2014: Ogundeji, Cathedral Girls Stand Out
A couple hard-knocking hurdlers from Cathedral and a shot putter from Madison furnished the star power for the San Diego Section in the boys’ 96th and girls’ 41st State high school track and field championships over the weekend in Clovis.
Doton Ogundeji of Madison, overcoming a fouled-filled, nonqualifying 163-foot effort in Friday’s discus trials, won the shot put on Saturday with a toss of 65 feet, 5 1/2 inches, matching his career best.
Ogundeji’s victory, coming in one of the meet’s final events, kept alive a streak dating to 2002 in which the San Diego Section has produced an individual winner.
Hannah Labrie-Smith finished second in the 300 hurdles with a San Diego Section record :41.67.
Labrie-Smith’s sophomore teammate, Dani Johnson, was seventh in the 100 hurdles but her time of 13,99, which followed a :13.81 in Friday’s trials, would have broken her section record of :14.16 but each race was contested in wind over the allowable 2.0 meters.
San Diego Section athletes scored 58 points total, including Johnson’s seventh, a seventh by Tal Braude in the boys’ 3200, and Emma Abrahamson’s eighth in the girls’ 3200.
OUTSCORED BY POLY GIRLS
What kind of season was it?
The 58 points were less than the 64 scored by the Long Beach Poly girls.
San Diego athletes earned eight medals. By comparison, Central Section athletes, perhaps more adapted to the 100-degree temperatures in Clovis and the surrounding San Joaquin Valley, were awarded 23 medals.
The Central Section has 131 schools, San Diego Section 123.
Labrie-Smith and Johnson will lead the class of 2015.
Other standouts returning next season:
Sprints–John Kendrick (Morse), :10.69, :21.99. Suzie Acolatse (Mission Hills), 11.59, :23.97.
110 Hurdles–Devon Alvarado (Rancho Buena Vista), :14.65.
400–Melissa Mongiovi (West Hills), :55.31 (:54.70 as a sophomore).
1600–Erik Armes (Coronado), 4:13.67.
Long Jump–Jordan Miller (Oceanside), 23-8w.
State Meet Medal Winners
| Event | Name | School | Mark | Place | Class |
| 200B | Brandon Lucas | Poway | 21.38 | 5 | 12 |
| 3200B | Steven Fahy | Carlsbad | 8:56.97 | 3 | 12 |
| 4x100B | Poway | :41.73 | 6 | ||
| Pole VaultB | Charlie Bush | Poway | 15-6 | 6 | 12 |
| Shot PutB | Doton Ogundeji | Madison | 65-5 1/2 | 1 | 12 |
| 400G | Melissa Mongiovi | West Hills | :55.31 | 6 | 11 |
| 300HG | Hannah Labrie-Smith | Cathedral | :41.67 | 2 | 11 |
| Pole VaultG | Augusta Thomason | Poway | 12-4 | 3 | 12 |
| 100G | Suzie Acolatse | Mission Hills | :11.67 | 3 | 11 |
Medals for first 6 places. Points for first 8. Scoring on 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis.
San Diegans in State Top 10
| Event | Mark | Name | School | Class | ||
| SP Boys | 1 | 65-5 ½ (1) | Doton Ogundeji | Madison | 12 | |
| 100 H Girls | 5 | :41.67(2) | Hanna Labrie-Smith | Cathedral | 11 | |
| 3200 Boys | 3 | 8:53.95 (3) | Steven Fahy | La Costa Canyon | 12 | |
| 200 Boys | 6 | :21.18 (5) | Brandon Lucas | Poway | 12 | |
| PV Girls | 4 | 12-7 (4) | Augusta Thomason | Rancho Bernardo | 12 | |
| 3200 Girls | 10 | 10:23.50 10) | Emma Abrahamson | La Costa Canyon | 12 | |
| 4×100 Boys | 5 | :41.45 (8T) | Poway | |||
| 100 Boys | 9T | :10.63 (8T) | Brian Lucas | Poway | 12 | |
| PV Boys | 9T | 15-9 (9T) | Charlie Bush | Poway | 12 | |
| Discus Boys | 1 | 194-5 (1) | Doton Ogundeji | Madison | 12 | |
| 100 Girls | 4 | :11.59 (3) | Suzie Acolatse | Mission Hills | 11 | |
| 200 Girls | 9T | :23.97(6) | Acolatse | 11 | ||
| 1600 Girls | 10 | 4:50.02 (10) | Abrahamson | La Costa Canyon | 12 | |
| HJ Boys | 5T | 6-9 (4T) | Tyler Arroyo | Westview | 12 | |
() Last week’s rank.
