1965 Track: Danielson Hotter Than Bakersfield Weather
A promising Class B 660 yards runner in 1964 who bypassed cross-country for football in the fall, Chula Vista junior Tim Danielson ran down defending state champion Mike Ryan and scored a stunning, 20-yard victory in the mile in the 47th state meet, defying the evening heat of Bakersfield. Danielson’s time of 4:08 was a […]
Read More1965 Track: Avocado League Chicanery?
A North County dustup was decided in Oceanside’s favor when the Pirates won the Avocado League championship-deciding dual meet at Vista, 61-52. The event, scheduled at Vista, originally was rained out several weeks before. The schools, approximately 11 ½ miles and about 20 minutes apart along the State 78 corridor, could not agree on an […]
Read More1950 Track: Grossmont’s Norris Stood Out Among Standouts
San Diego High and Grossmont were kings of the majors and La Jolla ruled the smaller schools. Hal Norris, Charlie Powell, Jerry Wood and Darnes Johnson were names of note. It was a solid if unspectacular season in the San Diego area, but Norris, the first of a generation of outstanding shot putters at Grossmont […]
Read More1964 Track: Hose Takes Place As Among the Best Ever
Bob Hose gave a glimpse as a sophomore at Clairemont in the San Diego Section finals in 1962, when Hose finished fifth in the 880 in 1:58. It was a promising if overlooked run by Hose, as attention was focused on Hoover’s John Garrison, who would finish second in the state meet and tie the […]
Read More1961 Track: First-Year Section Finding Its Way
Divorced from the Southern Section after 47 years, the new San Diego Section was one of the smallest in the state, 28 schools, and found itself with one automatic qualifier for each event in the state meet. The legislation by the state CIF ended the possibility, however unlikely, of as many as three in each […]
Read More1949 Track: One Man Too Much for San Diego, Grossmont
San Diego could have locked up another Southern California championship, but the Hillers, who had won team titles in 1929, ’38, ’41, ’42, and ’48, were outscored by a tall timber topper from Glendale Hoover. Hurdler, jumper, and anchorman Jack Davis scored 19 of the Tornadoes’ 24 points, leaving the defending champion Hillers in second […]
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