Track & Field: Muhammad and Washington double

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Khalfani Muhammad of Sherman Oaks Notre Dame won the boys 100 and 200 meter sprints and Long Beach Poly’ Ariana Washington did the same in the girls races at the Southern Section Masters Meet at Cerritos College.

First, Muhammad ran the 100 in 10.51 seconds, beating San Clemente’s Herbert Gamboa by eight hundredths of a second. Muhammad then took the 200 in 21.10--37 hundredths of a second ahead of runner-up Morgan Simon from Los Angele Loyola.

Washington, a sophomore won the girls 100 in 11.61 and the 200 in 23.55. Senior teammate Traci Hicks won the girls 100 hurdles in 13.66 seconds, edging Rancho Cucamonga’s Jordi Munford by 16 hundredths of a second.

Renetia James of Gardena Serra ran a state-leading 54.41 to win the girls 400 and Alex Rohani of Beverly Hills won the boys 400 in 47.87.

-- Steve Galluzzo