Twenty-five San Diego Section entries qualified in 22 events for tonight’s 101st state track finals at Clovis Buchanan High. 12 boys advanced in 9 events and 11 girls in 11 events plus two relay teams.
Madison’s Kenon Christon will attempt to become the section’s first winner in the 100 sionce 1993 and the first double winner in the 100 and 200 since 1977. Christon won his trials in :10.33 wind-aided and :20.66, wind okay.
Orange Glen’s Moray Steward, fourth in the 100 in 2018, won his heat in :10.58, 11th all-time, and also qualified in the 200.
Other heat and field event winners last night:
–Chula Vista’s Drake Prince, who had the fastest qualifying 800 meters, 1:53.22.
–Rancho Bernado’s Jacob Rice, who tied 3 others at 15 feet, 9 inches, in the pole vault.
–University City’s Katriina Wright, who ran the section’s fifth fastest all-time girls 400 in :54.17.
–Madison’s Alysha Shaheed, :11.71 in 100 meters.
–The Scripps Ranch girls 4×100 relay team, which had the second fastest time, :47.00.
–Coronado’s Alysha Hickey, defending champion in the long jump, qualified with 7 others at 5-5 in the high jump and was second in the long jump at 19-4 1/2.
–Four pole vaulters, who were among nine girls clearing 12-4. They were Ashley Callahan of Rancho Bernardo, Camryn Thomson oif Poway, Katarina Adamiec of Poway, and Maya Grudman of Sage Creek.
–Elise Miller of San Pasqual, triple jump leader at 40-6.
1600—Heat 1: Anderson (Larkspur Redwood), 4:12.20, NQ 11. J. Stanford (La Costa Cnyon), 4:23.31. Heat 2: Strangio (Sacto Jesuit), 4:09.13. NQ 10. Ali (Crawford), 4:17.96. NQ 12. G Stanford (La Costa Canyon), 4:21.73.
PV—9 qualified at 12-4, including Callahan (Rancho Bernardo), Thomson (Poway), Adamiec (Poway), Grudman (Sage Creek). 12. Cervantes (Poway) won jump off to qualify at 12-0. 19. Ray (Rancho Bernardo), 11-6.
2019 Week 11: Clovis Awaits San Diego’s Best
The San Diego Section qualified more than 100 boys and girls athletes for the Friday-Saturday, 101st state track championships at Clovis Buchanan High.
The top three finishers in the San Diego Section meet last week and others who met the state qualifying standard earned the 340-mile trip to the Fresno suburb.
Coronado’s Alysha Hickey will defend the long jump title she won last year at Clovis as the section’s first individual winner since 2015.
Madison’s Kenan Chriton will try to double in the 100 and 200 meters. Riley Washington of San Diego Southwest was the area’s last 100-meter winner, clocking :10.30 at Cerritos College in Norwalk in 1992.
David Russell of Patrick Henry was the last 220 winner, running :20.91 wind aided at UCLA in 1977. Russell also won the 100 in :09.61w. San Diego’s only other double sprint champion was San Diego’s Jimmy Willson, who ran :09.8 and :21.4 at the Los Angeles Coliseum in 1929.
Canyon Crest scored 73 points to win the boys’ Division I championship in Saturday’s section final at Mt. Carmel High. La Costa Canyon followed with 63. Point Loma had 51, Torrey Pines 49, and Helix 44.
Cathedral (67), Oceanside (59), Sage Creek (52), Madison (48 1/2), and La Jolla (40 1/2) were the D-II leaders.
Scripps Ranch led girls’ Division I scoring with 68 points, followed by Rancho Bernardo (65), San Diego (49), Eastlake (41), and San Pasqual (41). University’s 80 points led D-II, followed by Christian (76), Sage Creek (46), Coronado (45), and Madison (43).
Twenty-one girls entries achieved season bests, compared with 17 boys..
Italics below represent new season bests and parenthesis show San Diego Section competitors’ standing against the rest of California.
GIRLS
EVENT
NAME
MARK
STATE
MARK
U.S.
100
Shaheed, Madison
:11.57w (2T)
:11.87 (12T)
Nowling, Calabasas
:11.40w
:11.27, Davis, Oak Hall, Gainesville, Florida
Rustkovich, Scripps Ranch
:11.87w
200
Shaheed, Madison
:24.16 (6)
Nowling
:23.64
:23.06, Davis
Rustkovich, Scripps Ranch
:24.30 (13T)
Wright, University City
:24.44 (18)
400
Wright, University City
:54.83 (9)
Okonkwo, Murrieta Mesa
:54.25
:52.17, Ford, Northeast, Oakland Park, Florida
Cramer, The Bishop’s
:55.50 (18)
800
Riedman, La Costa Canyon
2:11.37 (5)
Tomkinton, Atherton Menlo
2:10.61
2:06.1, Mustin, North Canyon, Phoenix
Farmer, Rancho Bernardo
2:13.15 (19)
1600
Fahy, La Costa Canyon
4:48.34 (5)
Barnett, Sun Valley Village Christian
4:47.30
4:43.74, Halladay, Mountain View, Meridian, Idaho
Riedman, La Costa Canyon
4:53.28 (16)
Farmer, Rancho Bernardo
4:55.35 (19)
Longo, Mission Vista
4:55.95 (25)
3200
Fahy, La Costa Canyon
10:15.80 (2)
Lowe, Clovis Buchanan
10:12.78
9:53.30, Tuohy, Thiells, North Rockland, N.Y.
