2024 Track Week 3: Ninth and 10th Graders Hold Sway in Dick Wilkins Meet
Underclass youngsters took charge last week in the 38th Dick Wilkins Frosh-Sophomores meet at Del Norte as the season swung toward league championships this week.
Mount Miguel’s Brandon Arrington, Jr., continued to run among the top echelon sprinters in the state with his :10.51 100 meters and :20.88 200. Rancho Bernardo’s Brice Abawi announced his presence, trailing Arrington, Jr., in :10.74 and :21.86.
Chiara Daley of La Jolla advanced to No. 3 in the girls state 1600, running 4:45.83, and Josiah Bowman of Sage Creek made the 800 a Big Three, clocking 1:53.37, seventh in the state, and alerting Carlsbad’s Cain Evans, whose 1:52.9 is fourth, and Eastlake’s Angel Cordero, whose 1:53.24 is sixth.
Best marks of the season and state rankings and leaders:
Cathedral’s Vincent Atilano lost his California lead in the 300 hurdles, but gained a first, and national standing, in another at the 64th Mount San Antonio Relays over the weekend.
Atilano eschewed his usual 300 race, in which his :37.42 ranked first until a runner from Eastvale Roosevelt ran :37.06. The Dons’ senior instead entered a 400 hurdles race and his time of :53.56 is No. 1 in the state and fifth in the U.S this season.
San Diego Section athletes turned in several outstanding performances at the meet in Walnut, with six season bests in girls competition and five in boys.
Mt. Sac was the last major invitational as athletes now move into a final week of dual meets or league finals, leading to the 104th state meet at Buchanan High in Clovis May 24-25.
Season bests in bold italics:
GIRLS
EVENT
MARK
NAME, SCHOOL
STATE
OTHERS
NAME
SCHOOL
100
:11.59w
Shaheed, Madison
5th
:11.38w
Wright
Temecula Chapparal
:11.64w
Gilhooly, Coronado
9th
:11.83w
Smith, La Jolla
15T
200
:23.67
Smith
1st
:23.91
Humphries
Castaic
:23.73
Shaheed
2nd
:24.46
Gilhooly
18th
400
:53.56
Smith
1st
:53.69
Trepagnier
Culver City
:55.86
Burkhardt, Steele Canyon
17th
:55.94
Arciaga, Westview
18th
:56.11
Ma Herbst, Carlsbad
20th
800
2:09.26
Arciaga
4th
2:03.48
Engelhardt
Ventura
2:09.87
Williams, Eastlake
7th
2:10.26
Buswell, Poway
9th
2:11.43
Ma. Herbst, Carlsbad
13th
2:12.53
Scuba, Sage Creek
16th
2:13.53
Aguirre,
Patrick Henry
23rd
1600
4:43.20
Williams
2nd
4:29.86!
Engelhardt
4:46.83!
Dailey
11th
4:50.82
Lopizzo,
La Costa Canyon
13th
4:54.24!
Aguirre
25th
3200
10:00.30
Williams
1st
10:02.52
Barker
Trabuco Hills
10:05.65
Lopizzo
3rd
10:09.78
Dailey
5th
100 Hurdles
:13.76
Bowen-Fontenot, San Diego
1st
:13.96
Kirchner
Rocklin
:14.84
Cook,
Steele Canyon
16th
:14.88
Mack,
Otay Ranch
17th
300 Hurdles
:41.45
Mo. Herbst
1st
:42.62
Lewis
L.A. Girls Academic Leadership
:43.74
Bowen-Fontenot
5T
:44.68
Cook
17th
:45.27
Mack
25th
4×100 Relay
:47.73
Steele Canyon
19th
:45.94
Calabasas
:47.80
Helix
21st
4×400 Relay
3:51.20
Carlsbad
8th
3:42.23
Long Beach Wilson
3:58.03
Westview
20th
4×800 Relay
9:15.56
Del Norte
5th
9:04.87
Corona Santiago
9:16.39
Cathedral
6th
9:21.31
Scripps Ranch
9th
High Jump
5-6
Lopez Valenzuela, Poway
13T
Four at 5-8
Long Jump
18-10
Frith,
La Costa Canyon
10th
20-1
Webster
Long Beach Wilson
18-4
Jones, Oceanside
18th
18-2 ½
Bateman, La Jolla Country Day
21st
Triple Jump
38-9
Jones, Oceanside
8th
40-2 1/4
Alumbres
Vista Murietta
37-9
Bateman
37-2
O’Donnell
25th
Shot Put
42-2
Colon Gipson,
Otay Ranch
9th
47-10
Schnayer
Moraga Campolindo
39-4
Liufau, Helix
18th
39-1
H. Lauifi, Helix
19th
38-11 ½
Driscoll, Canyon Crest
21st
38-10
Ford, Helix
25th
Discus
155-5
Driscoll
1st
152-10
Johnson
Sherman Oaks Notre Dame
138-6
Frankel, Sage Creek
13th
Pole Vault
12-10
Echsner, Del Norte
3T
13-1
Fears
Vista Murrieta
Downing,
La Costa Canyon
12-1
Potenciano,
Rancho Bernardo
17T
Humer,
Rancho Bernardo
12-0
Galkina,
Torrey Pines
19T
! Mile race, 9.3 yards longer; time converted to meters.
