2019 Week 13: Five Lead State Marks as Season Comes to Close

It was perhaps the finest track-and-field season in San Diego Section history.

There not only were a record seven gold medal winners (compared to five in 1974) in last week’s state championships in Clovis but area thinclads also had state best performances in five boys and girls events.

Kenon Christon was No. 1, not only in medals but in the 100 and 200-meter races, with best times of :10.30 and :20.55.  The Madison senior also was second with a 24-foot long jump.

Coronado’s Alysha Hickey was the leading high jumper with a clearance of 5 feet, 10 1/2 inches and long jumped 20 feet, 9 inches, although that mark was achieved with wind assistance over the allowable 2.0 meters.

University City’s Katriina Wright had the best 400 time, :53.93, and La Costa Canyon’s Kristin Fahy led all 3,200-meter runners at 10:11.38.

Seventeen San Diego athletes’ best marks were achieved in the state meet and are noted below in bold talics.  Marks in parenthesis show where locals stand in the state’s top 25 in each event.

BOYS

EVENT	NAME	MARK	STATE	MARK	U.S.
100	Christon, Madison	:10.30 (1) :10.26w	Grubb, Sherman Oaks Notre Dame	:10.40	:10.13 :09.98w Boling, Strake Jesuit, Houston
	Steward, Orange Glen	:10.54 (6T)
200	Christon, Madison	:20.55 (1)	Grubb, Notre Dame Sherman Oaks	:20.93	:20.58, Boling. Miller, Bishop Dunne, Dallas, :20.52w
	Steward, Orange Glen	:21.45 (19T)
400	Parker, Helix	:47.91 (12)	Larrier, Elk Grove Monterey Trail	:46.49	:46.22, Robinson, Hazlewood West, Missouri
	Salzman, Calvin Christian	:48.25 (15)
	Lippert, La Costa Canyon	:48.31 (19)
800	Tellez-Velasquez, San Pasqual	1:52.52 (6)	Wingo, Valencia	1:51.71	1:50.24, Woods, E.C. Glass, Lynchburg, Va.
	Ali, Crawford	1:54.17 (25)
1600	G. Stanford, La Costa Canyon	4:12.92 (14)	Hibbert, El Monte Arroyo	4:07.25	4:05.28. Atwood, Central Valley, Veradale, Washington
	Ali, Crawford	4:13.00 (15)
	J. Stanford, La Costa Canyon	4:13.12 (16)
	Niednagel, La Costa Canyon	4:13.81 (21)
3200	Niednagel,  La Costa Canyon	9:01.76 (5)	Young, Newbury Park	8:40.0	Young
	Velasco, Mission Hills	9:07.27 (14)
110 High Hurdles	Sayles, Steele Canyon	:14.47w (17) :14.63	:13.31w :13.50	13:31w	Marshall
300 Intermediate Hurdles	Solomon, Grossmont	:37.88 (12)	Roberson, Upland	:36.32	:36.12, Matthews, Central, Pickering, Ohio
4×100 Relay	Madison	:41.88 (14)	Long Beach Poly	:40.87	:40.08, Fort Bend Marshall, Missouri City, Texas
4×400 Relay	Grossmont	3:19.19	Placentia Valencia	3:13.73	3:10.56, Strake Jesuit, Houston
High Jump	Brownell, San Dieguito	6-8 (9T)	Allen, Santa Barbara San Marcos	7-0	7-1 ¾, Marseille, Cardinal Gibbons, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
	Lugo, Canyon Crest	6-6 ½  (21)
Long Jump	Christon, Madison	24-0	Foster Clovis North	25-1 ½	26-6, Martin, Saginaw, Michigan
	Mitchell, Point Loma	23-5 (13T)
	Harris-Williams, Granite Hills	23 1 ½ (21T)
Triple Jump	Mitchell, Point Loma	48-6 (3)	Foster, Clovis North	49-9 1/2	51-10 1/2 Foote-Talley, Northwest, Germantown, Maryland
	Gibbs, Oceanside	47-4 ¾ (12)
	Cynkin, Torrey Pines	46-5 ¼ (20)
	Harris-Williams, Granite Hills	46-4 ¼ (21)
Shot Put	Boamah, Scripps Ranch	54-0	Viveros, Bakersfield, Liberty	71-3	71-3, Viveros
Discus	Boamah, Scripps Ranch	162-1	Elbettar, Newport Beach Newport Harbor	197-4	209-6 1/4 Lemmon, Fort Myers, Florida
Pole Vault	Rice, Rancho Bernardo	16-5 (2)	Wright, Lodi	16-8	17-6, Stone, Lawrence North, Indianapolis, Indiana
	Volpe, San Marcos	15-9 (10T)
	Clarke, El Camino	15-3 (18T)
	Elamparo, Rancho Bernardo	15-3 (18T)
	Jurisoo, Mt. Carmel	15-3 (18T)