Dorostkar, Canyon Crest
10:28.14 (9)
Wallace, Sage Creek
10:35.40 (19)
100 Hurdles
Redon, San Diego
:14.17w (6)
:14.28
Shearer San Jose Silver Creek
:13.36
:13.33, Jones, Greater Atlanta Christian. Norcross, Georgia
James, San Diego
:14.44w (12)
Vaught, Steele Canyon
:14.66w (25)
300 Hurdles
Edwards, San Pasqual
:43.95 (13)
Glenn, Long Beach Wilson
:41.01
:40.82, Phillips, Bullis, Potomac, Maryland
300 Hurdles
Mayo, Grossmont
:44.32 (21)
Occiano, Mission Hills
:44.34 (22)
4×100 Relay
Scripps Ranch
:46.58 (2)
Calabasas
:45.95
:44.24, DeSoto, Texas
Canyon Crest
:47.80 (21)
Mission Hills
:47.81 (13)
4×400 Relay
Scripps Ranch
3:52.16 (12)
Eastvale Roosevelt
3:43.77
3:39.79, DeSoto, Texas
High Jump
Hickey, Coronado
5-10 ½ (1)
Three at 5-11
Scales, Madison
5-6 (12T)
Roberts, Westview
5-6 (12T)
Long Jump
Hickey, Coronado
20-9w (1)
20-2
Harris, Upland
20-5 1/2
21-2 ¼w,
20-5 3/4 Bryant, Memorial, Houston
Hardyway, Oceanside
19-0 ¾ (9)
Scott, Gompers
19-0 ½ (10T)
Miller, San Pasqual
18-10 ½ (17T)
Shaheed, Madison
18-10 (20)
Triple Jump
Miller, San Pasqual
40-06w (3)
39-10
Shearer, San Jose Silver Creek
41-3 3/4
44-10, Moore, Lake Ridge, Mansfield, Texas
Scott, Gompers Prep
39-5 ½ (11T)
Hardyway, Oceanside
39-0 ½ (16T)
Shot Put
Tuatasi, West Hills
45-1 ½ (8)
Franklin, Santa Clarita Golden Valley
47-11 1/2
50-1 ½, Hoekstre, Seaside, OregonTuatsas
Lagoy, Rancho Bernardo
42-0 (17)
McNairy, San Diego
41-9 ½ (19)
Discus
Cruz, Mission Hills
139-3 (23)
Budwig, Fowler
171-7
174-2 ¼, Meyer, Superior, Nebraska
Tuatasi, West Hills
138-0 (25)
Pole Vault
Callahan, Torrey Pines
13-6 (2T)
Funk, Clovis West
13-9
14-8, Cunliffe, West, Seattle, Washington
Thomson, Poway
13-3 (5)
Cervantes, Poway
13-0 (8T)
Grudman, Sage Creek
12-6 (13T)
Ray, Rancho Bernardo
12-0 (22T)
BOYS
EVENT
NAME
MARK
STATE
MARK
U.S.
100
Christon, Madison
:10.33 (1) :10.24w
Grubb, Sherman Oaks Notre Dame
:10.40
:10.13
:09.98w
Boling, Strake Jesuit, Houston
Steward, Orange Glen
:10.57w (8T)
200
Christon, Madison
:20.55 (1)
Grubb, Notre Dame Sherman Oaks
:20.93
:20.58, Boling.
Miller, Bishop Dunne, Dallas, :20.52w
Steward, Orange Glen
:21.45 (17T)
400
Parker, Helix
:47.99 (12)
Larrier, Elk Grove Monterey Trail
:46.49
:46.22, Robinson, Hazlewood West, Missouri
Salzman, Calvin Christian
:48.25 (15)
Lippert, La Costa Canyon
:48.31 (18)
800
Tellez-Velasquez, San Pasqual
1:52.52 (4)
Wingo, Valencia
1:52.08
1:50.24, Woods, E.C. Glass, Lynchburg, Va.
Ali, Crawford
1:54.17 (18)
1600
G. Stanford, La Costa Canyon
4:12.92 (11)
Hibbert, El Monte Arroyo
4:07.25
4:05.28. Atwood, Central Valley, Veradale, Washington
Ali, Crawford
4:13.0 (12)
J. Stanford, La Costa Canyon
4:13.12 (13)
Niednagel, La Costa Canyon
4:13.81 (17)
3200
Velasco, Fallbrook
9:07.27 (13)
Young, Newbury Park
8:40.0
Young
Niednagel, La Costa Canyon
9:09.06 (16)
110 High Hurdles
Sayles, Steele Canyon
:14.47w (15)
:14.72
300 Intermediate Hurdles
Solomon, Grossmont
:38.38 (14)
Stewart, Canyon Crest
:38.87 (21)
4×100 Relay
Madison
:41.88 (13)
Long Beach Poly
:40.87
:40.08, Fort Bend Marshall, Missouri City, Texas
4×400 Relay
Grossmont
3:19.19 (12)
Placentia Valencia
3:13.73
3:10.56, Strake Jesuit, Houston
High Jump
Brownell, San Dieguito
6-8 (8T)
Allen, Santa Barbara San Marcos
7-0
7-1 ¾, Marseille, Cardinal Gibbons, Fort Lauderdale
Lugo, Canyon Crest
6-6 1/12 (20)
Long Jump
Christon, Madison
24-0 (3)
Foster Clovis North
25-1 ½
26-6, Martin, Saginaw, Michigan
Mitchell, Point Loma
23-5 (12T)
Harris-Williams, Granite Hills
23-1 ½ (21T)
Triple Jump
Mitchell, Point Loma
48-6 (3)
Hemphill, Upland
48-8 ¼
51-9 ¾, Forde, McMahon, Norwalk, Connecticut
Gibbs, Oceanside
47-4 ¾ (11)
Cynkin, Torrey Pines
46-5 ¼ (20T))
Harris-Williams, Granite Hills
46-4 ¼ (21)
Shot Put
Boamah, Scripps Ranch
54-0
Viveros, Bakersfield, Liberty
71-3
Viveros
Discus
Boamah, Scripps Ranch
162-3
Elbettar, Newport Beach Newport Harbor
197-4
209-6 1/4 Lemmon, Fort Myers, Florida
Pole Vault
Rice, Rancho Bernardo
16-4 (2)
Wright, Lodi
16-8
17-3 ¼, Farmer, Lake Hamilton, Pearcy, Arkansas
Brown, La Costa Canyon
16-0 (5T)
Volpe, San Marcos
15-9 (6)
Jurisoo, Mt. Carmel
15-3 (17T)
Brown, La Costa Canyon
15-3 (17T)
Elemparo, Rancho Bernardo
15-3 (17T)
BOYS
EVENT
NAME
MARK
STATE
MARK
U.S.
100
Christon, Madison
:10.42 (3) :10.24w
Grubb, Sherman Oaks Notre Dame
:10.40
:10.13
:09.98w
Boling, Strake Jesuit, Houston
Steward, Orange Glen
:10.57w (8T)
200
Christon, Madison
:20.55 (1)
Grubb, Notre Dame Sherman Oaks
:20.93
:20.58, Boling.
Miller, Bishop Dunne, Dallas, :20.52w
400
Parker, Helix
:47.99 (12)
Larrier, Elk Grove Monterey Trail
:46.49
:46.22, Robinson, Hazlewood West, Missouri
Salzman, Calvin Christian
:48.25 (15)
Lippert, La Costa Canyon
:48.31 (18)
800
Tellez-Velasquez, San Pasqual
1:52.52 (4)
Wingo, Valencia
1:52.08
1:50.24, Woods, E.C. Glass, Lynchburg, Va.
