Mt. SAC Relays : Del Sol and Dani to Battle in Mile Run

Hilltop High School’s Ellis del Sol and Valhalla’s Mark Dani, the county’s top distance runners, will take their battle north on Saturday in the mile run in the high school portion of the Puma-Mt. San Antonio Relays, which begins today at 3 p.m. and continues Saturday morning at 8:30 at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut.

Del Sol leads the county in the 1,500 (3:59.34), mile (4:17.5) and 3,200 (9:03.65). Dani is the county leader in the 1,600 (4:17.4) and the two mile (9:40.6).

“I’m also running the mile at Orange Glen,” Del Sol said. “So I might be a little flat. But I’m trying to keep that out of mind. I hope to run a 4:13 or 4:12 on Saturday.”

Del Sol will be running in the Orange Glen Invitational at Orange Glen High tonight. The all-boys meet brings together the county’s best the final time of the season before the respective league preliminary meets begin next week.

Mount Carmel’s Paul Boudreaux and Southwest’s Shawn Sandoval will run the 3,000 at Mt. SAC at 3 p.m. today. Sandoval ran a seasonal best 9:18 in the 3,200 meters while finishing fourth at the Arcadia Invitational on April 13.

Southwest’s Tracy Crawford, the county leader in the discus at 141-8, will compete in the Invitational discus and shot put. Crawford’s 141-8 was the winning mark at Arcadia, San Diego’s lone victory.

Mount Carmel long jumper Jim Chapon, second in the state to Simi Valley’s Lawrence Nelson, will get a second shot at Nelson. The two entered last Saturday’s Sundevil/Coca-Cola Invitational tied with the state’s best mark of 23-5. Nelson jumped 24-4 3/4 on Saturday and Chapon went 24-3 3/4. They will be joined by Southwest’s Ron Hudrle (21-10).

Mount Carmel will send its pole vaulting threesome to Mt. SAC. Scott Johnston (14-9) is the county leader. Eric Bean (14-6) and Steve Whitton (14-6) rank third.

Southwest’s Miriam White (1:00) will run the Invitational 400 meters and teammate Vickie Williams (26.5) is entered in the Invitational 200.