Escalante is SBART Athlete of the Week

Jessica Escalante was named female Athlete of the Week by the Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table on Monday during the weekly press luncheon at Harry's Plaza Café. The award is given to the top performer in Santa Barbara for all high school and college sports.

The sophomore from Dos Pueblos High was a four-time winner in the WSC Relays last Friday at Ventura. She ran on three winning relay teams and captured the javelin with a heave of 31.95 meters.

The 4 x 100 relay unit of Olivia Loy, Dominique Hinds, Marla Bonser and Escalante set a new school record with their 48.89 clocking. Escalante and Hinds also ran on the victorious 4 x 400 and 1600 sprint medley relay teams.

The Vaqueros open conference play on Friday in the WSC North meet at Bakersfield.