Previews
by DyeStatCal.com
Boys - Girls
EVENT 114 MEN'S DISCUS THROW 4:00 P.M.
In what has become among the signature events in recent years, the discus competition should be among the most hotly contested field events this weekend. A trio of 200-foot performers already headline the entry list here, with Floridian Wes Stockbarger (Charlotte HS, Punta Gorda, FL) going 202-8 as the nation's #2 returnee from a year ago, while California talents Eddie Cornell (Burroughs HS, Ridgecrest), a World Youth Games performer) at 201-6, and Daniel Schaerer (The Bishop School, La Jolla) at 200-6 recently, also beyond the 200-foot arc this spring. Washington's Nate Rolfe (Inglemoor HS) also ranks among the more experienced tossers here. Utah's Leif Arrhenius (209-6 a year ago), nursing a recent foot injury, could be a last-minute entrant.
EVENT 117 MEN'S LONG JUMP 5:30 P.M.
New Yorker Felipe Reyes (Christian Brothers Academy) is stamped as the clear favorite here, with the East Coast talent already stretching to a nation-leading 2004 indoor mark of 24-5 at the Hispanic Games in The Big Apple in mid-January. California State Leader David Clift (Pittsburg) 23-08, Joel Tuosto of Greenfield (23-2), 23-footer Tim Frazier (Claremont), and Andre Crenshaw of Antelope Valley (22-8.5w) are among the local talents set to crank it up here, when the big guns seem to start stepping up as we approach the championship phase of the season!
EVENT 119 MEN'S POLE VAULT 5:45 P.M.
Defending California state champion Ryan Shuler (Granite Bay HS), who stole the spotlight by winning the 2003 year-end title as only a 9th grader, tops the performance list here, already scaling 16 feet while a freshman. Local talent Dustin Deleo (Los Alamitos HS) improved his stock significantly with a recent 15-7.5 clearance in Southland competition, while Matt Tillinghast (Montgomery HS, Santa Rosa) 15-06.75, 15-6 stars Joshua Lubeck (Royal HS, Simi Valley) and Graeme Hoste (Claremont HS) and Matt Stevenson (Rancho Bernardo) help make up a super field!!
EVENT 121 MEN'S 4X100M RELAY INVITATIONAL 5:44 P.M.
Track action on the male side figures to get out to a scorching kickoff as super football talent Theo Ginn powers the great Glenville-based (Ohio) baton quartet into meet-opening action here. Glenvilla has the nucleus back from a super crew that clocked 41.0 last spring! Keep an eye out for USA Today Defensive Football Player of the Year, Ted Ginn, who is a 13.62 hurdler and headed to The Ohio State University to run and tackle people for the Buckeyes!!! Edison of Fresno, which ripped a special 42.32 effort a month ago, should be well along by now, trying to hold of the likes of Kenny O'Neal-anchored Oakland Skyline, a coming-around Long Beach Poly crew, and Southland sprint power Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks!
EVENT 128 MEN'S MILE RUN INVITATIONAL 6:13 P.M.
Washington's Laef Barnes, the most recent high-level performer produced from the fine Mead (Spokane) program, is the nation's top miler thus far in 2004, with a head-turning 4:09.61 indoor effort at the Husky Invite at the close of January. Training through in preparation for tonight's clash, look for Barnes to entertain strong challenges from Stanford Invite mile champ (4:12.98) Stephen Pottay (Galena, NV), New Yorker Bryan Scotland, plus leading California talents Troy Swier (4:11.59) and J.K. Withers (a breakthrough 4:10.7 effort in mid-March. Keep an eye on developing versatile junior class talent Joe Gatel (Edison HS, Huntington Beach), a 1:53.42, 4:13/9:13 performer.
EVENT 130 MEN'S 110M HIGH HURDLES INVITATIONAL 6:26 P.M.
Already littering the history books with age-group and by-grade national records, Kevin Craddock (James Logan HS, Union City) has been the carburetor powering California's finest program this spring. Craddock's 13.91 effort last summer tops the entry lists here, with San Diego talent Bryon Barner (Helix HS, La Mesa), San Gabriel Valley superstar Marquis Profit (from the fathomed and revitalized Muir HS program), Port Richmond star Saidu Ezike and Trabuco Hills power pack Brian Payne. Look for a great showdown here!
EVENT 131 MEN'S SHOT PUT 6:30 P.M.
