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Central Section's "Road To State!

CIF Central Section Finals
Wednesday, May 18, 2005 @ Liberty HS, Bakersfield
Edison has the power in sweeping team titles!

Photos by Rich Gonzalez
Stockdale's Desirae Gonder (left) brushes bar at 5-10, but makes
the height nonetheless to move to #2 on the 2005 state list!
At right, Clovis West's Bobby Scott is big 58-10/182-06 2x winner!

Video coverage!
G4x100 - B4x100 - G1600 - B1600 - G100mHH - B100mHH - G400 - B400

G100 - B100 - G800 - B800 - G300LH - B300IH - G200 - B200

G3200 - B3200 - G4x400 - B4x400 - GHJ - GPV - BDT - BPV

Video stills by Doug Speck
Sunnyside's Will Smith tore across the high hurdles in superb 14.20 legal-wind triumph!
Brandon Smith (middle) nips Joe Turner by .003 to win 100m in legal 10.61! Third was 10.70!

Video stills by Doug Speck
Sirena Williams pulled off huge seasonal bests in a stellar 14.34/44.81 hurdles double!
At right, Stockdale's Romesha Anderson smoked the dashes (11.93/24.65) + anchored 2 relay wins!

Video stills by Doug Speck
Thrilling climax to the meet saw Edison and Buchanan battle in boys 4x400 and
then Stockdale girls rally on the home straightaway to win girls 4x400 by .01!

10-second video of Desirae Gonder's HJ clearance at 5-10

Photo by Dave Casper
Buchanan's Lauren Saylor dominated
the distance action at Liberty HS!
Dave Casper's 27-picture Central Section Finals photo album

Thumbnailed photos by Rich Gonzalez
Boys 1600m field, Clovis West's Bobby Scott and female sprinters caught on film!
Rich Gonzalez 49-picture album of the Central Section Finals!

23 DyeStatElite marks (see below) - Here are the full results

Section Road to State Area

New girls' state vault leader on Friday!
13-06.00!

Photo by Joe Hartman
Rancho Cordova's Brysun Stately clears 13-06 at SJS Division II
Finals at American River College -- a new 2005 state leader!
Mark Snow's Video of the 13-06 PV (check the hip-height!)

Sac Joaquin Section Finals
Lincoln Boys & Merrill West girls win team titles!
Shevell Quinley (Merrill West) 43.36 LH; Merrill West 4x100 in 47-08!
Brittany Daniels (Merrill West) 43-02.50 TJ; Stephanie Bagan (Granite
Bay) 12-03 and Samantha Weaver (Lodi) 12-03 in PV; Rebekah Focht
(Elk Grove) 39-03 SP; Devon Mays (Lincoln-St.) 10.62 and 21.89;
Zuheir Sharif (Franklin) 48-10.50 TJ;
Division I Results

Fairfield sweeps the team titles!
Alex Kosinski (Oak Ridge) 4:54.68; Falesha Ankton (Benicia) 14.37 and 43.40 hurdles;
Amber Purvis (Benicia) 24.34 and 55.61; Keisha Baker (Fairfield) 55.75; Dominique Jackson
(Fairfield) 2:13.95; Bobby Guillory (Jesse Bethel) 21.62; Fairfield 3:46.35 to win 4x400 smoker
over Benicia (3:51.98) and Vallejo (3:52.64); Fairfield B4x400 3:19.16; Brysun Stately (Rancho
Cordova) 13-6 PV; Colleen Lenehan (Oak Ridge) 39-8 SP; Joey Baer (Woodland) 176-10 DT
Division II Results

Sierra boys & Oakmont girls capture the team titles!
Aiona Key takes state lead in HJ at 7-01!
Division III Results

DIVISION I (UC Davis) on Friday

Photo by Mike Graffigna
SJS VAULT CITY!
5th Kellie Wheeler (12), Lincoln 10'9; 4th Brooke Cranston (12), Lodi 11'3;
3rd Tessa Fraser (11), 11'9; 1st Samantha Weaver (12), Lodi 12'3; 1st
Stephanie Bagan (11) Granite Bay 12'3

Start Lists Trials Results Finals program Finals results

DIVISION III (Modesto Junior College)
7-01.00!

