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Event #84 - Women's  Meter Dash 



     Super Chino senior, Angela Williams, the 1997 Track & Field 



News Athlete of the Year, closes out a great Arcadia Invitational 



career here, with the National Junior and Pan American Junior 



Champion finishing out 1997 one one-hundredth behind the ancient 



prep National Record of 11.13 by Chandra Cheeseborough from 1976. 



The rocket-starting Williams was 11.50 last year here, with



famed  Marion Jones the meet record-holder with an 11.38 Meet



Record in  one of those great races aginst Florida's Zundra



Feagin.  A fine  group will keep Angela honest, led by Texas 5A



champion Lakeesha  White (Yates, Houston), who two years ago was



fifth in the World  Junior Championships over 100 meters at



11.43.  Tania Woods  (Skyline, Oakland) 11.7, Brianna Glenn (La



Mirada) 11.62w, and  Miya Edmonson (St. Bernard, Playa del Rey)



11.71w, will add to  what will be another sterling competition!  







Event #103 - Women's  Meter Dash 



     Another super group of sprinters will battle here, led by 



Track & Field News Prep Athlete of the Year, Angela Williams 



(Chino)--Williams has run 11.14 for 100 meters, with a 23.4 



during a 1997 season where she concentrated on the 100 and Long 



Jump.  Monique Hall (Yates, Houston, Tx) was the fastest frosh in 



the nation last year at 23.93w (24.08), with Brianna Glenn (La 



Mirada) 24.52 and Latrice Borders (Wilson, Long Beach) 24.06w 



racing in what will be another super sprint! 



 







Event #92 - Women's Invitational  Meters



     Last year's top junior high long sprinter, Monique Henderson 



(Morse, San Diego), will have her prep "coming out" here, with 



11.87 (100m), 24.11 (200m), and 53.83 (400m) bests last year in 



the eighth grade!  The 53.83 would rank #7 on last year's high 



school list!  She will meet a top group here, including fellow 



frosh Lashinda Demus (Wilson, Long Beach), who cranked 54.35 



(400m) and 2:12.48 (800m) clockings last year in junior high (and 



54.23 two weeks ago). Tiffany Giles (Garfield, Seattle, Wa) was 



55.07 last year, with Kadrina Coffee (St. Bernard, Playa del Rey) 



55.48 already this spring and a 53.96 lifetime best.  Joni Smith 



(Wilson, Long Beach) was 53.68 two years ago, with Miesha Withers 



(St. Bernard, Playa del Rey), the nation's #3 100m runner at 



11.58 (and an 11.78 two weeks ago), stepping up in distance here. 



It should be a great deep event! 







Event #87 - Women's  Meters 



     State Champion Lindsay Hyatt (Placer, Auburn) 2:08.63 



(indoors this winter) is the top at this distance in the country, 



with a National Scholastic Indoor title this winter.  She raced 



an impressive solo 4:51.82 mile two weeks ago.  A couple of weeks 



back in a local low-key meet with a visting Hawaii team she raced 



a 2:09 in edging out Eri Macdonald (Punahou, Honolulu) who ran 



2:10.3 after both covered the first 400 in 68 seconds. Both come 



from running families, with Linday's father Ron a state meet 



competitor for Placer over 800 meters a couple of decades back 



before starring for Indiana University, with Eri's dad Duncan a 



distance star at Stanford.  The rematch here between Lindsay and 



Eri should be very interesting!  Angelita Green (Wilson, Long 



Beach) was State runner-up last year in 2:09.61 (#2 returnee 



nationally), with Danielle Price (Logan, Union City) 2:11.89 



among the top ten in the nation.  Jeny Petite (Yucaipa) 2:12.36 



and Nicole McRae (Garfield, Seattle, Wa) 2:12.54 will add to what 



will be a super race!  







Event #75 - Women's  Meter Run 



     Elaine Canchola (Nordhoff, Ojai) is closing out a 



spectacular local career this spring as a senior, and she is the 



nation's #3 returnee at 1600 meters with a 4:55.07 best (6th 



State Meet).  Katie Hotchkiss (Mission San Jose, Fremont) was 



4:57.05 last year (#6 returnee in country), with Anne-Elyse 



Smith (Aptos) 4A:59.17 for 4th in State.  Keep an eye on frosh 



Sara Bei (Montgomery, Santa Rosa) who impressed this Fall in her 



first season of interscholastic running, finishing a very 



successful Cross-Country season at the Foot Locker Nationals!