BOYS
EVENT
MARK
NAME,
SCHOOL
STATE
OTHERS
NAME
SCHOOL
100
:10.43
Arrington, Jr., Mount Miguel
3T
:10.38
Harris
Long Beach Poly
200
:20.76
1st
:21.07
Currie
Quartz Hill
400
:47.91
Slaughter, Mt. Carmel
5th
Hansen
Westlake Village Oaks Christian
:48.32
Jones, Mount Miguel
13th
800
1:52.79
Evans, Carlsbad
4th
1:49.91
Morales
San Juan Capistrano JSerra
1:53.26
Cordero, Olympian
6th
1:53.54
Bowman, Sage Creek
9th
1600
4:15.10
Bowman
—
4:06.80
Noonan
Dana Point Dana Hills
3200
9:02.96
Hicks, University City
24th
8:40.47
Perez
L.A. Cathedral
110 High Hurdles
:13.72w
Martin, Helix
2nd
:13.70
Green III
Sacramento Inderkum
:14.20
Tseko-Biffle, El Capitan
7th
:14.28
Atilano, Cathedral
14th
300 Hurdles
:37.42
Atilano
2nd
:37.06
Roberson
Eastvale Roosevelt
:37.58
Martin
4th
:37.72
Tseko-Biffle
7th
4×100 Relay
:41.93
Cathedral
15T
:40.29
L.A. Granada Hills
4×400 Relay
3:19.3
Mt. Carmel
6th
3:15.42
Long Beach Wilson
3:21.90
Carlsbad
12th
3:22.52
Cathedral
17th
3:22.70
Helix
18th
4×800 Relay
7:54.74
Westview
15th
7:41.02
Long Beach Wilson
7:55.68
El Capitan
17th
7:41.02
7:56.51
Carlsbad
19th
High Jump
6-10
Cheeks II, Mission Bay
2nd
6-11
Banks
L.A. Birmingham
6-6
Carmona, Fallbrook
10T
Martin
Long Jump
23-11 ¼
Cheeks
4th
24-4
Rogers
Lafayette Acalanes
23-4
McCotter, Cathedral
12th
22-10 1/2
Martin
22nd
Shot Put
57-9
Gash, Helix
13th
63-6
Madsen
Clovis North
55-3
Telemaque, Sage Creek
20th
Discus
181-11
Gash
5th
Madsen
197-5
176-9
Telmaque
8th
Triple Jump
47-6
Reichenberg, Mission Bay
3rd
47-8 ½
Nwafor
Vista Murrieta
45-9
Cheeks
18th
45-7
Harris, Vista
21st
45-6
Daley, El Camino
22nd
Pole Vault
16-4 ¾
Anderson, University City
3rd
17-0
McKee
Riverside King
16-0 1/2
Yarbrough, San Dieguito
6th
15-6
Sbuttoni IV, St. Augustine
14T
Farenc, Sgt. Augustine
Weisman, Torrey Pines
Rynearson, Mission Bay
15-2
Saunders, Rancho Bernardo
21T
15-0
Bernier, Fallbrook
24T
1975 Baseball: Hoover Coach Moves On After Third Section Championship
Jerry Bartow ended a 14-season run at Hoover with his third San Diego Section championship and with an overall record of 226-119 (.656) then headed off to Southwestern College, where the Apaches won more than 900 games in the next 39 years before Bartow retired in 2014.
Until Ted Williams Field was built on the Hoover campus in 1967, the Cardinals, like other city schools, played baseball in a football stadium, with peculiar boundaries and ground rules.
Youthful Bartow, 26, was named Hoover coach in 1962.
Bartow took advantage of the at least 500 feet to the leftfield fence, which bordered Monroe Avenue, by creating a more reasonable distance for home runs.
The Hoover coach installed hurdles borrowed from the track team as a leftfield “fence”, moving them forward or backward depending on the prowess and power of his opponent’s hitters.
According to Wikipedia, Bartow‘s stepfather was Carl Mays, 207-126 in a 15-year major league pitching career and who was on the mound when Cleveland shortstop Ray Chapman was beaned by a pitch in 1920 and succumbed from a fractured skull the next day.
Pitcher Brad Griffith was surrounded by Hoover teammates after victory in playoff semifinals, but pitcher Kirk Tronerud, attempting to help Griffith stay upright, sustained severe spike wound to his left hand. Tronerud managed to pitch the Cardinals to the championship the next day.
5/13/75
Joe Vido walked, stole second base, and scored on Kyle Montague’s single to give Coronado a 4-3 win over Poway that ended the Coast League-leading Titans’ 13-game winning streak.
—Don Moyer restricted Helix to five hits and drove in seven runs with a single and grand-slam home run in El Cajon Valley’s 11-4 victory.
—Roger DePriest of San Diego pitched a complete-game, 17-inning contest at Madison, but came away with nothing to show.
The Western League squads played to a 2-2, no-decision. Umpires called the game because of darkness.
Mike Free pitched the first six innings for the Warhawks and Rich Leahy the last 11.
5/14/75
Poway was on a two-game losing streak, 10-2 victim of San Dieguito, whose John Lazerich cuffed the Titans on six hits
—Hoover moved closer to an Eastern League championship, winning, 12-4, at Crawford.