Ali, Crawford
1:54.17 (18)
1600
G. Stanford, La Costa Canyon
4:12.92 (11)
Hibbert, El Monte Arroyo
4:07.25
4:05.28. Atwood, Central Valley, Veradale, Washington
Ali, Crawford
4:13.0 (12)
J. Stanford, La Costa Canyon
4:13.12 (13)
Niednagel, La Costa Canyon
4:13.81 (17)
Velasco, Fallbrook
9:07.27 (13)
Young, Newbury Park
8:40.0
Young
Niednagel, La Costa Canyon
9:09.06 (16)
4×100 Relay
Madison
:41.88 (13)
Long Beach Poly
:40.87
:40.08, Fort Bend Marshall, Missouri City, Texas
4×400 Relay
Grossmont
3:19.19 (12)
Placentia Valencia
3:13.73
3:10.56, Strake Jesuit, Houston
High Jump
Brownell, San Dieguito
6-8 (8T)
Allen, Santa Barbara San Marcos
7-0
7-1 ¾, Marseille, Cardinal Gibbons, Fort Lauderdale
Lugo, Canyon Crest
6-6 1/12 (20)
Long Jump
Christon, Madison
24-0 (3)
Foster Clovis North
25-1 ½
26-6, Martin, Saginaw, Michigan
Mitchell, Point Loma
23-5 (12T)
Harris-Williams, Granite Hills
23-1 ½ (21T)
Triple Jump
Mitchell, Point Loma
48-6 (3)
Hemphill, Upland
48-8 ¼
51-9 ¾, Forde, McMahon, Norwalk, Connecticut
Gibbs, Oceanside
47-4 ¾ (11)
Cynkin, Torrey Pines
46-5 ¼ (20T))
Harris-Williams, Granite Hills
46-4 ¼ (21)
Shot Put
Boamah, Scripps Ranch
54-0
Viveros, Bakersfield, Liberty
71-3
Viveros
Discus
Boamah, Scripps Ranch
162-3
Elbettar, Newport Beach Newport Harbor
197-4
209-6 1/4 Lemmon, Fort Myers, Florida
Pole Vault
Rice, Rancho Bernardo
16-4 (2)
Wright, Lodi
16-8
17-3 ¼, Farmer, Lake Hamilton, Pearcy, Arkansas
Brown, La Costa Canyon
16-0 (5T)
Volpe, San Marcos
15-9 (6)
Jurisoo, Mt. Carmel
15-3 (17T)
Brown, La Costa Canyon
15-3 (17T)
Elemparo, Rancho Bernardo
15-3 (17T)
1941: Hillers Can’t Get Over Final Hurdle
Those pesky uprights.
San Diego High’s presumed run to a state championship was blindsided when Ed Pohl, leading as he approached the final obstacle in the 220-yard hurdles, slammed into a 30-inch barrier at San Jose State’s Spartan Stadium.
Pohl stumbled and tried to recover but tripped across the rail separating the field from the track, fell across the finish line in third place, and was disqualified for a lane violation.
The sudden swing from an expected five to zero points, in an event historically known for missteps, knocked the Hillers out of their second team championship in the last four years.
If Pohl had finished the race in front, as seemed certain, San Diego’s point total of 23 would have edged Fresno Edison Technical, which had 22.
The Hillers finished second with 18 points. Glenn Willis was runner-up in the 100, won the 220 in :21.7, and rolled with his baton-exchanging 880-yard relay teammates to a triumph in 1:29. Lou Barrera was second to the :49.9 440 of Whittier’s O.B. Hughes.
Central Section teams, Edison, Lindsay (14), and Bakersfield (10) were 1, 3, and 4. Hoover was tied for sixth with 7 points. Los Angeles City Section schools did not participate.
Pohl’s misfortune was the only blotch on an outstanding season, in which San Diego and Hoover, the two big entries from the Border City, dominated Southern California.
Ed Pohl, fourth from left, white trunks, in Southern Section 120-yard high hurdles final, was vital in highs and lows for San Diego.
The Hillers, coached by Ed Ruffa, and the Cardinals, mentored by future San Diego High principal Lawrence Carr, battled in two supercharged dual meets after a water-logged beginning to the season.
JUPITER PLUVIOUS UNCOOPERATIVE
The mythical Roman rain-giver hammered San Diego so often that 24.74 inches of precipitation were measured in the 1940-41 calendar year, the city’s second highest total since 1850, when records began being kept.
Dual meets all over the area were washed out in March.
Ruffa even took his team to Grossmont High for a training session on the Foothillers crushed granite layout, which dried more quickly than the cinder track in Balboa Stadium, the Hillers’ home.
Because the Coast League had dwindled to three members, San Diego, Hoover, and Long Beach Poly, the Hillers and Cardinals would meet twice and face Poly only in the all-Coast League finals.
RECORD RELAY
Ruffa’s favored team, led by Pohl and sprinters Lou Barrera, Glenn Willis, and Don Smalley, nipped Hoover in the first showdown, 61 ½-56 ½, by traversing the final-event, 880-yard relay in a meet record 1:29.8.
Competition was tight throughout the afternoon, but the Hillers hurt the Cardinals when Willis won the broad jump at 21 feet, 11 inches, and hop, step, and jump at 43 feet, topping the favored Willie Steele of Hoover.
“If we could use Emmet Marshall, Willie Steele, and Jack Kaiser in more than three events we’d have a good chance to beat San Diego,” said Carr, as the teams prepared for their second meeting.
Carr was aware that his aces could enter only three events plus the relay .
San Diego had been slightly diminished when Leroy Sheffield, second in the 440 in the earlier joust, dropped out of school.
Ruffa switched Barrera from the 220 to the 440 and Barrera won in: 50.5.
But Kaiser and Steele upset Pohl with a 1-2 finish in the 120-yard high hurdles as Kaiser set a school record of :16.0.
Kaiser shared first in the high jump with two teammates at 5-foot-6 and Marshall, shut out in two events, got up for second against Pohl in the 220-yard lows.
San Diego’s big four were (from left) Don Smalley, Lou Barrera, Glenn Willis, and Ed Pohl.
FUTURE OLYMPIC CHAMP
Steele, who seven years later as a San Diego State athlete won the Olympic gold medal in London and had a career best of 26 feet, 6 inches, got even with Willis, winning the broad jump at 23-5, almost two feet further than his previous best, and the hop, step, and jump at 45 feet ½ inch.
The Cardinals’ Ted Jacobs won the shot put at 50-7½ and Bob Keefe took the pole vault at 12 feet.
Al Salmon won the mile in 4:38.4 and San Diego was first in the 880-yard relay in 1:30.3, but the Cardinals, outscoring San Diego, 37-7, in field events, where it was weakest, scored a stunning, 58-55 victory.
