Impactful 800-meter runners Chase Gordon of Jesuit (SJ), Armando Bryson of Long Beach Wilson (SS) and Mason Ratkovich of Loyola (SS) are included in their school's 4x800m relay historic dream teams listed below. (Credit: Daniel Tyree/Jeffrey Parenti/Lizette Adams)
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As we continue to provide with some of the greatest Dream Teams in California lore, we move forward with our Boys 4x800 Squads!
California has been blessed with some of the greatest depth in the event as you will see below.
Some surprises to many of you, as you will see the dominance of some programs from the 1960's and into the 1990's!
With Long Beach Poly's group averaging an mind-boggling 1:50.42, the Jackrabbits' 'B' team averaged 1:52.66 and would have placed 21st in this list!
It took an average of 1:52.21 to placed 10th here, while to break into the Top 50, your top four in school history had to average 1:54.07!
Email us at jeffrey.parenti@flosports.tv if you have corrections or if you'd like us to do the math on a stellar 800m quartet we may have missed.
Enjoy!
GOLDEN STATE 4x800m RELAY HISTORIC DREAM TEAMS
| Teams | No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 | No. 4 | Total |
1) Long Beach Poly (SS) | 1:50.14 | 1:50.22 | 1:50.63 | 1:50.68 | 7:21.67 |
| Greg Jones ('68) | Bryan Woodward ('92) | Myles Andrews ('11) | Chris Hall ('11) | ||
| 2) Bakersfield (CC) | 1:48.44 | 1:49.42 | 1:51.59 | 1:52.90 | 7:22.35 |
| Clark Mitchell ('65) | Vondre Amour ('94) | Sean Langer ('84) | Jason Hall ('82) | ||
| 3) Jesuit (SJ) | 1:49.29 | 1:50.70 | 1:51.74 | 1:53.33 | 7:25.06 |
| Michael Stemper ('96) | Patrick McCrystle ('82) | Chase Gordon ('19) | Colton Misono ('11) | ||
| 4) Woodbridge (SS) | 1:49.21 | 1:51.02 | 1:52.19 | 1:52.75 | 7:25.17 |
| Eric Schermerhorn ('84) | Michael Haddan ('02) | Josh Kingsland ('11) | Dragan Simic ('12) | ||
| 5) Crenshaw (LA) | 1:48.20 | 1:50.70 | 1:51.20 | 1:56.45 | 7:26.55 |
| Jeff West ('79) | MacArthur Osbourne ('82) | Johnny Gray ('78) | Derrick Blair ('05) | ||
| 6) Los Altos (CC) | 1:50.10 | 1:52.18 | 1:52.18 | 1:52.48 | 7:26.94 |
| Rick Brown ('70) | Dale Bennett ('65) | Larry Davis ('70) | Robin Ruble ('60) | ||
| 7) Long Beach Wilson (SS) | 1:49.30 | 1:52.51 | 1:52.57 | 1:53.54 | 7:27.92 |
| Scott Cox ('81) | Armando Bryson ('19) | Copeland Laris ('15) | Gary Hardwick ('78) | ||
| 8) Amador Valley (NC) | 1:50.71 | 1:51.64 | 1:52.06 | 1:53.96 | 7:28.37 |
| Dan Gabor ('87) | Connor McKinnon ('14) | John Lester ('20) | Aidan Boyle ('18) | ||
| 9) Huntington Beach Edison (SS) | 1:51.60 | 1:51.94 | 1:52.22 | 1:52.90 | 7:28.66 |
| Tom Lloy ('74) | Doug Nichols ('89) | Eamon Smythe ('14) | Charlie Christensen ('76) | ||
