2026 Boys Track Week 3: 4×800 Meters is Go-To Race for Del Norte
Del Norte set a San Diego Section record in the four-man, 800-meter relay with a time of 7:44.70 at the 65th Mt. San Antonio Relays in Walnut Last week.
The team of Finn Butler, Isaac Bradshaw, Nick Echsner, and Cam Yarbrough bettered the mark of 7:48.39 by a Torrey Pines foursome at Mt. Sac in 2011.
The former two-mile relay has been re-gaining popularity since it was added to the state meet menu in 2023, when the Del Norte girls’ team won in 8:55.99.
San Diego teams had participated in the event at Mt. Sac as far back as the 1960’s, when a Grossmont squad of Dick Monahan, Reo Nathan, Bruce Rogers, and Joe O’Connor ran 8:06.4, converted to a 3,200 meters time of 8:01.5.
A Clairemont squad of Henry Halleland, Tom Blake, Steve Rocha, and Larry Castillo had set a San Diego two-mile relay record of 7:59 in 1968. That time converts to a metric 7:55.9.
San Diego Section athletes in state top 25 are noted by Athletic.net, except any with the — designation. Marks in bold indicate new season best. The dual meet and invitational season will end by April 30, with league championships generally scheduled May 8.
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BOYS
| EVENT | MARK | NAME, SCHOOL | STATE | CALIFORNIA | NAME, SCHOOL | SECTION |
| 100 | :10.39w, :10.48 | Leed Smool, La Jolla | 8T & 21st | :10.23w, :10.27 | *Harris, Anaheim Servite | Southern |
| :10.57w, :10.75 | Brice Abawi, Rancho Bernardo | — | ||||
| :10.71 | Romeo Postolis Carter, Point Loma | — | ||||
| :10.73 | *Marcus Salmond, Madison | — | ||||
| :10.76 | *Cole Dahlan, Carlsbad | — | ||||
| 200 | :21.08w, :21.36 | Smool | 9th & 23T | :20.70w, :21.22 | **Jace Wells. Anaheim Servite | Southern |
| :21.32 | *Jordan Simmons, San Pasqual | — | ||||
| :21.51w, :21.60 | *Salmond | — | ||||
| :21.61 | Aiden De Hoyos, Helix | — | ||||
| :21.70 | Postolis Carter | — | ||||
| 400 | :47.69 | Smool | 18th | :46.11 | Yohannes, L.A. Loyola | Southern |
| :47.75 | Jackson Ellis, Helix | 20th | ||||
| :48.09 | *Damian Jones, Granite Hills | 25th | ||||
| :48.29 | *Jorden Woods, San Marcos | |||||
| :48.66 | De Hoyos | — | ||||
| 800 | 1:49.54 | Josiah Bowman, Sage Creek | 1st | 1:49.98 | *Alberts, Carmichael Jesuit | Sac-Joaquin |
| 1:51.19 | Cam Yarbrough, Del Norte | 9th | ||||
| 1:53.98 | *Cade Wilhoit, Mission Vista | — | ||||
| 1:54.17 | Finley Butler, Del Norte | — | ||||
| 1:54.66 | Peter Jordan, St. Augustine | — | ||||
| **Keith Buswell, Poway | — | |||||
| 1600 | 4:06.22 | Bowman | 3rd | 4:06.02 | Zavaleta, Riverside King | Southern |
| 4:07.22 | Cooper Castleberry, Poway | 5th | ||||
| 4:09.65 | Yarbrough | 12th | ||||
| 4:13.71 | Nate Wilber, Cathedral | — | ||||
| 4:14.28 | *Jaxon Northcutt, Mt. Carmel | — | ||||
| 3200 | 8:57.28 | *Northcutt | 6th | 8:43.21 | Zavaleta | Southern |
| 9:02.74 | Wilber | 18th | ||||
| 9:06.04 | Gunner Silva, Classical | 25th | ||||
| 9:09.69 | Castleberry | — | ||||
| 9:14.94 | Parker McDevitt, Westview | — | ||||
