The CIF State Meet is arguably the One True State Meet among all the states of our nation, because ALL of California feeds into a single championship meet - no classifications, no separate sanctioning bodies for independent schools. Only 3 athletes can advance to the state meet from most of the sections, including the Central Coast. Below is a pre-season list of the contenders for those three berths in the sprints & hurdles. Don't forget to check out yesterday's articles on the Central Coast Section distance runners!
Girls 100 Dash:
The Favorite: NONE
Threats: Te'Mesha Paxton (Archbishop Mitty), Rachael Estell (Mountain View), Jade Harrison (Cupertino), Mikayla Revera (Santa Catalina)
Wild Cards: Lina Kamb (Burlingame), Caice Lanovaz (Los Gatos), Maya Shaw (Archbishop Mitty)
Boys 100 Dash:
The Favorite: Eli Givens (Palo Alto)
Threats: Kyle Macauley (Bellarmine College Prep), Anthony Richards (Yerba Buena), Brandon Bains (St. Francis Mountain View)
Wild Cards: Earvin DaSilva (Bellarmine College Prep)
Girls 200 Dash:
The Favorite: Jade Harrison (Cupertino)
Threats: Mikayla Revera (Santa Catalina), Lenaya Griffin (Santa Teresa),
Wild Cards: Te'Mesha Paxton (Archbishop Mitty), Maya Miklos (Gunn),
Boys 200 Dash:
The Favorite: Eli Givens (Palo Alto)
Threats: Shraee Harrison (San Benito), Kyle McCauley (Bellarmine College Prep)
Wild Cards: David Cuellar (San Benito), Brandon Bains (St. Francis Mountain View), Anthony Richards (Yerba Buena)
Girls 400 Dash:
The Favorites: Mikayla Revera (Santa Catalina), Jade Harrison (Cupertino)
Threats: Maya Miklos (Gunn)
Wild Cards: Naomi Girma (Pioneer), Angela Cutler (St. Francis Mountain View)
Boys 400 Dash:
The Favorite: Shraee Harrison (San Benito)
Threats: Kevin Anawalt (Los Altos), Jacob Cervantes (Watsonville)
Wild Cards: Eli Givens (Palo Alto), Kyle Macauley (Bellarmine College Prep)
Girls 100 Hurdles:
The Favorite: Caice Lanovaz (Los Gatos)
Threats: Maya Miklos (Gunn), Robin Peter (Gunn), Melissa Seaman (St. Francis Mountain View)
Wild Cards: Mackenzie Schoustra (Burlingame)
Boys 110 Hurdles:
The Favorite: Sam Schubert (San Lorenzo Valley)
Threats: Carter Mosher (St. Francis Mountain View), Armon Plummer (Junipero Serra)
Wild Cards: Johnny Marquez (Mt. Pleasant), Darius Carbin (Mt. Pleasant), Devin Crummie (Milpitas)
Girls 300 Hurdles:
The Favorite: Maya Miklos (Gunn)
Threats: Melissa Seaman (St. Francis Mountain View), Mackenzie Schoustra (Burlingame)
Wild Cards: Caice Lanovaz (Los Gatos), Sophia Le (Leigh), Catherine Yu (Palo Alto)
Boys 300 Hurdles:
The Favorite: Armon Plummer (Junipero Serra)
Threats: Leighton James (Santa Teresa),
Wild Cards: Isaki Wada-Low (Los Gatos), Alexi Kasses (Wilcox), Andrew Cenidowza (Mt. Pleasant)