LA CITY PRELIMS
LA CITY SECTION FINALS
El Camino College
Friday, May 17th
POST RACE REVIEW:
CHRISTINA GRAY won 3 City individual titles on Friday afternoon at El Camino College in the 100m, 200m and long jump as well as a team title in the 4x100m to help the Carson girls to their 9th straight City team title. Christina’s performance in the 100m tied a City record dating back to 1982.
ANGELINA VALLADARES dominated the difficult 1.600m and 800m double with spectacular final laps in both to earn Canoga Park’s 1st (and 2nd) girls City titles in the last 35 years (still checking prior to 1990).
JOSPEH VARGAS (Cleveland) and PAUL TRANQUILLA (Venice) both had phenomenal double performances each placing 1st and 2nd in the 1,600m (Joseph 1st, Paul 2nd) and the 800m (Paul 1st, Joseph 2nd).
DESHAWN BANKS (Birmingham) and SEBASTIAN IKOLO (Fairfax) were the last 2 standing in the high jump with Deshawn taking the title in 6’-11” (#2 State) and Sebastian 2nd in 6’-10’” (#3 State).
The Palisades boys made history again with the 1st sweep of in the boys 3,200m in modern history. MAX FIELDS, BLAKE SIGWORTH and AXEL MAMMEN shared the lead for the 1st 1,600 meters before Max pulled away to win comfortably in 9:21.09 followed by Blake (9:37.24) and Axel (9:38.20). These performances pulled the Palisades boys team from 4th to 2nd place in the team standings. HUNTER BENNETT (Taft) and ARMAN VASQUEZ (South East) posted huge PR’s to finish in 4th and 5th.
Diamonds in the Rough:
Four underclassmen broke 10 minutes this year, something that’s only been accomplished 1 other time in the last 20 years. In addition to Blake Sigworth and Hunter Bennett (see above):
Granada sophomore JOAQUIN ORTEGA TOMASELLI broke 1-minutes for the 1st time placing 8th in 9:55.99
Birmingham sophomore ALEXIS HUERTA ran a 20+ second PR to place 10th in 9:58.67, also his 1st sub-10 minute performance.
Special Recognition: Santee freshman ADRIAN AGUIRRE almost broke 10 minutes, posting a 10:01.40. Only 7 freshman have bettered this time in the last 20 years and they include many of the greats in City distance running: Hector Garcia, Justin Hazzell, Brent Smith, Clark Reynolds, Max Fields, Blake Sigworth, and Santee’s own Macario Sanchez.
PRE-RACE REVIEW
Carson sophomore CHRISTINA GRAY made the 100m State Final as a freshman last year and is on track to toe the line at State this year as well. Her current PR of 11.60 which she ran at Mt. Sac in April is better than the current City record held by Dorsey’s Latanya Dawkins in 1982.
Granada’s JORDAN COLEMAN also has chance to break Quincy Watt’s 1987 100m record of 10.36. He ran that time back in ‘23 Arcadia and looks to be ready to pop another sub 10.40 performance.
Birmingham’s DESHAWN BANKS will be looking to jump over 7’-0’’ to reclaim is #1 state ranking and possible the City record, 7’-1” held by Rob Olson from 1979.
ANNEBELLE REFNES is the favorite in the girls 800m but the competition is fierce and may depend on who runs the 1,600m. There were 2 hours between the 1,600m and 800m in Prelims but at Finals the difference is closer to 1 hour. Several runners including ANGELA VALLADARES and MEZTLI VELAZQUEZ have the ability to run with Annabelle particularly if they decide to forego the 1,600m.
Likewise, the boys 800m has a slew of runners that can win the championship led by Granada senior ALEC FLORES. If this race is tactical look for some big finishes by Venice’s PAUL TRANQUILLA and San Pedro’s EVAN HADEISHI. Wild cards are OLVER BURR (Eagle Rock) and ETHAN DIAZ (Granada Hills) who’s run a 1:57.93.
ANGELINA VALLADARES (Canoga Park) and MEZTLI VELAZQUEZ (Cleveland) and ANGLELES FELICIANO (Santee) are the front runners in the girls 1,600m with PR’s that are within 3 seconds of each other. Angeles has more sub-5:20 performances than any City runners this year and definitely will have a say in who is crowned the City Champion. Those are your top 3 but I would not discount Palisades freshman ZOEY MORRIS who continues to impress.
