1937 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:Â 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 […]
Read More1976 Track: Poway’s Middleton Earned Section’s Lone State Championship.
There were many good marks during the season, but it remained for Poway’s Kathy Middleton to bring home the only gold medal for the San Diego Section in the 58th State Track meet at Edwards Field in Berkeley. Middleton had a winning discus throw of 134-5, topping Susan Springer of Salinas (132-11) after Middleton’s 131-6 […]
Read More2024 Week 9: Section Athletes End Great Track Season
I’ve seen at least 40 state meets since my first in 1957 at Edwards Field in Berkeley and they evolve each year, becoming arguably one of the best high school events in the country. Buchanan High in Clovis has been the venue since 2009 and the site of some of the San Diego Section’s finest […]
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