The San Diego Section has not had an individual champion in the state meet since 2015 or a double winner since 2012.
Eastlake’s Jalyn Jackson has a chance to reverse the trend this week in the 100th championships at Clovis Buchanan High.
Jackson, fourth in the long jump and second in the triple jump in 2017, is seeded first in each event entering Friday’s trials, off his performance in the Section meet at Mt. Carmel.
Seedings are not based on individual seasonal bests but on performances in last week’s 10 section finals throughout the state.
Numbers in parenthesis in the table below reflect seeding positions.
Madison’s Kenan Christon (long jump), Jessica Riedman (800), And El Centro Southwest’s Tyler Saikhon (300 hurdles) have withdrawn to concentrate on other events.
Mt. Carmel’s Quoi Ellis had the fastest time in the state last week with a wind-aided: 21.19 200 and Christon was second at: 21.20. Coronado’s Alysha Hickey was the leader with a 19-10 ½ wind-aided long jump.
Ellis was third in the 200 in 2017 at: 21.25w. La Costa Canyon’s McKenna Brown was fifth in the girls’ 1600 in 4:51.74.
Several others who competed at Clovis last season, including San Dieguito’s Kevin Ward, ninth at 14-10 in the pole vault, and Vista’s Alia Scott, ninth at: 45.28 are back and among the higher seed this year.
SINGLES AND DOUBLES
The last two-time winner in girls competition was Morse’s legendary Monique Henderson in the 200 (:23.19) and 400 (:50.74) in 2000. Darren Fahy of La Costa Canyon doubled in the 1600 (4:08.78) and 3200 (9:03.29) in 2012.
The last individual winners were Cathedral’s Hannah Labrie Smith in 2015 in the 300 hurdles (:41.67) and Oceanside’s Charles Lenford in the discus (195-4).
SPIKE MARKS
Josh Farmer, Rancho Bernardo’s Section-winning 300 hurdler, is a third generation standout, following grandfather Dixon Farmer and father Matt Farmer…Dixon Farmer was the state champion from Orinda Miramonte in the 440 in 1958 and ’59 with winning times of:48.6 each year…he also was a leading 180-yard low hurdler with a best of :19.1 and later was head coach at San Diego State…Matt Farmer was a decathlete and high jumped 6 feet, 10 inches at Monte Vista… Karson Lippert, who sustained a leg muscle injury in the San Diego Section trials, reportedly is taking part in some 7-on-7 football passing drills at La Costa Canyon…Lippert is expected to be one of the better running backs in the Fall if he can avoid hamstring issues or knee contusions…La Costa’s Jessica Riedman is said to be transferring and would compete next year for Irvine Woodbridge…a rattlesnake was spotted in the area of the discus competition at Mt. Carmel last week…officials with shovel and bucket removed the critter….
| BOYS | ||||
| Event | Name | Mark (Seeding) | State | Mark |
| 100 Meters | Christon, Madison | :10.58 (4) | Allen, Tulare | :10.32 |
| Ellis, Mt. Carmel | :10.63w (7) | |||
| Steward, Orange Glen | :10.77w (17) | |||
| 200 Meters | Ellis | :21.19w (1) | Shaikir-Ricks, Murrieta Mesa | :21.32 |
| Christon | :21.20w (2) | |||
| Smith, Westview | :21.63w (7) | |||
| 400 Meters | Dean, Mira Mesa | :48.37 (10) | Glasser, Marin Catholic | :47.41 |
| Salzman, Calvin Christian | :48.43 (11) | |||
| Parker, Helix | :49.11 (18) | |||
| 800 Meters | Hurlburt, Coronado | 1:54.59 (17) | Van Dorpe, Santa Ana Mater Dei | 1:51.44 |
| Ali, Crawford | 1:55.28 (23) | |||
| Santos, Rancho Bernardo | 1:56.63 (24) | |||
| 1600 Meters | Rosenthal, San Diego High Tech | 4:11.88 (5) | Chahal, Burbank Burroughs | 4:11.09 |
| G. Stanford, La Costa Canyon | 4:13.56 (10) | |||
| J. Stanford, La Costa Canyon | 4:13.62 (11) | |||
| 3200 Meters | Labra, Bonita Vista | 9:10.00 (15) | Court, Mira Costa | 9:01.78 |
| 3200 Meters | Martinez de Pinillos, Cathedral | 9:13.24 (16) | ||
| Rasmuson,
Mount Miguel |
9:17.90 (18) | |||
| 110 Hurdles | Clay, Valley Center | :14.29w (5) | Foster, Clovis North | :14.12 |
| Saikhon, El Centro Southwest | :14.36 (6) | |||
| Coleman, Granite Hills | :14.63 (15) | |||
| 300 Hurdles | Farmer, Rancho Bernardo | :37.81 (5) | Rash, Riverside Martin Luther King | :37.50 |
