SAN MATEO — Westmoor High sophomore John Paul Williams took fifth in the 300-meter hurdles, walked over and cleared 12 feet, 6 inches in the pole vault, equalling his personal-best. Then he proceeded to clear 13-0 and 13-6 to win the pole vault and provide the crucial points as Westmoor won its fourth Peninsula Athletic League boys track and field team title in the past five years with 77.5 points.

"What an incredible athlete," Westmoor coach Ron DiMaggio said. "That was a good way to end the season, a lot of fun. If I feel this way after 29 years, maybe I ought to come back for 30."

Carlmont, led by Brad Surh's sweep of the distance events, was second with 69.

Surh, who won the 3,200 on Monday, came back on Wednesday to win the 1,600 by a big margin in a time of 4 minutes, 22.75 seconds, and then took the 800 in 1:58.05. He also ran a leg on the 4x400 relay in an attempt to help the Scots capture the team title. But Westmoor, which won both relays, had a little too much depth.

Menlo-Atherton, behind double victories from Caprice Powell (100 and 200), Kim O'Donnell (100 hurdles and 300 hurdles) and Ashby Cogan (long jump and triple jump), won the girls team title with 107 points. It was M-A's fifth consecutive PAL girls title. Burlingame was second with 81 points. Powell and O'Donnell also teamed with Kelly Branning and Dominique Greene to win the 4x100 relay.

San Mateo's Kendall Spencer joined Surh as a triple winner. Spencer won the long

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jump April 30 on the first day of the PAL finals. He came back Wednesday to win the 100 (11.29) and the 200 (22.27).

"I think at CCS he could run 10.8 or 10.7 in the 100 and is very capable of doing 21.8 or 21.9 in the 200," San Mateo coach Ed Riley said. "Long range the long jump will be his best event. He can go 23 feet at CCS."

San Mateo crossed the finish line first in the 4x100 relay, but was disqualified, preventing Spencer from being the meet's only quadruple winner.

Burlingame's Dominic Byrne was a double winner in the 110 high hurdles (15.45) and the high jump (6-4). He also took third in the 100 in 12.03.

Byrne will develop his versatility further in college at Cal Poly, where he will focus on the decathlon.

"It should be more fun than just one event," said Byrne, who also played soccer and football for Burlingame. "It will keep me busy."

Mills' Josh Uikilifi won the shot put at 51-7 to go with the discus title he won earlier.

"I need to work on my finish," Uikilifi said. "My coach (Pat Lewis) said I'm still too low. If I can throw 51 like this, I should be able to throw way further when I get my arm up. My goal is to get to state and throw over 55 feet. I've done it in practice. I just have to do it in meets."

Woodside's Alex Craig won the 400 in 50.86, then took second in the 200 behind Spencer in 22.80.

Craig has a best of 50.28 in the 400, and is looking for that first sub-50.0 race at CCS.

"I'm just learning how to run the 400," Craig said. "Each time I run it I get better."

Craig is the son of former 49ers running back Roger Craig, but doesn't play on the Woodside football team.

"I played football for six years in Pop Warner and as a freshman," he said. "I've found my own niche. I really value finding something of my own. I want to make my own legacy."

Half Moon Bay's Lauren Irish won the girls 400 (59.38) and took second in the 200. Teammate Sammy Hamilton put on a kick at the end of the 1,600 to edge Carlmont's Mary Rhoades in 5:09.62. And Carlmont's Justine Fedronic, after not competing for the bulk of the season, made her return with a victory in the 800 in 2:17.36. Fedronic ran 2:08.08 as a sophomore.