State meet competition is the most difficult, as many athletes who stood out in a strong San Diego Section season experienced in the two-day test in Sacramento’s Hughes Stadium.  Just five of the 18 finalists from the original list of 54 entries scored in the top three of the 28 boys and girls events and only Tony  Banks of Morse was a gold medalist.

Banks was declared winner of the 440 in :47.28 after finishing second to Palo Alto Cubberley’s Bill Green, disqualified for running out of his lane.

Sue McNeal of Carlsbad matched the winning 5-foot, 9-inch high jump but was second because of a miss at a lower height.

5/11/79

GROSSMONT LEAGUE FINALS, @GRANITE HILLS

Mark Bailey of Helix upped his County bests in the shot put and discus, wafting the platter 185 feet, 7 inches, fourth best in county history, and hurling the shot 59-8 ¾.

Billy Joe Winchester of Mount Miguel reached 195-8 in 1970, Mark Malone of El Cajon Valley 192-6 in 1976, and Matt Gauthier of Valhalla 191-2 in 1977.

Grossmont’s Phil Cookson was second in the discus at 166-6 and Monte Vista’s Carter followed in the shot put at 58-6 ¼.

—The first four runners in the 880 were timed in 1:55.7 or faster, led by Helix’s Steve Whitcomb in 1:54.1.

—Valhalla’s Cheryl Flowers won her fourth consecutive mile title with a season best of 5:08.8 and also claimed the two-mile with a Section leading 10:57.3.

EASTERN LEAGUE FINALS, @PATRICK HENRY

Excessive wind aided the host school’s Kipper Bell, who won the 100-yard dash in 09.6 and 220 in :21.6.

Frank Schiefer of Madison win the high jump at 6 feet, 8 inches, edging Vogt of Point Loma, who cleared 6-7.

Tracy Scott of Crawford won the girls’ 100 in a wind-aided :11.0 and the 220 in :25.1. Kari Alexander of Crawford won the 100 hurdles in :14.3 with wind.

Alexander and Scott also took part in Crawford’s :49.0 440 relay and 4:08.7 mile relay victories.

WESTERN LEAGUE FINALS, @SERRA

Lamar Alexander also had excessive wind behind the Hoover sprinter’s :09.8 100 and :21.5 220.

Dan Robb of La Jolla set a meet record of 14 feet, one inch in the pole vault.

METROPOLITAN LEAGUE FINALS, @HILLTOP

Susan Compton of Marian set a meet record of 123-2 in the discus and also won the shot put at 35-11 ½.

—Murphy of Coronado also was a double winner, 16-9 ¾ in the long jump and with a meet record 5-4 in the high jump.

—Mike (Ace) Adkins of Bonita Vista won the 440 in :49.0 and 220 in :23.5, but Sweetwater outscored Bonita Vista, 84-64, for the Boys championship.

AVOCADO WEST LEAGUE FINALS

Jim Brennan of El Camino doubled with :49.9 and 1:53.9 victories in the 440 and 880, edging Oceanside’s Shawn O’Neal, who ran 1:54.  O’Neal and won the mile in 4:21.8.

AVOCADO EAST LEAGUE FINALS

The Nash Rambler, a.k.a. Pat, of Escondido rambled to a :14.45 triumph in the 120-yard high hurdles and came back to win the 330 lows in :38.

Godwin of Orange Glen, second to Nash in :14.5 in the high hurdles and won the 440 in :50.17.  Nash and Godwin returned in the mile relay and Escondido (3:24.7) nipped Orange Glen (3:24.9).

—Tylman of Poway also was a double winner, 9:18 in the two-mile and 4:26.9 in the mile.

Sue Hegerle on San Pasqual was a double winner with a 5-2 high jump and 17-3 long jump.

5/12/79

SOUTHERN LEAGUE FINALS.

Scott of Christian won the mile in 4:30.4 and two-mile in 9:50.4 and the Patriots outscored Army-Navy, 114-112, for the team championship.

Christian also won the girls’ championship by a 135-100 score over Mountain Empire.

5/19/79

SAN DIEGO SECTION TRIALS, @MT. CARMEL.

BOYS

Kipper Bell posted a wind-aided :09.5 100-yard dash, a perhaps more impressive :21.3 on the curve 220, and anchored Patrick Henry to the cold, overcast day’s fastest 440 relay, :42.5.

Season leader Mark Bailey of Helix put the shot 60 feet, ½ inch and qualified at 173-6 in the discus, and Morse, with Tony Banks anchoring in :47.8, logged 3:20.8 in the mile relay, another 1979 best.

Bell, the 1978 winner of the 220 in a section record-tying :21 (Henry’s David Russell also covered the distance in :21 in 1977), said declared he wants “:20.9” in the San Diego Section finals the next week.

—Pat Nash of Escondido tied his season-leading :14.3 in the 120-yard high hurdles and ran :37.4 in the 330 lows, off his state-leading :37.2.

Helix, the overwhelming favorite for the team title, qualified 17.  Sweetwater had 10, Morse and Escondido eight each, among leaders.

GIRLS

Cheryl Flowers ran the mile in a County-best 5:01.8.  Morse’s Cheryl Bullard clocked :11.0, fastest 100 time of the season.

Vista led qualifiers with 14, led by shot putter Debbie Riggs’ County leading 41 feet, 1/4 inch.

5/25/79

SAN DIEGO SECTION FINALS, @MT. CARMEL.