SOUTHERN COUNTIES
One of the few events that went off on schedule in March was the Southern Counties Invitational at Huntington Beach High, where the Cavers set a record with 41 points.
San Diego ran away with the team championship. Ontario Chaffey was runner-up with 13 ½.
Ed Pohl won the 220-yard low hurdles in: 24.3 and anchored a 1:30.1 relay effort that bettered the meet standard of 1:31.0 that San Diego set in 1932.
Lou Barrera was a triple winner at :10 in the 100-yard dash and :21.6 in the 220 and ran a leg in the relay. Al Salmon won the mile in 4:38.6 and Leonard Fierro was first in one of two 880-yard races in 2:05.8.
Coronado finished third in the small schools division with 14 points, behind Tustin (19) and Newport Beach Newport Harbor (18 ½).
COAST LEAGUE FINALS
The team championship would be decided by the cumulative scores of each school’s A, B, and C teams, which put some spotlight on the nominally younger, lighter, and shorter competitors.
San Diego scored 71 points, Hoover 54, and Poly 15 in Class A, but Poly scored 57, San Diego 35 ½, and Hoover 26 ½ in the B’s.
San Diego reached only 19 ½ in the C’s, behind Hoover’s 42, and Poly’s 35 ½, but the relatively obscure Jim Springfield upset the Class C field late in the afternoon with a first place finish of 5-6 ½ in the high jump to put the Hillers over the top.
San Diego posted an aggregate total of 126 points, Hoover 122 ½, and Poly 107.
Willis ran a career best :09.8 100, came back with a :22 flat 220, and contributed to the Hillers’ 1:29.5, league-record relay time. Ernest Collier won the 880 in 2:04.3 and Al Salmon ran 4:36.6 for first in the mile.
Hoover’s Jack Kaiser and Willie Steele were blanked in the hurdles, knocking the legs out of the Cardinals’ title ambitions, but Kaiser won the high jump at 6-1 ¾ and Steele doubled in the broad jump (22-8 ½) and H-S-J (44-10 ½).
DIVISIONAL
San Diego and Hoover were aligned with league qualifiers from the Metropolitan, Southern Prep, and Imperial Valley leagues at the San Diego State facility. Long Beach Poly was in the divisional at Huntington Park.
San Diego won eight track events and outscored Hoover, 66-38, with Holtville, led by pole vaulter Morton, who cleared 13 feet, next with 22.
Pohl was a double winner at :16 flat in the high hurdles and :24.4 in the lows. Barrera ran :50.1 in the 440 and Willis :10 flat and :21.7 in the sprints. Al Salmon logged a 4:36.3 mile.
LARGEST IN 25 YEARS
The Southern California finals at Glendale Hoover were a coronation for the Hilltoppers.
They scored 34 points, the most since Los Angeles Manual Arts had 52 1/2 in 1916. Glendale Hoover had 16 and San Diego Hoover 15 ½.
“Even better than advertised,” was the observation of the Hillers by the Los Angeles Times’ Bob Smyser. San Diego scored in seven of the eight running events.
Willis doubled in the 100 (:10.1) and led a 1-2 220 (:22.6) with Don Smalley, and contributed to San Diego’s school record, 1:28.7 victory in the relay. Lou Barrera was unofficially clocked in :49.8 running behind the :49.3 of Whittier’s O.B. Hughes.
Willie Steele of Hoover soared 24 feet, ¾ inch and bettered the record of 24-3/8 by Bill Bugbee of Redondo Beach Redondo Union in 1937. Santa Monica’s Thelmo Knowles set a record of 1:55.7 in the 880 and the Hillers’ Lou Fierro and Ernest Collier were fourth and fifth.
Ed Pohl was fourth in the 120 high hurdles, won by Jack Nelson of El Monte in :15.6. Pohl came back to win the 220 lows in :24.5.
Hoover’s Ted Jacobs was fourth in the shot put at 49 feet, 11 15/16 inches, short of his best of 50-7 1/2, and Jack Kaiser tied for first in the high jump at 6-2.
Hoover’s Jack Kaiser (left) and Willie Steele (right) finished 1-2 against San Diego’s Ed Pohl in high hurdles to fuel the Cardinals’ victory in dual rematch.
RED DEVILS RULE
Sweetwater defeated Grossmont, 66-38, in their traditional dual meet and was almost unbeatable in the Metropolitan League, 6-0 in Class A, losing two B meets, and sweeping Class C opposition.
The Red Devils were led by sprinter Marcos Alonzo, who had bests of :10.2 in the 100 and: 22.9 in the 220.
Alonzo, miler Ken Owens, half-miler Tex Comer, and high jumper Jim Bennett were undefeated in dual meet competition.
ANOTHER “RELAY”
Don King in Caver Conquest noted the speed and resourcefulness of Glenn Willis and Don Smalley on another venue.
One of the sprinters would board a street car using a transfer, take a seat, and pass the slip through an open window to the other, who would then race to the next stop and board with the same transfer.
A SCHOOL RECORD, AT LEAST
San Diego High’s 880-yard relay team competed in a special, high school race that was part of the Compton Invitational two weeks after the state meet.
Little is known. There was no coverage in San Diego newspapers, but the final paragraph in the Los Angeles Times‘ story declared that a “San Diego quartet set a national record in the half-mile relay”. No time was listed.
Don King’s Caver Conquest declared the Hillers had been clocked in 1:27.8 for the 880 yards that evening, The school actually listed 1:27.9 as the record until the group of Roscoe Cook, Charles (Sugar Jet) Davis, Willie Jordan, and Bob Staten ran 1:27.2 in 1957.
The Times story had to have been in error. The accepted national record in 1941 was 1:27.7 by L.A. Manual Arts in 1934.
It still was an outstanding end to a superb season for the Hillers.
SPIKE DUST
Jack Kaiser high jumped 6 feet, 3 1/4 inches for Hoover March 25 versus Escondido, close to the school record of 6-3 1/2, set by Alvin Cordray in 1938…the Long Beach Relays, held traditionally on the first weekend in March, was rescheduled two weeks later, on the same day as the Southern Counties Invitational at Huntington Beach…Hillers coach Ed Ruffa sent what amounted to a junior varsity contingent to Long Beach and it responded by placing fourth and fifth in such events as the 440 relay, 880 relay, mile relay and the medley relay, the latter in which competitors run different distances…the San Diego and Hoover lower division squads had Balboa Stadium to themselves the day before the varsity squads met for the second time…the Hoover B’s won, 53 ½-41 ½, and the C’s won, 55 ½-31 ½…Point Loma’s Brent Stover set a school record with a :52.6 in the 440…the first San Diego-Hoover dual was supposed to be a triangular meet, but Grossmont showed up with so few varsity competitors that only the Foothillers’ B’s and C’s competed….
