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	—

Opening event of the marathon 56^th 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

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 19^th in 9:30.2 in the state meet, behind Crawford’s Glenn Best, 18^th 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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

57^th 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

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
	12 Sherman Oaks Notre Dame (20-13) Southern 58 7 Poway (19-10) 50
Division III	16 Cathedral (22-11) 54 1 Dana Hills (27-6) Southern 45	16 Cathedral (23-11) 61 8 Anaheim Canyon (22-12) 54	16 Cathedral (23-12) 51 5 Granada Hills Charter (21-11) L.A. City 54
	9 Scripps Ranch (17-10) 60 8 Anaheim Canyon (23-11) Southern 68
	11 Torrance (16-15) Southern 46 6 Rancho Bernardo (19-10) 48	14 Palos Verdes Peninsula (25-8) Southern 51 6 Rancho Bernardo (21-10) 67	6 Rancho Bernardo (21-11) 52 2 Bakersfield Christian (28-7) Central 74
	10 Francis Parker (21-9) 59 7 Santa Monica St. Monica (22-11) Southern 46	10 Francis Parker (21-10) 46 2 Bakersfield Christian (27-7) Central 58
Division IV	12 Victory Christian (22-8) 59 3 Los Angeles Crenshaw (17-10) L.A. City 65	5 L.A. Crenshaw (18-11) 51 L.A. City 4 Grossmont (25-8) 57	4 Grossmont (26-8) 57 1 Newbury Park (27-8) Southern 39	7 Fallbrook (26-9) 52 4 Grossmont (27-8) 56	1 Eureka St. Bernards (30-5) 47 4 Grossmont (27-9) 29 @ Golden 1 Center
	13 Santa Paula (22-10) Southern 41 4 Grossmont (24-8) 60
	11 Oceanside (20-9) 55 6 Sun Valley Poly (18-8) L.A. City 45	14 Chatsworth (19-13) 42 L.A. City 11 Oceanside (21-9) 51	11 Oceanside (21-10) 35 7 Fallbrook (26-8) 42
	10 Granada Hills Kennedy (26-5) L.A. City 47 7 Fallbrook (24-8) 61	7 Fallbrook (25-8) 58 2 Woodland Hills El Camino Real (15-13) L.A. City 48
Division V	16 Temecula Prep (16-10) Southern 27 1 Montgomery (22-11) 88	8 La Mirada (22-7) Southern 41 1 Montgomery (23-11) 75	4 Reedley Immanuel (26-10) Central 39 1 Montgomery (24-11) 41	6 Escondido Charter (24-12) 51 1 Montgomery (25-11) 55	13 Oakland (23-10) 56 1 Montgomery (25-12) 50
	12 Escondido (19-13) 44 5 Sage Creek (20-10) 60	5 Sage Creek (20-11) 40 4 Reedley Immanuel (26-9) Central 51
	11 L.A. Foshay (16-6) L.A. City 24 6 Escondido Charter (22-11) 66	6 Escondido Charter (23-11) 67 3 Antelope Valley (17-7) Southern 60	6 Escondido Charter (24-11) 44 2 Anaheim Savanna (26-8) Southern 37

Willie Banks of Oceanside and Elijah Jefferson of Crawford offered a historic footnote to the 56^th state meet in Bakersfield.

Banks and Jefferson we’re the first from the San Diego Section to win successive state championships since Chula Vista’s Tim Danielson in 1965-66 and only the second and third from the area to repeat since the first state meet in 1915.

Banks’ weekend started in disappointment when he was fourth in his heat in :14.1 in the 120-yard high hurdles, but while he tied the San Diego Section record with six others, only three in each heat qualified.

Banks was a qualifying sixth at 23-4 ¾ in the long jump and then essentially ended the competition with a 50-foot, 9-inch triple jump that broke Banks’ meet record of 49-1 and was 33 inches further than the second-place qualifier.

Banks jumped 50-7 in the Saturday final, again almost three feet further than the runner-up jump of 47-8 ¾.  He was eighth in the long jump at 23-7 ½.

“I’m happy I won but I’m disappointed with my (triple) jump,” Banks told writer John Nettles.  “I guess I was disappointed with my long jump finish and I felt sort of depressed, but I still felt I could have done better.”