BOYS

Kipper Bell tied he meet record of :09.5 in the 100-yard dash, won the 220 in :21.2 and anchored Patrick Henry to a :42.34 victory in the 440 relay, but Helix won the Boys’ team title.

“I didn’t do much stretching (before his race) and I think it cost me,” Bell told Nick Canepa of the Evening Tribune.  “I wanted to go under :21 in the 220.”

Helix’ Mark Bailey won the shot put at 58-8 ½ and discus at 171-1 and teammate Steve Whitcomb won the mile in 4:11.9, topping Oceanside’s Shawn O’Neal by running the last 1320 in 3:04.

La Jolla’s Jeff Woodland nudged Helix’ Bill Cleves, 9:03.9 to 9:05.2 in the two-mile race.

The Highlanders’ Wade Stone surprised the Escondido rambler, Pat Nash, in a :14.6 120 high hurdles race, but the Rambler returned to set a meet record of :37.3 in the 330 low hurdles.

Morse’s Tony Banks won his third consecutive 440 final in :48.3.

Helix’ 41 points outscored runner-up Patrick Henry’ 23.

GIRLS

Sophomore Tracy Scott set a meet record of :11

In the100, win the220 in :24.8 and Crawford’s 34 points outscored Vista (23) and Valhalla (20) for the team title.

Valhalla’s Cheryl Flowers also doubled, winning the two-mile in 10:47.7 and mile in 5:05.6.

“Track is hard work,” Flowers understated after her second win.

6/1/79

BOYS

61^st STATE TRIALS, @HUGHES STADIUM, SACRAMENTO.

EVENT	NAME	SCHOOL	MARK	PLACE
100	Bell	Patrick Henry	:10.1	8th
	Banks	Morse	:10.31	—
220	Bell		:21.74	2nd
	Alexander	Hoover	:22.96	—
440	Banks		:47.84	2nd
	Adkins	Bonita Vista	:49.17	7th
880	Brennan	El Camino	1:57.31	12th
	Kimble	Mt. Carmel	2:10.71	—
Mile	Whitcomb	Helix	4:19.04	6th
	O’Neal	Oceanside	—	—
120 High Hurdles	Nash	Escondido	:15.2	—
	Stone	Helix	:15.2	—
330 Low Hurdles	Nash		:37.91	6th
	Goodwin	Morse	:38.86	18th
4×110 Relay		Patrick Henry	:42.59	12th
		Lincoln	:43.45	20th
4×400 Relay		Morse	3:22.6	8th
		Helix	—	—
High Jump	Schiefer	Mission Bay	6-8	1T
	Green	Lincoln	6-6	14T
Long Jump	Turner	Lincoln	22-10	14
	Crockett	Mt. Carmel	21-11 ½	18th
Triple Jump	Coleman	Oceanside	45-3 ½	15th
	Davis	Sweetwater	44-3	18th
Shot Put	Bailey	Helix	57-3 ¾	6th
	Villareal	Southwest	53-09	15th
Discus	Bailey		169-02	4th
	Grunning	Vista	159-0	15th
Pole Vault	Robb	La Jolla	14-0	1T
	Machin	Escondido	—	—

6/1/79

GIRLS 

61^ST STATE TRIALS, @HUGHES STADIUM, SACRAMENTO

EVENT	NAME	SCHOOL	MARK	PLACE
100	Scott	Crawford	:11.48	11th
	Bullard	Morse	:11.61	12th
220	Bullard		:25.56	9th
	Scott		—	—
440	Williams	Crawford	:58.06	11th
	Clift	Valhalla	:60.15	19th
880	Cheshire	Mission Bay	2:22.82	16th
	Wilson	Fallbrook	2:29.00	—
MILE	Knott	Mission Bay	5:17.6	11th
	Chamberlain	San Marcos	5:18.0	13th
110 Hurdles	Alexander	Crawford	:14.51	7th
	Lambert	El Camino	:14.8	17th
4×110 Relay		Morse	:48.66	10th
		Crawford	—	—
4×440 Relay		Valhalla	4:12.0	17th
		Crawford	4:12.40	18th
High Jump	McNeal	Carlsbad	5-7	1T
	Murphy	Coronado	5-0	—
Long Jump	Hegerle	San Pasqual	16-11	15th
	Whitlow	Vista	16-1 ½	19th
Shot Put	Mueller	Vista	39-1 ½	14th
	Riggs	Vista	38-10 ¾	15th
Discus	Compton	Marian	122-05	11th
	Miller	Santana	114-06	15th

6/2/79

BOYS

61^st STATE FINALS, @HUGHES STADIUM, SACRAMENTO

EVENT	NAME	SCHOOL	MARK	PLACE
100	Bell	Patrick Henry	:10.05	7th
220	Bell		:21.60	4th
440	Banks	Morse	:47.28	1st
	Adkins	Bonita Vista	—	—
880	Brennan	El Camino	1:52.25	3rd
MILE	Whitcomb	Helix	4:14.51	2nd
Two Miles	Woodland	La Jolla	9:20.13	12th
330 Low Hurdles	Nash	Escondido	8th	—
High Jump	Schiefer	Madison	6-11	2nd
Shot Put	Bailey	Helix	56-7 ¾	6th
Discus	Bailey		164-02	8th
Pole Vault	Robb	La Jolla	14-2	6th

 GIRLS

61^ST STATE FINALS, @HUGHES STADIUM, SACRAMENTO

EVENT	NAME	SCHOOL	MARK	PLACE
220	Bullard	Morse	—	7th
	Scott	Crawford	—	8th
Two Miles	Flowers	Valhalla	10:55.9	7th
	Brown	San Pasqual	—	—
110 Hurdles	Alexander	Crawford	—	8th
High Jump	McNeal	Carlsbad	5-9	2nd

anne Muceus

Brandon Arrington, Jr., Mount Miguel’s defending state 100 meters and  200 meters champion, will miss the San Diego Section finals and state meet, according to two media sources.  Arrington sustained a leg muscle injury in the  Grossmont League 4×100 relay at  Mount Miguel May 9 and did not compete in the San Diego Section Division I final last  week.

