2013: Girls’ San Diego Section Records

100m 11.43 Jasmine Gibbs El Camino 2012
200m 23.16 Monique Henderson Morse 2001
400m 50.74 Monique Henderson Morse 2000
800m 02:08.0 Lesley Noll Mt. Carmel 1985
1600m 4:41.71 (n) Alli Billmeyer Torrey Pines 2011
3200m 10:18.9 Alli Billmeyer Torrey Pines 2011
100H (30’) 13.41 Gail Devers Sweetwater 1984
100H (33’) 14.13 Danielle Littleton Vista 2009
300H 42.26 Gail Devers Sweetwater 1983
4x100m 45.94* Young,  Reed, Gaston, Lovelady Crawford 1977
4x400m 3:49.12h Rankin, Henderson, Groce,  Garner Morse 1996
High Jump Whitney Sisler La CostaCanyon 2007
Pole Vault 13-6 Kortney Ross Westview 2010
Long Jump 20-7 Gail Devers Sweetwater 1984
Triple Jump 41-8¼ Jackie Anderson Mount Miguel 1987
Shot Put 46-10¼ Aiga Marie Taumua Sweetwater 2001
Discus 162-0 Lori Parker Ramona 1986

Legend
(n) Non-winning mark.
(h) hand time converted

(*) Converted to metric time from yard time
NOTE: All section records must meet National Federation guidelines




2013: Some Locals Stood Out at Clovis

San Diego Section athletes in both genders stepped up in the Saturday finals of last week’s state track and field championships.

The college-like campus at Clovis’ Buchanan  High was a wonderful venue for the 95th Boys’ championship and 40th Girls’ meet and drew more than 17,000 persons over two days.

Saturday’s finals began under a late-afternoon sun, in heat that reached 100 degrees, and after many from the local contingent of 90 entries were  eliminated  in Friday’s trials.

My Saturday favorites:

1–Hannah Labrie-Smith, Cathedral Catholic.  She revealed a strong competitive edge when the sophomore battled back from a potentially disastrous mid-race crisis.

Leading coming into the homestretch turn, Labrie-Smith was thrown off stride when she struck a hurdle and fell back to fifth place.  Composing herself, Hannah knocked off two runners near the finish line  and nudged into third place in :42.58, after coming within 1/10 of a second of Gale Devers’ 1984 Section record of :42.26 on Friday.

2–Poway’s 4×400 relay team.  San Diego teams almost never post a good time in this event before the Section finals or, more often,  the state trials.  Maybe it’s because coaches are trying to win dual meets and enter their best runners in multiple events each week.

Poway was sixth in  a very strong field but its time of 3:15.78 was almost six seconds better than what it was running a month ago.  The Titans overcame a terrible pass on the first exchange.  They had virtually lost contact with the field halfway into the second lap but rallied and finished with the 13th best 4×400 in Section history.

3–Alex Grigoriev, Rancho Bernardo.  At one point Grigoriev was running in 11th place but he didn’t panic, climbing the hill to third  with a career best  of 1:51.61, No. 8 all-time in  the section.

4– Dotun Ogundeji, Madison.  I feel that winning a state championship is not always the ultimate. Ogundeji has to feel good about himself.

An unheralded junior, Ogundeji was the only local athlete to qualify for two finals events.

A two-way lineman on Madison’s 2012 State III championship football team, Dotun added more than a foot to his previous best, coming in at  58-11 3/4 for sixth in the shotput and was out of the money in the discus but still managed an excellent 175-2.

5–Melissa Mongiovi, West Hills.  She let the field get too far ahead but blazed a finish that got Mongiovi a fifth-place medal.  Melissa’s 54.70 400 meters is No. 7 all-time in San Diego and she has two more years and enough time to get over the habit of  having too much left at the finish.

6–Brenden Song, West Hills.  The San Diego Section’s only gold medalist, Song won the discus by three inches at 188-8 after finishing second in 2012 and third in Friday’s trials.

7–All of the others who got to Saturday and earned medals or came up with personal bests.




2013: Steve Brand’s Final Top 10

Includes State Meet, May 31-June 1.

BOYS

100—(Fully automatic) Brown (Valhalla) 10.76, Smith (Mount Miguel) 10.80, Ardis (La Costa Canyon) 10.81 (10.70w), S. Pater (Mt. Carmel) 10.83, Molton (Hilltop) 10.84, Doan (StA) 11.07 (10.84w, Lucas (Poway) 10.85 (10.78w), Lewis (San Marcos) 10.88, Le (Scripps Ranch) 10.93, McNair (Morse) 10.94, Mayberry (Francis Parker) 10.94.  Southern California & State–Muhammad (Sherman Oaks Notre Dame), 10.22aw.

200—Ardis (La Costa Canyon) 21.35, Lucas (Poway) 21.55, Lewis (San Marcos) 21.95, Molton (Hilltop) 21.96, S. Pater (Mt. Carmel) 22.03, Gross (Poway) 22.05, Brown (Valhalla) 22.09, Morgan (St. Augustine) 21.9, Doan (St. Augustine)  22.18, Gibson (Olympic) 22.20, Ricks (Valley Center) 22.20, Thomas (Scripps Ranch) 22.20. Southern California & State–Muhammad (Sherman Oaks Notre Dame) 20.73.

400—Thomas (Scripps Ranch) 47.82, Howard (Steele Canyon) 48.65, Grigoriev (Rancho Bernardo) 49.54, Gronotte (Westview) 49.63, Dehaven (Granite Hills) 49.67, Smith (Eastlake) 49.88, Ozenbaugh (Poway) 49.89, Johnson (Helix) 49.91. Southern California & State–Kurtz (Etiwanda) 46.53.

800—Grigoriev (Rancho Bernardo) 1:51.61 (Section #8 all-time), Gronotte (Westview) 1:53.13, Senese (Mt. Carmel) 1:53.67, Hernandez (Helix) 1:53.98, Lawson (Cathedral) 1:54.23, Alvarado (Sweetwater) 1:55.69, Soto (El Cajon Valley) 1:55.76, Freeman (Carlsbad) 1:56.06, Snow (Carlsbad) 1:56.07, Greer (VC) 1:56.23. Southern California—Thompson (Riverside Sherman Indian), 1:51.76.  State–Hamilton (Oakland Bishop O’Dowd) 1:50.19.

