MT. SAC TRACK AND FIELD RELAYS : Rio Mesa’s Jones Races to 11.29 in Wind-Aided 100

Sprinter Marion Jones of Oxnard Rio Mesa High, who continues to improve, won the 100-meter and 400-meter dashes in impressive times Saturday at the 33rd annual Mt. San Antonio Relays at Mt. SAC.

Jones started the day by winning the 100 in a wind-aided time of 11.29 seconds, a mark that would have tied the national record set in 1982 by Barbara Bell of Fort Worth, Tex., if not for the wind. Jones ran a national-season best time of 11.38 last weekend at the Arcadia Invitational.

An hour after winning the 100, the 15-year-old sophomore cruised to a personal-best 53.89 in the 400. Jones’ time fell short of the meet record of 53.28, set by Janeene Vickers of Pomona in 1986, but is the best in the nation this season.

Jones was expected to be pushed by Allison Dring of San Diego Mt. Carmel, but Dring lagged behind in the final 100 meters to finish second in 55.45.

Jones skipped the 200, opting to run the anchor leg on Rio Mesa’s 400-meter relay team. Although the relay finished in fourth place, Jones was timed, by meet officials, in an unofficial winded-aided split time of 10.2.

With Jones stealing most of the cheers, Ricky Carrigan of Compton continued to establish himself as the Southland’s top boys’ sprinter.

Carrigan, a senior, won the 200 in 21.19. Moments later, Carrigan anchored Compton’s winning 400-meter relay team, passing Hawthorne on the final leg. He also anchored the winning 800-meter relay team.

Carrigan skipped the 100, opening the door for Matthew Harding of San Dimas. Harding won with a 10.75, but finished second in the 200 with a 21.76.