State Championships

Saturday, June 5

STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
At Hughes Stadium, Sacramento

Boys

SACRAMENTO -- Things didn’t go exactly the way David Gettis of Los Angeles Dorsey had hoped they would in the boys’ competition of the state track and field championships at Hughes Stadium on Saturday. But the Don junior bounced back from a disastrous start with a pair of superb performances on a hot day.

Gettis, who runs the second leg on Dorsey’s 400-meter relay team, ended up sprawled on the track in that event Saturday after he was inadvertently hit by the first runner for the Sherman Oaks Notre Dame team that was in the lane outside of Dorsey.

The mishap forced Dorsey’s Marquise Charles to wait for Gettis to get up before handing him the baton and left the Dons hopelessly behind in a race in which they finish ninth-and last--in 44.19 seconds after winning the City Section title in 41.40 the previous week.

“It’s just one of those things,” Gettis said. “You can’t go back in time so I’m just trying to shake it off.”

He did that quite well as he won his second consecutive title in the 400 with a time of 46.69 and ran a 46.0-second anchor leg in the 1,600 relay to help Dorsey to a second-place time of 3:14.06.

Led by Gettis and senior hurdler Kai Kelley, Dorsey finished third in the team standings with 28 points.

Union City Logan, led by double hurdles champion Kevin Craddock, won its first title with 46 points and Long Beach Poly finished second with 30.

Gettis surprised many by winning the 400 as a sophomore, but he was the overwhelming favorite this year and showed why by defeating second-place Kenny Moon of Corona by more than eight-tenths of a second.

“I was just trying to come here and run a good time,” Gettis said. “But I was kind of nervous a little bit, especially trying to defend my title.”

Poly was led by senior Derrick Jones, who won the 200 in 21.10, finished fifth in the 100 in 10.62, anchored the 400 relay team to a second-place time of 41.40 and ran a 46.9-second anchor leg to help the Jackrabbits win their third consecutive title in the 1,600 relay.

In other events, senior Bryan Rodie of Simi Valley Royal was a surprising winner in the 800 with a time of 1:52.04 and junior Mark Matusak of Los Angeles Loyola upset favorite Brandon Bethke of Lake Forest El Toro in the 1,600 with a time of 4:15.89.
--John Ortega

FINAL TEAM SCORES-1. Union City Logan, 46; 2. Long Beach Poly, 30; 3. Dorsey, 28; 4. Oakland Skyline, 28; 5. Royal, 18; 6. tie among Granite Bay, Muir and Arroyo Grande, 16; 9. Gardena Serra, 13; 10. Manteca East, 12; 11. tie among Gahr, Loyola, Berkeley St. Mary’s, North Salinas and La Jolla The Bishops, 10.

100 (wind +1.6 meters per second)-1. O’Neal, Oakland Skyline, 10.34; 2. Lambert, St. Bonaventure, 10.53; 3. Drummer, North Salinas, 10.57; 4. Crawford, Manteca East, 10.60; 5. Jones, Long Beach Poly, 10.62; 6. Harris, Crespi, 10.65; 7. Worstein, Oakhurst Yosemite, 10.71; 8. Love, Lancaster, 10.83; 9. Danns, Helix, 10.86.

200 (+1.7)-1. Jones, Long Beach Poly, 21.10; 2. Crawford, Manteca East, 21.12; 3. Osaisai, PinoleValley, 21.17; 4. Drummer, North Salinas, 21.35; 5. Pearstone, San Anselmo Drake, 21.62; 6. Conrad, Grass Valley Nevada Union, 21.65; 7. Love, Lancaster, 21.80; 8. Morris, Fairfield, 22.37; 9. Worstein, Oakhurst Yosemite, 22.86.

400-1. Gettis, Dorsey, 46.69; 2. Keeling, Gardena Serra, 47.67; 4. Morris, Fairfield, 47.71; 5. Rhoades, San Diego Section Ramona, 48.20; 6. Johnson, Stockton Lincoln, 49.02; 7. Campbell, Ventura, 49.27; 8. Williams,d Dorsey, 51.11; Lindsay, Moorpark, did not start.

800-1. Rodie, Royal, 1:52.04; 2. Carey, Albany, 1:52.91; 3. Haddan, Woodbridge, 1:53.03; 4. Castaneda, Bonita, 1:53.29; 5. Lee, San Anselmo Drake, 1:53.39; 6. Lopes, San Jose Pioneer, 1:53.66; 7. Bradford, L.A. Fremont, 1:53.86; 8. Glass, Roseville Woodcreek, 1:54.71; 9. Allen, Yucaipa, 1:57.28.

1,600-1. Matusak, Loyola, 4:15.89 (4:00.7 for 1,500 meters); 2. Bethke, El Toro, 4:17.15 (4:00.8); 3. Matthews, Concord de la Salle, 4:19.5; 4. Glass, Rosville Woodcreek, 4:19.75; 5. Acosta, Oceanside El Camino, 4:20.35; 6. Anderson, Atherton Menlo-Atherson, 4:20.52; 7. Campfield, Temecula Valley, 4:21.13; 8. Withers, Santa Rosa Cardinal Newman, 4:21.39; 9. Ramirez, Santa Ana, 4:26.57.

3,200-1. Ghebray, Union City Logan, 9:04.20; 2. Bauhs, Danville San Ramon, 9:13.28; 3. Tachias, Covina, 9:13.28; 4. Tesfa, Don Lugo, 9:14.47; 5. Mineau, Atherton Menlo Atherson, 9:15.95; 6. Shackleton, Belmont Carlmont, 9:17.03; 7. Inman, Vacaville, 9:17.26; 8. Wagnew, La Mesa Helix, 9:18.20; 9. Schmitt, Larkspur Redwood, 9:22.29; 10. Megassi, Ferndale, 9:22.66. Others included: 14. Bethke, El Toro, 9:36.71; 17. Marquez, Hacienda Heights Wilson, 9:45.84; 22. Guzman, Monroe, 9:52.78; Pena, Long Beach Poly, did not finish.