1600–Freeman (Carlsbad), 4:11.89, Fahy (La Costa Canyon) 4:13.88, Braude (Torrey Pines), 4:15.12, Ryan (Westview) 4:15.89, Sindel (Mt. Carmel) 4:16.30, Sweet (Point Loma) 4:17.02, Morton (Mt. Carmel) 4:18.16, A. Masayesva (Serra) 4:18.40, Jafek (Torrey Pines) 4:18.53, Schaefer (Carlsbad) 4:19.01. Southern California—Tamagno (Brea-Olinda), 4:09.43.  State— Haney (Bakersfield Stockdale), 4:06.91.

3200—Freeman (Carlsbad) 8:52.65, Fahy (La Costa Canyon) 9:02.61, Braude (Torrey Pines) 9:05.26, Schaefer (Carlsbad) 9:11.09, Martin (Carlsbad) 9:11.55, Riley (Ramona) 9:17.31, Gomez (El Capitan) 9:20.16, A. Masayesva (Serra) 9:21.33, Bourke (Cathedral) 9:21.44, Lepe (Monte Vista) 9:21.99. Southern California–Gonzalez (El Toro), 8:54.01. State–Haney, 8:48.58.

110HH—(Fully automatic) Hartinger (San  Pasqual) 14.39, James (Granite Hills) 14.60, Washington (El Camino) 14.63, Zebold (Cathedral) 14.70 (14.44w), Nelson (Del Norte) 14.78, Kenney (Carlsbad) 14.80, Battig (Mira Mesa) 14.92, Trieu (Mira Mesa) 15.01, LaChica (Mt. Carmel) 15.20, French (Poway) 15.23 . Southern CaliforniaSicard (Gardena Serra), 13.92aw.  State—Morris (Concord De La Salle), 13.90.

300IH— Howard (Steele Canyon) 37.65, Washington (El Camino) 38.0,  Hartinger (San Pasqual) 38.44,  Nelson (Del Norte) 38.61, James (Granute Hills) 38.6 (38.89), Zebold (Cathedral) 38.93, French (Poway) 38.96, Hernandez (Castle Park) 39.19, Wilson (Orange Glen) 39.36, Riley (Rancho Bernardo) 39.47. Southern California & State–Sicard, 37.06.

4x100R—Poway 42.05, Steele Canyon 42.15, Mt. Carmel 42.38, Helix 42.39, Granite Hills 42.73, Oceanside 42.82, Olympian 42.85, Eastlake 43.00, Monte Vista 43.07, University City 43.12.  Southern California & State–Gardena Serra, 40.73a.

4x400R—Poway 3:15.78, Mt. Carmel 3:19.27, Steele Canyon 3:20.44, Westview 3:22.04, Rancho Bernardo 3:22.11, Granite Hills 3:22.37, Helix 3:22.40, Valley Center 3:24.35, Olympian 3:24.42, Del Norte 3:24.46. Southern California & State–Gardena Serra, 3:10.59.

HJ— Bush (Poway) 6-7, Rush-Dunigan (Point Loma ) 6-6, Pritchett (University Center) 6-6, Pavlovics (Rancho Bernardo) 6-5 ½, Williams (Mission Hills) 6-5, Patmon (Patrick Henry) 6-5, Benson (Point Loma) 6-5, Hilliard (Rancho Buena Vista) 6-5, Five at 6-3. Southern California & State–Howell (Antelope Center), 7-0.

PV— *K. Pater (Mt. Carmel) 16-6, Law (Otay Ranch) 16-0, Bush (Poway) 15-4, Elder (Escondido) 15-3, Poole (Poway) 14-4, Drammissi (El Capitan) 14-4, Wagenveld (Calvin Christian) 14-4, Miller (Patrick Henry) 14-2, Ash (Valhalla) 14-2, Holstrom (Rancho Bernardo) 14-2. Southern California & State–K. Pater.

LJ—Rush-Dunigan (Point Loma) 24-3 ½, Simpson (University City) 23-6 ½, Nasser (Sweetwater) 23-2 ½, LeBlanc (University City) 23-1, Walker (Mount Miguel) 22-9, Adair (Rancho Bernardo) 22-7 1/2, Carter (Serra) 22-7, Holder (Oceanside) 22-6, Nelson (Del Norte) 22-6, Miller (Oceanside) 22-3 ½. S. Pater (Mt. Carmel) 22-10w. Southern California & State–Jackson (Gardena Serra), 25-0.

TJ—Dodds (Oceanside) 48-8, Esteban (Otay Ranch) 46-4 ¾ (47-6w), Simpson (University City) 46-3, Jackson (Mount Miguel) 46-1 3/4, Rush-Dunigan (Point Loma) 45-10, Boulware (Eastlake) 45-7 ¾, Wilson (Granite Hills) 45-5 ¼, Tuff (Steele Canyon) 45-3 ½, M. Holder (Oceanside) 45-3, Carter (Serra) 45-2. Southern CaliforniaSpencer (Hesperia Sultana) 50-0 1/4w. State—Moore (Castro Valley), 50-11 ¼.

SP—Ogundeji (Madison) 58-11 ¾,  Higuera (Sweetwater) 55-2 ½, Santos (Imperial) 54-7 ¾, Braddock (East) 53-9 1/2, Hendrickson (San Pasqual) 52-11, Maneval (Torrey Pines) 52-8 ¼,  Wyatt (Helix) 52-4, Quessenberry (La Costa Canyon) 51-10, Newman (El Camino) 51-8, Barker (Rancho Bernardo) 51-7. Southern California & State–Ponzio (Temecula Great Oak), 66-2 1/2.

DT—Song (West Hills) 194-4, Ogundeji (Madison) 179-10, Newman (El Camino) 178-2, Maffei (Escondido) 166-4, Navarrete (University City) 160-9, Savage (Morse) 159-8, Hampton (Helix) 155-1, Braddock (Eastlake) 154-7, Barker (Rancho Bernardo) 152-4, Wyatt (Helix) 152-0. Southern California & State–Song.

