One year ago, walking out of the Westmont track and field awards ceremony, after placing second in the Women’s Heptathlon along and being a part of the first-ever Vanguard Women’s Golden State Athletic Conference Championship Team, Madera’s Penelopi Leach had one thing on her mind.
“I have been able to do a lot of amazing things in sports over my life, but that is my first real team championship,” she said.
Leach graduated from Madera as a four-year varsity athlete in soccer and track and field in 2020. She had her senior year track season cut because of the COVID-19 pandemic.