Track and field: Coco runs like the wind, but without it

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Akawkaw ‘Coco’ Ndipagbor, who dominated the 400 meters in the Southern Section-Toyota Division I preliminaries at Trabuco Hills earlier in the day, did not -- I repeat, did not -- emerge with the top time in the girls’ 200 meters.

However, Coco, a Long Beach Poly freshman, ran a wind-legal 24.19 seconds, which would give her the state’s second-best time coming into the day. Coco, a freshman, had previously run a 24.24 on this same track at the Trabuco Hills Invitational. Obviously, she likes the track.

The best times of the event, though, were a couple of wind-aided efforts. Jessica Davis, a sophomore from Highland, clocked 23.92 seconds with a 3.3 meters per second push from Mother Nature, and Jasmine Joseph, a junior from Long Beach Poly, who clocked 24.08 with a 3.4 wind reading.

Davis’ time would give her the state’s top wind-aided time of the year, displacing Coco’s 24.11.

Poly had three girls advance in the event, including senior Tanisha Hawkins, who ran a wind-legal 24.71.

-- Martin Henderson