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	Wilbur, 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	170-0
	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

 

After a terrific 57^th Arcadia Invitational, action moves on to the Mt. Sac Relays in Walnut and the 105th Russell Cup in Carpinteria this week.

League, Section qualifiers and finals, and the 105^th state meet in Clovis are on the horizon.

Wind of more than accepted 2.0 kilometers is noted with a “w”.

BOYS

EVENT	MARK	NAME, SCHOOL	STATE	OTHER	NAME	SCHOOL
100	:10.24	Arrington, Mount Miguel,	1st	:10.30w	Clayton, Jr.	Oak Hills (Southern Section)
200	:20.35	Arrington	1st	:21.10	Harris	Anaheim Servite (Southern)
400	:48.29	Slaughter, Mt. Carmel	23rd	:45.69	Stadlman	Temecula Valley (Southern)
	:48.34	Pereya, Clairemont	25th
800	1:50.39	Bowman, Sage Creek	1st	1:50.45	Obando	L.B. Wilson (Southern)
	1:53.25	Arnaudy, St. Augustine	14th
1600	4:08.79	Bowman	7th	4:04.88	Noonan	Dana Point Dana Hills (Southern)
3200	9:15.36	Castleberry, Poway	—	8:49.30	Pretre	Atherton Menlo (Central Coast)
110 Hurdles	:13.47w	Fontenot, San Diego	1st	:13.87	Bright	Murrieta Mesa (Southern
	:13.98w	Bryant, Ramona	4th
	:13.99	Reese, San Marcos	5th
	:14.26	Bailey, Mission Bay	14th
	:14.45	Wong, Rancho Bernardo	21st
330 Hurdles	:38.27	Bailey	11th		Andrade	Rancho Cucamonga Etiwanda (Southern)
	:38.29	Reese, San Marcos	12th	:37.09	Andrade
	:38.76	De Hoyos, Helix	20th
	:38.77	Fontenot, San Diego	21st
	:38.88	Chastang, El Capitan	24th
4×100 Relay	:42.00	Helix	—	:40.00		Anaheim Servite (Southern)
4×400 Relay	3:19.89	Del Norte	15th	3:10.94		Culver City (Southern)
	3:19.93	Helix	16th
	3:21.03	Mt. Carmel	18th
	3:22.00	Point Loma	22nd
4×800 Relay	7:54.71	Del Norte	9th	7:42.60		San Juan Capistrano J Serra (Southern)
	7:54.90	Scripps Ranch	10th
High Jump	6-7	Cheeks, Mission Bay	10T	6-11	Mitchell	Antelope (Sac-Joaquin)
Long Jump	23-8	Glynn, Cathedral	7T	24-7	Washington	Perris Orange Vista (Southern)
Triple Jump	47-8	Daley, El Camino	9th	49-11 ¼	Smith	Quartz Hill (Southern)
Shot Put	52-9 ½	Gibbs, Oceanside	—
Discus	159-9	Polak, Granite Hills	—	211-6	Madsen	Clovis North (Central)
Pole Vault	17-0	Anderson, University City	1T		Muhammad	Pittsburg, North Coast

GIRLS

EVENT	MARK	NAME, SCHOOL	STATE RANK	STATE	NAME	SCHOOL
100	11.70w	Gilhooly, Coronado	10th	:11.36	Cole	Redondo Beach Redondo (Southern)
200	:24.13w	Gilhooly	10th	:23.41w	Wright	Temecula Chaparral (Southern)
400	:53.92	Makenna Herbst	1st	:53.93	Mosby	Berkeley St. Mary’s (North Coast)
800	2:04.72	Herbst	1st	2:07.72	Packard	San Juan Capistrano J Serra (Southern)
1600	4:40.28	Dailey, La Jolla	1st	4:43.08	Lieberman	Murrieta Valley (Southern)
3200	9:58.02	Dailey, La Jolla	1st	9:58.17	Thomsen	Santa Rosa Montgomery (North Coast)
100 Hurdles	:12.99w	Bowen-Fontenot, San Diego	1st	:13.97	Edwards	L.B. Wilson (Southern
	:14.07	Thomas, Grossmont	7th
	:14.29	Mack, Otay Ranch	9th
	:14.57	Nardi, Carlsbad	15th
	:14.78w	Allison, Steele Canyon	23rd
	:14.81	Gates, Point Loma	25th
300 Hurdles	:40.26	Morgan Herbst, Carlsbad	1st	:41.70	Edwards	L.B. Wilson (Southern)
	:41.26	Bowen-Fontenot	2nd
	:42.19	Mack, Otay Ranch	5th
	:44.29	Echsner, Del Norte	23rd
4×100 Relay	:46.80	Carlsbad	7th	:45.47		Fullerton Rosary (Southern)
	:47.55	Steele Canyon	14th
	:48.13	Coronado	21st
4×400 Relay	3:46.95	Carlsbad	2nd	3:39.60		L.B. Wilson (Southern)
	3:56.72	Steele Canyon	16th
	3:57.61	Eastlake	19th
4×800 Relay	9:13.22	Cathedral	5th	8:53.85		San Juan Capistrano J Serra (Southern)
	9:16.10	Del Norte	9th
	9:30.83	Scripps Ranch	17th
High Jump	5-4	Ortiz, El Centro Central	24T	5-10	Wetteland	L.B. Poly (Southern)
		Schroeder, Otay Ranch			Cottrill	Newhall Hart (Southern)
Long Jump	18-7 ¾	Estes, Canyon Crest	18th	20-1 ½	Hernandez	Jurupa Valley (Southern)
Shot Put	39-8	Ford, Helix	16th	50-7	Massey	Aliso Niguel (Southern)
Discus	148-3	Frankel, Sage Creek	8th	173-3	Williams	Redlands (Southern)
	13-6	Echsner, Del Norte	1st	12-11	Bettinger	Los Alamitos (Southern)

