2024 Boys Track Week 4: Mount Miguel Sprinter Among U.S. Leaders

Brandon Arrington, Jr.’s :20.59 200 in the Grossmont League finals last week is the second fastest in San Diego County history to Kenon Christon’s :20.55 in 2019 and marked the fifth time this season that Arrington has covered the distance in under 21 seconds, rarified air for local sprinters.

(Morse’s Ike Okenwa ran :20.97 in 1997 and University’s Vince Williams  :20.99 in 1996. Crawford’s Elijah Jefferson, before automatic timing, raced a wind-aided :20.9 in 1973.)

Arrington, Jr., a Mount Miguel  sophomore who ran wind-aided :10.58 and :21.29 times as a freshman at Helix in 2023,  is No. 1 in California and No. 4 in the country heading into the season’s final weeks and the 104th state meet at Clovis Buchanan High May 24-25.

Three dashmen, from Mississippi, Florida, and Texas, have run :20.43, :20.51, and :20.56, respectively, this year.  Michael Norman of Vista Murietta ran :20.3 at the state meet in 2015.

Lincoln’s Vernus Ragsdale clocked :20.3 in 1962 and San Diego Bobby Staten in 1957 and Crawford’s Arnold Tripp in 1959 ran :20.5, but both sprints were wind-aided and on straightaway courses.

Season leaders updated in bold.

EVENT MARK NAME,

SCHOOL

 STATE OTHERS NAME SCHOOL
100 :10.43 Arrington, Jr., Mount Miguel 5T :10.37 Bragg Los Alamitos
200 :20.59 Arrington, Jr. 1st :21.04 Bragg
400 :47.91 Slaughter, Mt. Carmel 7th :47.11 Ochoa Covina Northview
:48.25 Jones, Mount Miguel 15T
800 1:52.79 Evans, Carlsbad 4th 1:49.91 Morales San Juan Capistrano JSerra
1:53.26 Cordero, Olympian 6th
1:53.37 Bowman, Sage Creek 7th
1600 4:15.10 Bowman — 4:05.51 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 Inderkum
:13.95 Tseko-Biffle, El Capitan 5th
:14.28 Atilano, Cathedral 16th
:14.52 Bryant Ramona 23rd
300 Hurdles :37.42 Atilano 2nd :37.06 Roberson Eastvale Roosevelt
:37.57 Tseko-Biffle 4th
:37.58 Martin 5th
4×100 Relay :41.90 Helix 22nd
:41.92 San Marcos 24th
:41.93 Cathedral 25T :40.29 L.A. Granada Hills
4×400 Relay 3:19.3 Mt. Carmel 8th 3:15.01   Fresno Central
3:20.51 Mount Miguel 11th
3:21.90 Carlsbad 22nd
3:22.06 Del Norte 25th
4×800 Relay 7:54.74 Westview 15th 7:41.02 Long Beach Wilson
7:55.68 El Capitan 17th
7:56.51 Carlsbad 19th
High Jump 6-10 Cheeks II, Mission Bay 3rd 6-11 Banks L.A. Birmingham
6-6 Carmona, Fallbrook 12T
Martin
Stokes, Bonita Vista
Gross, Torrey Pines
Long Jump 23-11 ¼ Cheeks 5th 24-4 Rogers Lafayette Acalanes
23-4 McCotter, Cathedral 14T
  23-0 Shaw, Scripps Ranch 21
22-10 1/2 Martin 24T
Triple Jump 47-8 3/4 Reichenberg, Mission Bay 2nd 47-10 1/2 Agbakoba Fresno Central
45-9 Cheeks 24T
Shot Put 57-9 Gash, Helix 16th 64-6 Claiborne Fresno Hoover
57-1/2 Telemaque, Sage Creek 19th
Discus 181-11 Gash 5th 197-5 Madsen Clovis North
176-9 Telmaque 8th
Pole Vault 16-8 Anderson, University City 3rd 17-0 McKee Riverside King
16-0 1/2 Yarbrough, San Dieguito 6th
15-7 Weisman, Torrey Pines 13T
15-6 Sbuttoni IV, St. Augustine 15T
Farenc, Westview
Rynearson, Mission Bay
15-2 Saunders, Rancho Bernardo 23T
15-0 Bernier, Fallbrook 25T

 

 



2024 Girls Track Week 4: Divisionals Dot Landscape

San Diego Section athletes will convene in divisional meets this week at Del Norte (I), University City (II), and Valley Center (III). The road to Clovis Buchanan High and the 104th state track meet May 24-25 is getting shorter and steeper.