In the boy’s 1,600m JOSEPH VARGAS (Cleveland) is the prohibitive favorite but much like the 800m if this becomes a tactical race several runners have impressive speed that could make a sprint-to-the-finish very interesting. The usual suspects will be in the chase including PAUL TRANQUILLA and EVAN HADESHI. ETHAN BAROK (Taft) and CONNOR DOLAN (Eagle Rock) are showing big improvements in post season and should make the podium. ALEX MENDOZA is coming back from illness but has a 4:26.79 this year and could surprise.
The Palisades boys will be going for an historic 1-3 sweep in the 3,200m championship race led by MAX FIELDS, BLAKE SIGWORTH and AXEL MAMMEN, all of whom will be running the championship race fresh. Santee’s ROLAND BALDERAS has a chance for 3rd and possibly RYAN DUDLEY but that will be difficult if he is running the 1,600m.
LA CITY SECTION PRELIMS
El Camino College
Friday, May 10th
Granada Hills and Carson dominated City Prelims competition and Granada Hills and Palisades Charter earned the 1st City Track Championships of 2024 with wins in the boys and girls 4x800m.
See pictures in next section - I’ll be updating daily,
Carson’s girls scored top qualifying marks in the 4x100m, 100m and long jump led by CHRISTINA GRAY, JAYA WESTBY in the 300m hurdles, and LAURYN WILLIAMS in the shot put (her qualifying throw was more than 8’ longer than the #2 qualifier). On the boy’s side, JAYDEN RENDON delivered in the 300m hurdles and JERALD MARTIN EVANGELISTA in the high jump.
The Granada boys were equally dominate with top qualifiers in the 4x100m, 100m, and 200m with JORDAN COLEMAN delivering typically superlative performances while ALEC FLORES set the City Finals standard in the 800m and also led off their 1st place 4x800m relay race with the 2nd fastest split in the race across all teams.
Girl’s Academic Leadership Academy (D4) DEAUNA LOUIS had a huge day taking top qualifying positions in the 110m hurdles and 200m and winning her heat in the 300m hurdles.
JAY’LEN SPARKS (Gardena) had a big PR to take the top spot in the 300m and get within striking distance of Jayden Rendon.
Likewise, Venice’s NATHAN SANTA CRUZ posted a PR to take the top spot in the 400m.
Some big performances in the distance events as well:
ANGELINA VALLADARES (Canoga Park -Sr) set the top time in City so far this year in the 1,600m qualifier with a time of 15:13.50; she followed that up 2 hours later with the 4th top City time and #2 qualifying time in the 800m.
Eagle Rock came out shooting with big qualifying performances by OLIVER BARR and NOAH LAWTON in the boys 800 and CATALINA ALVIDREZ in the girls 800 and CONNOR DOLAN in the boys 1,600m.
Two sophomores KIANA DIAMOND (Granada Hills) and ANANYA BALARAMAN (North Hollywood) posted PR’s in their prelim heats to qualify #3 and #4 for City Finals.
Venice junior CHARLES SIMON ran 6 seconds ahead of his previous best to qualify 7th in 4:31.37 in the 1,600m.
LA CITY LEAGUE FINALS
The cream is rising to the top as LA City athletes prepare for City competition the next 2 weeks. Check out the photos in the next section. Here are some noteworthy performances:
Alec Flores - Granada Hills, Sr: Posted top City times and near PR’s in a very difficult and competative 800m-1,600m double at league finals to place 1st-800m and 2nd-1,600m. Impressive performances that show a nice trend heading into May 17th.
Meztli Velazquez - Cleveland, Jr: Won both the 800m and 1,600m league titles and is seeded #3 for both. Her top-end speed looks in fine form too based on her split in the 4x400. All-in-all a very controlled and confident day of running at league finals.
Ethan Barok - Taft, So: Ethan dropped 5 seconds off a PR he set just a week ago to take 3rd in a very competitive 1,600m league final. He’s focused on the 1,600m and should be targeting a 4:20 performance at City Finals.
Gabriella Gilyard - Palisades Charter, Fr: Gabriella has quietly moved into the City top-10 for the 800m, 1600m and 3200m…..as a freshman. But in the last month she’s made a statement with performances that clearly put her in the mix for a City podium spot, most emphatically her Western League 1,600 performance of 5:22.96.