Banks later posted career bests of  24-2 3/4 and 51-3, respectively,  in the Golden West Invitational in Sacramento.

Jefferson, after scorching the Bakersfield track with a record-tying :09.4 in the 100-yard dash in Friday trials, beat the field again on Saturday in :09.8, but did not run the 220.

“It’s great to win this thing two years in a row,” said Jefferson after officials huddled for almost 10 minutes to determine if Jefferson or Mike Simmons of L.A. Carson had won. “I had a great start and felt I was ahead all the way, but I could hear them coming”.

Jefferson felt a twinge in his leg when he qualified at :21.5 in the 220 Friday night and did not in the run in the final.

5/3/74

EASTERN LEAGUE TRIALS, @BALBOA STADIUM

Morse’s Donald Moore ran the 440 in :48.3, fifth fastest in County history. Leaders:

NAME	SCHOOL	TIME	MEET	YEAR
Donald Tyler	Lincoln	:47.2	State	1970
Milton Mitchell	Lincoln	:47.3	San Diego Section (h)	1971
Michael Singletary	San Diego	:47.6	State	1965
Therlee Murphy	Lincoln	:48.1	San Diego Section (h)	1968
Donald Moore	Morse	:48.3	Morse	1974

Moore’s teammates Michael Patrick (:50.2) and Jim Juhl (:50.7) ran 1-2 in another heat.

Crawford’s Elijah Jefferson was an eased-up winner in the 100 and 220 in :10 and :21.8.

GROSSMONT LEAGUE TRIALS, @GRANITE HILLS

El Capitan’s Curt Hampton set a league record with a 64-5 ¾ shot put, bettering the 63-4 by Granite Hills’ George Brown in 1967.

The eighth qualifier in the shot reached 51-2 ¾, good enough to win several league meets.

One of the shot putters was El Cajon Valley’s Mark Malone, fourth at 53-8 ½, and first with a discus toss of 165-7.

Tom Smith of Granite Hills had the day’s fastest mile, 4:21.2.  Tim Earle of Granite Hills won a heat in 4:23.9 and Monte Vista’s Bill Bunting led with a 6-6 high jump.

—Mike Grein of Poway was a double winner in the high hurdles (:14.6) and broke his school record (:19.9) with a :19.7 clocking in the lows, but Mission Bay won the Coast League dual meet, 64-63.

—Willie Banks’ 23-foot, 6 ½-inch long jump, 47-1 triple jump, and :15.1 in the 120 high hurdles was more than enough in Oceanside’s 92-44 win over Carlsbad.

5/6/74

METROPOLITAN LEAGUE TRIALS, @CASTLE PARK

Sweetwater’s Jim Frankson found the usual breezes at the Trojans’ track to his liking, running wind-aided :09.6 and :21.4 in the 100 and 220.

“I wasn’t aware of the wind before the race but I knew there was some,” said Frankson.  “There wasn’t that much wind,” suggested Red Devils coach Gerry Smith.

John Sylvester of Hilltop (:22.2 220, :51.2 440) and Scott Young of Bonita Vista (:14.8 high hurdles, :20 low hurdles) also were double winners.

AVOCADO LEAGUE TRIALS, @ESCONDIDO

Willie Banks won his high hurdles test in :14.8 and Oceanside teammate Mosley doubled in the 100 (:10.2) and 180 low hurdles (:20.4).

COAST LEAGUE TRIALS, @SAN DIEGUITO

Mike Grein of Poway led all hurdlers with wins in :14.9 and :20.3. Bregy of Poway won a 440 in :51.5 after taking first in an 880 race in 2:05.8.

5/9/74

SOUTHERN LEAGUE FINALS, @RAMONA

Christian scored 59 points, Ramona, 55, and San Diego Military 50 in a meet in which 10 records were set and three were tied in the 3 classes.

Most notable was Ramona’s Bob Hunt, who cleared 6 feet in the B high jump, bettering a 32-year-old mark of 5-11 ½ by Gordon of Brown Military in 1942.

Donald Tavie of San Diego Military was a triple winner with a :10.2 100, :23.1 220, and 20-0 ¼ long jump.

