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Event #82 - Invitational Men's  Meter Dash 



     A dynamite group with super early season performances will 



battle here!  State 100 meter champion Justin Fargas (Notre Dame, 



Sherman Oaks) was the winner in the most recent show-down of top 



stars, racing 10.55 in the Pasadena Games to even up the season 



record against league rival Miguel Fletcher (Alemany, Mission 



Hills), who had won the earlier Alemany Relays at 10.47w.  



Darrell Rideaux (Poly, Long Beach), third at Alemany, was the 



Stanford winner two weekends ago at 10.47 in the build-up towards 



a great race here!  Aaron Bryant (Wilcox, Santa Clara) was 10.50 



last year, with Joseph Hunter (Vacaville) (10.65 and 21.0w in 



1997) looking great in Sacramento Valley action.  It will be 



another in the great tradition of Arcadia sprint match-ups! 







Event #105 - Men's  Meter Dash 



     The great group of Men sprinters wil come together once 



again here, with Kareem Kelly (Poly, Long Beach) the nation's #4 



returnee and quickest 1997 soph at 20.97.  Miguel Fletcher was 



21.12w last year, with Joseph Hunter (Vacaville) 21.03w and 



21.34.  Justin Fargas (Notre Dame, Sherman Oaks), State 100m 



champion, has picked up this event this season, with this his 



first serious Invitational race.  Ike Okenwa (Morse, San Diego) 



has run 20.9 this season to add to a great field! 











Event #94 - Men's Invitational  meters 



     Sultan McCullough (Muir, Pasadena) is the nation's top 



overall sprinter (10.24w-20.62 nation's top 200 meter runner-45.8 



relay leg over 400 meters 1997), and will be moving up here to 



face a strong field.  Matt Lea (Camarillo) shocked with a 47.6 in 



a dual meet a week ago!  Blaine Bussey (Taft, Woodland Hills) was 



a fine 48.67 winner two weeks ago, with Rod Arzu (Notre Dame, 



Sherman Oaks) 48.70 and Bussey's teammate Larry Jones 48.71  in



that same race.  Ernesto Salinas (Gilroy) was the Stanford 



winner at 48.84, with Jafar Williams (St. Mary's, Berkeley) the 



K-Bell winner up north.  







Event #86 - Men's  Meters 



     Ryan Meuse (Simi Valley) was sixth in last year's State Meet 



over 800 meters, and 1:52.57 for second here (he is the #5 



returnee in the entire nation).  DJ Ozan (Del Mar, San Jose) was 



1:54.67 two weekends back, with Devin Lindahl (Dana Hills, Dana 



Point) 1:54.70 and Jeff Taylor (Timpanogus, Provo, Ut) 1:54.95 



top times from 1997.  











Event #76 - Men's  Meter Run 



     Jon Stevens (Mission San Jose, Fremont) was the State 



champion last year and is the top 1600 meter runner in the nation 



at 4:10.08.  Brian Lindsey (Timpanogus, Provo, Ut) shocked with a 



4:15.42 indoors this winter at high altitude, with Kevin Smith 



(Ridgefield, Wa) 4:16.6, Juan Chavira (Hanford) 4:17.1, Adam 



Greene (St. Augustine, San Diego) 4:18.05,  and State Meet 



placers Jason Taylor (Peninsula, Rolling Hills) 4:19.35 and Mike 



Altieri (Jesuit, Sacramento) 4:19.36 leading a pack that should 



result in a ton of personal bests!  Brian Turner (Millard North, 



Omaha, Ne) was 1:54.94 last year as a ninth grader and a Foot 



Locker Cross-Country National Finalist this Fall as a soph!  