2019 Week 10: More Sprint Explosions by Kenan Christon
Kenan Christon sat still and endured three false starts in the 100 meters, cautiously came out of his starting blocks on the field’s fourth attempt, and still smoked a wind-assisted:10.26 in the San Diego Section trials last week at Mt. Carmel.
Christon continued his monster, late-season run later in the afternoon by taking the national lead at :20.55 in the 200 and qualified in the long jump and 4×100 relay.
The Madison senior’s now seeming routine of 4 wins a week took place on a day when rain greeted competitors for the first time in the 58-year history of the San Diego Section trials or championships.
The rain left, but, with a few field events remaining, a lightning threat cleared the stadium, according to Steve Brand of The San Diego Union. Athletes retreated to the Mt. Carmel gymnasium and fans and spectators were urged to seek shelter or return, posthaste, to their automobiles.
Action resumed about 45 minutes later, said Brand.
New section leading marks and personal bests are in italics. Marks in parenthesis show where San Diego Section performers rank in California. National leaders have been added to the weekly bests.
A “w” next to a mark stands for over-allowable wind assistance, which caps at 2.0 meters.
BOYS
EVENT
NAME
MARK
STATE
MARK
U.S.
100
Christon, Madison
:10.42 (3) :10.26w
Perry, Alta Loma, Rancho Cucamonga
:10.38w
:10.13
Boling, Strake Jesuit, Houston
Steward, Orange Glen
:10.57w (10T)
200
Christon, Madison
:20.55 (1)
Grubb, Notre Dame Sherman Oaks
:20.93
:20.58, Boling.
Miller, Bishop Dunne, Dallas, :20.52w
400
Parker, Helix
:47.99 (11)
Larrier, Elk Grove Monterey Trail
:46.49
:46.22, Robinson, Hazlewood West, Missouri
Lippert, La Costa Canyon
:48.31 (18)
Salzman, Calvin Christian
:48.54 (22T)
800
Tellez-Velasquez, San Pasqual
1:52.52 (3)
Wingo, Valencia
1:52.08
1:50.24, Woods, E.C. Glass, Lynchburg, Va.
Ali, Crawford
1:54.17 (17)
1600
G. Stanford, La Costa Canyon
4:13.77 (12)
Hibbert, El Monte Arroyo
4:07.25
4:07.20 Sprout, Valor, Highlands Ranch, Colorado
J. Stanford, La Costa Canyon
4:13.85 (13)
Niednagel, La Costa Canyon
4:15.58 (21)
3200
Velasco, Fallbrook
9:07.27 (8)
Young, Newbury Park
8:40.0
Young
4×100 Relay
Madison
:42.23
Long Beach Poly
:40.87
:40.08, Fort Bend Marshall, Missouri City, Texas
4×400 Relay
Grossmont
3:21.72
Placentia Valencia
3:13.73
3:10.56, Strake Jesuit, Houston
High Jump
Lugo, Canyon Crest
6-6 ½ (19)
Allen, Santa Barbara San Marcos
7-0
7-1 ¾, Marseille, Cardinal Gibbons, Fort Lauderdale
Brownell, San Dieguito
6-6 (20T)
Long Jump
Christon, Madison
24-0 (3)
Foster Clovis North
25-1 ½
26-6, Martin, Saginaw, Michigan
Triple Jump
Mitchell, Point Loma
48-6 (3)
Hemphill, Upland
48-8 ¼
51-9 ¾, Forde, McMahon, Norwalk, Connecticut
Cynkin, Torrey Pines
46-5 ¼ (18)
Brown, La Jolla
46-0 ½ (24)
Shot Put
Boamah, Scripps Ranch
54-0
Viveros, Bakersfield, Liberty
71-3
Viveros
Discus
Peterson, Torrey Pines
160-3
Elbettar, Newport Beach Newport Harbor
197-4
209-6 1/4 Lemmon, Fort Myers, Florida
Pole Vault
Rice, Rancho Bernardo
16-4 (2)
Wright, Lodi
16-8
17-3 ¼, Farmer, Lake Hamilton, Pearcy, Arkansas
Brown, La Costa Canyon
16-0 (5T)
Volpe, San Marcos
15-6 (13T)
Jurisoo, Mt. Carmel
15-3 (17T)
Sperry, Rancho Bernardo
15-1 (23T)
GIRLS
EVENT
NAME
MARK
STATE
MARK
U.S.
100
Shaheed, Madison
:11.87 (12T)
Nowling, Calabasas
:11.40w
:11.27w, Davis, Oak Hall, Gainesville, Florida
200
Rustkovich, Scripps Ranch
:24.41w (15)
Nowling
:23.64
:23.06, Davis
Wright, University City
:24.44 (16)
Shaheed, Madison
:24.46 (17)
400
Wright, University City
:55.64 (17)
Okonkwo, Murrieta Mesa
:54.25
:52.17, Ford, Northeast, Oakland Park, Florida
800
Riedman, La Costa Canyon
2:11.37 (5)
Tomkinton, Atherton Menlo
2:10.61
2:06.1, Mustin, North Canyon, Phoenix
Morales, Scripps Ranch
2:13.87 (23)
1600
Fahy, La Costa Canyon
4:48.34 (2)
Barnett, Sun Valley Village Christian
4:47.30
4:44.01, Vanderlende, Rockford, Michigan
Riedman, La Costa Canyon
4:53.28 (13)
3200
Fahy, La Costa Canyon
10:15.80 (2)
Lowe, Clovis Buchanan
10:12.78
9:53.30, Tuohy, Thiells, North Rockland, N.Y.
Dorostkar, Canyon Crest
10:28.14 (9)
Wallace, Sage Creek
10:35.40 (16)
100 Hurdles
Redon, San Diego
:14.28 (7)
Shearer San Jose Silver Creek
:13.36
:13.33, Jones, Greater Atlanta Christian, Norcross, Georgia
300 Hurdles
Mayo, Grossmont
:44.34 (18)
Glenn, Long Beach Wilson
:41.21
:40.82, Phillips, Bullis, Potomac, Maryland
Occiano, Mission Hills
:44.64 (23)
Redon, San Diego
:44.66 (25)
4×100 Relay
Scripps Ranch
:46.95 (3)
Calabasas
:45.95
:44.24, DeSoto, Texas
4×400 Relay
Scripps Ranch
3:55.28
Eastvale Roosevelt
3:43.77
3:39.79, DeSoto, Texas
High Jump
Hickey, Coronado
5-10 ½ (1)
5-11, Renner, Myers Park, Charlotte, N.C.