The Matadors’ junior attempted to continue after the Grossmont 4×100 relay, finished fourth in the 100 in :10.95, and was done for the evening.  He is the state leader at :10.21 and :20.35 in the 100 and 200 and  second in the country in the 200.  Arrington ranks seventh in the U.S. in 100 races in which there were wind readings and automatic timing, according to athletic.net.

 

San Diego Section athletes in state top 25 are noted.  Marks followed by — are in addition to top 25:

GIRLS

EVENT	MARK	NAME, SCHOOL	STATE	OTHER STATE	NAME, SCHOOL, SECTION
100	:11.70	Gilhooly, Coronado	13th	:11:36	Cole, Redondo Beach Redondo Union, Southern
	:11.80	Frazier, University City	19T
	:11.91	Scott, Steele Canyon	—
		Morgan Herbst, Carlsbad	—
	:12.02	Mack, Otay Ranch	—
200	:24.13w; 24.73	Gilhooly	14T	:23.39	Wright, Temecula Chaparral, Southern
	:24.43	Frazier	—
	:24.54	Gonzales, Torrey Pines	—
	:24.58w	Mack	—
	:24.62	Scott	—
400	:53.92	Makenna Herbst, Carlsbad	2nd	:53.77	Whitehead, Fontana Summit, Southern
	:54.47	Gonzales	8th
	:55.66	Morgan Herbst, Carlsbad	21st
	:55.67	Hawkins, Olympian	22nd
	:56.10	Daniels, Steele Canyon	—
800	2:04.72	Makenna Herbst	1st	2:07.72	Packard,San Juan Capistrano J Serra, Southern
	2:07.99	Dailey, La Jolla	3rd
	2:10.82	Arciaga, Westview	13th
	2:11.45	Williams, Eastlake	18th
	2:12.25	Miracco, Sage Creek	23rd
1600	4:40.28	Dailey	1st	4:41.16	Thomsen, Santa Rosa Montgomery, North Coast
	4:46.70	Williams, Eastlake	6th
	4:53.20	Aguirre, Patrick Henry	25th
	4:56.40	Gibson, Cathedral	—
	4:57.04	Miracco, Sage Creek	—
MILE	4:41.92	Dailey	1st	4:44.87	Thomsen
3200	9:58.2	Dailey	1st	9:58.17	Thomsen
	10:17.63	Williams	7th
	10:30.26	Aguirre	10th
	10:43.42	Dunayevich, Canyon Crest	—
	10:44.44	Gibson	—
Two Miles	12:08.18	Vasquez, Calexico	11th	10:01.17	Thomsen
100 Hurdles	:12.99w; :13.16	Bowen-Fontenot, San Diego	1st	:13.79	Edwards, L.B. Wilson, Southern
	:14.07	Thomas, Grossmont	8th
	:14.29	Mack	13th
	:14.44w :14.8	Allison, Steele Canyon	17T
	:14.54	Czyszczon, Del Norte	22nd
	:14.57	Nardi, Carlsbad	25T
300 Hurdles	:40.26	Morgan Herbst, Carlsbad	:1st	:40.56	Edwards
	:41.25	Bowen-Fontenot	3rd
	:42.19	Mack	6th
	:43.33	Echsner, Del Norte	15th
	:43.95	Miracco, Sage Creek	24th
4×100 Relay	:46.80	Carlsbad	9th	:45.21	Fullerton Rosary, Southern
	:46.92	Steele Canyon	12th
	:48.01	Olympian	—
	:48.07	Del Norte	—
	:48.08	Sage Creek	—
4×400 Relay	3:46.95	Carlsbad	2nd	3:39.60	L.B. Wilson, Southern
	3:55.20	Westview	18th
	3:56.59	Steele Canyon	24th
	3:57.26	Olympian	—
	3:57.61	Eastlake	—
4×800 Relay	9:13.06	Scripps Ranch	5th	8:53.85	San Juan Capistrano J Serra, Southern
	9:13.22	Cathedral	6th
	9:16.10	Del Norte	10th
	9:35.81	Point Loma	—
	9:40.20	San Dieguito	—
High Jump	5-5	Ortiz, El Centro Central	21T	5-10	Cottrill, Newhall Hart, Southern
	5-4	Schroeder, Otay Ranch	25T
		Lopez Valenzuela, Poway	25T
	5-3	Frankel, Sage Creek	—
		Guckenberger, Sage Creek	—
		Cunningham, Westview	—
Long Jump	18-8 1/2	Estes, Canyon Crest	20T	19-10	Webster, L.B. Wilson,Southern
	18-8	Jones, Oceanside	24T
	18-3 ¼	O’Donnell, Cathedral	—
	18-1	Harris, Bonita Vista	—
	17-10	Fonseca, Del Norte	—
		Roche, Eastlake	—
Triple Jump	39-10 ¾w; 39-4	Jones	4th	40-10	Varner, Rancho Cucamonga, Southern
	38-6	O’Donnell	17th
	37-8	Harris	—
	37-2 ½	Bateman, La Jolla Country Day	—
	37-2 ¼	Pascual, Rancho Bernardo	—
Shot Put	39-9 1/2	Ford, Helix	20th	50-7	Massey, Aliso Viejo Aliso Niguel, Southern
	39-7 ¼	Seabolt, Mt. Carmel	23rd
	39-1 ½	Davis, Oceanside	—
	37-8	Christenson, Grossmont	—
		Fuller-Lytle, Crawford	—
Discus	148-3	Frankel	8th	173-3	Williams, Redlands, Southern
	127-9	Sugimae, Canyon Crest	—
	121-5	Ford	—
	118-1	McClean, San Marcos	—
	116-3	Chistenson	—
Pole Vault	13-9	Echsner	1st	13-0	Boyse, Burlingame, Central Coast
	12-8	Condiff, Canyon Crest	5th
	12-6	Humer, Rancho Bernardo	8T
	12-5	Khieu, Del Norte	10th
	12-0	Bugayong, Rancho Bernardo	18T
	11-9	Roznovsky, Canyon Crest	25T

