***NEWS FLASHES!***
Nike announces new NTN at-large process
Nike unveils more info on regional championship meets
NTN music video download

New - AAU Reg 13a-13b  - Yth Nat'ls 7/3 - Jr Pan Am 7/6

2007 Cross-Country Previews!

Cross-Country Pre-Season All-State Boys -- #11 to #16!

   
photos by Joe Hartman
Who's Back! - Boys Division V top Returnees - Girls DV

U.S. Junior Championships
Kirby Lee's great photos of California preps past and present!
Highlights Video   -   Victor Sailer photos!
Saturday results, summaries and pictures!   Videos
New All-time California Best Marks List (Nellum/Hasay)

Index Page (w/ summaries, video & results)!

Former LB Poly star Shalonda Solomon turns pro

Eddie Hart Olympian
T&F Education Clinic
July 14 @ Pittsburg HS

Summer/2007 XC Calendar
Summer T&F Calendar
LA City Meets start!

Bronco (SS) Inv CC
Date Change 9/8 to 9/22

131 coaches at LA84 clinic

Coach Openings
College Prep (NCS) T&F
Mater Dei (SS) - XC asst
Notre Dame (CCS) XC
U of LaVerne: XC/TF
Cypress (SS) XC/TF
Galileo Acad (SF) XC/TF

                  DyeStatCal Featured Meets
     
Info for HS runners at Baldwin Park
Pride of the Valley 5k on August 4th!

  DyeStatCal Featured Camps  
       

Check here for the full 2007 DyeStatCal Running Camps Index!

2007 USATF Youth Nationals
Tuesday July 3rd - Sunday July 8th, 2007
@ Benedictine University (Lisle, Illinois)
Age Group Meet "proof of fitness affair" for US World Youth
Team Members (as they head to Europe July 11th-15th competition)

California US World Youth Team Members (in action at Youth Nationals)
Conor McCullough - Reginald Wyatt - Jordan Hasay - Kiani Profit - Ashton Purvis
Turquoise Thompson all entered - Julian Purvis also part of Nat'l Team
Ton of other Golden Staters back in Illinois this week for first of summer
Nat'l Age-Group Meets!!
Meet Index Area

2007 Junior Pan American Championships
Thursday July 6th - Saturday July 8th, 2007
@ San Paulo, Brazil
US "under-20" age team to South America end of this week!!
Bryshon Nellum - Andrew AJ Acosta - Jonathan Williams - Scott Roth - Zuheir Sharif - Nick Robinson -
Khrystal Carter - Nicole Blood - Kauren Tarver - Tori Anthony - Jamesha Youngblood - Ashika Charon -
Ke'Nyia Richardson - Shana Woods will all be in action!!
Meet for the US Team that qualified from the recent US Junior Nationals in Indianapolis
Meet Index Area

Nike Outdoor Nationals
Thursday, June 14th, - Saturday June 16th
@ North Carolina A&T Univ (Greensboro, NC)
 
photos by Kirby Lee
Spencer Knight anchors the La Sierra super Distance Medley
Conor McCullough (Chaminade) starred in the hammer

California's National Champions!
   
Photos by Victor Sailer
Boys 800m -- Cory Primm 1:48.63 is new U.S. leader!
Boys DMR -- La Sierra 10:01.79 is #3 in state history!
Girls 4 x Mile -- Corona del Mar 20:23.43 triumph!
Also sophomore class nat'l record by Reggie Wyatt (400IH)

California Summary of competition

Day 3 - Saturday June 16th!
Day 3 and complete results summary

Day 2 - Friday June 15th - Action Starts to Roll!
Roosevelt (Greenbelt) Md takes Nat'l Record 1600 Medley 3:51.90 (old record 3:52.22)
Fourteen under 9:00 Boys Two Mile in last two sections! Centrowitz 8:41.55
(ties Prep for #3 AT HS) 4:26-4:15 mile segments (58 last 440)
Day 2 Summary

Day 1 - Thursday June 14th - 5k events!
Aric Van Halen (Unat/Oakwood) 15:22.46
Day 1 Summary

USATF Junior Nationals
Wednesday, June 20th, - Sunday June 24th
@ Indianapolis, Indiana
DyeStatCal "on-site"

  COVERAGE AREA!