110 HIGH HURDLES (+1.7)-1. Craddock, Union City Logan, 13.39 (state meet record, old mark, 13.41, Steve Kerho, Mission Viejo, 1982; fifth performer and sixth performance all time; all-time California best); 2. Profit, Muir, 13.86; 3. Barmer, La Mesa Helix, 14.03; 4. Kelley, Dorsey, 14.08; 5. Maynard, Stockton Stagg, 14.19; 6. Payne, 14.31; 7. Prentice, Diamond Ranch, 14.33; 8. Paul, Loyla, 13.49; 9. Prudhomme, Dorsey, 14.43.

300 INTERMEDIATE HURDLES-1. Craddock, Union City Logan, 35.93; 2. Profit, Muir, 37.18; 3. Kelley, Dorsey, 37.31; 4. Maynard, Stockton Stagg, 37.56; 5. Prentice, Diamond Ranch, 37.79; 6. Payne, Trabuco Hills, 37.79; 7. Ahlstrom, Los Alamitos, 37.96; 8. Leopold, Palmdale Highland, 38.14; 9. Dangerfield, Chatsworth, 38.60.

400 RELAY-1. Oakland Skyline, 40.95; 2. Long Beach Poly, 41.40; 3. Woodland Hills Taft, 41.71; 4. Crenshaw, 41.80; 5. Sherman Oaks Notre Dame, 41.96; 6. Clovis East, 42.02; 7. Pinole Valley, 42.32; 8. Oakland McClymonds, 42.38; 9. Dorsey, 44.19.

1,600 RELAY-1. Long Beach Poly, 3:13.74; 2. Dorsey, 3:14.06; 3. Gardena Serra, 3:15.76; 4. Canyon Country Canyon, 3:16.22; 5. Mission Viejo, 3:17.30; 6. Fairfield, 3:17.32; 7. Los Alamitos, 3:18.78; 8. Elk Grove, 3:20.05; Alameda, disqualified (passing out of zone.).

HIGH JUMP-1. Wright, Berkeley St. Mary’s, 6-10¼; 2. Reed, Oakland Tech, 6-8; 3. Turner, Chaffey, 6-8; 4. Key, Center Mesa Verde, 6-8; 5. tie between Thompson, Canyon Springs and Golden, Azusa, 6-8; 7. Burt, San Diego Serra, 6-6; 8. Austin, Long Beach Poly, 6-4; 9. Klech, San Ramon Danville, 6-4; Vargas, Modesto Byer, no height.

POLE VAULT-1. Roth, Granite Bay, 16-4; 2. Lubeck, Royal, 16-0; 3. Shuler, Granite Bay, 15-7¾; 4. tie between Johnson, Atascadero and Little, Los Gatos, 15-3¾; 6. Finley, El Cajon Granite Hills, 15-3¾; 7. Scott, Oceanside El Camino, 15-3¾; 8. Burlingham, Colfax, 14-10; McGrath, Sacramento Jesuit, no height. Roth’s progression-15-7¾ (o), 16-0¼ (xo), 16-4 (o), 16-8 (xxx).

LONG JUMP-1. Mosby, Gahr, 24-3¾ (wind +0.7); 2. Crenshaw, Antelope Valley, 23-4¾ (-1.2); 3. Rampersant, Wheatland, 23-2¾ (-1.4); 4. Brown, Concord, 23-0¾ (+0.6); 5. Conrad, Grass Valley Nevada Union, 22-11 (-1.2); 6. Keeling, Gardena Serra, 22-11 (-0.4); 7. Bridgeforth, Rio Mesa, 22-8½ (-0.1); 8. Nunez, Rialto, 22-6¼ (+1.1); 9. Parker, Stockton Lincoln, 22-1¾ (-0.5). Mosby’s series-23-2½ (-0.1), 24-0½ (-1.9), pass, 23-4¾ (-+0.5), 23-6¾ (-0.2), 24-3¾ (+0.7).

TRIPLE JUMP-1. Balumbu, Union City Logan, 50-6w (+3.5); 2. Johnson, Rancho Cucamonga, 50-2¾w (+3.7); 3. Jeffery, Union City Logan, 48-11 ½; 4. Amadi, Fresno Edison, 48-7¼w (+2.4); 5. Eison, San Bruno Westmoor, 48-5¼ (-0.6); 6. Green, La Mesa Helix, 47-2½ (+1.7); 7. Quick, Bakersfield Liberty, 46-6w (+2.2); 8. Felizola, Downey, 45-7¾w (+3.6); 9. Parker, Stockton Lincoln, 45-6½ (+1.7). Balumbu’s series-42-8 (+3.0), 50-1¼ (+1.8), 49-8¼w (+2.6), foul, 50-6w (+3.5), 48-8 (+2.3).Johnson’s series-foul, 50-0½w (+3.0), 49-5½w (+2.6), foul, foul, 50-2¾ (+3.7).

SHOTPUT-1. Lewis, Arroyo Grande, 63-5½; 2. Rodriguez, Palm Desert, 60-11 ¾; 3. Tombleson, Woodland, 60-8¾; 4. Smith, Irvine University, 60-8½; 5. Koscor, San Diego University City, 60-6½; 6. Field, Arroyo Grande, 59-7¾; 7. Savajian, Maranatha, 59-4¼; 8. Dan, Esperanza, 58-3¾; 9. Jarvis, Redding Shasta, 55-9¼. Lewis’ series-62-8¾, 63-5½, 62-7¾, 62-8½, foul, 63-3½.

DISCUS-1. Schaerer, La Jolla The Bishops, 206-5 (state meet record, old mark, 204-0, Schaerer, 2004); 2. Cornell, Ridgecrest Burroughs, 196-1; 3. Gray, Esperanza, 193-8; 4. Grietens, Arroyo Grande, 189-6; 5. Davis-Hammerquist, 185-0; 6. Lewis, Arroyo Grande, 183-5; 7. Savage, San Diego Morse, 179-6; 8. Faagai, Huntington Beach, 178-2; 9. White, San Jose Mt. Pleasant, 165-11. Schaerer’s series-199-4, 201-7, 200-7, 206-5, foul, 94-10.