Scales, Madison
5-6 (12T)
Long Jump
Hickey, Coronado
20-9w (1)
20-2
Harris, Upland
20-2 1/2
21-3 ¼w,
20-5 3/4 Bryant, Memorial, Houston
Hardyway, Oceanside
19-0 ¾ (7)
Scott, Gompers
19-0 ½ (8)
Miller, San Pasqual
18-10 ½ (15)
Shaheed, Madison
18-10 (18)
Triple Jump
Miller, San Pasqual
39-10 (7T)
Shearer, San Jose Silver Creek
41-3 3/4
44-10, Moore, Lake Ridge, Mansfield, Texas
Scott, Gompers Prep
39-5 ½ (11T)
Shot Put
Tuatasi, West Hills
45-1 ½ (7)
Franklin, Santa Clarita Golden Valley
47-11 1/2
50-1 ½, Hoekstre, Seaside, OregonTuatsas
Lagoy, Rancho Bernardo
42-0 (17)
Cardona, El Camino
41-0 ½ (24)
Discus
Cruz, Mission Hills
139-3 (20)
Budwig, Fowler
171-7
174-2 ¼, Meyer, Superior, Nebraska
Tuatasi, West Hills
138-0 (25)
Pole Vault
Callahan, Torrey Pines
13-6 (2)
Funk, Clovis West
13-9
14-8. Cunliffe, West, Seattle, Washington
Thomson, Poway
13-3 (4)
Adamiec, Poway
13-0 (7T)
Cervantes, Poway
12-9 (9)
Ray, Rancho Bernardo
12-0
1976-77: Madison Welcomed the Traveling Lillys
The arrival of San Diego County’s first 30-points-a-game scorer this year was via a curious journey, from Iceland to Pacific Beach, to Linda Vista, and to North Clairemont, where Marshall and Mitchell Lilly landed at Madison High.
The twins, who spent the 1974-75 school year in the near-Arctic Circle country (see 1975-76: Patrick Henry, University Played…) before leading Mission Bay to a 22-7 record and the second round of the section playoffs in 1975-76, transferred to Kearny and helped the Komets win the Summer League title.
Preseason headliners included (from left) Mark Snow, Helix; Marshall and Mitchell Lilly, Madison; Bill Bell, Kearny, and Barney Hinkle, Santana.
Then they moved again, to the awaiting whistle of Warhawks coach John Hannon, who played on championship teams at Coronado in the early ‘fifties and had started the Madison program in 1962-63.
Marshall had the most cachet, having averaged 16.4 points at Mission Bay, but Marshall sustained a season-ending broken navicular bone in his right wrist in Madison’s second game.
Mitchell scored 26 points and Marshall 19 in an opening-game, 71-59 loss to Helix. Marshall scored 6 points but was injured in the second quarter of the next game, a 75-62 win over Poway, as Mitchell scored 23.
Marshall’s season was over, but Mitchell’s was just getting started.
Mitchell, driving around Bonita Vista defenders, took scoring to new level.
Mitchell scored 27 in a 56-50 win over Monte Vista, 35 in a 59-55 tightrope with University, and followed with 32, 36, and 38, the latter in a 73-59 Kiwanis Tournament loss to eventual CIF champion Santana.
Madison then moved to the South Bay and the Baron-Optimist, post-Christmas tournament hosted by Bonita Vista.
THE BIG FIVE-OH
Lilly earned a seven-column headline in The San Diego Union after scorching Torrey Pines for 50 points in an 86-75, opening-round victory.
Lilly made 15 of 24 attempts from the field and was 20×23 for free throws. He had 22 points in the second quarter and was at 48 when the 6-foot, 1-inch senior launched a 25-footer with seconds to play to reach the half-century mark as the game-ending buzzer sounded.
Crawford was on the receiving end of Lilly’s 38 points in a 98-70 loss. Madison then upset 12-0 Bonita Vista, 92-75, as Lilly knocked down 42 points.
MITCHELL WHISTLED
Lilly had 22 points but fouled out driving to the basket with one second left in the first overtime in a game that went three overtimes before the Warhawks edged Pleasanton Amador, 72-70, for the championship.
Amador took a physical approach to Lilly, defending the Warhawks’ sharpshooter with four different players, who acquired multiple infractions. “At times they would double and triple team me,” said Lilly. “Even on my last foul I was hit pretty hard.”
Lilly’s teammate, Remond Wells, scored a season-high 30 points, including 10 in the extra sessions. Anthony Roberts’ basket with 30 seconds left in the third overtime finally decided the game in favor of the Warhawks.
Lilly’s 130 points in the four games (32.5 average) broke the Baron-Optimist tournament record of 100, set by Bonita Vista’s Jim March in 1972.
THE BIG SIX-ONE
Three weeks later, the senior guard broke the County record with 61 points in a 117-80 rout of visiting San Diego.
Barney Hinkle of Santana out maneuvers Patrick Henry’s John Wilgast for rebound in Sultans’ 54-50, overtime victory.
Evening Tribune writer Nick Canepa broke down Lilly’s outbursts with contributions from the scoring king:
First quarter, 10 points. “I was off to my usual miserable start.”
Second quarter, 13 points: “I felt better, but, still, there was no special feeling.”
Third quarter, 16 points: “I started warming up. Things started clicking.”
Fourth quarter, 22 points: “San Diego was in a full-court, man-to-man press. I was hot. Everything I was putting up was going in.
“At the end of the third quarter they told me I had 39. Coach Hannon told me to go for it, but (to) take my time.”
Lilly also was informed when his total reached 55: “So everyone on the team just gave me the ball after that.”
Lilly, who averaged 12.7 at Mission Bay the previous year, retired with 1:24 remaining in the game.
The sharpshooter was 24×41 from the field for 59 per cent and 13×17 on free throws. He was averaging 32.9 points a game and 37.5 in the Eastern League.
The 61 points topped the record of 60, shared by Tom Shaules of St. Augustine in a 102-38 win over Crawford in 1957-58 and Rob Petrie of Julian in 115-76 win over Mountain Empire in 1968-69.
Lilly would end the season with a CIF-record 31.9 average and his 893 points were second only to the 958 by Helix Bill Walton in 1969-70.
Lilly’s sniping kept Madison in every game but his 47-point effort days later against Kearny was not enough as the Komets, winners of 20 in a row at home and 45 of its last 46 at home, scored an 86-80 victory.
BELIEVE IT
There were defenses and other maneuvers to stop Lilly, sometimes with unintended consequences.
Lilly scored Madison’s only point in the fourth quarter, after he was fouled as the game ended. He converted a single free throw to give the Warhawks a 32-31 win at Point Loma.
