The stars shone in the afternoon yesterday as two meet records fell and seasonal bests were set or tied in 19 boys and girls events in the 55th San Diego Section track and field championships.

Perfect weather at the pristine Mt. Carmel facility made it a great day for the athletes and the aficionado.

It’s on to the state meet Friday and Saturday at Buchanan High in  Clovis. There are no predictions of individual champions, but there should be many medals for the taking.

The area improved slightly against statewide competition (see table below), even with two major casualties.

Mount Miguel weight champion Laulauga Tausaga, third in the state at 156 feet, 7 inches, fouled out in the discus.  Tausaga rallied strongly with a 48-3 1/2 shot put, putting her second in the state, and setting a  meet record.

Cathedral’s Hanna Labrie-Smith was far in front and seemingly headed for a sub 42-second performance on the 300 hurdles when she began having trouble with her number of steps between hurdles as the field came out of the curve.

Labrie-Smith tried to compensate as she struggled down the stretch but crashed into the final barrier and went unplaced.

Dani Johnson, Labrie-Smith’s younger teammate, doubled in the hurdles, edging Valhalla’s Leah Molter in the 100 barriers, :13.991 to :13.99.6 (officially :14.00 for each) and logging :42.14 in the 300s.

Molter, coming strong late in the season with better marks almost every week, backed up Johnson with a :42.55 for second in the 300.

Labrie-Smith rallied with a :55.5 anchor as Cathedral came home in 3:49.54 for a meet record in the 4×100 relay.  The Dons appear capable of slashing more time off that mark.

Others who got people’s attention:

St. Augustine junior Tanner Batthika, long jumped 24-2 to move  to fourth in the state;

Oceanside’s Jordan Miller triple jumped from seventh to fourth with a 48-4 effort.

Jordan’s teammate, Charles Lenford, improved almost 12 feet to leap from ninth to third in the discus at 191-7.

Lenford and Miller pushed Oceanside to the team title. The Pirates outscored Morse, 83-49.

Nia Akins of Rancho Bernardo ran the fifth all-time fastest 800 in San Diego, winning in 2:09.07 and moving to second in the state.  The Broncos won the Girls’ team title with 69 1/2 points.  Steele Canyon, third in the boys with 47, was topsecond with 54.

State events in which San Diego athletes are in Top 10:

GIRLS

BOYS

*Did not qualify for state meet.

If the state track meet were  tomorrow, instead of in two weeks, San Diego Section girls would have a chance to win possibly three events.  The boys, none.

In one of the most disappointing seasons in several years, San Diego girls are represented in seven of the 16 events in the state’s top 10 and the boys in five.

It’s been a woman’s world this year.

Suzie Acolatse of Mission Hills is a contender in the 100 and 200 meters and Cathedral’s Hana Labrie-Smith has run as fast in the 300 hurdles as the season’s state leader.

Acolatse’s wind-aided :11.46 100 and legal :23.69 rank third in the state.  Her 200 is sixth in the nation and fourth all-time in San Diego.  She negotiated the 200 time in Saturday’s San Diego Section trials at Mt. Carmel, where Acolatse also logged a legal :11.53 to move to No. 4 all time in San Diego.

Labrie-Smith is fourth in the state at :42.62 in the long hurdles, but ran :41.97 in 2014 which matches the 2015-leading performance by Jasmyne Graham of Corona Eleanor Roosevelt.

Several other girls also could contend for medals, including Cathedral’s Dani Johnson, who set a San Diego Section record of :14.12 in the 100 hurdles in the section trials but ran :13.81 and :13.99 with wind in her two state meet races in 2014.

The allowable wind limit is 2.04 meters, or, in old parlance, 4.447 miles an hour.

LENFORD IMPRESSES

Most impressive among the boys has been Oceanside junior Charles Lenford, third in the state shot put at 61 feet, 8 inches, and ninth in the discus at 180-10.  The  shot put will be loaded, headed by the 71-11 1/2 of Bellflower St. John Bosco’s Matt Katnik, but Ledford seeming has not hit his ceiling.

Lenford teached 50 feet as a sophomore and qualified for the state finals with a 166-4 effort in the trials discus and was 12th in the finals at 155-7.

Lenford started this  season with a 54-10 3/4 effort in an indoor state meet in Clovis and has gradually gone up the ladder.  His 61-8 is 16th all-time in San Diego.

OCEANSIDE STUNG IN PASSING TOURNAMENT

How will Oceanside fare with coach John Carroll taking retirement?