Girls

SACRAMENTO -- Sprinter Jasmine Baldwin of La Puente Bishop Amat was aware of the talk.

So the soft-spoken senior walked the walk in the state track and field championships at Hughes Stadium on Saturday, winning the girls’ 100 meters in the second-fastest time in the nation this year and taking the 200 in the fastest time.

On a day when Long Beach Poly capped its second consecutive girls’ team title-and third in four years-with a national-record time in the 1,600 relay to end the meet, Baldwin proved her victories over Poly’s Shalonda Solomon in the Southern Section Masters Meet at Cerritos College on May 28 were no fluke.

“I knew that people were talking about me and everything,” Baldwin said when asked if she was aware that many people expected Solomon to beat her in the state meet. “But that gave me more courage to just come out here and fight and win.”

Solomon, the runner-up in the 100 and 200 in the previous two state championships, led Baldwin out of the blocks twice Saturday. But Baldwin inched past her in the final 30 meters of both races to post winning times of 11.33 seconds and 22.86.

The 100 time moved Baldwin to 12th on the all-time national performer list and her 200 clocking moved her to fourth.

“I feel very happy and I’m just very excited,” Baldwin said. “I came out here and did what I had to do.”

Solomon, who ran a season-best 11.41 in the 100 and a career-best 22.92 in the 200 to move to seventh on the all-time national list, also ran the anchor legs on Jackrabbit teams that won the 400 relay in 45.11 and the 1,600 relay in 3:35.49 to cut six-hundredths of a second off the mark they set last year.

Poly, which also received winning performances from senior Jasmine Lee in the 400 with a season-best 52.93 and from sophomore Shana Woods in the long jump with a career-best 20-feet 7¾-inch effort, totaled a meet-record 80 points to defeat runner-up Union City Logan by 30 points.

Four other athletes from the Southland were victorious in individual girls’ events, including senior Lindsay Flacks of North Hollywood Harvard-Westlake, who won the 3,200 in a career-best 10:26.25 after tripping and falling over another runner on the first lap of the race.
--John Ortega

FINAL TEAM SCORES-1. Long Beach Poly, 80; 2. Union City Logan, 50; 3. Tracy West, 28; 4. Riverside North, 23; 5. Long Beach Wilson, 22; 6. Bishop Amat, 20; 7. Bakersfield Centennial, 18; 8. tie among Newport Harbor, Saratoga, Gardena Serra, Murrieta Valley,Los Altos, Harvard-Westlake, Rancho Cucamonga, Arroyo Grande and Canyon Country Canyon, 10.

100 (wind +1.5 meters per second)-1. Baldwin, 11.33 (equal 11th performer all-time high school); 2. Shalonda Solomon, Long Beach Poly, 11.41; 3. Collins, Long Beach Wilson, 11.61; 4. Woods, Long Beach Poly, 11.62; 5. Nash, Tracy West, 11.63; 6. Diego, Oceanside El Camino, 11.70; 7. Smith, Union City Logan, 11.80; 8. Bonty, Monroe, 12.19; Davis, Union City Logan, false start.

200 (+1.2)-1. Baldwin, Bishop Amat, 22.86 (fourth fastest performer all time high school); 2. Shalonda Solomon, Long Beach Poly, 22.92 (seventh fastest performer all time high school); 3. Smith, Union City Logan, 23.52; 4. Diego, Oceanside El Camino, 23.75; 5. Lee, Long Beach Poly, 23.89; 6. Nash, Tracy West, 23.90; 7. Williams, Rancho Cucamonga, 24.23; 8. David-Jacobs, San Francisco Burton, 24.37; 9. Picott, Long Beach Poly, 24.63.

400-1. Lee, Long Beach Poly, 52.93; 2. Lawrence, Sacramento Sheldon, 53.68; 3. Hasson, Gardena, 54.29; 4. Dudley, Union City Logan, 54.66; 5. Lott, San Diego University City, 55.26; 6. Baker, Fairfield, 55.76; 7. Williams, Rancho Cucamonga, 55.82; 8. David-Jacobs, San Francisco Burton, 56.72; 9. Watson, Carson, 56.84.

800-1. Johnson, Canyon Country Canyon, 2:08.97; 2. Jenke, Atherton Menlo School, 2:10.97; 3. McCann, Carlsbad La Costa Canyon, 2:11.52; 4. Jones, Morgan Hill Live Oak, 2:11.83; 5. Dunn, Esperanza, 2:12.28; 6. Atkinson, Lakeside El Capitan, 2:12.69; 7. Tritchler, Santa Barbara San Marcos, 2:14.63; 8. Whalen, San Jose Archbishop Mitty, 2:17.49; 9. Kovacich, Mater Dei, 2:18.08.

1,600-1. Follmar, Saratoga, 4:46.47 (4:28.9 for 1,500 meters; 2. Mulkey, Roseville Woodcreek, 4:47.17 (4:29.0); 3. Pasciuto, Murrieta Valley, 4;51.25 (4:31.5); 4. Kirschman, Redding Enterprise, 4;52.81 (4:33.9); 5. Allen, Pleasant Hill College Park, 4:54.55 (4:28.9 fell); 6. St. Geme, 4:57.13 (4:37.8); 7. Kingma, San Luis Obispo, 4:57.13; 8. Pischetti, Rancho Cucamonga, 4:59.28; 9. Aulet-Leon, Peninsula, 5:12.23.

3,200-1. Flacks, Harvard Westlake, 10:26.25; 2. Rethmeier, Escondido San Pasqual, 10:33.57; 3. LaBeaud, Folson, 10:35.75; 4. Pasciuto, Murrieta Valley, 10:42.87; 5. Bryan, Elk Grove Laguna Creek, 10:43.38; 6. Leland, Ukiah, 10:48.69; 7. Saylor, Clovis Buchanan, 10:50.92; 8. Hodgkinson, Chico Pleasant Valley, 10:51.45; 9. Escobar, Corona, 10:52.09; 10. Rothenburger, Dana Hills, 10:54.53. Others included: 11. Maldonado, St. Paul, 10:54.53; 15. Walker, Canyon Country Canyon, 11:04.37; 18. Aulet-Leon, Peninsula, 11:06.00; 24. Hartel, Birmingham, 11:40.61; 26. Hernandez, Birmingham, 11;54.22.

