State track meet is one tough hurdle for section runners and jumpers
A quandary faced by almost all of the athletes, at least the medal contenders, is how to approach the California State Track and Field championship prelims on Friday.
Meanwhile, also clear was that Scotties anchor runner Parker was very tired. After running a 46.6 leg on Friday, he didn’t have the same punch and Helix placed fifth. But, the competition worked its magic, too, and the green-clad team ran 3:15.79.Parker was running on fumes after getting in a footrace with Fresno Central’s Jeremiah Walker, who won the heat Friday by a lean, 46.81 to 46.82.That 46.82 in the prelims was historic, eclipsing the 26-year-old section record of 46.
San Diego High’s Charlize James, who is headed to San Diego State, maintained her focus when it seemed things were chaotic all around her, to win the 100-meter event in 13.95 — off her PR 13.67 in the prelims but easily good enough to win despite smashing her right ankle on the next-to-last hurdle so hard she had to withdraw from the 300s.
“They could use the CIF video, not just someone from the stands,” said Falcons coach Kadrina Coffee. “She worked hard all season and went into her lane to cause the bump. We have video that shows it. Aaliyah ran a qualifying time anyway. This isn’t right, they should use everything to make sure they had the right decision. She never had a problem like that all season. It’s wrong.”
That allows her to join former Don Hannah-Labrie Smith, who won running 41.67 in 2014, and San Pasqual’s Erin Blunt, who finished first in 1991 in 43.02. With six of the 12 pole vaulters qualified competing on the final day, co-state leader Lexi Evans of Scripps Ranch cleared the same height, 13-9, as Dublin’s Jathiyah Muhammad, but placed second because she had misses at lower heights while Muhammad didn’t falter until the bar was placed at 14-1.
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