DAVIS BENSON
School: Moorpark
Year: Junior
Sport: Track and field
Comment: The junior broke his own school record in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 14.29 seconds, helped the Musketeers’ 4×100 relay team set a school mark with a winning time of 41.55, and finished second in the high jump with a clearance of 6 feet, 7 inches, at the Maurice Greene Invitational last Saturday at Oaks Christian School.
OLIVIA KIRK
School: Calabasas
Year: Senior
Sport: Track and field
Comment: The University of Oklahoma commit won the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes at the Maurice Greene Invitational last Saturday at Oaks Christian School. Kirk’s time of 11.51 seconds in the 100 moved her to ninth on the all-time area list and is the sixth-best wind legal time in the nation this year. Her time of 23.46 in the 200 was the fifth-best in area history, 10th in the national for all conditions and second wind legal. Both times are the fastest in California this season.
The athletes are chosen by The Star sports staff.
This article originally appeared on Ventura County Star: The Ventura Orthopedics Athletes of the Week
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