2018: Jackson Seeks Double at State Meet

The San Diego Section has not had an individual champion in the state meet since 2015 or a double winner since 2012.

Eastlake’s Jalyn Jackson has a chance to reverse the trend this week in the 100^th championships at Clovis Buchanan High.

Jackson, fourth in the long jump and second in the triple jump in 2017, is seeded first in each event entering Friday’s trials, off his performance in the Section meet at Mt. Carmel.

Seedings are not based on individual seasonal bests but on performances in last week’s 10 section finals throughout the state.

Numbers in parenthesis in the table below reflect seeding positions.

Madison’s Kenan Christon (long jump), Jessica Riedman (800), And El Centro Southwest’s Tyler Saikhon (300 hurdles) have withdrawn to concentrate on other events.

Mt. Carmel’s Quoi Ellis had the fastest time in the state last week with a wind-aided: 21.19 200 and Christon was second at: 21.20.  Coronado’s Alysha Hickey was the leader with a 19-10 ½ wind-aided long jump.

Ellis was third in the 200 in 2017 at: 21.25w.  La Costa Canyon’s McKenna Brown was fifth in the girls’ 1600 in 4:51.74.

Several others who competed at Clovis last season, including San Dieguito’s Kevin Ward, ninth at 14-10 in the pole vault, and Vista’s Alia Scott, ninth at: 45.28 are back and among the higher seed this year.

SINGLES AND DOUBLES

The last two-time winner in girls competition was Morse’s legendary Monique Henderson in the 200 (:23.19) and 400 (:50.74) in 2000.  Darren Fahy of La Costa Canyon doubled in the 1600 (4:08.78) and 3200 (9:03.29) in 2012.

The last individual winners were Cathedral’s Hannah Labrie Smith in 2015 in the 300 hurdles (:41.67) and Oceanside’s Charles Lenford in the discus (195-4).

SPIKE MARKS

Josh Farmer, Rancho Bernardo’s Section-winning 300 hurdler, is a third generation standout, following grandfather Dixon Farmer and father Matt Farmer…Dixon Farmer was the state champion from Orinda Miramonte in the 440 in 1958 and ’59 with winning times of:48.6 each year…he also was a leading 180-yard low hurdler with a best of :19.1 and later was head coach at San Diego State…Matt Farmer was a decathlete and high jumped 6 feet, 10 inches at Monte Vista… Karson Lippert, who sustained a leg muscle injury in the San Diego Section trials, reportedly is taking part in some 7-on-7 football passing drills at La Costa Canyon…Lippert is expected to be one of the better running backs in the Fall if he can avoid hamstring issues or knee contusions…La Costa’s Jessica Riedman is said to be transferring and would compete next year for Irvine Woodbridge…a rattlesnake was spotted in the area of the discus competition at Mt. Carmel last week…officials with shovel and bucket removed the critter….

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