SD Prep Sports

SD Prep Sports: Track & Field

High School Track & Field

Where are they now?

Meet South Bay's Marathon Man

Community profile
Chula Vista/San Diego Flyers have got youth track & field ... and champions

2007 Spring season

2007 San Diego Multi-Event Championships
Eastlake's Marathon Man, Part 2

San Diego Section Season Log
Men of Steele continue to excel

2006 Spring season

Photo: Bonita Vista's Marshawn Haynes hands off to Justin Mangubat while Otay Ranch assistant coach Ron Moore
displays Division I first-place team trophy at the 2006 Sweetwater Relays.

2006 Metro Conference Finals
Friday, May 12, 2006
Metro Conference Finals: Simply extraordinary

2006 Invitational Meet Reports
Elmer Runge Classic
Saturday, April 1, 2006
Feature story: East County leaders starting to take shape

Mt. Carmel/New Balance Invitational
Saturday, March 25, 2006
Feature story: Metro Conference leaders starting to take shape

50th Sweetwater Co-Ed Relays
Saturday, March 18, 2006
Division I & Division II relay results
Feature story: Metro teams dominate 50th Sweetwater Relays

2005 Spring season

Photo: Samuel Ledezma (Castle Park), Mathew Seat (Bonita Vista)

South County track & field (and soccer) sensation Britney Bennett: Hail to the queen!

San Diego High School

Multi-Event Championships

June 11-12 at Cuyamaca College

Feature story:

Decathlon, heptathlon athletes rack up points

Boys Point-leaders (Decathlon)

1. David Dillow (Calvin Christian) 4,889

2. Jeremy Root (West Hills) 4,791

3. Nathan Dillow (Calvin Christian) 4,738

4. Jason Beckham (West Hills) 4,454

5. James Bush (Poway) 4,255

6. Eric Stodden (West Hills) 4,078

7. Daniel Murawks (Rancho Bernardo) 3,992

8. Brenden Smith (West Hills) 3,692

9. Dereck Harp (Pt. Loma) 1,680 (one day only)

Note: David Dillow becomes back-to-back champion.

Girls Point-leaders (Heptathlon)

1. Sarah Brown (Tri-City Christian) 3,967

2. Kortney Ross (Mesa Verde Middle School) 2,517

3. Amanda Mathew (Mar Vista) 2,406

4. Meagan Dowdy (Monte Vista) 1,359

Note: Sarah Brown misses tying event record (set in 1990) by 5 points.

California State Championships

San Diego Section Honor Roll

East County athletes earn four state medals

1st Place Medalists

Darius Savage (Morse) - boys discus, 194-8

Jesse O'Brien (San Pasqual) - boys 800 run, 1:53.71

2nd Place Medalists

Nathan Gwozdz (La Jolla) - boys high jump, 6-9

Paul Coover (La Jolla) - boys pole vault, 16-4

3rd Place Medalists

Scott Finley (Granite Hills) - boys pole vault, 16-0

Shakara Lott (University City) - girls 400 dash, 54.05

4th Place Medalists

Dax Danns (Helix) - boys 200 dash, 21.26

Dax Danns (Helix) - boys 100 dash, 10.65

Janie James (Helix) - girls 400 dash, 54.37

5th Place Medalists

Kate Mattoon (Rancho Bernardo) - girls pole vault, 12-4

Daniella Thu (Monte Vista) - girls discus, 140-10

6th Place Medalists

Darius Savage (Morse) - boys shot put, 58-8

Dereka Winters (El Camino) - girls shot put, 42-1

8th Place Finishers

Nelson Rosario (El Camino) - boys long jump, 21-1.5

Gladny (El Camino) - boys triple jump, 46-0.5

9th Place Finishers

A.J. Acosta (El Camino) - boys 3200 run, 9:17.78

Non-Medalists

Randy Pensinger (El Camino) - boys 800 run, 1:56.99 (N/A)

Sharika Thompson (Helix) - girls 100 hurdles, 14.53 (12th, sixth fastest time in San Diego Section history)

Ahmed Osman (San Diego) - boys 3200 run, 9:25.98 (13th)

Lindsay Dela Montaigne (Rancho Bernardo) - girls 3200 run, 11:00.43 (13th)

Tully-Doyle (Rancho Bernardo) - boys 3200 run, 9:29.03 (15th)

Fitch (La Costa Canyon) - girls 3200 run, 11:24.77 (22nd)

Kristen Peters (West Hills) - girls 3200 run, 12:07.79 (N/A)

Dereka Winters (El Camino) - girls discus, 133-9

San Diego Section Championships

Division I & Division II Parade of Champions

Metro Conference report

Grossmont Conference report

Metro Conference report:

