Week Summary
April 23rd through
April 28th, 2007!


   
Sacramento Meet of Champions photo albums!
Rich Gonzalez    Joe Hartman    Maurice Costales

Vista Murrieta boys & Murrieta Valley girls lead CA Region!
May 2 NWN rankings update!   How to register

FANTASY LEAGUE

STATE BEST MARKS!
10.36 Jahvid Best
21.16 Jahvid Best
46.02 Bryshon Nellum
1:49.50 Cory Primm
4:09.90c Fawad Khan
8:58.68* J.T. Sullivan
13.77 Terry Prentice
35.75 Jeshua Anderson
41.39 LB Poly
3:09.90 LB Poly
24-02.50 Gary Lee
49-01.50 Gyasi Rivers
7-00 Gary Francis
17-00.00 Casey Roche
66-00.00 Joe Canavan
205-05 Derek Johnson
11.40 Ashton Purvis
23.50 Ashton Purvis
53.48 Jasmine Joseph
2:07.54 Alex Kosinski
4:38.15 Alex Kosinski
10:04.07 Jordan Hasay
13.46 Vashti Thomas
41.74 Turqu. Thompson
45.79 LB Poly
3:41.17 LB Poly
20-06.00 J. Younglood
43-03.00 K Richardson
5-08.00  8 are tied
13-10.00 Tori Anthony
50-05.00 Rosario Sanchez
158-01 Hillary Fraser
c=converted time
*= en route time
All marks are wind legal
2007 outdoor marks only!

Coaching Openings
James Logan CC/T&F (NCS)
El Cerrito head T&F (NCS)
Vista Murrieta (SS) TF-CC
Woodcreek (SJ) 07-08 TF

2007 Penn Relays
Thursday April 26th - Saturday, April 28th, 2007 @ Franklin Field Philadelphia
     

Day Three - Saturday, April 28th, 2007 - Boys Action

Long Beach Poly Boys defends US Honor with 3:09.90 B4x400
to better the Jamaicans!! -

   
photos by Kirby Lee - Album from Boys 4x4 by Kirby

Day Two - Friday, April 27th, 2007 - Boys/Girls Action

Long Beach Poly Boys dq'd 4x100 Relay - Video Their Race
LB Poly Girls 4th 4x100 Final 45.91 (Jamaicans 44.87 winners)
Rancho Verde 6th Finals 46.41
LB Poly Girls 4th 4x400 Final 3:44.54 - 4x4 Finals Video
Rancho Verde 6th again here 3:45.81
Meet's Blog  - Live results link!
Day 2 - California Summary

Day One - Thursday, April 26th, 2007 - Girls Action Only This Day
Turquoise Thompson (LB Poly) 60.38 for 5th 400H (Video) - Poly and Rancho Verde both
Qualify for Finals Girls 4x100 and 4x400 Relays - Alycia Herring (Rancho Verde) 19-00.25 LJ!
Kirby Lee Photo Album - Day 1 - Meet's Blog  - Live results link!

Day 1 Thursday April 26th, 2007 Girls Day of Action - California Summary

Sacramento Meet of Champions
Saturday, April 28, 2007 @ Hughes Stadium, Sacramento
   
Sacramento Meet of Champions photo albums!
Rich Gonzalez    Joe Hartman    Maurice Costales

"The Day They Burned Hughes Stadium"
Rich Gonzalez highlights story on the Sacramento MOC
Doug Speck's videos!   Mike Kennedy's event summaries!
Full results - (4 U.S. leaders & 8 state leaders)

Ventura County Championships
Friday, April 27th, 2007 @ Moorpark HS (SS)
Chris Owusu (Oaks Christian) edges Josh Harrison (Rio Mesa) 10.65-10.68 (+1.6) B100
Harrison 21.72 B200 (0) - Rio Mesa fine 41.68 B400 Re - Anna Sperry (Simi Valley)
4:53.54-10:33.67 distance double! - Cory Primm (Westlake) 1:54.25 B800 - Brandon Shirck
(Nordhoff) 4:17.05 B1600 - Saraina Hedgepeth (Rio Mesa) 12.16 (+1.4) G100 - Brittany Harper
(Calabasas) 24.98 (0) & 55.92 200-400 double! - Patrick Alami (Newbury Park) 14.72 (+1.6) &
39.73 Hurdle Double - Emani Truluck (Malibu) 14.74 (0) & 44.53 Girls Barrier wins!!
Tazwell Finley (Moorpark) & Jeff Altizer (Thous Oaks) 14-06 BPV - Josh Harrison 22-05 BLJ
Claire Morgan (Ventura) 133-07 GDT - Derek Johnson (Agoura) 187-09 BDT
Results

Avis Kelley Invitational
Saturday, April 28th, 2007 @ Gilroy HS (CCS)

 
Sebastian Sam fine 800 - Janelle Coulter 5-04 HJ winner at Avis Kelley

Thea Lee (Carmel) 2:15.45 G800 -Nha Dien Bui (Wilcox) 15.12 G100H (wind?)
Jenica Hadley (Soquel) 41-06.5 GSP - 142-08 GDT - Thomas Phillips (Bellarmine)
49.88 B400 & 39.24 BIH - Sebastian Sam (Oak Grove) 1:55.39 B800 - Lance Wolfsmith
(Sobrato) 4:21.68 B1600 - Bellarmine 43.00 B400 Re - Mike Catherwood (Carmel)
14-00 BPV - Kenny Phillips (Central, Fresno) 22-03.75 BLJ (wind?) - Steven Powell
(Bellarmine) 55-05 BSP - 160-11 BDT
Results

