One meet. Four events. Three personal records. An unforgettable conclusion to an unforgettable high school track and field career.

Such a resume can now aptly be recognized as senior Alok Subbarao’s, whose Thursday performances in the varsity 1600-, 800- and 3200-meter runs and the 1600-meter relay emboldened the hearts and spirits of many during the varsity boys’ track and field team’s 79-46 victory over the Los Altos Eagles.

The contest marked Subbarao’s last high school track and field dual meet, and, after spending all four of his years at Paly as a member of the track team, Subbarao did everything he could to make it his very best.

His string of breakthrough performances began early on in the meet during the 1600. Finishing eighth in the event, Subbarao shattered the five-minute barrier for the first time, coming in with a personal best of 4 minutes, 58.79 seconds.

“That was the best race I’ve ever run,” Subbarao said. “I paced well, threw in a surge, and kicked it in hard. Everything about it was perfect.”

Subbarao was also quick to mention fellow teammate and friend senior Tommy Angelopoulos, who also broke five minutes in the 1600 for the first time at 4:58.96 “after a season plagued with injuries and sicknesses,” Subbarao said.

Both received extensive accolades from the track and field team for their accomplishments, but the achievements were by no means to stop right then and there.

Subbarao went on to run a personal best in the varsity 800, finishing in 2:21.64. Later, he competed in the 3200, claiming seventh at 11:48.16. He garnered another personal best in the 400 during his lap-long anchor leg of the 1600 relay, finishing the loop in 63.1 seconds.

Not only was Subbarao able to notch, in one day, new personal bests in three events to his high school track and field record, but he was able to do so after putting up a daunting and uncommon quadruple, racing in four events for a total distance of about 3.75 miles in just one meet.

Boys’ head coach Jeff Billing, who has coached Subbarao for the past four years in both cross country and track and field, notes how far Subbarao has come since his earlier years on the teams.

“Alok joined cross country freshman year because Ben Beitler forced him to come, and sort of struggled through” Billing said. “Then, he came out a little late for track, didn’t get his prep, but stayed on the team anyway because he wanted to be a part of it… The rest is history. I could write pages on him. I’m so proud of him right now.”

Similarly, Subbarao is pleased with the successes he achieved Thursday: “I’m really satisfied with the way the season turned out,” he said.

His fellow teammates also admire his triumphs.

“Alok is the pride of Palo Alto,” sophomore runner Christine Chang said. “[Coach Paul] Jones and I call him the Viking god.”

While Subbarao will no longer be a part of the team next year, Billing believes he will still leave behind a legacy of valuable life-long lessons.

“All the hard work he’s put in should be inspiration to all people who have hopes and dreams,” Billing said.

With the win against Los Altos, the varsity boys’ track and field team completed its regular season with a perfect 6-0 record, finalizing its undefeated first place position in the De Anza division of the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League.

The victory can be accredited to a variety of reasons.

“It really had to do with teamwork,” junior Josh Davis said, while junior Daniel Yeh, who claimed second in the 800 at 2:05.32, points out the team’s overall strength: “I know all of us try hard during workouts. Lots of guys are fast. Like the coaches said at the beginning of the season, we don’t have many weaknesses.”

Ten points of the Vikings’ total 79 came from junior Pascal Truninger, who competed against only one other runner, Los Altos’ junior David Wobber, in both the 110- and 300-meter hurdles, coming out victorious in each at 16.90 and 43.50 respectively. The 300 hurdles event in particular required more mental attention from Truninger.

“At the 300, he [Wobber] was so fast,” Truninger said. “I was thinking, ‘Yeah, OK, keep it up.’ Then, at the 200, I thought, ‘Now, kick it, kick it.’ It felt good to win.”

Davis added five points of his own to the team’s from his first place finish in the 400 with a personal best of 53.15. Thursday was Davis’ first 400 race of the season, yet, motivated by the desire to compete in Leagues next week, he sprinted in for the win, and was consequently faced with a rush of emotion.

“I was really happy,” Davis said. “I almost cried. I’ve never won a race before. I thought, ‘I’m going to Leagues for the first time!’ I didn’t think I’d be that happy.”

Other solid showings came from the distance boys, who claimed eight of the top 10 places in the 1600, with junior Charlie Avis and seniors Gilbert Choi, Brian Hsueh, Brian Karvelas and Sam Jones in first, second, third, fourth and sixth at 4:26.82, 4:41.46, 4:43.19, 4:45.12 and 4:49.49 respectively.

In the 100, freshman Maurice Williams claimed first at 11.7 with sophomore Paul Brown a fraction of a second behind in a second place 11.73. Those standings reversed for the 200, during which Brown placed first at 23.02 and Williams second at 23.73.

Seniors Dom Powell and Mike Scott, junior Frank Wan and sophomore Tyler Nigro took control of the varsity jumping events Thursday. Scott placed first in the triple jump at 42 feet, 10½ inches, first in the long jump at 20 feet, 5½ inches and second in the high jump with a solid 6 feet. Powell took first in the high jump at 6 feet, 2 inches while Wan claimed third in the long jump at 17 feet, 7¾ inches and Nigro finished third in the high jump at 5 feet, 10 inches.

The Vikings now look to compete in the SCVAL Trials and Finals April 29 and May 1 respectively.

In order to do well next week, Truninger shares some simple words of wisdom to the team: “We have to stay focused and do our best.”