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California Track & Field is hotter than ever in 2003!

61st annual Pasadena Games - Saturday, March 29 at Pasadena CC

Bill Leung photo collage of the Pasadena Games catches the big action!!! From the top left clockwise - Laura Meyers - Dan Appanaitis - Allyson Felix and Elizabeth Olear - Jeff Jacobs - Bryan Rodie - Thomas Mack - Felix again - Lionel Larry - middle shots - top Ruiz and Reid 3200 - bottom - Bakersfield 400m Re

Pasadena Games Picture Pages - Page One - Page Two - Check Back - more to come!!

Results and Bill Leung and Kirby Lee picture pages now loaded!

Stanford Invitational - Saturday, March 29 at Stanford University

Saturday - Stanford - Brittany Daniels (Soph at Merrill West, Tracy) - Broke old Meet Record Girls Triple Jump of 40-08.5 by Candice Baucham (LB Poly) by over a foot with a 41-09.25 effort (#6 Californian All-Time). Very, very, very narrrow foul at over 43' (Yikes!) - 2001 Senior Year Baucham 40-08.5 at Stanford 2 weeks later at Arcadia 42-03.5 (Daniels - Arcadia in a week!! One young lady ready to go!!) (Robert Attical photo at Nat'l Scholastic Indoor at New York in March)

BOYS - 100: Chris Henry (Edison, Stockton) 10.71, Kenny O'Neal (Skyline) 10.77; 400: DeSean Cunningham (University City) 47.90, Sam DeSa (Monte Vista) 48.04; Mile: Kyle Jesperson (Klamath Union) 4:14.60, Alex Dunn (SLV) 4:14.65; 110H: Kevin Craddock (Logan) 14.13w (+2.3 M/S), Jason Bolden-Anderson (Logan) 14.46w, 56.73 (400IH). 4x100: University City, San Diego 42.31, Skyline 42.53, Newark 42.66. - GIRLS - 100: Jennifer Nash (Merrill West) 11.93 (+1.2 M/S), Kristina Davis (Logan) 12.04; 400: Deonna
Lawrence (Sheldon) 54.73; Mile: Thornberry (Valley Chr.) 4:55.12; 4x100: James Logan 46.23, Holy Names 47.02; 4x400: Merrill West 3:47.09 (w/o Bartschi!), Logan 3:48.15; Triple Jump: Daniels (Merrill West) 41-9 1/4 (#6 All-time Californian!!!), Williams (Skyline) 39-4.

Link to Stanford Invite Coverage Area

Surf City Invitational - Saturday, March 29 at Huntington Beach HS

Sponsored by Edison HS in Huntington Beach

Billie Joe Grant continues to zoom up the all-time national throws list! A herculean 183-6 toss here destroyed the meet record and moved to #5 on the all-time U.S. prep outdoor list!

Full results now loaded!

Mt. Carmel Invitational - Saturday, March 29 at Poway HS

Gayle Hunter (North, Riv) 20-08.75 (turns out is wind-aided +3.4 mps) - best high school jump of year under any conditions - Turns it it's Equal #9 Californian under any conditions

• Link to Mt. Carmel Invite Coverage Area
• The Mt. Carmel Invite in SD has Reggie Bush pull in 400 Relay while his team was headed for a sub-41.0 (he's out for a bit with a hamstring) - Riverside North Girls Hot! - Swier 4:17.92 1600 - Hauser 48-04 TJ - Westbrooks 23-09.75 LJ - Bray 59-05 SP - Girls: Rethmeier 10:35.74 3200 solo - Ashlee Brown 14.13 100h - No 46.69 400 Re - Gayle Hunter 20-08.75w LJ!!
• Great 2003 for Girls Long Jumping in California - DeAna Carson (Visa del Lago, Moreno Valley) indoors 19-07 for National Frosh Record - Shana Woods (LB Poly) 19-03, now #2 on All-time Frosh LJ List!!