Reedley Invitational
Friday, April 27th, 2007 @ Reedley HS (CE)
Rosario Sanchez (Selma) 50-05 GSP (National Leader) - LB Wilson 46.12 G400 Re &
3:43.40 G1600 Re - Shelise Williams (LBW) 23.73 G200 - Remington Blair (Reedley) 47.78 B400
Rocky Richardson (Madera) 1:53.05 B800 - Moira Robinson (Mt. Whitney) 5-08 GHJ & 39-08 GTJ
Results

Viking Track Classic
Saturday, April 28th, 2007 @ Montgomery HS (Santa Rosa) (NCS)
Whitney McGee (Berkeley) 12.30 G100 - 15.07 G100H - Tamara Purpura (Lowell, SF) 2:15.57 G800
Andrea Imhof (University, SF) 5:00.07 - Berkeley 48.14 G400 Re - Lowell 4:02.74 G1600 Re -
Maurice Whitlock (Santa Rosa) 10.92 B100 - 22.36 B200 - Blake McDowell (Montgomery) 1:54.83 B800
Santa Rosa 43.45 B400 Re - Mike Tracy (Windsor) 6-04 BHJ - Phanet Amphai (Piner) 22-00.75 BLJ
Daniel Erdman (Healdsburg) 59-05.5 BSP
Results

38th Annual Robert Warren Charlie Eaton Relays
Friday, April 27th, 2007 @ Acalanes HS (NCS)
Jalil Turner (Mt. Diablo) 11.00 B100m (wind?) - Jack Leng (Castro Valley) 9:44.40 B3200
Deer Valley 43.33 B400 Re - Campolindo 3:28.86 B1600 Re - Ian Walters (Acalanes) 14-00 BPV
Sepanta Padrah (Miramonte) 12.28 B100 (wind?) - Anna Smidebush (Concord) 11:28.50 B3200
Aziza Baker (St. Mary's) 5-06 GHJ - Stacey Jung (Campolindo) 11-07 GPV
Results

Claremont Pentathlon
Saturday, April 28th, 2007 @ Claremont HS (SS)

photo by Rich Ede
From Left: Laura Chase (Claremont 4th), Maya Avant (Claremont 2nd ),
Lindsey Ahmed (Los Osos 1st), Charity Croomes(Claremont 3rd),
Amber Jackson (San Bernardino 5th), Katelyn Gutierrez (Los Osos 8th)
Results

Week's Dual Meets
Week of Mon April 23rd - Fri, April 27th, 2007 - Statewide
Rancho Verde 45.9 G400 Re - Rosario Sanchez (Selma) 44-11 GSP - Kayla Xavier
(Johansen) 145-09 GDT - Allison Stokke (Newport Harbor) 13-07 GPV - Whitney
Sisler (La Costa Canyon) 5-09 GHJ - Dahlys Marshall (Valley Christian, SJ) 14.0 GHH
Alicia King (Rancho Verde) 23.8 G200 - Deer Valley 42.0 B400 Re - Tom Nagengast
(Paso Robles) 181-02 - Jonathan Clarke (Loyola) 48-11 BTJ - Gary Lee (Hoover, SD)
23-07 BLJ - Gabe Meyers (Chaminade) 10.64 B100 - Marquece Galway (Washington, LA)
21.3 B200
Results

5-09 Jumper Whitney Sisler (La Costa Canyon) montage of a 5-08 clearance from
earlier in the year!

Quotes of the Week
From a long-time East Coast Track Fan about LB Poly at the Penn Relays!
"Well it's over now. I was lucky to meet Bryshon and team mates. Hopefully the pic of me with him
will come out.   He even waved to me on the victory lap. That race (B 4x4 Final) was the greatest thrill
I ever had at a sporting event . My brother has been going to the Penns for 30 plus years and said
that was the greatest relay he's ever seen. Unbelievable!!!!

From Rancho Verde's Brittany Bozeman after the squad made a national level splash
at the Penn Relays, finishing sixth against tough national and international fields in the
Girls 4x100 and 4x400 Relays!
"We know the best is yet to come, we wanted to show everybody we can be competitive."
(to Kirby Lee for the Riverside Press Enterprise)

Alex Kosinski (Oak Ridge, El Dorado Hills) on the importance of good competition
in a record performance:
" I knew (Hasay) would be really tough competition, I wouldn't have run that fast if she wasn't in the race."
(to Ray Hacke of the Sacramento Bee)

Doug Speck - DyeStatCal Co-Editor at the Sacramento Meet of Champs to Rich Gonzalez
and Mike Kennedy of Track & Field News:
" Where are the fans for this spectacular competiton?  I am amazed at the lack of Northern
California support for these amazing kids on the track.  For two years in a row I have traveled
here and am mystified why folks would not come out to see the meet this year that included
a national record and a ton of other elite level performances!"

Boys Track Coach Justin Price of Sultana HS on the squad's return to Undefeated League Title
status after a runner-up effort in 2006 :
"They (2007 squad) said we don't want to be the team that loses two in a row. I think the biggest
difference betwen this year and last year is we're a team.  Last year we focused more on individuals.
Our Number 1 goal is to take care of team first." \

Soph Chris Schwartz of Foothill HS in Bakersfield who has developed quickly into one of the
fine young runners in the nation, with a 9:08.30 to win the SMOC 3200 as a soph:
Asked what he did between Cross-Country and the Track season to account for his significant
improvement between the fall cross-country and spring track and field seasons: "Basketball, I
was on the basketball team."  (oh well, so much for pounding the roads between seasons!)

Frosh star Ashton Purvis (St. Elizabeth, Oakland) after her SMOC Invite 100m win (she
did not know she had run 11.40, US Prep History's #2 frosh time ever at interview time!!):
"It was fun.  This time I think I had a good start.  I was happy to win the race, and at 60
meters I had a transition and ran faster.  I think I did good!" (slightly my dear, and keep an
eye on the development of this young star!!