FRIDAY'S HIGHLIGHTS
 4 more into Brazil on Friday!
   
Photos by Victor Sailer
California preps Ashton Purvis & Cory Primm
Cory Primm (Westlake HS) ran yet another sub-1:50, Castilleja's Tori Anthony
overcame winds in the pole vault, Ke'Nyia Richardson flew in
the TJ as did ex-CA prep Zuheir Sharif! All four won to advance to the
PanAm Junior Champs in Brazil, making it 10 Californians thus far!

FRIDAY'S RESULTS, BY EVENT AREAS:
Sprints/Hurd.  Distances  Field Events 

THURSDAY HEADLINERS
 Herculean efforts qualify 6 for Brazil!

Hercules HS star Jamesha Youngblood (above) soars to 20-08.50 LJ win! In Seniors (adult) division,
Ke'Nyia Richardson bounds 44-4.0 (#2 A-T) to place 6th against world-class types! Ex-CA HSers
Shana Woods (hep), Nicole Blood (3k) and Darius Savage (DT) also win. UCLA's Nick Robinson
and Washington's Scott Roth (both CA ex-preps) each placed second to earn bids to Brazil! The winner
in Juniors advances to the Pan Am Junior Championships in Brazil, along with select 2nd-placers
in cenrtain events. See qualifying note below for more qualification details!

Heptathlon: USC's Shana Woods (ex-LB Poly) wins and makes Team USA for Brazil!
Girls Long Jump: Hercules' Jamesha Youngblood posts new nation-leading mark!
Girls 3000m: Oregon's Nicole Blood (ex-Royal HS) is back to winning form!
Boys Shot Put: UCLA's Nick Robinson (ex-El Toro HS) comes up big for Bruins!
Out of state highlights:
Rynell Parson (TX) rips 10.23 in 100m final to set nat'l soph record! Brendan Ames (WY) 13.15w HH!
Jackie Coward (TN) 13.21 legal HH is #4 all-time [also 13.17w in final]; Ryann Krais (PA) 5377 heptathlon #4 all-time

THURSDAY'S RESULTS, BY EVENT AREAS:
Sprints/Hurd.  Distances  Field Events  Decathlon/Heptathlon
Thursday Video Added Now
"A Quick Glance" At How Our Californians Did Today...

WEDNESDAY'S HIGHLIGHTS:
Wonder Woman is at it again!
Can any of you at home match Shana Woods' marks?
     
photos by Doug Speck
USC's Shana Woods posts best marks in HH and 200 to lead
heptathlon. The ex-LB Poly star has the LJ, JT, 800 on Thursday!
Heptathlon: Shana Woods (ex-LB Poly) 1st out of 23 after Day One (3,311 points!)
Whitney Liehr (Palos Verdes HS) 9th out of 23 after Day One
Decathlon: DeShawn Shead (Highland HS) 16th out of 22 after Day One

COVERAGE AREA!
(now complete with results, schedules, previews, start lists, etc.)

Long Beach Poly's Bryshon Nellum captures his biggest award yet
by being named the 2006-07 Gatorade National Boys Track & Field
Performer of the Year in an announcement made at this week's
USATF Junior Nationals meet in Indianapolis. Bryshon helps continue
a streak of California dominance in the program, becoming the 22nd
Golden State winner out of 44 recipients in the award's history. The
state of Texas is next best with eight winners in the history of the award.

