Southern Section Division III preliminaries

By Ben Bolch

May 16, 2009 12 AM PT

Today at Costa Mesa Estancia High, noon

Why it matters: A week after logging the fastest time in the 100 meters in California in 17 years, sprinter Randall Carroll of Los Angeles Cathedral will try to break Henry Thomas’ 1985 state record of 10.25 seconds. The UCLA-bound Carroll ran the 100 in 10.30 at the Del Rey League finals and ran the 200 in 21.03, the best time in the state this year. Carroll’s biggest challenge should come from La Puente Bishop Amat’s Sheldon Price, who ran the 100 in 10.60 and the 200 in 21.29. Cathedral’s Kevin Ally ran the 100 in 10.65 last week. Field events begin at 11 a.m.

-- Ben Bolch

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Ben Bolch

Ben Bolch has been a Los Angeles Times staff writer since 1999. He is serving his second stint as the UCLA beat writer, which seems fitting since he has covered almost every sports beat except hockey and horse racing. Bolch is also the author of the recently released book “100 Things UCLA Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.” He previously covered UCLA basketball from 2010-11 before going on to cover the NBA and the Clippers for five years. He happily traded in gobs of hotel points and airline miles to return to cover UCLA basketball and football in the summer of 2016. Bolch was once selected by NBA TV’s “The Starters” as the “Worst of the Week” after questioning their celebrity journalism-style questions at an NBA All-Star game and considers it one of his finer moments.

Southern Section Division III preliminaries

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