It is Washington-area standout Matt Wauters (Bainbridge HS) who has already the 12-pound iron shot a whopping 64-6 in recent weeks to headline the impressive field of weight men here, with the Pacific Northwest talent primed to challenge for a spot in the meet's all-time Top 10 listing! UC Berkeley-bound putter Chad Smith (61-8) figured to be a prime challenger, but then the Arroyo Grande HS triumvirate of Stephen Field, Marc Lewis and Danny Rohr all uncorked 60-footers last weekend, believed to be a California first! Keep an eye on talented Rancho Cucamonga Junior Averill Spicer, just over 60 feet in the last few weeks!!
EVENT 136 MEN'S 100M DASH INVITATIONAL 6:45 P.M.
Batten down the hatches –– this could be a hot one!!! Floridian Xavier Carter has a foot injury, and will not be attending the competition. Northern California steamroller Kenny O'Neal (Oakland Skyline HS) who motored to a 10.40 legal clocking last summer leads this contest, , with the Notre Dame HS duo of Rodney Glass and Cary Harris, Granite Bay's Sam Stroughter, and Sir Francis Drake's Alex Pearlstone other hot entries!
EVENT 139 MEN'S 800M RUN INVITATIONAL 7:00 P.M.
Always among the most exciting events at Arcadia, this year's two-lap challenge is headlined by the nation's top returnees, as Washington sibling talents Alex and Andrew McClary (1:50.99 (nation’s best!) and 1:51.78) seek to handle Southland 800m specialists Michael Haddan of Woodbridge HS (1:51.02 and a former state champion) and Bryan Rodie, who posted a stunning 1:51.94 clocking in 2003 while nursing a fractured foot! Get ready for a dogfight here!
EVENT 145 MEN'S HIGH JUMP 7:30 P.M.
The assault on the 7-foot barrier continues for many West Coast talents here, with local entry Matt Turner of Chaffey already scaling 6-10 twice this spring, with consistent Ed Wright (St. Mary’s, Berkeley) joining him at that lofty height, and Reedley's Eric Fossen clearing 6-9 to lead California entries. Long Beach Poly sophomore Terrance Austin, already out to 6-08 this year, is among the others to watch!
EVENT 147 MEN'S TRIPLE JUMP 7:45 P.M.
James Logan HS in the Bay Area of Northern California has stamped itself as a hotbed of horizontal jumping talent in recent years, with the program producing a pair of hot 49-footers this spring in Angelo Jeffrey and Nkosinza Balumbu. Westmoor's Julian Eison is another name to surface in recent weeks, with a legal effort in the 47-foot range helping garner attention. Joel Tuosto, well capable of stretching out to 48-foot real estate, is also among the top entrants here.
EVENT 149 MEN'S 400M DASH INVITATIONAL 7:51 P.M.
Oh my!! Look out! National indoor 400m recordholder Elzie Coleman (Newburgh Free Academy HS) of New York electrified the wintertime track calendar with a stunning 45.92 at the Simplot Games in Idaho in February! Coleman will hardly get a chance to ease up any here, with stiff challengers including All-American hurdler Theo Ginn (Glenville HS, Ohio - USA Today Defensive Football Player of the Year) jumping into the one-lap cauldron here in joining Long Beach Poly's Derrick Jones (10.44 speed for the 100), St. John's Prep wunderkind Sean Lowe (48.04 indoors) and the red-hot Arizonan, Michael Hilbe 47.84 outdoors already!
EVENT 152 MEN'S 300M HURDLES INVITATIONAL 8:19 P.M.
Muir's Marquis Profit will try to delight the hometown crowd (Muir is located in Pasadena, a short 10-minute drive from here), with the sleek senior already strolling out to a state-leading 37.39 at the recent Pasadena Games! James Logan's Kevin Craddock, 37.71 last year, Virginia's Phillip Tondereau (Westfield HS) and Trabuco Hills' Bryan Payne (38.00) are other with gleaming credentials coming in.
EVENT 159 MEN'S 200M DASH INVITATIONAL 9:06 P.M.
Elzie Coleman, the national record holder indoors at 400m (45.92) is set for a titanic showdown here, with California state 100m champ Kenny O'Neal (10.40) also among those entering the half-lap dragon's lair here! Keep an eye on Kenny Moon (Corona), who has run some fine dual meet efforts and looks for competition.
