Track and field: Hughes has state’s quickest time in the 200

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Joey Hughes of Long Beach Poly turned in the quickest time in the state in the boys’ 200 meters in the Southern Section-Toyota Division I preliminaries at Trabuco Hills.

Hughes, who came into the day ranked third in the state with a time of 21.40 seconds, peeled off a 21.10.

Hughes wasn’t the only athlete to make a run at the state’s best mark of 21.30 by Chris Owusu of Oaks Christian. Leon Dillihunt, a sophomore from Dominguez, fell just short with a effort of 21.41. Like Hughes, his time wasn’t wind-aided. Dillihunt’s time would move him into the state’s top 10 with the No. 4 effort of the season.

Junior Rodney Storrs of Corona Santiago ran a wind-aided 21.34.

-- Martin Henderson