Press Release on Bryshon's selection     Past winners of the award

Long Beach Poly Star/Univ South Carolina All-American
Shalonda Solomon turns pro!!

picture by Photo Run
Prep Record Books Still have 5 National Relay Records set by Jackrabbit squads featuring
Shalonda (Indoor 4x2, 4x4, Outdoor 4x1, 4x2, 4x4) - in addition to her relay honors
individually Shalonda sits #10 AT California prep 100m 11.35 - #4 200m 22.82
Who will ever forget those classic races with Jasmine Baldwin her senior year of 2004!
Read about one of the State's All-Time Greats and her decision

World Youth (under 18) Championships
July 11-15, 2007 @ Ostrava Czech Republic
Golden State youngsters Ashton Purvis, Julian Purvis, Jordan Hasay, Conor
McCullough are off to good start to a year that may have them on Team USA!
Meet Information

LA84 Cross-Country Coaches Clinic A Success!
  
Photos courtesy of Tim O'Rourke
A total of 131 coaches turned out for the LA84 (formerly AAF) Cross-Country Coaches Clinic
at Mt. SAC on Saturday, June 16th. Among the presenters were (l-to-r) Torrey Pines' Brent Thorne,
Saugus' Rene Paragas and former Ventura coach Bill Tokar. The next clinic will be on July 14 at
Mt. SAC and will be featuring the 2008 US Olympic Coach Joe Vigil, Pat Tyson and Dan Green.

Summer Age-Group Action
Momentum builds towards late July Nat'l USATF JO's in So Cal

AAU Region 13b Champs
Saturday, June 17th, 2007 @ Cathedral Catholic HS (San Diego)
Mariah Gibson (Lancaster/?? MS) Int G HJ 5-04; Isaiah Sims (San Diego/Univ City HS) Yng M 200 2195 nwi;
Joe Berry (Hatboro-Horsham HS, Pa) Yng M PV 16-00;
Meet Summary

AAU Region 13a Champs
Friday-Saturday June 15-16th, 2007 @ Tulare HS
Ciara Brewer (Union City MS) Yth G LJ 18-06.5 nwi; Dominique Lauderdale (Bakersfield/Ridgeview HS)
Yng W 100 12.03 nwi; 200 24.53 nwi; Deja Edwards (Elk Grove/Whitney HS) Yng W LJ 18-06.t nwi;
Taylor Nichols (Bakersfield/Stockdale HS) Yng W TJ 39-00 nwi. Anthony Riggins (Valley/St. Patricks-
St. Vincent's HS) Int B 100 10.96 nwi; Roman Gray (Elk Grove/Laguna Creek) Yng M 400 48.65 -
LJ 23-04.25 nwi; David Charleston (Bakersfield/West HS) Yng M TJ 47-11 nwi
Meet Summary

Central California USATF Association Champs
Saturday, June 9th, 2007 @ Clovis HS
Kayla Kovar (Ridgecrest/Burroughs HS) Int G Discus 155-05; Dominique Lauderdale
(Bakersfield/Ridgeview HS) Yng W 100 11.82 nwi 200 24.71 nwi; Brandon Henderson
(Bakersfield/ ?? HS) Yng M 100 10.61 nwi; Kyle Alston (Team Raw/Hoover HS) 21.70 200
Meet Summary

San Diego/Imperial USATF Association Champs
Fri-Sun, June 8th-10th, 2007 @ San Ysidro HS
Nico Reeves (Mercury San Diego TC/Mt. Miguel HS) Yng M 200 21.96 nwi;
400 48.44; Ronald Brookins (San Diego TC/Helix HS) Yng M 110mHH 14.61 nwi.
Meet Summary

Region 14 USATF Multi-Event Champs
Sat-Sun, June 16-17th, 2007 @ Clovis HS
Young Women's Heptathlon - Eve King (City Track/University SF HS) 4404; Rachel Weltz
(Sierra Foothills/Bear River HS) 4324; Young Men Decathlon Joshua Cusick (Mission Valley TC/
St. Lawrence Academy) 5934; Michael Keating (Unat/Paso Robles HS) 5434. 
Weltz 5-07 HJ - Cusick 14-01.25 PV
Meet Summary

Pacific Association USATF Association Champs
Thurs-Sat June 22-24th, 2007 @ Granada HS (Livermore)


photo by Robert Wallingford
Maurice Valentine Jr - above actual 7-00.25 HJ for Soph leads Pacific Association Action!!
Moving up the ladder as one of the nation's top young jumpers - Oakland Police Athletic
League/Castro Valley HS star records State's best prep jump in early summer action!!
Very solid affair - check summary area for more highlights
Meet Summary