ARCADIA INVITATIONAL, DAY II, SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 2025

BOYS OPEN, SEEDED, INVITATIONAL

EVENT	NAME	MARK	PLACE	LEADER
Open Triple Jump	Daley, El Camino	45-3	13th	49-6, Smith, Quartz Hill
Open Pole Vault	Yarbrough, San Dieguito	15-8	7th	16-8, McGee, Camas, Washington
	Sbuttoni, St. Augustine	15-2	9T
	Suhar, Torrey Pines		9T
Open Long Jump (two flights)	Sheridan, Rancho Buena Vista	22-8 ½	8th	23-9, Francis, Rancho Santa Margarita
Open Pole Vault	Stroschine, Scripps Ranch	15-1	3rd	16-1, Hymas, Fair Oaks Bella Vista
	Von Guenther, Otay Ranch	14-7	7th
Open 4×100 Relay	Helix	:42.49	—	:41.64, Oak Hills
Open 110 High Hurdles  (multiple races)	Reese, San Marcos	:13.99	1st
	Wong, Rancho Bernardo	:14.47	6th
	Chastang, Rancho Bernardo	:14.81	17th
	Berkeley, St. Augustine	:15.11	—
Open 100 (multiple races)	Getz, Mission Bay	:10.92	—	:10.60, Gates, La Verne Damian
	Bishop, West Hills	:11.0	—
Invitational 100	Arrington, Mount Miguel	:10.32	1st
Open 800	Yarbrough, Del Norte	1:55.25	18th	1:52.08, Lee, Idaho Falls Thunder Ridge
	van Eldik Thieme, Scripps Ranch	1:58.2	—
Open 400	Slaughter, Mt. Carmel	:48.29	10th	:46.85, Kumar, Las Vegas Bishop Gorman
	Pereyra, Clairemont	:48.65	20th
	Ellis, Helix	:49.01	—
	Corbett, Otay Ranch	:49.09	—
	Campbell, Steele Canyon	:49.32	—
	Gray, Helix	:49.67	—
	Dillon, San Dieguito	:49.89	—
Open 300 Hurdles	De Hoyos, Helix	:38.88	9th	:38.01, Eminovic, Herriman Mountain Ridge, Utah
	Chastang, El Capitan	:39.19	15th
	Berkeley, St. Augustine	:40.70	—
Open 200 (multiple races)	Smoole, La Jolla	:21.96	13th	:21.20, Kumar, Las Vegas Bishop Gorman
	Burston, Helix	:22.11	17th
	Mullen, Sage Creek	:22.30	—
Open Distance Medley (4×1600)	Scripps Ranch	10:27.84	8th	10:22.25, Middletown Christian Brothers, N.J.
	Steele Canyon	10:43.07	15th
	Del Norte	10:43.78	16th
Invitational Distance Medley	Torrey Pines	10:30.73	18th	10:10.21, Clovis East
	Cathedral	10:42.84	—
Open 4×400 Relay (multiple races)	Del Norte	3:19.89	2nd	3:19.64, Irvine Northwood
	Steele Canyon	3:25.59	15th
	Sage Creek	3:32.47	20th
Seeded 4×400 Relay	Helix	3:19.93	5th	3:17.57, Chandler Hamilton, Ariz.
	Mt. Carmel	3:23.32	7th
Seeded Mile	Bowman, Sage Creek	4:10.16	1st
Seeded 800	Arnaudy, St. Augustine	1:56.86	9th	1:52.25, Nielsen, Mesa Eastmark, Ariz.
Seeded 110 Hurdles	Bailey, Mission Bay	:14.38	7th	:13.88, Hergenrader, Clovis Buchanan
Invitational 110 Hurdles	Fontenot, San Diego	:13.79	2nd	:13.59, Van Orden, Highland, Idaho
	Bryant, Ramona	:14.16	5th
Invitational 100	Arrington, Mount Miguel	:10.32	1st
Seeded 300 Hurdles	Bailey, Mission Bay	:38.62	5th	:37.67, Schneider, Thousand Oaks
	Reese, San Marcos	:44.85	9th
Invitational 200	Arrington	:20.35	1st

 

ARCADIA INVITATIONAL DAY II, SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 2025

GIRLS OPEN, SEEDED, INVITATIONAL

ARCADIA INVITATIONAL DAY II, SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 2025