Daryl McGee’s leadoff home run in the sixth inning broke a 4-4 tie and opened a five-run outburst for the Cardinals, who also were supported by Johnny Davis and Dexter Redd home runs.
5/16/75
Clairemont wrapped the Western League championship, scoring four runs in the last three innings to win at Kearny, 5-4. Hoover claimed the Eastern League championship, 7-1, at St. Augustine.
—Vic March’s seventh-inning home run was the difference in El Capitan’s 6-5 win over visiting Grossmont and left the Vaqueros with a 12-3 Grossmont League record, a half game better than the Foothillers. Winning pitcher Jay Hostetler hit a two-run home run.
“I wouldn’t go so far as calling it a grudge match,” said El Capitan coach Eddie Olsen in response to an observation from Bill Polk of the Evening Tribune, “but I’ve never seen this bunch so high spirited as they were after reading Gray’s remarks in the press.”
Grossmont coach Bill Gray had said that if Grossmont played El Capitan 10 times a season “we’d win probably win eight out of 10 times.”
Gray refused to talk to writers after the game (“I have nothing to say”) and responded with a terse “no comment”, to questions.
Catcher Jim Maisey reveled in the home run by Mike McEwan that was essential in Granite Hills’ 5-3 victory over Grossmont.
5/20/75
Dave Holston allowed one hit, hit a home run and pitched Poway to the Coast League championship, 6-0, at La Jolla.
—Rain played havoc in the Avocado League, postponing three games. A four-way tie for the championship could necessitate play-in games to determine the three teams to represent the loop in the playoffs, which were to begin in five days.
—Ken Pryce hurled a no-hitter and Ken Rutar drove in the winning run with a two-out single in the bottom of the seventh inning as Mar Vista edged Hilltop, 1-0.
—Castle Park jumped Bonita Vista on the road and its 16-5 win tied the Barons for first in the Metropolitan League, each with a 9-4 record.
A two-run, first inning by the Barons evaporated when the Trojans erupted for 10 runs in the third.
Castle Park’s 15 hits included two doubles, two triples, and home runs, by Mark Snyder, Steve Thomas, and Tony Yaptangeo.
5/21/75
Patrick Henry defeated Morse, 2-0, on Steve Sherman’s five-hitter, forcing a playoff the next day for an Eastern League playoff berth. The teams ended the regular season with 8-8 loop records.
—Dexter Redd was 5 for 5 and Kirk Tronerud allowed five hits in Hoover’s 13-0 victory over Lincoln, giving the Cardinals with a 13-3 league record.
5/22/75
SAN DIEGO SECTION 1-A CHAMPIONSHIP
Francis Parker sophomore Lee Carson struck out 10 and allowed four hits in pitching the Lancers to a 6-0 victory over Christian.
Dave Cook was 3 for 3 with three runs batted in for the Southern League Coastal Division champions.
—Pete Parsons’ two-run home run gave Santana an 8-7 win over El Cajon Valley. Parsons’ hit overcame a Braves lead in the bottom of the 18th inning, following continuation of an earlier contest that was suspended after 16 innings.
Santana then won the regularly scheduled nightcap at El Cajon, 3-1, to finish with an 8-8 Grossmont League record.
—Mike McEwen’s home run in the fourth inning was the significant blow in a 5-3 Granite Hills victory over Grossmont that coupled with El Capitan’s 3-1 win over Valhalla gave the Vaqueros the Grossmont League title.
Dave Holston and Randy Long (from left) were Poway pitching stalwarts.
5/26/75
SAN DIEGO SECTION PLAYOFFS
FIRST ROUND
Patrick Henry (13-12) 0, @Hilltop 1.
Writer Bill Polk described the Hilltop Lancers as being “engulfed by an air of spellbound euphoria” after their victory and as a “gutsy squad of suburban lads who could hardly believe the scoreboard after the final out.”
Willard McPherson’s first-inning triple scored Eric Linderman and was the difference in the game, played in one-hour and nine minutes.
The Lancers’ Jerry Caposs (6-4), backed by an outstanding defense, gave up five hits and kept the defending CIF champion Patriots at a distance, winning a duel with Steve Sherman (7-5), who allowed only two hits.
Point Loma (14-9) 0, @San Dieguito 1.
Webber’s home run in the sixth inning and Lazarich’s one-hit pitching provided another suburban team with victory over a city squad.
5/27/75
REGULAR-SEASON STANDINGS
EASTERN
LEAGUE
OVERALL
Team
Won
Lost
Pct.
GBL
Won
Lost
Pct.
Hoover
13
3
.829
—
18
5
.783
Crawford
9
7
.563
3 ½
15
8
.652
Morse
8
8
.500
5
14
9
.609
Patrick Henry
8
8
.500
5
12
11
.522
Lincoln
6
10
.375
7
8
15
.348
St. Augustine
3
13
.171
10
4
19
.174
WESTERN
LEAGUE
OVERALL
Team
Won
Lost
Pct.
GBL
Won
Lost
Pct.
Clairemont
13
3
.829
—
18
4
.778
Kearny
11
5
.688
2
15
6
.714
Point Loma
10
6
.625
3
14
8
.636
Madison
8
7
.533
4 ½
12
12
.500
University
6
10
.375
7
10
13
.435
San Diego
1
14
.067
13 ½
2
15
.118
GROSSMONT
LEAGUE
OVERALL
Team
Won
Lost
Pct.