It’s a long way to the fall, but the Pirates did not fare well in the recent San Juan Hills “Gunslinger” passing tournament against top Northern squads.

Oceanside was outscored by St. John Bosco, 52-6, Huntington Beach Edison, 42-2, Westlake Village Oaks Christian, 30-12, Santa Ana Mater Dei, 48-6, and San Juan Hills, 12-6.

Teams play 7 players against 7 players, with only passing plays.

San Diegans in state Top 10  as of Sunday, May 24:

GIRLS
[easytable class=”table table-condensed” style=”font-size: 10pt;”]
EVENT,NAME,SCHOOL,MARK,STATE,NAME,SCHOOL
100,Acolatse (3),Mission Hills,:11.46w,:11.38w,Williams, Westlake Village Oaks Christian
200,Acolatse (3),Mission Hills,:23.69,:22.68w,Williams
800,Akins (9),Rancho Bernardo,2:11.1,2:08.44,Smith,Clovis North
300H,Labrie-Smith (4),Cathedral,:42.62,:41.97,Graham,Corona Roosevelt
,Molter (8),Valhalla,:42.91,,,
4×400 Relay,,Cathedral Catholic (9),3:51.55,3:46.24,,Corona Roosevelt
Shot Put,Laulauga Tausaga (5),Mount Miguel,46-1,50-2 1/4,Bruckner,San Jose Valley
Discus,Tausaga (3),,156-7,182-8,Bruckner,
[/easytable]
BOYS
[easytable class=table table-condensed style=”font-size:10pt;”]
EVENT,NAME,SCHOOL,MARK,STATE,NAME,SCHOOL
Shot Put, Lenford (3),Oceanside,61-8,71-11 1/2,Katnik,Bellflower St. John Bosco
Discus,Lenford (9),,180-10,194-8,McMorris,Santa Ana Mater Dei
Long Jump,Tanner Battikha (5),St. Augustine,23-8 3/4,24-10 1/2, Vann,Oxnard Rio Mesa
Triple Jump,Miller (7),Oceanside,47-7 3/4,49-3,Smith,Moraga St. Mary’s College High
Pole Vault, Zawadski (7T),Patrick Henry,15-7,16-3 1/4,Lauf,El Dorado Hills Oak Ridge
[/easytable]

GIRLS
[easytable class=”table table-condensed” style=”font-size: 10pt;”]
EVENT,NAME,SCHOOL,MARK,STATE,NAME,SCHOOL
100,Suzie Acolatse (3),Mission Hills,:11.65,:11.42,Lauren Williams,Westlake Village Oaks Christian
,Jackie Patterson (T9),Rancho Bernardo,:11.95,,,
200,Acolatse (4),Mission Hills,:24.23,:23.57,Williams,,,
800,Sakura Roberson (10),La Jolla,2:12.74,2:08.43,Mikaela Smith,Clovis North,,,
300H,Hannah Labrie Smith (3),Cathedral,:42.62,:42.25,Morganne Hill,Bakersfield Liberty
,Leah Molter (8),Valhalla,:43.99,,,
4×400 Relay,Cathedral Catholic (8),,3:51.55,3:47.49,Corona Eleanor Roosevelt
Shot Put,Lausauga Tausaga (4),Mount Miguel,46-1,49-10,Elena Bruckner,San Jose Valley Christian
Triple Jump,Dejanae Harvey (9),Steele Canyon,38-3,40-7 1/2,Tara Davis,Agoura
BOYS

EVENT,NAME,SCHOOL,MARK,STATE,NAME,SCHOOL
1600,Trevor Siniscalchi (7),Westview,4:15.49,4:12.09,Tyler Janes,Riverside King

Shot Put,Charles Lenford (5),Oceanside,60-7 1/2,71-3 1/2,Matt Katnik,Bellflower St. John Bosco

Discus,Lenford (8),,175-5,194-8,Malik McMorris,Santa Ana Mater Dei

Long Jump,Tanner Battikha (4),St. Augustine,23-8 3/4,24-10 1/2,Greg Vann,Oxnard Rio Mesa

Triple Jump,Jordan Miller (5),Oceanside,47-7 3/4,49-3,Moraga St. Mary’s College High
[/easytable]

/easytable]

BOYS
[easytable class=”table table-condensed” style=”font-size: 10pt;”]
EVENT,NAME,SCHOOL,MARK,STATE,NAME,SCHOOL
1600,Trevor Siniscalchi (6),Westview,4:15.49,4:12.09,Tyler Janes,Riverside King