Oliver Barr - Eagle Rock, Jr: His Northern League Finals win in 2:00.97 is a 7-second PR in only his 4th 800 meter performance and earns him a #3 seed at City Prelims. Anybody remember Jesus Murillo from last year?
Efrain Hernandez - Birmingham, Sr: Efrain’s probably 10 seconds from a City podium but his 7-second PR of 4:29.80 is a milestone and puts him in the elite tier of City distance runners. He’s trending in the right direction!
Anisah Khan - Cleveland, Sr: Anisah placed 2nd in the West Valley League Finals in a PR of 12:17.95. This time isn’t going to win a City title but it puts her in the game for a sub-12 performance which should rank her in the City top-10. Encouragement!
Photos in the following section highlight some of LA City’s top athletes from 3 league events: the Marine League Prelims at Rancho Dominguez Prep on April 25th, the Western League Finals at Palisades Charter on May 1st, and the West Valley League Finals at Taft Charter on May 3rd.
West Valley League Finals
Taft Charter - Gotten Field
Friday May 3rd, 2024
Senior GABRIELLA CALDWELL scored big for Granada Hills winning both the 100m and 200m individual league titles and anchoring the winning 4x100 relay team. Gabriella is seeded 2nd in the 200m and 4th in the 100m for City Prelims and their relay team has the top time.
JOSEPH VARGAS leads the varsity 1,600m race on the backstretch of the 3rd lap. Joseph won the race with the top qualifying time followed closely by ALEC FLORES (Granada Hills) who placed 2nd (#2 qualifying) in a PR of 4:21.80 and ETHAN BAROK (Taft) who also PR’d in 4:24.68 (#4 qualifying). EFRAIN HERNANDEZ (Birmingham-Sr) placed 4th (#7 qyalifying) with a huge 8-second PR of 4:29.80.
Granada Hills senior JORDAN COLEMAN wins the varsity 100m race at the West Valley League Finals and earns top seed at City Prelims where he’s also top seed in the 200m and as a member of the 4x100m relay team. Jordan is ranked #13 in the State in the 100m and #11 in the 200m; the Granada Hills 4x100m is ranked #1 in state.
Cleveland junior MEZTLI VALEZQUEZ leads off the varsity 4x400m relay at the West Valley League Finals. She ran an impressive leg in this race to make up the stagger and give Cleveland the lead at the 1st exchange. This, after winning both races in the difficult 800m - 1,600m double earlier in the day . She heads into City Prelims as the top seed in the 1,600m and #3 in the 800m.
TIMOTHY WYATT shuts down the final leg of the 4x100m relay to take the league title and set the standard at City Prelims with the top time of 41.32, just .03 seconds off their state leading time of 41.29.
ALEC FLORES takes a big lead on the 2nd lap of the varsity 800m at the West Valley League Finals on his way to winning with the top qualifying time of 1:58.31. This race followed a 1,600m PR performance earlier in the day where is posted a 4-second PR of 4:21.80, the 2nd fastest qualifying time.
NASIR ENILOLOBO (Granada Hills-Jr) wins the varsity 110m Hurdles in 15.51, just missing his PR of 15:49 from league prelims. This performance qualifies Nasir as the #3 seed for City Prelims.
DESHAWN BANKS (Birmingham-Sr) following his historic 7’-0’’ high jump attempt at the West Valley League Finals. He finished the day with a jump of 6-10.00 . He currently has the top jump in State with his PR of 6’-11” on April 11th in a dual meet at Taft Charter.
DUDLEY RYAN (Granada-Sr) leads early in the varsity 3,200m at the West Valley League Finals. Ryan led from start to finish winning with the #4 qualifying time. Taft sophomore HUNTER BENNET kept the race close placing 2nd in a near PR (missed by .01) to qualify #5. EFRAIN HERNANDEZ (Birmingham-Sr) finished 4th after a big PR earlier in the day in the 1,600m where he broke 4:30 for the 1st time. DIEGO OLIVERA (Granada Hills-Sr) finished in 6th with a PR of 10:35.42.
Granada Hills Junior JUSTIN HART finishes the varsity 400m at the West Valley League Finals in a big PR of 48.94 to earn the top qualifying seed at City Prelims. He’s also the #3 seed in the 200m and a member of Granada’s top rated 4x100m relay. ALEXANDER BOWEN (ECR) and MATHEW DESMOND (Taft) finished 2nd and 3rd respectively and are both top 5 seeds at City Prelims.
