2014: Mac’s fleet 1,500 propels Ducks to title
Happy Father’s Day! Oregon’s Mac Fleet defended his national collegiate 1,500-meter run championship with a time of 3:39.09 yesterday, helping the Ducks win their first men’s championship since 1984. Nosing out Arizona’s Lawi Lalang, who was seeking a ninth NCAA individual championship, Fleet made a powerful stretch run in front of his parents, Dale and Jana […]
Read More1990: Was Morse The Number One Number One?
The narrative originally was posted on June 9, 2014. As far back as early season 1989, Morse coach John Shacklett was able to smile through a 2-2 start and a forfeit win, supported by a belief that the best was yet to come. This was after the Tigers had defeated Orange Glen, 31-28, for the […]
Read More2014: Ogundeji, Cathedral Girls Stand Out
A couple hard-knocking hurdlers from Cathedral and a shot putter from Madison furnished the star power for the San Diego Section in the boys’ 96th and girls’ 41st State high school track and field championships over the weekend in Clovis. Doton Ogundeji of Madison, overcoming a fouled-filled, nonqualifying 163-foot effort in Friday’s discus trials, won the […]
Read More2014: Ogundeji leads Section State Qualifiers
The San  Diego Section has 16 state top 10 performances, compared with 18 two weeks ago and 11 last week as the 96th meet championships loom this weekend at Clovis’ Buchanan High. There are many scoring opportunities for the local group after a strong finish to the San Diego Section season Saturday at Mt. Carmel, but […]
Read More2014: 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 […]
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