Track and field: Season gets out of the blocks Saturday at Pasadena

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts.

It’s safe to say, the high school track and field season really begins this Saturday. That’s when the Pasadena Games will continue its tradition of drawing the region’s best athletes for their first head-to-head competitions of the season.

As is usually the case, the fast track at Pasadena City College has attracted several of the state’s best sprinters for this 65th meet, namely Charles Saseun of Rancho Cucamonga and Randall Carroll of Los Angeles Cathedral, who are set to run in the 100 and 200-meter events.

Saseun finished runner-up in the 100 last June, high-stepping down the straightaway at Sacramento City College in 10.39 seconds. Carroll finished third, giving two sophomores a rare appearance on the podium that evening.

Also scheduled to compete is Adam Long of St. Bernard, third in state in the 200 last season, and Austin Shanks of Crespi, fifth in the same event. Here’s another good picture of Saseun and Long racing each other last season.

On the girls’ side, a great matchup awaits in the 400, where Angele Cooper of Long Beach Wilson and Angelica Weaver of Rancho Cucamonga are entered. Cooper finished third in state in the one-lap event last season and Weaver was sixth.

For more information on other events, here’s a detailed write-up on dystatcal.com, the real experts when it comes to this stuff.

-- Dan Arritt

-- Image from pro.corbis.com