Event #96 - Men's  Meter Run 



     This meet has a reputation for great depth in the distances, 



which should hold true here.  Chad Durham (Poly, Long Beach) was 



6th here last year in his lifetime best of 9:11.36 (#5 returnee 



in country), with Joe Urbanski (Salpointe Catholic, Tucson, Az) 



9:13.72 (#6 back nationally) and Gary Passanisi (Aptos) 9:13.98 



(#7 athlete in nation) also in the top nine in a quick 1997 



Arcadia field.  Passanisi took Durham in a quick Stanford 3000m 



run 8:38.13 to 8:40.79, with San Benito's Cuco Chavez (also here 



) sandwiched in between at 8:40.21.  Andrew Hill (Los Altos) was 



fourth at Stanford in 8:42.72, with Ronnie Buchanan (Righetti, 



Santa Maria) a 9:15.70 best, and super soph, Josh Rohatinsky 



(Provo, Ut) 9:16.10 adding to great depth!  Steve Smith (Ayala, 



Chino Hills) was the Foot Locker Western Regional Champion.  



Event #78 - Invitational Men's High Hurdles 



     Ricardo Moody (Harrison, Colorado Springs, Co) exploded this 



winter to a 7.16 55mHH indoors, the #4 time in U.S. Prep history, 



and .08 beind Arcadia Meet Record Holder Deworski Odom 



(Philadelphia) and his National Indoor record for the same 



distance.  Moody has been under 14.0 outdoors already this 



spring.  Marcell Almond (St. Paul, Santa Fe Springs), the 



National Scholastic Indoor Pentathlon Champion this winter, has 



started fast, with a 13.7w outdoor clocking a month ago.  Devon 



Davis (Pickering, Ontario, Canada) has run 13.8, with Tom 



Bogdanoff (Buchanan, Clovis) 14.08 last year. 







Event #78 - Invitational Men's High Hurdles 



     Ricardo Moody (Harrison, Colorado Springs, Co) exploded this 



winter to a 7.16 55mHH indoors, the #4 time in U.S. Prep history, 



and .08 beind Arcadia Meet Record Holder Deworski Odom 



(Philadelphia) and his National Indoor record for the same 



distance.  Moody has been under 14.0 outdoors already this 



spring.  Marcell Almond (St. Paul, Santa Fe Springs), the 



National Scholastic Indoor Pentathlon Champion this winter, has 



started fast, with a 13.7w outdoor clocking a month ago.  Devon 



Davis (Pickering, Ontario, Canada) has run 13.8, with Tom 



Bogdanoff (Buchanan, Clovis) 14.08 last year. 







Event #98 - Men's 300 Meter Intermediate Hurdles 



     A good group will battle here, with Al Williams (Irvine) 



37.55 and Nick Ray (Ridgeview, Bakersfield) 37.62 among the top 



dozen returnees in the nation here.  Elmo Traylor (Muir, 



Pasadena) has run 37.9, with Brandon Sproat (Tolleson) 38.0 



Arizona's fastest in this event.  Tom Bogdanoff (Buchanan, 



Clovis) was 38.08 in 1997.  







Event #70 - Men's Invitational 400 Meter Relay 



     Last year Muir (Pasadena) raced to the fastest time for the 



entire year in the nation with their 40.28 (and mind-boggling 



40.90 for their "B" team in the same race).  Three of the four 



off the 40.28 team return, with super sprinter Sultan McCullough 



(10.24w-20.62) running leg two thus far this year.  Muir has run 



41.50 this year, with two big Invitational wins.  Long Beach 



Poly, 40.7 last year, has everyone back, with a strong 41.03 



Stanford Invitational win two weeks back.  University City (San 



Diego) was 41.56 behind Muir's 41.50 three weeks ago, with Serra 



(Gardena) great potential off soph Warren Rogers (10.61w and 



21.13 as a frosh last year) and Dashaun McCullough (10.46w and 



21.55 as a soph and 8th in the state meet 100 in 1997).  With a 



good crowd and the adrenaline pumping for this first big race of 



the meet this event is always a big crowd favorite! 







Event #110 - Men's 1600 Meter Relay 



     A great battle for four-lap relay supreamacy will close out 



the Men's half of the meet.  Muir (Pasadena) took last year's 



race here in a spirited effort after team leader Obea Moore went 



down with injury in 3:10.99, with the nucleus for another fine 



squad for Coach Clyde Turner.  Muir led the nation last year with 



its 3:08.72 best, with Poly (Long Beach) 3:11.94 (#3 team nation 



1997), and eventual State Champion Dominguez (Compton) 3:12.51 



(#5 team country 1997).  All return very fine teams for 1998, 



with Notre Dame (Sherman Oaks) 3:14.53 (nation's #11 team 1997), 



and Taft (Woodland Hills) 3:15.22 (nation's #16 squad last year) 



very tough also.  Dominguez took a big Pasadena Games showdown at 



3:16.53 with Taft 3:16.64 and Muir 3:17.28 two weekends back!  It 



will be a great close to what should be a fine meet! 







