Track and field: It’s a DNQ kind of day in the hurdles

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Some of the biggest news from the girls’ 100-meter hurdles were the disqualifications on the Trabuco Hills track at the Southern Section-Toyota Division I preliminaries. Senior Kiersten Kirkland of Long Beach Poly fouled out of her heat with a false start, and so did Angelica Weaver, a junior from Rancho Cucamonga. Kirkland was seeded second in her heat, and Weaver was seeded first.

The top qualifier was Shanice Stewart, a freshman from Carter, who clocked a wind-aided 14.29, which would be the state’s seventh-best wind-aided time coming into the day. Stewart was in the same heat as Kirkland.

On the boys’ side, Marcus Williams of San Gorgonio, top-seeded in his 110 heat, fell midway and did not advance. The No. 1 qualifier was Devron Walker of Dominguez, who clocked a wind-aided 14.14, followed by sophomore Devalle Pedrogo of Mission Viejo at 14.43.

-- Martin Henderson