100 HIGH HURDLES (+2.3)-1. Talia Stewart, Union City Logan, 13.31; 2. Hunter, Riverside North, 13.78; 3. Carson, Long Beach Wilson, 13.85; 4. Broom, Gardena Serra, 13.87; 5. Tezeno, Hercules, 14.14; . Quinley, Tracy West, 14.23; 7. Mercado, Diamond Ranch, 14.26; 8. Blue, El Cajon Granite Bay, 14.37; 9. Maxwell, Stockton Stagg, 14.49.

300 LOW HURDLES-1. Talia Stewart, 41.31; 2. Woods, Long Beach Wilson, 42.57; 3. Harris, Long Beach Poly, 42.68; 4. Samuels, Diamond Ranch, 42.85; 5. Collins, Long Beach Wilson, 43.11; 6. Kirst, Valencia, 43.24; 7. Marshburn, Dana Hills, 43.54; 8. Profit, Muir, 44.77; 9. Ward, Riverside North, 45.79.

400 RELAY-1. Long Beach Poly, 45-11; 2. Union City Logan, 45.58; 3. Tracy West, 46.36; 4. Rancho Cuamonga, 46.84; 5. Oceanside El Camino, 47.15; 6. Riverside North, 47.22; 7. Bakersfield Stockdale, 47.64; 8. Gardena, 48.34; 9. Sacramento Sheldon, 48.45.

1,600 RELAY-1. Long Beach Poly, 3:35.49 (Woods 55.6, Harris 55.6, Lee 52.6, Shalonda Solomon 51.6) (national record and state meet record, old national mark, 3:35.55, Long Beach Poly, 2003, old state mark, 3:35.55, Long Beach Wilson, 2001); 2. Union City Logan, 3:37.85; 3. Rancho Cordova, 3:44.57; 4. Long Beach Wilson, 3:45.50; 5. Fairfield, 3;48.25; 6. Muir, 3:49.42; 7. Tracy West, 3:49.43; 8. Sacramento Sheldon, 3:52.73; Riverside North, did not start.

HIGH JUMP-1. Miller, Los Altos, 5-9¼; 2. Gonder, Bakersfield Stockdale, 5-8; 3. Jackson, Napa, 5-8; 4. Kaufman, San Jose Branham, 5-8; 5. tie between Klages, Coronado and Curtis, Tustin, 5-7; 7. St.. John, Oakdale, 5-7; 8. tie between Day, Costa Mesa and Wiley, Sonoma Valley, 5-5.

POLE VAULT-1. Stokke, Newport Harbor, 12-8 (national freshman record, old mark, 12-8, Stokke, 2004); 2. Pacas, Atascadero, 12-9; 3. Mattoon, San Diego Rancho Bernardo, 12-0; 4. tie among Franklin, Mountain View St. Francis, Bennett, Santa Ana Foothill and Johnson, Mission Viejo, 11-5¾; 7. tie between Pena, Huntington Beach Edison and Odle, San Jose Del Mar, 11-5¾; 9. Chang, Moraga Campolindo, 10-11¾. Stokke progression (vaulting last): 10-11 ¾ (o), 11-5 ¾ (xo), 12-0 (xxo), 12-4 (xo), 12-8 (o), 12-11¾ (xxx). Pacas’ progression-10-11¾ (o), 11-5¾ (0), 12-0 (o), 12-4 (xo), 12-8 (xo), 12-11¾ (xxx).

LONG JUMP-1. Woods, Long Beach Poly, 20-7¾ (+0.8); 2. Daniels, Tracy West, 20-1 (+0.8); 3. Hunter, Riverside North, 20-0½ (+0.6); 4. Carson, Long Beach Wilson, 19-0¾; 5. Ruffin, Beaumont, 18-10-10¾ (-2.1); 6. Watson, Carson, 18-7¾ (+0.6); 7. Holmes, Claremont, 18-7 ¾ (+1.2) (Watson sixth on better second jump, 18-7¼ to 18-4¼); 8. Grimes, Sacramento St. Francis, 17-11½ (+1.2); 9. Becker, San Jose Mt. Pleasant, 17-6¾ (+1.3). Woods’ series-18-5¾ (-3.7), foul, 20-1½ (-0.7), 19-0¾ (+0.7); pass, 20-7¾ (+0.8).

TRIPLE JUMP-1. Daniels, Tracy West, 42-8 (-2.4); 2. Hunter, Riverside North, 41-11½ (-1.9); 3. Young, Gardena Serra, 39-9¼ (-2.6); 4. Tracey Stewart, Union City Logan, 38-11½ (-2.5); 5. Becker, San Jose Mt. Pleasant, 38-11 (-2.5); 6. Babb, Pomona, 38-7 (-0.8); 7. Kaye, Union City Logan, 38-4¾ (-1.4); 8. Barnes, Sacramento Sheldon, 37-6 (-2.5); 9. Delaunay, Claremont, 37-4 (-3.2). Daniels’ series-foul, foul, 39-9¾ (-3.5), 40-9 (-1.8), 42-8 (-2.4), 41-2½ (-1.5).

SHOTPUT-1. Howard, Arroyo Grande, 49-11¾; 2. Faubus, Bakersfield Centennial, 49-7¼; 3. Yughans, Orange Lutheran, 46-8¾; 4. Phillips, Long Beach Poly, 44-1¼; 5. Van Paris, Sonoma Valley, 43-9; 6. Tupuola, Vista, 42-2¼; 7. Tupou, Riverside North, 40-9½; 8. Barber, Lakewood St. Joseph, 40-6; 9. Moore, Merced, 39-7¾. Howard’s series (throwing last)-47-3, 47-7½, foul, foul, 49-11 ¾, foul. Faubus’s series-47-8½, 44-11¾, 48-2½, 49-7¾, 48-6, 48-3¼.