 

San Diego Section athletes in state top 25 are noted.  Marks followed by — are in addition to top 25:

EVENT	MARK	NAME, SCHOOL	STATE	OTHER STATE	NAME	SCHOOL, SECTION
100	:10.21	Arrington, Jr., Mount Miguel,	1st	:10.30w;	Clayton, Jr.	Oak Hills, Southern
	:10.62	Getz, Mission Bay	—	:10.30w	Sermons	Rancho Cucamonga, Southern
	:10.62	Bishop, West Hills	—
	:10.65	Faalave, Cathedral	—
	:10.77	Harris, Helix	—
200	:20.35	Arrington, Jr.	1st	:20.88w	Sermons
	:21.37	Getz, Mission Bay	19T
	:21.44	Bishop	—
	:21.55	Smoole, La Jolla	—
		Campbell, Steele Canyon
400	:46.51	Arrington, Jr.	3rd	:45.69	Stadlman	Temecula Valley, Southern
	:48.11	Gray, Helix	—
	:48.29	Slaughter, Mt. Carmel	—
	:48.29	Ellis, Helix	—
	:48.34	Pereyra, Clairemont
800	1:50.39	Bowman, Sage Creek	1st	1:50.45	Obando	L.B. Wilson, Southern
	1:53.25	Arnaudy, St. Augustine	21st
	1:53.94	Yarbrough, Del Norte	—
	1:54.20	van Eldik Thieme, Scripps Ranch	—
	1:54.76	Jordan, St. Augustine	—
1600	4:08.75	Bowman	9th	4:04.88	Noonan	Dana Point Dana Hills, Southern
	4:13.55	Yarbrough	—
	4:16.73	Castleberry, Poway	—
	4:17.47	Senn, Steele Canyon	—
	4:19.38	Wilber, Cathedral	—
MILE	4:10.16	Bowman	4th	4:07.71	Pretre	Atherton Menlo, Central Coast
3200	9:08.87	Wilber, Cathedral	—	8:49.30	Pretre
	9:09.07	Beighley, Mission Hills	—
	9:13.78	Castleberry, Poway	—
	9:16.69	Luecht, Rancho Bernardo	—
	9:20.81	Vestemean, West Hills	—
Two Miles	10:01.06	Delicino, San Diego	9th	9:44.28	Mendonca	Hilmar, Sac-Joaquin
110 Hurdles	:13.47w; :13.62	Fontenot, San Diego	1st	:13.85	Bright	Murrieta Mesa, Southern
	:13.86	Bryant, Ramona	3rd
	:13.99	Reese, San Marcos	6th
	:14.22	Bailey, Mission Bay	16th
	:14.45	Wong, Rancho Bernardo	—
330 Hurdles	:37.64	Bailey	5th	36.79	Andrade	Rancho Cucamonga Etiwanda, Southern
	:37.75	Fontenot	7T
	:38.29	Reese, San Marcos	17T
	:38.46	De  Hoyos, Helix	21st
4×100 Relay	:41.79	Helix	—	:40.00		Anaheim Servite, Southern
	:41.95	Steele Canyon	—
	:42.00	Mount Miguel	—
	:42.06	Cathedral	—
	:42.08	St. Augustine	—
4×400 Relay	3:18.72	Helix	18th
	3:19.89	Del Norte	—	3:09.94		L.B. Poly, Southern
	3:20.20	Mt. Carmel	—
	3:21.26	Point Loma	—
	3:23.38	Sage Creek	—
4×800 Relay	7:52.61	Scripps Ranch	17th	7:35.01		Temecula Great Oak, Southern
	7:54.71	Del Norte	21st
	7:58.94	Point Loma	—
	8:03.29	Poway	—
	8:05.61	St. Augustine	—
High Jump	6-7	Cheeks, Mission Bay	17T	6-11	Mitchell	Antelope, Sac-Joaquin
	6-6	Garcia, Lincoln	18T
	6-4	Stokes, Bonita Vista	—
		Scott, Blythe Palo Verde Valley	—
	6-3	Riker, Westview	—
		Johnson, El Camino	—
Long Jump	23-11 1/4	Evans-Glynn, Cathedral	4th	24-7	Washington	Perris Orange Vista, Southern
	23-6	Oluwa, Mater Dei	12T
	22-10 ¾	Cato, Mira Mesa	—
	22-8 ½	Sheridan, Rancho Buena Vista	—
	22-7 ½	Cheeks	—
Triple Jump	47-8	Daley, El Camino	8th	50-7	Cotlage	San Bernardino Cajon, Southern
	45-5	Cato	—
	45-0	Oluwa	—
	44-11	West, El Camino	—
	44-5	Trang, Eastlake	—
Shot Put	52-9 ½	Gibbs, Oceanside	—	68-4	Madsen	Clovis North, Central
	52-5	Gelt, San Marcos	—
	50-3 ½	Llamas, Rancho Bernardo	—
	50-3	Rochet, Scripps Ranch	—
	48-11 /12	Alvarez, Imperial	—
Discus	168-2	Gibbs	20th	211-6	Madsen
	163-7	Diaz, Santana	—
	159-9	Polak, Granite Hills	—
	158-0	Llamas	—
	154-8	Curry, Rancho Bernardo	—
Pole Vault	17-1	Anderson, University City	2nd	17-2	Muhammad	Pittsburg, North Coast
	16-3	Yarbrough, San Dieguito	6T
	16-2	Sbuttoni IV, St. Augustine	8T
	15-9	Suhar, Torrey Pines	14T
	15-6	Doomey, Ramona	19T
		Sotelo, Grossmont	19T

