Southern Section Division III preliminary track meet

By Ben Bolch

May 17, 2009 12 AM PT

Top contributors: La Puente Bishop Amat’s Sheldon Price won his 100-meter heat at the Southern Section Division III preliminary track meet with a wind-aided time of 10.60 seconds. Los Angeles Cathedral’s Randall Carroll ran the 100 in 10.65, edging teammate Kevin Ally’s time of 10.67.

The scoop: Cathedral Coach Roosevelt Ivory said Carroll “jogged” his 100 to guard against injury and expending too much energy before next Saturday’s divisional finals at Cerritos College. “We kind of pulled in the reins a little bit to make sure he qualified and stayed healthy,” Ivory said.

Why it matters: Carroll didn’t log the fastest time in preliminaries last year and went on to win state titles in the 100 and 200. “You win your heat, you qualify,” Ivory said. “That’s the whole purpose of this meet.”

-- 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 preliminary track meet

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