California Notes
Doug Speck and correspondents around the state 'Tis the time of the season (when the weather heats up and track and field
athletes begin to really, really improve)----
In the last week---
--Alejandra Barrientos (San Lorenzo Valley, Felton) continues to amaze,
racing
10:25.8 for 3200 meters in the Kearney Invitational at Hartnell College on
April 17th. Second place was 12:45 with the new sophomore star hot off her
4:47 1600 at Arcadia the week before showing impressive range. Four high-
schoolers in the nation ran faster than the 10:25.8 in all of 1998 outdoors.
--Jenna Johnson (St. Joseph, Santa Maria) junior improved out to 44-08 in
the
Shot Put to mark the eleventh grader as one of the elite throwers in the
nation. The 44-08 mark would have put Jenna as one of the top thirty
throwers
in the nation for the season last year. With most of the outdoor season
there
is always time for improvement.
--Lucais MacKay (Hughson) traveled down to Antelope Valley Community College
on
the way to the Mt. SAC Invitational, finally improving out to over 200 feet,
with a 201-07 effort to move to the number two position nationally behind
New
Jersey's Terrance Glover, who has tossed the implement out to 202-01 a week
ago.
--Annmarie Turpin (Simi Valley) improved her best in the High Jump with a
5-10
effort last week in a dual meet. Turpin has had a fine fall, with a number
of
5-08 jumps, and she is also an accomplished hurdler and horizontal jumper.
--Jon Cooper (Palo Verde, Blythe) continues to improve in the lower desert
area
of California, racing 14.2 in the High Hurdles in the mid-March Central
Relays
in El Centro.
Hampton-Phillips Invitational
High-Lights - 4/17
Highlights from Keith Conning:
The Hampton/Phillips competition at San Jose City College on 4/17 was a
very good one. Wilson of Long Beach and the North (Riverside) Girls squads
came north.
Tracee Thomas (North, Riv) was 11.1 (+0.8) and 23.51w (+4.0) in the
sprints and took the Long Jump at 18-05.75w (+2.1). The Wilson Girls' group
was 3:40.06 in the 4x400, with San Lorezno 46.49 in the 400m relay. Katie
Hotchkiss (Mission San Jose, Fremont) was 2:10.91 in the 800, with Nichole
Denby (North, Riv) a 13.91 (-0.8) 100 Hurdles win. Cynthia Mallory
(Milpitas)
took the High Jump at 5-08.
On the Boys' side, Warren Rogers (Serra, Gardena) cranked 21.00 in the
200
meters (no wind info), Vallejo race 41.63 in the 400m Relay. Vincent Ibia
(Silver Creek) was a double jump winner (23-05.5 nwi LJ) and 47-06 TJ
(-0.9).