METROPOLITAN LEAGUE FINALS, @CASTLE PARK

Jim Frankson of Sweetwater ran :09.7 in the 100-yard dash, breaking the record of :09.8 by Bill Huntales of Oceanside in 1937 and Bill Massey of Chula Vista in :1964.

Frankson also won the 220 in :21.8. but Scott Young of Bonita Vista won three events and was part of a fourth.

Young  prevailed in both hurdles events in :14.6 and :19.8, high jumped 6 feet, 4 inches, and ran a leg on the Barons’  440 relay, first in :43.6.

John Sylvester of Hilltop won a photo finish with Montgomery’s Clint Bradburn in the 440 in a career best :50.2.

EASTERN LEAGUE FINALS, @BALBOA STADIUM

Kirk Pfeffer and Elijah Jefferson were double winners for Crawford.  Pfeiffer at 4:18.5 and 9:11.6 in the mile and two-mile and Jefferson at :09.8 and :21.8 in the 100 and 220.

Pfeffer bettered the long race record of 9:13.6, set by Lincoln’s Otis Martin in 1966, and was challenged in the shorter race by teammate Phil Hendricks, who was second in 4:18.6.

Donald Moore of Morse won the 440 in :48.9 and anchored the Tigers’ mile relay team to a 3:20.6 victory, fastest in the Section this year, nosing out Crawford, which ran 3:21, ahead of Patrick Henry (3:22) and Lincoln (3:22.6).

Quinard McDonald was on the Morse relay team and also won the 880 in 1:55.7.

WESTERN LEAGUE, @MESA COLLEGE

Wayne Saxton was a triple winner :15.3 high hurdles, :19.8 lows, and 21-6 ½ long jump for Kearny, which also profited from Ron Means’ :50.5 440.

Charles Bussey of Kearny won the 100 in :10.0 but ran out of gas, as did the rest of the 220 field, which mistakenly raced for 235 yards, thanks to incorrect lane markings.

Richard Paxton of University hurled the shot 56-7 and discus 151-6 and Steve Mowry of Madison ran the mile in 4:20.5 and two-mile in 9:20.4.

AVOCADO LEAGUE FINALS, @VISTA

Willie Banks took the state lead with a 50-foot, 6 ½-inch triple jump, was second to teammate Kenny Brooks’ 22-10 long jump with a 22-6½ leap, and tied the hurdles record of :14.4 by Oceanside’s Mike Swaim in 1963.

Tim Woods of Vista ran 4:18.1 in the mile and 9:22.4 in the two-mile and Bobby Rhodes of Vista was a 10-seconds winner in the 100 and in :22.4 in the 220, and anchored the Panthers to a :43.2 photo finish win over Oceanside in the 440 relay.

GROSSMONT LEAGUE FINALS, @GRANITE HILLS

The first five finishers in the 880 were timed in 1:58.1 or better and won by Granite Hills’ Tom Smith in 1:56.1.

Smith earned a difficult double victory when he came back to win the mile in 4:17.7, nipping Tim Earle (4:17.9) of Monte Vista.

El Capitan’s Curt Hampton won the shot put at 63-4 and Mark Malone of El Cajon Valley the discus at 173-3.

COAST LEAGUE FINALS, @SAN DIEGUITO

Mike Grein of Poway won the high and low hurdles in :14.6 and :19.8 and Gary Hernandez of Mission Bay was first in the distances in 4:22.8 and 9:33.6.

5/18/14

SAN DIEGO SECTION TRIALS, @VISTA 

Kearny’s Wayne Saxton and Oceanside’s Willie Banks were the stars in the afternoon-evening meet, the latter offering Class B and C competition.

Banks took the national lead in the Triple Jump at 50 feet, 10 1/4 inches, and led long jumpers with a qualifying 23-5 3/4.

Saxton ran the 120-yard high hurdles in a wind-aided :14.3 and the 180 lows in a clean :19.5, and ran a leg on the Komets’ 440 relay.  The Komets’ time of :42.6 was best of the day.

Kearny did not finish the relay in the Western League finals but had been byed into the trials.

5/24/74

SAN DIEGO SECTION FINALS, @VISTA 

Willie Banks tripled, but Crawford, getting more than just an expected double win from Elijah Jefferson, won the team championship.