His coaches at Helix, where Brandon Arrington, Jr., competed as a freshman, believed the 400 meters might be his best event. Having dominated the California 100 and 200-meter scene since transferring to Mount Miguel in 2024, Arrington, Jr., took a fling at the 400 last week.

Arrington raced to a :46.51 clocking in the season’s final dual meet against Grossmont and vaulted into second place in California behind the :45.69 of Temecula Valley’s Jack Stadlman.

The Matadors’ junior also became the fourth San Diego county runner to cover the distance in under 47 seconds and he ranks 11^th in the country in the event this season.

Until the late 1970s San Diego County schools competed in the 440-yard, quartermile distance.  The distance for 400 meters is 437.443 yards with a conversion to metrics being 0.3 seconds.

Fully electronic times also affect hand stopwatch timing, depending on the distance.

Many old 440-yard races started from a chute and covered just one turn of the track and 220-yard races were on a straightaway.

Mission Bay star Jim Cerveny’s 1957 state meet record of 1:52.7 in the 880 at Berkeley began in a chute and covered three turns of the track.

EVOLUTION OF 440-YARD RECORDS

OFFICAL TIME	YEAR	NAME	SCHOOL	WITH METRIC CONVERSION
:51.6	1913	Leslie Dana	San Diego	:51.3
:49.6	1929	Irvine (Cotton) Warburton	San Diego	:49.3
:49.5	1937	John Fawcett	Coronado	:49.2
:49.3	1946	Norman Stocks	San Diego	:49.0
:49.2	1961	Scott Knox	Coronado	:48.9
:48.5	1963	Tom Agsten	Hoover	:48.2
47.6	1965	Mike Singletary	San Diego	:47.3
:47.3	1970	Milton Mitchell	Lincoln	:47.0
	1971	Donald Tyler	Lincoln	:47.0
:47.28	1979	Tony Banks	Morse	:46.98

 EVOLUTION OF 400 METERS RECORDS

OFFICIAL TIME	YEAR	NAME	SCHOOL	CONVERTED TO YARDS
:47.22	1988	Michael Stevenson	Morse	:47.52
:47.07	1995	Clinton Lane	Patrick Henry	:47.37
:46.85	1996	Lydell Burston	Morse	:47.15
:46.48	2023	Adren Parker	Helix	:46.78

2025 ATHLETIC.NET TOP 25 MARKS IN CALIFORNIA

BOYS

EVENT	MARK	NAME, SCHOOL	STATE	OTHER STATE	NAME	SCHOOL, SECTION
100	:10.21	Arrington, Jr., Mount Miguel,	1st	:10.30w; :10.62	Clayton, Jr.	Oak Hills , Southern
200	:20.35	Arrington, Jr.	1st	:21.10	Stadlman	Temecula Valley, Southern
400	:46.51	Arrington, Jr.	2nd	:45.69	Stadlman
800	1:50.39	Bowman, Sage Creek	1st	1:50.45	Obando	L.B. Wilson, Southern
	1:53.25	Arnaudy, St. Augustine	17th
1600	4:08.75	Bowman	9th	4:04.88	Noonan	Dana Point Dana Hills, Southern
MILE	4:10.16	Bowman	4th	4:07.71	Pretre	Atherton Menlo, Central Coast
3200	9:08.87	Wilber, Cathedral	—	8:49.30	Pretre
Two Miles	10:01.06	Delicino, San Diego	10th	9:44.28	Mendonca	Hilmar, Sac-Joaquin
110 Hurdles	:13.47w; :13.62	Fontenot, San Diego	1st	:13.85	Bright	Murrieta Mesa, Southern
	:13.86	Bryant, Ramona	3rd
	:13.99	Reese, San Marcos	5th
	:14.22	Bailey, Mission Bay	12th
	:14.45	Wong, Rancho Bernardo	23rd
330 Hurdles	:37.75	Fontenot	6T	:36.57	Andrade	Rancho Cucamonga Etiwanda, Southern
	:38.27	Bailey	15th
	:38.29	Reese	16T
	:38.74	Kim, University City	24th
	:38.76	De Hoyos, Helix	25th
4×100 Relay	:42.00	Helix	—	:40.00		Anaheim Servite, Southern
4×400 Relay	3:19.89	Del Norte	21st	3:09.94		L.B. Poly, Southern
	3:19.93	Helix	22nd
	3:21.03	Mt. Carmel	24th
	3:21.51	Point Loma	25th
4×800 Relay	7:52.61	Scripps Ranch	17th	7:35.01		Temecula Great Oak, Southern
	7:54.71	Del Norte	20th
High Jump	6-7	Cheeks, Mission Bay	12T	6-11	Mitchell	Antelope, Sac-Joaquin
Long Jump	23-8	Evans-Glynn, Cathedral	8T	24-7	Washington	Perris Orange Vista, Southern
	23-6	Oluwa, Mater Dei	10T
Triple Jump	47-8	Daley, El Camino	9th	49-11 ¼	Smith	Quartz Hill, Southern
Shot Put	52-9 ½	Gibbs, Oceanside	—	68-4	Madsen	Clovis North, Central
Discus	168-2	Polak, Granite Hills	19th	211-6	Madsen
Pole Vault	17-1	Anderson, University City	1T		Muhammad	Pittsburg North Coast
	16-2	Yarbrough, San Dieguito	6T
		Sbuttoni IV, St. Augustine	6T
	15-9	Suhar, Torrey Pines	13th
	15-6	Doomey, Ramona	19T
		Sotelo, Grossmont	19T
	15-3	Stroschine, Scripps Ranch	25T
		van Guenther, Otay Ranch	25T

