104th STATE TRACK TRIALS

CLOVIS BUCHANAN HIGH

Mount Miguel’s Brandon Arrington ran the fastest sprint double in San Diego Section history, a wind-aided :10.27 100 meters and :20.55 200, and Carlsbad’s Cain Evans charged down the stretch to run a 1:51.88 800, the seventh fastest.

Fifteen area entries qualified in competition that took place on a cool, windy afternoon-evening at the Central San Joaquin Valley school.

San Diego Section qualifiers in bold:

4×100 Relay—(heat 1) L.A.  Mission Hills Chaminade, :41.30. 4. Cathedral, :41.86.  (heat 2), Pittsburg, :41.30.    Mount Miguel, DQ, lane violation.  (heat 3) L.B. Poly, :41.16. 8. Rancho Bernardo, :42.24.

1600—(heat 1) Reynolds (Carmichael Jesuit), 4:10.59.  14. Bamford (Scripps Ranch), 4:23.96.  (heat 2) Perez L.A. Cathedral) 4:11.69.  10. O’Toole (Sage Creek) 4:20.94. 11. Senn (Steele Canyon), 4:21.83.

400—(heat 1) Ochoa (Covina Northview), :47.24. 4.  Slaughter (Mt. Carmel), :48.97.  (heat 2) Mayrant (Culver City), 47.60.  5. Caulfield (Mt. Carmel) :48.89. (heat 3)  Ricks (L.B. Poly), :47.59. 3. Jones (Mount Miguel), :48.02.  (heat 4) Avalos (Lemoore), :47.51.

100—(heat 1) Ford (Bakersfield) :10.34w. (heat 2) Harris (L.B. Poly), :10.52w.  5. McCotter (Cathedral), 10.71w.   9. Fisher (Torrey Pines), :11.01.  (heat 3) Arrington, Jr. (Mount Miguel) :10.27w.

800—(heat 1) Evans (Carlsbad), 1:51.88. 2. Bowman (Sage Creek). 1:53.06. (heat 2) Obando (L.B. Wilson), 1:52.66.  (heat 3) Cordero (Eastlake), 1:53.64.

110HH—(heat 1)  Felix (Fresno Central), :13.71w.  3. Tseko-Biffle (El Capitan) 13.99w.  (heat 2)  McFarland (Elk Grove Cosumnes Oaks), :13.71. 5. Reese (San Marcos) :14.36. (heat 3) Martin (Helix), :14.20. (heat 4)—Najeeb-Babalola (San Jose Mitty), :14.07.

300H—(heat 1) Tseko-Biffle (El Capitan) :37.48.  3.  Atilano (Cathedral), :37.97. 4.  Martin (Helix), :38.70.  (heat 2) Rendon (L.A. Carson), :37.57.  Reese (San Marcos), no time.

200—(heat 1) Arrington, Jr.  (Mount Miguel), :20.55w. (heat 2) Coleman (L.A. Granada Hills), :20.83. (heat 3) Bragg (Los Alamitos), :21.25.  4. Gray (Helix), :21.60.  6. Sanders (Mira Mesa), :22.11.

4×400 Relay—(heat 1) Culver City 3:16.66.  Helix, DQ, lane violation. (heat 2) L.B. Poly, 3:18.88.  Mt. Carmel, DQ, lane violation. (heat 3) L.B. Wilson, 3:15.08. 6. Mount Miguel, 3:28.56.

HJ—Eight cleared 6-6.  9. Cheeks (Mission Bay.), 6-4. Carmona (Fallbrook), Gross (Torrey Pines), no height.

LJ—Rogers (Acalanes), 24-7 ¾.  6. Cheeks (Mission Bay) 23-5 ½.  23. Wilson (Steele Canyon), 21-11 ½. 24. Martin (Helix), 21-9 ¾.

TJ—Carter (Moreno Valley Vista del Lago), 48-6 ¾.  8. Daley (El Camno), 46-07.  13. Gouvalaris (Torrey Pines), 46-1. 16. Reichenberg (Mission Bay), 45-5 ¾.

SP—Bitter (Clovis North), 64-3 ¼. 13.  Gash (Helix) 54-4 ¼. 22. Victor (Valley Center), 49-2 ¼.  24. Ledesma (San Pasqual) 46-7 ½.

Discus—Smith (Clovis Buchanan), 206-11.  18. Victor (Valley Center), 159-07.  20. Maciejewski (Del Norte), 157-04.  34—Gash (Helix), 110-10.

PV—Eleven cleared 15-6, incl. Weisman (Torrey Pines), Anderson (University City), Farenc (Westview), Bernier (Fall)brook.  Saunders (Rancho Bernardo), 15-0.  Rynearson (Mission Bay), 15-0.

Anisa Bowen-Fontonot, Payton Smith, Amirah Shaheed, Makenna Herbst, Kaitland Arciaga, and Morgan Herbst, won their first tests in trials at Clovis Buchanan High, the Central Section host of the 104th state meet.

Twenty San Diego Section entries qualified for the next day finals.

San Diego Section qualifiers for finals in bold:

GIRLS

4×100 Relay (heat 1) Calabasas, :45.90; 3. Steele Canyon, :47.00. 5. Helix, :47.97. 8. Otay Ranch, :48.64. (heat 2) L.B. Poly, :45.99).  (heat 3) L.B. Wilson, :46.37.

