2013: 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. […]
Read More2013: Track Season Heats up at Arcadia Invitational
“Arcadia is the big one,” says Steve Brand. “It’s the first real indicator of what to expect in the important, late-season meets in May and June.” The Arcadia Invitational track meet at Arcadia High, east of Pasadena, begins this evening and by around 10 p.m. Saturday, April 6, more than 4,000 high school athletes will […]
Read More2013: John Fawcett, 93; Star Quartermiler
On April 17, 1937, John Fawcett of Coronado High came out of the chute on the straightaway at Chaffey High in Ontario and traversed 440 yards in 49.5 seconds. Fawcett handily won his one-turn race in the Chaffey Invitational and set a San Diego County record that would last nine years and a school record […]
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