GBL
Won
Lost
Pct.
El Capitan
13
3
.829
—
18
6
.750
Grossmont
12
4
.750
1
16
6
.727
Granite Hills
9
7
.563
4
10
10
.500
Santana
8
8
.500
5
16
9
.640
Monte Vista
7
9
.438
6
12
10
.522
Mount Miguel
7
9
.438
6
11
11
.500
El Cajon Valley
7
9
.563
6
11
12
.478
Helix
6
10
.375
7
9
14
.391
Valhalla
3
13
.171
10
6
14
.300
METROPOLITAN
LEAGUE
OVERALL
Team
Won
Lost
Pct.
GBL
Won
Lost
Pct.
Bonita Vista
10
4
.714
—
16
7
.696
Castle Park
9
5
.643
1
14
8
.636
Hilltop
9
5
.643
1
12
10
.522
Montgomery
9
5
.643
1
11
8
.579
Mar Vista
8
6
.571
2
10
11
.476
Sweetwater
4
10
.286
6
5
17
.222
Chula Vista
4
10
.286
6 ½
7
14
.333
Marian
3
11
.214
7
4
17
.190
AVOCADO
LEAGUE
OVERALL
Team
Won
Lost
Pct.
GBL
Won
Lost
Pct.
San Marcos
10
4
.714
—
15
7
.682
Vista
10
4
.714
—
15
7
.682
Fallbrook
10
4
.714
—
11
9
.550
Carlsbad
9
5
.643
1
15
9
.625
San Pasqual
6
8
.429
4
11
11
.500
Oceanside
6
8
.429
4
11
12
.478
Escondido
4
10
.286
6
5
17
.223
Orange Glen
1
13
.071
9
5
16
.238
COAST
LEAGUE
OVERALL
Team
Won
Lost
Pct.
GBL
Won
Lost
Pct.
Poway
16
2
.889
—
19
4
.826
San Dieguito
12
6
.667
4
15
7
.682
Mission Bay
12
6
.667
4
14
9
.609
La Jolla
10
8
.556
6
10
12
.455
Coronado
8
10
.444
8
10
12
.455
Torrey Pines
4
14
.222
12
4
21
.160
Ramona
1
17
0.56
15
1
19
0.46
Hilltop (13-10) 0, @Clairemont 8.
Steve Blackman’s no-hitter, plus his three-run homer in the sixth inning, elevated the Chieftains to their first postseason victory since 1971.
The Blackman (8-1) home run was his sixth and he drove in another run with a sacrifice fly.
Grossmont 2, @Vista (15-8) 0, 12 innings.
Losing pitcher Rick Somers went the distance and struck out 13, but was beaten by Charlie Prokop’s run-scoring single.
Castle Park 7, @Poway (19-5) 2.
Poway outhit Castle Park, 4-2, but committed eight errors.
Fallbrook (11-10) 3, @Hoover 4.
Granite Hills (10-11) 0, @Kearny 5.
Mission Bay (14-10) 3, @Bonita Vista 4, 8 innings.
Tony Camara’s home run sent the game into extra innings and Camara won it with a run-scoring single.
Crawford 4, @San Marcos (15-8) 3.
San Dieguito (16-8) 1, @El Capitan 2-1.
Jay Hostetler’s walk-off home run in the last of the seventh inning augmented the five-hit pitching of Mike Finch.
Clairemont’s Steve Blackman finished circling bases after three-run home run that was accompanied by his no-hit pitching in playoff win.
5/28/75
QUARTERFINALS
El Capitan (19-7), 2, Crawford 8, @Grossmont College.
Crawford’s Alvin Edge struck out 12 and was reached for only two hits.
Bonita Vista 7, Kearny (16-7) 3, @Mesa College.
Grossmont (17-7) 6, @Clairemont 8.
Hoover 3, @Castle Park (15-9) 0.
5/30/75
SEMIFINALS
Crawford (17-9), 3, Bonita Vista 7, @University of San Diego,
Hoover 5, Clairemont (21-5) 1, @Mesa College.
Brad Griffith pitched a four-hitter and the Cardinals broke open the game with four runs in the sixth inning.
Tye Waller doubled in two runs in the big sixth and Hoover outfielders Dexter Redd, John Wells, and John Davis made several defensive plays.
“I think we’ve all got the playoff fever,” Hoover coach Jerry Bartow said of the Cardinals’ advance to the big game for the sixth time in nine seasons.
“The guys have played errorless ball, they’re hitting well, and we’re getting great pitching,” said Bartow. “Griffith…mixed his pitches well. He stayed cool even when they were hitting shots to the outfield.”
5/31/75
CHAMPIONSHIP
Hoover (22-5) 11, Bonita Vista (19-8) 4, @San Diego Stadium.
The Cardinals won their 11th straight and first title since 1969 as Kirk Tronerud (12-2), who was severely spiked on his non-pitching hand the day before during the celebration after the semifinals win, scattered five hits.
The Barons mustered a leadoff triple by Don Slater in the first inning, but Tronerud was backed by five extra base hits, three doubles and two triples, against losing pitcher Wally Hirst (10-3).
