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California Track & Field is hotter than ever in 2003!

Deepest boys 3200 in prep history highlights Arcadia's Saturday night action!

DyeStat "On-Site" Arcadia Coverage! - Great John Dye and Ricky Quintana Coverage!

Arcadia Invitational results fixes:

Brandon Babiracki wins seeded 1600 in 4:11.67 (Bill Leung photo). Phillip Reid enjoys his Invite 1600 win (John Dye photo). Nicole Gragson lets it loose in the disc (Kirby Lee photo).

** Brandon Babiracki (Dana Hills HS, CA), pictured above, was the corrected winner of the Boys Seeded 1600m in 4:11.67! Brandon's improvements have netted the #2 time in the state!

** Daniel Hutson (Alta HS, UT) was declared third in the Invite 800 in an official time of 1:52.51, a huge PR for one of America's new stars!

** Alex Romero (Albuquerque Academy HS, NM) was declared official 13th-place finisher in tunning 3200m Invite field, with a HUGE PR of 9:02.77!

The "X-Man" (Xavier Carter, Palm Bay HS, FL) Tripleths!

Arcadia pictures - Friday: Kirby Lee - Robert Attical -Saturday: Open Session - Dave Casper - Page 1 - 2 - Saturday Invite Session: Robert Attical - Kirby Lee - Bill Leung

Check back for more - Great Story on G LJ Winner Amy Menlove

Arcadia Saturday - Open Results - Invite Results (revised on 4/15!) - 19 National Leaders!

Bill Leung photo collage of Arcadia 2003 - from upper left and going clockwise - Mr. Lloyd Higgins Discus offiical and Billie Jo Grant - Xavier Carter (Palm Bay, Florida) 10.38 (Meet Record) - 20.85-46.72!! - Donovan Kilmartin (Idaho) 16-06 PV - Mike Morrison (Willingboro, NJ) 7-03 Meet Record HJ - Duane Solomon (Cabrillo, Lompoc) 1:51.19 - Boys 3200 - Chris Solinsky (Wisconsin) 8:43.24 - Girls 3200 field - Megan Kaltenbach (Colorado) 10:25.01 winner - Allyson Felix (LA Baptist) - 11.29w and 22.97 sprint double! - Kathleen Trotter (New Jersey) 4:48.62 1600 win.

FRIDAY RELAYS - NATIONAL RECORDS! - JW North (Riv) took down national shuttle hurdles relay record (from 58.89 to 57.49) as Gayle Hunter, Domenique Manning, Lili Calhoun and Ashlee Brown rolled! In the 800m sprint medley, LB Poly had Shana Solomon, Dominique Dorsey, Jasmine Lee and Shalonda Solomon burn a 1:38.73 (smashing the old record by over three seconds! Stunning first-day results also had national leaders in the Boys 4x800 (7:42.36, LB Poly), Boys 4x1600 (Loyola, 17:30.28) and Girls 4x1600 (Red Bank Regional, NJ, 20:55.47).

Friday Summary and Quotes - Ricky Quintana for DyeStat --  Full Friday Results

Dual Action Last Week Updated!

Dual Meet Action 4/7-4/11 -Great Dual running, jumping, relaying, and throwing!!! James Logan blazes 45.9 G 400m Relay (first sub-46 second G400 Re in US Prep DUAL MEET History??) - Derrick Jones (LB Poly) 10.2 100m - Lionel Larry (Dominguez) 21.1 200!! - Rolando Felizola (Downey junior) 47-05 TJ in dual! - Jared Bray (Mission Bay) 61-10.75 BSP - Shalonda Solomon (LB Poly) 11.5 G100m - Kate Hutchinson (San Clemente) GDT 162-00 - Kevin Craddock (Logan) Hurdles - 14.40 HH (auto-timed, wind legal) and 38.63 IH, with Talia Stewart (Logan) 43.78 G 300LH.

Good to see Auto-timing and Wind-Gauges in dual meets!! - St. John Bosco (Bellflower) and Santa Margarita (RSM) another titanic Boys affair (73-63 win for SM) - great efforts auto-timed and wind readings!! Frosh Myra Hasson (Gardena) great 56.3 dual G 400! Katie Richardson (Yreka) 152-03 G DT (#6 Mark Nation so far this spring!) - Demetrius Westbrooks (Morse) 23-09.75 LJ - Joe Perkins (Vacaville) 179-10 B DT!!