GIRLS

EVENT	MARK	NAME, SCHOOL	STATE	OTHER STATE	NAME	SCHOOOL, SECTION
100	:11.70	Gilhooly, Coronado	10th	:11:36	Cole	Redondo Beach Redondo, Southern
200	:24.13w; 24.73	Gilhooly	13T	:23.41w; 23.68	Wright	Trabuco Hills, Southern
400	:53.92	Makenna Herbst, Carlsbad	2nd	:53.77	Whitehead	Fontana Summit, Southern
	:55.66	Morgan Herbst, Carlsbad	19T
	:56.10	Daniels, Steele Canyon	24th
800	2:04.72	Makenna Herbst	1st	2:07.72	Packard	San Juan Capistrano J Serra, Southern
	2:07.99	Dailey, La Jolla	3rd
	2:10.82	Arciaga, Westview	13th
	2:12.25	Miracco, Sage Creek	22nd
1600	4:40.28	Dailey	1st	4:43.08	Lieberman	Murrieta Valley, Southern
	4:46.70	Williams, Eastlake	4th
	4:53.20	Aguirre, Patrick Henry	20th
MILE	4:41.92	Dailey	1st	4:44.87
	4:54.69	Aguirre	9th
	4:58.78	Ramos, Point Loma	24th
3200	9:58.2	Dailey	1st	9:58.17	Thomsen	Santa Rosa Montgomery, North Coast
	10:17.63	Williams	8th
	10:30.26	Aguirre	11th
Two Miles	12:08.18	Vasquez, Calexico	12th	10:01.72	Thomsen
	12:22.11	Stechschulte, Escondido Charter	14th
100 Hurdles	:12.99w; :13.16	Bowen-Fontenot, San Diego	1st	:13.96	Lopes	Fresno Central, Central
	:14.07	Thomas, Grossmont	8th
	:14.29	Mack, Otay Ranch	10th
	:14.44w :14.8	Allison, Steele Canyon	11th
	:14.57	Nardi, Carlsbad	16th
	:14.67w :14.89	Czyszczon, Del Norte	19th
300 Hurdles	:40.26	Morgan Herbst, Carlsbad	:1st	:40.56	Edwards	L.B. Wilson, Southern
	:41.25	Bowen-Fontenot	3rd
	:42.19	Mack	6th
	:43.43	Echsner, Del Norte	15th
	:43.95	Miracco, Sage Creek	22nd
4×100 Relay	:46.80	Carlsbad	8th	:45.21		Fullerton Rosary, Southern
	:47.20	Steele Canyon	12th
	:48.13	Coronado	24th
4×400 Relay	3:46.95	Carlsbad	2nd	3:39.60		L.B. Wilson, Southern
	3:55.20	Westview	15th
	3:56.59	Steele Canyon	20th
	3:57.61	Eastlake	23rd
4×800 Relay	9:13.06	Scripps Ranch	5th	8:53.85		San Juan Capistrano J Serra, Southern
	9:13.22	Cathedral	6th
	9:16.10	Del Norte	10th
High Jump	5-4	Schroeder, Otay Ranch	24T	5-10	Cottrill	Newhall Hart, Southern
		Ortiz, El Centro Central	24T
Long Jump	18-7 ¾	Estes, Canyon Crest	17th	19-10	Webster	L.B. Wilson, Southern
	18-6	Jones, Oceanside	23rd
Triple Jump	39-10 ¾w; 39-4	Jones	2nd	40-10	Varner	Rancho Cucamonga, Southern
Shot Put	39-9 1/2	Ford, Helix	17th	50-7	Massey	Aliso Niguel, Southern
Discus	148-3	Frankel, Sage Creek	8th	173-3	Williams	Redlands, Southern
Pole Vault	13-9	Echsner	1st	12-11	Bettinger	Los Alamitos, Southern
	12-8	Condiff, Canyon Crest	4th
	12-5	Khieu, Del Norte	8th
	12-3	Humer, Rancho Bernardo	12th
	12-0	Bugayong, Rancho Bernardo	15T
	11-9	Roznovsky, Canyon Crest	20T

 

 

The San Diego Section was approved for three entries in each event at the state track meet.  The Section was allowed one per event in 1961 and ‘62 and had two each since 1963.

