| | Published May 31st, 2017
| Camino Pablo Three-peats win in annual Rotary Field Day
| | | Submitted by Gary Irwin |  | | From left, Clara Cecchin, Mia Walloch, Olivia Metz and Ella Binney, third graders from Camino Pablo Elementary with their third place medals. Photo provided by Rebecca Metz |
Camino Pablo School's third-, fourth-, and fifth-graders won for the third straight year the 26th annual Moraga Rotary Field Day, amassing a record total of 103 points, eclipsing last year's 97 points. Second place went to Rheem School, with a total of 89 points.
Camino Pablo had the highest participation, with a record 60 percent of its potential athletes competing, and fielded 127 of the record 367 contestants from all Moraga schools including Saklan, which fielded 15 athletes. The total medal points for each school were: CP, 66; Rheem, 41; Los Perales, 35, and Saklan, 2.
The athletes winning the most points were both from Camino Pablo and Rheem. The High Point Boy was Tyler Schmidt, a third-grader in Mrs. Faber's class at Camino Pablo who won a gold and silver medal for eight points. There was a tie for High Point Girl, who each won three gold medals for 15 points each. They were Grace Charles, a third-grader in Mrs. Berkman's class, and Natalie Rane, a fourth-grader in Mrs. Drury's class, both at Rheem. The teacher whose students accumulated the most medal points was Mrs. Faber from Camino Pablo. These students and teachers will be guests at a lunch meeting of Moraga Rotary where they and Camino Pablo school will receive engraved plaques to recognize their accomplishments.
For the fourth year, the Field Day had the assistance of many of the men and women from the Saint Mary's College basketball teams, and the relay races were conducted by Coach Randy Bennett. The Gael athletes conducted the basketball throw event, and also helped officiate and judge the sprints, relays, sack races, and the newly introduced steeplechase event. Gold, silver, and bronze medals were awarded to the top three contestants in each event, and other contestants received a participant ribbon.
Moraga Rotary conducts Field Day as a community service to introduce elementary school children to entry-level track and field competition among the Moraga schools. The main goal is for the athletes, parents and teachers to enjoy the competition and to have a good time.
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 | | Winning third grade boys relay team from Camino Pablo. From left, Alexandre Farner, Zubin Rajesh, Maddox Johnson, and Colin Doherty. Photo provided | | | | | | | | | | | |
Lamorinda Weekly, Moraga CA