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As usual, the Long Beach sports calendar is headed for a big finish up in Clovis this weekend as 30 entries from local high schools have qualified for the CIF State Track & Field Finals. Long Beach Poly is fresh off their CIF-SS Division 1 boys’ and girls’ double championship and Wilson’s boys’ team is fresh off a D1 title as well–both Jackrabbit and Bruin squads will be in contention for the CIF State team titles, with several athletes and relay groups competing for gold as well.
Qualifying went well for the Long Beach kids at last weekend’s CIF-SS Masters Meet, at Moorpark High, with lots of great marks and very few surprise misses. In addition to the score of Wilson and Poly athletes, Millikan has senior Jason Parra headed north with hopes of a state title in the 3200 (he finished second last year) and Jordan’s Jamar Andrews will compete in the triple jump.
The local athletes will compete Friday night at the state prelims, trying to make it to Saturday’s Finals Meet, the last day of competition in the 2023-24 school year.
Wilson
Girls’ 4×100, 5th, 46.62 (Tarynn Maroney, Kaylin Edwards, Brooke Blue, Loren Webster)
Girls’ 100 Hurdles: Kaylin Edwards, 2nd, 14.11
Girls’ 400: Saniah Vanardo, 3rd, 54.43
Girls’ 400: Brooke Blue, 4th, 54.91
Boys’ 400: Kaedyn Burroughs, 7th, 48.23
Boys’ 800: Wyland Obando, 2nd, 1:51.53
Boys’ 800: JT Kraemer, 3rd, 1:52.27
Girls’ 300 Hurdles: Kaylin Edwards, 1st, 42.03
Girls’ 300 Hurdles: Saniah Varnado, 4th, 43.31
Boys’ 300 Hurdles: Ethan Bartee, 5th, 38.20
Girls’ 4×400, 1st, 3:43.72 (Brooke Blue, Alene Washington, Kaylin Edwads, Saniah Vanardo)
Boys’ 4×400, 3rd, 3:15.90 (Wyland Obando, JaeRon Harris, JT Kraemer, Kaedyn Burroughs)
Girls’ 4×800, 4th, 9:17.01 (Elisa Rodriguez, Natalie Maahs, Juanita Shotwell, Riley Jones)
Boys’ 4×800, 8th, 7:49.49 (Cash Obando, Wyland Obando, Jordan Kicherlow, JT Kraemer)
Girls’ Long Jump: Loren Webster, 1st, 19-03.25
Long Beach Poly
Girls’ 4×100, 2nd, 45.95 (Leila Holland, Jaylin Hunter, Aniyah Brooks, Brooklyn Lee)
Boys’ 4×100, 2nd, 41.38 (Julius Johnson, Ben Harris, Jaylen McNeil, Donte Wright)
Girls’ 100 Hurdles: Anise Becker, 3rd, 14.29
Boys’ 400: Xai Ricks, 3rd, 47.18
Girls’ 100: Leila Holland, 7th, 11.68
Boys’ 100: Ben Harris, 2nd, 10.43
Girls’ 300 Hurdles: Anise Becker, 3rd, 42.28
Boys’ 200: Julius Johnson, 2nd, 21.25
Boys’ 200: Ben Harris, 3rd, 21.27
Girls’ 4×400, 4th, 3:48.15 (Jaylin Hunter, Leila Holland, Aliyah Stokes, Nevaeh Lewis)
Boys’ 4×400, 2nd, 3:14.76 (Noah Smith, Julius Johnson, Darieon Shufford, Xai Ricks)
Girls’ Shot Put: Mai Ricks, 3rd, 42-10.5
Millikan
Boys’ 3200: Jason Parra, 2nd, 8:49.92
Boys’ 1600: Jason Parra, 3rd, 4:10.92
Jordan
Boys’ Triple Jump: Jamar Andrews, 8th, 45-11.25
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