GIRLS OPEN, SEEDED, INVITATIONAL

EVENT	NAME	MARK	PLACE	LEADER
Open Mile	Aguirre, Cathedral	4:54.59	2nd	4:53.83, Mallon, Santa Rosa Cardinal Newman
Invitational Mile	Dailey, La Jolla	4:41.92	2nd	4:41.46, Cieslak, Haverford Township, Havertown, PA.
Open 4×100 Relay (multiple heats)	Steele Canyon	:47.55	2nd	:47.38, Peoria Liberty, Ariz.
	Del Norte	:48.68	21st
	Sage Creek	:48.72	22nd
	San Marcos	:49.04	—
	Canyon Crest	:49.69	—
	Cathedral	:49.77	—
	Coronado	:54.32	—
Seeded 4×100 Relay	Carlsbad	:46.80	2nd	:46.58, L.A. Carson
Open 100 Hurdles	Nardi, Carlsbad	:14.57	3rd	:14.26, Kerr, St. Louis Cardinal Ritter
Seeded 100 Hurdles	Thomas, Grossmont	:14.07	2nd	:14.04, White, West Sacramento River City
Invitational 100 Hurdles	Bowen-Fontenot, San Diego	:13.16	1st
Open 100 (multiple races)	Scott, Steele Canyon	:12.10	23rd	:11.72, Anyansi, Murrieta Valley
Seeded 100	Gilhooly, Coronado	:12.04	9th	:11.58, Jones, Portland Roosevelt, Or.
Open 800 (multiple races)	Aguirre, Patrick Henry	2:12.53	5th	2:09.12, Hill, Technology
	Weaver, Helix	2:16.96	—
Invitational 800	Makenna Herbst, Carlsbad	2:05.08	1st
	Arciaga, Westview	2:10.82	6th
Open 400 (multiple races)	Hawkins, Olympian	:56.14	10th	:54.66, Whitehead, Fontana Summit
	Gonzales, Torrey Pines	:56.27	11th
	Hennigan, Westview	:56.71	18th
	Rascon, Eastlake	:57.80	—
	Donnelly, La Costa Canyon	:58.21	—
Open 300 Hurdles	Miracco, Sage Creek	:45.50	—	:42.69, Akinbile, Tucson Catalina Foothills, Ariz.
	Czyszczon, Del Norte	:46.03	—
	Reed, Mira Mesa	: 46.53	—
	Gates, Point Loma	:47.97
Open Distance Medley (4×1600)	Scripps Ranch	12:26.57	6th	12:01.76, St. George Pine View, Utah
	Del Norte	12:29.12
Open 4×400 (multiple races)	Steele Canyon	3:56.72	4th	3:54.31, Dublin
	Eastlake	3:57.85	7th
	Olympian	3:59.00	9th
	Westview	4:06.36	—
	Del Norte	4:08.49	—
Invitational 4×400 Relay	Carlsbad	3:46.95	2nd	3:42.08, L.B. Wilson
Open High Jump	Ortiz, El Centro Central	5-1	14th	5-9, Brinker, Ladue Horton Watkins, Mo.
Open Shot Put	Seabolt, Mt. Carmel	37-0	7th	41-4 ½, Steiner, Los Gatos
	Ford, Helix	35-3 ½	12th
Open Pole Vault	Bugayong, Rancho Bernardo	11-9	3T	12-3, Hogarth, Chandler, Ariz.
	Kaiser, Del Norte	11-3	7T
	Roznovski, Canyon Crest	10-9	13T
Open Triple Jump	O’Donnell, Cathedral	36-02	10th	38-1/4, Ahlander, Las Vegas Palo Verde
	Pasqual, Rancho Bernardo	35-1	12th
Invitational Long Jump	Estes, Canyon Crest	18-3	11th	19-10, Webster, L.B. Wilson
Invitational Pole Vault	Echsner, Del Norte	12-11	1st
	Khieu, Del Norte	12-5	5th
	Humer, Rancho Bernardo	11-11	11th
Invitational Discus	Frankel, Sage Creek	123-09	14th	159-01, Johnson, Sherman Oaks Notre Dame
Invitational High Jump	Stein, Patrick Henry	5-2	11T	5-8, Laruelle, Cupertino Monta Vista

 

ARCADIA INVITATIONAL DAY I, FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 2025

BOYS OPEN, RATED, SEEDED, INVITATIONAL

EVENT	TIME	TEAM	PLACE	LEADER
Rated 4×200 Relay	1:29.36	Del Norte	5th	1:26.71, Manhattan Beach Mira Costa
	1:29.67	Mira Mesa	6th
Seeded 4×800 Relay	7:54.71	Scripps Ranch	1st
	8:04.13	Point Loma	10th
Invitational 4×800 Relay	8:05.86	Scripps Ranch	17th	7:41.54, Carmichael Jesuit
Invitational 400, 200, 200, 800 Medley Relay	Steele Canyon	3:29.19	4th	3:22.91, L.B. Wilson
Open 3200 (heat 2)	Castleberry, Poway	9:26.0	20th	9:05.39, San Mateo Nueva School

ARCADIA INVITATIONAL DAY I, FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 2025

BOYS OPEN, RATED, SEEDED, INVITATIONAL

EVENT	TIME	TEAM	PLACE	LEADER
Rated 4×200 Relay	1:29.36	Del Norte	5th	1:26.71, Manhattan Beach Mira Costa
	1:29.67	Mira Mesa	6th
Seeded 4×800 Relay	7:54.71	Scripps Ranch	1st
	8:04.13	Point Loma	10th
Invitational 4×800 Relay	8:05.86	Scripps Ranch	17th	7:41.54, Carmichael Jesuit
Invitational 400, 200, 200, 800 Medley Relay	3:29.19	Steele Canyon	4th	3:22.91, L.B. Wilson
Open 3200 (heat 2)	9:26.0	Castleberry, Poway	20th	9:05.39, San Mateo Nueva School

 

ARCADIA INVITATIONAL DAY I, FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 2025