EVENT 160 MEN'S TWO-MILE RUN INVITATIONAL 9:12 P.M.
27 runners, nearly all with personal bests of 9:13 or faster for 3200 meters identifies this as one of the greatest assembled fields in prep history! New Mexico's Shadrack Kiptoo (La Cueva HS) arrives here as the favorite after pounding a national-class field to win the recent Nike Indoor Classic (9:00.3 for two miles), but Colorado's Ryan Deak (the leading prep American at last months World Junior Cross-Country Championships and 8:51.65 3200m this winter), mile specialist Hakon DeVries (John Jay HS 4:11.38 for mile indoors this winter) and super returnee Justin Scheid (Pope John XIII HS ) of New York, and World Youth Games bronze medalist Chris Winter of Canada arriving to challenge California megatalents Mohamed Trafeh (with the Duarte HS star amazing at the longer distances 8:55.87 last year), El Toro's Brandon Bethke (the nation's most improved distance runner over the last month (4:10.69 1600 & 9:02.15 3200), and Logan's Yosef Ghebray (runaway Stanford Invite winner for 3000m at 8:27.77 and Oakland Relays 1600 winner by a ways at 4:12.39) along with a truckload of others! Another to closely watch!!!
EVENT 161 MEN'S DISTANCE MEDLEY RELAY 9:27 P.M.
This one is going to be a classic, heart-stomping thriller! Shenendehowa HS of New Jersey stole the national indoor distance relay headlines this winter after a national record 4xmile performance, with the crew set to renew its battle with in-state rival Red Bank Regional (Shen prevailed, 10:22.0 to 10:22.7 at the Eastern States meet last month), with California distance superpowers Don Lugo, St. John Bosco and Canyon also figuring to stand good chance of dipping into the teens here tonight!
EVENT 154 MEN'S 4X400 M RELAY INVITATIONAL 10:01 P.M.
Glenville of Ohio returns three from a group that clocked a stunning 3:10.66 a year ago, with the Theo Ginn-anchored crew lurking as the favorites here! Long Beach Poly, with Derrick Jones on anchor, figures to vie for the California state title by year's end, with Newburgh Free Academy (New York) running 3:17 and chance with a mixed squad (including two here tonight) during the indoor campaign. Canyon of Canyon Country and Michael Hilbe-led Hamilton HS of Arizona are other very dangerous squads in the mix!
EVENT 115 WOMEN'S SHOT PUT 4:30 P.M.
Senior Megan Howard (Arroyo Grande HS) leads a field featuring the top four Californians and Michelle Amete of Arizona (Queen Creek HS). Howard, this year's premier performer from the throws powerhouse, has already posted a nation-leading mark of 50-03.5 for 2004, with Centennial's Missy Faubus (46-9), Orange Lutheran's Melissa Yunghans (44-11.5), and Vista's Uia Tupuola also in the mix! Amete has already been measured at 41-11 in competition this spring. Howard and Faubus are #1 and #3 in the nation currently.
EVENT 116 WOMEN'S HIGH JUMP 5:00 P.M.
Desirae Gonder (Stockdale HS, Bakersfield), who cleared 5-10.5 a year ago, is the California state co-leader this year along with entrant Bethany Johansen (Archbishop Mitty HS). Canadian Cissy Pierce (5-8) will also contend for the event title, with details such as fewer misses sure to play a role in sorting out the top placers here!
EVENT 118 WOMEN'S TRIPLE JUMP 5:30 P.M.
A quartet of 41-footers make this event among the highlights of the weekend! Texas bounding specialist Erica McLain (Plano East HS) is fresh off a stunning series at last weekend's Texas Relays, including a nation-leading and lifetime-best 43-1.5 winning effort! Northern California talent Brittany Daniels (42-4.75), J.W. North's Gayle Hunter (the Nike Indoor Classic heptathlon champion and 41-1.25 already this spring) and Tennessee's Lauren Stewart (Brentwood HS, 41-7.75 in 2003) are other potential All-American leapers gracing the entry lists here! A bombing event to start the evening!!!
EVENT 123 WOMEN'S 4X100M RELAY INVITATIONAL 5:52 P.M.
