Collins Adds Another Achievement to Her List

Long Beach Wilson’s Ebony Collins, who is preparing for the World Junior Championships next week in Morocco, won the intermediate division (under 17) 400-meter hurdles Saturday at the U.S. Youth Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Knoxville, Tenn. Her time of 57.87 seconds ranks No. 1 in the world for athletes under 18.

Collins, The Times’ girls’ track and field athlete of the year, was second to Bianca Knight of Ridgeland, Miss., in the 100 meters, 11.68 to 11.81. Earlier this year, Collins won the California state meet in 11.50, also the fastest under-18 time in the world this year.

Both Collins and Knight are scheduled to run the 100 at the World Junior Championships (under 18), July 13-17, in Marrakech, Morocco.

Joining Collins on the world youth team will be Bryshon Nellum of Long Beach Poly, who won the intermediate 200 in 21.30 and was second in the 400 in 47.73.

Nellum, whose best of 46.92 ranks him No. 4 in the world this year, will be paired with Zach Chandy of Newport Coast Sage Hill in the 400 in Marrakech. Chandy was fourth in the young men’s division (under 19) at Knoxville in a personal-best 47.67.

Football

West Covina receiver Walter Thurmond, The Times’ regional back of the year in the San Gabriel Valley, will team with the region’s lineman of the year, tight end Charles Brown from Pomona Diamond Ranch, for the East in the 26th Hall of Fame game Friday at El Monte Mountain View.

The East holds a 14-9-2 advantage in the series, which is sponsored by the Pasadena/San Gabriel Valley chapter of the National Football Foundation. Kickoff is at 7:30 p.m. and general admission is $7.

Information: (626) 536-7577.

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Newport Harbor’s Trevor Theriot will try to maintain his postseason success when he leads the South team in the 46th Orange County All-Star game Friday at Orange Coast College.

Theriot, a UCLA-bound linebacker, returned an interception 37 yards to set up one touchdown and recovered a fumble to set up another touchdown during the public schools’ 42-23 victory over the private schools at the 54th Shrine All-Star game last month at Mt. San Antonio College.

Named defensive player of that game, Theriot will have his hands full Friday against the North team, which features Alabama-bound quarterback Jimmy Barnes of Los Alamitos. Kickoff is at 7:15 p.m. and general admission is $10. Info: (714) 529-1201.

Surfing

San Clemente won its seventh National Interscholastic Championship -- its sixth in seven years -- recently at Salt Creek Beach in Dana Point.

The top-seeded Tritons defeated runner-up Huntington Beach, which has won 17 national titles, in the National Scholastic Surfing Assn. event.

Dane Ward and Colleen Mehlberg of San Clemente each finished first in the high school boys’ and girls’ competitions -- Mehlberg also won last year -- and Triton Coach Bill Hartman earned his third award as NSSA coach of the year.

Miscellany

Lakewood Artesia has received a $15,000 grant from SchoolSports Magazine as part of its inaugural “Save the Team” initiative to help raise funds for high school sports programs.

Athletic Director Scott Pera, author of the proposal, said about $10,000 has been earmarked for a new locker room.