The Pointers had stalled much of the game and for almost all of the fourth quarter and made 2 free throws with 40 seconds left for a 31-31 tie.
Helix’ Mark Snow and Kearny’s Bob Bartholomew battled for rebound.
Point Loma’s accomplishment in defeat was to hold Lilly to 12 points, his lowest total of the season.
CAVERS REVENGE
San Diego, 5-16 on the season and experiencing its poorest stretch since the John Hobbs-coached clubs went 2-10 and 4-9 in the mid-1920s, upset Madison and knocked the Warhawks out of the playoffs, 67-66, in a rematch of Lilly’s record contest.
San Diego’s Caesar Scott scored only 6 points but was credited with holding Lilly to 26, six points below his average, and only nine points in the second half.
NO POSTSEASON?
The Warhawks were mathematically eliminated largely because CIF bosses had again changed the playoff format, reducing participation from 24 to 16 teams and, in a strange twist, extending the postseason to two weeks.
Madison was out of the money despite a season record of 19-9. Oceanside (18-8) also was out and Orange Glen (14-12) and Hilltop (14-13) were in.
The bosses had created 4 “conferences”, moving away from the “City” and “County” conference format, at the start of the school year.
Sixteen teams from the 6 major leagues, City East and City West, Grossmont, Avocado East and Avocado West, and Metropolitan qualified.
This meant the East and West, representing the City conference, would qualify two each. Same for the Avocado East and West.
However, there would be four teams from the Grossmont and Metro conferences.
Madison was third behind Patrick Henry and Kearny in the City East, and Oceanside finished third in the Avocado West behind Fallbrook and Vista.
PLAYOFFS
FIRST ROUND
Santana, 0-2 against Grossmont “Conference” rival Monte Vista, defeated the Monarchs (19-8), 48-38.
CIF-winning coach Bart Hare of Santana is surrounded by players and well wishers.
Vista 49, Mt. Carmel (22-7), 47. The Sundevils took their first home loss.
Fallbrook 63, Orange Glen (14-13) 45.
Marian 66, Sweetwater (15-12) 57.
Lincoln 71, Patrick Henry (21-8) 59.
Hilltop 70, Bonita Vista (27-2) 59. Disregarded Hilltop stunned the Barons with a 31-15 third quarter.
Helix 68, Mount Miguel (16-12) 49.
Kearny 69, St. Augustine (21-7) 59.
QUARTERFINALS
Kearny 68, Hilltop (15-13) 55.
Santana 57, Fallbrook (24-1) 44. Not as much a surprise as Hilltop’s win over Bonita Vista, but the Sultans were proving, as they did last year, a formidable team in the playoffs.
Jack Sandschulte, in his 21st season, won his 300th game as coach at Fallbrook, 84-66 over Torrey Pines, and could rely on his son, John, who averaged 22.8 points, and big man Bob Bartholomew, 18.0.
“Any time the other team (Santana, with CIF player of the year Todd Harper, Mark Price, and Barney Hinkle) has three good players and you have two, the odds are against you,” said the elder Sandschulte. “The odds have been against us going unbeaten all season and it finally caught up with us.”
There were 2,500 persons at Grossmont College, including many red-clad supporters of Fallbrook, which trailed by three points with six minutes to go.
Helix 75, Vista (19-11) 52. The Highlanders, 16-0 in Grossmont conference play, had lost only to Kearny, 68-64, in the Kiwanis tournament.
Marian 68, Lincoln (21-5) 64. A near overflow crowd at Chula Vista, saw the Crusaders overcome a 62-59 deficit by outscoring the Hornets, 9-2, in the last 1:54.
Kearny 68, Hilltop (15-13) 55, at Torrey Pines.
SEMIFINALS
Helix 63, Kearny (27-2) 57, before 3,000 persons at Cal Western University. In previous playoffs, the No. 1 and No. 2 teams would have been seeded to meet in the finals.
Santana 52, Marian (21-9) 40.
CLASS 1-A
Army-Navy 64, Mountain Empire (14-8) 42.
Francis Parker 58, Christian (8-16) 36
FINALS
Santana (26-5), 54, Helix (27-2) 42. The Sultans had lost to Helix, 44-40, 72-66, and 51-40.
A surprised gathering of 7,233 in the Sports Arena watched patient, deliberate Santana make only 12 shots from the field but 30×38 from the free throw line.
Helix converted 17 field goal attempts but only 8×14 that were free.
Helix led 14-5 early in the second quarter but 6-10 center Mark Snow got into foul trouble and Santana, behind Harper and center Mark Price, took a 26-20 halftime lead.
Snow took a seat after picking up his fourth personal with 6:13 remaining in the third quarter. Santana coach Bart Hare went to what was known as a four-corners offense.
Hare said he took this approach because his center, Price, also had 4 fouls. No Santana players fouled out, but Helix’ Snow, Mike Durden and Mark Barnes did.
The Sultans held a 39-28 lead entering the fourth quarter against a team that averaged almost 70 a game.
Little Red Schoolhouse (?) formed backdrop for all-San Diego Section first team, from left: Mike Gay, Patrick Henry; Mitchell Lilly, Madison; Todd Harper, Santana; Bob Bartholomew, Kearny, and Mark Snow, Helix.
THIRD PLACE
Kearny (28-2) 91, Marian (21-10) 82.
Typical of the consolation games, Kearny and Marian let it all hang out. Komets coach Tim Short played everyone and 12 players scored.
1-A
Francis Parker (15-7), ahead, 25-8, at halftime, topped Army-Navy (14-4), 35-30.
TOURNAMENTS
Forty-seven teams accepted invitations to the 30th annual Kiwanis, with El Centro Central, Calexico, and Brawley comprising a visiting contingent.
The Kiwanis still held sway but it was feeling pinched.
There were 12 different December tournaments, four of which, the 10-team Mt. Helix Invitational, Jim Mitchell San Dieguito Mustang-Optimist, Julian, and the Southern Prep League, even got on the calendar before the venerable Kiwanis took its place just before the Christmas holiday.
Winners and championship scores:
Mt. Helix, Helix 60, Oceanside 39.
Julian: Julian 69, Mountain Empire 58.
Southern Prep, Francis Parker 43, Mountain Empire 34.
Jim Mitchell Mustang Optimist: Fallbrook 60, Oceanside 53.
Kiwanis: Unlimited, Kearny 68, Helix 64; Limited, Bonita Vista 69, Granite Hills 57; Classified, Lincoln 47, University 33.
University: Huntington Beach 69, Kearny 59.
Grossmont-Santana: Santana 82, Grossmont 64.