“We’ve been telling people that we had a great ball club all season but a lot of folks didn’t believe us because we stumbled a bit against Western League teams,” said Bartow.
2024 Week 1A: Arcadia Invitational Results, Second Day
GIRLS
EVENT
NAME
SCHOOL
MARK
PLACE
Seeded 100
Lauren Gilhooly
Coronado
:11.70
First
Open 100
Ily Barclay
Steele Canyon
:12.20
—
Taylore Hoagland
Rancho Bernardo
:12.29
—
Tianna Rustkovich
Mt. Carmel
:12.32
—
Chanel Burton
Helix
:12.36
—
Laraigh Allen
Helix
—
—
Open 220
Gilhooly
:24.82
11th
Rustkovich
:25.26
—
Arynn Sanders
Otay Ranch
:25.84
—
Invitational 400
Payton Smith
La Jolla
:53.56
Second
Nicoletta Burkhardt
Steele Canyon
1:03.20
Eighth
Seeded 400
Kaitlin Donnelly
La Costa Canyon
:57.69
18th
Tiffany Stoughton
Scripps Ranch
:59.05
—
Allen
1:09.55
—
Invitational 800
Tessa Buswell
Poway
2:10.41
Third
Makenna Herbst
Carlsbad
2:12.09
Sixth
Seeded 800
Kaitlin Arciaga
Westview
2:09.26
First
Open 800
Miriam Aguirre
Patrick Henry
2:14.39
Seventh
Harper Diaz
Santana
2:18.25
—
Navah Lipsky
Francis Parker
2:27.11
—
Open Mile
Kaya Scuba
Sage Creek
4:57.44
Third
Sydney Kosa
Olympian
4:58.53
Eighth
Arciaga
4:59.24
10th
Lipsky
5:13.41
—
Emily Russo
Del Norte
5:14.47
—
Invitational 3200
Jaelyn Williams
Eastlak
10:02.56
Third
Giona Lopizzo
La Costa Canyon
10:05.65
Fifth
Chiara Dailey
La Jolla
10:09.78
Ninth
Invitational 100 Hurdles
Anisa Bowen-Fontenot
San Diego
:14.03
Eighth
Open 100 Hurdles
Lillian Cook
Steele Canyon
:14.84
Seventh
Karolina Gates
Point Loma
:15.60
—
Gabriel Thomas
Grossmont
:16.47
—
Invitational 300 Hurdles
Morgan Herbst
Carlsbad
:41.45
First
Bowen-Fontenot
:44.32
Seventh
Open 400 Hurdles
Cook
44.97
13th
Zamaria Mack
Otay Ranch
:45.70
—
Seeded 4×100 Relay
Steele Canyon
:47.82
Sixth
Open 4×100 Relay
Helix
:48.22
Fourth
Otay Ranch
:48.58
13th
Del Norte
:49.70
—
San Marcos
:49.85
—
Seeded 4×400 Relay
Carlsbad
3:52.99
Fourth
Open 4×400 Relay
Del Norte
4:01.14
10th
Sage Creek
4:02.23
12th
Poway
4:14.59
—
Invitational 4×800 Relay
Cathedral
9:24.13
Fifth
Del Norte
9:29.85
Eighth
Invitational 4×1600 Relay
Cathedral
20:57.39
Third
Del Norte
21:37.23
Ninth
Invitational 1200, 400, 800, 1600 Relay
Cathedral
12:07.63
4th
La Jolla
12:31.79
12th
Invitational Shot Put
Colon-Gipson
Otay Ranch
40-6 ¾
Seventh
T. Liufau
Helix
37-1
16th
Open Shot Put
Ford
Helix
38-10
Second
H. Lauifi
Helix
36-9
10th
Williams
Cathedral
36-1
13th
L. Lauifi
Helix
35-6
Invitational Discus
Driscoll
Canyon Crest
142-0
Seventh
Williams
127-11
16th
Open Discus
Ford
Helix
114-09
11th
H. Lauifi
108-01
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Open High Jump
Lopez-Valenzuela
Poway
5-1
10T
Invitational Pole Vault
Echsner
Del Norte
12-9
Third
Invitational Long Jump
Hoagland
Rancho Bernardo
17-11 ½
11th
Open Long Jump
Hoagland
18-1
First
Open Triple Jump
Cook
35-2 3/4
11th
BOYS
EVENT
NAME
SCHOOL
MARK
PLACE
Invitational 100
Brandon Arrington, Jr.,
Mount Miguel
:10.44w
4th
Open 100
Donald Moore III
Rock
10.94
—
Jalen Saint Paul
Carlsbad
11:03
—
Riley Leyva
Cathedral
11:29
—
Invitational 200
Arrington
:20.76
1st
Open 200
Saint Paul
:22.48
—
Seeded 400
David Slaughter
Mt. Carmel
:48.56
4th
Open 400
Vincent Jones
Mount Miguel
:48.52
3rd
Nathan Bruhn
Cathedral
:50.25
—
Spencer Gray
Helix
:50.67
—
Seeded 800
Angel Cordero
Olympian
:1:54.98
8th
Open Mile
Cain Evans
Carlsbad
4:19.25
—
Seeded 3200
Omar Reyes
Oceanside
9:07.17
—
Rated 3200
Caden Hicks
University City
9:02.96
—
Jacob Pippel
Canyon Crest
9:03.93
Invitational 110 High Hurdles
Shon Martin
Helix
:13.93
4th
Jonathan Tseko Biffle
Santana
:14.20
7th
Open 110 High Hurdles
Vincent Atilano
Cathedral
:14.83
—
Chris Cappello
Rancho Bernardo
:14.92
—
Justin Reichenberg
Mission Bay
:15.02
—
Callum McFarlane
Carlsbad
:15.09
—
Invitational 300 Hurdles
Vincent Atilano
Cathedral
:37.42
2nd
Tseko-Biffle
:38.56
6th
Seeded 300 Hurdles
Martin
:37.58
1st
