Track and field: The 1,600 belongs to freshman Mahoney

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She’s only a freshman, but Kaylin Mahoney of Saugus turned in the most impressive time of the girls 1,600 meters at the Southern Section-Toyota Division I prelimiinaries at Trabuco Hills. Mahoney clocked 4:54.10, which would rank her fifth in the state coming into the day. Mahoney outpaced the top-seeded runner in the heat, Crescenta Valley’s Claire Collison, who ran a second-best 4:56.61.

There was a good run by Burbank Burroughs’ Sadee Martinez, whose 4:58.81 was sixth overall among the 50 runners; she was seeded seventh in her heat with Mahoney and Collison.

San Clemente’s Alexandra Dunne, who had run 4:53.01 converted that was fourth in the state, easily won her heat and was the No. 5 qualifier at 4:58.78.

-- Martin Henderson