All events in the Section finals and state meet were conducted in meters for the first-time.

The additional entry provided little succor for Section competitors.  There were no gold medal winners among Boys or Girls entries.

5/2/80

Phil Cookson of Grossmont whirled the discus 182 feet, 10 inches, breaking the school record of 174-6 by Richard Grise in 1964.

Cookson moved to fourth on the all-time County list and Grossmont defeated Valhalla, 72-64, overcoming :14.6 120-yard high hurdles and 14-1 pole vault victories by the Norsemen’s Rob Avant.

5/6/80

Helix won its 26^th consecutive Grossmont league dual meet, 109-25, over Santana.
—Roger Ramos of St. Augustine set school records of :38.9 in the 330 low hurdles and 42-1 in the triple jump, and tied the record of :14.7 in the 120-yard high hurdles in the Saints’75-61 win over Hoover.

5/8/80

La Jolla won its 25th dual meet in a row, 89-41, over University.

5/13/80

EASTERN LEAGUE TRIALS, @PATRICK HENRY

San Diego’s Kevin Shields ran the equivalent of a :09.6 100 when he clocked :10.5 in the 100 meters.

Shields also won his 220-yards heat in :22.5.

WESTERN LEAGUE TRIALS, @BALBOA STADIUM

Maurice Joyce of Lincoln won metric heats, :10.9 in the 100 and 22.0 in the 200.

GROSSMONT LEAGUE TRIALS, @MONTE VISTA

Helix’ Lawrence Brooks won a 100-yard heat in :10.5 and a 440-yard test in :50.2.  Phil Cookson of Grossmont led discus throwers at 178-10, followed by Helborn of Valhalla at 170-10.

METROPOLITAN LEAGUE TRIALS, @MESA COLLEGE

Veronica James of Bonita Vista ran 5:19.9 to set a record in the Girls’ mile.

5/16/80

EASTERN LEAGUE FINALS, @PATRICK HENRY

Kevin Shields of San Diego won metric 100- and 200-meter dashes in :10.5 and :22, but the rest of the flat races were in yards.

Charlotte Zepherin of Morse won the 100 meters in :11.8 and 440-yard dash in :58.3.

WESTERN LEAGUE FINALS, @MESA COLLEGE

Lincoln’s Maurice Joyce doubled at :10.6 and :22.1 in the 100 and 200 meters.

—Roger Ramos of St. Augustine (:14.5) edged Duane Santos of Lincoln (:14.7) in thev120-yard high hurdles. Steve Miller of La Jolla (:38.6) nipped Ramos (:38.8) in the 330 low hurdles.

PALOMAR LEAGUE FINALS, @VISTA

George Tuck of Torrey Pines won the 880-yard run in 1:56.1 and the 440 in :50.4.

—Kenny Brajevich of Poway (:38.3) nipped Orange Glen’s Jeff Godwin (:38.7) in the 330 hurdles after Godwin took the 120 highs in :14.6.

GROSSMONT LEAGUE FINALS, @MONTE VISTA

Lawrence Brooks led Helix to the team championship with victories in the 100yard dash (:10.5) and 440 (:49) and anchoring the Highlanders to victory in the 440-yard (:43.2) and mile relays (3:24.8).

Helix outscored runner-up Monte Vista, 73-46.

—Valhalla’s Rob Avant won the pole vault at 14-3 and Phil Cookson of Grossmont wafted the discus 174-6.  Helix’ Denise Dibos set a meet record of 2:18.3 in the 880.

METROPOLITAN LEAGUE FINALS, @HILLTOP

Montgomery edged Hilltop, 47-46, for the team title despite the Barons’ Andy Morabe winning the mile in 4:27.6 and two-mile in 9:29.7.

—Susan Compton of Marian doubled with a 135-0 discus throw and 36-11 shot put.

5/24/80

SAN DIEGO SECTION TRIALS, @MT. CARMEL

Susan Compton of Marian set a meet record with a toss of 144 feet in the discus, bettering Kathy Devine’s 1975 standard of 139-6.

Compton was short of her season best, 145-1.

—County high jump leader Britt Edmonson of Santana, nursing a foot injury sustained pole vaulting the previous week, was a casualty. Edmonson, with a best of 6 feet, 9 ¾ inches, in the jump, took one try at 6 feet and couldn’t continue.

He is out of the Section finals in both events.

—Kevin Shields of San Diego doubled with wind-aided :10.77 and :22.1 victories in the 100 and 200, while Lincoln’s Maurice Joyce turned a :10.78 100 but pulled up with a leg cramp in the 200.

—Charlotte Zepherin of Morse won at :12.27 in the 100 and :57.59 in the 400, an event in which she ran :56.35 earlier this season.  Zepherin also ran legs on the Tigers’ winning 400 (:48.87) and 1600 (4:00.09) relay teams.

—Alonzo Robinson of Carlsbad, better known as an all-Avocado League basketball player, led long jumpers at 21-10 3/4 and triple jumpers at 47-6.

5/31/80

SAN DIEGO SECTION FINALS, @MT. CARMEL

Charlotte Zepherin won the 100 meters in :12.19, 400 in :56.81, and anchored 400 and 1600 relay victories (:48.12 and 3:57.82).

Susan Compton of Marian extended her discus record to 147 feet, 9 inches.

Morse ran away with the Girls team championship, 50 points to Vista’s 23.