Open 300 Hurdles
Devin Escobar
El Camino
:40.06
—
Open 4×100 Relay
Helix
:42.95
—
Cathedral
:43.06
—
Del Norte
:43.17
—
Otay Ranch
:43.26
—
Santana
:43.27
—
Open 4×400 Relay
Mt. Carmel
Caulfield, Tucker,
Barrus, Slaughter
3:20.7
First
Helix
3:22.7
3rd
Carlsbad
3:24.23
7th
El Capitan
3:32.05
—
Invitational Pole Vault
Jacob Emerson
Sage Creek
15-9
4th
Joey Weisman
Torrey Pines
15-3
15th
Chance Rynearson
Mission Bay
14-9
16th
Joseph Sbuttoni IV
St. Augustine
14-9
17th
Vincent Farenc
Westview
14-1
21st
Invitational Shot Put
Anthony Gash
Helix
53-7
—
Ryan Telmaque
Sage Creek
49-7 1/4
Invitational Discus
Gash
157-06
15th
Telmaque
149-05
17th
Open Discus
Omar Ortega
Rancho Bernardo
143-06
—
Open High Jump
Jackson Gross
Torrey Pines
6-0
6T
Elijah Cheeks
Mission Bay
5-9
—
Invitational Long Jump
Austin McCotter
Cathedral
23-2
5th
Martin
21-5
12th
Invitational Triple Jump
Reichenberg
47-5 ¼
4th
Open Triple Jump
Samuel Gouvalaris
Torrey Pines
43-4
—
Quentin Hale
Cathedral
40-6 ¾
—
2024 Week 1: Arcadia Invitational, First Day
Opening event of the marathon 56th Arcadia Invitational was Friday afternoon, April 4, followed by a Saturday spectacular that goes from not long after sun-up to late-night TV.
San Diego Section boys and girls Friday participated in many events, some with four classifications, Invitational, Open, Seeded, and Rated. “Rising Stars” events below, usually are reserved for freshmen or promising upper class entries.
Arcadia, probably the premier meet in the country, signals the start of the season’s second half, ending under a usually warmer than warm sun in the 104th state meet at Clovis’ Buchanan High May 24-25.
San Diego Section Friday results:
BOYS
EVENT
NAME
SCHOOL
MARK
PLACE
Open 3200
Aidan O’Toole
Sage Creek
9:14.08
10th
Adrian Welton
Westview
9:20.24
20th
Seeded 4×200 Relay
Atilano, Leyva, Bruhn, McCotter
Cathedral
1:29.32
5th
Rated 4×800 Relay
Walker, Brotman, Stevenson, Evans
Carlsbad
8:15.02
12th
Dobrowolski, Rowan Hannaman, Stevens,
Brenner
Westview
8:18.83
16th
Invitational 200, 200,
400, 800 Relay
Phillips. Arrington, Jr., Jones, Cloyd
Mount Miguel
3:33.33
2nd
Rising Stars Discus
Lawson Grace
Westview
131-4
20th
Rising Stars Pole Vault
Dylan Yarbrough
San Dieguito
14-10
1st
Leo Sun
Del Norte
13-10
3rd
Ethan Heldman
La Jolla Country Day
13-10
5T
Brandon Moore
Torrey Pines
13-10
7th
Tyler Suhar
Torrey Pines
13-4
10T
Rising Stars Long Jump
Vincent Jones
Mount Miguel
21-2
6th
Kevin Allen
Helix
20-7
12T
Rising Stars Triple Jump
Zeshaun Daley
Oceanside
44-1 1/4
2nd
Jordan Julien
Mt. Carmel
37-6 1/4
15th
GIRLS
EVENT
NAME
SCHOOL
MARK
PLACE
Rated 3200
Hannah Aguirre
Patrick Henry
10:43.59
1st
Gabriella Peters
Sage Creek
10:46.12
3rd
Seeded 3200
Scarlett Martin
Cathedral
10:49.34
8th
Winter Moritz
University City
10:50.38
9th
Alexandria Pena
Cathedral
10:51.25
10th
Kirra Fisk
La Jolla
11:01.70
15th
Ayanna Hickey
The Bishop’s
11:04.80
19th
Open 3200
Isabella Ramos
Point Loma
10:51.19
4th
Darcy Ray
University City
11:14.37
22nd
Rated 4×200 Relay
Barclay, Dickens, Fuller, Burkhardt
Steele Canyon
1:41.99
1st
Invitational 4×800 Relay
Zimmer, Hellman, Bickler, Bonomi
Cathedral
9:24.13
5th
Russo, E. Echsner, P. Echsner, Hong
Del Norte
9:29.85
8th
Seeded 4×800 Relay
Long, Hennigan, Li, Arciaga
Westview
9:56.56
16th
Mayer, Aalaei, Plezia, Gray
La Jolla
10:06.33
20th
Invitational 4×1600 Relay
Bonomi, Zimmer, Gibson, Hellman
Cathedral
20:57.39
3rd
Shannon, Hong, Russo, Enyedi
Del Norte
21:37.23
9th
Seeded 100, 100, 200, 400 Relay
Ewing, Barclay, Dickens, Burkhardt
Steele Canyon
1:48.29
1st
Rising Stars Pole Vault
Caitlin Khieu
Del Norte
10-9
11th
Rising Stars Long Jump
Devyn Harper
Long Jump
16-6
7th
Rising Stars Triple Jump
Lillian Cook
Steele Canyon
37-1 ¼
1st
1975 Track: Jefferson Close, But Missed Third in Row
Morse’s Ned Armour could be counted on for points in the hurdles and long jump.