Shot Put,Charles Lenford (3),Oceanside,60-7 1/2,61-1 3/4,Michael Titherington,Carmichael Jesuit

Discus,Lenford (3),175-5,183-1,Tyler Merkley,Rancho Cucamonga Las Osos

Long Jump,Tanner Battikha (4),St. Augustine,23-8 3/4,Greg Vann,Oxnard Rio Mesa, 24-10 1/2

Triple Jump,Jordan Miller (2),47-2 3/4,48-7 1/2,C.J. Alumbres,Vista Murietta
[/easytable]
GIRLS
[easytable class=”table table-condensed” style=”font-size: 10pt;”]
EVENT,NAME,SCHOOL,MARK,STATE,NAME,SCHOOL
100,Suzie Acolatse (1),Mission Hills,:11.65,:11.84,Rae;vyn Lawler, Elk Grove Pleasant Grove

200,Suzie Acolatse (2),Mission Hills,:24.47,:24.16,Courtne Davis,Corona Roosevelt

400,Hannah Labrie-Smith (6),Cathedral,:56.26,:55.41,Schantell Williams,Berkeley St. Mary’s,Melissa Mongiovi (10),West Hills,:57.18

800,Sarah Abrahamson (7),La Costa Canyon,2:15.60,2:12.84,Kendall Derry,Fair Oaks Bella Vista

300H,Hannah Labrie-Smith (4),Cathedral,:43.54,:42.84,Morganne Hill,Bakersfield Liberty

Shot Put,Lausauga Tausaga (4),Mount Miguel,44-3,49-10,Elena Bruckner,San Jose Valley Christian

[/easytable]

Rory Trup, the San Diego Section 880-yard run champion in 1970 at Mission Bay, passed away.

Trup, 62, of Encinitas ran 1:55.3 to win the Section title at Balboa Stadium and was timed in 1:55.1 in the State trials at Edwards Stadium on the University of California campus in Berkeley.

Trup finished third in the 1971 San Diego Section finals but ran his all-time best, 1:54.4.

Trup ranked 15h all-time among County half-milers at conclusion of his high school career.

The names that figure to be shouted out in 2015 are Labrie-Smith and Johnson from Cathedral, Acolatse from Mission Hills, with maybe a raised voice by Mongiovi from West Hills.

All were underclass standouts among the women, who made the most noise on what was, at best, another average season by San Diego Section athletes, at least in comparison to most of the other nine CIF sections in California.

Junior Hanna Labrie-Smith was second in the state meet and set a Section record of :41.67 in the 300 hurdles and sophomore teammate Dani Johson ran :42.13 and blitzed  wind-aided times of  :13.81 and :13.99 in the 100 hurdles in the state meet. Johnson set a Section record with a non-wind :14.16 at the finals at Mt. Carmel.

Junior Suzie Acolatse turned in the fourth (:11.59) and seventh (:23.97) all-time fastest times in the 100 and 200. Junior Melissa Mongiovi logged :55.61 in the 400 but did not approach her personal best of :54.70 from 2013.

Madison’s Doton Ogundeji led the men and won the state shot put at 65 feet, 5 1/2 (fourth) but fouled at over 200 feet in the discus trials and did not qualify.  Ogundeji’s accepted 194-5 is sixth all-time.

The edited best marks list for 2014 was compiled by Steve Brand, for more than 40 years an expert and fan of the sport.

MEN

100 (Fully Automatic)— Brandon Lucas (Poway) 10.63 (Tie No. 16 all-time),  John Kendrick III (Morse) 10.69, Dosier (Monte Vista) 10.80, Dickens (Grossmont ) 10.82, Doan (St. Augustine) 10.84, Stinson (Helix) 10.85, Beck (Tri City Christian) 10.85, LeBlanc (University City) 10.88.

200— Lucas (Poway) 21.18 (No. 10 all-time), Doan (St. Augustine) 21.76, Carson (Olympian) 21.82, Dosier (Monte Vista) 21.95, Whiting (Lincoln) 21.97,  Mudd (Poway) 21.98,  Kendrick III (Morse) 21.99.

400—Ezeokoli (Mt. Carmel) 48.11,  Thomas (Scripps Ranch) 48.18,  Lucas (Poway) 48.39, Collins (Granite Hills) 48.85,  Capoocia (El Capitan) 48.91,  DeHaven (Granite Hills) 48.99,  Shaheed (Mt. Carmel) 49.09.

