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 Section. Below is a pre-season list of the contenders for those three berths in the field events. Don't forget to check out Thursday's article on the Central Section sprinters & hurdlers!
Girls Long Jump
Favorites: Daizhiana Ebert (Ridgeview), Breanna Covington (Central)
Threats: Ty Wallace (Liberty Bakersfield), Brenae Wellington (Buchanan)
Wildcards: Brynley Bower (Clovis West), Tyla Graves (Edison), Gisselle Flores (Cesar E. Chavez), Destiny Smith (Clovis West)
Boys Long Jump
Favorite: Emmitt Brooks (Kingsburg)
Threats: Dennis Hicks (Liberty Bakersfield), Will Lee (Edison), Chineme Allison (Clovis), Darrious Eaton (Bakersfield)
Wildcards: Lawrence White (Ridgeview), Damon DeGraffenreid (Ridgeview)
Girls Triple Jump
Favorite: Brynley Bower (Clovis West)
Threats: Remington Mahlum (Buchanan)
Wildcards: Justice Smith (Highland Bakersfield)
Boys Triple Jump
Favorite: Seth Brooks (Kingsburg)
Threats: Chuby Dunu (Buchanan), Dennis Hicks (Liberty Bakersfield)
Wildcards: Quincy Jountti (Liberty Bakersfield), Peter Laird (Highland Bakersfield)
Girls High Jump
Favorite: Alexis Vincent-Walker (Clovis)
Threats: Lauren Simonian (Clovis North), Iesha Hamm (Stockdale)
Wildcards: Brenae Wellington (Buchanan), Cynthia Gomez (Tulare Western), Annie Regier (Immanuel)
Boys High Jump
Favorite: Emmitt Brooks (Kingsburg)
Threats: Isaac Leppke (Dinuba), Jahni Newhauser (El Diamonte), Jeremiah Foster (Bakersfield)
Wildcards: Carson McGlasson (Stockdale), Jaleyn Prevost (Ridgeview), Jackson Carroll (Liberty Bakersfield), Jaeden Watson (Stockdale)
Girls Pole Vault
Favorite: Shelby Noble (Clovis West), Brooke Tjerrild (Clovis North)
Threats: Remington Mahlum (Buchanan)
Wildcards: Julianne Finch (Garces Memorial), Macy Clark (Frontier), Nikki Crouch (Clovis East)
Boys Pole Vault
Favorites: Griffen Carter (Buchanan), Zack Bethel (Clovis West)
Threats: Garret Welch (Clovis East)
Wildcards: Chris Orange (Sierra), Nicholas Zandes (Stockdale), Kyle Scaletta (Sierra), Chase Rodriques (Clovis East)
Girls Shot Put
Favorite: Allyssa Klinger (Shafter)
Threats: Addyson Smith (Madera), Christy Norris-Dow (Exeter)
Wildcards: Alicia Viveros (Liberty Bakersfield), MacKenzie Curtis (Clovis North)
Boys Shot Put
Favorites: Ben Parker (Buchanan), Jacob Wilson (Buchanan)
Threats: Spencer Smith (Clovis), McKay Johnson (Clovis North)
Wildcards: Andrew Vorhees (Kingsburg), Jonah Wilson (Clovis), AJ Hans (Central)
Girls Discus Throw
Favorite: Alicia Viveros (Liberty Bakersfield)
Threats: Cari Acosta (Buchanan), Allyssa Klinger (Shafter), Christy Norris-Dow (Exeter), Addyson Smith (Madera)
Wildcards: MacKenzie Curtis (Clovis North)
Boys Discus Throw
Favorite: Jacob Wilson (Buchanan)
Threats: Jonah Wilson (Clovis), McKay Johnson (Clovis North), Chase Mears (Ridgeview), AJ Hans (Central)
Wildcards: Daniel Richardson (Frontier)