Elijah Jefferson’s quest for a record, third consecutive state meet 100-yard dash championship was short circuited by the blindingly fast start (a “flyer”, some suggested) on the Balboa Stadium track by Kevin Williams of San Fernando.
Jefferson had tied his meet record of :09.4 in the trials and Williams, known for tremendous acceleration at the sound of the starter’s pistol, or before, had won his heat in :09.5.
Williams’ :09.4 victory in the final tied the record first set by Santa Rosa Montgomery’s Mel Gray in 1967, equaled by Jefferson in 1974 (he also was first in 1973) and by West Bakersfield’s Joel Andrews in 1975.
Billy Mullins of Los Angeles Hamilton won the 220 championship in :21.1, with Jefferson fifth in :21.4, behind Williams’ fourth-place :21.3.
Jefferson went onto to compete for the University of Arizona. Williams returned to ‘Fernando in 1976 but was disqualified for a false start in the state 100 finals in Berkeley.
Williams had an excellent football and track career at USC but died at age 38 in 1996.
Williams was employed as a railroad brakeman and was killed with another brakeman when the train on which they were working derailed and crashed in flames in a steep canyon on the Cajon Pass north of San Bernardino.
WOODS EDGES HUNT
Vista’s Jay Wood scored a rare victory over Patrick Henry’s Thom Hunt in the state mile, finishing third in 4:10.8, with Hunt fifth in 4:11.2.
Woods did not qualify out of the San Diego Section meet in the two-mile. Hunt won in 9:11, but Hunt finished 19th in 9:30.2 in the state meet, behind Crawford’s Glenn Best, 18th in 9:27.2
Hunt had season bests of 4:07.8 in the mile and 9:02.6 in the long race.
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SOUTHERN LEAGUE FINALS, @GRANITE HILLS
Christian scored 106 points, 50 more than Army-Navy, and won the team championship.
The Patriots were first in nine events and set two individual records, Edwards with a 4:40.9 mile and Blyth with 10:30.6 two-mile.
AVOCADO LEAGUE TRIALS, @VISTA
Jay Woods of Vista had the day’s best mark, 1:58.5 in the 880. Thomas of Vista clocked :50.5 in winning a 440 heat.
GIRLS SAN DIEGO SECTION QUALIFYING, @POWAY
Kathy Devine was off her national record holder form of 52 feet, 3 inches, with the shot in 1974, but finished far ahead of the field with an eight-pound shot put of 46-6.
GIRLS SAN DIEGO SECTION QUALIFYING, @MADISON
Grossmont’s Carolyn McDonald was a double winner with a 2:23.6 880 and 5:32.2 mile.
Clairemont’s Don Brown emerged in 330-yard low hurdles.
GROSSMONT LEAGUE TRIALS, @GRANITE HILLS
“I had a hard workout Monday and I just using this as another one,” said Helix’ Steve Wiggins, who was attempting an 880-440 double and eased to victories in 1:59 and :50.
“I’ll go hard in the 880, then if disaster strikes I still have the 440 to fall back on, said Wiggins.”
El Cajon Valley’s Mark Malone led shot putters at 58 feet and discus throwers at 168-11 after a 195-foot attempt in practice.
Mount Miguel qualified 21 for the finals, Grossmont 20, and Helix, 18.
EASTERN LEAGUE FINALS, @BALBOA STADIUM
Ned Armour of Morse was a triple winner. Armour’s victories were in the 120 high hurdles (:14.5), 330-yard lows (:38.6), and long jump (22 feet, 8 inches).
Elijah Jefferson of Crawford and Thom Hunt of Patrick Henry were double winners. Jefferson ran :09.7 in the 100 and :21.4 in the 220 and Hunt logged a 4:15.7mile, second fastest in the state, and 9:14.2 in the two-mile.
Crawford’s Phil Hendrick was second to Hunt in each race in 4:16.5 and 9:16.7.
Jefferson also ran a leg on the Colts’ 440-yard relay, which turned in a state-leading time of :41.8 and Armour helped Morse to a second-place finish in :42.4. Lincoln was third in :42.5
Mike Glatz brought Mar Vista home in Metropolitan League meet record of :43 in 440 relay.
