2019 Track Week 13: Five Lead State Marks as Season Comes to Close
It was perhaps the finest track-and-field season in San Diego Section history. There not only were a record seven gold medal winners (compared to five in 1974) in last week’s state championships in Clovis but area thinclads also had state best performances in five boys and girls events. Kenon Christon was No. 1, not only […]
Read More2019 Week 12: Christon Leads Terrific Section Performance in 101st State Track Meet
It wasn’t just Kenan Christon’s powerful sweep in the 100 and 200 meters. San Diego Section athletes earned an unprecedented 7 gold medals in the 101st state track finals at Clovis Buchanan High. –Christon equaled the 100-meter meet record of :10.30, set by Riley Washington of San Diego Southwest in 1992, and roared down the […]
Read More2019 Week 12: 101st State Track Trials
Twenty-five San Diego Section entries qualified in 22 events for tonight’s 101st state track finals at Clovis Buchanan High. 12 boys advanced in 9 events and 11 girls in 11 events plus two relay teams. Madison’s Kenon Christon will attempt to become the section’s first winner in the 100 sionce 1993 and the first double […]
Read More2019 Week 11: Clovis Awaits San Diego’s Best
The San Diego Section qualified more than 100 boys and girls athletes for the Friday-Saturday, 101st state track championships at Clovis Buchanan High. The top three finishers in the San Diego Section meet last week and others who met the state qualifying standard earned the 340-mile trip to the Fresno suburb. Coronado’s Alysha Hickey will […]
Read More1941: Hillers Can’t Get Over Final Hurdle
Those pesky uprights. San Diego High’s presumed run to a state championship was blindsided when Ed Pohl, leading as he approached the final obstacle in the 220-yard hurdles, slammed into a 30-inch barrier at San Jose State’s Spartan Stadium. Pohl stumbled and tried to recover but tripped across the rail separating the field from the […]
Read More2019 Week 10: More Sprint Explosions by Kenan Christon
Kenan Christon sat still and endured three false starts in the 100 meters, cautiously came out of his starting blocks on the field’s fourth attempt, and still smoked a wind-assisted:10.26 in the San Diego Section trials last week at Mt. Carmel. Christon continued his monster, late-season run later in the afternoon by taking the national […]
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