GIRLS OPEN, RATED, SEEDED, INVITATIONAL

EVENT	TIME	TEAM	PLACE	LEADER
Seeded 4×200 Relay	1:42.07	Steele Canyon	3rd	1:37.82, Phoenix North Canyon
Seeded 4×800 Relay	9:57.47	La Jolla	15th	9:14.75 Fresno Bullard
	10:23.74	Steel Canyon	18th
Invitational 4×800 Relay	9:13.22	Cathedral	6th	8:53.85, San Juan Capistrano J Serra
	9:16.10	Del Norte	9th
	9:30.83	Scripps Ranch	15th
Seeded 400, 100, 100, 200 Medley Relay	1:50.53	Steel Canyon	10th	1:46.29, Los Gatos
Invitational 400, 100, 100, 200 Medley Relay	1:48.62	Coronado	6th	1:43.20, Fullerton Rosary
Invitational 400, 200, 200, 800 Medley Relay	4:04.13	Westview	4th	3:48.83, Scotch Plains Union Catholic, N.J.
	4:07.01	La Jolla	6th
Open 3200	11:37.25	Ray, University City	—	10:40.89, Swain, Riverton, Utah
Rated 3200	11:07.38	Ramos, Point Loma	—	10:36.93, Barton, Bonneville, Utah
Seeded 3200	10:54.00	Dunajevich, Canyon Crest	—	10:18.67, Reuter, Haslet, Texas, V. R. Eaton
Seeded 4×1600 Relay	21:37.60	Canyon Crest	7th	21:03.47, Hillsborough Crystal Springs Uplands
Invitational 4×1600 Relay	20:36.84	Del Norte	4th	20:27.26, Clovis Buchanan
	20:48.34	Cathedral	5th

RISING STARS

EVENT	MARK		PLACE	LEADER
Pole Vault	10-9	Viglotti, Francis Parker	5th	11-3, Wood, Lees Summit West, Missouri
	10-3	Wells, El Camino	8th
Triple Jump	36-6 ½	Roche, Eastlake	3rd	38-3 ¾, Ali, Concord Clayton Valley
Discus	123-05	Sugimae, Canton Crest	5th	135-01, Lett, Gilbert Williams Field, Ariz.
	114-06	Ford, Helix	12th
Long Jump	17-1/2	Harper, Steel Canyon	11th	18-1 ¼, DeFlorimonte, Oakland Bishop O’Dowd

 

San Diego and Hoover were not factors in the Coast, Southern Section, and state meets, while Coronado sprinter-hurdler John Fawcett led a strong showing by athletes from the Metropolitan League.

Fawcett set a County record in the 440-yard dash and La Jolla’s Jerry Soule and Jim Tripp and Oceanside’s Bill Huntales were among the best in Southern California.

4/2/37

Clyde Yakel won the 100-yard dash in :10.2 and anchored Hoover to a 1:32.5 victory in the 880 relay, but San Diego took nine of 13 events and scored a 70-43 victory in the teams’ first dual meet as Coast League opponents. Bob Logan high jumped 6-1 1/8 for the winners.

—Jim Tripp was a triple winner in La Jolla’s 61-47 dual meet victory at Sweetwater, winning the 100 in :10.1, 220 in :23, and long jump at 22 feet, 7 inches.

4/6/37

San Diego geared for its big meet later in the week versus Long Beach Wilson with a 64-49 win over visiting Santa Ana. Best marks for the Hilltoppers were Bob Logan’s 6-foot high jump and Bill Vogt’s 12-foot pole vault.

4/8/37

Bob Beckus and Chuck Skidmore tied for first in the 880 in 2:05.3, but Hoover dropped a 63-50 Coast League dual at Santa Ana.

4/9/37

Visiting Long Beach Wilson won nine of 12 events and defeated San Diego, 62-51, virtually assuring the Bruins of the Coast League dual meet championship.

Ed Becker won the shot put competition from Wilson’s heralded Norman Standlee (pre-meet best 50-11) by hurling the 12-pound ball 51 feet, 1 ½ inches, breaking the San Diego school record of 50-10 ½ by Ben Sohn in 1936.

Bob Logan high jumped 6-1 1/2 and Charlie Bell took the broad jump at 22-2 ¼ for other victories by the Hilltoppers.

—Bill Huntales tripled for Oceanside, winning the 100 (:10), 220 (:23) and broad jump (21-11) in what was described as an invitational meet including Metropolitan League teams on the Pirates’ oval.

Oceanside scored 42 points, followed by Coronado (32), La Jolla (27), Escondido (14), and Sweetwater (13).  Point Loma and Grossmont did not participate.

Coronado 440 standout John Fawcett ran :14 in the 120-yard low hurdles and La Jolla’s Jerry Soule won the high jump at 5-11 and 70-yard high hurdles in :09.5.

4/13/37

Bob Hodges and Art Laret scored a combined 24 points and Alhambra defeated coach Glenn Broderick’s host San Diego squad, 68-45.  Laret also nosed out the Hillers’ Herman (Bub) Gatewood as the Moors won the 880-yard relay in 1:32.

San Diego’s Ed Becker hurled the shot 49 feet, 1 inch, Bob Logan cleared 5-11 in the high jump, and Bill Vogt pole vaulted 12 feet.  Louie Pritchard tied for first with an Alhambra runner in a 4:51.1 mile.

—John Fawcett’s :10.2 first place in the 100 led the Coronado varsity to a 63-40 win over an all-star alumni squad.

—Grossmont topped Sweetwater in a Metropolitan League dual, 62 1/2-40 ½, as Clay won the 100 in :10.3 and 220 in :23.3, and Wohlford high jumped 5-8 and pole vaulted 10-3.

— Long Beach Poly’s 9-0 points sweep in the pole vault late in the competition was enough to hold off Hoover in a 58-55 Jackrabbits victory on the Cardinals’ track.

Hoover’s Phil Krutzsch set a school shot put record of 49 feet, 8 inches, bettering the mark of 48-1. Bob Beckus remained undefeated in the mile in 4:47. Alvin Cordray won the high jump at 5-6 and broad jump at 21-5.

