By Pete Borello

The Los Altos High girls dominate the 100-meter dash at Thursday’s De Anza Division finals, with Alyssa Biondi, fifth from left, winning and Martina Mickos, fourth from left, finishing second.

The surprise of last week’s SCVAL De Anza Division track and field finals had to be the Los Altos High girls.

It’s no secret that the Eagles have talent – particularly in the sprints, hurdles and jumps – but their lack of depth has dogged them for much of the season.

But on Thursday, Los Altos could not be beat. Competing on their own track against the division’s best, the Eagles tied Los Gatos for first place with 97 points.

“I was happy that the varsity girls tied for first place – especially since they are fifth in the league right now,” Los Altos co-head coach Robyn Hughes said. “It was nice to see them victorious after a 2-4 league season.”

Along with winning four of the 15 events, the Eagles posted three second-place finishes and a pair of thirds.

Kristin Rimbach accounted for two of the victories – in the high jump (5 feet, 6 inches) and triple jump (32-9 3/4) – and the junior finished fifth in the long jump (15-6 1/2).

“Kristin Rimbach was invaluable to us,” Hughes said. “By winning the triple and high jump, she earned us at least 20 points.”

The Eagles’ sprinters, running individually and in relays, provided plenty of points as well.

Los Altos won the 4×100-meter relay, as the team of Martina Mickos, Alyssa Biondi, Ivy Gates and Katy Kaszubinski combined for a time of 48.28 seconds. The 4×400 relay came in fourth (4:12.56).

The Eagles dominated the 100 dash, landing four runners among the top six. Biondi won the race (12.60), Mickos placed second (12.69), Gates fourth (13.13) and Kaszubinski sixth (13.37).

Los Altos had three runners earn points in the 400 dash: Julia Kirchofer finished second (1:03.01), Molly McShane fifth (1:04.08) and Nicole Duller sixth (1:04.57). The Eagles had a similar showing in the 200 dash, in which Mickos took second (25.76), Biondi third (26.12) and Gates sixth (26.91).

Hughes said she was “very impressed by sophomore Julia Kirchhofer” in the 400.

Two other sophomores also contributed to the Eagles’ cause. Grace Lo, promoted to varsity last month, placed third in the 300 hurdles (49.02) and sixth in the 100 hurdles (17.88). Paige Logan notched third in the shot put with a personal-record toss of 34-6.

Thursday’s De Anza Division meet wasn’t nearly as memorable for the depleted Los Altos boys, who finished last among the seven teams participating.

“Our boys, however, have been hit with a spell of injuries and illness that kept some of our top runners out of the competition,” Hughes said.

The Eagles, 3-3 in dual meets, scored just 20 points Thursday and didn’t win an event.

Los Altos’ best finish came in the 110 hurdles, in which David Wobber placed third (43.55). The junior took fifth in the 300 hurdles (43.55) and ran on the Eagles’ sixth-place 4×400 relay (3:41.70).

Los Altos’ 4×100 relay finished fifth (45.22). The Eagles also received fifth-place finishes from Eric Safai in the 1,600 run (4:31.06), Stephen Hine in the discus (126-9) and Charles Olaires in the shot put (41-11 1/2). Hine was sixth in the shot put (41-11).

Brad Greathouse placed sixth in the triple jump (40-7 1/2) and high jump (5-8), tying teammate Chris Imprescia in the latter.

Spartans please coach

Mountain View High’s overall performance at the De Anza Division meet left head coach Evan Smith smiling.

“I couldn’t be happier with our team’s success (Thursday),” he said. “Given that this was our first year in the upper league, I was ecstatic to find out that we scored more combined points (boys and girls, varsity and junior varsity/frosh-soph) than any other school at the meet.”

The Spartans finished third on the varsity girls side (76 points) and fourth among the varsity boys (50), while their junior-varsity girls placed first (134) and frosh-soph boys second (97).

Mountain View’s varsity girls, undefeated in dual meets, scored points in nine events.

Their lone win came in the 1,600 run. Smith said junior Mary Reynolds’ 5:05.77 effort “was exciting, especially given the quality of milers in our league.”

Alex Westbrook took fifth in that race (5:18.15), then came back to finish second in the 3,200 run (11:27.59). Kristine Talbot was fifth in the 3,200 (11:38.32).

Kelly Thom finished in the top four in three events. The senior was second in the triple jump (32-8 3/4), third in the long jump (15-7 1/2) and fourth in the high jump (5-0).

Freshman teammate Christina Nilles placed fourth in the triple jump (32-2 3/4) and in the 100 hurdles (17.52). Katherine Johnson was third in the discus (100-11) and fourth in the shot put (33-11 1/2).

Mountain View went 3-4 in the 400 dash, with Lisa Erkander (1:03.07) coming in just ahead of Ariana Mott (1:03.83).

“Lisa Erkander had a tough day, falling in two events, but came back big with a third in the 400,” Smith said, “and she led off our third-place 4×400 team.”

The relay – also featuring Alyssa Breetwor, Zoe Pappas and Reynolds – set a personal record by clocking 4:12.24. The Spartans’ 4×100 relay took fifth (53.44).

The Mountain View boys captured one event: the 4×400 relay. The team of Markus Rutner, Sam Lindley, Aaron Landrith and Kayvon Sotoudeh finished in 3:31.51.

“Winning the boys 4×400 at the end of the meet was easily the highlight of the meet for our team,” Smith said.

Rutner, a sophomore, also placed second in the 400 dash (personal-record 50.84), fifth in the 200 dash (23.84) and was a member of the Spartans’ sixth-place 4×100 relay (45.33). Landrith added a fourth in the 800 run (2:00.32) and Sotoudeh a fourth in the 200 dash (23.42).

“Mark had a huge day on the whole,” Smith said.

Aditya Kadam added a third in the triple jump (41-8 1/2), while sophomore Ian Myjer finished fourth in the 1,600 run (4:30.57) and fifth in the 3,200 run (9:52.17). He was followed by teammate Neil Lingarkar in the 3,200 (9:54.4).

Juniors Lyndon Lew and Theodore Peng finished 4-5 in the 110 hurdles, clocking 17.05 and 17.36, respectively. Sophomore Garrett Rowe was sixth in the 1,600 run (4:32.78), the same place teammate Adam Yefet finished in the discus (122-11).

Sunny shines

The Gunn High girls finished fifth with 71 points, 28 of which came from Los Altos Hills resident Sunny Margerum.

The sophomore won the 100 hurdles (15.69) and long jump (17-1 3/4) and placed second in the 300 hurdles (45.83).

Qualifier set for Friday

Next up for the local track teams: the SCVAL Qualifier. The top competitors from the De Anza and El Camino divisions are scheduled to face off 3 p.m. Friday at Los Gatos High, vying for berths in the Central Coast Section semifinals May 17 in Gilroy.

Contact Pete Borello at peteb@latc.com.