2013: Next Up, San Diego Section Trials
Hot weather and hot tracksters are heating up the San Diego Section. Twelve section bests were recorded in league finals last week and the real racing (and jumping, vaulting, and throwing) begins with the Section trials, an all-day carnival at Mt. Carmel High Saturday. STATE MEET IS GOAL Qualifiers move on to the section finals […]
Read More2013: Steve Brand’s Track Top 10
(Reported as of May 12, 2013) a–fully automatic. w–with wind. h–hand timed. c–converted. BOYS 100—(Fully automatic) Brown (Valhalla) 10.76, Smith (Mt. Miguel) 10.80, S. Pater (Mt. Carmel) 10.83, Molton (Hilltop) 10.84, Lucas (Poway) 10.85, Lewis (San Marcos) 10.88, McNair (Morse) 10.94, Le (Scripps Ranch) 10.94, Mayberry (Francis Parker) 10.94. Southern California & State–Muhammad (Sherman Oaks […]
Read More2013: Augie Escamilla, 90
Augustine (Augie) Escamilla, whose voice was heard at major track meets in San Diego for more than 30 years and who was a respected educator and coach for five decades, passed away on May 1 at age 90. A service will be held at Greenwood Mortuary on May 21. Virtually every outstanding San Diego High […]
Read More1959: St. Augustine Gets a Track and Field Home
One of St. Augustine’s vagabond teams finally was getting a home. A 330-yard track and field oval would provide the Saints a facility for dual-meet, track-and-field competition beginning in 1960. Football and baseball would still have to travel to games. Basketball teams had a home since a gymnasium/auditorium was constructed in time for the 1951-52 […]
Read More2013: West Hills Ace (Not Song) Rolls at Arcadia
A West Hills athlete dominated Saturday in the Arcadia Invitational, but it wasn’t state-leading discus thrower Brenden Song. Sophomore Melissa Mongiovi, running in the afternoon seeded session, blew out a :55.28, for the overall first-place finish in the Girls’ 400-meter run. The best the invitational runners could do in the evening was :56.18. Song, who […]
Read More2013: Arcadia on; Song Reaches 191-5 Here
A few San Diego athletes stood out in the Friday portion of the Arcadia Invitational. Doton Ogundeji of Madison led a group of discus throwers at 169 feet, 8 inches, third best in the County. Four Mt. Carmel runners averaged 1:57.63 in each of their 800-meter legs as part of the 4×800 seeded races. Mt. […]
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