4/16/37

SOUTHERN PREP LEAGUE FINALS, @VISTA

The host school scored 77 ½ points, to edge San Dieguito, which had 73, in the first annual league championships.  Fallbrook had 42 ½, Ramona 33, Julian 22, and Mountain Empire 16.

San Dieguito’s Chuck Beckwith had the day’s best marks, :10.5 100 and :24.5 220.

4/17/37

A San Diego foursome of John Boyle, Henry Manley, Jimmy Suzuki, and Fred Gianola won the 880-yard relay in 1:32 and the Hilltoppers escaped with a 61-52 victory in a Coast League dual at Long Beach Poly.

The Hillers won 9 of 13 events:  Ricky Roth, 880 in 2:06.4.  Henry Manley, 100 in :10.5, Fred Gianola, 220 in :23.2, Louie Pritchard, mile in 4:50.1, Bill Vogt, pole vault at 11-6, Ed Becker, shot put at 48-5, Bob Logan, high jump at 6 feet, ½ inch, and Charlie Bell, broad jump at 21-8 ½.

—John Fawcett of Coronado ran the fastest 440 in County history at the Chaffey Invitational in Ontario, blazing the one-turn quarter-mile in :49.5, which bettered the record of :49.6 by San Diego’s Irvine (Cotton) Warburton at the state meet in 1929.

Fawcett’s mark stood as the Coronado school record until Scott Knox ran :49.2 in 1961.

4/23/37

Long Beach Wilson and Alhambra completed the dual meet season in a flatfooted tie.  Their dual meet score was 56 ½-56 ½, which created final Coast League standings of each with a 4-0-1 record, followed by San Diego, 3-2, Long Beach Poly, 2-3, Santa Ana, 1-4, and Hoover 0-5.

COAST LEAGUE TRIALS, @LONG BEACH WILSON

San Diego’s Jimmy Suzuki turned a 440-yard dash in :52.5, fastest of three heats. No field events were held and two of the league’s best runners, Hoover’s Bob Beckus and Clyde Yakel, competed with Class B athletes.

Beckus’ 3:24.1 in the 1320 bettered the record of 3:27.9 by a Santa Ana runner in 1936.  Yakel won heats in the 100-yard dash and 220.

4/24/37

METROPOLITAN LEAGUE TRIALS & FINALS, @SAN DIEGO STATE

Oceanside’s Bill Huntales set a meet record with his :09.8 victory in the 100-yard dash, which tied the County record shared by Jimmy Willson (1929) and Morris (Mushy) Pollock (1933) of San Diego High.

Huntales also won the 220 (:22.7), set a record in the broad jump (22-8 7/8), and anchored his team to a 1:33.3 victory in the 880-yard relay.

John Fawcett of Coronado set a meet record with a :53.1 in the 440 and La Jolla’s Jerry Soule of La Jolla bettered the record with a high jump of 6 feet, 2 3/8 inches, won the  200 hurdles in :22.5, and the questionable height or distance 120-yard high hurdles in :15.

The meet, which drew more than 250 athletes in classes A, B, and C, began with trials at 10 a.m. and finals at 1:30, saw team honors go to La Jolla, which scored 41 points to Oceanside’s 35 ½, followed by Coronado, 16, Point Loma, 13, Escondido, 5, and Sweetwater, 3 ½.

5/1/37

SOUTHERN SECTION DIVISIONAL, @SAN DIEGO STATE

Athletes from the Metropolitan, Southern Prep, and Imperial Valley leagues were led by Oceanside’s Bill Huntales, who won the 100 in :10, 220 in :22, and was second in the broad jump at 22-6 5/8, behind La Jolla’s Jim Tripp, who reached 23 feet.

Tripp teammate Jerry Soule led qualifiers with a 5-8 high jump, cleared while jumping in his sweat suit, and winning the 120-yard high hurdles in :16.1.  Rory Tillinghast of La Jolla and Wohlford of Grossmont tied for first with 12-foot pole vaults.  Coronado’s John Fawcett clocked :52.6 in the 440.

COAST LEAGUE FINALS, @LONG BEACH WILSON

Alhambra’s Art Laret won the 440 in :52.3, 220 hurdles in :25.2, set  a meet record in the broad jump with a leap of 23-6 1/8, and ran a leg on the winning relay team (1:36)  as the Moors scored 63 points. Laret bettered the 1928 record of 23-1 12 by Frank Wykoff of Glendale.

Bob Beckus of Hoover set a Class B 1320 record of 3:24.7 and teammate Clyde Yakel won the B 220 in :23.7 and was second in the 100.  No other San Diego-area athlete earned a first place.

Long Beach Wilson was second in team scoring with 48 ½ points, followed by San Diego, 28, Long Beach Poly, 27, Santa Ana, 20, and Hoover, 7.

5/8/37

SOUTHERN SECTION DIVISIONAL, @GLENDALE

Clyde Yakel of Hoover set a Class B record when he covered the 220 straight in :21.6, erasing the record of :22.1.  Bob Beckus of Hoover set another B record when he ran the 1320 in 3:21.4.

San Diego’s Edward (Red) Becker set a school record of 51-8 ½ to qualify in the shot put.  Louie Pritchard passed his test, second to a 4:46.6 mile.  Bob Logan high jumped 6-1 7/8. Bill Vogt was among advancers with a 12-foot pole vault.

5/15/37

SOUTHERN SECTION FINALS, @LONG BEACH WILSON

It was a banner day for Metropolitan League track-and-field athletes.

