2018: Brown Now Tied for Third on 1600-Meter List
There still are a couple weeks before league trials for most San Diego Section athletes, but distance runners are setting themselves up for the big meets in May.
McKenna Brown of La Costa Canyon was beaten by Mariah Castillo of Saugus in a hot 1600-meter race in the Mt. San Antonio meet at El Camino College in Torrance last week, but Brown, while displaced as the state leader, still lowered her best time to 4:45.46.
Brown moved into a San Diego Section all-time third-place tie with Santana’s Tina Allen, who covered the same distance in 1982 in the same time as Brown, who trails only Alli Billmeyer of Torrey Pines, 4:41.71 in 2011, and Darcy Arreola of Grossmont, 4:42.77 in 1986.
La Costa’s Jessica Riedman advanced to 11th all-time with a 4:51.47 effort at Mt. Sac and teammate Kristin Fahy climbed to 17th with a 4:54.54. Fahy’s 10:22.53 earlier in the month at Arcadia moved her to No. 3 all-time.
GIRLS BEST MARKS TO 4/25
| Event | Name | Mark | Rank | State Leader | Mark |
| 100 Meters | Hickey, Coronado | :11.87 | 10 | Augustine, L.B. Poly | :11.56 |
| 200 Meters | Salongo, Mira Mesa | :24.89 | NR | Augustine | :23.73 |
| 400 Meters | Aragon, Cathedral | :57.15 | NR | Robinson-Jones, Oakland Bishop O’Dowd | :53.37 |
| 800 Meters | Manson, Eastlake | 2:11.80 | 5 | Brewer, San Ramon California | 2:08.99 |
| Morales, Scripps Ranch | 2:13.02 | 11 | |||
| Riedman, La Costa Canyon | 2:13.80 | 12 | |||
| 1600 Meters | Brown, La Costa Canyon | 4:45.46 | 2 | Castillo, Saugus | 4:43.69 |
| Riedman | 4:51.47 | 9 | |||
| Fahy, La Costa Canyon | 4:54.54 | 15 | |||
| 3200 Meters | Fahy | 10:22.53 | 9 | Denner, El Dorado Hills Oak Ridge | 10:08.01 |
| Brown, La Costa Canyon | 10:38.23 | 19 | |||
| 100 Hurdles | Redon, San Diego | :14.91 | NR | Hicks, Upland | :13.54 |
| 300 Hurdles | Scott, Vista | :43.44 | 9 | Robinson-Hubbard, Calabasas | :42.31 |
| Thomas, Torrey Pines | :44.34 | 14 | |||
| Occiano, Cathedral | :44.46 | 15T | |||
| 4×100 Relay | Eastlake | :48.17 | 21 | Upland | :45.71 |
| 4×400 Relay | Mission Hills | 3:55.84 | 16 | Dana Hills | 3:47.68 |
| High Jump | Hickey | 5-10 | 2 | Glenn, L.B. Wilson | 5-11 |
| Long Jump | Hickey | 19-5 ¼w | 3T | Shearer, San Jose Silver Creek | 20-1 |
| Brown, Westview | 18-8 | 20T | |||
| Triple Jump | Scott, Gompers | 39-0 | 13 | Fisher, San Jose Silver Creek | 42-9 |
| Shot put | Tuilefano, El Camino | 44-5 | 5 | Budwig, Fowler | 46-9 |
| DISCUS | Tuilefano | 151-2 | 6 | Groteger, Wheatland | 168-11 |
| Pole Vault | Cervantes,
Poway |
12-6 | 7T | Wong, Monterey Santa Catalina | 13-1 |
| Adamiec, Poway | 12-0 | 16T |