Metro Conference Finals results

South Bay League Finals: Otay Ranch Mustangs run over, past league rivals

Mesa League Finals: Eastlake Titans soar above the rest

Dual Meets/Athlete Spotlight

Titans, Mustangs sweep dual meet championships

05/12: Eastlake, Otay Ranch sweep dual meet titles

05/12: Bonita Vista Eric Avila profile

04/07: Records fall at Castle Park; Hilltop's Selena Munoz continues to set the pace

Grossmont Conference report:

05/13: East County champions crowned

Invitational Reports:

Escondido Invitational (April 30)

Grossmont Conference report

Mustang/Phair Company Relays (April 23)

Photo Gallery

Unofficial results (corrections and additions)

East County report: Steele Canyon could be on track for league title

Metro Conference report: South County athletes showcase talent

Otay Ranch preview/Jaguar Invitational Metro Conference results

Jaguar Invitational (April 16)

Grossmont Conference report: Granite Hills, West Hills boys teams excel

East County girls athletes showcase talent

Titan Track Festival (April 8-9)

Grossmont Conference report

Metro Conference report

Elmer Runge Invitational (April 2)

Grossmont Conference, Metro Conference athletes continue to make a name for themselves

Mt. Carmel Invitational (March 26)

East County report: Grossmont Conference athletes post standout marks

Metro Conference report: BV's Avila tops boys 1600 meters

Sweetwater Relays (March 19)

East County report: Steele Canyon pole vaulter aims for new heights

Metro Conference report: Otay Ranch, Eastlake get fast jump-start

2004 Spring season

Metro Conference Spring Sports Parade of Champions

2004 San Diego Section CIF/Masters Championship results

Metro Conference State Meet Qualifiers

POWAY, May 29, 2004 -- The top three place-finishers in each event, plus those who met a predetermined standard, at this year's San Diego Section Masters state qualifying meet at Poway High School earned coveted berths in this weekend’s state championship meet in Sacramento: the site of the upcoming U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials.

Preliminary qualifying will take place Friday, June 4, with finals qualifiers advancing to championship medal competition on Saturday, June 5.

Metro Conference state meet qualifiers included:

•Troy Swier (Mar Vista, senior): boys 1600 meters.
•Luis Urrutia (Southwest, junior): boys long jump.
•Esha McDowell (Eastlake, junior): girls high jump.
•Ryan Becijos (Bonita Vista, senior): boys 1600 meters.
•Javier Diaz (Sweetwater, senior): boys 800 meters.

Swier and Becijos earned two of the three qualifying berths in the boys 1600-meter run as Swier (4:13.69) finished second to El Camino sophomore A.J. Acosta (4:12.31) in an upset on the final lap and Becijos (4:19.89) finished third as he pushed past University City’s Riley Booker (fourth, 4:22.52) and San Diego’s Jose Lopez (fifth, 4:22.86) down the final straightaway.

Urrutia finished third in the boys long jump with a season best effort of 22 feet, 6 inches. He had qualified for the event with a prelim mark of 22-3 to eclipse his regular season best of 22-1 and winning league mark of 21-10.5.
McDowell was third in the girls high jump, clearing 5-4 to match her regular season best. She had had entered the Masters meet with a 5-2 qualifying mark.

Diaz recorded a season best time of 1:55.67 to finish third in the boys 800 meters. He had ranked fourth in the regular season at 1:56.77 — ahead of El Camino’s Acosta (1:57.91) who proved to be the event’s upset winner. Diaz held third throughout the two-lap event — trailing Acosta (1:53.89) and San Pasqual’s Jesse O'Brien (1:54.37). Diaz thrust his hands high after crossing the finish line.

CIF-San Diego Section Prelims:

South Bay League athletes rise to the occasion

Metro Conference Track & Field Leaders

Metro Conference championships:

Mesa League championship results

South Bay League championship results

05/18: Bennett leads Otay Ranch at South Bay League finals

Athletes of the Meet

South Bay League

Boys: Luis Urrutia (Southwest), Troy Swier (Mar Vista)

Girls: Britney Bennett (Otay Ranch)

Mesa League

Boys: Ryan Becijos (Bonita Vista), Joe Gaines (Bonita Vista)

Girls: Lisa Malchow (Eastlake), Jackie Parras (Eastlake)

Feature stories

05/12: Metro pole vaulters soaring to new heights (Metro Conference Finals preview)

04/24: Mustang Relays run like clockwork

04/15: Eastlake pole vaulters soaring to new heights

San Diego Section Prelims
Saturday, May 22 at Poway High School, 9:30 a.m.
San Diego Section/State Qualifying Finals
Saturday, May 29 at Poway High School, 10 a.m.

Metro Conference Parade of Champions

Dual Meets
Mesa League
Boys: Sweetwater
Girls: Eastlake
South Bay League
Boys: Hilltop
Girls: Castle Park, Hilltop, Otay Ranch (tri-champions)