RUNNING EVENTS
4x100 Meters
Girls Meet Record: Skyline 46.84
State Qualifying mark: 50.50
Boys Meet Record: Skyline 41.24 2004
State Qualifying mark: 43.50
Girls team to watch: Skyline (52.17)
Boys team to watch: McClymonds (44.21)
1600 Meters
Girls Meet Record: Diana Choi Skyline 5:20.64 2003
State Qualifying mark: 5:25.00
Boys Meet Record: Cameron Trinh Skyline 4:22.18 2011
State Qualifying mark: 4:30.00
Girl athlete to watch: Caroline Garrett (Technical Sophomore 5:05.86) OS record holder in this event. She is 15 seconds under the meet record.
Boy athletes to watch: Joseph Harmon (Technical Senior 4:32.00 ) & Nick Kleiber (Technical Senior 4:37.97)
100 / 110 Hurdles
Girls Meet Record: 100 HH - Kristen Robinson Skyline 14.36 2013
State Qualifying mark: 16.20
Boys Meet Record: Charles Ryan McClymonds 14.01 1999
State Qualifying mark: 15.50
Girl athlete to watch: Gabrielle Henry (Oakland Sophomore 17.01) and Clarisse Wikstrom (Skyline senior 17.03) - Henry is defending section champ
Boy athletes to watch: Kiefer Zang (Technical Senior 16.13), Noah Mitchell (Skyline sophomore 16.45) - Zang placed 5th in this event as a freshman, he won the 110h in 2015 and 2016. Mitchell was runner up in 2016.
400 Meters
Girls Meet Record: Montairra Hubbard-Hart Skylinem 55.53 2010
State Qualifying mark: 59.00
Boys Meet Record: Tim Brown McClymonds 47.55 1997
State Qualifying mark: 50.50
Girl athlete to watch: CieArra Mathis (Envision freshman 61.36) - competing in the 100 / 200 and 400
Boy athletes to watch: Henry Larkin (Technical junior 48.73) - Larkin has more wins under his belt than any other athlete in the section. In this event he has won 4 invitational (including Sacramento MOC) and a dual meet. He is the 2 time defending champion in this event at OS finals. He placed 13th last year at State.
100 Meters
Girls Meet Record: Destiny Smith-Barnett Skyline 11.67 2014
State Qualifying mark: 12.70
Boys Meet Record: Kenny O'Neal Skyline 10.69 2004
State Qualifying mark: 11.20
Girl athlete to watch: Brenea Palmer (Technical Senior 12.40) - Section Champ 2015 in 12.29, runner up 2016 in 12.68
Boy athletes to watch: DayMar Johnson (McClymonds Junior 11.21) - He will need to dip 11.2 to make the state qualifying standard.
800 Meters
Girls Meet Record: Jenny Ray Oakland 2:18.4 1982
State Qualifying mark: 2:23.00
Boys Meet Record: Nick Collins Castlemont 1:55.36 1992
State Qualifying mark: 2:00.00
Girl athlete to watch: Caroline Garrett (Technical Sophomore 2:23.34) - doubling back from the 1600, section leader in this event.
Boy athletes to watch: Quaylin Wesley (McClymonds senior 2:05.84) & Justin Nicholas (Technical senior 2:07.07) - A classic clash between a 400m running and a 1600m runner. Quaylin Wesley was the runner up in the 400m dash of OS finals in 2016, having only run the 800 one time this year he is coming in with the fastest time. Nicholas has already run 4:48 for the 1600.
300 Hurdles
Girls Meet Record: Ryan Peters Skyline 43.68 1997
State Qualifying mark: 47.00
Boys Meet Record: Noah Blue Skyline 37.73 2010
State Qualifying mark: 41.00
Girl athlete to watch: Clarisse Wikstrom (Skyline Senior 46.89) - Runner up in this event in 2014 (51.93), Section champ in 2015 (49.45), 2016 (48.35).
Boy athletes to watch: Noah Mitchell (Skyline Sophomore 41.74), Kiefer Zang (Technical Senior 43.01) - Zang is the 2015 champion, Mitchell the 2016 champion. Both are doubling in the hurdles.
200 Meters
Girls Meet Record: Tania Woods Skyline 23.76 1999
State Qualifying mark: 26.20
Boys Meet Record: Jody Charles McClymonds 21.45 1996
State Qualifying mark: 22.50
Girls athletes to watch: CieArra Mathis (Envision freshman 26.57), Briona Rivera (Castlemont sophomore 26.84), Cymone Winters (Skyline sophomore 27.05) - All underclassmen. Rivera defending champ and Winters 3rd in 2016
Boy athletes to watch: Henry Larkin (Technical Junior 22.64), Daymar Johnson (McClymonds Junior 23.20) Both are undefeated in the duce in the dual meet season, having not gone head to head since April of 2015. Larkin is coming down from the 400 and Johnson up from the 100. Although Larkin has run 11.48 for 100m and Johnson 55.47 for 400.
3200 Meters
Girls Meet Record: Johanna Ross Oakland Tech 11:20.37 2016
State Qualifying mark: 11:45.00
Boys Meet Record: John Cheng Oakland 9:32.70 2007
State Qualifying mark: 10:00.00
Girl athlete to watch: Johanna Ross (Technical senior 10:54.12) - Most decorated female distance athlete in the history of Oakland. Section record holder in XC and this event. Has almost a minute PR over next competitor. Could break her own meet record.
Boy Athlete to watch: Joseph Harmon (Technical Senior 9:53.81)
Harmon was the 3200m OS champ as a freshman he is the only athlete in the section under 10 minutes this season. Although this will be his first time doing the 1600 / 3200 double this season. Only doing the 1600 / 800 double twice. He has over 30 seconds on the next seed Skyline's junior Avshalom Berrol.
4x400 Meters
Girls Meet Record: Oakland 3:51.6 1985
State Qualifying mark: 4:05.00
Boys Meet Record: Oakland 3:18.33 1988
State Qualifying mark: 3:25.00
Girl team to watch: Skyline (4:12.75) - defending section champs
Boy teams to watch: Skyline (3:38.34) - runners up in 2016
More Oakland Section Coverage
- Virtual Meet
- Meet Page: past results