2022 Boys Track (2): Parker, Harder Advance in Section and State Marks
The top three finishers in last week’s San Diego Section championships move on to the state meet in Clovis this week. In addition, any contestant who met the state qualifying standard in the section meet also is eligible. For example, two 800-meter runners in the list below qualified, but a third, who ran 1:54.54, missed […]
Read More2022 Girls Track (2): Four Still Lead With Week Remaining
Four San Diego athletes lead the state as they head for state this week. “State” is an often-used euphemism for an event such as the California championships, renewed for the 102nd time this year after being canceled because of the pandemic in 2020 and ’21. Aaliyah McCormick continues to lead all 100 hurdlers with a […]
Read More2022 Boys Track (1): Steele Canyon Leaper Tied for First in State
Leon Gillis of Steele Canyon has a 6-foot, 9-inch high jump that ties Gillis for first in California with a jumper from San Bernardino Cajon. Gillis and other qualifiers from the three divisional meets in the San Diego Section last week will attempt to better their season bests in Saturday’s 61st San Diego Section championships […]
Read More2022 Girls Track (1): McCormick Paces Best Marks
San Diego Section girls have the best performances in California in three events, leading in the 100 and 300 hurdles, and shot put. Aaliyah McCormick of Scripps Ranch is first in the short hurdles at :13.46 and Kapiolani Coleman of Cathedral is first in the longer barriers in :42.19. Kennedy Clarke of Cathedral leads with […]
Read More1965 Track: Danielson Hotter Than Bakersfield Weather
A promising Class B 660 yards runner in 1964 who bypassed cross-country for football in the fall, Chula Vista junior Tim Danielson ran down defending state champion Mike Ryan and scored a stunning, 20-yard victory in the mile in the 47th state meet, defying the evening heat of Bakersfield. Danielson’s time of 4:08 was a […]
Read More1965 Track: Avocado League Chicanery?
A North County dustup was decided in Oceanside’s favor when the Pirates won the Avocado League championship-deciding dual meet at Vista, 61-52. The event, scheduled at Vista, originally was rained out several weeks before. The schools, approximately 11 ½ miles and about 20 minutes apart along the State 78 corridor, could not agree on an […]
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