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2014: San Diego Leaders Eye Section Finals
Were the San Diego Section trials yesterday the “proof of the pudding” for area qualifiers who now enter the two most important weeks of the season? Section finals will be Saturday at Mt. Carmel High, followed by the state meet in Clovis June 6-7. While the ancient proverb may not apply, San Diego athletes did not come […]
Read More2014: League Finals Produce State Contenders
It’s that time of year. Fire-delayed league finals didn’t slow San Diego Section track and field athletes in their pursuit of May-June honors. Seven new state top 10 performances were recorded (see table below). Poway’s Brandon Lucas turned a wind-assisted :10.64 100 meters and hustled to a :21.18 200 (County No. 13 all-time) in the Palomar […]
Read More2014: 48 Years After, Danielson’s Marks Still Best
Tim Danielson was convicted last week in El Cajon Superior Court of murdering his ex-wife in 2011. His expected sentence of 50 years to life is pending. I’d like to remember Danielson as the billiant runner who competed for coach Harry Taylor at Chula Vista High and set San Diego Section standards in 1965-66 that still are unequaled, 48 […]
Read More2014: Titans Run Very Fast 4×100
Poway’s 400-meter relay team was as hot as the 100-degree weather at the Escondido Invitational last night. A Titans foursome of Will James, Jarod Turnage, Brandon Lucas, and Lance Mudd flawlessly passed the baton and covered the toasty, all-weather layout in :41.62, fourth fastest time in California this year. It is rarefied air for the Titans, whose previous best was […]
Read More1961: Grossmont Teams See The Light(s)
Modified Sportsmen race cars and the arrival of the San Diego Chargers may have saved night football in the hills and valleys east of San Diego. An unusual alliance. Grossmont School District teams, faced with an illumination problem, played many games on the infield of the dirt track oval near the Gillespie Field airport from 1958-66. New schools […]
Read More2014: Escondido Meet Next Up
Madison’s Doton Ogundeji continues to lead state and national shot putters and Mt. Carmel’s Derek Morton has moved in front of California 800-meter runners. Both are expected to take on some of the nation’s best in the annual Arcadia Invitational Friday and Saturday. Ogundeji leads the nation with a throw of 65-4 1/2 and is […]
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