So Cal Association USATF Association Champs
Sat-Sun June 9-10, 2007 @ Cerritos College


photo courtesy of South Orange County Wildcats Track Club
Two of the State's All-Time Great Young Hurdlers - frosh stars DeValle Pedrogo (rt - South Orange
County Wildcats/Mission Viejo HS) (14.46 this past spring) and Dale Morgan (left-LA Jets/Taft
HS, Woodland Hills) (14.68 and 14.59 nwi) battle in recent JO Action!

Strong Southern California group takes first step to local National JO Champs at Walnut
July 24-29, 2007.  Area's next fine young female sprinters duel with Valexisia Droughn (Together
Elite/Oxnard MS) Yth G 100 12.13 nwi; Akawkaw Ndipagbor (Together Elite) Yth G 200 24.59
nwi over Droughn 24.97, plus Akawkaw Yth G 400 56.00 !
Meet Summary

Class of 2007 Collegiate Commitments
Please email us with additional signings! Athletes only are to email us (no college coaches, please!)

Brian Cole (St. Helena) to Williams College; Erick Garcia (Parlier) to Fresno State; Champelle Brown (Fairfield) to Cal Poly SLO;
Derek Hammond (Franklin, Stockton) to Cal State Sacramento; Nick Stearns (El Diamante) to Fresno State;
Marisa Garza (Paso Robles) to San Francisco State; Tiffany Hannah (Edison-Fr) to Cal State Hayward;
Tiera Hilliard (Mayfair) to Fresno State; Gary Lee (Hoover-SD) to Fresno State; Christian deGlymes
(Del Oro) to Vanguard; Cashmir Whittle (Buchanan) to Fresno State; Annie Bledsoe (Riverdale) to Fresno State;
Erica Fitzpatrick (San Pedro) to Seton Hall; Sarah Savage (Buchanan) to Fresno State; Wallis Caiquo
(Los Alamitos) to Fresno State; Shanlle Stephens (Dominguez) to Fresno State; Ashley Hodges (Deer Valley)
to Howard University; Jessica Robson (Newport Harbor) to Dartmouth College; Janev Morris (Fountain Valley)
to Fresno State; Kendrick Young Jr. (Clovis East) to Fresno State; Joey Kochlacs (Campolindo), Alex Avilez (Valley Center),
Hannah Dillard (Chico), Kara Lubieniecki (Bear Creek, CO), Alia Gray (Maria Carrillo), Katie Spencer
(East Valley, Redlands) and Maria Avalos (Vintage HS, Napa) all to Chico State Univ;
Taylor Hobson (Upland) to UCLA; Valerie Acevedo (Upland) to Cal State Fullerton;
Mark Weber (El Camino) to UCLA; Andre Gaston (Pittsburg) to UC Davis; Kendra Rimbach
(Prospect) to San Francisco St.; Emilie Stills (Duarte) to Occidental; Andre Huff (St. Mary's, B) & Greyson Tarantino
(St. Mary's, B) both to UC Davis; Spencer Phillips (Rancho Cucamonga) to CS Long Beach; Jesse Lomax (St. Mary's, B)
to UC Davis; Alexandria Bell (Salinas) to Boise State Univ; Ify Agwuenu (Ayala) to Sacramento State;
Brittany Escamilla (El Molino) to UC Davis; Brian Kopcynski (Tesoro) to Claremont-McKenna;
Jerome Kendricks (Serra, G) to CS Fullerton; Lilly Spratt (Old Lyme, Ct) to Pepperdine;
Steven DeCastro (West Torrance) to Cal State Long Beach; Josh Zubia (Murrieta Valley) to San Francisco State;
Joshua Laureta-Kimbrough (James Logan) to Cal Poly SLO; Matt Miller (El Modena) to UC Berkeley;

Signings Page

High School Team Websites
Community College State Web Site

Message board! Message board!