Castro Valley High's State Track Champions

It's difficult not to have Olympic dreams when you win two events at the California state track championships.

That's what Castro Valley High track stars Sasha Wallace and Nate Moore did less than two weeks ago.

However, the two 17-year-olds are not thinking too far into the future. They'll savor their double victories while they prepare for the next school year and another track season.

Wallace, a senior, will attend the University of Oregon on a track scholarship. Moore, a junior, will return to Castro Valley High.

For Wallace, it was the second year in a row that she'd captured both the girls' 100-meter hurdles and the triple jump crowns at the state meet.

Wallace won the 100-meter hurdles with a winning time of 13.43, three-tenths of a second ahead of the second place finisher.

She also grabbed the triple jump trophy with a leap of 41 feet, 9 inches, more than a foot ahead of second place.

Moore won the boys' triple jump with a leap of more than 50 feet, 11 inches, the best high school mark in the nation this year and more than two feet ahead of the second place finisher.

Earlier, he had surprised the other competitors in the long jump by capturing that event with a leap of more than 24 feet, 11 inches, his best effort of the season.

Both teens say they like track because, although it's a team sport, each event is an individual effort.

"It's an individual achievement. Win or lose, it's all me," said Moore.

Wallace, who lives in Castro Valley, has been running track since first grade.  She said she likes learning the techniques of each of her events and then honing those skills.

Wallace, who transferred to Castro Valley High from Holy Names High in Oakland two years ago, has to say goodbye to CVHS now.

"It'll be hard because I really like this school," she said.

Wallace isn't sure what she'll major in at the University of Oregon. She wants to explore different avenues of study first.

"My mind changes every other day," she said.

Moore, who lives in Castro Valley and transferred from Bishop O'Dowd High in Oakland last fall, isn't sure yet where he'd like to attend college. He's thinking about majoring in sports management or law.

Both will be 20 years old when the 2016 Olympics is held in Brazil. The teens said they try not to think about it too much because they know how tough it is to make it there.

"It definitely crosses my mind," said Wallace.

Castro Valley High track coach Dooney Jones said both athletes have a good chance to qualify for the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon. Making the Olympic team is always tough, though.

Jones said he enjoyed coaching both track stars this past season.

"It's been a joy and a delight," he said, "but it's also a challenge at the same time. You want to help them succeed and I didn't want to let them down."

He described Wallace as a pleasant, humble young woman who was always nervous at meets no matter what the level of competition.

"She doesn't take anything for granted," Jones said.

He said Moore is a quiet, unassuming young man who showed "great competitive spirit" at the state track championships.

Jones added he wasn't surprised both Moore and Wallace won their events.

"You could see it," he said. "With some kids, you just know they're going to win."