DISCUS-1. Faubus, Bakersfield Centennial, 166-9; 2. Toeaina, Pittsburg, 146-7; 3. Batttle, Vacaville Wood, 143-6; 4. Jacobsen, Kentfield Marin Catholic, 142-5; 5. Guiffre, Tehachapi, 139-11; 6. Tupuola, Vista, 139-2; 7. Howard, Arroyo Grande, 137-7; 8. DeWeese, San Diego Rancho Bernardo, 137-1; 9. Gardner, Mission Viejo, 135-1. Faubus’ series-157-4, 157-3, 159-2, 161-2, 1.y 138-6, 166-9.

Friday, June 4

STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
At Hughes Stadium, Sacramento

SACRAMENTO -- Senior Marquis Profit of Pasadena Muir passed his first two tests of the state track and field championships at Hughes Stadium in Sacramento on Friday by winning his qualifying heats in the boys’ 110-meter high hurdles and 300 intermediate hurdles.

Profit had been experiencing pain in his left foot that left him limping noticeably at the end of the Southern Section Masters Meet on May 28.

Now the question is whether he or any of his fellow competitors can keep pace with junior Kevin Craddock of Union City Logan in the finals of those events today.

Profit ran a career best of 13.98 seconds in the high hurdles and clocked 37.54 in the intermediates Friday. But those times paled in comparison to Craddock’s wind-aided 13.53 clocking in the highs and his 36.71 in the intermediates.

“It felt fine,” Profit said about his left foot after the high hurdles. “I spent a lot of time [working out] in the pool this week and that seemed to help. It felt much better.”

Profit had posted winning and career-best times of 14.02 in the high hurdles and 37.11 in the intermediates in the Masters Meet at Cerritos College, but he bested the former time with a smooth, technically-sound performance Friday.

“I’ll go ice [my foot] and then get ready” for the intermediate hurdles, he said. “I’ll be ready to go.”

Southland athletes were the leading qualifiers in 15 of the 30 events contested Friday. But one of the best performances by a local athlete came from senior Matt Gray of Anaheim Esperanza, who qualified second in the boys’ discus with a career-best 200 feet 9 inches.

Gray’s throw topped his previous best of 195-4, made him the ninth Southern Section athlete to break 200 feet in the event and moved him to eighth on the all-time section performer list.

The top performance of the meet came in the boys’ 100 when senior Kenny O’Neal of Oakland Skyline won his heat of the 100 in a career-best 10.34 to move to seventh on the all-time state list with the fastest time by a Californian since 1995.

Domenique Manning of Riverside North was a notable nonqualifier in the girls’ 100 high hurdles as the state leader pulled up after clearing the third hurdle while running with a heavily taped right thigh.

In the girls’ team competition, defending champion Long Beach Poly remained the heavy favorite by advancing athletes to the finals of eight events.

Senior Shalonda Solomon of Poly was the top qualifier in the 100 with a wind-aided 11.45 and in the 200 in 23.30. She anchored the 400 relay team that won its heat in 46.01, the No. 2 qualifying time.

Los Angeles Dorsey, which was expected to battle Logan and Long Beach Poly for the boys’ team title, suffered a big blow when junior Vannie Prudhomme failed to advance to the final of the high jump.

Saturday’s meet will start with field events at 3 p.m. and running events at 5.

Pole vaulter Brandon Estrada of Woodland Hills El Camino Real, who originally wasn’t going to be sent to the state meet after tying for second in the City Section finals, was allowed to compete. He failed to clear the opening height, though.
--John Ortega

Qualifiers For Finals

Boys

100 METERS

O’Neal, Oakland Skyline, 10.34 (+1.5); Crawford, Manteca East, 10.49 (+1.5); Drummer, North Salinas, 10.51 (+1.8); Love, Lancaster, 10.57w (+2.3); Jones, Long Beach Poly, 10.58w (+2.3); Worstein, Oakhurst Yosemite, 10.60 (+1.8); Harris, Crespi, 10.60 (+1.8); Danns, La Mesa Helix, 10.62 (+1.8); Lambert, St. Bonaventure, 10.67w (+2.2). Nonqualifiers included: 11. Grant, L.A. Washington, 10.73w (+2.3); 12. Fields, Etiwanda, 10.75 (+1.5); 15. West, Cypress, 10.79w (+2.2); 23. Taylor, Locke, 10.92w (+2.3); Charles, Dorsey, 10.95 (+1.5).

200 METERS

Osaisai, Pinole Valley, 21.07w (+2.5); Crawford, Manteca East, 21-17 (+1.7); Love, Lancaster, 21.18w (+1.4); Jones, Long Beach Poly, 21.18 (+1.4); Drummer, North Salinas, 21.52w (+2.5); Conrad, Grass Valley Nevada Union, 21.56w (+2.5); Morris, Fairfield, 21.59w (+2.5); Worstein, Oakhurst Yosemite, 21.62 (+1.4); Pearlstone, San Anselmo Drake, 21.62 (+1.7). Nonqualifiers included: 11. Glass, Sherman Oaks Notre Dame, 21.68 (+1.7); 12. Williams, Esperanza, 21.69 (+1.4); 13. Holland, Woodland Hills Taft, 21.70 (+1.4); 15. Woods, Los Alamitos, 21.75w (+2.5); 19. Grant, L.A. Washington, 21.86 (+2.5).

400 METERS

Gettis, Dorsey, 47.51; Keeling, Gardena Serra, 48.10; Rhoades, San Diego County Ramona, 48.13; Morris, Fairfield, 48.17; Moon, Corona, 48.52; Johnson, Stockton Lincoln, 48.60; Lindsay, Moorpark, 48.79; Williams, Dorsey, 48.86; Campbell, Ventura, 48.90. Nonqualifiers included: 11. Williams, Esperanza, 49.50; 15. Singh, Westchester, 49.98.