Nothing captures the excitement of a track crowd more so than the short relay, with Shalonda Solomon-led Long Beach Poly (45.66), Angelique Smith-led James Logan (46.09), J.W. North (46.74), Merrill West-paced Jennifer Nash (47.00) and Kiani Profit-led Muir (47.66) leading the groups slated to clash here! Poly is the favorite, but look for a host of fast times and maybe some school records as well! Check the program for the Meet Record when the Poly crew steps on the track!!!
EVENT 124 WOMEN'S POLE VAULT 6:00 P.M.
Aerialists set to take center stage here include Arizona wunderkind Katie Morgan (Corona Del Sol HS), whose 12-10 last year designates her as the #3 returnee nationally, and UCLA-bound Southern California standout Elizabeth Woepse (Mater Dei HS, Santa Ana). Mission Viejo's Whitney Johnson, another Orange County talent, has cleared 12-6 this spring while Washington's Doria Holbrook (Eisenhower HS, Yakima) has scaled 12-5. Most in the field have cleared 11-06 already this spring! Morgan, Woepse, and Johnson are ranked among the nation’s top half-dozen currently.
EVENT 126 WOMEN'S MILE RUN INVITATIONAL 5:57 P.M.
The nation's hottest young distance talent will be showcased here, as Devon Williams (Towson Catholic HS, Maryland) brings 4:50.76 credentials for the full mile to the table, not to mention awesome 2:06.48 speed for 800 meters! New York area wonder Heather Iatuaro (Tri-Valley HS, Grahamsville 4:53.44 for a mile indoors) returns to Arcadia, joining Virginia's Amanda Patterson (Midlothian HS 4:58.20 for mile this winter) and Oregon's Annaliesse Chapa (Grant HS, Portland) in mass part of a fine race featuring athletes from 11 states! Another where the yearly list will undergo a huge revision as the rest of the nation faces the Golden State’s best!!
EVENT 132 WOMEN'S DISCUS 6:30 P.M.
Centennial of Bakersfield's Missy Faubus has already hurled the platter a nation-leading 168-8 in outdoor competition this far this spring, with the Central Section leader enjoying a 20-foot-plus advantage over this nearest Golden State rival thus far in 2004. Pittsburg's Alex Toeaina (155-2 last year and 145-08 this campaign as the nation’s #7 thrower) and Megan Howard (Arroyo Grande - 147-01 #5 nation currently) and Whitney DeWeese (Rancho Buena Vista, Vista 145-11 currently #6 nation) are other headlining names here!
EVENT 134 WOMEN'S HIGH 100M HIGH HURDLES INVITATIONAL 6:35 P.M.
Get ready for some super-hot hurdling action here! Alandra Sherman, the queen of the hurdles on the national landscape these days, ranks as the #4 hurdler in U.S. history with her 13.25 clocking making the Texas lightning bolt (Eisenhower HS) primed to battle a great field. Multi-events All-Americans Gayle Hunter (J.W. North, Riverside) and National Scholastic Indoor Champ, Long Beach Poly's Dashanta Harris are other blazers set to settle in the blocks here!
EVENT 138 WOMEN'S 100M DASH INVITATIONAL 6:55 P.M.
The top dashers in talent-rich California converge here for mid-season bragging rights, with Bishop Amat HS senior Jasmine Baldwin springing the nation's biggest surprise thus far, unleashing an 11.60 smoker to edge World Junior Champs performer Shalonda Solomon at the recent Trabuco Hills Invitational. Captured in identical times, the duo share the nation's fastest mark this season. Jennifer Nash of Merrill West HS (Tracy) motored to a legal 11.62 to win last weekend at Oakland, with James Logan's Angelique Smith (11.78) and El Camino Oceanside's Jolanda Diego (11.86) other human rockets out quickly this season! Baldwin, Solomon, and Nash ARE CURRENTLY THE NATION’S 1-2 AND 3 100M DASHERS ON THE CLOCK!!!
EVENT 141 WOMEN'S 800M RUN INVITATIONAL 7:11 P.M.
The record books could come under assault here, as the fastest two-lap race ever to hit the West Coast (if not the entire nation!) could unfold here! Super frosh phenom Devon Williams (Towson Catholic, Maryland) has already created a gargantuan following during a legendary age-group career, evidenced by her recent 2:06.48 indoor freshman national record! Utah's Heidi Magill (Mountain View HS, Orem, UT) already holds the Arcadia meet record at 2:06.74 and comes here ready to battle! Washington's Brianna Felnagle (Bellarmine Prep, Tacoma) at 2:08.67, Nebraska's Elizabeth Lange (Pius X HS, Lincoln) at 2:09.4), and Pennsylvania's Latavia Thomas (West Catholic HS, Philadephia) at 2:09.48 are other headliners in thos Who's Who field!
