2019 Week 7: Blazing Christon Starts Run to State Meet
The Countdown to Clovis begins this week as 16 San Diego Section leagues move through trials and finals with an eye on the state championships May 24-25 at Buchanan High in the Fresno suburb, where competition will be as hot as the weather, guaranteed to offer temperatures close to or at 100 degrees. At the […]
Read More2019 Week 6: Christon Sizzles at ‘Sac
Madison’s Kenan Christon blasted the San Diego Section 200-meter sprint record, vaulted to No. 1 in California, and into the top 10 in the U.S. The USC-bound senior lit up the El Camino College track in the 61st Mt. San Antonio Invitational, covering the distance in :20.90 and bettering the section record of :20.98, set […]
Read More2019 Week 5: Mt. Sac Up After Valley Center and Cerveny Invites
The Mt. San Antonio Relays, for decades hosted on campus in the community of Walnut, moved west about 30 miles to El Camino College in Inglewood a couple years ago and will headline the menu this week. Mt. Sac at one point was supposed to be the probable site of the 2020 Olympic Trials and […]
Read More2019 Week 4: Fahy Fastest Ever in Section 3200
San Diego Section runners and jumpers warmed to the competition in the Arcadia Invitational, turning in season highs in five girls events and three boys events; the young men brought the total to 9 in a City League triangular meet between Madison, Clairemont, and Christian. Christin Fahy was third in the 3200-meter run at Arcadia, […]
Read More1929 Track: Willson Leads Hilltoppers To First State Championship
“Willson, with two l’s.” Jimmy Willson had been correcting the spelling of his last name since he was in grade school but that changed when Willson’s family moved from Massachusetts and 11th grader Jimmy turned out for Coach Glenn Broderick’s track team at San Diego High. After a “Wilson“ or two, local sports writers got […]
Read More2019 Week 3: Mt. Carmel Meet Marks Overturned
Authentic.com the go-to, on-line entity for all things track and field, posted several outstanding marks from the Mt. Carmel invitational two weeks ago and then deleted them last week. Dennis McClanahan, the retired coach of the Sun Devils and the meet director for the invitational and honcho at the San Diego section trials and finals, […]
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