Event #88 - Women's  Meters 



     A strong group will battle here.  Lauren Fleshman (Canyon, 



Canyon Country) 10:38.13, Kimi Welsh (Yucaipa) 10:38.96, and 



Allyson Marquand (University, Irvine) 10:39.17 are among the top 



ten in the country in this event, with all having strong Fall 



Cross-Country seasons.  Marquand soloed a 5:00 1600 a couple of 



weeks back.  There should be a ton of people under 11:00 in this 



field. 











Event #80 - Women's Invitational 100 Meter High Hurdles 



     Natasha Neal (Logan, Union City) is the top hurdler in the 



nation, with a 13.53 in this event in placing second in the 



California State Meet.  Great all-arounder Ashley Bethel (Mission 



Viejo) was fourth in that State Meet race at 13.82 (#3 returnee 



nationally).  Another mulit-event star, Camee' Williams (South, 



Springfield, Oh), was 14.00 in 1997, with Canadian Felicien 



Perdila also under 14.0 last spring.  







Event #100 - Women's 300 Meter Low Hurdles 



     Natasha Neal (Logan, Union City), the country's fastest 



returnee at 41.23 (and National Junior champion over the full 400 



meter hurdle distance at 58.19) will meet good competition.  Ryan 



Peters (Skyline, Oakland) took last year's State meet with a best 



of 41.47 (#2 returnee nationally), with Randi Smith (Beverly 



Hills) fourth at State with a 42.67 best (#11 returnee in 



country), with Carie McGraw (Mission San Jose, Fremont) 43.21 in 



placing fifth in State in 1997.  Francis Santin (Taft, Woodland 



Hills) was 43.43 two weekends ago.  







Event #72 - Women's Invitational 400 Meter Relay 



     Another absolutely super field!  Five of the nation's top 



seven teams from 1997 are here, and all have top groups 



returning!  St. Bernard (Playa del Rey) set a National Record of 



44.70 last year, with Miesha Withers (#3 returning 100m dasher in 



the country at 11.58) leading another strong group.  Wilson 



(Long Beach) has started faster than last year's 45.63 group, 



with a 46.84 run two weekends back.  Logan (Union City) was 45.67 



in 1997 with the nation's top hurdler, Natasha Neal (13.53 100mH) 



and Adrena Williams (11.92) speedsters back on that team.  Poly 



(Long Beach) was 45.84 in 1997.  Texas visitors Yates (Houston) 



(46.06 and Texas 5A title last year) have special potential, with 



Lakeesha White (fifth in the World Junior Championships in 1996 



over 100 meters at 11.43) and soph Monique Hall (23.93 200m in 



1997) making the Lone Star group dangerous here!  







Event #108 - Women's 1600 Meter Relay 



     This event will be a great close to the female portion of 



the meet!  Annually it brings together many of the top teams from 



the entire nation with 1998 no exception!  St. Bernard (Playa del 



Rey) led the country in 1997 with their 3:39.43, with Miesha 



Withers (11.58 100m) and Kadrina Coffee (55.48) leading the 98 



crew.  Wilson (Long Beach), winners here at 3:40.33 (Meet Record 



and #2 time nation for entire year) off Kinshasa Davis's 51.3 



anchor, has a potentially frightening crew, with Lashinda Demus 



(54.23), Latrice Borders (54.47), Angelita Green (55.27), and 



Joni Smith (53.68 from 1996) all healthy very capable of going 



after the school's All-Time U.S. Prep Best of 3:37.38 from 1996! 



Poly (Long Beach) was 3:42.03 (#3 team nation) last year and 



another strong team this Spring, with Collinwood (Cleveland) 



3:43.19 (#5 team nation) in winning last year's National 



Scholastic Outdoor title and a good group returning.  Yates 



(Houston) was the Texas 5A Champs in 3:43.41 (#6 team nation), 



with the Texans not coming this far to lose!  Taft (Woodland 



Hills) was 3:45.16 (#8 team nation) last spring, with another 



strong crew returning.  This will be a barn-burner!!!!!







Event #101 - Women's Distance Medley Relay 



     Some very strong teams will have quality groups here.  



Sachem (Lake Ronkonkoma, NY) was 12:06.6 indoors this winter, an 



excellent time that would have been among the top half dozen run 



anytime during last year.  Pelham (Alabama) will have a top team, 



with Ayala (Chino Hills) saving 4:54 1600m star Jennifer Burris 



for duty here, with Carondolet (Concord), Esperanza (Anaheim), 



Logan (Union City), and Yucaipa deep groups of runners up through 



1600 meters.  Last year (1997) fourteen of the top thirty times 



in the nation were run in this race! 











