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Whether it's League or the start of Section Action it's heating up in many ways!!!
 
 

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Central Coast Section

WCAL League Finals added Sunday: San Jose Valley Christian's Amanda Thornberry (right photo) needs strong 4:53.65 effort to hold off runner-up Michelle Gallagher (4:57.12, in left photo). Gallagher won the 3200 in 10:49. Thornberry also went 2:16 and 11:03 to place third in those events! Thanks to Timothy Patrick O'Dowd of www.irishrunner.com for those two photos! Ashley Monfort doubles in 25.21/56.75 in the girls dashes while Bellarmine's Jared Belser (10.84) barely holds off San Jose Valley Christian 200m winner (10.86/22.05). Results linked below!

TCAL League Finals added Sunday: Ronnie Dummer (North Salinas) pops an 11.01/22.01 sprnt double, with Palma's Scott Sierra winning the 300 IH in 39.48. San Benito's Naomi Ruiz hits a 138'7 mark in the girls disc! Results linked below!

MBAL League Finals added Sunday: Monterey senior Nick Cunningham (above) heads for home in the 400 (48.78 for the win) before bouncing back to nab the 100m crown (11.19) about 15 minutes later! He also won the 200 and helped key the team's third place finish in the short relay! Nick will drop the one-lap dash at CIF, focusing his efforts on the short sprints! Also, Monterey's Kristin Gallup rolls to 1600/3200 double win, Seaside's Keawe Block wins 110HH and TJ, North County's Carla Scherer wins both hurdles (16.64/48.12). Alvarez's Monica Neri wins HJ and TJ. Full results now available!!

WBAL League Finals added Sunday: Castilleja's Karen Ring pulls off the distance double in posting times of 2:29.0 and 5:26.3! Results now linked below!

BVAL League Finals added Sunday: Oak Grove sweeps the short relays in 43.73 (boys) and 49.90 (girls) while Silver Creek pulls the trick in the long relays with 3:32.69 (boys) 4:03.73 (girls) clockings! Full results linked below!

Southern Section

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See the ankle brace? That's gutty Royal HS junior Bryan Rodie (left photo) nailing the top qualifying time in Southern Section Division I prelims after fracturing his ankle while rolling his foot on a misplaced shoe around his house the day before. Said his dad (Scott) in an email to us the day before the race: "Bryan fractured his fibula (the outside process that forms the ankle). The surgeon indicated that the ankle is stable. Bryan is determined to run and is being fitted with a custom prosthetic brace. The doctor indicated he would be in pain, but could run without doing any additional damage. They will see how he feels after they form the brace." Obviously, this kid is tough enough for an event like the 800! He ran 1:54.12 to advance, having already run sub-1:53 this year. Way to tough it out, Bryan!

In photo on right, brothers Brian and Justin Woods give Los Alamitos among the best sprint tandems in the Southland! Both advanced to the SS Division I Finals in the dashes. Thanks to Kirby Lee for the nice photos. More to come! Full results linked below!

Divisional prelims results: Div 1 -- Div 2 -- Div 3 -- Div 4

Sac Joaquin Section

Metro League Finals - Steve Conrad (Nevada Union) 10.7-21.8 sprints - Aaron Tombleson (Woodland) 56-11.5 BSP and 165-10 BDT - Bonita Jones (Grant, Sacramento) 12.3 and 24.9 Girls sprints - Jessica Lorson (Nevada Union) 15.3 and 45.1 hurdles - Kisha Fontenot (Woodland) 5-04 HJ

Trans Valley League - Latest Hughson running Guerrero - Patty 2:26.1 G 800 win - Guy Lovell (Hillmar) 2:00.7 B800 - Ernesto Madrigal (Hughson) 4:31.0 B1600 - Dan Wright (Livingston) B110mHH 15.1 - Dan Harrison (Riverdale) & Colin Little (Hughson) BPV 13-00 - Mike Meinert (Riverdale) 143-09 BDT

SJAA League Meet - Jennifer Nash (12.14/24.62), Dominique Carter (56.16) and Alexis Bartschi (2:22.98) pace Merrill West HS, including 46.41 and 3:54.92 relay efforts! Chris Henry (Edison, Stockton) headlines boys sprint action (10.70/21.74) with a 42.18 4x100 clocking as well! Click below!

