Garcia, Giannone named Heritage High Athletes of Month

Baseball standout Jacob Garcia and track athlete Kaleigh Giannone have been named Menifee 24/7 April Athletes of the Month at Heritage High School.

Garcia went 3-0 as a pitcher in April with 25 strikeouts, allowing just five hits and two runs over 18 innings of work. For the season, he is 6-2 with a 0.73 ERA and 74 strikeouts.

Garcia has helped the Patriots to a 16-6 overall record, 10-3 in the Sunbelt League. He has signed a letter of intent to play for Colorado State University at Pueblo.

Giannone broke a seven-year-old school record in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 46.23 at the Flying Tiger Invitational April 1. Two weeks later, she broke the record again with a time of 46.07 at the prestigious Mt. SAC Relays. She also ran a 16.58 in the 100-meter hurdles at the Inland Empire Championships to place among the top finishers.

In league meets, she won both hurdles races against Perris, then she won the 300-meter hurdles and placed second in the 100 hurdles in a meet against Paloma Valley.

Giannone qualified for the CIF prelims, which will be held Saturday at Trabuco Hills. She has won the Menifee 24/7 Athlete of the Week award numerous times over the last two years.