800 METERS

Haddan, Woodbridge, 1:53.63; Rodie, Royal, 1:53.71;Bradford, L.A. Fremont, 1:54.02; Lopes, San Jose Pioneer, 1:54.25; Castaneda, Bonita, 1:54.35; Glass, Roseville Woodcreek, 1:54.42; Allen, Yucaipa, 1:54.62; Carey, Albany, 1:55.29; Lee, San Anselmo Drake, 1:55.71. Nonqualifiers included: 16. Gamboa, Upland, 1:56.78; 17. Loung, Santa Maria St. Joseph, 1:57.19; 19. Cordona, Garfield, 1:58.47; Ociora, Crenshaw, disqualified.

1,600 METERS

Matusak, Loyola, 4:16.70; Bethke, El Toro, 4:17.22; Matthews, Concord de la Salle, 4:17.21; Glass, Roseville Woodcreek, 4:18.18; Acosta, El Camino, 4:17.50; Campfield, Temeccula Valley, 4:17.70; Ramirez, Santa Ana, 4:18.30; Withers, Santa Rosa Cardinal Newman, 4:18.33; Anderson, Atherton Menlo Atherson, 4:18.99. Nonqualifiers included: 14. Gatel, Huntington Beach Edison, 4:24.48; 20. Hernandez, Garfield, 4:31.00; 21. Benmohamed, Monroe, 4:33.58.

110-METER HIGH HURDLES

Craddock, Union City Logan, 13.53w (+2.8); Profit, Muir, 13.98 (+1.7); Maynard, Stockton Stagg, 14.00w (+2.8); Kelley, Dorsey, 14.13w (+2.8); Barmer, La Mesa Helix, 14.18w (+2.6); Prentice, Diamond Ranch, 14.24w (+2.6); Paul, Loyola, 14.34 (+1.7); Payne, Trabuco Hills, 14.35w (+2.6); Prudhomme, Dorsey, 14.39w (+2.6). Nonqualifiers included: 10. Thurmond, West Covina, 14.49w (+2.6); 12. Thompson, Canyon Springs, 14.54w (+2.6); 15. Blue, Carson, 14.66 (+1.7); 17. Reuter, Damien, 14.81 (+1.7).

300-METER INTERMEDIATE HURDLES

Craddock, Union City Logan, 36.71; Ahlstrom, Los Alamitos, 37.38; Kelley, Dorsey, 37.49; Profit, 37.54; Payne, Trabuco Hills, 37.62; Prentice, Diamond Ranch, 38.02; Leopold, Palmdale Highland, 38.14; Maynard, Stockton Stagg, 38.18; Dangerfield, Chatsworth, 38.18. Nonqualifiers included: 11. Evans, Garden Grove Pacifica, 38.43; 12. Lepisto, Agoura, 38.47; 16. Blue, Carson, 38.96; 21. Howell, Gahr, 39.44; 26. Rahmann, Gardena Serra, 39.70.

400-METER RELAY

Oakland Skyline, 41.14; Woodland Hills Taft, 41.69; Long Beach Poly, 41.82; Clovis East, 42.00; Crenshaw, 42.14; Sherman Oaks Notre Dame, 42.14; Dorsey, 42.15; Pinole Valley, 42.20; Oakland McClymonds, 42.30. Nonqualifiers included: 19. Domiguez, 42.92; Gardena Serra, did not finish; Long Beach Cabrillo, disqualified.

1,600-METER RELAY

Gardena Serra, 3:17.55; Mission Viejo, 3:17.96; Long Beach Poly, 3:18.18; Dorsey, 3:18.44; Fairfield, 3:18.88; Canyon Country Canyon, 3:19.56; Los Alamitos, 3:19.90; Alameda, 3:20.60; San Jose Elk Grove, 3:21.54. Nonqualifiers included: 13. L.A. Fremont, 3:23.15; 15. Woodland Hills Taft, 3:23.71.

HIGH JUMP

Burt, San Diego Serra, Turner, Chaffey, Reed, Oakland Tech, Austin, Long Beach Poly, Wright, Berkeley St. Mary’s, Thompson, Canyon Springs, Golden, Azusa, Key, Center Mesa Verde and Klech, San Ramon California, all 6-6. Nonqualifiers included: 11. Pruhomme, Dorsey, 6-4; 15. Webster, Rim of the World, 6-4; Morris, L.A. Fremont, no height; Williams, did not compete.

POLE VAULT

Lubeck, Royal, Scott, Oceanside El Camino, Roth, Granite Bay, Shuler, Granite Bay, Little, Los Gatos, Finley, El Cajon Granite Hills, Johnson, Atascadero, Burlingame, Colfax and McGrath, Sacramento Jesuit, all 15-3¾. Nonqualifiers included: 10. Deleo, Los Alamitos, 15-0; 13. McDowell, Murrieta Valley, 15-0; 16. Harty, Monroe, 14-4; Estrada, El Camino Real, no height.

LONG JUMP

Mosby, Gahr, 23-6 (wind -2.2); Conrad, Grass Valley Nevada Union, 22-9¾ (-1.3); Bridgeforth, Rio Mesa, 22-6½ (-0.5); Rampersant, Wheatland, 22-5 (-0.6); Keeling, Gardena Serra, 22-5 (-2.2); Nunez, Rialto, 22-2¼ (-2.3); Parker, Stockton Lincoln, 22-1½ (-2.1); Crenshaw, Antelope Valley, 22-1½ (-2.6); Brown, Concord, 21-11½ (-1.9). Nonqualifers included: 11. Logan, Riverside North, 21-10¼ (-2.3); 15. Frazier, Claremont, 21-6 (+0.7); 20. Sanders, Carson, 20-11¼ (-2.4); 27. Clark, Dorsey, 18-11 ¾ (-0.5); Nunnally, Sacramento Sheldon, no mark (national leader).

