2022 Boys Track (4): No Gold Medals, But Helix and Parker Solid

Adren Parker drove Helix to a fifth place finish in the 4×400 relay as the Highlanders ran 3:15.79,  11th all-time in San Diego.  An added plus was Helix’s breaking the school record of 3:16.23, set in 2003.

Parker, a junior, also put 2023 rivals on notice with a fourth-place, :47.68 performance in the 400 meters that followed his Section all-time best of :46.82 in Friday’s state meet trials.

Parker ranked third in the 400 in the state and he bettered 48 seconds six times.

Helix finished 12th in team scoring with 10 points, followed by Steele Canyon, 6 1/3, San Marcos, 6, El Centro Southwest, 5, Francis Parker, 4, Vista, 3, El Camino and Otay Ranch, 2 each, and Mission Hills, 1.

Fresno Central’s 41 points won the team title, the first for a Central Section squad since Bakersfield in 1992.  The last San Diego Section team to win was El Camino in 1978.

102^nd STATE TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS
@CLOVIS BUCHANAN HIGH VETERANS’ STADIUM
SAN DIEGO SECTION FINISHERS IN ITALICS

100—Pleasant (Gardena Serra), :10.30.

200—Pleasant (Gardena Serra), :20.56.

400—Walker (Fresno Central), :47.49.  4—Parker (Helix), :47.68. 7. Brotschi (Otay Ranch), :48.57.

800—Delvecchio (Ojai Thacher), 1:50.82. 10. Harder (San Marcos), 1:57.18.  Thomas (Torrey Pines), DQ, lane violation.

1600—Caudillo (Clovis), 4:10.72. 4—Taylor (San Marcos), 4:12.32.

3200—Ayers (Davis), 8:56.93.  5—Pala (Francis Parker), 9:01.57. 11–Bowlds (Patrick Henry), 9:05.50.  23—Gilmore (Sage Creek), 9:28.06.

110 Hurdles—Graves-Blank (Upland), :13.75w.

300 Hurdles—Crawford (Upland), :37.11.

4×100 Relay—Fresno Central, :41.36.  8—Mission Hills, :42.15.

4×1600 Relay—L.A. Cathedral, 3:13.87.  5—Helix, 3:15.79.  8—San Marcos, 3:19.97. 

High Jump—Johnson (San Bernardino Cajon), 6-7. 2T–Gillis (Steele Canyon), 6-5, 5T–Cardoza (Eastlake), 6-5. 

Long Jump—Plumb (Corona del Mar), 24-5 3/4w.  8—Matovu (Helix), 22-6 3/4w.  12—Cheeks (Mission Bay), 21-7 1/2w.

Triple Jump—O’Bannon (Bellflower St. John Bosco), 47-6 ¾. 9—Cardoza (Eastlake), 43-9 ½w.  10—Cheeks (Mission Bay), 43-9 ¼.  11—Buu (Eastlake), 43-8 3/4w.

Shot Put—Moran (Murrieta Mesa), 64-3 ¼.  4—Lopez (El Centro Southwest), 58-5 ½.  6—Martinez (Vista), 58-3 1/2. 7—Miller (El Camino), 57-10 ½.

Discus—See (San Juan Capistrano JSerra), 203-10.  12—Lopez (El Centro Southwest), 149-4).

Pole Vault—O’Brien (Eastvale Roosevelt), 16-5.  12—Richards (Poway). 14-7.