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Girls’ track and field: Atascadero’s Hinton among qualifiers in shot put

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
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Atascadero junior Markita Hinton had the third-best qualifying toss of 43 feet 9.75 inches in the shot put today at the state track and field preliminaries, but she has some catching up to do if she hopes to beat the leader going into Saturday’s championship.

Anna Jelmini of Shafter today had a toss of 53-08, which is a record for the state meet. The other qualifiers from the Southland were Kayla Kovar of Ridgecrest Burroughs (42-10), Urina Harrell of Gardena Serra (42-05.75), Teresa Loya of St. Joseph (41-10.75), Luseane Makenesi of Katella (41-09.50) and Jasmine Burrell of North Torrance (41-04.50).

--Ben Bolch

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Ben Bolch

Ben Bolch has been a Los Angeles Times staff writer since 1999. He is serving his second stint as the UCLA beat writer, which seems fitting since he has covered almost every sports beat except hockey and horse racing. Bolch is also the author of the recently released book “100 Things UCLA Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.” He previously covered UCLA basketball from 2010-11 before going on to cover the NBA and the Clippers for five years. He happily traded in gobs of hotel points and airline miles to return to cover UCLA basketball and football in the summer of 2016. Bolch was once selected by NBA TV’s “The Starters” as the “Worst of the Week” after questioning their celebrity journalism-style questions at an NBA All-Star game and considers it one of his finer moments.

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