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Sophomore Jaelyn Williams of Eastlake scorched a San Diego Section record 4:40.29 in the 1600 meters and eased to a 10:15.40 victory in the 3200, and veteran Tessa Buswell of Poway continued a late-season surge, her 2:07.12 in the 800 narrowing the gap between Buswell and record holder Hannah Riggins’ 2:06.69 in 2023. Williams and Buswell ...

Mount Miguel’s Brandon Arrington, Jr., continues to assault 200-meter standards.  His :20.40 in the San Diego Section finals last week at Mt. Carmel would put Arrington at the top of the 2024 national list and set a San Diego County record, but a 3.1-meter tailwind, more than the allowable 2.0, struck those attempts. Arrington gets another ...

Rashid Shaheed was a :48.54 standout in the 400 meters at Mt. Carmel in 2016 and now is one half of a virtually all-San Diego receiving corps with Chris Olave (Eastlake-San Marcos) for the NFL’s New Orleans Saints. Amirah Shaheed, Rashid’s younger sibling, also is creating a path at Madison.  She  tied for the state lead ...

Even after a withering assault on top 25 performances in the Southern Section meet last week, San Diego boys still command eight spots in the California top five of their respective events heading into Saturday’s Section finals at Mt. Carmel. Mount Miguel’s David Arrington, Jr., ran the 200 in :20.64 in the  Division II finals at ...

San Diego High retained a share of its 1929 state championship after losing its Southern California title to Santa Ana. The Hilltoppers returned 1929 state 100 and 220 champion Jimmy Willson, 440 champ Irvine (Cotton) Warburton, state mile champion Evan Dowers, and sprinter Fernando Ortiz, among others on a deep and talented roster. How could they not ...

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 ...

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 ...

Underclass youngsters took charge last week in the 38th Dick Wilkins Frosh-Sophomores meet at Del Norte as the season swung toward league championships this week. Mount Miguel’s Brandon Arrington, Jr., continued to run among the top echelon sprinters in the state with his :10.51 100 meters and :20.88 200.  Rancho Bernardo’s Brice Abawi announced his presence, ...

Cathedral’s Vincent Atilano lost his California lead in the 300 hurdles, but gained a first, and national standing, in another at the 64th Mount San Antonio Relays over the weekend. Atilano eschewed his usual 300 race, in which his :37.42 ranked first until a runner from Eastvale Roosevelt ran :37.06.  The Dons’ senior instead entered a ...

Jerry Bartow ended a 14-season run at Hoover with his third San Diego Section championship and with an overall record of 226-119 (.656) then headed off to Southwestern College, where the Apaches won more than 900 games in the next 39 years before Bartow retired in 2014. Until Ted Williams Field was built on the Hoover ...

GIRLS EVENT NAME SCHOOL MARK PLACE Seeded 100 Lauren Gilhooly Coronado :11.70 First Open 100 Ily Barclay Steele Canyon :12.20 — Taylore Hoagland Rancho Bernardo :12.29 — Tianna Rustkovich Mt. Carmel :12.32 — Chanel Burton Helix :12.36 — Laraigh Allen Helix — — Open 220 Gilhooly :24.82 11th Rustkovich :25.26 — Arynn Sanders Otay Ranch :25.84 — Invitational 400 Payton Smith La Jolla :53.56 Second Nicoletta Burkhardt Steele Canyon 1:03.20 Eighth Seeded 400 Kaitlin Donnelly La Costa Canyon :57.69 18th Tiffany Stoughton Scripps Ranch :59.05 — Allen 1:09.55 — Invitational 800 Tessa Buswell Poway 2:10.41 Third   Makenna Herbst Carlsbad 2:12.09 Sixth Seeded 800 Kaitlin Arciaga Westview 2:09.26 First Open 800 Miriam Aguirre Patrick Henry 2:14.39 Seventh   Harper Diaz Santana 2:18.25 —   Navah Lipsky Francis Parker 2:27.11 — Open Mile Kaya Scuba Sage Creek 4:57.44 Third   Sydney Kosa Olympian 4:58.53 Eighth   Arciaga 4:59.24 10th   Lipsky 5:13.41 —   Emily Russo Del Norte 5:14.47 — Invitational 3200 Jaelyn Williams Eastlak 10:02.56 Third   Giona Lopizzo La Costa Canyon 10:05.65 Fifth   Chiara Dailey La Jolla 10:09.78 Ninth Invitational 100 Hurdles Anisa Bowen-Fontenot San Diego :14.03 Eighth Open ...