Chino Relays - Citrus College - Sat 3/29/03 - LB Poly running wild!! Poly Boys 41.5 400m Re, 1:27.8 800m Re, 3:16.0 1600m Re, 7:59.1 3200m Re!! Girls 45.7 400m Re, 1:37.1 800m Re, 3:44.7 1600m Re, 9:25.4 3200m Re, 1600m Sprint Medley 4:14.2!! On the Field Shana Woods (Poly) 18-06.75 LJ, Stephanie Graves (Poly) 37-06 TJ, and Kendra Lilly (Poly) 41-07 SP--wow!! - Some other teams did contribute to a fine meet in a strong way. Don Lugo (Chino Hills) 10:31.4 B Dist Med and 17:54.1 B 4x1600 Re. Sultana Girls excellent 21:21.8 G 4x1600 Re and 12:45.6 G Dist Med Re. Priscilla Gardner (Mission Viejo) 143-08 G DT. Cypress Boys were very strong in their division with an 18:00.9 4x1600 their top mark!

Sierra Challenge at Buchanan HS - Friday 3/28/03 - Results now complete!! - Cole Herron (Sanger) 6-11 B HJ - Kira Costa (Memorial, Fr) 13-00 G PV - Missy Faubus (Centennial, Bakersfield) G SP 44-10 & G DT 158-06 - Desirae Gonder (Stockdale) GHJ 5-08 -

Tri County Small School Invitational 3/29/03 - Co Sponsored: La Reina High School / Moorpark High School - Location: Moorpark High School - Weather: 80 Degrees - Wind: 30-40 MPH (Very Windy! All finishes, shot & Discus into heavy headwind!) - Highlights: - G 1600 M - Katie Gose, La Reina 5:14.6, Treani Swain, Oakwood 5:20.1 - G 400 M - Treani Swain, Oakwood 56.2 - G 200 M - Treani Swain, Oakwood 26.1 - G 3200 - Katie Gose 11:26.3 - G TJ Natalie Calderon, La Salle 37'07.00" - B SP John Caulfield, La Salle 57' 01.00" -

Track Is Back V - West Torrance High School – 3/29/03 (SS)

Robert Nelson (Torrance), a double horizontal jump winner with 22-06 (LJ) and 44-03 (TJ) efforts, and Olga Aulet-Leon (Peninsula, Rolling Hills) a Girls double winner at 2:21.23 (800) and 11:24.6 (3200) were named Athletes of the Meet. The Torrance Boys, bolstered by the 51-05 B SP and 163-10 B DT weight double, were lifted to the Team title there with 141 points over North Torrance's 87. West Torrance 125 took the Girls title over Peninsula with 110. Ana Papadakis (Peninsula, RH) with a G PV of 10-00 broke a meet record, with Allison Sarell (Gahr, Cerritos) a 36-06 G TJ that bettered the old Meet standard.

2003 Reed Sparks Rotary Invitational - 3/28/2003 to 3/29/2003 - at Reed High School, Sparks Nevada - Nevada meet had Calveras HS Boys weight duo of Troy Baker BSP 53-11.5 and Nathan Adams BDT 157-02 take wins, with Devon Jones (Grant, Sacramento) a 21-07.75 LJ winner. BJ Triplett (Mt. Eden, Hayward) was the Girls 100 (12.44) and 200 (25.84) champ, with her team taking the G400 Re at 50.27. Carley Whitney (Calaveras) added a 16-10 for 2nd G LJ.

El Rancho Relays - (Pico Rivera) (SS) - 3/29/03 - Ray Elliott - Rowland Boys take ten events in the relay format. Airrion Moses (Rowland) 43-09.5 TJ and 6-02 HJ for top individual efforts on the field. Katie Black (Downey) 5-02 G HJ.

San Pedro Easter Relays - San Pedro HS - 3/29/03 - Beautiful day in the harbor area, 18 teams participated, mostly from LAUSD and South Bay. - Humberto Rojas (Estancia, Costa Mesa) fine 4:24.38 1600, with Jose Gonzalez (Narbonne, Harbor City) one of the state's Distance sleepers a 4:32.87 there (and 2:02 800 re and 4:30 1600 anchor dist med). Cabrillo, the newest of the Long Beach HS's, was 50.70 in the Girls 400 Relay, with Laura Mickelson (Mira Costa, Manhattan Beach) 5:22.66 in the G 1600, with teammate Jessica Encisco a 35-02 SP winner.