GIRLS

100—(Fully automatic) (Mission Hills) 11.85, Johnson (Cathedral) 12.14, Labrie-Smith (Cathedral)12.12 (11.97w), Rehm (San Pasqual) 12.23, Zlatic (La Jolla) 12.30, Gillon (Hilltop) 12.36, Hernandez (Mt. Carmel) 12.40, Lawson (Eastlake) 12.41, Patterson (Rancho Bernardo) 12.41, Three at 12.43. Southern California & State–Washington (Long Beach Poly), 11.22aw.

200—Acolatse (Mission Hills) 24.30, Mongiovi (West Hills) 24.44, Johnson (Cathedral) 24.61, Zlatic (La Jolla) 24.78, Hernandez (Mt. Carmel) 24.80, Gonzalez (Mater Dei) 24.83, LiDrazzah (Olympian) 25.23, Burrell (Chula Vista) 25.24, Lawson (Eastlake) 25.26, Carrillo (Steele Canyon) 25.1, Labrie-Smith (Cathedral) 25.40 (25.00w). Southern California & State–Washington, 23.18.

400—Mongiovi (West Hills) 54.70 (Section #7 all-time), Armitage (Clairemont) 55.58, Lopez (Carlsbad) 55.98, Hernandez (Mt. Carmel) 56.28, Smith (Eastlake) 56.44, Zlatic (La Jolla) 56.55, Leonard (San Pasqual) 57.47, Bell (Morse) 57.52, Schroeder (Bonita Vista) 57.77, Garces (Eastlake) 57.85. Southern California—Ezumah (Gardena Serra), 54.15.  State–Dorner (Rancho Cordova) 53.00.

800—Gillespie (Otay Ranch) 2:10.70 (Section #9 all-time), Sammer (Rancho Bernardo) 2:12.28, Harbison (Westview) 2:13.85, Miller (Pacific Ridge) 2:15.14, Seamans (Torrey Pines) 2:15.28, Charles (Canyon Crest) 2:16.0, DeBrosse (El Camino) 2:16.13, Bernd (Canyon Crest) 2:16.26, Shade (Patrick Henry) 2:16.32, Fierro (San Dieguito) 2:16.39. Southern California–Huebner (La Quinta) 2:11.94.  State—Smith (Clovis North), 2:08.39.

1600—Emma Abrahamson (La Costa Canyon) 4:51.33, Bernd (Canyon Crest) 4:54.19, Sorensen (Torrey Pines) 4:56.74c, Charles (Canyon Crest) 4:57.70, Seay (Mt. Carmel) 4:57.90, Lawson (La Costa Canyon) 4:58.68, Ellie Abrahamson (La Costa Canyon) 4:59.44, Kay (Patrick Henry) 5:00.88, Miller (Pacific Ridge) 5:00.92c, O’Connell (Torrey Pines) 5:01.07. Southern California–Smith (Newport Beach Newport Harbor), 4:49.61.  State–Maxwell (San Lorenzo Valley), 4:43.01.

3200—Emma Abrahamson (La Costa Canyon) 10:36.01, Lawson (La Costa Canyon) 10:44.00, O’Connell (Torrey Pines) 10:44.24, Sorensen (Torrey Pines) 10:45.48, Seay (Mt. Carmel) 10:45.91, *Miller (Carlsbad) 10.54.75, Ellie Abrahamson (La Costa Canyon) 10:57.94, Bosler (La Costa Canyon) 10:59.08, Sanborn (Cathedral) 10:59.85, Ortlieb (San Pasqual) 11:06.59. Southern California & State–Baxter (Simi Valley), 10:06.74.

100IH—(Fully automatic) Labrie-Smith (Cathedral) 14.39, Hancock (La Jolla) 14.64, Johnson (Cathedral) 14.64, Rehm (San Pasqual) 14.78, Lyons-Walker (Morse) 14.80, Chang (Otay Ranch) 14.92, Johnson (Poway) 15.09w, Young (Serra) 15.16, Magdalena (Olympic) 15.20, Murray (Poway) 15.21. Southern California–Graham (Corona Roosevelt), 13.79sw.  State–Baxter (Castro Valley), 13.43.

300IH—Labrie-Smith (Cathedral) 42.27 (Section #2 all-time), Hancock (La Jolla) 42.59, Lyons-Walker (Morse) 43.80, Rehm (San Pasqual) 43.99, Garcia (Rancho Bernardo) 43.91, Johnson (Cathedral) 44.08, Van (Steele Canyon) 44.66, Spencer (San Diego) 44.83, Young (Serra) 45.57, Bell (Morse) 45.5. Southern California & State–Miller (Temecula Great Oak), 41.02.

4x100R–Cathedral 47.77; Mission Hills 48.34; Morse 48.45, Rancho Bernardo 48.64, Eastlake 48.66, University City 48.73, La Costa Canyon 48.81, Poway 48.84, San Pasqual 49.13, Olympian 49.16. Southern California & State–Long Beach Poly, 44.93.

4x400R— La Jolla 3:53.98, Carlsbad 3:54.91, Bonita Vista 3:55.40, Rancho Bernardo 3:56.23, Del Norte 3:58.81, Mt. Carmel 3:59.10, Cathedral Catholic 3:59.57, West Hills 4:00.57, University City 4:00.70, Eastlake 4:01.26. Southern California–Long Beach Poly, 3:43.62.  State—San Jose Piedmont Hills, 3:41.14.

HJ—Curry (University City) 5-9, Callahan (Coronado) 5-6 ½, Slack (Vista) 5-6, Rowlett (Carlsbad) 5-5, Yates (Rancho Buena Vista) 5-4, Smith (Coronado) 5-3, Gorman (Rancho Bernardo) 5-3, Vanderhoff (Valhalla) 5-3, Eight at 5-2. Southern California & State—McCoy (Fontana Miller), 6-0 ¾.

PV—Tolda (Cathedral) 12-0, Farr (Patrick Henry) 11-9, Lian (Rancho Bernardo) 11-6, Bartsch (Coronado) 11-5, *Jackson (Ramona) 11-3, Madigan (Scripps Ranch) 11-0, Moss (Otay Ranch) 10-6, Fox (Valhalla) 10-6, Girley (Carlsbad) 10-6, Six at 10-3. Southern California & State–Merritt (Rancho Santa Margarita), 13-8.

LJ—Zlatic (La Jolla) 19-0 ¾, T. Dozier (Mount Miguel) 18-7, Cromer (University City) 18-2, Staab (Scripps Ranch) 18-0, Hopson (Coronado) 17-8, Kennedy (Serra) 17-7 ¼, Van (Steele Canyon) 17-6 ¾, Rackley (La Costa Canyon) 17-6 ¼, Muhammad (La Jolla Country Day) 17-6, Slack (Vista) 17-5 ½. Southern California & State–Corrin (Studio City  Harvard-Westlake), 20-11.

TJ—Cole (Del Norte) 38-1 ¾, Van (Steele Canyon) 38-0, Kennedy (Serra) 37-6 ½, Muhammad (La Jolla Country Day) 37-4, Madsen (Carlsbad) 37-3 ½, Noiseaux (Eastlake) 37-2, Haselhuhn (Carlsbad) 36-8 ¾, Nash (Calvin Christian) 36-6 ¾, Mathis (Scripps Ranch) 36-2 ¼, Garcia (Sweetwater) 36-0 ½. Southern California–Tolliver (Inglewood St. Mary’s), 40-1 1/2.  State–Wallace (Castro Valley), 42-4.

SP—Ward (Hoover) 43-2 ½, Sierra (El Capitan) 42-3, Walker (Rancho Bernardo) 41-6 1/2, Tausaga (Mount Miguel) 40-2, Cheadle (Escondido) 39-8, Mohamed (Imperial) 38-9, Osby (Escondido) 38-5, Helgeson (El Camino) 38-4, Ellis (Westview) 38-2 ¼, S. Dozier (Steele Canyon) 38-2. Southern California & State–Scarvelis (Goleta Dos Pueblos), 51-11.

DISCUS–Smith (Helix) 136-10, Osby (Escondido) 129-11, S. Dozier (Steele Canyon) 128-4, Haury (Scripps Ranch) 128-4, Jackson (Francis Parker) 125-1, Sierra (El Capitan) 122-3, Anderson (Rancho Buena Vista) 122-3, Panebianco (Helix) 121-0, Helgesen (El Camino) 120-0, Nofadgi (Hoover) 118-3. Southern California–Jacobs (Arroyo Grande), 163-11.  State–Okwelogu (Clovis West), 173-09.




2013: Cathedral Sophomore Chases Devers

CLOVIS—Twenty-one of San Diego’s 90 entries qualified yesterday for this evening’s 95th State track-and-field championships at Buchanan High.

In arguably a mediocre season for the San Diego Section, a strong season finish is possible.

The state meet is the event in which winning is not always more important than improving on a personal best or setting a section record. The trials were satisfying enough.

Sophomore Hannah Labrie-Smith of Cathedral Catholic had the third-fastest effort in the 300-meter hurdles but her time of :42.27 was one-tenth of a second off Gail Devers’ section record.

Labrie-Smith should draw a good lane assignment tonight as she challenges one of the oldest records in the books, set in 1984 by Sweetwater’s future Olympic hurdles champion.

The meet was more than two hours old before Labrie-Smith became the first San Diego Section entry to record a season best.  She bettered her 100-meter time with a nonqualifying, wind-okay :12.2.

Alex Grigoriev of Rancho Bernardo is positioned for a run in the 800 meters.  He finished strongly in his heat, running career best of 1:51.90, second fastest qualifying time behind the 1:51.6 of Bakersfield Ridgeview’s Ivan Gonzalez.

Otay Ranch’s Carina Gillespie ran 2:11.10 for the second fastest girls 800.

Christian Freeman of Carlsbad dropped out of 1,600 to devote to the 3,200 tonight.  He has the fastest qualifying time going in, 9:03.51.

Poway’s boys 4×400 relay team is in a loaded field and seeded only ninth tonight, but the Titans ran 3:17.43, an improvement of almost four seconds in the last month.  They’ll probably have go well under 3:17 to earn a medal.

Other  possibilities include Brendan Song in the discus and Sydney Rush-Dunigan in the long jump.  Song’s 194-4 is the best throw in the state this year but the West Hills senior hasn’t hit that mark since April and was fourth in qualifying yesterday at 184-1.

Point Loma’s Rush-Dunigan, seemingly always struggling to find a good launch point, overcame five consecutive fouls (including three last week in the section meet) and reached 24-0 ½ to qualify third on the final jump of the competition.

Madison’s Doton Ogundeji was the only double qualifier, eighth in the discus at 173-6 and 10th in the shot put at 56-11 ¾.

BOYS

100– Muhmmad (Sherman Oaks Notre Dame), 10.40. (nonqualifier) Ardis (La Costa Canyon), 10.86. Doan (St. Augustine), 10.90. Lucas (Poway), 10.90.

200— Muhammad (Sherman Oaks Notre Dame).  9.  Ardis (La Costa Canyon), 21.66. (nonqualifier) Lucas (Poway), 21.75.  Lewis (San Marcos), 22.41.

400— Parish (Etiwanda), 47.16.  (nonqualifier) Thomas (Scripps Ranch), 48.44.  DeHaven (Granite Hills), 50.43. Ozenbaugh (Poway), DQ, false start.

800— Gonzalez (Bakersfield Ridgeview), 1:51.60.  2—Grigoriev (Rancho Bernardo), 1:51.91.  (nonqualifier) Hernandez (Helix), 1:54.07.  Senese (Mt. Carmel), 1:54.94.

1600— Haney (Bakersfield Stockdale), 4:13.05. (nonqualifier) Morton (Mt. Carmel), 4:21.70.  Sweet (Point Loma), 4:22.47.  Sindel (Mt. Carmel), 4:24.12.

110HH— Morris (Concord de la Salle) :13.92.  (nonqualifier) Hartinger (San Pasqual) 14.46. Nelson (Del Norte) 14.87. Kenney (Carlsbad), 14.99.

300IH– Sicard (Gardena Serra), 37.30.  7–Howard (Steele Canyon),  37.99. (nonqualifier) Nelson (Del-Norte), 38.88. Hartinger (San Pasqual), 39.79.

4×100 Relay– Gardena Serra, 41.01.  (nonqualifer) Granite Hills, 42.47; Mt. Carmel, 42.84. Helix, 43.06 DQ, lane violation.

4×400 Relay— Gardena Serra, 3:13.68.   9. Poway, 3:17.43.  (nonqualfier) Mt. Carmel, 3:20.31, DQ, lane violation.  Steele Canyon 3:20.55.

HJ—Started at 6-5.  Eleven qualified at 6-7.  (nonqualifier) Williams (Mission Hills), no height.  Benson (Point Loma), NH.  Bush (Poway), NH.

PV—Started at 14-6.  Twelve cleared 15-5  3/4, including Law (Otay Ranch).  (nonqualifier) Bush Poway (14-6).  K. Pater (Mt. Carmel), no height.

LJ— Jackson (Gardena  Serra), 24-7 ¼.  3–Rush-Dunigan (Point Loma), 24-0 ½.  10—Adair (Rancho Bernardo), 22-11.  (nonqualifier) S. Pater (Mt. Carmel), 19-5.

TJ— Moore (Castro Valley), 49-0 1/4.  (nonqualifier) Jackson (Mount Miguel), 45-2 ¾.  Dodds (Oceanside), 43-8 ¾.  Tuff (Steele Canyon), 42-5 ¼.

SP– Patterson  (Encino Crespi), 62-8. 10.  Ogundeji (Madison), 56-11 ¾.  (nonqualifier) Braddock (Eastlake), 53-2.  Santos (Imperial), 53-2.

DISCUS– Taylor (Newport Beach Newport Harbor), 189-11. 4—Song, West Hills, 184-1.  8—Ogundeji (Madison), 173-6. (nonqualifier) Savage (Morse). 151-2.

GIRLS

100— Washington (L.B. Poly), 11.48.  (nonqualifier) Acolatse (Mission Hills), 11.98.  Labrie-Smith (Cathedral), 12.12.  Lawson (Eastlake), 12.22.

200—Washington (L.B. Poly) 23.39.  (nonqualifier) Mongiovi (West Hills), 24.97.  Johnson (Cathedral), 24.91.   Zlatic (La Jolla), 25.27.

400– Dorner (Rancho Cordova Cordova),  53.12.  7. Mongiovi (West Hills),  55.61.  (nonqualifier) Hernandez (Mt. Carmel),  56.69.  Armitage (Clairemont),  57.57.

800— Smith (Clovis North), 2:10.63.  2. Gillespie (Otay Ranch), 2:11.10.  9.  Sammer (Rancho Bernardo), 2:12.28. (nonqualifier) Harbison (Westview), 2:14.54.

1600– Hiltz (Aptos),  4:50.7. (nonqualifier) Emma Abrahamson (La Costa Canyon), 4:58.06.  Bernd (Canyon Crest), 5:01.6.  Ellie Abrahamson (La Costa Canyon), 5:12.65.

100IH— Wallace (Castro Valley), 13.49. (nonqualifier)  Labrie-Smith (Cathedral), 14.46.  Johnson (Cathedral), 14.70.  Hancock (La Jolla), 14.85.

300LH— Miller (Temecula Great Oak), 41.60.    3. Labrie-Smith (Cathedral), 42.27 (Section No. 2 all-time).  8.  Hancock (La Jolla), 43.17.  (nonqualifier) Lyons-Walker (Morse), 44.37.

4X100 Relay– L.B. Poly, 45.57.  Nonqualifier—Cathedral, 48.06.  Morse, 48.59. Mission Hills, 50.77.

4×1600  Relay– Piedmont Hills, 3:44.47.   (nonqualifier) Carlsbad, 3:54.04.  La Jolla, 3:55.37.   Bonita Vista, 3:57.94.

HJ—Twelve  cleared 5-6.  (nonqualifier) Curry (University City), 5-3 ¾.  Rowlett (Carlsbad), 5-3 ¾.  Yates (Rancho Buena Vista), no height.

PV—Eleven cleared 11-10, including Tolda (Cathedral).  (nonqualifier) Farr (Patrick Henry), 11 4 ¼.  Jackson (Ramona), no height.

LJ—Corrin (N. Hollywood Harvard-Westlake), 20-8.  8.  Zlatic (La Jolla), 18-4 ¾. (nonqualifier) Dozier (Mount Miguel), 17-2 ¾. Muhammad (L.J. Country Day), 15-5.

TJ– Wallace (Castro Valley), 40-10 ¾.  10—Cole (Del Norte), 38.0 ½.  (nonqualifier) Noiseaux (Eastlake). 35-9 ½. Van (Steele Canyon), 35-8.

SP—Scarvelis (Goleta Dos Pueblos), 51-11.  8.  Ward (Hoover),  41-11 ¾.  9.  Walker (Rancho Bernardo), 41-6 ½.  (nonqualifier) Sierra (El Capitan), 38-10 ¾.

DISCUS—(leading qualifier) Okwelogu (Clovis West), 170-6.  9—Smith (Helix), 136-10.  (nonqualifier)  Osby (Escondido), 124-3.  Zaybree (Scripps Ranch), 121-5.




2013: Pat Shea, 73; Mission Bay and Chargers

Pat Shea, a starting right guard on the San Diego Chargers’ 1963 American Football League championship team and a legendary Mission Bay High athlete,  passed away in Encinitas recently at age 73.

Youthful Shea as Mission Bay star in 1958.
Youthful Shea as Mission Bay star in 1958.

Shea won the 1958 CIF Southern Section heavyweight wrestling championship for the Buccaneers and was  the ’58 City Prep League track championships shot put winner with a best of 55 feet, 9 1/4 inches.  At that time Shea’s mark was the third best ever by a city schools athlete.

Shea played in the annual Breitbard Foundation College Prep All-Star game featuring players from San Diego County versus Los Angeles City and was a lineman at San Diego Junior College  before moving on to the University of Southern California.

Shea recalled his days with the Chargers and at Mission Bay in classmate Bill Swank’s acclaimed book about the beach-area school, “Gold Leather Helmets – Black Hightop Shoes”:

“When I think about coaches at Mission Bay, I think about coach (Chuck) Coover,” said Shea.  “I loved him.  He was quiet, but he also paid special attention to me.  He saw something in me.”

Shea remembered Don Donnelly as his favorite classroom teacher and the difficulty of matching wrestling holds with coach Walt Romanowski.

“Romanowski tied me up,” Shea told Swank.  “I outweighed him and I didn’t know how he did it.  Romanowski and Coover were guys you wanted to please.”

Shea was known as a rough and tumble figure in his younger days in Pacific Beach and the coastal communities.  He was the second Shea to attend the new Mission Bay High, which opened in 1953.

Shea, Frank Schiefer, and Randy Chaffin were Buccaneers' shot put specialists.
Shea, Frank Schiefer, and Randy Chaffin were Buccaneers’ shot put specialists.

Pat followed Bob Shea, who  was a starter on early Buccaneers basketball teams in 1954-55 and ’55-56 and went on to a career as a life guard and administrator.

Pat Shea played at San Diego Junior College for two seasons and two years at the University of Southern California.  He made the Chargers as a rookie free agent in 1962 and concluded his career with the Chargers in 1965.

Chargers line coach Joe Madro was particularly fond of Shea.  The taskmaster Madro usually addressed Pat by Shea’s middle name, Beardsley, and appreciated Shea’s toughness and competitive spirit.

Shea said that he appreciated Chargers coach Sid Gillman but did not like general manager Gillman.  “I liked him,” Shea remembered, “until I had to negotiate a contract with him.”

 




2013: Steve Brand’s Track Top 10

As of May 26.  *State qualifier. a–automatic timing.  c–converted, yards to meters.

w–with wind.

BOYS

100—(Fully automatic) Brown (Valhalla) 10.76, Smith (Mount Miguel) 10.80, *Ardis (La Costa Canyon) 10.81 (10.70w), S. Pater (Mt. Carmel) 10.83, Molton (Hilltop) 10.84, *Lucas (Poway) 10.85 (10.78w), Lewis (San Marcos) 10.88, Le (Scripps Ranch) 10.93, McNair (Morse) 10.94, Mayberry (Francis Parker) 10.94.  *Doan (StA) 11.07 (10.84w).  Southern California & State–Muhammad (Sherman Oaks Notre Dame), 10.22aw.

200—*Ardis (La Costa Canyon) 21.35, *Lucas (Poway) 21.55, *Lewis (San Marcos) 21.95, Molton (Hilltop) 21.96, S. Pater (Mt. Carmel) 22.03, Gross (Poway) 22.05, Brown (Valhalla) 22.09, Morgan (St. Augustine) 21.9, Doan (St. Augustine)  22.18, Gibson (Olympic) 22.20, Ricks (Valley Center) 22.20, Thomas (Scripps Ranch) 22.20. Southern California & State–Muhammad (Sherman Oaks Notre Dame) 20.73.

400—*Thomas (Scripps Ranch) 47.82, Howard (Steele Canyon) 48.65, Grigoriev (Rancho Bernardo) 49.54, Gronotte (Westview) 49.63, *Dehaven (Granite Hills) 49.67, Smith (Eastlake) 49.88, *Ozenbaugh (Poway) 49.89, Johnson (Helix) 49.91. Southern California & State–Kurtz (Etiwanda) 47.31.

800—*Grigoriev (Rancho Bernardo) 1:52.35, Gronotte (Westview) 1:53.13, *Senese (Mt. Carmel) 1:53.67, *Hernandez (Helix) 1:53.98, Lawson (Cathedral) 1:54.23, Alvarado (Sweetwater) 1:55.69, Soto (El Cajon Valley) 1:55.76, Freeman (Carlsbad) 1:56.06, Snow (Carlsbad) 1:56.07, Greer (VC) 1:56.23. Southern California–Moulton (Corona Santiago), 1:51.78.  State–Hamilton (Oakland Bishop O’Dowd) 1:50.19.

1600–*Freeman (Carlsbad), 4:11.89, Fahy (La Costa Canyon) 4:13.88, Braude (Torrey Pines), 4:15.12, Ryan (Westview) 4:15.89, *Sindel (Mt. Carmel) 4:16.30, *Sweet (Point Loma) 4:17.02, Morton (Mt. Carmel) 4:18.16, A. Masayesva (Serra) 4:18.40, Jafek (Torrey Pines) 4:18.53, Schaefer (Carlsbad) 4:19.01. Southern California–Corcoran (Villa Park) 4:10.95. State–Blake Haney (Bakersfield Stockdale), 4:10.39.

3200—*Freeman (Carlsbad) 8:52.65, *Fahy (La Costa Canyon) 9:02.61, *Braude (Torrey Pines) 9:05.26, Schaefer (Carlsbad) 9:11.09, Martin (Carlsbad) 9:11.55, Riley (Ramona) 9:17.31, Gomez (El Capitan) 9:20.16, A. Masayesva (Serra) 9:21.33, Bourke (Cathedral) 9:21.44, Lepe (Monte Vista) 9:21.99. Southern California–Gonzalez (El Toro), 8:54.01. State–Haney, 8:48.58.

110HH—(Fully automatic) *Hartinger (San  Pasqual) 14.39, James (Granite Hills) 14.60, Washington (El Camino) 14.63, Zebold (Cathedral) 14.70 (14.44w), *Nelson (Del Norte) 14.78, *Kenney (Carlsbad) 14.80, Battig (Mira Mesa) 14.92, Trieu (Mira Mesa) 15.01, LaChica (Mt. Carmel) 15.20, French (Poway) 15.23 . Southern California & State–Sicard (Gardena Serra), 13.95aw.

300IH— *Howard (Steele Canyon) 38.19, Washington (El Camino) 38.0,* Hartinger (San Pasqual) 38.44, *Nelson (Del Norte) 38.61, James (Granute Hills) 38.6 (38.89), Zebold (Cathedral) 38.93, French (Poway) 38.96, Hernandez (Castle Park) 39.19, Wilson (Orange Glen) 39.36, Riley (Rancho Bernardo) 39.47. Southern California & State–Sicard, 37.23a.

4x100R— Poway 42.05, Steele Canyon 42.15, *Mt. Carmel 42.38, *Helix 42.39, *Granite Hills 42.73, Oceanside 42.82, Olympian 42.85, Eastlake 43.00, Monte Vista 43.07, University City 43.12.  Southern California & State–Gardena Serra, 40.73a.

4x400R— *Poway 3:18.90, *Mt. Carmel 3:19.27, *Steele Canyon 3:20.44, Westview 3:22.04, Rancho Bernardo 3:22.11, Granite Hills 3:22.37, Helix 3:22.40, Valley Center 3:24.35, Olympian 3:24.42, Del Norte 3:24.46. Southern California & State–Gardena Serra, 3:15.12.

HJ— *Bush (Poway) 6-7, Rush-Dunigan (Point Loma ) 6-6, Pritchett (University Center) 6-6, Pavlovics (Rancho Bernardo) 6-5 ½, *Williams (Mission Hills) 6-5, Patmon (Patrick Henry) 6-5, Benson (Point Loma) 6-5, *Hilliard (Rancho Buena Vista) 6-5, Five at 6-3. Southern California & State–Howell (Antelope Center), 7-0.

PV— *K. Pater (Mt. Carmel) 16-6, *Law (Otay Ranch) 16-0, *Bush (Poway) 15-4, Elder (Escondido) 15-3, Poole (Poway) 14-4, Drammissi (El Capitan) 14-4, Wagenveld (Calvin Christian) 14-4, Miller (Patrick Henry) 14-2, Ash (Valhalla) 14-2, Holstrom (Rancho Bernardo) 14-2. Southern California & State–K. Pater.

LJ—*Rush-Dunigan (Point Loma) 24-3 ½, Simpson (University City) 23-6 ½, Nasser (Sweetwater) 23-2 ½, LeBlanc (University City) 23-1, Walker (Mount Miguel) 22-9, *Adair (Rancho Bernardo) 22-7, Carter (Serra) 22-7, Holder (Oceanside) 22-6, Nelson (Del Norte) 22-6, Miller (Oceanside) 22-3 ½. *S. Pater (Mt. Carmel) 22-10w. Southern California & State–Jackson (Gardena Serra), 25-0.

TJ—*Dodds (Oceanside) 48-8, Esteban (Otay Ranch) 46-4 ¾ (47-6w), Simpson (University City) 46-3, *Jackson (Mount Miguel) 46-1 3/4, Rush-Dunigan (Point Loma) 45-10, Boulware (Eastlake) 45-7 ¾, Wilson (Granite Hills) 45-5 ¼, *Tuff (Steele Canyon) 45-3 ½, M. Holder (Oceanside) 45-3, Carter (Serra) 45-2. Southern California & State–Spencer (Hesperia Sultana) 50-0 1/4w.

SP—*Ogundeji (Madison) 57-10 ½, Higuera (Sweetwater) 55-2 ½, *Santos (Imperial) 54-7 ¾, *Braddock (East) 53-9 1/2, Hendrickson (San Pasqual) 52-11, Maneval (Torrey Pines) 52-8 ¼,  Wyatt (Helix) 52-4, Quessenberry (La Costa Canyon) 51-10, Newman (El Camino) 51-8, Barker (Rancho Bernardo) 51-7. Southern California & State–Ponzio (Temecula Great Oak), 65-9.

DT—*Song (West Hills) 194-4, *Ogundeji (Madison) 179-10, *Newman (El Camino) 178-2, Maffei (Escondido) 166-4, Navarrete (University City) 160-9, Savage (Morse) 159-8, Hampton (Helix) 155-1, Braddock (Eastlake) 154-7, Barker (Rancho Bernardo) 152-4, Wyatt (Helix) 152-0. Southern California & State–Song.

GIRLS

100—(Fully automatic) *Acolatse (Mission Hills) 11.85, Johnson (Cathedral) 12.14, *Labrie-Smith (Cathedral)12.15 (11.97w), Rehm (San Pasqual) 12.23, Zlatic (La Jolla) 12.30, Gillon (Hilltop) 12.36, Hernandez (Mt. Carmel) 12.40, *Lawson (Eastlake) 12.41, Patterson (Rancho Bernardo) 12.41, Three at 12.43. Southern California & State–Washington (Long Beach Poly), 11.22aw.

200—Acolatse (Mission Hills) 24.30, *Mongiovi (West Hills) 24.44, *Johnson (Cathedral) 24.61, *Zlatic (La Jolla) 24.78, Hernandez (Mt. Carmel) 24.80, Gonzalez (Mater Dei) 24.83, LiDrazzah (Olympian) 25.23, Burrell (Chula Vista) 25.24, Lawson (Eastlake) 25.26, Carrillo (Steele Canyon) 25.1, Labrie-Smith (Cathedral) 25.40 (25.00w). Southern california $ State–Washington, 23.18.

400—*Mongiovi (West Hills) 54.99, *Armitage (Clairemont) 55.58, Lopez (Carlsbad) 55.98, *Hernandez (Mt. Carmel) 56.28, Smith (Eastlake) 56.44, Zlatic (La Jolla) 56.55, Leonard (San Pasqual) 57.47, Bell (Morse) 57.52, Schroeder (Bonita Vista) 57.77, Garces (Eastlake) 57.85. Southern California–Mongiovi.  State–Dorner (Rancho Cordova) 54.05.

800—*Sammer (Rancho Bernardo) 2:12.39, *Gillespie (Otay Ranch) 2:13.00, *Harbison (Westview) 2:13.85, Miller (Pacific Ridge) 2:15.14, Seamans (Torrey Pines) 2:15.28, Charles (Canyon Crest) 2:16.0, DeBrosse (El Camino) 2:16.13, Bernd (Canyon Crest) 2:16.26, Shade (Patrick Henry) 2:16.32, Fierro (San Dieguito) 2:16.39. Southern California–Huebner (La Quinta) 2:11.94.  State–Maxwell (San Lorenzo Valley) 2:09.34.

1600—*Emma Abrahamson (La Costa Canyon) 4:51.33, *Bernd (Canyon Crest) 4:54.19, Sorensen (Torrey Pines) 4:56.74c, Charles (Canyon Crest) 4:57.70, *Seay (Mt. Carmel) 4:57.90, Lawson (La Costa Canyon) 4:58.68, Ellie Abrahamson (La Costa Canyon) 4:59.44, Kay (Patrick Henry) 5:00.88, Miller (Pacific Ridge) 5:00.92c, O’Connell (Torrey Pines) 5:01.07. Southern California–Smith (Newport Beach Newport Harbor), 4:49.61.  State–Maxwell (San Lorenzo Valley), 4:43.01.

3200—Emma Abrahamson (La Costa Canyon) 10:36.01, *Lawson (La Costa Canyon) 10:44.00, *O’Connell (Torrey Pines) 10:44.24, Sorensen (Torrey Pines) 10:45.48, Seay (Mt. Carmel) 10:45.91, *Miller (Carlsbad) 10.54.75, Ellie Abrahamson (La Costa Canyon) 10:57.94, Bosler (La Costa Canyon) 10:59.08, Sanborn (Cathedral) 10:59.85, Ortlieb (San Pasqual) 11:06.59. Southern California & State–Baxter (Simi Valley), 10:06.74.

100IH—(Fully automatic) *Labrie-Smith (Cathedral) 14.39, *Hancock (La Jolla) 14.64, Johnson (Cathedral) 14.64, Rehm (San Pasqual) 14.78, *Lyons-Walker (Morse) 14.80, Chang (Otay Ranch) 14.92, Johnson (Poway) 15.09w, Young (Serra) 15.16, Magdalena (Olympic) 15.20, Murray (Poway) 15.21. Southern California–Graham (Corona Roosevelt), 13.79sw.  State–Baxter (Castro Valley), 13.43a.

300IH—*Labrie-Smith (Cathedral) 42.49, *Hancock (La Jolla) 42.59, *Lyons-Walker (Morse) 43.80, Rehm (San Pasqual) 43.99, Garcia (Rancho Bernardo) 43.91, Johnson (Cathedral) 44.08, Van (Steele Canyon) 44.66, Spencer (San Diego) 44.83, Young (Serra) 45.57, Bell (Morse) 45.5. Southern California & State–Miller (Temecula Great Oak), 41.15.

4x100R–*Cathedral 47.77; *Mission Hills 48.34; *Morse 48.45, Rancho Bernardo 48.64, Eastlake 48.66, University City 48.73, La Costa Canyon 48.81, Poway 48.84, San Pasqual 49.13, Olympian 49.16. Southern California & State–Long Beach Poly, 44.94.

4x400R— *La Jolla 3:53.98, *Carlsbad 3:54.91, *Bonita Vista 3:55.40, Rancho Bernardo 3:56.23, Del Norte 3:58.81, Mt. Carmel 3:59.10, Cathedral Catholic 3:59.57, West Hills 4:00.57, University City 4:00.70, Eastlake 4:01.26. Southern California–Long Beach Poly, 3:47.01.  State–Fresno Edison, 3:46.04.

HJ—*Curry (University City) 5-9, Callahan (Coronado) 5-6 ½, Slack (Vista) 5-6, *Rowlett (Carlsbad) 5-5, *Yates (Rancho Buena Vista) 5-4, Smith (Coronado) 5-3, Gorman (Rancho Bernardo) 5-3, Vanderhoff (Valhalla) 5-3, Eight at 5-2.

PV—*Tolda (Cathedral) 12-0, *Farr (Patrick Henry) 11-9, Lian (Rancho Bernardo) 11-6, Bartsch (Coronado) 11-5, *Jackson (Ramona) 11-3, Madigan (Scripps Ranch) 11-0, Moss (Otay Ranch) 10-6, Fox (Valhalla) 10-6, Girley (Carlsbad) 10-6, Six at 10-3. Southern California & State–Merritt (Rancho Santa Margarita), 13-8.

LJ—*Zlatic (La Jolla) 19-0 ¾, *T. Dozier (Mount Miguel) 18-7, Cromer (University City) 18-2, Staab (Scripps Ranch) 18-0, Hopson (Coronado) 17-8, Kennedy (Serra) 17-7 ¼, Van (Steele Canyon) 17-6 ¾, Rackley (La Costa Canyon) 17-6 ¼, *Muhammad (La Jolla Country Day) 17-6, Slack (Vista) 17-5 ½. Southern California & State–Corrin (N. Hollywood Harvard-Westlake), 20-11.

TJ—*Cole (Del Norte) 38-1 ¾, *Van (Steele Canyon) 38-0, Kennedy (Serra) 37-6 ½, Muhammad (La Jolla Country Day) 37-4, Madsen (Carlsbad) 37-3 ½, *Noiseaux (Eastlake) 37-2, Haselhuhn (Carlsbad) 36-8 ¾, Nash (Calvin Christian) 36-6 ¾, Mathis (Scripps Ranch) 36-2 ¼, Garcia (Sweetwater) 36-0 ½. Southern California–Tolliver (Inglewood St. Mary’s), 40-1 1/2.  State–Wallace (Castro Valley), 42-4.

SP—*Ward (Hoover) 43-0 ½, *Sierra (El Capitan) 42-3, *Walker (Rancho Bernardo) 41-6, Tausaga (Mount Miguel) 40-2, Cheadle (Escondido) 39-8, Mohamed (Imperial) 38-9, Osby (Escondido) 38-5, Helgeson (El Camino) 38-4, Ellis (Westview) 38-2 ¼, S. Dozier (Steele Canyon) 38-2. Southern California & State–Scarvelis (Goleta Dos Pueblos), 51-9 1/4.

DISCUS–*Osby (Escondido) 129-11, *Smith (Helix) 129-3, S. Dozier (Steele Canyon) 128-4, *Haury (Scripps Ranch) 128-4, Jackson (Francis Parker) 125-1, Sierra (El Capitan) 122-3, Anderson (Rancho Buena Vista) 122-3, Panebianco (Helix) 121-0, Helgesen (El Camino) 120-0, Nofadgi (Hoover) 118-3. Southern California–Jacobs (Arroyo Grande), 163-11.  State–Okwelogu (Clovis West), 168-4.