Noon Record Chase in Jeopardy : Track and Field: Doctor says he shouldn’t put shot until next week at the earliest, but Noon says he will try at least to qualify for the section final in preliminaries Saturday and keep alive his quest for a 77-foot throw.

Brent Noon of Fallbrook High, 10 inches from equaling the national high school record in the shotput, might as well be 10 miles away today.

Because of a “significant hamstring strain” suffered while running sprints in training Monday, Noon has been advised by his doctor not to compete in Saturday’s section preliminaries at Poway High.

Noon, a senior, says he expects to throw anyway, but with a drastically altered style. He said he will not go for distance with his regular spin technique but will instead throw from a standstill to lessen the strain. Noon must finish in the top nine to advance to the section final May 26 at Poway and figures about 50 feet would do it. His best this season is 76-2.

Right now, competing Saturday is the only route to the section final. Jim Noon, Brent’s father, has asked San Diego Section Commissioner Kendall Webb for a bye into the finals but been rebuffed.

Webb, according to a spokesman in the section office, said he did not want to set a precedent of allowing athletes to skip the prelims. Webb was unavailable for comment.

“I guess I’ll have to take some kind of throw,” Noon said. “He (Dr. Dan Robertson of Oasis Medical Group) said a standing throw can put some strain on the hamstring, so I’m not sure what I’m going to do.”

Said Jim Noon: “Pain will not be a factor in taking a standing throw. We’re definitely going to give it a try, so prepare yourself for a booming 50-footer.”

But Robertson said Noon’s California state high school career should probably be over now.

“I told both Brent and his father (Jim) that (next Saturday) would probably be the earliest he could compete,” Robertson said. “It is a significant hamstring strain.”

If Noon does make it to the section final, he must finish in the top three there to make it to the state meet June 1-2.

But advancing to state has been a secondary goal all along. His big mission is to bypass Michael Carter’s all-time national record of 77-0, which has stood since 1979.

Noon said he has given no thought to the idea that his quest could be over. The key, of course, is making it through this weekend.

“(Then) I’ll throw some tape on it or something,” he said. “I’ll be ready by next week. There’s really nothing I can do about it, so there’s no use worrying about it. I have enough confidence that with just a couple days of training I can hit a big throw.”

Lost in his challenge of Carter’s record is the fact that Noon leads the state in the discus at 199-7. But Jim Noon said Brent most likely will not compete in that event because it requires so much more torque and strain on the legs.

The irony in all this is that setting the all-time national indoor best in the shotput (74-11) last Saturday may have cost Noon a chance at the outdoor record.

Noon flew to Reno Saturday to compete in the University of Reno Open track and field meet for the sole purpose of establishing a national indoor best. The flight left San Diego at 6:30 a.m. and arrived in Reno an hour later. Once there, Jim Noon said, Brent stood around all day before competing. He made a return flight that night and arrived back in San Diego at 10:30. Fallbrook is an hour and 15-minute drive from Lindbergh Field.

“I really think (the injury was a result) of fatigue,” Jim Noon said. “Traveling and standing around all day long . . . as big and strong as these guys look, they’re actually pretty fragile. You get them in a small seat on an airplane, and it’s shear torture and agony for them.”