fourth in 10:37.13 after winning the title last year. Mathilda Torres was third in 10:32.32.

San Francisco University became the first Division 5 program in meet history to win the girls DMR championship, with Sophia Nichol, Hanae Kambara-Coughlin, Chapel King and Lucinda Laughlin clocking 12:48.02 to prevail against division counterpart Bay School of San Francisco in 12:55.97.

Evergreen Valley freshman Sivani Kaliki ran 5:20.90 to take 11th place in the 27th of 29 sections in the girls 1,600, helping achieve the 269th sub-6 performance to secure the world record.

Bishop O’Dowd sophomore Sebastian Taylor placed 10th in 4:40.45 the 54th of 60 sections in the boys 1,600 to produce the 412th sub-5 effort, surpassing last year’s global all-time mark.