Spring Sports : TRACK AND FIELD

Julia Stamps of Santa Rosa is considered the best high school girls’ distance runner in the country, but recurring health problems have limited her participation this season. She has run in only two meets in the last two months. Stamps, a junior, collapsed at the national cross-country meet in San Diego last December and also dropped out of the two-mile at the indoor championships in Boston in February. Dan Stamps said his daughter has undergone extensive medical testing and apparently is suffering from a lack of sodium and potassium, a common chemical deficiency among distance runners. Although she is not 100%, Stamps plans to run the 5,000 meters at the Mt. San Antonio Relays Saturday night at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut. . . . The high school portion of the Mt. San Antonio Relays begins Saturday at 8 a.m. and concludes at 7:15 p.m. More than 3,000 athletes are expected to compete in one of the country’s largest participatory meets. Pasadena Muir boys’ Coach Clyde Turner said he plans to rest most of his team this weekend but will put together a top group for the 800 relay. . . . Former San Francisco 49er all-pro running back Roger Craig was in the stands at the Arcadia Invitational last Saturday when his daughter, Damesha Craig, won the 100 in 11.80, best in the nation this season. Damesha, a junior at St. Francis in Mountain View, finished third in the 200 in 24.32. . . . All-City Section running back Patrick McCall of Carson finished second in the long jump at the Arcadia Invitational with an impressive mark of 25-1 1/2. McCall actually finished in a a tie with national leader Clarence Scott of Dorsey, but Scott was awarded first place by virtue of a better second jump. . . . Chino’s Angela Williams, the defending state champion in the 400, continues to establish herself as a top sprinter. At Arcadia, she won the 200 in 23.73, the best high school time in the nation this season.