Sierra Valley Conference - Cedric Ellis (Cordova) 49.72 B 400m - Dywan Brown (Cordova) 22.31 B200m - Amanda Burkhardt (Ponderosa) 5:15.72 G 1600

Northern Section

Northern Athletic Finals - Katie Richardson (Yreka) 157-10 GDT to improve on her seasonal best!

Mid Valley League had its Championships last Friday (5/16) at the track facilities of Shasta High School in Redding. (EAL was Saturday @ Shasta) Tim Nelson PRed in the 1,600m @ 4:15.59. 2nd place (Cleek, Providence Christian) trailed at 5:04.33. Tim then ran the 3,200m for a workout in 9:35.50, lapping the other runners. 2nd trailed by 2 minutes.

EAL Championships added Sunday: Enterprise's Kenny Frank (50.88/2:00.78/4:27.50) and Lindsey Kirschman (58.99/2:18.06 and a 34-9 TJ) key first-place team finish for the boys and runner-up team placing for the girls. Shasta's David Hoff wins jigh jump (6-6) and triple jump (40-7¾ ) while teammate Chris Stevens wins both hurdles (15.97 and 41.19).Enterprise's David Nichols won the throws (61'5" and 172'3") while Janessa Hoppe won the girls 1600 (5:12.75) and 3200 (11:45.39). Full results soon?

North Coast Section

BVAL League - De la Salle (Concord) (Boys) and Carondelet (Girls) take team titles - Teirra Williams-Ward (Carondelet) 25.04 G200m - Ashley Vallis (Deer Valley) 5:13.03 G1600 - Alexaraee Toeaina (Pttsburg) 141-08.50 GDT - Maurice Drew (De la Salle) 10.74 B100m - Carey Matthews (De la Salle) 4:24.87 B1600 - Deer Valley (Antioch) 43.11 B400 Rel

Borth Bay League - Greater Santa Rosa area league strong in distances - Shelby Leland (Ukiah) takes Phyllis Blanchard in G3200 10:53.12 - 10:54.63 - Kim Conley G1600 5:10.20 - Regan Masi (Montgomery) 1:55.65 B800 - JK Withers (Cardinal Newman) B1600 4:21.11 over Matt Fitch (Montgomery) 4:21.68 - Matt Tillinghast (Montgomery) 15-03 BPV

EBAL Lg Finals: Foothill (Pleasanton) dasher DJ Smith (far right photo above) throws down the hammer with a big 10.60 win, stunning this this was run INTO a 2.2 mps headwind! Then came back for a 21.47 wind-aided triumph at 200! This two efforts were sandwiched in between fine carries on the team's 42.58 and 3:26.47 relay efforts! Leading results linked below!

Mission Valley League - Newark Memorial sprinter John Walters (11.21/49.09) and James Logan distance runner Yosef Ghebray (4:21.95/9:30.73) pull off double wins in boys action, with dasher Kristina Davis (12.25/25.20) and hurdler Talia Stewart (15.12/47.27) of James Logan and Newark Memorial distance standout Sara Wolf (5:15.56/12:05.26) and Irvington jumper Krystal Nzoiwu (5-2/16-10) doing the same on the girls side! Click the link below!

DFAL League - Acalanes senior Pauly Cruickshank claims three event titles (14.96/HH, 50.62/400, and 41.64/300IH) to join College Park triple winner Linzy Allen (2:19.03/800, 5:08.51/1600 and 11:28.31/3200) in topping the highlights here. Click the link below!

LA City Section
Western League - Paul Pratt goes 10.86 and 21.85 and powers Woodland Hills Taft's great 41.64 and 3:16.99 relay efforts with overall team champion Birmingham (42/43/3:19.27) in hot pursuit! Mike Pratt (48.04) and Elijah Wells (48.99) also dazzle for Taft! Sprinter Vonnie Fulford (12.17/24.73) led Birmingham on the girls' side, with Winston (56.32) also chipping in very well! Relays go 47.49 and 3:53.90 for Birmingham girls, which also claimed the overall team title. Click for more results below!

Central Section

South Area results in - Bakersfield's Thomas Mack 13.94w B110mHH - 38.71 300mIH - Drillers 42.36 B 400 Re - 3:20.83 B1600 Re - Desirae Gonder leads super Stockdale girls team performance with 5-10 HJ win - Missy Faubus (Centennial, Bakersfield) has super weight efforts of 44-7 and 165-0!

 
 

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