EMMERSON WIGGINS (Birmingham-Sr) cruises to the West Valley League title in the varsity 400m with the top qualifying time of 58.32. She’s seeded #8 in the 200m and is part of Birmingham’s #3 seeded 4x100 relay team.
Granada distance standout SAMMIE PACHECO cruises to victory in the varsity 3,200m to win the league title and #2 seed at City Finals. Earlier she placed 3rd in the varsity 1,600m with a PR of 5:28.83.
Western League Finals
Palisades Charter
Wednesday May 1st, 2024
ANNABELLE REFNES finishes an impressive 2:20.77 800 meters at the Western Valley League Finals to take the league title and earn a #1 seed at the City Prelims.
Venice sophomore LAWRENCE KENSINGER crushed the competition to win the Western League shot put title with a throw of 53’0. He’s ranked #1 in City and his qualifying throw is 5’ longer than the #2 qualifier.
ZOEY MORRIS heads into the City Championships with the top time in the 3,200m, 11:11.31. On the way she also won the 1,600m Western League title with the 2nd fastest seed time for the City Prelims, 5:22.52.
SEBASTIAN IKOLA launches a huge final jump of 20’10’’ to win the Western League Finals varsity long jump by over 10 inches. Sebastian is seeded #8 for City Prelims.
Palisades senior MIKAYLA MURPHY had big performances at the Western League Finals. She won league titles in both the 100m and 200m and she’s seeded #1 in the 100m for City Prelims.
MAX FIELDS cruised to the 3,200 title at the Western League Finals in 9:28.13 to earn the top qualifying mark at City Prelims.
Two of CIty’s best BLAKE SIGWORTH (Palidades) and PAUL TRANQUILLA (Venice) head into the final lap of the varsity 1,600m race at the Western League Finals. Paul won the race in 4:22.21 and Blake placed 2nd in 4:25.30 to earn the 3rd and 5th seeds respectively in the CIty Prelims.
Hamilton junior BROOKLYN HARRIS won the Western League 400m in 58.60, the #2 seed for the City Prelims. Brooklyn is also the 3rd ranked City 800m but she unfortunately DNF’d at league finals.
Palisades freshman GABRIELLA GILYARD has continued her success from XC to post the 4th best City time this year in the 1,600m at the Western League Finals, 5:22.35. This performance earns her the #3 seed at the City Prelims.
Marine League Prelims
Rancho Dominguez Prep
Thursday April 25th, 2024
Carson sophomore CHRISTINA GRAY wins heat 1 of the varsity 100m race at the Marine League Prelims at Rancho Dominguez Prep. The following week she won the individual Marine League titles in the 100m, 200m and long jump and helped her Carson team to the 4x100 title as well. Christina is currently ranked 6th in California in the 100m and is the top seed in the 200m at City Prelims.
San Pedro’s EVAN HADEISHI leads a chase pack in the varsity 1,600 meters at the Marine League Prelims. He won both the 800m and 1,600m league titles in modest times that belie is talent. Look for Evan to surprise come May 17th.
Carson sophomore CRAIG WALKER takes the win in heat 1 of the varsity 100m at the Marine League Prelims. He placed 2nd at the Marine League Finals in a time of 11:03 to earn a #5 seed at City Prelims.
MARIO ALUIZO (Narbonne-Jr) continues to show big improvements placing 2nd in both the 800m and 1600m at the Marine League Finals.
Reigning 800m City champion EVA WALKER is almost back to last year’s form winning with ease at the Marine League Prelims. Eva is ranked 6th for this year’s CIty Prelims.
GOTTEN FIELD REBOOT
Taft High School - March 7th & April 4th, 2024
The legendary Gotten Field was the site of the inaugural track meet between Taft, Santee and Beverly High Schools on March 7th following the completion of a massive renovation project. A storm rolled in and the meet was cancelled after the 1,600 meter races so many of the pictures in this post are from a 2nd meet on April 4th between Taft and El Camino Real.
Head Coach Mario Castillo, Athletic Director Brian Godsey and Coach Tracy Wilson celebrate their season opener at the new & improved Gotten Field on March 7th (Note ominous clouds in background).
Santee junior ANGELES FELICIANO ran away with the girls varsity 1,600m race in an undisclosed time. The meet on March 7th was called after this race.
