2025 Track Week 2: San Diego Section Boys and Girls Lead in 12 Events
After a terrific 57th Arcadia Invitational, action moves on to the Mt. Sac Relays in Walnut and the 105th Russell Cup in Carpinteria this week. League, Section qualifiers and finals, and the 105th state meet in Clovis are on the horizon. Wind of more than accepted 2.0 kilometers is noted with a “w”. BOYS EVENT […]
Read More2025 Week 1 Track: Arcadia Invitational San Diego Section Results
ARCADIA INVITATIONAL, DAY II, SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 2025 BOYS OPEN, SEEDED, INVITATIONAL EVENT NAME MARK PLACE LEADER Open Triple Jump Daley, El Camino 45-3 13th 49-6, Smith, Quartz Hill Open Pole Vault Yarbrough, San Dieguito 15-8 7th 16-8, McGee, Camas, Washington Sbuttoni, St. Augustine 15-2 9T Suhar, Torrey Pines 9T Open […]
Read More1937 Track: Metropolitan League Athletes Outshine San Diego and Hoover
San Diego and Hoover were not factors in the Coast, Southern Section, and state meets, while Coronado sprinter-hurdler John Fawcett led a strong showing by athletes from the Metropolitan League. Fawcett set a County record in the 440-yard dash and La Jolla’s Jerry Soule and Jim Tripp and Oceanside’s Bill Huntales were among the best […]
Read More1978 Track: Dokie Does It For State Champion El Camino
El Camino High, three years removed from opening its doors and splitting from Oceanside High (taking many outstanding athletes and football coach Herb Meyer), became the first San Diego County team since San Diego High in 1938 to win a state team championship. The Wildcats scored 16 points, edging Gardena and Pasadena, which had 15 […]
Read More1977 Track: Lady Colts, David Russell Reach the Heights
San Diego produced three state champions, the most since 1929. David Russell of Patrick Henry won the boys’ 100 (:09.61) and 220 (20.97 with 2.2 wind, over the allowable 2.0), and the Crawford girls’ 440 relay squad of Danita Young, Judy Reed, Jewell Lovelady, and Katie Gaston, set a national record, :46.14. Forty-eight years before […]
Read More2024: Dallas Evans, Football and Track Standout
Dallas Evans , who passed away recently, was a star end on the 1953 San Diego High football team, a sub 49-second quarter-miler at San Diego State, and a coach and teacher more than 30 years in the South Bay area. Dallas earned all-City Prep League honors on the 7-3 San Diego team that won […]
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