Oceanside’s Sean O’Neil dominated with a 1:52.74 800 and 4:16.77 in the 1600 and then announced that he would withdraw from the 800 the following week at the state meet in Berkeley and concentrate on the longer race.

6/6/80

62^ND STATE TRIALS, @EDWARDS STADIUM, BERKELEY

BOYS

EVENT	NAME	SCHOOL	MARK	PLACE
100	Shields	San Diego	:10.67	1st
	Joyce	Lincoln	:10.93	10th
	Lumpkin	El Camino	11:20	20T
200	Shields		:21.98	7th
	Hoffman	Mt. Carmel	:23.04	—
	Lumpkin		—	—
400	Brooks	Helix	:48.72	15th
	McColley	Oceanside	:50.75
	Jackson	Castle Park	—	Scratched
800	Tuck	Torrey Pines	1:55.07	13th
	Erickson	San Dieguito	1:57.58q	—
1600	O’Neal	Oceanside	4:09.53	2nd
	Montes	Monte Vista	4:14.58	11th
	Heath	Patrick Henry	4:18.09	14th
110 High Hurdles	Leakes	Mt. Carmel	:14.85	17th
	Santos	Lincoln	:14.90	18th
	Ramos	St. Augustine	:15.14	20th
300 Low Hurdles	Mitchell	El Camino	:37.78	6th
	Brajevich	Poway	:38.27	15th
	Godwin	Orange Glen	:39.34	—
4×100 Relay		Lincoln	:43.10	20th
		Helix	:43.11	—
		El Camino	—	—
4×400 Relay		El Camino	3:22.12	19th
		Torrey Pines	3:24.40	—
		Mt. Carmel	3:25.45	—
High Jump	Heintschel	Escondido	6-6	15T
	Rubin	Serra	6-2	—
	Larson	Vista	6-2	—
Long Jump	Robinson	Carlsbad	21-3	18th
	Kuretich	San Pasqual	21-1 ¼	—
Triple Jump	Robinson	Carlsbad	47-1 ¼	11th
	Williams	Helix	46-7 ½	13th
	Garcia	Montgomery	43-8 3/4	—
	Howard	Montgomery	—	—
Shot Put	Junior	Helix	52-3 ¼	—
	Eaton	Fallbrook	51-9 ½	—
	Leomiti	Sweetwater	—	—
Discus	Cookson	Grossmont	174-5	7th
	Thiss	Kearny	170-2	10th
	Holborn	Valhalla	—	—
Pole Vault	Gaston	University	13-8	T14
	Gomez	Escondido	No Height	—

GIRLS

EVENT	NAME	SCHOOL	MARK	PLACE
100	Jackson	Morse	:12.23	10th
	Jones	Mount Miguel	:12.50	16th
	Zepherin	Morse	:12.52	18th
200	Jones		:25.85w	17th
	Washam	Morse	:26.19w	—
	Jackson		:26.37
400	Zepherin		:55.58	4th
	Jones	Patrick Henry	:57.67	16th
	Thomson	Vista	:58.85	20th
800	Griffith	Patrick Henry	2:18.36	16th
	Dibos	Helix	2:19.65	17th
	Hawk	San Dieguito	2:21.58	—
1600	James	Bonita Vista	5:01.68	9th
	Allen	Santana	5:02.87	10th
	Tanner	Vista	—	—
100 Hurdles	Lambert	El Camino	:14.80w	17th
	Giarusso	San Marcos	DQ/Lane Violation	—
	Moore	Morse	DQ/Lane Violation	—
4×100 Relay		Morse	:48.27	5th
		Helix	:49.15	12th
		Mount Miguel	:49.85	18th
4×400 Relay		Patrick Henry	3:54.69	10th
		Fallbrook	3:59.14	16th
		Morse	DQ
High Jump	McNeal	Carlsbad	5-7	T1
	Thomas	Mission Bay	5-5	T16
	Jeter	Morse	No Height	—
Long Jump	Hegerle	San Pasqual	18-8 ½	5th
	Mose	El Cajon Valley	16-10 ¾	—
	Selis	University	—	—
Shot Put	Mueller	Vista	39-03	13th
	Floyd	Morse	38-09	15th
	Masterson	Carlsbad	37-03	—
Discus	Compton	Marian	142-01	4th
	Mueller	Vista	141-11	5th
	Miller	Santana	117-01	17th

6/7/80

BOYS

62^ND STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS, @EDWARDS STADIUM, BERKELEY

EVENT	NAME	SCHOOL	MARK	PLACE
100	Shields	San Diego	:10.75	4th
200	Shields		:22.04	8th
1600	O’Neal	Oceanside	4:06.52	3rd
3200	Evans	Patrick Henry	9:00.07	5th
	Rutherford	Patrick Henry	—	—
	Ivy	Santana	—	—
300 Hurdles	Mitchell	El Camino	:37.85	4th
Discus	Cookson	Grossmont	175-07	5th
	Day	Montgomery	174-04	6th

6/7/80

GIRLS

7^TH STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS, @EDWARDS STADIUM, BERKELEY

400	Zepherin	Morse	:54.79	5th
3200	Brown	San Pasqual	10:59.32	13th
	Prentice	La Jolla	—	—
	Dewey	Monte Vista	—	—
4×100 Relay		Morse	:48.02	6th
High Jump	McNeal	Carlsbad	5-10	3rd
Long Jump	Hegerle	San Pasqual	18-4 ½	4th
Discus	Mueller	Vista	134-06	6th