Eagle: Granite Hills 60, Mira Mesa 58.
Chino: Pomona Ganesha 70, Mt. Carmel 58.
El Centro Elks: El Centro Central 46, Vista 43.
Baron-Optimist: Pleasanton Amador 78, Madison 72.
Western Association Christian Schools: Western Christian 47, Christian 46, OT.
THAT’S A NO-NO
Bonita Vista coach Bill Foley had his team practice on Sunday and later admitted that he misread a rule against activity on the Sabbath.
Bonita officials reported the gaffe to the CIF, which suspended Foley with no contact with his team for a period of the Barons’ next six games.
MILESTONES AND MARKS
–Escondido’s Jerry Hacknal scored 44 points in a 76-72 loss to San Pasqual and broke the school record of 35 points by Rich Gehring in a 74-44 win over San Dieguito in 1952-53.
–Fallbrook’s John Sandschulte was over 30 five times and reached a career high 39 points as San Dieguito fell, 74-44.
–On the same night that Mitchell Lilly scored 47 against Kearny, Michael Gay of Henry had 36 in an 81-53 rout of Morse, and Rod Dingler of Mt. Carmel had 32 in a 90-45 win over Orange Glen
Santana’s Stuart Broadhead, Bob Solliday, Barney Hinkle, Mike Pecoraro, Todd Harper, Mike Price, and Jim Rand (from left) enjoy the moment.
–Seventy-seven fouls were called during Madison’s 86-66 win over Morse. The Warhawks’ Mitchell Lilly scored 23 points but fouled out in the third quarter.
THROWBACK
These weren’t scores from decades past, but were typical of the eras cited.
–1930s-‘40s score: Mt. Carmel 25, Chula Vista 23.
–1920s-‘30s score: Francis Parker 25, Palos Verdes Chadwick 10.
BROADCASTER’S NOTE
It’s Brazil, as in “frazzle”. That’s how Bonita Vista’s Scott Brazil pronounced his last name.
Leading scorers:
NAME
TEAM
GAMES
POINTS
AVERAGE
Mitchell Lilly
Madison
28
893
31.9 (1)
Mike Stockalper
Marian
31
719
23.2 (2)
Michael Gay
Patrick Henry
29
641
22.1 (4)
Scott Brazil
Bonita Vista
29
614
21.2 (6)
Rich Beeson
Poway
28
596
21.3 (5)
Bob Bartholomew
Kearny
31
596
19.2
John Sandschulte
Fallbrook
25
562
22.5 (3)
Barney Hinkle
Santana
30
552
18.4
Rod Dingler
Mt. Carmel
29
539
18.6
Jerry Haynal
Escondido
26
536
20.6 (7)
Dave Sullivan
El Capitan
27
514
19.0
Joe Naylor
Oceanside
26
508
19.5 (10)
Allen Gates
Marian
31
503
16.4
Van Note
San Pasqual
26
501
19.3
Gary Davila
San Marcos
25
493
19.7 (9)
Eddie Mendoza
St. Augustine
28
483
17.3
Joe Lehr
St. Augustine
27
474
17.6
John Laidlaw
Torrey Pines
26
468
18.0
Oscar Lopez
Montgomery
24
464
19.3
Ron Hoag
El Capitan
27
463
17.1
Terry Thomas
Orange Glen
25
462
18.5
Mark Snow
Helix
28
456
16.3
Bobby Dean
La Jolla
26
455
17.5
Todd Harper
Santana
31
453
14.4
Bob Bartholomew
Fallbrook
25
449
18.0
Bob Taylor
Chula Vista
25
431
17.2
Ceasar Scott
San Diego
23
392
17.0
Class A, minimum 15 games: Chelette, San Diego Military, 17×339, 19.9 (8). Looten, Borrego Springs, 18×321, 17.8. Bauers, Mountain Empire, 22×352, 16.0. Nettles, Army-Navy, 15×256, 17.1.
Kearny coach Tim Short makes point during timeout.
JUMP SHOTS
Alhambra High of Martinez, located in the north East Bay area of San Francisco, won third place in the Jim Mitchell event, behind the steady play of guard Stan Van Gundy, years later a head coach in the National Basketball Association…Fallbrook had its Bob Bartholomew and Kearny its Bob Bartholomew…they were not related…Marcus Allen was known for football but he was an effective forward for Lincoln, averaging 14 points … Helix’ 6-foot, 10-inch junior Mark Snow, who scored 34 points in a 72-66 defeat of Santana, started as a sophomore at Poway…Helix’ 28-3 record gave coach Gordon Nash a career record of 230-67 and winning percentage of 77.4….
CENTURY CLUB
TEAM
OPPONENT
SCORE
Army-Navy
San Miguel School
122-31
Madison
San Diego
117-80
Grossmont
Granite Hills
114-79
Bonita Vista
Marian
106-85
Torrey Pines
Ramona
101-42
Mt. Carmel
El Camino
101-62
Borrego Springs
Cal Lutheran
100-14
2019 Week 8: On to the San Diego Section Trials
San Diego Section seasonal bests were recorded in four events, 2 each in girls and boys, as the 16 leagues participated in their championships last week.
Scripps Ranch’s Jaymie Rustkovich logged a wind-aided 24.41 200 and ran a leg on the the Falcons’ 4×400 relay team, anchored by Brianna Sproles, daughter of Darren, the popular former Charger and 13-season NFL running back, that recorded a 3:55.28 in the Western League meet at University City.
Garrett Stanford of La Costa Canyon improved his 1600-meter run best with a 4:13.77 in the Avocado West championship at Canyon Crest. Stanford’s brother, Jacob, was close behind in 4:13.85.
Grossmont’s 4×400 relay team ran 3:22.18 in the Grossmont Valley-Grossmont Hills meet at Mount Miguel.
The carnival of races, jumps, and throws moves to Mt. Carmel Saturday for the section trials, followed by section championships May 18 and the state meet in Clovis May 24-25.
Top nine performances this week qualify for May 18.
CHRISTON BREEZES
Kenan Christon didn’t equal his season bests but the compact and carved Madison senior surveyed the five-star layout at Kearny and hummed to :10.45 and :21.28 victories in the 100 and 200 and anchored the Warhawks to :42.73 and first in the 4×100 relay.
It was easy to spot Christon as he warmed up. He was wearing a pair of cardinal-and-gold jogging shoes, matching the colors of USC, whose football team Christon will be joining in the fall.
New section leading marks and personal bests are in italics. Marks in parenthesis show where San Diego Section performers rank in California.
A “w” next to a mark stands for over-allowable wind assistance, which caps at 2.0 meters.