Santa Barbara Easter Relays - March 29, 2003 at Santa Barbara City College - Good meet on a beautiful day! Terrail Lambert, jr at St. Bonaventure (Ventura) B100m 10.76w (+3.12). Carson near sweep of B 4x100 (42.76), 4x200 (1:30.2), with Nevada's Cimarron-Memorial taking the 4x400 over the Colts 3:23.54-3:26.30. El Toro B 4x800 8:15.97, Distance Medley 10:41.4. Josh Lubeek (Royal, Simi) 14-06 PV, with Mark Lewis (Arroyo Grande) weight double 55-06.5 (SP) and 179-05 (DT). Girls' side had Mindy Neely (Dos Pueblos, Goleta) 12.44w (+2.09) 100 win, with Artensia Young (Serra, Gardena) fine double G100H 15.12w (+2.71) and Meet Record TJ 38-07.25 (wind?). Tia Ferguson (San Marcos, Santa Barbara) was 10:26.1 3000m winner, with her team 12:43.87 to take the Distance Medley. Parmount took the G400 (49.67) and G800 Re (1:47.4). Lauren Reid (Rio Mesa, Oxnard) 17-11.5 LJ win (wind?), with Jennifer Kitzmann (Santa Ynez) fine 5-06 GHJ win. Bobbie Patton (Righetti, Santa Maria) fine 42-01.5 Girls Shot win.

Irvine Invitational - 3/29/03 - Irvine High School - Santa Margarita (Rancho SM) Girls, one of the nation's top dual meet squads, and Mission Viejo (Boys) team titlests in this Orange County affair. - Santa Margarita Girls taking event wins all over the place! 100-400-100 H - 300H - 400 Re - HJ on the way to an effective stomping of the field! Caitlin Atkinson (St. Marg) 12.74w (+4.2 mps) 100 win - Emily Kalmbach 57.99 400 victory - Lauren Collins (SM) 14.89w (+2.6) 100H winner, with the 4x100 group 49.13. Annie St. Geme (Corona del Mar, Newport Beach) continues to improve, with the frosh star the 800 winner (2:22.53) and fiine 5:10.93 (1600) win. Cara Walker (Marina, HB) 11-06 Pole Vault win on misses over Megan Jamerson (Santa Marg) (same height), with Melissa Yunghans (Orange Lutheran) fine 43-06 SP. Colaine Gricb (Katella, Anaheim) had a 12.58w (we assume) F/S 100 Girls win, with Kristina Curtis (Tustin) 5-06 G HJ at that level! - Mission Viejo's Boys group was impressive! Raphael McFarlane (MV) 10.97w (+3.0) 100 win, with Marcus Dailey (MV) 22.45 (+1.3) 200 victory, and the 4x400group a 43.24 win by eight meters! Chris Frazier added a 39.13 300mIH win for the Diablo's

Tulare Track & Field Jamboree - Bob Mathias Stadium - Tulare 3/29/03 - Guy Fowler

Monache (Porterville) Boys and Tulare Girls took the team titles here. Boys had Paul Prescott (Porterville) with a Meet Record 13-06 Pole Vault, with the Girls action headed by the Meet Record Horizontal jumps from Mt. Whitney stars, junior Jessica Law 16-11 LJ and Tynisha Smallwood 35-05.5 TJ. Renee Hill of Mt. Whitney added a 35-05 Shot Put win.

Rancho Verde Meet of Champions - 3/29/03 - Boys - Host Rancho Verde took the Boys Large Schools division with 127 points over AB Miller (Fontana) 115. Miller's Kyle Jacobo took the highs at 15.48, with Vinnie Weathers (Serra, SD) 21-07 in the LJ. West Valley (Hemet) took the Boys Small Schools in a great battle with Paloma Valley 138-136. Girls - Girls Large schools meet had Serra (San Diego) 117 to Chaparral (Temecula) 114. Serra took the Girls 400 Relay at 50.38, with Sparkle Anderson 17-10 LJ and 38-07 TJ. Paloma Valley took the Small School Girls with 160.