Bill Huntales of Oceanside won the 100-yard dash in :10.  John Fawcett of Coronado won the 440 in :51.2.  Jerry Soule of La Jolla tied for first in the high jump, clearing 6 feet, 3 inches.  Soule teammate Jim Tripp was second at 22-8 in the broad jump.

San Diego’s Ed Becker broke the school record for the second consecutive week and won the shot put with a toss of 53-1.  Louie Pritchard of San Diego was fourth in the mile, won in 4:40.2.

Hoover was fifth in Class B with 12 points.  Bob Beckus was beaten for the first time in the season by Bigley of Norwalk Excelsior, who won the 1320 in 3:19.  Clyde Yakel of Hoover was third in the 100 and second in the 220, both races won by freshman Eddie Morris of Huntington Beach with a record-tying :10 in the short race and a record :22 in the long sprint.  Bernie Carroll of Hoover was fifth in the 70-yard high hurdles.

Long Beach Wilson won the Class A championship with 29 5/6 points.  La Jolla was sixth with 8 ½.

5/22/37

23^RD STATE TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS, @LONG BEACH WILSON

Oceanside’s Bill Huntales, La Jolla’s Jim Tripp, and San Diego’s Ed Becker earned medals in a soft showing by local athletes.

Huntales was fourth in the 100-yard dash, Tripp third in the broad jump at 22-3 ¾, and Becker third in the shot put at 52-9.  Los Angeles Jefferson’s Bryant Allen won the 100 in :09.8.  Bill Bugbee of Montebello was first in the broad jump at 23-1, and Wilbur (Moose) Thompson of Modesto took the shot put at 55-8 ¾.

Jefferson won the team championship with 23 ½ points.

El Camino High, three years removed from opening its doors and splitting from Oceanside High (taking many outstanding athletes and football coach Herb Meyer), became the first San Diego County team since San Diego High in 1938 to win a state team championship.

The Wildcats scored 16 points, edging Gardena and Pasadena, which had 15 each.

Darrell (Dokie) Williams completed a brilliant career with victories in the long jump (25-1 ¼) and triple jump (50-4 ¼), but it was Williams’ fourth place in the 100-yard dash and a late-in-the-competition fourth in the triple jump by Craig Montgomery which pushed the Wildcats over the top.

ELECTRONIC WAYS TO DO IT

San Diego Section track was awash with great marks, with multiple outstanding performances in many events, some not noted.

But races in which times were by stopwatches and the human hand were on their way out.  Fully electronic times were used for most races in the state meet since 1976 and would be favored in big events in the years to come.

Even blazing wind-aided efforts by Williams, Patrick Henry’s Kipper Bell and Point Loma’s Milton Weaver, and the girls’ Judy Reed in the local meets did not carry over to the state meet in Bakersfield.

But it still was a banner year for the boys and girls.

5/5/78

Matt Gauthier of Valhalla concluded the dual meet season with a 61-foot, 10 ½-inch shot put and 170-11 ½ discus throw in the Norsemen’s 75-41 win over Santana.

–McFadden of Crawford turned a :49.9 440, Mike Durden of Helix a :50, Mike (Ace) Adkins of Bonita Vista a :50.4, and Tony Banks of Morse a :50.6.

—La Jolla’s Jeff Woodland doubled with a 2:00.0 half mile and 9:20.9 two-mile in La Jolla’s 91-44 win over Mira Mesa.

–San Diego, trailing, 67-66, won the final event mile relay in 3:24.3 for a 71-67 squeaker over Madison.

—Point Loma’s Milton Weaver doubled in :09.9 and :21.8 in the 100 and 220 and Kipper bell of Patrick Henry doubled in :10 and :21.9.

5/9/78

EASTERN LEAGUE TRIALS, @PATRICK HENRY

Point Loma’s Milton Weaver and Patrick Henry’s Kipper Bell each raced to :09.8 clockings in the 100-yard dash and Morse’s Tony Banks ran :09.9.

All three also won heats in the 220 and Banks added a :49.7 victory in the 440.  Morse’s Ron Roberts doubled with a 1:59.5 in the 880 and 4:24.9 in the mile.

WESTERN LEAGUE TRIALS, @SERRA

Hoover’s Jeff Mays raced to a :21.6, the County’s fastest in the 220; his best had been :22.2.  Mays also won a heat in the 100 in :9.9.

GROSSMONT LEAGUE TRIALS, @HELIX

Matt Gauthier of Valhalla and Ken Pole of El Capitan wowed a mob of spectators in the shot put area, where Gauthier went 61 feet, 4 ¼ inches, and Pole 61-4.

Helix’ Mike Durden ran :49.5 in the 440 and Marc Keller 4:19.2 in the mile.

Helix led Valhalla in qualifiers 25-17.

METROPOLITAN LEAGUE TRIALS, @CASTLE PARK.

Bonita Vista’s Mike (Ace) Adkins won a 100 heat in :10.3 and a 440 try in :51.5.

Hilltop’s Randy Wagner (:14.9, :39.4) and Castle Park’s Jon Wilford (:15.0, :39.6) set up an anticipated duel later in the week in finals of the 120-yard high hurdles and 330 lows.

5/12/78

EASTERN LEAGUE FINALS, @PATRICK HENRY

Kipper Bell of the host school was a double winner, :09.6 in the 100 and :21.7 in the 220.  The 100 time was wind-aided, also reflected in the :09.6 by runner-up Milton Weaver of Point Loma and the :09.7 by third-place Tony Banks of Morse.

