2024 Girls Track Week 6: Sophomore Williams, Senior Buswell Lead Way

Sophomore Jaelyn Williams of Eastlake scorched a San Diego Section record 4:40.29 in the 1600 meters and eased to a 10:15.40 victory in the 3200, and veteran Tessa Buswell of Poway continued a late-season surge, her 2:07.12 in the 800 narrowing the gap between Buswell and record holder Hannah Riggins’ 2:06.69 in 2023.

Williams and Buswell positioned themselves for this week’s 104th state meet at Clovis Buchanan High. So did Kaitlyn Arciaga (2:07.32) of Westview and Makenna Herbst (2:07.86) of Carlsbad, with the trio posting the second, third, and fourth fastest 800 times in Section history.

Anisa Bowen-Fontenot of San Diego maintained her state lead in the 100 hurdles with a time of :13.66 and her :42.27 in the 300 hurdles was No. 2 in California behind the :41.45 of Carlsbad’s Morgan Herbst, who ran :41.54.

Rankings below are for San Diego Section athletes in the state top 25 by athletic.net.

Bold type indicates change from last week:

GIRLS TOP 25

EVENT	MARK	NAME, SCHOOL	STATE	OTHER	NAME	SCHOOL
100	:11.51	Shaheed, Madison	4th	:11.38w	Wright,	Temecula Chaparral
	:11.64w	Gilhooly, Coronado	14th
	:11.83	Smith, La Jolla	20T
200	:23.52	Shaheed	2nd	:23.48w	Wright
	:23.67w	Smith	3rd
400	:53.56	Smith	3rd	:53.17	Mosby	Inglewood St. Mary’s
	:54.38	Burkhardt, Steele Canyon	7th
	:55.94	Arciaga, Westview	25th
800	2:07.12	Buswell, Poway	4th	2:03.48	Engelhardt	Ventura
	2:07.32	Arciaga	6th
	2:07.86	Ma. Herbst, Carlsbad	7th
	2:09.87	Williams, Eastlake	9th
	2:11.89	Dailey, La Jolla	18th
	2:12.53	Scuba, Sage Creek	23T
		Aguirre, Patrick Henry
1600	4:40.29	Williams	2nd	4:29.86	Engelhardt
	4:42.26	Dailey	3rd
	4:50.61	Lopizzo, La Costa Canyon	22nd
3200	10:00.30	Williams	1st	10:02.52	Barker	Trabuco Hills
	10:05.65	Lopizzo	3rd
	10:09.78	Dailey	5th
100 Hurdles	:13.67	Bowen-Fontenot, San Diego	1st	:13.96	Kirchner	Rocklin
	:14.29	Cook, Steele Canyon	9th
	:14.42	Gates, Point Loma	14T
300 Hurdles	:41.45	Mo. Herbst	1st	:42.0	Edwards	Long Beach Wilson
	:42.27	Bowen-Fontenot	3rd
	:43.27	Cook, Steele Canyon	9th
	:43.40	Mack, Otay Ranch	11th
4×100 Relay	:47.09	Steele Canyon	12th	:45.71		Calabasas
4×400 Relay	3:51.20	Carlsbad	9th	3:42.23		Long Beach Wilson
	3:55.18	Del Norte	16th
	3:55.31	Steele Canyon	19th
4×800 Relay	9:10.51	Cathedral	4th	9:02.57		Ventura
	9:15.56	Del Norte	7th
	9:20.23	Scripps Ranch	11th
	9:31.83	Poway	25th
High Jump	5-6	Schroeder, Otay Ranch	9T	Five at 5-8
		Stein, Patrick Henry
	5-5	Lopez Valenzuela, Poway	21st
Long Jump	18-10	Frith, La Costa Canyon	11th	20-9 1/2	Webster	Long Beach Wilson
	18-8	Hoagland, Rancho Bernardo	14th
	18-4	Jones, Oceanside	21T
Triple Jump	38-11 1/2	Jones, Oceanside	10th	40-2 1/4	Alumbres	Vista Murietta
Shot Put	42-2	Colon Gipson, Otay Ranch	12th	48-5	Schnayer	Moraga Campolindo
	42-0	Ford, Helix	13T
	39-8	Lauifi, Helix	23rd
Discus	157-11	Driscoll	1st	152-10	Johnson	Sherman Oaks Notre Dame
	138-6	Frankel, Sage Creek	17th
Pole Vault	13-3	Echsner, Del Norte	2nd	14-4	Muhammad	Pittsburg
	12-10	Downing, La Costa Canyon	5th
	12-9	Humer, Rancho Bernardo	6T
	12-8	de Jong, Maranatha	10
	12-1	Potenciano, Rancho Bernardo	22T