Keith Miles was second in both hurdles races and triple jump (lifetime best 46-9 ¼), and participated in the 440 relay (second) and mile relay (third).  Kirk Pfeiffer won the two-mile in 9:08.6 and was second with a lifetime best of 4:16.8 in the mile.

Crawford scored 40 points outdistancing Morse (29), Oceanside (27), and Kearny (16).

Jefferson tied the meet record of :09.6 in the 100 and won 220 on a full curve in :21.5.

Morse had four individual winners:  Donald Moore, :48.5 440; Quinard McDonald, 1:55.9 880; 440 relay, :42.2, and mile relay, 3:19.7.

Banks won the 120 high hurdles in :14.4, long jump at 23-7 ¼, and triple jump at 49-1 ½.

LADIES MAKE DEBUT

Girls’ track and field, which was introduced as a CIF-sanctioned sport in the dual meet season, was celebrated with a national record by Mission Bay’s Kathy Devine.

Devine pushed the eight-pound shot 51-1 ¼, breaking the record of 48-8 ½ by a girl from Gresham, Oregon, in 1971.

Janice Wiser of La Jolla won the 100 in :10.8 and 220 in :24.5 and Beth Howell of San Dieguito doubled in the 440 and 880.

5/31/74 

56TH STATE TRACK TRIALS, @BAKERSFIELD COLLEGE.

EVENT	NAME	SCHOOL	MARK	PLACE
100	Jefferson	Crawford	:09.4	1st
	Frankson	Sweetwater	:10.1	22T
220	Jefferson		:21.5	3T
	Tavie	San Diego Military	:22.1	12T
440	Moore	Morse	:48.2	5th
	Riggins	Helix	:48.9	11T
	Klavmark	Patrick Henry	1:53.7	12T
	McDonald	Morse	1:54.7	17T
Mile	Smith	Granite Hills	4:13.4	8th
	Woods	Vista	4:13.7	10th
120 High Hurdles	Banks	Oceanside	:14.1	8th
	Saxton	Kearny	:14.2	10T
180 Low Hurdles	Saxton		:19.5	12T
	Miles	Crawford	:20.5	24T
	Mowry	Madison	9:03.1	6th
440 Relay		Crawford	:42.3	8th
		Morse	:42.6	12th
Mile Relay		Morse	3:16.8	3T
		Helix	3:22.0	16th
High Jump	Young	Bonita Vista	6-4	13T
	Bunting	Monte Vista	6-4	13T
Long Jump	Banks	Oceanside	23-4 3/4	6th
	Brooks	Oceanside	21-7 3/4	18ith
Triple Jump	Banks	Oceanside	50-9	1st
	Miles	Crawford	—	—
Shot Put	Hampton	El Cajon	62-0 1/4	2nd
	Paxton	University	56-10	14th
Discus	Malone	El Cajon Valley	161-8	14th
	Mortensen	Vista	159-11	17th
Pole Vault	Barrows	Mar Vista	13-9	1T
	Phillips	Helix	—	—

6/1/74

56^TH STATE TRACK FINALS, @BAKERSFIELD COLLEGE

EVENT	NAME	SCHOOL	MARK	PLACE
100	Jefferson	Crawford	:09.8	1st
220	Jefferson		—	—
440	Moore	Morse	:49.1	7th
Mile	Smith	Granite Hills	4:10.6	7th
	Woods	Vista	4:11	8th
Two Miles	Pfeffer	Crawford	8:59.5	5th
	Mowry	Madison	9:03.1	6th
Mile Relay		Morse	3:23.5	7th
Long Jump	Banks	Oceanside	23-7	7th
	Banks		50-7	1st
Shot Put	Hampton	El Cajon	61-9	2nd
Pole Vault	Barrows	Mar Vista	14-0	5th

FIRST GIRLS STATE TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS, @BAKERSFIELD COLLEGE

EVENT	NAME	SCHOOL	MARK	PLACE
100	Wiser	La Jolla	:10.8	1st
220			:24.2	1st
440	Howell	San Dieguito	:58.5	4th
880			2:18.4	4th
Mile	Greer	Oceanside	5:13.2	5th
80 low hurdles	Wilson	Point Loma	:11.4	4th
440 Relay		Morse	:49.9	5th
Sprint Medley 110, 110, 220, 440		Kearny	1:53.9	7th
Shot Put	Devine	Mission Bay	47-4 ½	1st
High Jump	Gilbert	San Luis Rey	5-7	2nd
Long Jump	Whigham	San Diego	16-7	5th

 

Elijah Jefferson went where no San Diego County athlete had gone in 45 years.