800—Mangoba (Vista) 1:52.33, Greer (Valley Center) 1:52.96,  Soto (El Cajon Valley) 1:53.43,  Kuzminsky (Torrey Pines) 1:53.44,  Morton (Mt. Carmel) 1:53.6, Famolaro (West Hills) 1:54.26, Durall (Del Norte) 1:55.63.

1600—Morton (Mt. Carmel) 4:11.11,  Braude (Torrey Pines) 4:13.03,   Armes (Coronado) 4:13.67 (4:12.09c), Tucker (Westview) 4:14.66, Merder (La Costa Canyon) 4:16.69.

3200— Fahy (La Costa Canyon) 8:53.95 (No. 4 all-time),  Braude (Torery Pines) 9:00.92, Siniscalchi (Westview) 9:19.84, Drisco (Carlsbad) 9:21.64.

110HH (Fully automatic)—Martin (Eastlake) 14.41, Nelson (Del Norte) 14.59, Alvarado (Rancho Buena Vista) 14.65, Johnson (Serra) 14.79, Thibodeaux (Monte Vista) 14.87 (14.73w).

300IH— Nelson (Del Norte) 38.40, Johnson (Serra) 38.63, Lyndsey (Poway) 39.02, Lachica (Mira Costa) 39.26, Reed (Escondido) 39.38, Martinez (Sweetwater) 39.40, Johnson (Serra) 39.62, Grumbling (Oceanside) 39.6.

4x100R— Poway, 41.45,  Steele Canyon, 42.31,  Oceanside, 42.45,  St. Augustine, 42.69, Granite Hills, 42.83 (42.1),  La Costa Canyon, 42.95,  Monte Vista, 42.99.

4x400R— Granite Hills,  3:18.71,  Mt. Carmel,  3:19.04, Del Norte 3:19.20,  Scripps Ranch 3:20.75,  Steele Canyon  3:20.95,  Poway 3:21.49,  Westview 3:24.10.

High Jump— Arroyo (Westview) 6-9, Carson (Bonita Vista) 6-8, Bush (Poway) 6-7, Patmon (Patrick Henry) 6-6, Probe (Serra) 6-6, Benson (Point Loma) 6-5, Hepworth (Del Norte) 6-5, Rettig (El Capitan) 6-4, Beebe (Mater Dei) 6-4, Dumas (El Capitan ) 6-4.

Pole Vault—Bush (Poway) 15-9, Sones (Vista) 15-6, Wagenveld (Calvin Christian) 14-9, Winters (Ranchlo Bernardo) 14-8, Zawadski (Patrick Henry) 14-6, Logan (Rancho Bernardo) 14-6, Rothweil (Rancho Bernardo) 14-2.

Long Jump—Miller (Oceanside) 23-8, LeBlanc (University City) 22-11 ½, Wiley (Steele Canyon) 22-7, Dodds (Oceanside) 22-5, Hennie (San Marcos) 22-4, Rettig (El Capitan) 22-4, Noble (Palo Verde) 22-3 ¾, Bush (Poway) 22-3 ½.

Triple jump— Dodds (Oceanside) 48-1, Benson (Point Loma) 47-3 ½w, Carter (Imperial) 45-9 ½, M. Holder (Oceanside) 45-4 (45-5w), Wiley (Steele Canyon) 44-11 ¾, Brooks (Patrick Henry) 44-11.

Shot Put—Ogundeji (Madison) 65-5 ½ (No. 4 all-time), Braddock (Eastlake) 56-10, Wyatt (Helix) 54-10, Hendrickson (San Pasqual) 53-7 ½, DeMarco (Torrey Pines) 52-5, Hampton (Helix) 52-1, Gonzalez (El Camino) 51-11 ½, Lyons (Serra) 51-4 ¼.

Discus—Ogundeji (Madison) 194-5 (No. 6 all-time), Braddock (Eastlake) 170-11, Hampton (Helix) 168-9, Savage (Morse) 167-10, Lenford (Oceanside) 166-4, Gonzalez (El Camino) 160-1.

WOMEN

100 (Fully automatic)—Acolatse (Mission Hills) 11.59 (No.4 all-time), Labrie-Smith (Cathedral) 11.98 (No. 17 all-time),  Patterson (Rancho Bernardo) 12.00, Freeman (Carlsbad) 12.03, Stallman (Ramona) 12.11, Johnson (Cathedral) 12.12.