Mesa Verde's Aiona Key elevated to a state-best
7-01 clearance in the boys high jump on Thursday!
Aiona Key (Mesa Verde) 7-01 BHJ; Val Dai'Re (Buhach Colony) 14.21/38.52 hurdles;
Amanda Moreno (Escalon) 10:54.32/3200; Sarah Hendy (Sonora) 137-06/DT

Photo courtesy of Chuck Bruns
Woodland's Joey Baer celebrates 176-10 discus win with funky moves!

New - SCAC Sac Joaquin League 5 under 57 G400
Steve Thomas' video of the 400 Action!

Results - Section Index page
San Diego Section Prelims: Div 1 Boys and Girls - Div 2 Boys & Girls

Southern Section "Road To State!"

Photo by Richard Gonzalez
Div. I team champ LB Wilson (3:41.02) leads 15 teams sub-3:56!
Mark Matusak takes national lead (4:07.94) as 10 break 4:16.50!
State-leading Poly boys 4x4 nabbed with uniform DQ!
Sade Williams (Rancho Cucamonga) 53.03 and 23.38!
Elizabeth Olear (Louisville) 11.65 and 23.77!
Total of 177 DyeStatElite marks!

"TUZ" Titles (1600 and 3200!)

Photo by Rich Gonzalez
Loyola HS senior Mark Matusak bolted past the pacesetters
to close in 2:00 for the last 800 en route to a big 4:07.94 win
that was a lifetime best, a CIF-SS Division II record and the
2005 national outdoor leader. He later won the 3200 in 9:14.07!
Arroyo's Luis Medina (right behind Matusak in above photo)
also had a huge day with a 4:08.63/1:53.55 double! WOW!

Dave Casper's photo album!

Photo album by Kirby Lee/Errol Anderson!

Huge 73-pic Rich Gonzalez photo album!

Girls Team Champions: LB Wilson (I), Claremont (II),
Muir and Corona del Mar (DIII tie) and St. Mary's Ac. (IV)
Boys Team Champions: LB Poly (I), Dominguez (II),
Notre Dame (III), Serra (IV)
Full results!

Next up: Kirby Lee's great photo album and a final recap!

SS Divisional Video - All Races Div IV-III-II-I
(If you are wondering why some basketball, soccer, etc. pops up in the tapes it was
when Doug Speck was Athletic Director at Arcadia and I wrote over old tape--oh well!)
G400 Re - B400 Re - G1600 - B1600 - G100H - B110mHH - G400 - B400
G100 - B100 - G800 - B800 - G300H - B300IH (no BD1 Sorry)- G200 - B200
G3200 (Combined races)- B3200 - G1600 Re - B1600 Re

Divisional Program for lane references

Central Coast Section's "Road To State" Index Page

CCS Finals Heat Sheets

Los Angeles City Section's "Road To State" Index Page

Holland is hot! Gettis is back! Taft is gone?

L.A. City Prelims full results and short summary
Kirby Lee's L.A. City Prelims Photo Album!

League Finals Results

North Coast Section's "Road to State" Index Page

Photo courtesy of Chuck Woolridge
College Park distance specialist Nicole Pennes eventually withstood
the heat, the wind, and a gutty challenge from Acalanes' Mo Huber
to win the 3200-meter final at the NCS Tri-Valley Area Finals!!

Cameron Potter's photo album of the Redwood Area action!

California HS standout David Klech blazed to 36.0 IH. Versatile ace also goes 14.3 in HH,
6-6 in HJ and 22-6 in LJ! Way to go, David! Craddock DNF's in 110HH, ending his season.
Full Tri-Valley Area meet results (These marks are all hand-times until we hear differently).

***NCS Bay Shore Area Finals***
Balumbu 14.33/50-05.25w-?; Ghebray 9:18.10; Logan 4x1 46.18;
K Davis (JL) 11.62/24.18; Kaye 40-09/TJ; Richardson (2nd) 40-07

***NCS Redwood Empire Area Finals***
Mindi Wiley 5-10.5 HJ

Northern Section "Road To State" Index

Section finals program (should have marks from Divisionals)

Eastern Athletic League Finals

Chico 42.92 B4x100; Mares (Chico) 22.20 B200; Azevedo (Chico) 45.85 G300m LH

Week #12 Statewide

Philip Adam (St. Joseph, Santa Maria) - Jeff Zimmerman photo
Super junior had season cut short with injury
Story on one of the state's top all-arounders who will be back in 2006!

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