Judy Reed of Crawford smoked a windy :10.6 in the 100, with teammate Danita Young posting :10.8.  Reed and Young teamed with Kari Alexander and Vanessa Williams for a blazing :47.2, reported fastest time in the country, to Morse’s :48.1 in the 440 relay.

GROSSMONT LEAGUE FINALS, @HELIX

Ken Pole and Matt Gauthier engaged in another outstanding shot put competition, Pole winning at 63 feet, 4 inches, second best in California this season.  Gauthier was close at 62-7 ¼.

—Mike Durden led a 1-2-3 Helix finish in the 440 at :49.0, followed by Green and Bartzak at :50.2 each.  The Highlanders won the mile relay in 3:23.2.

—Butch Schroll of Granite Hills high jumped 6-6 and Cameron Gary of Helix reached 23-4 ½ in the long jump. Tim Nash of Santana won the 880 in 1:56.7.

—Valhalla’s Cheryl Flowers won her third consecutive mile championship in 5:00.2 and added the two-mile in 11:13.2.

METROPOLITAN LEAGUE FINALS, @CHULA VISTA

Mike Adkins doubled with a :10.1 100 and :49.8 440 for Bonita Vista.  Teammate Fred Doane set a record of 9:30.2 in the two-mile and came back later to take the mile in 4:28.8.

Randy Wagner, running without competition from Castle Park’s Jon Wilford, who was byed into the CIF trials, was a :15.0 and :38.4 winner in the 120 highs and 330 low hurdles.  Kenny Blinsman of Mar Vista won the 880 in 1:56.7.

SOUTHERN LEAGUE FINALS

All races were measured in meters, a preview of what would take place when state track and field fully embraced the metric system in 1983.

Covington of La Jolla Country Day won the high jump at 6-6 and pole vault at 11 feet.

AVOCADO WEST TRIALS, @VISTA
El Camino’s Dokie Williams turned in a seemingly routine triple, winning his 100 heat in :09.8 and leading in the long jump (23 feet, 6 inches) and triple jump (48-2 ½).

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Poway’s Dave Brown and Escondido’s Pat Nash previewed a battle in the 300 hurdles.  Brown ran :39 in his heat and Nash rambled to the same clocking a few minutes later.

5/20/78

SAN DIEGO SECTION TRIALS, @MT. CARMEL

BOYS

El Camino’s Dokie Williams was frustrated.

“It seems like every time I do something good it’s followed by a little ‘w’,” Williams told Steve Brand of The San Diego Union after winning a 100-yard dash heat in :09.4 with a 7.60 wind, over the allowable 04.47 miles per hour.

Patrick Henry’s Kipper Bell equaled Williams’ run with another :09.4, aided by a 5.59 breeze. Morse’s Tony Banks had a push of 10.28 m.p.h. in his :09.6 heat win.

Point Loma’s Milton Weaver was timed in :09.5 in Williams’ race, followed by Sam Jackson of Lincoln in :09.7.

“The :09.4 felt the same as a :09.7 and having Milton right there helped, but it was wind-aided,” said Williams.  “I just hate W’s.”

Bell weighed in: “I’d rather it be legit, but it’s hard to push yourself when there’s no one with you. It might have been a :09.2 if Dokie had been in my heat.”

—Weaver’s :21.2 in the 220 was fastest in the state this season, but also was trailed by excessive wind.

—Williams also paced the field with a 23-8 1/4w long jump and 48-11 3/4w triple jump, plus anchoring the Wildcats to :42.5, the day’s fastest 440 relay.

Jim Brennan of El Camino ran the season’s fastest 880 in 1:54.5.

—El Captain’s Ken Pole, one of the favorites, did not qualify in the discus but hit a career high 62-4 ½ in the shot put.  Nine others competitors did at least 52 feet.

El Camino, quietly positive/hopeful of its team chances in the upcoming state meet, sustained a big loss when Dokie’’s brother, Alex Williams, failed to qualify in the high jump at 6 feet 6 inches, below his best of 6-10 as Williams labored with a sore heel.

El Camino (16), Morse (10), Helix (9), Lincoln (7), and San Diego (6) led qualifiers.

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Morse’s Judy Reed blazed to wind-aided :10.7 and :23.6 100 and 220 victories. Reed also was a member of the Colts’ winning 440 (:48.2) and mile (4:00.6) relays.

Morse led qualifiers with 12, followed by Crawford (10), Vista (8), and Mt. Carmel (7).

5/26/78

BOYS SAN DIEGO SECTION CHAMPIONSHIPS, @MT. CARMEL

Dokie Williams had a hand in 22 of the 41 points El Camino scored as the Wildcats survived a scary moment. before rolling to the team title.

Williams fouled on his first two attempts in the triple jump.  One more misstep and he would be out. Competitors get three jumps in the trials and three more if they move to the finals.

Williams stared down the long, asphalt approach as he stepped on the runway for a third and final try to be one of six finalists.

“All I thought about was hitting the line. I told myself, ‘Just don’t foul,’ “ said Williams who soared a state-leading 51 feet, ¾ inch on his last try to qualify, breaking the Section record of 50-4½ he set the season before.

Williams also won the long jump at 24-6 ½ and emerged after a tense duel with Patrick Henry’s Kipper Bell in the 100. There were three false starts, including one by Bell, before Williams, sitting patiently in his blocks, exploded for a :09.4 victory which was aided by a 6.71 wind, over the allowable 4.447.

Bell returned and had no wind as he tied the meet record of :21.0 in the 220.

Anchor man Williams also almost made up eight yards on winning Morse in the 440 relay, with both teams timed in :41.9.