| 10) Great Oak (SS) | 1:50.20 | 1:50.62 | 1:53.22 | 1:54.79 | 7:28.83 |
| Issac Cortes ('16) | Nelson Quintana ('16) | Michael Hewitt ('12) | Spencer Dodds ('16) | ||
| 11) San Pasqual (SD) | 1:52.05 | 1:52.11 | 1:52.23 | 1:52.52 | 7:28.91 |
| Jesse O'Brien ('06) | Francis O'Neill ('89) | Matt Silva ('93) | Noah Tellez-Velazquez ('19) | ||
| 12) Bellarmine (CC) | 1:50.64 | 1:52.24 | 1:52.29 | 1:53.85 | 7:29.02 |
| Alex Scales ('17) | Keith Allen ('84) | Benjamin Micallef ('16) | Brendan Saunders ('80) | ||
| 13) Bonita (SS) | 1:51.11 | 1:51.20 | 1:53.29 | 1:53.47 | 7:29.07 |
| David Juliano ('98) | Ray Van Asten ('60) | Josh Castaneda ('04) | Dillon Beckum ('16) | ||
| 14) Westlake (SS) | 1:48.63 | 1:52.34 | 1:53.79 | 1:54.52 | 7:29.28 |
| Cory Primm ('07) | Sam DeMello ('10) | Ryan Finch ('15) | Jimmy DeMello ('15) | ||
| 15) Loyola (SS) | 1:52.22 | 1:52.24 | 1:52.38 | 1:52.47 | 7:29.31 |
| Mason Ratkovich ('19) | Elias Gedyon ('09) | ? Shields ('84) | Justin Reed ('06) | ||
| 16) Vista Murrieta (SS) | 1:51.78 | 1:52.12 | 1:52.71 | 1:53.10 | 7:29.71 |
| Kevin Gonzalez ('12) | Omar Solis ('13) | Porter Reddish ('13) | Willie Coleman ('19) | ||
| 17) Davis (SJ) | 1:49.40 | 1:52.02 | 1:52.45 | 1:53.82 | 7:29.88 |
| Willie Hall ('16) | Juan Zarate-Sanchez ('18) | Blake Croft ('14) | Palu Mohr ('13) | ||
| 18) El Modena (SS) | 1:49.40 | 1:52.66 | 1:52.95 | 1:55.10 | 7:30.11 |
| Dave Kingsland ('77) | Ruben Esparza ('82) | Mike Terry ('91) | Terry Fink ('74) | ||
| 19) El Camino (SD) | 1:51.00 | 1:52.51 | 1:53.27 | 1:53.48 | 7:30.26 |
| Jim Brennan ('79) | Randy Pensinger ('05) | AJ Acosta ('04) | Jeree Henry ('06) | ||
| 20) Sherman Oaks Notre Dame (SS) | 1:51.97 | 1:50.04 | 1:53.04 | 1:53.24 | 7:30.29 |
| Anthony Chaidez ('16) | Brian Russell ('75) | Tim McCauley ('77) | Bruce Rocheleau ('75) | ||
| 21) Locke (LA) | 1:49.50 | 1:50.25 | 1:54.74 | 1:55.95 | 7:30.44 |
| David Mack ('79) | Vincent Thompson ('86) | ? McDaniel ('84) | Ricky Pinchback ('80) | ||
| 22) Westmont (CC) | 1:50.21 | 1:51.69 | 1:52.25 | 1:56.54 | 7:30.69 |
| Jason Gomez ('18) | Randy Carlson ('71) | Garrett MacQuiddy ('19) | Robert Munoz ('79) | ||
| 23) Burbank (SS) | 1:49.40 | 1:50.40 | 1:54.40 | 1:56.63 | 7:30.73 |
| Greg Dotson ('10) | John Musich ('74) | Mark VanElswick ('70) | Arsen Mkrtchyan ('14) | ||
| 24) Mission Viejo (SS) | 1:52.30 | 1:52.61 | 1:52.89 | 1:53.13 | 7:30.93 |
| Jon Cook ('73) | Jacob Gustafsson ('02) | Brett Hickman ('18) | John Cronin ('85) | ||
| 24) Dana Hills (SS) | 1:51.42 | 1:52.85 | 1:53.20 | 1:53.46 | 7:30.93 |
| Andy Sims ('84) | Jack Morgenson ('13) | Jesus Molina ('10) | Cole Guerin ('10) | ||
| 26) Villa Park (SS) | 1:52.38 | 1:52.50 | 1:52.89 | 1:53.14 | 7:31.00 |
| Jim Sorenson ('86) | Dave Congelosi ('79) | Garrett Corcoran ('14) | Kevin Green ('82) | ||