| 110 High Hurdles | :13.82 | **Jasir Fontenot, Mater Dei | 4th | :13.72w, :13.91 | Rendon, Carson | L.A. City |
| :14.30 | Spencer Chastang, El Capitan | 22nd, | ||||
| :14.49 | Jayden Leyva, Imperial | — | ||||
| :14.55 | Nyjah West, El Camino | — | ||||
| :14.73 | Callum McFarlane, Carlsbad | — | ||||
| 300 Hurdles | :38.06 | Chastang | 13th | :36.67 | Cy Lugo, Elk Grove | Sac-Joaquin |
| :38.07 | Aiden De Hoyos, Helix | 14th | ||||
| :39.07 | Taim Alobaidi, Grossmont | — | ||||
| :39.15 | Blake Haglof, San Marcos | — | ||||
| :39.50 | Leyva | — | ||||
| :39.76 | Shay Chase, El Camino | — | ||||
| 4×100 Relay | :42.10 | Helix | — | :39.70 | Anaheim Servite | Southern |
| :42.12 | San Marcos | — | ||||
| :42.32 | Rancho Bernardo | — | ||||
| :42.38 | Point Loma | — | ||||
| :42.40 | Del Norte | — | ||||
| 4×400 Relay | 3:18.07 | Helix | 11th | 3:10.33 | Anaheim Servite | Southern |
| 3:18.57 | Scripps Ranch | 13th | ||||
| 3:20.27 | Point Loma | 20th | ||||
| 3:21.32 | La Costa Canyon | — | ||||
| 3:22.38 | Del Norte | — | ||||
| 4×800 Relay | 7:44.70 | Del Norte | 3rd | 7:38.13 | San Juan Capistrano J Serra | Southern |
| 7:49.56 | Poway | 7th | ||||
| 7:58.10 | Scripps Ranch | 22nd | ||||
| 7:59.57 | San Marcos | — | ||||
| 8:01.21 | Point Loma | — | ||||
| High Jump | 6-7 | Darrien Scott, Blythe Palo Verde Valley | 6T | 7-0 | Guzman, Moorpark | Southern |
| 6-6 | *Alijah Cheeks, Mission Bay | 17T | ||||
| *Jerry Stokes, Bonita Vista | — | |||||
| — | ||||||
| 6-4 | Justian Richardson, Rancho Buena Vista | — | ||||
| **Dwain Pemberton, Helix | — | |||||
| Elisha Harris, Madison | — | |||||
| Long Jump | 23-4 | Mekhi Oluwa, Mater Dei | 15th | 24-11 ½ | *Kayden Borden, Murrieta Valley | Southern |
| 23 | *Cheeks | — | ||||
| 22-11 ½ | Jaxen Carlisle, La Costa Canyon | — | ||||
| 22-9 ¾ | P.J. Johnson, Granite Hills | — | ||||
| 22-6 1/4 | Landon Russell, Mission Hills | — | ||||
| Triple Jump | 49-1 | Richardson | 1st | 48-5 | Malloy, Aliso Viejo Aliso Niguel. | Southern |
| 46-11 ½ | West | 9th | ||||
| 46-10w, 46 1/2 | Hagen Buechler, La Costa Canyon | 10th | ||||
| 46-7 ¾ | Javen Buchanon, Oceanside | 12th | ||||
| 45 | Elisha Harris, Madison | 24th | ||||
| Shot Put | 58-6 | Jayden Gibbs, Oceanside | 10th | 65-3 ½ | Case Jacobson, Mountain View St. Francis | Central Coast |
| 50-6 | Stephen Munoz, El Camino | — | ||||
| 50-5 | Cooper Meyer, San Marcos | — | ||||
| 50-4 | Quinn Obrigewitch, University City | — | ||||
| 50-2 | Tommy Mix, Canyon Crest | — | ||||
| Discus | 181-5 | Gibbs | 5th | 194-2 | Karsyn Van Grouw, Clovis Buchanan | Central |
| 165-10 | Chance Curry, Rancho Bernardo | |||||
| 157-8 | Nicolas Zamora, Mount Miguel | — | ||||
| 153-5 | Kawika DeVore, Madison | — | ||||
| 151-10 | Mix | — | ||||
| Pole Vault | 16-9 | Dylan Yarbrough, San Dieguito | 2nd | 17 | Justin Wilshusen, Paso Robles | Central |
| 16-6 | *Torin Sotelo, Grossmont | 4th | ||||
| 16-3 | Dane von Guenther, Otay Ranch | 6th | ||||
| 16-1 | Tyler Suhar, Torrey Pines | 8T | ||||
| 15-9 | William Smith, Grossmont | 10T |