Four San Diego athletes lead the state as they head for state this week.
“State” is an often-used euphemism for an event such as the California championships, renewed for the 102nd time this year after being canceled because of the pandemic in 2020 and ’21.
Aaliyah McCormick continues to lead all 100 hurdlers with a best time of :13.61 and a wind-assisted time of :13.46.
McCormick won the San Diego Section title at :13.89 last week at Mt. Carmel and the section’s almost season-long 1-2-3 ranking in the state that included Charlize James of San Diego and Kapiolani Coleman of Cathedral now is 1-2-5.
Two runners, one from Rocklin of the Sac-Joaquin Section and one from the Southern Section moved into a tie for third at :14.03, behind James’ :13.92 and in front of Coleman’s :14.05.
Kennedy Clarke of Cathedral still leads the shot put at 47 feet, 9 inches, and Lexi Evans of Scripps Ranch is tied for first in the pole vault at 14 feet.
Trials at Clovis Buchanan High get under way Friday afternoon. Temperature of an expected 90 degrees in will be about 25 degrees warmer than was in the San Diego Section finals.
Warmer weather should aid all.
Numbers in parenthesis note overall state ranking in top 25:
| EVENT | NAME | MARK | STATE |
| 100 | Shaheed, Madison | :11.66 (2) | :11.55, Washington, Gardena Serra |
| McCormick, Scripps Ranch | :11.71w (4) | ||
| Hatton, Sage Creek | :11.91w (21) | ||
| 200 | Bean, Poway | :24.25 (8T) | :23.45w, Currie, Santa Clarita Golden Valley |
| Shaheed, Madison | :24.45 (15T) | ||
| 400 | Bean | :54.96 (8T) | :53.19, Cenci, Clovis North |
| Cramer, The Bishop’s | :56.21 (17) | ||
| 800 | Buswell, Poway | 2:09.54 (7) | 2:05.66, Engelhardt, Ventura |
| Cramer | 2:11.24 (13) | ||
| Riggins | 2:11.60 (17) | ||
| 1600 | Rogers, Poway | 4:48.75 (8) | 4:33.29, Engelhardt |
| Riggins | 4:53.53 (25) | ||
| 100 Hurdles | McCormick | :13.46w | :14.03, Kirchner, Rocklin |
| James, San Diego | :13.92 (2) | :14.03w, McKenzie, Santa Clarita Orange Vista | |
| Coleman, Cathedral | :14.05 (5) | ||
| 300 Hurdles | Coleman, Cathedral | :42.19 (1) | |
| K. Janik, Torrey Pines | :42.38 (2) | :42.61. Harris, Stockton, Lincoln | |
| James | :42.71 (4) | ||
| McCormick | :43.31 (6) | ||
| D. Janik, Torrey Pines | :43.38 (9) | ||
| Medley, Del Norte | :44.37 (15) | ||
| 4×100 Relay | Cathedral | :48.16 (24) | :45.98, Santa Clarita Golden Valley |
| 4×400 Relay | Poway | 3:49.93 (5) | 3:43.87, Long Beach Wilson |
| Del Norte | 3:53.12 (10) | ||
| Carlsbad | 3:54.87 (12) | ||
| Torrey Pines | 3:54.94 (13) | ||
| High Jump | Tarczy, Scripps Ranch | 5-7 (12T) | 5-10, Elie, Rocklin Whitney |
| Moore-Bastide, Eastlake | 5-7 (12T) | ||
| Roberts, Westview | 5-5 (19T) | ||
| Long Jump | Hatton Sage Creek | 18-8 ¾ (23T) | 20-4 1/2, Davis, Santa Clarita Golden Valley |
| Triple Jump | Pingley, El Camino | 38-4 ¾ (17) | 41-3, Hope, Riverside King |
| Miles, Point Loma | 38-2 ½ (20) | ||
| Shot Put | Clarke, Cathedral | 47-5 (1) | 45-4 ½. Gordon, Sherman Oaks Notre Dame |
| Pole Vault | Evans, Scripps Ranch | 14-0 (1T) | 14-0, Muhammad, Dublin |
| Thompson, Poway | 13-3 (5) | ||
| Wagner, Fallbrook | 13-0 (9T) | ||
| Downing, La Costa Canyon | 12-9 (11T) | ||
| Quiroz, Rancho Bernardo | 12-9 (11T) | ||
| Hansen, San Dieguito | 12-9 (11T) | ||
| Hilliard, Poway | 12-3 (19) | ||
| de Jong, Maranatha | 12-0 (23T) | ||
| Discus | Clarke | 147-9 (4) | Fields, Caruthers, 162-7. |
| Seabolt, Mt. Carmel | 133-8 (13) |
