Track and Field : Canyon Boys Beat Villa Park to End Dual Meet Streak

Canyon High School defeated Villa Park, 80-51, in Century League boys’ track and field action for Villa Park’s first dual meet loss since 1981.

It was the first time that Canyon (5-1, 4-1) has beaten Villa Park (5-1, 4-1), according to Canyon Coach Wes Owens. Villa Park Coach Dave White seemed unfazed by the end of his team’s streak, which had last 58 straight meets.

“It’s just a down year for us is all,” White said. “We had a lot of misfortunes and they roasted the occasion.”

Owens agreed, but added: “The kids still have a trophy that says Orange County champions and they might have a patch that says Century League champion.”

Canyon can clinch a tie for the league title by defeating Foothill on Thursday. Owens said that he expected to win, but not exactly the way it happened.

“Little things went wrong, like Eddie Washington was horsing around at home and pulled a muscle in his leg. He hasn’t run in three days.”

It didn’t matter. Washington won the 100 meters and the 200 meters.

In other Century League meets:

Santa Ana Valley 77, Santa Ana 54--William Dancy won four events--the 100 meters in 10.7; the 200 meters in 21.7; the long jump in 22-8 and triple jump in 42-8 1/2--to lead Santa Ana Valley at home. Falcon Jimmy Rodriguez won the 3,200 in 9:52.8.

In the Empire League:

Cypress 91, El Dorado 44--Matt Hill won the 330-yard hurdles in 41.5 seconds, holding off second-place Tony Miller (41.7) of host Cypress.

In Garden Grove League:

Pacifica 92, La Quinta 18--Ray Willis won the 100-yard dash (10.2) and the 220 (24.2) to lead Pacifica at home.

In the Sea View League:

University 73, Estancia 58--John Weaver won the 220-yard dash (23.4); the 330-yard hurdles (43.0) and--in his first attempt at the distance--the 880-yard run (2:06) for host University (3-4, 2-2).

In the South Coast League:

Mission Viejo 78, Dana Hills 58--Greg Lamb won the 800 (1:57) and the 1,600 (4:30); Jason Holloway won the 100 (11.0) and the 200 (22.3) and Eric Pryce the high jump (6-6) to lead Mission Viejo (4-0) at Dana Hills.

In the Sunset League:

Marina 70, Huntington Beach 66--Marc Kallick won the 110-meter hurdles (14.3); the triple jump (44-1) and the long jump (22-0); Shanon Winkelman won the 800 (1:59.9) and Kevin Magula jumped 14-6 1/2 in the pole vault to break the former school record of 14-6 set by his brother, Sean, in 1987, to lead Marina.

In girls’ track and field:

In the Century League:

Canyon 89, Villa Park 33--Allison Franke won the discus (141-8), long jump (16-5), 110-meter hurdles (15.6) and the triple jump (36-6 3/4).

Santa Ana Valley 83, Santa Ana 21--Maricela Benavides won the 1,600-meters (5:25.5); Alida Dixson won the 100 meters (12.7) and the long jump (16-5), and Joanna Alo won the shot put (37-1) to lead the Falcons at home.

El Modena 65, Foothill 62--Ashley Selman won the 330-yard hurdles (48.0) and put the shot 39-1 1/2, a personal best by two feet to lead Foothill.

In the Empire League:

Cypress 69, El Dorado 58--Staci Carrington won the mile (5:32) to lead Cypress (1-3) at home. Cindy Lee, who threw the discus 139-6 1/2 at Saturday’s Orange County Championships, threw 118 feet for El Dorado (0-4 in league).

In the Garden Grove League:

La Quinta 77, Pacifica 43--Karrita Willis won the 100-yard dash (11.9) and the 220 (28.8) to lead Pacifica at home.

In the Sea View League:

Estancia 100, University 25--Norita Jaeger won the 100-yard dash (11.7); Christie Howard won the high jump (5-2) and Debbie Hargrove the discus (116-6 1/2) to lead the Eagles (2-2) at University.

In the South Coast League:

Mission Viejo 94, Dana Hills 33--Mission Viejo’s Lisa Fager leaped 5-7 in the high jump to break the former school record of 5-6 set by Paula Jones in 1978. Teammate Julie Kriger was second at 5-2.

Kristen Okura threw the discus 125-0, a career best by 16 feet.

In the Sunset League:

Edison 70, Ocean View 57--Jamie Karrer won the 100 meters (12.8) and sister Noelle Karrer won the discus in 114-3 1/2, a personal record by 1 1/2 feet, to lead Edison (3-1) at home.