TRIPLE JUMP

Jeffery, Union City Logan, 49-5½w (+2.3); Amadi, Fresno Edison, 49-2 ½w (+3.4); Balumbu, Union City Logan, 48-11½w (+2.7); Johnson, Rancho Cucamonga, 48-10¾w (+2.9); Green, La Mesa Helix, 48-3¼w (+4.4); Eison, San Bruno Westmoor, 48-0w (+2.1); Felizola, Downey, 47-9¾w (+4.5) 44-8¾ legal best); Quick, Bakersfield Liberty, 47-9 (+2.3); Parker, Stockton Lincoln, 47-9 (+3.6). Nonqualifiers included: 13. Perkins, Arroyo Valley, 46-9½w (+3.2); 14. Tsuda, Sherman Oaks Notre Dame, 46-9w (+2.2); 15. Gwacham, Ayala, 46-62 (+2.9); 17. Wyse, Dorsey, 46-2w (+2.9) (44-2); 24. Thomas,l San Diego Univerrsity City, 43-7¼w (4.1); Epps, Reseda, no fair mark.

SHOTPUT

Lewis, Arroyo Grande, 64-0¼; Tombleson, Woodland, 60-0½; Dan, Esperanza, 60-0¼; Rodriguez, Palm Desert, 59-10½; Savajian, Maranatha, 59-4¾; Field, Arroyo Grande, 58-11½; Smith, Irvine University, 58-5¾; Jarvis, Redding Shasta, 58-4; Kocsor, San Diego University City, 57-10½. Nonqualifiers included: 10. Rohr, Arroyo Grande, 57-5½; 13. Harris, Sherman Oaks Notre Dame, 55-4½; 18. Boaz, Arroyo Grande, 54-0; 24. Henry, Dorsey, 51-6½; 27. Meyer, Palisades, 48-7½; 28. Ramsey, Woodland Hills Taft, 47-10½.

DISCUS

Schaerer, La Jolla The Bishops, 204-0 (State meet record, old mark, 203-5, Travis Pendleton, Esperanza, 2000); 2. Gray, Esperanza, 200-9; 3. Cornell, Ridgecrest Burroughs, 186-1; 4. Lewis, Arroyo Grande, 184-0; 5. Davis-Hammerquist, Webb, 183-5; 6. Savage, San Diego Morse, 183-2; 7. Faagai, Huntington Beach, 183-0; 8. White, San Jose Mt. Pleasant, 178-2; 9. Grietens, Arroyo Grande, 177-0. Nonqualifiers included: 12. Dan, Esperanza, 169-10; 14. Gillespie, St. Bonaventure, 165-3.

Girls

100 METERS

Shalonda Solomon, Long Beach Poly, 11.45w (+2.1); Baldwin, 11.48w (+2.2); Diego, Oceanside El Camino, 11.54w (+2.1); Nash, Tracy West, 11.55w (+2.7); Smith, Union City Logan, 11.63w (+2.1); Collins, Long Beach Wilson, 11.64w (+2.7); Woods, Long Beach Poly, 11.72w (+2.2); Davis, Union City Logan, 11.74w (+2.1); Bonty, Monroe, 11.85w (+2.1). Nonqualifiers included: 10. Steen, Gardena, 11.89w (+2.2); 11. Picott,Long Beach Poly, 11.91w (+2.7); 23. Dixon, Cleveland, 12.28w (+2.2); Manning, Riverside North, did not start.

200 METERS

Shalonda Solomon, Long Beach Poly, 23.30 (+1.3); Baldwin, Bishop Amat, 23.40 (+1.7); Diego, Oceanside El Camino, 23.56 (+1.7); Smith, Union City Logan, 23.63 (+1.3); Lee, Long Beach Poly, 23.78 (+1.6); Nash, Tracy West, 24.07 (+1.6); Williams, Rancho Cucamonga, 24.40 (+1.7); David-Jacobs, San Franciso Burton, 24.53 (+1.3); Picott, Long Beach Poly, 24.57 (+1.6). Nonqualifiers included: 10. Bonty, Monroe, 24.63 (+1.6); 24. Steen, Gardena, 33.75 (+1.3).

400 METERS

Lee, Long Beach Poly, 54.37; 2. Williams, Rancho Cucamonga, 54.49; Lawrence, Sacramento Sheldon, 54.62; Hasson, Gardenam, 54.72; Dudley, Union City Logan, 54.99; Watson, Carson, 55.38; Baker, Fairfield, 55.96; Lott, San Diego University City, 55.97; David-Jacobs, San Francisco Burton, 56.05. Nonqualifiers included: 10. Neeley, Dos Pueblos, 56.14; 12. Ruffin, Beaumont, 56.40; 13. King, Riverside North, 56.41; 14. Gamble, Sherman Oaks Notre Dame, 56.49.

800 METERS

Jenke, Atherton Menlo School, 2:13.94; Atkinson, Lakeside El Capitan, 2:14.15; Dunn, Esperanza, 2:15.07; McCann, Carlsbad La Costa Canyon, 2:15.22; Whalen, San Jose Archbishop Mitty, 2:15.31; Jones, Morgan Hill Live Oak, 2:15.49; Tritchler, Santa Barbara San Marcos, 2:15.63; Kovacich, Mater Dei, 2:15.70; Johnson, Canyon Country Canyon, 2:15.79.

1,600 METERS

St. Geme, Corona del Mar, 4:56.87; Mulkey, Roseville Woodcreek, 4:57.44; Allen, Pleasant Hill College Park, 4:57.82; Pasciuto, Murrieta Valley, 4:57.92; Aulet-Leon, Peninsula, 4:58.49; Follmar, Saratoga, 4:59.84; Kirsschman, Redding Enterprise, 4:59.36; Pischetti, Rancho Cucamonga, 5:00.03; Kingma, San Luis Obispo, 5:01.28. Nonqualifiers included: 12. Magdaleno, St. Paul, 5:02.79; 13. Farias-Eisner, Harvard-Westlake, 5:03.76; 18. May, Corona del Mar, 5:07.73.