METROPOLITAN LEAGUE FINALS, @CASTLE PARK
Lennie McNeill of Sweetwater took down a league record that had stood since 1937, leaping 23 feet, 2 ½ inches in the long jump, landing beyond the 22-8 7/8 by Oceanside’s Bill Huntales 38 years before.
Montgomery’s Clint Bradburn turned a meet record :49.5 440. Fifteen minutes later Bradburn with a best of :39.1, was a nonqualifying fourth the 330 low hurdles in :40 as Castle Park’s Bob McCurdy won in a league-record :39.4, bettering the :39.5 by Bradburn in the trials.
WESTERN LEAGUE FINALS, @BALBOA STADIUM
Don Brown, struggling to find his alignment with the 30-inch barriers (“step” in more esoteric terms), had suddenly took the County lead the previous week with a :38.4 race in the 330-yard lows.
The Clairemont athlete, known primarily as a quartermiler, turned around and lowered his mark to :37.9.
Kearny’s Mike Bussey was a double winner in the 100 and 220 at :10 and :22.2 and anchored a :42.5 victory in the 440 relay.
AVOCADO LEAGUE FINALS, @VISTA
Oceanside’s Arvli Ward, with bests of :10 and :50.5 coming into the meet, ran the 100 in :09.9 and 440 in :49.6.
Jay Woods of Vista edged Shannon Laird of San Marcos, 4:18.3 to 4:18.4, in the mile, and doubled back with a 9:28.6 two-mile victory.
GROSSMONT LEAGUE FINALS, @GRANITE HILLS
Steve Riggins’ quest for an 880-440 double was in place until Mike Cardwell of Mount Miguel stormed past the astonished Riggins in the last 100 yards to win the 880 in 1:55.7, with Riggins clocking 1:55.9.
“I saw Riggins’ mouth drop open as I went by,” Cardwell told Nick Canepa of the Evening Tribune. “I knew I had him then. He’s been saying all week than no one can catch him over the last 220.”
Cardwell also got Mount Miguel off to a good start with a :49.6 opening leg in the mile relay, in which the Matadors set a meet record of 3:24.8 after Riggins returned to win the 440 in :49.4.
Mark Malone of El Cajon Valley and Kris Lettow of Helix waged duels of weights.
Malone hurled the shot 58-11 ½ and discus 170-8, Lettow 56-11 1/2 and 170-5, respectively.
Helix won the team championship with 50 points to Grossmont’s 48, and Mount Miguel’s 41.
Mike Bussey (right) accepted baton from Donald Williams on final leg of Western League 440 relay, which Kearny won in :42.5. Others, from left: Madison, Point Loma, and San Diego.
SAN DIEGO SECTION TRIALS, @BALBOA STADIUM
Crawford and Patrick Henry each had 11 qualifiers, followed by Vista, 9; Morse, Lincoln, and Bonita Vista had 8 each.
Kearny’s :41.8 in a 440 relay heat tied for first in the state with Crawford. The Colts’ Elijah Jefferson posted a :09.6 100 into a 4.5 miles-an-hour wind, eased to a :21.7 220, and helped Crawford to a :41.9 relay win.
Helix’ Steve Riggins (1:54.3) topped Henry’s Paul Becklund (1:55.7) with a career-best 880, and Riggins made it a double with a :49.4 440.
The two leaders in the mile, Vista Jay Woods (4:15.7) and Henry’s Thom Hunt (4:16.5) won their heats. Mount Miguel logged a county best 3:21.9 in the mile relay.
SAN DIEGO SECTION FINALS, @BALBOA STADIIUM
Crawford’s Elijah Jefferson (lane 5) led the 100-yard dash trial in the state meet as part of the crowd of 7,500 persons looked on in Balboa Stadium.
Patrick Henry scored 27 points, Crawford 25, Morse 23, Santana 22, and Helix 20 in spirited battle for the team championship.
The meet started fast, with Crawford’s :41.5 440 relay, tying Lincoln’s 1968 record. Kearny was second in :41.9, followed by Lincoln, :42.1, and Patrick Henry and San Diego, each at :42.7.
Elijah Jefferson set a record of :09.5 in the 100 and smoked the Balboa curve and straightaway for a :21.1 220, also a record.
Jefferson, along with San Diego’s Carl Sanford (1963) and Madison’s Bruce Girasole (1972), had run :09.6 (1973, ’74). Johnny Mack Ellis of Lincoln had timed :21.4 in 1966.
“I talked to Johnny this week and he said the record had been :21.4 too long,” said Jefferson. “He really wanted me to break it.”
Jefferson was on a mission. “It would be my last chance to set San Diego CIF records, so I wanted to get them. I also wanted some fast times before the state meet.”
Donald Brown of Clairemont ran :37.6 in the 330-yard low hurdles, bettering the :37.8 in last week’s trials by Helix’ Craig Evans, who was runner-up in :37.8.
Thom Hunt of Patrick Henry won the mile in 4:13.1, topping Vista’s Jay Woods (4:15.7), and backed it up with a 9:11 victory in the two-mile.
Mount Miguel’s Mike Cardwell edged Helix’ Steve Riggins in Grossmont League 880 final.
6/6/75 57TH BOYS STATE TRACK TRIALS, @BALBOA STADIUM
