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.

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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


2024 Boys Track Week 6: Arrington Smokes 200; Cordero Wins 800 Showdown

Mount Miguel’s Brandon Arrington, Jr., continues to assault 200-meter standards.  His :20.40 in the San Diego Section finals last week at Mt. Carmel would put Arrington at the top of the 2024 national list and set a San Diego County record, but a 3.1-meter tailwind, more than the allowable 2.0, struck those attempts.

Arrington gets another shot this week in the 104th California state meet at Buchanan High in Clovis, where Kenon Christon set a then-seemingly unassailable, record of :20.55 in 2019.  Arrington has an apparently legal :20.59 to his credit.

Meanwhile, Eastlake’s Angel Cordero grabbed the pole position and fought off Carlsbad’s Cain Evans and  Sage  Creek’s Josiah Bowman down the stretch to win the 800 in a  season best 1:52.02, San Diego Section number 11all-time.  Bowman was second in 1:52.67, Evans a tiring third in 1:53.22.

First three finishers in each event at Mt. Carmel automatically qualified for Clovis.  Several others in multiple events met a pre-set qualifying standard and are eligible to compete at the host Central Section school.

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EVENT MARK NAME,

SCHOOL

 STATE OTHERS NAME SCHOOL
100 :10.41w Arrington, Jr., Mount Miguel 7th :10.36 Kuhner Lafayette Acalanes
  :10.36w Dezeurn L.A. Mission Hills Alemany
200 :20.40w Arrington, Jr. 1st :21.04w Bragg Los Alamitos
400 :47.89 Slaughter, Mt. Carmel 9th :47.01 Ochoa Covina Northview
:48.14 Jones, Mount Miguel 13th
800 1:52.02 Cordero, Eastlake 5th 1:49.91 Morales San Juan Capistrano JSerra
1:52.67 Bowman, Sage Creek 10th
1:52.79 Evans, Carlsbad 13th
1600 4:15.10 Bowman — 4:04.02 Noonan Dana Point Dana Hills
3200 9:02.96 Hicks, University City — 8:40.47 Perez L.A. Cathedral
110 High Hurdles :13.72w Martin, Helix 2nd :13.70 Green III Sacramento Inderkum
:13.88w Tseko-Biffle, El Capitan 5th
:14.22w Reese, San Marcos 16th
:14.28 Atilano, Cathedral 19th
300 Hurdles :37.42 Atilano 3rd :37.06 Roberson Eastvale Roosevelt
:37.45 Tseko-Biffle 4th
:37.58 Martin 6th
:38.34 Reese 20th
4×100 Relay :41.70 Rancho Bernardo 23rd :40.29 L.A. Granada Hills
4×400 Relay 3:18.60 Helix 11th    
3:19.03 Mt. Carmel 13th 3:13.78 Culver City
3:19.31 Mount Miguel 15th    
3:20.59 Eastlake 21st
3:21.09 Carlsbad 24T
4×800 Relay 7:51.29 Carlsbad 14th 7:41.02 Long Beach Wilson
4×800 Relay 7:54.74 Westview 23rd
7:55.68 El Capitan 25th
High Jump 6-10 Cheeks II, Mission Bay 3T* 7-1/4 Harel Shrman Oaks Notre Dame
6-8 Carmona, Fallbrook 6T*
  Gross, Torrey Pines  
6-7 Doctor, Valhalla 13T
6-6 Martin, Helix 16T
6-6 Stokes, Bonita Vista  
6-6 Gross, Torrey Pines
Long Jump 23-11 ¼ Cheeks 6th 24-5 3/4 Rogers Lafayette Acalanes
23-4 McCotter, Cathedral 15T
23-2 ½ Martin 19T
  23-0 Shaw, Scripps Ranch 25th
Triple Jump 47-8 3/4 Reichenberg, Mission Bay 2nd 47-10 1/2w Agbakoba Fresno Central
47-7 3/4 Daley, El Camino 4T
46-1/2 Gouvalaris, Torrey Pines 22nd
Shot Put 57-9 Gash, Helix 15th 63-6 Madsen Clovis North
57-1/2 Telemaque, Sage Creek 18th
Discus 181-11 Gash 6th 197-5 Madsen Clovis North
176-9 Telemaque 10th
Pole Vault 16-8 Anderson, University City 3rd 17-0 McKee Riverside King
16-0 1/2 Yarbrough, San Dieguito 6th
16-0 Weisman, Torrey Pines 7T
15-6 Sbuttoni IV, St. Augustine 17T
Farenc, Westview
Rynearson, Mission Bay
Bernier, Fallbrook
Saunders, Rancho Bernardo