100-METER HIGH HURDLES

Talia Stewart, Union City Logan, 13.67w (+2.7); Hunter, Riverside North, 13.91 (+1.9); Carson, Long Beach Wilson, 14.01 (+1.9); Mercado, Diamond Ranch, 14.11w (+3.1); Broom, Gardena Serra, 14.32w (+2.7); Blue, El Cajon Granite Hills, 14.33 (+1.9); Tezeno, Hercules, 14.41w (+2.7); Maxwell, Stockton Stagg, 14.52w (+2.7); Quinley, Tracy West, 14.52w.(+2.7). Nonqualfiers included: 11. Collins, Santa Margarita, 14.68w (+3.1); Patten, Gardena, 14.76 (+1.9); 22. Chukwudi, Gardena, 15.48 (+3.1); 24. Stamps, Dorsey, 15.85 (+1.9); Manning, Riverside North, did not finish (pulled).

300-METER LOW HURDLES

Talia Stewart, Union City Logan, 41.66; Collins, Long Beach Wilson, 42.17; Harris, Long Beach Poly, 42.96; Woods, Long Beach Poly, 43.01; Samuels, Diamond Ranch, 43.50; Kirst, Valencia, 43.50; Ward, Riverside North, 43.90; Profit, Muir, 43.93; Marshburn, Dana Hills, 44.00. Nonqualifiers included: 14. Eze, Eisenhower, 45.36; 19. Graham, Carson, 45.78; 22. Patten, Gardena, 46.23; 29.Kahn, Gardena, 48.03.

400-METER RELAY

Union City Logan, 45.92; Long Beach Poly, 46.01; Tracy West, 46.66; Rancho Cucamonga, 46.55; Riverside North, 46.86; Oceanside El Camino, 46.99; Gardena, 47.42; Bakersfield Stockdale, 47.51; Sacramento Sheldon, 47.86. Nonqualifers included: 10. La Palma Kennedy, 48.19; 11. Muir, 48.22; 19. Dorsey, 49.39.

1,600-METER RELAY

Union City Logan, 3:46.99; Long Beach Wilson, 3:49.72; Fairfield, 3:49.92; Long Beach Poly, 3:49.97; Muir, 3:50.60; Tracy West, 3:51.72; Sacramento Sheldon, 3:53.21; Rancho Cucamonga, 3;53.47; Riverside North, 3:53.67. Nonqualifiers included: 10. Cajon, 3:55.55; 14. Redlands East Valley, 3:58.85; 23. Carson, 4:05.79.

HIGH JUMP

Kaufman, San Jose Branham, Gonder, Bakersfield Stockdale, Wiley, Somona Valley, Curtis, Tustin, Miller, Los Altos, Kleges, Coronado, Day, Costa Mesa and Jackson, Napa, all 5-7; St. John, Oakdale, 5-5. Nonqualifiers included: 14. Collins, Santa Margarita, 5-5; 15. Thompson, Canyon Country Canyon, 5-5; 19. Henderson, Fairfax, 5-3; 19. Erdman, Quartz Hill, 5-3; Mansker, Granada Hills, no height.

POLE VAULT

Stokke, Newport Harbor, Pacas, Atascadero, Pena, Huntington Beach Edison, Bennett, Santa Ana Foothill, all 12-0; Mattoon, San Diego Rancho Bernardo, Johnson, Mission Viejo, Franklin, Mountain View St. Francis, Odle, San Jose Del Mar, Chaing, Moraga Campolindo, all 11-8. Nonqualifiers included: 11. Tamura, Huntington Beach, 11-3¾; 14. Dormanen, Temecula Valley, 10-11¾.

LONG JUMP

Ruffin, Beaumont, 20-2¼w (+3.9); Daniels, Tracy West, 20-0¼w (+2.9); Hunter, Riverside North, 19-11¾w (+2.2); Woods, Long Beach Poly, 19-11½w (+2.3); Carson, Long Beach Wilson, 19-11½w (+4.1); Grimes, Sacramento St. Francis, 19-0¾ (+2.0); Holmes, Claremont, 19-0½ (-1.4); Becker, San Jose Mt. Pleasant, 18-9¾w (+2.3); Watson, Carson, 18-8½w (+2.7). Nonqualifers included: 10. Babb, Pomona, 18-7¼w (+2.1); 12. Allmond, Walnut, 18-3¼w (2.3); 13. Neeley, Dos Pueblos, 18-1w (+2.3).

TRIPLE JUMP

Hunter, Riverside North, 40-11¾ (-1.8); Daniels, Tracy West, 40-4¼ (-1.3); Tracey Stewart, Union City Logan, 39-3¾ (-1.7); Young, Gardena Serra, 38-9 (-2.2); Delaunay, Claremont, 38-6¾ (-1.3); Kaye, Union City Logan, 38-2¼ (-3.3); Barnes, Sacramento Sheldon, 38-2 (-2.2); Babb, Pomona, 37-10½ (-1.6). Nonqualifiers included: 17. Clayton, Newport Harbor, 36-3 (-2.6); 21. Chukwudi, Gardena, 34-11¼; Harris, Carson, 34-5½ (-2.4).

SHOTPUT

Faubus, Bakersfield Centennial, 47-3¾; Howard, Arroyo Grande, 47-2½; Yunghans, Orange Lutheran, 45-8½; Phillips, Long Beach Poly, 43-9; Van Paris, Sonoma Valley, 42-8¼; Moore, Merced, 42-4¼; Tupuola, Vista, 41-6½; Tupou, Riverside North, 40-6; Barber, Lakewood St. Joseph, 40-4¼. Nonqualifiers included: 11. Schwarzbach, Granada Hills, 39-2¼; 21. Prince, Sylmar, 37-2½; 25. Johnson, Gardena, 35-2.

DISCUS

Faubus, Bakersfield Centennial, 155-6; Jacobsen, Kentfield Marin Catholic, 150-1; DeWeese, San Diego Rancho Bernardo, 145-7; Guiffre, Tehachapi, 145-4; Howard, Arroyo Grande, 143-0; Battle, Vacaville Wood, 142-8; Toeaina, Pittsburg, 140-11; Gardner, Mission Viejo, 140-3; Tupuola, Vista, 135-3. Nonqualifers included: 11. Awaa, Brea Olinda, 129-6; 15, M. Makanesi, Loara, 121-4; 17. Barber, Lakewood St. Joseph, 119-5.