With CIF competition not too far down the road, several local scholastic track teams are off and running toward great seasons. At The Bishop’s School, the boys have posted a 4-1 record to date, while the girls have sprinted to a 3-1 mark. Key members have included Taylor Maxey, who is leading the Coastal Conference and is one of the top five in San Diego in discus. Her best throw to date is 118’6.5″. “The wonderful thing about Taylor is how great of a competitor she is,” Bishop’s head coach April Guinchard noted. “She is consistently throwing in the 110-foot range in the discus and over 30 in the shot. I expect to see impressive performances from her in CIFs.” Also doing well is Alissa Campanero, who leads the conference in both the 400 and 800 with a 61.14 and a 2:21, respectively. She is currently ranked eighth in San Diego in the 800 and has only competed twice in the event. Campanero also anchors the 4×400 team, which returns with all of its runners from the CIF finalist team last year (Laura Wyatt, Serena Glynn and Lauren Collins) and will also have freshman Morgan Hicks. Alfredo Corral is leading the conference in the 400 with 50.11 (ran 49.0 split in relay this past weekend at the Grizzly Invite) and is currently ranked ninth in San Diego. Corral runs a 22.84 in 200 (second in conference) and a 2:03 in 800 (only second time to run it as well). Will Wilde Botta turned in a 4:41 in the 1600 this past weekend at Grizzly and 10:23 in 3200. “Will is undoubtedly one of the top young distance runners, if not the top young distance runner, in San Diego,” Guinchard noted. Peter Bestoso has done well in the triple jump (42’5″) and long jump (20’1″), while freshman Jenn Akin leads the conference in the 110 hurdles (17.84) and the 300 hurdles (52.14). She is also one of the top long jumpers (15’5″). She is accompanied in the 110 hurdles by freshman Chloe Foussianes (17.94), who is second behind her in conference action. Sophmore Serena Glynn follows Akin in the 300IH (52.91) at second position in the conference. Guinchard also noted the efforts of Hicks, who jumped 15’8″  in her first time to jump this year. She will also be a major force in the 4×400 mentioned above, according to Guinchard. Wyatt (senior) and Collins (sophomore) in both the 800 and 1600 have done well, as Wyatt ran a 2:23 (second in conference) at Grizzly and Collins is running a 2:33.   Bishop’s also has a great group of distance runners with seniors Elizabeth Schulze (12:11 in 3200), Naomi Wagner and Alicia Triana. Elsewhere, both the La Jolla Country Day (LJCD) School boys and girls teams entered action this week unbeaten at 4-0. LJCD had a number of members invited to the San Diego County Frosh/Soph meet. Those members include: Frosh boys — Noah Wolfenzon in the 1600 and 800, Jake Mack in the 3200; Frosh girls — Maya Hood in the 100 and 200, Kaitlin McCallum in the pole vault, long jump and 100 hurdles; Alaciel Torres in the triple jump; Soph boys — Sage Hagstrom in the 400 and 200; Phillip Poyhonen in the  pole vault, Lee Klitzner in the 1600, Chase Mertz in the 300 hurdles. Finally, the La Jolla High girls team posted a 96-39 victory last week over Our Lady of Peace. Freshman Vanora Guerard won the long jump, triple jump and 100 high hurdles and was on the winning 4×100 relay team, while junior Kiley Henry won the 100 and 200, and was on the winning 4×100 relay. Henry placed second in the long jump competition. On Saturday, Nihal Kayali improved her time in the 800 at the UCSD Triton Invitational by two seconds with a time of 2:13.40. This puts Kayali as the county leader in the 800 and number two on La Jolla’s all-time Top 10 board. On Saturday at the Mustang relays at Otay Ranch High School, La Jolla’s triple jump team of Guerard, Heather Martin and Marley Herrick broke the team school record by 18 inches. Their combined distances were 96’7.75″, as Guerard jumped 35’11″, a 2-inch personal record. Guerard is currently fifth in the county, first as a freshman in the county and sixth as a freshman in the state. — Editor’s note: The La Jolla High boys team did not respond to a request for information on its team.