Vincent W. (Vince) Breddell III, a star sprinter at Kearny in 1969 and ’70, passed recently.
Coach Jim Cerveny’s teams, which battled Clairemont for Western League domination, were built around the swift Breddell.
Breddell was fourth in the state 100-yard dash final at Berkeley in 1970 after winning the San Diego Section championship in :09.7. He won his heat in the state trials at Berkeley in :09.7.
Breddell had a best time of :21.2 in the 220-yard dash, was a triple winner in the 1970 Western League finals, :09.8 100, :21.4 220, and anchor leg of the winning (:42.3) 440-yard relay with teammates Tony Berg, Greg Jackey, and Michael Cornell.
Breddell won the San Diego Section championship with a :09.8 100 in 1970 and finished first in the 220 in :21.4 but was disqualified because he was outside his lane during the race. Lane inspector Tony Sucec unpopularly reported that Breddell took four steps on the white line that separated his lane from that of teammate Michael Cornell.
Breddell also won the Western League 100 in 1969 and was a three-year member of Kearny’s championship 440-yard relay teams.
Thanks to Rich Peralta for notification.
Hail, to Vince Breddell, “The Kearny Komet”, Class of 1970.
A fellow sprinter of that year.
Vince was such a nice young man! We ran track together! Rest in peace, my friend. 😓💫👏🏻🙏🏻❤️