GIRLS

EVENT	NAME	MARK	STATE	MARK	U.S.
100	Shaheed, Madison	:11.57w (3) :11.71	Nowling, Calabasas	:11.40w	:11.27, Davis, Oak Hall, Gainesville, Florida
	Rustkovich, Scripps Ranch	:11.87w (14T)
	Hickey, Coronado	:11.92 (25)
200	Shaheed, Madison	:24.16 (6)	Nowling	:23.64	:23.06, Davis
	Rustkovich, Scripps Ranch	:24.30 (13T)
	Wright, University City	:24.44 (18)
400	Wright, University City	:53.93 (1)	Monrroy, L.B. Millikan	:54.16	:52.06, Wilson, Godwin, Richmond, Virginia
	Cramer, The Bishop’s	:55.50 (19)
800	Riedman, La Costa Canyon	2:11.37 (10)	Wallenstrom, Kentfield, Marin Catholic	2:08.78	2:06.1, Mustin, North Canyon, Phoenix
	Farmer, Rancho Bernardo	2:13.15 (23)
1600	Fahy, La Costa Canyon	4:48.34  (18)	Duarte, Chino Hills	4:42.58	4:37.07,Parks, Antrim, Greencastle, Pennsylvania
3200	Fahy, La Costa Canyon	10:11.38 (1)	Lowe, Clovis Buchanan	10:12.78	9:53.30, Tuohy, Thiells, North Rockland, N.Y.
	Dorostkar,  Canyon Crest	10:26.15 (9)
	Wallace, Sage Creek	10:33.10 (16)
100 Hurdles	Redon, San Diego	:14.17w (6) :14.28	Shearer San Jose Silver Creek	:13.24w	:13.02, Hawkins, Centralia, Missouri
	James, San Diego	:14.44w (12)
	Vaught, Steele Canyon	:14.66w (24)
300 Hurdles	Edwards, San Pasqual	:43.95 (14)	Glenn, Long Beach Wilson	:41.01	:40.78, Wilson,  Godwin, Richmond, Virginia
300 Hurdles	Mayo, Grossmont	:44.32 (22)
	Occiano, Mission Hills	:44.34 (23)
4×100 Relay	Scripps Ranch	:46.51 (1)	Calabasas	:45.95	:44.24, DeSoto, Texas
	Canyon Crest	:47.80 (25)
4×400 Relay	Scripps Ranch	3:50.63 (10)	Eastvale Roosevelt	3:43.77	3:39.79, DeSoto, Texas
High Jump	Hickey, Coronado	5-10 ½ (1)	Harris, Bakersfield Golden Valley	5-10	5-11 ½, Bottellier, Palisades, Kinterville, Pennsylvania
	Scales, Madison	5-6 (12T)
	Roberts, Westview	5-6 (12T)
Long Jump	Hickey, Coronado	20-9w (1) 20-2	Harris, Upland	20-8 1/2	21-2 ¼w, 20-5 3/4 Bryant, Memorial, Houston
	Hardyway, Oceanside	19-0 ¾ (11)
	Scott, Gompers	19-0 ½ (12)
	Miller, San Pasqual	18-10 ½ (17T)
	Shaheed, Madison	18-10 (21T)
Triple Jump	Miller, San Pasqual	40-06w (3) 40-2	Shearer, San Jose Silver Creek	41-3 3/4	44-10, Moore, Lake Ridge, Mansfield, Texas
	Scott, Gompers Prep	39-5 ½ (14)
	Hardyway, Oceanside	39-0 ½ (20)
Shot Put	Tuatasi, West Hills	45-1 ½ (8)	Budwig, Fowler	49-2 3/4	50-1 ½, Hoekstre, Seaside, Oregon
	Lagoy, Rancho Bernardo	42-0 (19)
	McNairy, San Diego	41-9 ½ (21)
Discus	Cruz, Mission Hills	139-3 (23)	Budwig, Fowler	171-10	176-8, Meyer, Superior, Nebraska
	Tuatasi, West Hills	138-0 (25)
Pole Vault	Callahan, Torrey Pines	13-6 (2T)	Funk, Clovis West	13-9	14-8, Cunliffe, West, Seattle, Washington
	Thomson, Poway	13-3 (5)
	Cervantes, Poway	13-0 (8T)
	Grudman, Sage Creek	12-6 (13T)
	Ray, Rancho Bernardo	12-0 (23T)