Willie Banks won an event that was known by another name when it was last contested 34 years before.

Jefferson became the first from the area since 1929 to win the 100-yard dash in the state track meet when he followed a wind-assisted :09.4 in the Friday trials with a :09.6w in the finals.

Banks’ 49-7 ¼ effort won the triple jump, an event not part of the meet since 1939, when it was known as the hop, step, and jump.

Twelve years and 14 days later, June 16, 1985, in Indianapolis, Banks set a world record of 58-10 ¾, a mark that was not surpassed for 10 years.

The  gold medals by Jefferson and Banks were the most for the San Diego Section since 1966, when Terry Rodgers of Hilltop (880), Tim Danielson of Chula Vista (mile), and Doyle Steel of San Diego (long jump) were individual winners.

Jefferson’s victory at  Community Stadium in Woodland—he would repeat in 1974—equaled Jimmy Willson’s 1929 triumph when Willson won the 100 (:09.8) and 220 (:21.4) and led San Diego High to the team championship at the Los Angeles Coliseum.

5/3/73

GROSSMONT LEAGUE TRIALS, @MOUNT MIGUEL

Greg Baer became the fourth Grossmont shot putter to reach 60 feet when his best attempt measured 60-10 ½.

Baer, who also won the discus preliminary at 164-7, sensed he was in for a good day.  “I thought I’d probably do well when my first throw went fifty-nine. I never do much on my first put.”

Baer’s father, Marlin Baer, was the Foothillers’ coach from 1956-68 and had another son, Brad, who became one of many in the school to throw at least 54 feet since 1950:

DISTANCE	NAME	EVENT	DATE
61-6 ¼	Ed Speed	@Granite Hills	3/14/61
61-5 ¾	Jim Wade	Southern Section	5/25/57
60-10 ½	Greg Baer	Grossmont League trials	5/4/73
60-4 ½	Dick Bronson	vs. Point Loma	4/23/54
59-2 ¾	Dewey Taylor	vs. Chula Vista	4/17/59
59-2 ¼	Brad Baer	vs. Mount Miguel	4/6/62
58-4 ¾	Clyde Wetter	Southern Section	5/19/51
58-2 ½*	Hal Norris	Southern Section	5/20/50
55-10 1/2	Richard Grise	vs. Helix	4/10/64
54-11 ½	Mel Kemp	City Prep League	5/7/54
54-6 ½	Richard Loftus	vs. Helix	3/16/54

*Norris was granted an extra trial after the competition at the state meet 5/27/50 and reached 60-3.

Curt Hampton of El Cajon Valley was second to Baer with a toss of 60-1 1/2 and five other shotputters had marks of 51-7 or better.

EASTERN LEAGUE TRIALS, @BALBOA STADIUM

Sophomore Elijah Jefferson won a head-to-head sprint matchup with Lincoln’s Lanard Morris, clocking :09.9 and :21.8 to Morris’ :10.1 and :22.1.

Jefferson, whose best 220 had been :22.4, caught and passed Morris on the turn and held serve down the long stretch.

Wally Henry of Lincoln won his heats, :14.6 in the 120-yard high hurdles, and :20.5 in the 180 lows.

5/8/73

AVOCADO LEAGUE TRIALS, @VISTA

Robert Mosley of Oceanside took three events, 120 high hurdles (:14.8), 180 lows (20-4), and long jump (22-4 ½).

Vista’s Bill Harvey sailed the discus to a meet record of 172-6.

5/11/73

EASTERN LEAGUE FINALS, @BALBOA STADIUM.

Danny Miller, a transfer from El Centro Central, ran strongly all season for Morse but in the shadows of Crawford’s Elijah Jefferson and Lincoln’s Lanard Morris, until today.

Miller set a meet record when he won the 220-yard dash in :21.4, extending his arms skyward and looking back at Morris (:21.8) and Jefferson (:21.8).