Event #106 - Men's Distance Medley Relay 



     Ten of the top thirty times for the entire year in 1997 came 



from this event!  Nevada Union (Grass Valley) had the #7 time 



nationally in 1997 (10:20.47 here) with a great group back for 



98.  West Hills (Santee) is saving super soph Evan Fox (4:16.74 



as frosh last year for 1600m) for this event, with Del Mar (San 



Jose), Dobson (Mesa, Az), Mead (Spokane, Wa), and Nordhof (Ojai) 



capable of putting together sub-10:20 squads.  







Event #85 - Men's High Jump 



     One of the Meet surprises in 1997 was Ridgeview's Jason 



Howard, jumping 7'02.25.  6'10 jumpers Casey Clark (Mt. Spokane, 



Mead, Wa), Marcell Almond (St. Paul, Santa Fe Springs), Ricky 



Duff (Manual Arts, L.A.), and Darren Marble (Los Altos) lead a 



fine group of 6'6 or better jumpers.  Clark bears watching, with 



his 6'10 1998 best accomplished in the very cold early eastern 



Washington spring.  







Event #65 - Men's Long Jump 



     Devon Davis (Pickerington, Ontario, Canada) had a 1997 best 



of 24'5 in this event, was sixth here last year and won the 



Triple Jump.  Charles James (Morse, San Diego) has a 24'2 best, 



with Daniel Herman (Granite Hills, El Cajon) 23'09, and last 



year's Champion Kenney Pearson (Stagg, Stockton) 23'07.75 making 



this a very competitive event.  











Event #90 - Men's Triple Jump 



     Canadian Devon Davis (Pickering, Ontario) has a 50'8 



personal best, with Jerriod Mack (St. Mary's, Berkeley) improving 



to 49'08.5 two weekends ago.  Matt Primous (Lompoc) was 49'1.5 



last year, with Maurice Washington (Stagg, Stockton) and Ryan 



Fernandez (Skyline, Oakland) out over 47'0 this year.  







Event #67 - Men's Pole Vault 



     Mark Unzueta (Lemoore) returns as the =#4 Pole Vaulter in 



the nation with his best of 16'2.  Pooh Williams (Centennial, 



Gresham, Or) has already been over 15'06 this spring, with Mike 



Mortensen (Corona del Sol, Tempe, Az) 15'1 this spring, with 



Robert Carbajal (Mt. Pleasant, San Jose) and Andy Peake 



(Peninsula Rolling Hills) both 15-footers.  







Event #74 - Men's Shot Put 



     Van Mounts (Bakersfield) is attempting to be the second 



Californian ever over 70' with 68'08.75 1997 and 67'9.75 1998 



bests.  Fellow 60-footers, Danny Ames (El Capitan, Lakeside) 



61'06 (nation's #2 soph in 1997), Vili Makihele (San Marcos) 



60'07, super-soph Rhuben Williams (Eagle Rock, L.A.) 60'06.5, 



Doug Sells (Shelton, Wa) 60'4, and Roy Rivas (Carlsbad) 60'01.5 



will make this a very deep and talented event!  Ten in the field 



have bests of over 58 feet! 











Event #63 - Men's Discus 



     The 1998 National Outdoor Leader, Reedus Thurmond (Serra, 



Gardena) (192'10) will battle with occasional workout-mate, much 



improved Richard Legarra (Wilson, Hacienda Heights) (186'2).  Van 



Mounts (Bakersfield), the nation's leading outdoor Shot Putter at 



67'9.75, who has been out to 181'05 in the Discus.  Danny Ames 



(El Capitan, Lakeside) was the #2 soph thrower in the nation last 



year in the Shot (61'06) and Discus (176-03), with Richard Fagan 



(Greenway, Phoenix) (171'07) the top thrower in Arizona this 



spring.