Event #64 - Women's High Jump 



     A fine national field will compete here.  Camee' Williams 



(South, Springfield, Ohio) is one of prep history's great all-



around athletes, with a lifetime best of 5'11.5 and she is our 



defending champion here.  Kim Stone (York School, Monterey) was 



5'09.5 in 1997 and sixth in the California State Meet.  Christina 



Estricht (Collinwood, Cleveland, Oh) has been over 5'09, with 



Julie Stevenson (Diamond Bar) a pleasing improvement to 5'08 



already this year.  Sandra Butler was the K-Bel Invite winner in 



the Central Coast Section with a fine 5'08 in mid-March.  Shquay 



Brignac (Cleveland, Reseda) was the National Junior Olympic 



Champion last summer with a junior high best of 5'10.  











Event #89 - Women's Long Jump 



     Kim Jones (Grimsley, Greensboro, NC) and Camee' Williams 



(South, Springfield, Oh) are the =#2 returnees nationally at 



19'09.5, with Angela Williams (Chino) out to 19'03 (19'8.25w) 



after taking up this event last year.  Briana Glenn (La Mirada) 



19'0.25, Ashley Bethel (Mission Viejo) 18'11, and Canadian Alayna 



Miller 18'10.5 will help make this a very strong field!  











Event #66 - Women's Triple Jump 



     Great all-arounder Brianna Glen (La Mirada), a top sprinter 



(11.62w-24.52) and horizontal jumper (19'0.25 and 40'03.75) was 



state runner-up in the Triple Jump last June (and 5th in the Long 



Jump and a 200 meter finalist).  Tamara Espinoza (Hilltop, Chula 



Vista) improved mightly last year and was third in the State Meet 



with a 39'07.75 best   Darnesha Griffin (Trabuco Hills, Mission 



Viejo) was 6th in State last June at 39'09.75 for Vacaville High 



in northern California, with Jameka Taylor (Littlerock) 39'03.5 



and Blessing Ufodicama (Poly, Long Beach) 38'11.75 along to make 



this another strong jumping field.







Event #73 - Women's Pole Vault       Another fantastic field will



compete here, with four of prep  history's top ten Jumpers in



history and the three top returnees  in the country from last



year in the group!  The nation's top  vaulter, Brooke Lankard



(Golden West, Visalia) was second in  State last year with a



12'04 best.  The next two returnees in the  entire nation,



Heather Sickler (Camarillo) has jumped 12'03.5,  with Bridget



Pearson (Hoover, Glendale) the 1997 State Champ, a  best of



12'00.  Sarah Higham (Mission Viejo) 11'09, Allison Knode 



(Kingsburg) and Katie Rorem (Marina, Huntington Beach) 11'6 are 



among the top half dozen in the nation.  











Event #95 - Women's Shot Put 







     The great quality of the Women's weight events continues 



here, with a super group in attendance.  Krista Keir (South, 



Westerville, Oh) was the National Scholastic Indoor Champion at 



51'05.5, and will face rival Rebekah Green (Columbus Girls, Oh), 



the nation's #3 athlete back in the event at 48'03.5.  Chaniqua 



Ross (Laguna Creek, Elk Grove) was 47'10.75 last year (#4 



returnee nationally) and State third placer behind runner-up 



Stephanie Brown (Arroyo Grande) 46'03 (1998).  











Event #68 - Women's Discus Throw 



     Prep history's finest ever "in-season" field in the prep 



women's discus will compete here.  Six in the field have bests of 



over 160 feet, with five over 168'11.  Krista Keir (South, 



Westerville, Oh) is the top returnee nationally at 181'11, and 



she was the runner-up in the 1997 Junior Nationals to UCLA's 



Seilala Sua, who set a National Record as a Florida prep in this 



meet two years ago.  Keir is also a 51 foot Shot Putter with the 



goal of leading the nation this season in both events.  Chaniqua 



Ross (Laguna Creek, Elk Grove) was the State Champ last spring, 



and she is the #2 returnee nationally at 177'01.  April Burton 



(Bakersfield) was runner-up at State last year with a 173'10 best 



(#3 returnee nationally).  Stephanie Brown (Arroyo Grande) 



shocked with improvement to 174'2 two weeks ago, making her the 



#13 thrower in U.S. Prep History.  The #4, #7, #13, and #14 



throwers in entire U.S. High School history will compete in this 



event!  Mandy Broschwa (Mt. Si, Snoqualmie, Wa) impressed with a 



168'11 throw in the Northwest rain in mid-March, with Cecilia 



Barnes-Mileham (Clovis West, Fresno) 160'4 last year and third in 



the State Meet.  Amy Thiel (Christian, Fremont) 154'10, Melissa 



Reis (Logan, Union City) 151'11, Jessica Byrne (Ramona) 145'07, 



Aimee Nichols (Mountain View, Vancouver, Wa) 144'02, and 



Charlotte Turner (Tolleson, Az) 144'01 could make it tough to get 



to the Finals in this event!