The Twentynine Palms High School Track and Field team traveled to Shadow Hills for the De Anza League Finals CIF Qualifying Meet yesterday. Twenty-three athletes competed. The girls’ squad of nine athletes earned 60 points for a fourth place. The top scorers were team captain Stacy Holmes, and Laveena Benavente. The boys were victorious with 113 points and saw four athletes earn De Anza League Championships. Seniors, Marcus Chestnut (triple jump) and Alan Vander Maas (discus) each earned their third consecutive DAL title. Senior, David Haney’s victorious time of 10.91 in the 100 meter was his third sub-eleven second performance of the season. 2012 league MVP, Diante Aiken won all three of his individual events. Aiken earned the most points of any male competitors and was named a De Anza League most valuable player for his efforts. Laveena Benavente earned the sole championship for Lady Wildcats with a personal record in the discus throw. Fourteen Wildcats qualified for the CIF Preliminary meet next week in Carpinteria.
