Track & Field: Alumni Competing in College
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Head Coach: Renee Capozzola
E-mail: rcapozzola@msn.com
Phone: Ext. 229
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2012 Season
- Updates & Photos
- Season Preview and Sea
Kings to Watch
- Roster
- Schedule
- Coaching Staff
Prior Seasons
School & Stadium Records
Alumni Competing in College
Links of Interest
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Alex Giacomin | James Klein | Whitney Liehr | Vincent Sghiatti
Chase Zuckerman | Erica Capellino | Keiko Hector
Alumni Competing in College
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| We are proud of the following PVHS Track & Field Alumni who are competing (or have competed) at the College level... |
Whitney Liehr (2007) -- Stanford -- Since her 2007 graduation from PVHS as the school record holder in four events, a state medalist in the triple jump, Athlete of the Year, and unquestionably one of the finest athletes ever to graduate from PVHS, Whitney has continued her amazing athletic career in College. As a sophomore at Stanford during 2009, Whitney achieved All-American status. During the indoor season Whitney qualified for the NCAA championships in the pentathlon, finishing 10th in large part on the strength of a 5'10" high jump and a 19'10" long jump. During the 2009 outdoor season Whitney focused on the triple jump, launching a monstrous 43'8" jump to take second place at the NCAA Western Regional, qualifying her for the outdoor NCAA championships, where she finished eleventh. In 2011 she placed fifth in the Women's Triple Jump at the NCAA Indoor Championships, again earning All-American status, with a mark of 43'6", then duplicated her fifth place finish at NCAA Outdoors in June with a mammoth leap of 44' 1.25" on her final attempt, the second best women's triple jump mark in Stanford history! |
 
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 Alex Giacomin (2008) -- Georgia -- After a remarkable PVHS career full of league titles and CIF appearances in the 400m, 4x400m, long jump, and high jump, Alex headed to the University of Georgia. Initially recruited as a multi-event athlete, he shifted his focus to the javelin and has found great success. In 2011 as a redshirt sophomore Alex placed seventh at the SEC finals and recorded a personal best of 209'4" at the Eastern Regional Meet.
< Alex Giacomin competes in the javelin at the 2011 NCAA East Regional. Photo by Michael Scott. |
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 James Klein (2009) -- Harvard -- In addition to being the best thrower PVHS has ever had (graduating with school records in both the shotput and discus), James was also an excellent football player. Now attending Harvard, James is a Defensive End for the Harvard football team. |
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 Vincent Sghiatti (2009) -- Brown -- Graduated in 2009 with a share of the school record in the 300 meter hurdles, and now competes as a hurdler for Brown. |
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| Chase Zukerman ('10) and Erica Capellino ('11) catch up at a College invitational. |
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 Chase Zukerman (2010) -- UCLA -- The leader of the best high school cross-country team in the history of the South Bay and a two-time CIF-SS Div. III finalist at 3200 meters, Chase Zukerman continues his distance career at UCLA.
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| Erica Capellino opened her USC distance career with an impressive second place finish at the 2011 Aztec Invitational. |
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Erica Capellino (2011) -- USC -- Erica departed PVHS in 2011 as one of the most accomplished distance runners ever at PVHS. She competed at the Southern Section Divisional Finals every year of her high school career in track and cross-country. She was the CIF-SS Div. III champion at 800 meters, medaled in numerous other Divisional Finals races, and advanced to state finals in the 1600m in 2011. She graduated as the new-era stadium record holder at 1600 meters and the PVHS school record holder at 1600 meters as well as part of the record-holding relay teams at 4x400 meters and the distance medley relay. |
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 Keiko Hector (2011) -- U. of Rhode Island -- Keiko's outstanding multi-event talents won her a full-ride athletic scholarship to the University of Rhode Island to compete as a heptathlete. Keiko won multiple Bay League
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| Photos courtesy of Michael Scott. |
championships throughout her career at 200m, 400m, high jump, 100m hurdles, and 300m hurdles. She graduated with school records at 200m, 400m, and high jump, as as part of the 4x400m relay record-holding team. She also finished sixth at the Arcadia Invitational Heptathlon her senior year. |
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