San Diego vs. California
| Event | Name | School | Mark | Name | School |
| BOYS 100 | Brandon Lucas | Poway | :10.63-:10.29 | Curtis Godin | Santa Ana Mater Dei |
| 200 | Lucas | :21.18-:20.85 | Michael Norman | Vista Murrieta | |
| 400 | Tobe Ezeokoli | Mt. Carmel | :48.11-:46.92 | Kemonie Briggs | L.B. Wilson |
| 800 | Adrian Mangoba | Vista | 1:52.33-1:51.04 | David Manahan | Studio City Harvard-Westlake |
| 1600 | Derek Morton | Mt. Carmel | 4:11.11-4:06 | Garrett Corcoran | Villa Park |
| 3200 | Steven Fahy | LaCosta Canyon | 8:53.95-8:46.80 | Blake Haney | Bakersfield Stockdale |
| 110 Hurdles | Shane Martin | Eastlake | :14.34c-:13.47 | Misana Viltz | Lakewood Millikan |
| 300 Hurdles | Tyler Nelson | Del Norte | :38.40-:36.86 | Marquis Morris | Concord De La Salle |
| High Jump | Tyler Arroyo | Westview | 6-9-7-0 1/4 | Eric Moore | Rialto Carter |
| PoleVault | Charlie Bush | Poway | 15-9-17-1 | Jake David | Ventura |
| Long Jump | Jordan Miller | Oceanside | 23-8w-25-10w | Nate Moore | Castro Valley |
| Shot Put | Doton Ogundeji | Madison | 65-5 ½-65-4 | Matt Katnik | Bellflower St. John Bosco |
| Discus | Ogundeji | 194-5-192 | Malik McMorris | Santa Ana Mater Dei | |
| Triple Jump | Kevin Dodds | Oceanside | 48-1w-50-4 1/2 | Moore | |
| 4×100 | Poway | :41.45-:40.93 | Roseville Woodcreek | ||
| 4×400 | Granite Hills | 3:18.71-3:11.86 | L.B Poly | ||
| GIRLS 100 | Suzie Acolatse | Mission Hills | :11.59-:11.22 | Ariana Washington | L.B. Poly |
| 200 | Acolatse | :23.97-:22.96 | Washington | ||
| 400 | Melissa Mongiovi | West Hills | :55.31-:52.52 | Kaelin Roberts | L.B. Poly |
| 800 | Katie Sammer | Rancho Bernardo | 2:12.18-2:06.85 | Mikaela Smith | Clovis North |
| 1600 | Emma Abrahamson | La Costa Canyon | 4:50.02-4:42.14 | Anna Maxwell | San Lorenzo Valley |
| 3200 | Abrahamson | 10:23.50-9:54.89 | Bethan Knights | Irvine Northwood | |
| 100H | Dani Johnson | Cathedral | :13.88w-:13.54w | Mecca McGlaston | Dublin |
| 300H | Hannah Labrie-Smith | Cathedral | :41.67-:40.90 | Reonna Collier | San Jose Piedmont Hills |
| High Jump | Breanna Curry | University City | 5-6-6-0 | Claire Kieffer- Wright | South Pasadena |
| Pole Vault | Augusta Thomason | Rancho Bernardo | 12-7-13-9 | Kaitlyn Merritt | Rancho Santa Margarita |
| Long Jump | Talisha Dozier | Mount Miguel | 19-2 ½-20-8 1/4 | Courtney Corrin | Studio City Harvard-Westlake |
| Shot Put | Laulauga Tausauga | Mount Miguel | 44-4 ½-53-2 1/2 | Stamatha Scarvellis | Santa Barbara Dos Pueblos |
| Discus | Kiely Osby | Escondido | 135-6-172-7 | Scarvellis | |
| Triple Jump | Joanna Noiseaux | Eastlake | 38-9-41-3 | Ashley Anderson | Carson |
| 4X100 | Rancho Bernardo | :47.82-:45.19 | L.B. Poly | ||
| 4×400 | Rancho Bernardo | 3:54.35-3:38.25 | L.B. Poly |
w—Wind-aided.