EVENT 142 WOMEN'S TWO-MILE RUN INVITATIONAL 7:20 P.M.
From the beaches of California and the mile-high altitudes of Colorado to the sun-splashed ovals of Florida and the islands of Hawaii, leading multi-lappers from eight states are slated to clash here! Reigning cross-country national champion Katelyn Kaltenbach (Smoky Hill HS, Colorado) and 2002 national champ Zoe Nelson (Flathead HS, Montana) bookend this talented collection with California-based Foot Locker XC Finalists Claire Rethmeier, Rachel Bryan, Lindsay Flacks and Melissa Grelli among the All-American caliber talents sandwiched in the middle! Floridian Nicole Schappert (10:38 thus far in 2004 at Pope John Paul II HS) and Hawaii's Tia Ferguson (formerly at California's San Marcos HS) are others vying for leading medals. Definitely another Arcadia distance classic.
EVENT 144 WOMEN'S 400M DASH INVITATIONAL 7:41 P.M.
The nation's leading one-lap talent brings her skills to Arcadia, as West Catholic's Nicole Leach (52.19 indoors, #2 all-time and the 2004 National Leader) of Philadelphia checks in, with Long Beach Poly ace Jasmine Lee (52.43 outdoors last year) being her chief rival here! Gardena's Myra Hasson (53.64 as America's top freshman a year ago) and a host of others seek ultra-fast times!
EVENT 146 WOMEN'S LONG JUMP 7:45 P.M.
Picking up pretty much where they left off in the triple jump wars earlier this evening, expect J.W. North of Riverside bounder Gayle Hunter (a four measured at 21-feet plus a few weeks prior), Long Beach Poly's Shana Woods (national sophomore indoor record leap of 19-11.75 in February), Merrill West's Brittany Daniels (19-7) and Lone Star State phenom Erica McLain (19-6.75) to interchange throughout the trials, heat a heated battle eventually ensuing for the top spot!
EVENT 154 WOMEN'S 300M HURDLES INVITATIONAL 8:29 P.M.
National leader Alandra Sherman of Eisenhower HS in Texas is among the all-time greats over th barriers, with a 41.24 to her credit in the long hurdles setting the pace here! Although Sherman is the favorite, Long Beach Poly sophomore sensation Shana Woods (42.62 #5 in the nation currently) , J.W. North's Tanicka Ward (43.28 #7 in US at moment) , and Muir's sensational freshman Kiani Profit (43.25 #6 in the nation), tab this as one of the can't-miss showdowns of the weekend!
EVENT 155 WOMEN'S DISTANCE MEDLEY 8:38 P.M.
A Who's Who collection merges here, with San Diego-based San Pasqual possibly courting hopes of victory should Claire Rethmeier (also in the two-mile) double back with Lorin Scott and others to tab them as favorites. Bellarmine Prep of Washington, Rancho Cucamonga (sub-12:10 last weekend!), ultra-deep Murrieta Valley, Canyon of Canyon Country and Woodbridge of Irvine are others leading candidates for the top spot here, where a time near 12 minutes might be in order to come away victorious!
EVENT 157 WOMEN'S 200M DASH INVITATIONAL 8:58 P.M.
California speedburners Jennifer Nash (Merrill West HS, Tracy), Jasmine Baldwin (Bishop Amat), and Myra Hasson (Gardena) should be in the blocks for a close battle always playing a major role in Athlete of The Meet honors by evening's end!
EVENT 163 WOMEN'S 4X400M RELAY INVITATIONAL 9:49 P.M.
Long Beach Poly absolutely crushed the national record in this event last month –– showing it all the way down to an unheard of 3:38.91 to go along with last year's 3:35.55 outdoor national record! No other team in the nation has come within two seconds of that time, even outdoors this spring in 2004!! But Poly will need to have its "A" team suited up as Merrill West, West Catholic (52.19 studette Nicole Leach presumably on anchor), James Logan, Muir, and Rancho Cucamonga (all ranked among the nation’s top 15 currently) also will toe the line in search of baton glory, seeking to close out the girls' portion of the meet in sizzling fashion!
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