1600—(heat 1) Packard (Capistrano JSerra), 4:51.46.  3. Dailey (La Jolla), 4:53.66. (heat 2) Engelhardt (Ventura), 4:50.5.   6. Hickey (The Bishop’s), 4:54.29. 7.Scuba (Sage Creek), 4:56.27.

100H—(heat 1) Bowen-Fontonot (San Diego), :13.74w. 7. Cook (Steele Canyon), :14.24w. 5. Gates (Point Loma), :14.64w. (heat 2) Gowans (L.A. Marlborough), :14.25.  (heat 3) White (Sacramento River City), :14.18w.

400—(heat 1), Blue (L.B. Wilson), :55.29. (heat 2) Maddox (Culver City), :53.62. (heat 3) Rutherford (Mountain View) :54.54. 5. Gonzales (Torrey Pines), :56.84. (heat 4) Smith (La Jolla), :55.05.  2. Burkhardt (Steele Canyon) :55.45.  

100—(heat 1) Flowers (Gardena Serra), :11.65.  (heat 2) Warr (Canyon Country Canyon), 11:55.  6. Gilhooly (Coronado), :12.03.  (heat 3) Shaheed (Madison) :11.50w.  (heat 4) Harris (Stockton Edison), :11.65. 4.  Frazier (University City), 12.03.

800—(heat 1) Hoornaert (Saratoga Prospect), 2:08.48.  5. Zimmer (Cathedral), 2::12.81.  6. Aguirre (Patrick Henry), 2:13.65.  (heat 2) Ma. Herbst (Carlsbad), 2:09.86. (heat 3) Arciaga (Westview), 2:11.48.  3. Buswell (Poway), 2:12.39. 

300H—(heat 1) Mo. Herbst (Carls bad), :41.93. (heat 2)—Louis (L.A. Girls Leadership Academy), :42.90. 4.  Cook (Steele Canyon), :43.96. 5. Mack (Otay Ranch), :44.10. (heat 3) Varnado (L.B.) Wilson, :43.03. 3. Bowen-Fontonot (SD), :43.51.

200—(heat 1) Rutherford (Mountain View): 23.99).  2. Smith (La Jolla), :24.04. (heat 2), Flowers (Gardena Serra), :24.08w). (heat 3), Kirk (Simi Valley Royal (23.63w).  7.  Barclay (Steele Canyon), no time. (heat 4) Maddox (Culver City), :23.60w.

4×400 Relay—(heat 1) L.B. Wilson, 3:48.72. 4. Carlsbad, 3:54.78.  (heat 2) Calabasas 3:48.33.  (heat 3) L.B. Poly, 3:47.95.  6.  Del Norte, 3:58.20.  Steele Canyon. scratched.

HJ—Nine qualified at 5-5.  14. Ortiz (El Centro Central), 5-2.  Stein (Patrick Henry), 5-2.  Cunningham (Westview), 5-2.

TJ—Richards (Simi Valley Royal), 39-8 ¾.  8. Jones (Oceanside), 37-11 1/2).  20. Guevara (Bonita Vista), 36-1 ½.

LJ—–Webster, L.B. Wilson, 20-9 ¼.  11. Hoagland (Rancho Bernardo), 17-7 ¾. 19. Harper (Steele Canyon), 17-2 ¼.  21. Jones, (Oceanside), 17-0.

Discus—Bitner, Davis, 153-05.  9. Williams (Cathedral), 139-08. 16. Driscoll (Canyon Crest) 128-08.

SP—Schnayer (Moraga Campolindo), 44-03 ½.  9. Colon Gipson (Otay Ranch) 40-11 ¼.  15. Ford (Helix), 37 ¼). 22. Lauifi (Helix) 36-0.

PV—Muhammad (Pittsburg), 12-7.  2. de Jong (Maranatha), 12-3.  7. Echsner (Del Norte), 12-3. 13. Khieu (Del Norte) 11-9. Downing (La Costa Canyon), scratched

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

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.

Bold type indicates change from last week.

Rashid Shaheed was a :48.54 standout in the 400 meters at Mt. Carmel in 2016 and now is one half of a virtually all-San Diego receiving corps with Chris Olave (Eastlake-San Marcos) for the NFL’s New Orleans Saints.

Amirah Shaheed, Rashid’s younger sibling, also is creating a path at Madison.  She  tied for the state lead with a :23.52 200 in the San Diego Section Division III championships at Valley Center last week and lowered her 100 meters time to :11.51, third in the state.

Shaheed ran :11.58 in the 100 in 2023, fourth fastest all-time in San Diego; she’s now tied with Sweetwater’s Gail Devers for the second fastest, behind the :11.43 by Jasmine Gibbs of Oceanside in 2012.

Shaheed ran the 200 in :24.07, number 14 all-time in 2023, and her time last week has been surpassed in San Diego County only by Lincoln’s  Jackie Thompson (:23.08) in 1973 at 220 yards and Morse’s future Olympian Monique Henderson (:23.16) in 2000.

Marks in bold indicate change from last week:

GIRLS

Even after a withering assault on top 25 performances in the Southern Section meet last week, San Diego boys still command eight spots in the California top five of their respective events heading into Saturday’s Section finals at Mt. Carmel.

Mount Miguel’s David Arrington, Jr., ran the 200 in :20.64 in the  Division II finals at University City, marking the sixth time this season Arrington has bettered 21 seconds in the event.

The Matadors’ sophomore leads the state and is fifth in the country. Arrington will likely have  three more opportunities (Section finals, State trials and finals) to break Kenon Christon’s County record of :20.55.

Marks in bold indicate change from previous week: