2024 Track Week 3: Ninth and 10th Graders Hold Sway in Dick Wilkins Meet
Underclass youngsters took charge last week in the 38th Dick Wilkins Frosh-Sophomores meet at Del Norte as the season swung toward league championships this week.
Mount Miguel’s Brandon Arrington, Jr., continued to run among the top echelon sprinters in the state with his :10.51 100 meters and :20.88 200. Rancho Bernardo’s Brice Abawi announced his presence, trailing Arrington, Jr., in :10.74 and :21.86.
Chiara Daley of La Jolla advanced to No. 3 in the girls state 1600, running 4:45.83, and Josiah Bowman of Sage Creek made the 800 a Big Three, clocking 1:53.37, seventh in the state, and alerting Carlsbad’s Cain Evans, whose 1:52.9 is fourth, and Eastlake’s Angel Cordero, whose 1:53.24 is sixth.
Best marks of the season and state rankings and leaders:
Cathedral’s Vincent Atilano lost his California lead in the 300 hurdles, but gained a first, and national standing, in another at the 64th Mount San Antonio Relays over the weekend.
Atilano eschewed his usual 300 race, in which his :37.42 ranked first until a runner from Eastvale Roosevelt ran :37.06. The Dons’ senior instead entered a 400 hurdles race and his time of :53.56 is No. 1 in the state and fifth in the U.S this season.
San Diego Section athletes turned in several outstanding performances at the meet in Walnut, with six season bests in girls competition and five in boys.
Mt. Sac was the last major invitational as athletes now move into a final week of dual meets or league finals, leading to the 104th state meet at Buchanan High in Clovis May 24-25.
Season bests in bold italics:
GIRLS
EVENT
MARK
NAME, SCHOOL
STATE
OTHERS
NAME
SCHOOL
100
:11.59w
Shaheed, Madison
5th
:11.38w
Wright
Temecula Chapparal
:11.64w
Gilhooly, Coronado
9th
:11.83w
Smith, La Jolla
15T
200
:23.67
Smith
1st
:23.91
Humphries
Castaic
:23.73
Shaheed
2nd
:24.46
Gilhooly
18th
400
:53.56
Smith
1st
:53.69
Trepagnier
Culver City
:55.86
Burkhardt, Steele Canyon
17th
:55.94
Arciaga, Westview
18th
:56.11
Ma Herbst, Carlsbad
20th
800
2:09.26
Arciaga
4th
2:03.48
Engelhardt
Ventura
2:09.87
Williams, Eastlake
7th
2:10.26
Buswell, Poway
9th
2:11.43
Ma. Herbst, Carlsbad
13th
2:12.53
Scuba, Sage Creek
16th
2:13.53
Aguirre,
Patrick Henry
23rd
1600
4:43.20
Williams
2nd
4:29.86!
Engelhardt
4:46.83!
Dailey
11th
4:50.82
Lopizzo,
La Costa Canyon
13th
4:54.24!
Aguirre
25th
3200
10:00.30
Williams
1st
10:02.52
Barker
Trabuco Hills
10:05.65
Lopizzo
3rd
10:09.78
Dailey
5th
100 Hurdles
:13.76
Bowen-Fontenot, San Diego
1st
:13.96
Kirchner
Rocklin
:14.84
Cook,
Steele Canyon
16th
:14.88
Mack,
Otay Ranch
17th
300 Hurdles
:41.45
Mo. Herbst
1st
:42.62
Lewis
L.A. Girls Academic Leadership
:43.74
Bowen-Fontenot
5T
:44.68
Cook
17th
:45.27
Mack
25th
4×100 Relay
:47.73
Steele Canyon
19th
:45.94
Calabasas
:47.80
Helix
21st
4×400 Relay
3:51.20
Carlsbad
8th
3:42.23
Long Beach Wilson
3:58.03
Westview
20th
4×800 Relay
9:15.56
Del Norte
5th
9:04.87
Corona Santiago
9:16.39
Cathedral
6th
9:21.31
Scripps Ranch
9th
High Jump
5-6
Lopez Valenzuela, Poway
13T
Four at 5-8
Long Jump
18-10
Frith,
La Costa Canyon
10th
20-1
Webster
Long Beach Wilson
18-4
Jones, Oceanside
18th
18-2 ½
Bateman, La Jolla Country Day
21st
Triple Jump
38-9
Jones, Oceanside
8th
40-2 1/4
Alumbres
Vista Murietta
37-9
Bateman
37-2
O’Donnell
25th
Shot Put
42-2
Colon Gipson,
Otay Ranch
9th
47-10
Schnayer
Moraga Campolindo
39-4
Liufau, Helix
18th
39-1
H. Lauifi, Helix
19th
38-11 ½
Driscoll, Canyon Crest
21st
38-10
Ford, Helix
25th
Discus
155-5
Driscoll
1st
152-10
Johnson
Sherman Oaks Notre Dame
138-6
Frankel, Sage Creek
13th
Pole Vault
12-10
Echsner, Del Norte
3T
13-1
Fears
Vista Murrieta
Downing,
La Costa Canyon
12-1
Potenciano,
Rancho Bernardo
17T
Humer,
Rancho Bernardo
12-0
Galkina,
Torrey Pines
19T
! Mile race, 9.3 yards longer; time converted to meters.
BOYS
EVENT
MARK
NAME,
SCHOOL
STATE
OTHERS
NAME
SCHOOL
100
:10.43
Arrington, Jr., Mount Miguel
3T
:10.38
Harris
Long Beach Poly
200
:20.76
1st
:21.07
Currie
Quartz Hill
400
:47.91
Slaughter, Mt. Carmel
5th
Hansen
Westlake Village Oaks Christian
:48.32
Jones, Mount Miguel
13th
800
1:52.79
Evans, Carlsbad
4th
1:49.91
Morales
San Juan Capistrano JSerra
1:53.26
Cordero, Olympian
6th
1:53.54
Bowman, Sage Creek
9th
1600
4:15.10
Bowman
—
4:06.80
Noonan
Dana Point Dana Hills
3200
9:02.96
Hicks, University City
24th
8:40.47
Perez
L.A. Cathedral
110 High Hurdles
:13.72w
Martin, Helix
2nd
:13.70
Green III
Sacramento Inderkum
:14.20
Tseko-Biffle, El Capitan
7th
:14.28
Atilano, Cathedral
14th
300 Hurdles
:37.42
Atilano
2nd
:37.06
Roberson
Eastvale Roosevelt
:37.58
Martin
4th
:37.72
Tseko-Biffle
7th
4×100 Relay
:41.93
Cathedral
15T
:40.29
L.A. Granada Hills
4×400 Relay
3:19.3
Mt. Carmel
6th
3:15.42
Long Beach Wilson
3:21.90
Carlsbad
12th
3:22.52
Cathedral
17th
3:22.70
Helix
18th
4×800 Relay
7:54.74
Westview
15th
7:41.02
Long Beach Wilson
7:55.68
El Capitan
17th
7:41.02
7:56.51
Carlsbad
19th
High Jump
6-10
Cheeks II, Mission Bay
2nd
6-11
Banks
L.A. Birmingham
6-6
Carmona, Fallbrook
10T
Martin
Long Jump
23-11 ¼
Cheeks
4th
24-4
Rogers
Lafayette Acalanes
23-4
McCotter, Cathedral
12th
22-10 1/2
Martin
22nd
Shot Put
57-9
Gash, Helix
13th
63-6
Madsen
Clovis North
55-3
Telemaque, Sage Creek
20th
Discus
181-11
Gash
5th
Madsen
197-5
176-9
Telmaque
8th
Triple Jump
47-6
Reichenberg, Mission Bay
3rd
47-8 ½
Nwafor
Vista Murrieta
45-9
Cheeks
18th
45-7
Harris, Vista
21st
45-6
Daley, El Camino
22nd
Pole Vault
16-4 ¾
Anderson, University City
3rd
17-0
McKee
Riverside King
16-0 1/2
Yarbrough, San Dieguito
6th
15-6
Sbuttoni IV, St. Augustine
14T
Farenc, Sgt. Augustine
Weisman, Torrey Pines
Rynearson, Mission Bay
15-2
Saunders, Rancho Bernardo
21T
15-0
Bernier, Fallbrook
24T
2024 Week 1A: Arcadia Invitational Results, Second Day
GIRLS
EVENT
NAME
SCHOOL
MARK
PLACE
Seeded 100
Lauren Gilhooly
Coronado
:11.70
First
Open 100
Ily Barclay
Steele Canyon
:12.20
—
Taylore Hoagland
Rancho Bernardo
:12.29
—
Tianna Rustkovich
Mt. Carmel
:12.32
—
Chanel Burton
Helix
:12.36
—
Laraigh Allen
Helix
—
—
Open 220
Gilhooly
:24.82
11th
Rustkovich
:25.26
—
Arynn Sanders
Otay Ranch
:25.84
—
Invitational 400
Payton Smith
La Jolla
:53.56
Second
Nicoletta Burkhardt
Steele Canyon
1:03.20
Eighth
Seeded 400
Kaitlin Donnelly
La Costa Canyon
:57.69
18th
Tiffany Stoughton
Scripps Ranch
:59.05
—
Allen
1:09.55
—
Invitational 800
Tessa Buswell
Poway
2:10.41
Third
Makenna Herbst
Carlsbad
2:12.09
Sixth
Seeded 800
Kaitlin Arciaga
Westview
2:09.26
First
Open 800
Miriam Aguirre
Patrick Henry
2:14.39
Seventh
Harper Diaz
Santana
2:18.25
—
Navah Lipsky
Francis Parker
2:27.11
—
Open Mile
Kaya Scuba
Sage Creek
4:57.44
Third
Sydney Kosa
Olympian
4:58.53
Eighth
Arciaga
4:59.24
10th
Lipsky
5:13.41
—
Emily Russo
Del Norte
5:14.47
—
Invitational 3200
Jaelyn Williams
Eastlak
10:02.56
Third
Giona Lopizzo
La Costa Canyon
10:05.65
Fifth
Chiara Dailey
La Jolla
10:09.78
Ninth
Invitational 100 Hurdles
Anisa Bowen-Fontenot
San Diego
:14.03
Eighth
Open 100 Hurdles
Lillian Cook
Steele Canyon
:14.84
Seventh
Karolina Gates
Point Loma
:15.60
—
Gabriel Thomas
Grossmont
:16.47
—
Invitational 300 Hurdles
Morgan Herbst
Carlsbad
:41.45
First
Bowen-Fontenot
:44.32
Seventh
Open 400 Hurdles
Cook
44.97
13th
Zamaria Mack
Otay Ranch
:45.70
—
Seeded 4×100 Relay
Steele Canyon
:47.82
Sixth
Open 4×100 Relay
Helix
:48.22
Fourth
Otay Ranch
:48.58
13th
Del Norte
:49.70
—
San Marcos
:49.85
—
Seeded 4×400 Relay
Carlsbad
3:52.99
Fourth
Open 4×400 Relay
Del Norte
4:01.14
10th
Sage Creek
4:02.23
12th
Poway
4:14.59
—
Invitational 4×800 Relay
Cathedral
9:24.13
Fifth
Del Norte
9:29.85
Eighth
Invitational 4×1600 Relay
Cathedral
20:57.39
Third
Del Norte
21:37.23
Ninth
Invitational 1200, 400, 800, 1600 Relay
Cathedral
12:07.63
4th
La Jolla
12:31.79
12th
Invitational Shot Put
Colon-Gipson
Otay Ranch
40-6 ¾
Seventh
T. Liufau
Helix
37-1
16th
Open Shot Put
Ford
Helix
38-10
Second
H. Lauifi
Helix
36-9
10th
Williams
Cathedral
36-1
13th
L. Lauifi
Helix
35-6
Invitational Discus
Driscoll
Canyon Crest
142-0
Seventh
Williams
127-11
16th
Open Discus
Ford
Helix
114-09
11th
H. Lauifi
108-01
—
Open High Jump
Lopez-Valenzuela
Poway
5-1
10T
Invitational Pole Vault
Echsner
Del Norte
12-9
Third
Invitational Long Jump
Hoagland
Rancho Bernardo
17-11 ½
11th
Open Long Jump
Hoagland
18-1
First
Open Triple Jump
Cook
35-2 3/4
11th
BOYS
EVENT
NAME
SCHOOL
MARK
PLACE
Invitational 100
Brandon Arrington, Jr.,
Mount Miguel
:10.44w
4th
Open 100
Donald Moore III
Rock
10.94
—
Jalen Saint Paul
Carlsbad
11:03
—
Riley Leyva
Cathedral
11:29
—
Invitational 200
Arrington
:20.76
1st
Open 200
Saint Paul
:22.48
—
Seeded 400
David Slaughter
Mt. Carmel
:48.56
4th
Open 400
Vincent Jones
Mount Miguel
:48.52
3rd
Nathan Bruhn
Cathedral
:50.25
—
Spencer Gray
Helix
:50.67
—
Seeded 800
Angel Cordero
Olympian
:1:54.98
8th
Open Mile
Cain Evans
Carlsbad
4:19.25
—
Seeded 3200
Omar Reyes
Oceanside
9:07.17
—
Rated 3200
Caden Hicks
University City
9:02.96
—
Jacob Pippel
Canyon Crest
9:03.93
Invitational 110 High Hurdles
Shon Martin
Helix
:13.93
4th
Jonathan Tseko Biffle
Santana
:14.20
7th
Open 110 High Hurdles
Vincent Atilano
Cathedral
:14.83
—
Chris Cappello
Rancho Bernardo
:14.92
—
Justin Reichenberg
Mission Bay
:15.02
—
Callum McFarlane
Carlsbad
:15.09
—
Invitational 300 Hurdles
Vincent Atilano
Cathedral
:37.42
2nd
Tseko-Biffle
:38.56
6th
Seeded 300 Hurdles
Martin
:37.58
1st
Open 300 Hurdles
Devin Escobar
El Camino
:40.06
—
Open 4×100 Relay
Helix
:42.95
—
Cathedral
:43.06
—
Del Norte
:43.17
—
Otay Ranch
:43.26
—
Santana
:43.27
—
Open 4×400 Relay
Mt. Carmel
Caulfield, Tucker,
Barrus, Slaughter
3:20.7
First
Helix
3:22.7
3rd
Carlsbad
3:24.23
7th
El Capitan
3:32.05
—
Invitational Pole Vault
Jacob Emerson
Sage Creek
15-9
4th
Joey Weisman
Torrey Pines
15-3
15th
Chance Rynearson
Mission Bay
14-9
16th
Joseph Sbuttoni IV
St. Augustine
14-9
17th
Vincent Farenc
Westview
14-1
21st
Invitational Shot Put
Anthony Gash
Helix
53-7
—
Ryan Telmaque
Sage Creek
49-7 1/4
Invitational Discus
Gash
157-06
15th
Telmaque
149-05
17th
Open Discus
Omar Ortega
Rancho Bernardo
143-06
—
Open High Jump
Jackson Gross
Torrey Pines
6-0
6T
Elijah Cheeks
Mission Bay
5-9
—
Invitational Long Jump
Austin McCotter
Cathedral
23-2
5th
Martin
21-5
12th
Invitational Triple Jump
Reichenberg
47-5 ¼
4th
Open Triple Jump
Samuel Gouvalaris
Torrey Pines
43-4
—
Quentin Hale
Cathedral
40-6 ¾
—
2024 Week 1: Arcadia Invitational, First Day
Opening event of the marathon 56th Arcadia Invitational was Friday afternoon, April 4, followed by a Saturday spectacular that goes from not long after sun-up to late-night TV.
San Diego Section boys and girls Friday participated in many events, some with four classifications, Invitational, Open, Seeded, and Rated. “Rising Stars” events below, usually are reserved for freshmen or promising upper class entries.
Arcadia, probably the premier meet in the country, signals the start of the season’s second half, ending under a usually warmer than warm sun in the 104th state meet at Clovis’ Buchanan High May 24-25.
San Diego Section Friday results:
BOYS
EVENT
NAME
SCHOOL
MARK
PLACE
Open 3200
Aidan O’Toole
Sage Creek
9:14.08
10th
Adrian Welton
Westview
9:20.24
20th
Seeded 4×200 Relay
Atilano, Leyva, Bruhn, McCotter
Cathedral
1:29.32
5th
Rated 4×800 Relay
Walker, Brotman, Stevenson, Evans
Carlsbad
8:15.02
12th
Dobrowolski, Rowan Hannaman, Stevens,
Brenner
Westview
8:18.83
16th
Invitational 200, 200,
400, 800 Relay
Phillips. Arrington, Jr., Jones, Cloyd
Mount Miguel
3:33.33
2nd
Rising Stars Discus
Lawson Grace
Westview
131-4
20th
Rising Stars Pole Vault
Dylan Yarbrough
San Dieguito
14-10
1st
Leo Sun
Del Norte
13-10
3rd
Ethan Heldman
La Jolla Country Day
13-10
5T
Brandon Moore
Torrey Pines
13-10
7th
Tyler Suhar
Torrey Pines
13-4
10T
Rising Stars Long Jump
Vincent Jones
Mount Miguel
21-2
6th
Kevin Allen
Helix
20-7
12T
Rising Stars Triple Jump
Zeshaun Daley
Oceanside
44-1 1/4
2nd
Jordan Julien
Mt. Carmel
37-6 1/4
15th
GIRLS
EVENT
NAME
SCHOOL
MARK
PLACE
Rated 3200
Hannah Aguirre
Patrick Henry
10:43.59
1st
Gabriella Peters
Sage Creek
10:46.12
3rd
Seeded 3200
Scarlett Martin
Cathedral
10:49.34
8th
Winter Moritz
University City
10:50.38
9th
Alexandria Pena
Cathedral
10:51.25
10th
Kirra Fisk
La Jolla
11:01.70
15th
Ayanna Hickey
The Bishop’s
11:04.80
19th
Open 3200
Isabella Ramos
Point Loma
10:51.19
4th
Darcy Ray
University City
11:14.37
22nd
Rated 4×200 Relay
Barclay, Dickens, Fuller, Burkhardt
Steele Canyon
1:41.99
1st
Invitational 4×800 Relay
Zimmer, Hellman, Bickler, Bonomi
Cathedral
9:24.13
5th
Russo, E. Echsner, P. Echsner, Hong
Del Norte
9:29.85
8th
Seeded 4×800 Relay
Long, Hennigan, Li, Arciaga
Westview
9:56.56
16th
Mayer, Aalaei, Plezia, Gray
La Jolla
10:06.33
20th
Invitational 4×1600 Relay
Bonomi, Zimmer, Gibson, Hellman
Cathedral
20:57.39
3rd
Shannon, Hong, Russo, Enyedi
Del Norte
21:37.23
9th
Seeded 100, 100, 200, 400 Relay
Ewing, Barclay, Dickens, Burkhardt
Steele Canyon
1:48.29
1st
Rising Stars Pole Vault
Caitlin Khieu
Del Norte
10-9
11th
Rising Stars Long Jump
Devyn Harper
Long Jump
16-6
7th
Rising Stars Triple Jump
Lillian Cook
Steele Canyon
37-1 ¼
1st
1975 Track: Jefferson Close, But Missed Third in Row
Morse’s Ned Armour could be counted on for points in the hurdles and long jump.
Elijah Jefferson’s quest for a record, third consecutive state meet 100-yard dash championship was short circuited by the blindingly fast start (a “flyer”, some suggested) on the Balboa Stadium track by Kevin Williams of San Fernando.
Jefferson had tied his meet record of :09.4 in the trials and Williams, known for tremendous acceleration at the sound of the starter’s pistol, or before, had won his heat in :09.5.
Williams’ :09.4 victory in the final tied the record first set by Santa Rosa Montgomery’s Mel Gray in 1967, equaled by Jefferson in 1974 (he also was first in 1973) and by West Bakersfield’s Joel Andrews in 1975.
Billy Mullins of Los Angeles Hamilton won the 220 championship in :21.1, with Jefferson fifth in :21.4, behind Williams’ fourth-place :21.3.
Jefferson went onto to compete for the University of Arizona. Williams returned to ‘Fernando in 1976 but was disqualified for a false start in the state 100 finals in Berkeley.
Williams had an excellent football and track career at USC but died at age 38 in 1996.
Williams was employed as a railroad brakeman and was killed with another brakeman when the train on which they were working derailed and crashed in flames in a steep canyon on the Cajon Pass north of San Bernardino.
WOODS EDGES HUNT
Vista’s Jay Wood scored a rare victory over Patrick Henry’s Thom Hunt in the state mile, finishing third in 4:10.8, with Hunt fifth in 4:11.2.
Woods did not qualify out of the San Diego Section meet in the two-mile. Hunt won in 9:11, but Hunt finished 19th in 9:30.2 in the state meet, behind Crawford’s Glenn Best, 18th in 9:27.2
Hunt had season bests of 4:07.8 in the mile and 9:02.6 in the long race.
5/11-30/75
SOUTHERN LEAGUE FINALS, @GRANITE HILLS
Christian scored 106 points, 50 more than Army-Navy, and won the team championship.
The Patriots were first in nine events and set two individual records, Edwards with a 4:40.9 mile and Blyth with 10:30.6 two-mile.
AVOCADO LEAGUE TRIALS, @VISTA
Jay Woods of Vista had the day’s best mark, 1:58.5 in the 880. Thomas of Vista clocked :50.5 in winning a 440 heat.
GIRLS SAN DIEGO SECTION QUALIFYING, @POWAY
Kathy Devine was off her national record holder form of 52 feet, 3 inches, with the shot in 1974, but finished far ahead of the field with an eight-pound shot put of 46-6.
GIRLS SAN DIEGO SECTION QUALIFYING, @MADISON
Grossmont’s Carolyn McDonald was a double winner with a 2:23.6 880 and 5:32.2 mile.
Clairemont’s Don Brown emerged in 330-yard low hurdles.
GROSSMONT LEAGUE TRIALS, @GRANITE HILLS
“I had a hard workout Monday and I just using this as another one,” said Helix’ Steve Wiggins, who was attempting an 880-440 double and eased to victories in 1:59 and :50.
“I’ll go hard in the 880, then if disaster strikes I still have the 440 to fall back on, said Wiggins.”
El Cajon Valley’s Mark Malone led shot putters at 58 feet and discus throwers at 168-11 after a 195-foot attempt in practice.
Mount Miguel qualified 21 for the finals, Grossmont 20, and Helix, 18.
EASTERN LEAGUE FINALS, @BALBOA STADIUM
Ned Armour of Morse was a triple winner. Armour’s victories were in the 120 high hurdles (:14.5), 330-yard lows (:38.6), and long jump (22 feet, 8 inches).
Elijah Jefferson of Crawford and Thom Hunt of Patrick Henry were double winners. Jefferson ran :09.7 in the 100 and :21.4 in the 220 and Hunt logged a 4:15.7mile, second fastest in the state, and 9:14.2 in the two-mile.
Crawford’s Phil Hendrick was second to Hunt in each race in 4:16.5 and 9:16.7.
Jefferson also ran a leg on the Colts’ 440-yard relay, which turned in a state-leading time of :41.8 and Armour helped Morse to a second-place finish in :42.4. Lincoln was third in :42.5
Mike Glatz brought Mar Vista home in Metropolitan League meet record of :43 in 440 relay.
METROPOLITAN LEAGUE FINALS, @CASTLE PARK
Lennie McNeill of Sweetwater took down a league record that had stood since 1937, leaping 23 feet, 2 ½ inches in the long jump, landing beyond the 22-8 7/8 by Oceanside’s Bill Huntales 38 years before.
Montgomery’s Clint Bradburn turned a meet record :49.5 440. Fifteen minutes later Bradburn with a best of :39.1, was a nonqualifying fourth the 330 low hurdles in :40 as Castle Park’s Bob McCurdy won in a league-record :39.4, bettering the :39.5 by Bradburn in the trials.
WESTERN LEAGUE FINALS, @BALBOA STADIUM
Don Brown, struggling to find his alignment with the 30-inch barriers (“step” in more esoteric terms), had suddenly took the County lead the previous week with a :38.4 race in the 330-yard lows.
The Clairemont athlete, known primarily as a quartermiler, turned around and lowered his mark to :37.9.
Kearny’s Mike Bussey was a double winner in the 100 and 220 at :10 and :22.2 and anchored a :42.5 victory in the 440 relay.
AVOCADO LEAGUE FINALS, @VISTA
Oceanside’s Arvli Ward, with bests of :10 and :50.5 coming into the meet, ran the 100 in :09.9 and 440 in :49.6.
Jay Woods of Vista edged Shannon Laird of San Marcos, 4:18.3 to 4:18.4, in the mile, and doubled back with a 9:28.6 two-mile victory.
GROSSMONT LEAGUE FINALS, @GRANITE HILLS
Steve Riggins’ quest for an 880-440 double was in place until Mike Cardwell of Mount Miguel stormed past the astonished Riggins in the last 100 yards to win the 880 in 1:55.7, with Riggins clocking 1:55.9.
“I saw Riggins’ mouth drop open as I went by,” Cardwell told Nick Canepa of the Evening Tribune. “I knew I had him then. He’s been saying all week than no one can catch him over the last 220.”
Cardwell also got Mount Miguel off to a good start with a :49.6 opening leg in the mile relay, in which the Matadors set a meet record of 3:24.8 after Riggins returned to win the 440 in :49.4.
Mark Malone of El Cajon Valley and Kris Lettow of Helix waged duels of weights.
Malone hurled the shot 58-11 ½ and discus 170-8, Lettow 56-11 1/2 and 170-5, respectively.
Helix won the team championship with 50 points to Grossmont’s 48, and Mount Miguel’s 41.
Mike Bussey (right) accepted baton from Donald Williams on final leg of Western League 440 relay, which Kearny won in :42.5. Others, from left: Madison, Point Loma, and San Diego.
SAN DIEGO SECTION TRIALS, @BALBOA STADIUM
Crawford and Patrick Henry each had 11 qualifiers, followed by Vista, 9; Morse, Lincoln, and Bonita Vista had 8 each.
Kearny’s :41.8 in a 440 relay heat tied for first in the state with Crawford. The Colts’ Elijah Jefferson posted a :09.6 100 into a 4.5 miles-an-hour wind, eased to a :21.7 220, and helped Crawford to a :41.9 relay win.
Helix’ Steve Riggins (1:54.3) topped Henry’s Paul Becklund (1:55.7) with a career-best 880, and Riggins made it a double with a :49.4 440.
The two leaders in the mile, Vista Jay Woods (4:15.7) and Henry’s Thom Hunt (4:16.5) won their heats. Mount Miguel logged a county best 3:21.9 in the mile relay.
SAN DIEGO SECTION FINALS, @BALBOA STADIIUM
Crawford’s Elijah Jefferson (lane 5) led the 100-yard dash trial in the state meet as part of the crowd of 7,500 persons looked on in Balboa Stadium.
Patrick Henry scored 27 points, Crawford 25, Morse 23, Santana 22, and Helix 20 in spirited battle for the team championship.
The meet started fast, with Crawford’s :41.5 440 relay, tying Lincoln’s 1968 record. Kearny was second in :41.9, followed by Lincoln, :42.1, and Patrick Henry and San Diego, each at :42.7.
Elijah Jefferson set a record of :09.5 in the 100 and smoked the Balboa curve and straightaway for a :21.1 220, also a record.
Jefferson, along with San Diego’s Carl Sanford (1963) and Madison’s Bruce Girasole (1972), had run :09.6 (1973, ’74). Johnny Mack Ellis of Lincoln had timed :21.4 in 1966.
“I talked to Johnny this week and he said the record had been :21.4 too long,” said Jefferson. “He really wanted me to break it.”
Jefferson was on a mission. “It would be my last chance to set San Diego CIF records, so I wanted to get them. I also wanted some fast times before the state meet.”
Donald Brown of Clairemont ran :37.6 in the 330-yard low hurdles, bettering the :37.8 in last week’s trials by Helix’ Craig Evans, who was runner-up in :37.8.
Thom Hunt of Patrick Henry won the mile in 4:13.1, topping Vista’s Jay Woods (4:15.7), and backed it up with a 9:11 victory in the two-mile.
Mount Miguel’s Mike Cardwell edged Helix’ Steve Riggins in Grossmont League 880 final.
6/6/75 57TH BOYS STATE TRACK TRIALS, @BALBOA STADIUM
EVENT
NAME
SCHOOL
MARK
PLACE
100
Elijah Jefferson
Crawford
:09.4
1T
Chuck Benbow
Kearny
:10.1t
—
220
Jefferson
:21.36
6T
Ron Edmerson
Lincoln
:21.6
14T
440
Steve Riggins
Helix
:48.7
6T
Clint Bradburn
Montgomery
:48.9
9th
880
Paul Becklund
Patrick Henry
1:52.3
3rd
Riggins
1:54.5
13T
Rick Kruger
BonitaVista
2:02.8
—
Mile
Jay Woods
Vista
4:13.2
2nd
Thom Hunt
Patrick Henry
4:15.3
5th
120 High Hurdles
Ned Armour
Morse
:14.5
15th
Bruce Byerly
La Jolla
:15.1
19T
330 Low Hurdles
Craig Evans
Helix
:37.7
12T
Donald Brown
Clairemont
—
—
440 Relay
Kearny
:42.0
9T
Crawford
—
DQ
Mile Relay
La Jolla
3:22.5
13th
Bonita Vista
—
—
High Jump
Jay Keesling
Escondido
6-2
19T
Greg Rackley
Escondido
6-0
—
Long Jump
Ned Armour
Morse
22-8 ¼
11th
Lennie McNeill
Sweetwater
21-4 ¼
—
Triple Jump
Gary James
Lincoln
46-8
10th
Jesse Cabill
Oceanside
45-3 ½
17T
Shot Put
Chris Lettow
Helix
55-1 1/2
18T
Terry Anderson
Santana
54-9 ½
19th
Discus
Lettow
168-1
4th
Anderson
161-4
12th
Pole Vault
Gene Moss
Mar Vista
13-3
13T
Jim Belue
Santana
13-3
13T
FIRST GIRLS STATE TRACK TRIALS, @BALBOA STADIUM
EVENT
NAME
SCHOOL
MARK
PLACE
100
Dennis Becton
Morse
:11.3
12T
Andiva Taylor
Clairemont
:11.4
14th
220
Taylor
:25.2
12th
Becton
:25.6
16th
440
Vanessa Thompson
San Diego
:58.8
11T
Beth Howell
San Dieguito
:59.4
14th
880
Carolyn McDonald
Grossmont
2:19.0
8T
Howell
2:19.0
8T
80 Low Hurdles
Karen Taylor
Point Loma
:10.9
5T
Carmen Williams
San Diego
:11.2
13T
440 Relay
Vista
:49.1
6T
Morse
:49.5
10th
200, 100, 100, 800 Medley
San Dieguito
1:52.6
14th
Point Loma
1:59.7
17th
High Jump
Chris Remmling
San Dieguito
5-2
1T
Patti Stafford
Clairemont
5-1
10T
Long Jump
Taylor
18-5 ¾
1st
Joyce Bell
Kearny
17-1 1/4
12th
Shot Put
Kathy Devine
Mission Bay
49-1
1st
Annette Chandler
Poway
36-9 ½
17th
6/7/75
57th BOYS STATE TRACK FINALS, @BALBOA STADIUM
EVENT
NAME
SCHOOL
MARK
PLACE
100
Elijah Jefferson
Crawford
:09.5
2nd
220
Jefferson
:21.4
5th
880
Paul Becklund
Patrick Henry
1:53.8
6th
Mile
Jay Woods
Vista
4:10.8
3rd
Thom Hunt
Patrick Henry
4:11.2
5th
Two Mile
Glenn Best
Crawford
9:27.2
18th
Hunt
9:30.2
19th
440 Relay
Kearny
:42.0
5th
Discus
Chris Lettow
Helix
159-5
8th
SECOND GIRLS STATE FINALS, @BALBOA STADIUM
EVENT
NAME
SCHOOL
MARK
PLACE
440
Vanessa Thompson
San Diego
—
—
880
Beth Howell
San Dieguito
2:12.8
3rd
Carolyn McDonald
Grossmont
2:15.2
5th
Mile
Jody Massey
Poway
5:10.6
8th
80 Low Hurdles
Karen Taylor
Point Loma
:10.9
4th
440 Relay
Morse
:49.8
6th
Vista
—
9th
High Jump
Chris Remmling
San Dieguito
5-7
2nd
Long Jump
Karen Taylor
Point Loma
18-4 ¾
2nd
Shot Put
Kathy Devine
Mission Bay
42-3 3/4
1st
Discus Exhibition
Kathy Middleton
Poway
115-0
7th
2023-2024 Girls Week 10A: Believe It! D-IV & V Regional Frontrunners From Here
The San Diego Section girls are 21-8 overall in the Southern California regional tournament and guaranteed two teams in next week’s state finals in Sacramento. That’s because the D-IV and V finals will offer a rarity among rarities:
All four regional finalists are from the San Diego Section.
Fallbrook’s 42-35 D-IV win over Oceanside advanced the No. 7 seed Warriors (26-8) to a match at No. 4 Grossmont (26-8), which defeated No. 1 Newbury Park, 57-39. Escondido Charter (24-11), also known as the White Tigers, will meet D-V No. 1 Montgomery (24-11), which edged No. 4 Reedley Immanuel, 41-39.
Overshadowed by the success of the four surviving teams is Cathedral (23-12), a seemingly no-chance No. 16 seed that scrambled the D-III bracket with its shock of No. 1 Dana Hills, 54-45, and continued to fight through the rounds. The Dons topped No. 8 Anaheim Canyon, 61-54, and led, 34-25, at halftime before running out of gas, or emotion, in a 54-51 loss at No. 5 Granada Hills.
Only games with a San Diego section team are listed. Complete brackets are here. All games played at higher (low number) seed.
Round 1 Teams Tuesday, February 27
Round 2 Teams Thursday, February 29
Regional Semifinal Saturday, March 2
Regional Final Tuesday, March 5
Final Saturday, March 9
Open Division
5 Mission Hills
(23-9) 47
4 Santa Ana Mater Dei (25-7) Southern 71
Division I
13 Orange Lutheran
(21-9) Southern 42
4 La Jolla Country
Day (25-7) 64
5 Garden Grove Orangewood (22-10) Southern 39
4 La Jolla Country Day
(26-7) 42
4 La Jolla Country Day
(26-8) 60
1 Torrance Bishop Montgomery (21-5) Southern 74
14 Westview (19-12) 41
3 Lake Balboa Birmingham (25-6) L.A. City 49
Division II
14 Westview (19-12) 41
3 Lake Balboa Birmingham (25-6) L.A. City 49
8 Del Norte (20-11) 51
1 Oak Park (21-7) Southern 62
9 Alhambra Mark Keppel (21-12) Southern 59
8 Del Norte (20-10) 64
