The warm days of spring aren’t here, but San Diego Section girls and boys performed above the temperature last Saturday in the season’s first major meet, Dennis McClanahan’s Mt. Carmel Invitational.
McClanahan, the 35-years-plus coach at Mt. Carmel and former Helix shot putter and discus twirler, has built his late-March event into one of the top early-season meets in Southern California.
The Arcadia Invitational is in two weeks, promising more good performances.
Karson Lippert, the state runner-up in the 400 at :46.98 last season and No. 2 all-time in San Diego, likely will run in the evening at Arcadia and his :48.03, second-in-the-state race at Mt. Carmel seems to indicate Lippert has recovered from an injury during football season.
Kenan Christon of Madison, whose :10.58 at Mt. Carmel ranks No. 11 all-time in the San Diego Section, also is a possibility for the evening invitational.
Arcadia meet director Rich Gonzalez was at Mt. Carmel and likely will give consideration to several others.
Coronado’s Alysah Hickey is third in three state Top 10 categories.
Hickey is seventh at :11.87 in the 100 meters, tied for second at 5 feet, 8 inches, in the high jump, and leads in the long jump, although her 19-5 ¼ had a tailwind of 2.2 miles per hour, above the limit of 2.0.
Eastlake’s Jalyn Jackson is the state leader at 24-5 ½ in the long jump and third at 49-3 ½ in the triple jump. Kevin Ward of San Dieguito is second at 16-1 in the pole vault.
Almost all marks came at the Mt. Carmel Invitational.
San Diego Section versus the state:
GIRLS
| Event
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Name | Mark | Place | Leader | Mark |
| 100 Meters | Hickey, Coronado | :11.87 | 7 | Wilson, Bakersfield Stockdale | :11.71 |
| 200 Meters | Salongo, Mira Mesa | :24.89w | 10 | Robinson-Jones, Oakland Bishop O’Dowd | :24.01 |
| 800 Meters | Morales, Scripps Ranch | 2:13.02 | 5 | Brewer, San Ramon California | 2:08.99 |
| Riedman, La Costa Canyon | 2:13.80 | 8 | |||
| 1600 Meters | Brown, La Costa Canyon | 4:56.20 | 8 | Friedman, Santa Cruz | 4:48.55 |
| 300 Hurdles | Thomas, Torrey Pines | :44.64 | 10 | Bernard-Joseph, Eastvale Eleanor Roosevelt | :42.46 |
| High Jump | Hickey | 5-8 | 2T | Glen, L.B. Wilson | 5-9 |
| Long Jump | Hickey | 19-5 ¼w | 1 | Downes, Tracy Kimball | *19-5 |
*Second place.
W–Wind-aided.
BOYS
| Event | Name | Mark | Place | Leader | Mark |
| 100 Meters | Christon, Madison | :10.58 | 3 | Hampton, Yucapia | :10.53 |
| Ellis, Mt. Carmel | :10.69 | 5 | |||
| 200 Meters | Christon | :21.42 | 4 | Hampton, Yucaipa | :21.26 |
| Ellis | :21.68 | 9 | |||
| Lippert, La Costa Canyon | :21.85 | 10 | |||
| 400 Meters | Lippert | :48.03 | 2 | Okonkwo, Murrieta Mesa | :47.77 |
| 1600 Meters | Brooker, Westview | 4:17.40 | 10 | ||
| 300 Hurdles | Farmer, Rancho Bernardo | :38.64 | 3 | Jackman, Concord Clayton Valley | :38.18 |
| Pole Vault | Ward, San Dieguito | 16-1 | 2 | Guttormsen, Davis | 17-1 |
| Sheldon, Mission Hills | 15-6 | 4 | |||
| Rice, Rancho Bernardo | 15-2 | 7 | |||
| Long Jump | Jackson, Eastlake | 24-5 ½ | 1 | Enos, S.F. St. Ignatius | *24-2 1/2 |
| Triple Jump | Jackson | 49-3 ½ | 3 | Stevenson, Temecula Great Oak | 50-5
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