Brea Rotary Relays - Girls Results - 3/29/03 - Dreaux Valenti - The host school were big Varsity team winners off a series of good efforts. Assume it is Anne Gustafson from Brea 5:20.18 1600m win (no first names on individual events from this meet), with a 9:49.55 4x800 relay winner for Brea. In the field the locals took the Relay Pole Vault, Long Jump, and Triple Jump. Victor Valley (Victorville) had the 100m winner (12.74), 400 winner (60.18), with 50.06 (400 Re), 1:44.62 (800 Re), and 1:53.58 (800 Medley Re) winners. Western (Anaheim) added a 4:07.70 1600m relay win!

DeAnza League Meet #1 Results 3/24/03 - 1st DeAnza League Meet. Invitational style format. Highlights to the meet were Brian Baker (Beaumont) cruising to a 9:49 3200 after winning the 1600 in 4:39 and fininshing 2nd in the 800. Shelese Ruffin cruised to a 58.7 in the 400. A freshman from 29 Palms(Mascato) won the 400 in 50.9.

Corcoran Invitational - Sat 3/29/03 - Corcoran HS - Central Section - Some fine efforts graced this Central Section affair. Excellent marks in the field for Jackson (results list him from Golden West, Visalia but we believe South, Bakersfield) B LJ 23-00.25 (over three foot win!! - second 19-05), Lashay Bagsby (South, Bak) 5-07 Meet Record G HJ, and Jennifer Ward (South, Bak) 42-05 MR G SP. Junior Christina Lopez of Golden West continues her fine season of sprinting, with a 12.2 win over highly regarded Britney Bennett of Centennial. Centennial had A and B Teams in the Girls 400m Re, clocking 50.2 and 50.7. Ryan Moore (Redwood, Visalia) added to the fine section depth in the hurdles with a 39.2 300mIH Large Schools win.

Martinez Relays - Alhamba HS (NCS) - 3/29/03 - Early Report - Allison Falk (San Ramon Valley, Danville) 5-08 HJ -Monique Coleman (El Cerrito) continues on "comeback trail," selected Athlete of Meet!! - Ashley Vallis (Deer Valley) 2:15 800 relay leg - Carondelet (Girls) and San Leandro (Boys) team winners

Statewide Dual Meets -

• Most Recent Adds!! - Tiare Ferguson (San Marcos, SB) 11:26.8 3200 in dual! (Hawaii champ disappeared in Cross-Country - back for track after transfer) - DJ Smith (Foothill, Pleasanton) 10.4 100m - San DeSa (Monte Vista, Danville) 10.6-21.9 sprints!! - Chris Reina (Orange Glen, Escondido) 14.2 110mHH - Vista 42.0 400 Re - Santa Margarita (RSM) 3:58.19 G 1600 Re (in dual!) - Carol Rodriguez (Western, Anaheim) 24.1 G 200
• Some good marks this week (and a bit of catch-up) - Arroyo Grande has Jared Sola 59-1 (SP) lead ten over 49-8 in one meet! - Jessica Pressley (Laguna Creek, Elk Grove) bombs another one - 49-04.5 GSP! Megan Howard (AG) 47-08 SP - Billie Jo Grant (AG) 172-07 DT - Kate Hutchinson (San Clemente) big PR 162-11 DT
• Muir's Marquis Profit 14.6 HH & 38.1 300mIH vs. rival Pasadena at PCC - Vinnie Weathers (Serra, San Diego) 23-8w LJ - John Caulfield (La Salle) 59-1 - LJ - Aaron Tombleson (Woodland) 57-4 SP - Deonna Lawrence (Sheldon, Elk Grove) 12.1 100m - Alison Costello (Esperanza) 5:03.2 1600 (in dual!) - Kira Costa 12-0 PV - Priscilla Gardner (Mission Viejo) 43-3 SP - 149-8 DT PR's - Kristin Price (Merced) 42-11 SP & 143-9 DT PR's! - Check back for updates!

San Diego Results and Updated Ranks - Guy Singer

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