Two freshman ISABELLA SAKALOWSKI (Taft) and SCARLETT HARRIS (ECR) ran side-be side for 1,550 meters until Scarlett surged in front to win in 5:52.81; Isabella placed 2nd in 5:53.75. PAVETRASRI SAKTHIVEL (Taft-pictured) placed 3rd in 6:10.40.
Taft sophomore ETHAN BAROK had an easy time of it in the boys varsity 1,600m winning by almost 15 seconds in 4:48.47.
Taft’s HUNTER BENNETT won the varsity 800m in a close race just holding off ECR’s NICOLAS RUIZ at the tape.
JAMES BATES (ECR) starts the varsity 100 meters, one of three events he competed in spanning distances from 100 meters to 3,200 meters.
Taft sophomore DAKSH PRABHU wins a heat of the boys varsity 200 meters.
JAMES BATES (ECR) leads the varsity 3,200m race after the first lap. ETHAN BAROK (Taft) and James ran together for 7 laps with Ethan surging on the final backstretch to take the win. RASA MIRNOORI placed 4th.
DANIEL TOCHNER (Taft) takes the win over ECR’s ALEXANDER BOWEN in the varsity 4 x 400m.
Arcadia Invitational
Granada Hills’ record setting 4x100m team
Gabriella Caldwell, Keira Wyatt, Sophia Harutunian, Ani Brown
BROOKLYN HARRIS takes the 1st turn in the Open 400m race at the Arcadia Invitational.
ETHAN DIAZ leads off the Open Distance Medley Relay for Granada Hills
Venice Junior PAUL TRANQUILLA starts heat 4 of the boys 1,600 meter race. He finished a very physical race in 11th place in a time of 4:24.61.
ALEC FLORES finishes the last leg of the Open Distance Medley Relay
Venice’s PAUL TRANIQUILLA clears 400m in the 1-Mile Open race.
Birmingham senior EMERSON WIGGINS starts the Open 400m race at Arcadia. She posted the 2nd best City time this year 57.94.
JOSEPH VARGAS leans into the final lap of the Open 1-Mile race.
AND SOME OF CITY’S BEST SPRINTERS . . .
KAITLYN WILLIAMS (Carson) posted the top City time in the Open 100m race at Arcadia.
City’s top ranked sprinters ANTRELL HARRIS (Birmingham) and JUSTIN HART (Granada Hills) finish the 200m Open race.
GABRIELLA CALDWELL (Granada Hills) finishes in the Open 100m race. Gabriella also ran the Open 200m where she had the top City performance.
Granada Hills’ KANYE MARTIN finishes the Open 200m race
West Coast Classic
Cerritos College- April 5th, 2024
BROOKLY HARRIS and KELIA NARANJO-CHAMPION finish 4th and 3rd respectively in the 800m varsity girls race.
EVA WALKER (Carson, Sr) leads the City girls out on the 1st turn in the varsity 800m. She placed 5th 2:35.51.
Hamilton Junior ELSA MILLER heads into the final lap in the girls 800m. She placed 8th in 2:36.77.
Western League
Venice High School - April 3rd, 2024
Venice, Palisades Charter, Hamilton, DaVinci
ANNABELLE REFNES finishes her 1st 800m race with a 2:22.28 to win the race and take the top City ranking.
BROOKLYN HARRIS ran in the boys JV 400m race winning in a City best of 56.98. She followed this performance 2 days later at Arcadia with a PR of 56.40.
Venice Junior PAUL TRANQUILLA hands off to JEREMIAH WHITE for the final hand-off in the 4 x 400m race. Venice won in a time of 3:37.97
Irvine Asics
Invitational
Irvine High School - March 8th, 2024
Venice Junior PAUL TRANQUILLA starts heat 4 of the boys 1,600 meter race. He finished a very physical race in 11th place in a time of 4:24.61.
PAUL TRANQUILLA surges at the beginning of the 3rd lap in the 1,600m race.
Venice junior CARYS WILSON heads into the 3rd lap on her way to a 5th place finish in heat 1 of the 1,600 meter race in 6:19.34.
Senior CALEB LONG Venice placed 9th in heat 2 of the 1,600 meters in 4:51.18.
PAUL TRANQUILLA, MILO POP IV and CALEB LONG warm-up prior to the boys varsity 1,600 meter races.