Jefferson meanwhile tied James Milton’s league record of :09.5 in the 100, nudging Morris (:09.7) and Miller (:09.8).

AVOCADO LEAGUE FINALS, @ORANGE GLEN

Humberto Barajas of Vista ran 4:24.2 and 9:33.4 for a mile-two-mile double and teammate Al McClure won the high jump at 6 feet, 6 ¼ and was second in the triple jump at 45-1 ½.

The Panthers’ Jay Semensow hurled the shot 57-11 ½, with teammates Cary Cotten (56-3 ¼) and Bill Harvey (53-6) following.

Willie Banks of Oceanside set a triple jump record of 45-6 ½ in the new event and the Pirates’ Robert Mosley won the 120 high hurdles in :14.6 and long jump at 23 feet.

GROSSMONT LEAGUE FINALS, @MOUNT MIGUEL

Greg Baer went 60-8 ½ and led a flock of shot putters that included El Cajon Valley’s Curt Hampton (59-9 ¾) and Jerry Barrows (57-11 ½), and Fahl (55-1/4) and Ehman (53-0), Baer’s Grossmont teammates.

El Capitan outscored Helix, 51-50, for the team title and led with 15 qualifiers for the Section trials. Granite Hills (36), El Cajon Valley and Grossmont followed the leaders with 32 points each.

SOUTHERN LEAGUE FINAL, @RAMONA

Donald Tavie ran the 100 in :10 and 220 in :22.1 to lead San Diego Military, which won to the team title with 61 ½ points to runner-up Mountain Empire’s 38.

Tavie’s 220 bettered the record of :22.4, set in 1965 by Ryan of La Jolla Country Day.

WESTERN LEAGUE, @MESA COLLEGE

Jim Geddes of La Jolla cleared 6-4 ½, breaking the record of 6-4 by Don Sing of Kearny in 1967 and Mike Breen of Clairemont ran 9:19.4 in the two-mile erasing the 9:19.8 by teammate Dale Fleet in 1971.

Aguirre of Madison tied Fleet’s 9:19.8 in second place.

Madison’s Bruce Girasole, defending San Diego Section 100 and 220 champion, and Kearny’s Ron Means were byed into the Section trials.

Girasole pulled up after 100 yards in the 220 and Means bailed after 50 yards in the same race.

Both were fighting leg muscle problems.

La Jolla’s Dan Carlsson, County leader at 1:55.8 in the 880, withdrew with a knee injury.

METROPOLITAN LEAGUE FINALS, @MAR VISTA

Jose Medina of Hilltop tripled with a :20.5 win in the 180 low hurdles, 21-7 long jump, and 6-3 in the high jump, edging Bethea of Castle Park on number of misses.

Mike Frankson of Sweetwater took the 100 in :10.1 and repeated with a :22.3 220.

5/18/73

SAN DIEGO SECTION TRIALS, @BALBOA STADIUM

Cold, windy weather was a surprising factor at a time of year when the elements favor the athletes.  Still, there were some moments.

—Danny Miller of Morse and Elijah Jefferson of Crawford tied the record of :21.4 in winning their respective 220 heats.

—Miller and Jefferson were :09.8 winners in the 100 heats.  Lanard Morris won a third 100 and third 220 heat in :09.9 and :21.6.

—Defending champion Bruce Girasole of Madison couldn’t go because of a persistent leg injury.

—Vista’s Cary Cotten improved by more than two feet with a 58-11 ½ shot put and teammate and defending champion Jay Semensow made the cut, seventh at 56-8.

—Mike Malec of Clairemont (4:14.9) and George Pullen of Grossmont (4:15.9) won mile heats.

—Oceanside’s Willie Banks, nursing a hip problem, missed in the 120 high hurdles and long jump, the latter in which Banks was defending champion, but qualified with one jump at 44-7 in the new event triple jump, won by El Capitan’s Bill Tobert at 45-0 ½.

5/26/73

SAN DIEGO SECTION FINALS, @BALBOA STADIUM

The wind was slightly more than the allowable 4.473 miles per hour but it took nothing away from Elijah Jefferson’s sensational 220-yard dash, in which Jefferson refused to be run down by Lincoln’s Lanard Morris and Morse’s Danny Miller.

