Arcadia High School Boys Gold Varsity Golf team placed first at the West Covina tournament March 31 at South Hills Country Club.

And the Cardinal team placed third.

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Kevin Chen

Additionally, Freshman Kevin Chen shot a 72 to win the Low Medalist. Arcadia continues to have a tremendous season with an overall record of 11-0 and 7-0 in the Pacific League, according to Robert Greep, AHS Litetech Varsity Golf Coach.
– By Scott Hettrick

The Arcadia High School Boys Varsity golf teams that were sent to the high desert classic golf tournament in Apple Valley this month took first place and second place, according to AHS Litetech Varsity Golf Coach Robert Greep.

First place went to Team A: Bryan Shin, Kevin Chen, William Oetejo, Andrew Baek. Second place went to Team B: Richard Jeong, Brandon Truoung, James Cheng, Showta Moriyama.

Bryan Shin won first place medalist with a one over par 71, Freshman Kevin Chen won second medalist with a 76.

Athletes from hundreds of schools and about two-dozen states plus Canada will compete Friday and Saturday, April 9-10 at the largest high school track meet in the country, the 44th annual Arcadia Invitational at the Arcadia High School.

25 national records have been set at the meet, which has also proven to be a breeding ground for Olympic athletes — 125 of them competed here first, including Marion Jones.

The first competitions start at 4:30 Friday and run all day and evening Saturday.

Following is a video highlight of the 2008 event.

 

The Arcadia High School cross-country team won the Nike National Championship meet on Saturday in Portland, Ore. and finished the season undefeated.
Even though the Apache team phenom Ammar Moussa, lost his first race of the season, finishing fourth, and the team’s 92 points was the fewest ever scored in the meet, the team was thrilled with the outcome. Read more in the Pasadena Star-News.

Arcadia student cross country runners, a figure skater, and a baton twirler were all extremely successful in major competitions from Long Beach to France last week.

Arcadia High senior Ammar Moussa led the Apache cross country team to CIF State titles at Woodward Park, Ca., Saturday, completing an undefeated season. Moussa had the day’s fastest time on the 5-kilometer course at 14 minutes, 43 seconds. It was the second-fastest time on the course and the fastest in a State Division I race. The Apaches boys won the team title by 84 points, their first state crown. Their team time of 76:12 was the fastest ever for the course, according to the Pasadena Star-News. Moussa and the team compete in the 7th Annual Nike Cross Nationals championship in Portland, Oregon this Saturday, Dec. 4.

Mirai Nagasu is thrilled to win first Grand Prix figure skating medal -- silver -- in France.

On the same day in France, 17-year-old Olympic figure skater Mirai Nagasu of Arcadia medaled for the first time at a Grand Prix event, winning the silver at the Trophee Eric Bompard in France on Saturday. The event was shown on NBC Sunday afternoon. After finishing second in her short program to the “Witches of Eastwick” soundtrack, Mirai had the highest-scoring free skate to music from “Memoirs of a Geisha” but her overall score ranked less than two points behind gold medalist Kiira Korpi of Finland. The medal was notable for Mirai, who placed two spots ahead of prominent Japanese skater Mao Asada, because Mirai had been off the ice for six weeks in July/August with a right ankle stress fracture. She won the short program at the Cup of China earlier this month but dropped to fourth after the free skate.
Mirai had to leave Arcadia High School after her sophomore year to focus on her training for the Olympics last February and as her mother Ikuko was battling cancer. At the family Kiyosuzu restaurant on Baldwin Avenue, Ikuko recently told ArcadiasBest.com that she has recovered well so far from the cancer and is splitting her time working some evening shifts and shuttling Mirai back and forth to her training at Lake Arrowhead.

Kelsey Miller wins four state baton twirling titles.

Six days earlier on Nov. 21, First Avenue Middle School 7th grader Kelsey Miller won four State Titles in Long Beach at the 2011 State Twirl Championships — Intermediate State Twirl; Intermediate State X-Strut; All Level State 3-Baton; and Beginner State 2-Baton Titles.
Kelsey juggles three batons at once as the feature twirler for the First Avenue Spartan’s marching band led by Michael Danielson.

– By Scott Hettrick