Overshadowed was a second place in the triple jump at 47-4 1/2 by El Camino’s Craig Montgomery.  Craig’s effort would prove important the following week as the Wildcats geared for a state team championship bid.

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Judy Reed’s spectacular :10.5 win in the 100 was aided by an 8.95 miles an hour wind, short circuiting a record, but Reed and her teammates won the team title with 35 points to Morse’s 30.

Reed set a meet record of :24 in the 220 and Crawford’s Kari Alexander set a meet record of :14.4 in the 110 low hurdles and the duo teamed with Danita Young and Vanessa Williams for a :47.4 in the short relay to Morse’s :47.8 and a winning 3:57.2 in the mile relay to Morse’s 3:57.6.

6/2/78

60^TH STATE TRACK TRIALS, MEMORIAL STADIUM, BAKERSFIELD

BOYS

EVENT	NAME	SCHOOL	MARK	PLACE*
100	Williams	El Camino	:09.98	6th
	Bell	Patrick Henry	:10.02	14th
220	Bell		:21.77	T2
	Weaver	Point Loma	:22.38	16th
440	Banks	Morse	:48.60	9th
	Durden	Helix	:50.02	15th
880	Brown	Poway	1:54.0	3rd
	Brennan	El Camino	1:54.73	7th
Mile	Keller	Helix	4:13.09	8th
120 High Hurdles	Nash	Escondido	:14.89	14th
	Wagner	Hilltop	:14.8	15th
330 Low Hurdles	Nash		:38.4	16th
	Johnson	San Diego	:38.88	18th
4×110 Relay	B. Ervin, W. Ervin, Becton, Banks	Morse	:42.74	18th
		El Camino	—	—
4X440 Relay	Hawkins, Godwin, W. Ervin, Banks	Morse	3:14.8	3rd
High Jump	Schiefer	Madison	6-6	13th
	Younger	Mira Mesa	—	—
Long Jump	Hamilton	Castle Park	24-0	1st
	Williams		22-9 ¾	7th
Triple Jump	Williams		50-2 ¾	1st
	Montgomery	El Camino	47-6¾	8th
Shot Put	Pole	El Capitan	60-5¼	4th
	Gauthier	Valhalla	59-4¼	8th
Discus	Esquibel	Valhalla	161-02	12th
	Gauthier		145-01	19th
Pole Vault`	Reid	El Cajon Valley	—	—
	Kennedy	Fallbrook	No Height	—

GIRLS

EVENT	NAME	SCHOOL	MARK	PLACE
100	Reed	Crawford	:11.01	6th
	Herring	Morse	:11.51	16th
220	Reed		:24.57	5th
	Herring		:25.69	15T
440	Fulton	Bonita Vista	:57.6	14th
	Thomas	Morse	:58.8	17T
880	Hawks	San Dieguito	2:19.4	17th
	Proulx	El Cajon Valley	2:21.9	23rd
Mile	Flowers	Valhalla	4:55.8	8T
	Spencer	Bonita Vista	—	—
110 Hurdles	Alexander	Crawford	:15.10	14th
	Perkins	Helix	:15.13	15th
4×100 Relay	Alexander, Reed, Williams, Young	Crawford	:47.33	1st
	Herring, Millsap, Reed, Bullard	Morse	:48.13	6th
4×400 Relay	Alexander, K. Williams, V. Williams, Reed	Crawford	3:53.3	3rd
	Bullard, M. Thomas, Millsap, Herring	Morse	3:53.9	4th
High Jump	McNeal	Carlsbad	5-4	1T
	Lapp	Ramona	5-2	17T
Long Jump	Whitlow	Vista	—	—
	Grauf	La Jolla	—	—
Shot Put	McBride	Vista	41-0¾	10th
	Herse	Patrick Henry	37-11 1/2	18th
Discus	McBride		118-03	14th
	Herse		117-05	16th

6/3/78

60^TH BOYS STATE TRACK FINALS, MEMORIAL STADIUM, BAKERSFIELD

100	Williams	El Camino	:10.1	4th
220	Bell	Patrick Henry	:21.85	6th
880	Brown	Poway	1:52.64	5th
	Brennan	El Camino	1:53.6	8th
Mile	Doane	Bonita Vista	4:18.5	6th
Two Miles	Rose	Helix	9:10.8	7th
	Woodland	La Jolla	9:12.4	10th
4×400 Relay	Hawkins, Goodwin, W. Ervin, Banks	Morse	3:19.1	8th
Long Jump	Williams		25-1¼	1st
	Hamilton	Castle Park	23-7½	5th
Triple Jump	Williams		50-4 1/4	1st
	Montgomery	El Camino	48-8 ¼	4th
Shot Put	Pole	El Capitan	60-9¼	5th
	Gauthier	Valhalla	60-7 1/4	6th

60^TH GIRLS STATE TRACK FINALS, MEMORIAL STADIUM, BAKERSFIELD

EVENT	NAME	SCHOOL	MARK	PLACE
220	Reed	Morse	:24.52	5th
Mile	Flowers	Valhalla	4:54.5	6th
Two Miles	Keller	Helix	10:59.1	9th
	Brown	San Pasqual	—	—
4×110 Relay	Herring, Millsap, Reed, Bullard	Morse	:48.37	6th
	Alexander, Reed, Williams, Young	Crawford	—	9th
4×400 Relay	Alexander, K. Williams, V. Williams, Reed	Crawford	3:51.93	2nd
	Bullard, M. Thomas, Millsap, Herring	Morse	3:55.74	4th
High Jump	MacNeal	Carlsbad	5-10 ¼	1st