200—Acolatse (MH) 23.97 (No. 7 all-time), Mongiovi (West Hills) 24.59, Patterson (Rancho Bernardo) 24.65, Burell (Chula Vista) 24.96, Stallman (Ramona) 25.32, Scott (Westview) 25.36, Labrie-Smith (Cathedral) 25.38 (24.79w).

400—Mongiovi (West Hills) 55.61, Scott (Westview) 56.36, Gould (La Costa Canyon) 56.49, McCarthy (Carlsbad) 56.54, Labrie-Smith (Cathedral) 56.7, Leonard (Poway) 57.41, Chadwick (La Costa Canyon) 57.50, Frank (Morse) 57.75.

800— Sammer (Rancho Bernardo) 2:12.18, Akins (Rancho Bernardo) 2:12.23, Pullum (Point Loma) 2:13.99, Roberson (La Jolla) 2:14.22, Kelly (University City) 2:14.42, Buckle (San Pasqual) 2:14.68, Bernd (Canyon Crest) 2:15.09.

1600—E. Abrahamson (La Costa Canyon) 4:50.02 (No. 10 all-time), Bernd (Canyon Crest) 4:53.05 (No. 14 all-time), Ortlieb (San Pasqual) 4:59.39, Kelly (University City) 5:00.64.

3200—E. Abrahamson (La Costa Canyon) 10:23.50 (No. 3 all-time), Ortlieb (San Pasqual) 10:46.46, LaSpada (La Jolla Country Day) 10:47.43, Johnson (Clairemont) 10:53.74, Garcia (Mt. Carmel) 10:57.51.

100H—(Fully automatic) Johnson (Cathedral) 14.16 (No. 2 all-time) (13.81w), Labrie-Smith (Cathedral) 14.36 (No. 8 all-time), Magdalena (Olympian) 14.54 (No. 13 all-time), Molter (Valhalla) 14.60 (No. 14 all-time), Jones (San Marcos) 14.87.

300H—Labrie-Smith (Cathedral) 41.67 (Section record), Johnson (Cathedral) 42.13, (No. 2 all-time), Bell (Steele Canyon) 43.84 (No. 15 all-time), Curry (University City) 44.80, Magdalena (Olympian) 44.90.

4x100R—Rancho Bernardo 47.82, Cathedral Catholic 47.83, Valhalla 48.37, Poway 49.26, La Costa Canyon 49.29, Morse 49.39, Torrey Pines 49.42, Serra 49.43, Del Norte 49.55.

4x400R—  Rancho Bernardo 3:54.78, Cathedral 3:55.33, Poway 3:55.97, Carlsbad 3:56.20, Valhalla 3:56.70, La Costa Canyon 3:57.13, Mt. Carmel 3:58.88.

High Jump— Curry (University City) 5-6, Callahan (Coronado) 5-5 ½, Rowlett (Carlsbad) 5-4, Snow (Carlsbad) 5-4, Yates (Rancho Buena Vista) 5-4, Mahon (Westview) 5-4.

Pole Vault—Thomason (Rancho Bernardo) 12-7 (No. 8 all-time), Chandler (Cathedral) 11-10, Jackson (Ramona) 11-7, Bartsch (Coronado) 11-7, Farr (Patrick Henry) 11-6, Wagenveld (Calvin) 11-3.

Long Jump— T. Dozier (Mount Miguel) 19-2 ½ (No. 11 all-time), Cromer (University City) 18-5, Kennedy (Serra) 18-4, Shuler (Julian) 18-2, Muhammad (La Jolla Country Day) 18-1, Hasselhuhn (Carlsbad) 18-1.

Triple Jump—Noiseaux (Eastlake) 38-9, Muhammad (La Jolla Country Day) 37-11 ½, Cole (Del Norte) 37-10, Kennedy (Serra) 37-9 ¾, Nash (Calvin Christian) 37-3.

Shot Put— Tausaga (Mount Miguel) 44-4 ¾ (No. 6 all-time), Osby (Escondido) 43-8 ½ (No. 10 all-time), Helgesen (El Camino) 40-4, Mohamed (Imperial) 40-2, Almquist (Santa Fe Christian) 39-9, Altice (Del Norte) 39-7, Jackson (Castle Park) 39-0.

Discus—Osby (Escondido) 135-6, Tausaga (Mount Miguel) 127-11, Nofodji (Hoover) 125-9, Altice (Del Norte) 125-8, Dozier (Steele Canyon) 124-11, Reilly (Valley Center) 123-11, Helgesen (El Camino) 122-9.