Redondo Nike Track Festival
Redondo High School - March 8th, 2024
Three of Palisades talented underclassmen pose prior to the start of the the frosh/soph 3,200m race
ZOEY MORIS, GABRIELLA GILYARD, LOUISA MAMMEN
Palisades freshman ZOEY MORRIS runs in the lead pack on the 2nd lap of the frosh/soph 3,200m. Zoey placed 2nd in the race and 12th overall in a time of 11:28.18, the top City time so far.
Another Palisades freshman GABRIELLA GILYARD, broke 12 minutes in her 1st 3,200m to place 8th in the frosh/soph race in 11:59.31.
ELIOT LOPEZ hands off to NATHANIEL MELGOZA on the 2nd exchange in the boys varsity 4x800m relay.
Senior Cavalier ALEX MENDOZA runs the final leg in a very competitive 4x800m relay. Cleveland placed 7th in a time of 8:22.39.
DAILA HARINCK leads off the 4x800m relay for Palisades Charter in the frosh/soph race.
Palisades sophomore BLAKE SIGWORTH posted a 22 second PR of 9:34.0 placing 17th in heat 5 of the 3,200m boys varsity race.
AXEL MAMMEN (Palisades Charter-Senior) competes in heat 4 of the varsity 3,200m. He was 1 of 3 Palisades boys to break 9:50 posting a time of 9:45.3.
Another big day for the Palisades Charter varsity boys distance team:
(l-r) BLAKE SIGWORTH, MAX FIELDS, OWEN LEWICKY
Trevor Habberstad Distance Carnival
Canyon High School - February 24th, 2024
Boys Varsity 4 x 800m
Granada Hills - 3rd Place 8:33.27
Ethan Diaz, Ryan Dudley, David Priem, Alec Flores
Girls Varsity 4 x 800m
Granada Hills - 2nd Place 10:39.05
Reece Trice,Lilianna MoreIira, Sophia Battle,Kiana Diamond
Senior JOSEPH VARGAS leads off the varsity 4x800m relay for Cleveland followed closely by Granada Hills’ ALEC FLORES.
Kennedy Freshman MATEO CEDILLO finishes in 4:53.76 to place 14th overall in the varsity 1,600m with the 2nd fastest freshman time on the day .
LUCY CULLITON recovers after her 11th place finish in the varsity 1,600m in her 1st race of the ‘24 track season.
ELIOT LOPEZ takes the win in heat 2 of the boys varsity 800 meter race at Habberstad. His time of 2:10.98 was the 8th fastest time on the day.
Granada Hill’s senior RYAN DUDLEY rounds the turn on the final lap of the varsity 1,600m. He posted the fastest City time on his way to a 10th place finish overall in 4:46.31.
Some of LA City’s best start the varsity 800m rate at the Travor Habberstad Distance Carnival. Cleveland junior MEZTLI VELAZQUEZ placed 2nd in the race in 2:27.36 to post the 3rd fastest City time so far this year.
(l-r) Yana Sen (Cleveland), Lilianna Moreira (Granada Hills), Kiana Diamond (Granada Hills), Meztli Velazquez (Cleveland)
Freshman KIWA MCKNELLY placed 2nd in her heat and 7th overall in the frosh/soph 1,600m race. She also won miss congeniality! :)
Westlake Distance Carnival
Westlake High School - February 17th, 2024
Granada Hills 4 x 800m Meet Champions
(l-r) Alec Flores, Ethan Diaz, Daniel Ramirez, Ryan Dudley
Granada Hill’s ETHAN DIAZ edges out Camarillo on the final leg in the varsity 4 x 800m relay to take the win and set the meet record. Ethan ran the fastest split on the day 1:58.17 to come from behind for the win.
Granada Hill’s sophomore Sammy Pacheco starts the varsity 1,600m race at the Westlake Distance Carnival on February 17th. She placed 2nd in 5:28.70 against one of the top runners in the state Payton Godsey.
JOAQUIN ORTEGA-TOMESALLI (Granada Hills), GABRIEL PEREZ (Taft) and HUNTER BENNETT (Taft) all set PR’s in the 1,600m varsity race at the Westlake Distance Carnival.
REECE TRICE hands off to LILIANNA MOREIRA for the final leg of the varsity 4 x 800m relay. Granada Hills placed 2nd in 10:34.52.
DANIEL RAMIREZ leads a tight pack to the finish in the 1,600m. DIEGO OLIVERA is close behind.
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