The Crawford sophomore raced to the lead on the Balboa Stadium curve and fought off his pursuers down the stretch, finishing in :20.9, holding off Morris (:21.1) and Miller (:21.2) in one of the great sprints in County history.

Jefferson also won the 100 in a meet-record tying 9.6, with Morris (:09.7), Miller (:09.8), Lincoln’s Leonard Moore (:09.8), and Sweetwater’s Mike Frankson (:09.9) chasing.

BAER MARKET

Grossmont’s Greg Baer, the County leader and holder of the County’s third longest shot put in history at 60-10 ½, was third and did not qualify for the following week state meet.

Baer’s best was 59-0 ¾, third to the 60-9 1/2 by El Cajon Valley’s Curt Hampton and 59-2 ¼ by Vista’s Cary Cotten.

Lincoln won its eighth team champion in the Section’s 13 seasons with 36 points, with Vista, 26, Morse and Oceanside, 24 each, and Oceanside, 23 following.

With Wally Henry leading off, Lincoln also won the 440 relay in :41.8 and Henry  won the 180 low hurdles in :19.1.

Oceanside’s Robert Mosley tied the 120-yard high hurdles record of :14.1 and won the long jump at 23-7 ¾.  The Pirates’ Willie Banks set a record of 48-7 ¼ in the new event triple jump.

Vista’s Al McClure high jumped 6 feet, 7 inches, same as La Jolla’s Jim Geddes, who won on fewer misses.  Vista’s Bill Harvey won the discus at 177-5 ½, and Clairemont’s Mark Malec clocked a 4:12.5 mile.

6/2/73

55TH STATE TRACK TRIALS, @WOODLAND COMMUNITY STADIUM

EVENT	NAME	SCHOOL	MARK	PLACE
100	Jefferson	Crawford	:09.4w	1T
	Morris	Lincoln	:09.7w	7T
220	Jefferson		:21.4w	3rd
	Morris		:21.7	6T
440	Moore	Morse	:50.5	15T
	Riggins	Helix	:50.7	17T
880	Fields	Bonita Vista	1:58.6	17th
	Eisenhart	Hoover	1:58.8	18th
Mile	Malec	Clairemont	4:17.7	9th
	Pullen	Grossmont	4:23.0	17th
120 High Hurdles	Mosley	Oceanside	:15.0	20th
	Henry	Lincoln	—	—
180 Low Hurdles	Henry		:19.0	8th
440 Relay		Lincoln	:41.7	2T
		Morse	:42.4	11T
Mile Relay		Morse	3:22.0	18th
		Crawford	3:29.8	26th
High Jump	Geddes	La Jolla	6-4	1T
	McClure	Vista	6-2	9T
Long Jump	Mosley	Oceanside	22-7 ½	13T
	Wilkinson	Clairemont	22-4	16th
Triple Jump	Banks	Oceanside	49-1	1st
	McClure	Vista	—	—
Shot Put	Hampton	El Cajon Valley	56-3	10th
	Cotten	Vista	55-9 ½	12th
Discus	Harvey	Vista	180-6	6th
	Cotten		170-1 ½	12th
Pole Vault	Hagans	Orange Glen	13-3	12th
	Yarberry	Hilltop	—	—

6/2/73

55TH STATE FINALS, @WOODLAND COMMUNITY STADIUM

EVENT	NAME	SCHOOL	MARK	PLACE
100	Jefferson	Crawford	:09.6w	1st
	Morris	Lincoln	:09.7w	8th
220	Jefferson		:21.8	5th
	Morris		—	—
Mile	Malec	Clairemont	4:16.5	8th
Two Miles	Close	Monte Vista	9:19.1	10th
	McGrath	Monte Vista	—	—
440 Relay		Lincoln	:42.0	7th
		Morse	:42.1	9th
High Jump	Geddes	La Jolla	6-6	2T
	McClure	Vista	6-0	13th
Triple Jump	Banks	Oceanside	49-7 ¼	1st
Shot Put	Hampton	El Cajon Valley	59-3	6th
	Cotten	Vista	57-10 ½	7th
Discus	Harvey	Vista	181-2	6th
	Cotten		161-1	11th