Opening event of the marathon 56th Arcadia Invitational was Friday afternoon, April 4, followed by a Saturday spectacular that goes from not long after sun-up to late-night TV. San Diego Section boys and girls Friday participated in many events, some with four classifications, Invitational, Open, Seeded, and Rated.  “Rising Stars” events below, usually are reserved for ...

Elijah Jefferson’s quest for a record, third consecutive state meet 100-yard dash championship was short circuited by the blindingly fast start (a “flyer”, some suggested) on the Balboa Stadium track by Kevin Williams of San Fernando. Jefferson had tied his  meet record of :09.4 in the trials and Williams, known for tremendous acceleration at the sound ...

The girls from Grossmont and Montgomery closed the San Diego Section basketball season on losing notes in championship games in Sacramento. Montgomery (25-12) dropped a 56-50 decision to Oakland High (23-10) in the Division V final and Grossmont (27-8) was beaten in D-IV, 42-29, by Eureka St. Bernard (30-5). But a losing performance probably was the highlight ...

It was another great season by coach Mike Morrow’s San Diego High Hilltoppers, who won their second Southern Section championship in the last three seasons. (San Diego also won the team championship in track and field and reached the finals in football, losing, 13-12, to Santa Monica). The Hillers were 69-16, a .812 winning percentage,  since Morrow ...

The San Diego Section girls are 21-8 overall in the Southern California regional tournament and  guaranteed two  teams in next week’s state finals in Sacramento.  That’s because the D-IV and V finals will offer a rarity among rarities: All four regional finalists are from the San Diego Section. Fallbrook’s 42-35 D-IV win over Oceanside advanced the No. ...

San Diego Section boys teams exited early from the Southern California regional tournament, but No. 4 seed Carlsbad stuck around and almost knocked out No. 1. Coach Clark Allard’s Lancers lost a semifinal battle, 73-72, at Studio City Harvard-Westlake, the same team that had routed Carlsbad, 83-44, in the season’s first game. The Lancers led by as ...

Only games with a San Diego section team are listed. Complete brackets are here. All games played at higher (low number) seed.

John Maffei’s weekly, final regular-season Union-Tribune poll and the final  Max-Preps and Cal-Hi Sports ratings, inclusive of the state playoffs. # TEAM RECORD POINTS PREVIOUS MAX-PREPS CAL-HI SPORTS 1 Carlsbad 29-2 (17) 161 1 8/9 10/16 2 Montgomery 28-3 159 2 17/20 27/20 3 St. Augustine 25-5 139 3 21/21 31/24 4 La Jolla Country Day 23-6 108 5 60/59 NR/On the Bubble 5 Torrey Pines 21-8 103 4 43/40 NR/NR 6  Mission Hills 21-8 79 8 93 NR/NR 7 La Costa Canyon 19-8 50 6 76/76 NR/NR 8 Mission Bay 21-11 64 NR 97/98 NR/NR 9 Santa Fe Christian 21-9 38 7 118 NR/NR 10 Cathedral 20-9 9 9 104 NR/NR Others receiving votes Scripps Ranch (20-12, 17 points), San Marcos (24-7, 156), Olympian (28-3, 10), University City (24-8, 10), Mount Miguel ...

Jake Hall’s two, late three-point baskets got No. 1 seed Carlsbad past Montgomery, 56-47, Saturday, February 24, for the San Diego Section Open Division championship. The victory, before more than 3,000  persons at U.C. San Diego’s LionTree Arena avenged a 63-55 loss to the No. 3 Aztecs (28-3) in December, was the Lancers’ 19th straight victory ...