| Coleman, Granite Hills | :39.02 (15) | |||
| 4×100 Relay | St. Augustine | :41.90 (12) | Temecula Great Oak | :41.14 |
| Steele Canyon | :41.91 (14) | |||
| Madison | :42.08 (17) | |||
| 4×400 Relay | Helix | 3:21.86 (18) | Aliso Niguel | 3:14.68 |
| Mt. Carmel | 3:21.87 (19) | |||
| Olympian | 3:23.09 (23) | |||
| High Jump | Walther, Sage Creek | 6-6 (8) | Lee, Mission Viejo Trabuco Hills | 6-8 |
| Castin, Rancho Bernardo | 6-4 (17) | |||
| Mbamo, Rancho Bernardo | 6-4 (16) | |||
| Pole Vault | Ward, San Dieguito | 16-5 (2) | Guttormsen, Davis | 17-7 |
| Rice, Rancho Bernardo | 16-3 (6) | |||
| Sheldon, Mission Hills | 15-6 (18) | |||
| Long Jump | Jackson, Eastlake | 24-10w (1) | Clemons, Berkeley St. Mary’s | 24-4 1/2 |
| Luck, Mission Vista | 23-4 ¾w (7) | |||
| Ruth, Oceanside | 22-7 ½ (22) | |||
| Brown, El Camino | 22-7 ¼ (24) | |||
| Fernandez, Cathedral | 22-4 ½ (30) | |||
| Triple Jump | Jackson | 49-1 3/4 (1) | McDaniel, Natomas | 48-1 1/2 |
| Mbamo, Rancho Bernardo | 48-1 1/4 (9) | |||
| Ruth, Oceanside | 45-11 (18) | |||
| Shot Put | Folsom, Point Loma | 55-10 (9) | Viveros, Bakersfield Liberty | 63-10 1/4 |
| Gonzalez, Granite Hills | 54-2 (18) | |||
| de la cruz, El Centro Southwest | 54-0 (20) | |||
| Discus | Leber, Granite Hills | 165-0 (18) | McMullen, Newhall Hart | 184-6 |
| Poma, Cathedral | 155-11 (19) | |||
| Swimmer, Mission Hills | 155-6 (20) |
GIRLS
| Event | Name | Mark (Seeding) | State | Mark |
| 100 Meters | Shaheed, Madison | :11.84w (5) | Augustine, L.B. Poly | :11.70 |
| Hickey, Coronado | :11.87 (7) | |||
| Page, Olympian | :12.00 (11) | |||
| 200 Meters | Page, Olympian | :24.77 (11) | Robinson-Jones, Oakland Bishop O’Dowd | :23.56 |
| Salongo, Mira Mesa | :24. (15) | |||
| Noble, Olympian | :24.90 (16) | |||
| 400 Meters | Noble, Olympian | :56.17 (10) | Robinson-Jones, Oakland Bishop O’Dowd | :52.69 |
| Stanly, Mission Hills | :56.38 (13) | |||
| Wright, University City | :56.86 (17) | |||
| 800 Meters | Morales, Scripps Ranch | 2:13.02 (17) | Stanziano, Concord | 2:10.06 |
| Waters, University City | 2:16.82 (19) | |||
| Lusk, Poway | 2:17.68 (21) | |||
| 1600 Meters | Brown, La Costa Canyon | 4:53.34 (15) | O’Keefe, Davis | 4:42.71 |
| Riedman, La Costa Canyon | 4:53.69 (16) | |||
| Waters, La Jolla Country Day | 4:58.96 (22) | |||
| 3200 Meters | Fahy, La Costa Canyon | 10:25.99 | Castillo, Saugus | 10:22.24 |
| Brown | 10:42.43 (16) | |||
| Miessner, Eastlake | 10:45.65 (18) | |||
| 100 Hurdles | Redon, San Diego | :14.37w (13) | Hicks, Upland | :13.54w |
| Thomas, Torrey Pines | :14.89 (20) | |||
| Johnson, Otay Ranch | :14.90 (21) | |||
| 300 Hurdles | Scott, Vista | :42.71 (5) | Robinson-Hubbard, Calabasas | :41.82 |
| Thomas | :43.52 (10) | |||
| Mattson, Sage Creek | :43.61 (11) | |||
| 4×100 Relay | Olympian | :47.28 (8) | Gardena Serra | :45.88 |
| San Marcos | :47.46 (10) | |||
| Mission Hills | :47.84 (12) | |||
| 4×400 Relay | Olympian | 3:52.35 (12) | Bonita | 3:46.07 |
| Torrey Pines | 3:53.84 (14) | |||
| Mission Hills | 3:55.72 (18) | |||
| High Jump | Phillips, Santa Fe Christian | 5-6 (2) | Perancich, S.F. St. Ignatius | 5-9 |
| Hickey, Coronado | 5-6 (13) | |||
| Grant-Williams, Coronado | 5-4 (17) | |||
| Long Jump | Hickey | 19-10 ½ (1) | Ronan, S.F. St. Ignatius | 19-3 |
| Harrison, Mount Miguel | 18-7 ¾ (8) | |||
| Spizewski, Rancho Buena Vista | 18-5 ½w (13) | |||
| Scott, Gompers | 18-5 ¼ (14) | |||
| Cross, Steele Canyon | 18-5w (15) | |||
| Triple Jump | Scott | 39-2 ¾ (10) | Fisher, San Jose Silver Creek | 41-5 1/4 |
| Johnson | 37-5 (23) | |||
| Hardyway, Oceanside | 37-3 ¾ (26) | |||
| Shot Put | Tuilefano, El Camino | 40-2 (22) | Budwig, Fowler | 46-11 1/2 |
| Atuatasi, West Hills | 39-3 (26) | |||
| Gommel, Mission Hills | 37-5 (27) | |||
| Discus | Tuilefano | 139-8 (12) | Budwig | 165-6 |
| Cornwall, Poway | 135 (17) | |||
| Atuatasi | 134 (17) | |||
| Pole Vault | Thomson, Poway | 12-5 (4) | ||
| Cervantes, Poway | 12-6 (10) | Funk, Clovis North | 13-0 | |
| Callahan, Rancho Bernardo | 11-11 (8) |