Sanger Easter Classic - 4/15/03 - Sanger HS (Central Section) - Cole Herron (Sanger) 7-00.25 HJ in his home pit!! - Kira Costa (Memorial) 13-00 GPV (also 15.10 100mH - 17-03 LJ) - Kyle Alcorn (Buchanan) is back!! 9:16.31 solo 3200 - Sylvia Medrano (Exeter) Meet Record G3200 11:14.97 - Lashay Bagbsy (South, Bak) 5-06 G HJ - Jeff Bogdanof (Buchanan) 14.94-39.72 Hurdle Double - Matt Moseley (Buchanan) and returned from injury (broke hand in basketball and had to have plate inserted -ouch!) Roy Phelps (Coalinga) B PV both 14-06 - Jason Rooters (Edison, Fr) 57-03 B SP and 183-08 B DT

Lemoore Invitational - 4/11/03 - Lemoore HS (Central Section) - Jason Rooters finally reached his dad's school record in the shot (that dated since 1959!) - Check out the fine distance plus his 172-02 DT win - Ryan Moore (Redwood) fine 49.3 400 and 39.0 300mIH double - Cole Herron (Sanger) 6-10 HJ - Russell Zulim (Immanuel) 22-09 LJ - Golden West Boys' Team winners - Girls - Christina Lopez (Golden West) continues fine sprinting with 12.1 100m win - Sylvia Medrano (Exeter) 11:19.6 3200 - Natalie Frierson (Immanuel) 17-10.5 LJ

Avis Kelley Gilroy Invitational - 4/5/03 - CCS - Weather affected meet (rain prevented some finals from being run) had Seaside (Monterey) take the Boys team title and Oak Grove the Girls. Scottt Sierra was 15.19 in the 110mHH, with Brian Lopez (Gilroy) 53-03 in the SP - Girls - Raquel Butler (Gilroy) was 26.63 in the 200 and a fine 59.27 in the 400 - Gretchen Hausler (Santa Cruz) had a 15.66 in the 100mH.

Poway Titan Trackfest - Poway HS - 4/11-12/03 - San Diego area meet had Girls - Jolanda Diego (El Camino, Oceanside) 12.33 100m (wind info?) - Hallah Barre (Mt. Carmel) healthy 11:09.30 3200m - Jessica Eggleston (El Cam) 14.93 (nwi) and 45.60 300mH - Morse G400 Re 48.65 - Boys - James Rhodes (Ramona) 49.78 400m - Humberto Rojas (Estancia, Costa Mesa) 3:58.29 1500 - Kevin Bickham (El Camino) 9:31.11 3200m - Chris Reina (Orange Glen) HH 14.82 - IH 39.42 - Morse 42.99 400 Re - Matt Stevenson (Rancho Bernardo) 14-06 PV - Russell Foster (Bonita Vista, CV) 56-11 SP

Carmel Invitational - CCS - 4/12/03 - A bit of weather along the Central Coast affected this affair. - Los Altos Girls team winners - Carmel takes the Boys title! - Will Faules (Homestead, Cupertino) 14.84 B 110mHH - Ronnie Drummer (North Salinas) 10.88 B 100 win - Sean Lopes (Pioneer, San Jose) 1:59.19 B 800 - Allie Miller (Los Altos) 46.78 G 300mLH - Pat Parsel (Carlmont) 9:37.0 B 3200m - San Lorenzo Valley 1-2-3 G 3200 sweep led by Raquel Barrientos 11:39.7 - Robert Oberst (Aptos) B SP 50-09 - Brittany Reynolds (Homestead, Cupertino) 17-03.5 GLJ

2003 Castro Valley Invitational - Castro Valley High School Friday, April 11, 2003 - North Coast Section affair with Girls Varsity, and Boys and Girls F/S Sections. Castro Valley took the GV with 68 over Alameda's 60. Highlighted action was 12.78 100m Meet Record GV 100 by Charis Chan of the host school. with Corinne Roberts (Alameda) taking the "devil take the hindmost mile" at 5:33.2 (last runner steps off the track at the end of each lap after a few). Lauren Holdill of Alameda had a good 16-10 GLJ effort.

Santa Ana Distance Carnival - 4/12/03 (SS) - First year affair had a good turnout! Ayala good B4x1600 18:31.0 and G 4x1600 21:47.0. Ayal took the Boys and Girls Div I team titles, with Santiago Boys Div II and Villa Park Girls Div II

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