Tessa Buswell knows the way.  The Poway senior was third in 2:08.53 in  the state 800 meters last year and she showed  late-season form in the Palomar League finals last week, winning in 2:08.77, her best time of the season by almost two seconds and fourth in California.

Buswell’s career best of 2:08.30 is third in San Diego Section history, behind the 2:06.69 by Hannah Riggins of Del Norte in 2023 and 2:08 by Lesley Noll of Mt. Carmel in 1985.

There are six 800-meter runners from the San Diego Section in the state’s top 25, according to the latest from Athletic.net.  Closest to Buswell are Kaitland Arciaga of Westview (2:09.26) and Payton Williams of Eastlake (2:09.87).

The 800 is just one possibility for Buswell and the others, who may opt to double the 800 with the 1600 or 3200, plus being available in the 4×400 relay or 4×800 relay.

Updates in bold.

EVENT MARK NAME, SCHOOL STATE OTHER NAME SCHOOL
100 :11.59w Shaheed, Madison 5th :11.38w Wright, Temecula Chaparral
:11.64w Gilhooly, Coronado 10th
:11.83 Smith, La Jolla 18T
200 :23.67 Smith 1st :23.75 Wright Temecula Chaparral
:23.73 Shaheed 2nd
:24.46 Gilhooly 21st
400 :53.56 Smith 1st :53.69 Trepagnier Culver City
:55.86 Burkhardt, Steele Canyon 18th
:55.94 Arciaga, Westview 19th
:56.01 Ma Herbst, Carlsbad 20th
800 2:08.77 Buswell, Poway 4th 2:03.48 Engelhardt Ventura
2:09.26 Arciaga 5th
2:09.87 Williams, Eastlake 8th
2:11.43 Ma. Herbst, Carlsbad 13th
2:11.89 Dailey, La Jolla 15th
2:12.53 Scuba, Sage Creek 19th
1600 4:43.20 Williams 2nd 4:29.86 Engelhardt
4:45.82 Dailey 3rd
4:50.61 Lopizzo, La Costa Canyon 14th
4:51.11 Scuba 17th
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
:14.37 Cook, Steele Canyon 7th
:14.88 Mack, Otay Ranch 22nd
300 Hurdles :41.45 Mo. Herbst 1st :42.62 Lewis L.A. Girls Academic Leadership
:43.45 Bowen-Fontenot 7th
:44.28 Cook 13th
:44.85 Mack 21st
4×100 Relay :47.18 Steele Canyon 12th :45.94 Calabasas
:47.80 Helix 25th
4×400 Relay 3:51.20 Carlsbad 8th 3:42.23 Long Beach Wilson
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 14T Five at 5-8
Long Jump 18-10 Frith, La Costa Canyon 10T 20-9 1/2 Webster Long Beach Wilson
18-4 Jones, Oceanside 19T
18-2 ½ Bateman, La Jolla Country Day 23T
Triple Jump 38-11 1/2 Jones, Oceanside 9th 40-2 1/4 Alumbres Vista Murietta
37-9 Bateman 22nd
Shot Put 42-2 Colon Gipson, Otay Ranch 9th 47-10 Schnayer Moraga Campolindo
39-4 Liufau, Helix 20th
39-2 1/2 Ford, Helix 21st
39-1 H. Lauifi, Helix 22nd
38-11 ½ Driscoll, Canyon Crest 24th
Discus 157-11 Driscoll 1st 152-10 Johnson Sherman Oaks Notre Dame
138-6 Frankel, Sage Creek 15th
Pole Vault 13-0 Echsner, Del Norte 3T 13-2 Fears Vista Murrieta
12-10 Downing, La Costa Canyon 5th
12-8 De Jong. Maranatha  8th
12-1 Potenciano, Rancho Bernardo 18T
Humer, Rancho Bernardo
12-0 Galkina, Torrey Pines 20T
Tseng, Torrey Pines