| 27) Upland (SS) | 1:51.40 | 1:51.68 | 1:53.54 | 1:54.60 | 7:31.22 |
| Steve Scott ('74) | Ryan Gamboa ('06) | Casey Cox ('76) | Alex Greenberg ('05) | ||
| 28) Clovis (CS) | 1:51.05 | 1:52.34 | 1:53.60 | 1:54.24 | 7:31.23 |
| Conbor Merello ('14) | Andrew Scherf ('17) | Kevin Chavira ('14) | Rusty Pishione ('76) | ||
| 29) Hemet (SS) | 1:50.52 | 1:52.53 | 1:53.62 | 1:54.86 | 7:31.33 |
| Robert Frichtel ('96) | Troy Collins ('89) | Clint Coon ('97) | Mike O'Boyle ('86) | ||
| 30) Mater Dei (SS) | 1:51.07 | 1:52.62 | 1:53.52 | 1:54.33 | 7:31.54 |
| Sam Van Dorpe ('18) | Jim Gallivan ('83) | Louis Gallardo ('18) | John Wacker ('18) | ||
| 31) Los Gatos (CC) | 1:51.90 | 1:52.35 | 1:53.62 | 1:53.87 | 7:31.74 |
| Beebe Rutledge ('96) | Matt Bates ('01) | Scott Oliver ('80) | Bob Chambers ('44) | ||
| 32) Leigh (CC) | 1:50.40 | 1:51.98 | 1:54.74 | 1:55.04 | 7:32.16 |
| Conrad Suhr ('74) | Dave Hamilton ('74) | Ron Jones ('86) | Brian Dulin ('81) | ||
| 33) Montgomery (NC) | 1:51.54 | 1:52.36 | 1:53.98 | 1:54.34 | 7:32.22 |
| Dave Rodriguez ('81) | Marc Spina ('86) | Blake McDowell ('07) | Regan Masi ('02) | ||
| 34) Carlmont (CC) | 1:52.60 | 1:52.92 | 1:53.04 | 1:53.67 | 7:32.23 |
| Tim Layton ('13) | Ryan Wilson ('17) | Tanner Anderson ('18) | Brian Hurdal ('75) | ||
| 35) Poway (SD) | 1:52.14 | 1:52.59 | 1:53.21 | 1:54.44 | 7:32.38 |
| Dave Brown ('78) | Aaron Powell ('00) | Jarrett Chin ('17) | Eric Hayen ('11) | ||
| 36) St. Ignatius (CC) | 1:50.83 | 1:53.15 | 1:54.07 | 1:54.34 | 7:32.39 |
| Neil Fitzgerald ('86) | Brendan Fitzgibbon ('97) | Paul McCarthy ('75) | T. Loftus ('86) | ||
| 37) Redondo Union (SS) | 1:50.90 | 1:53.43 | 1:53.94 | 1:54.00 | 7:32.57 |
| Don Burns ('67) | Sergio Rodriguez ('15) | Nicholas Wells ('14) | Evan Malone-White ('13) | ||
| 38) Pioneer (CC) | 1:50.43 | 1:53.66 | 1:54.15 | 1:54.77 | 7:33.02 |
| Nathan Strum ('01) | Sean Lopes ('04) | Brandon Mosher | Alex Liebster ('16) | ||
| 39) Placentia Valencia (SS) | 1:48.20 | 1:51.70 | 1:55.66 | 1:57.46 | 7:33.02 |
| Sean Krinik ('10) | Mike Owens ('65) | Talal Khan ('08) | Danny Gonzalez ('09) | ||
| 40) Corona del Mar (SS) | 1:52.10 | 1:52.99 | 1:53.60 | 1:54.50 | 7:33.19 |
| Nick Rose ('71) | Dave Anderson ('84) | Mike Bruggeman ('79) | Jim Robbins ('88) | ||
| 41) Santa Ana Foothill (SS) | 1:52.60 | 1:53.02 | 1:53.54 | 1:54.10 | 7:33.26 |
| Grant Callen ('19) | Jeff Williams ('82) | Tad Heath ('93) | Dexter Stanley ('79) | ||
| 42) Estancia (SS) | 1:48.80 | 1:52.50 | 1:55.36 | 1:56.96 | 7:33.32 |
| Jim Walters ('77) | Eric Olson ('72) | Humberto Rojas ('03) | Tito Castaneda ('05) | ||
| 43) Simi Valley (SS) | 1:51.67 | 1:52.57 | 1:53.34 | 1:55.94 | 7:33.52 |
| Dave Bogard ('65) | Ryan Meuse ('97) | Bob Bouillon ('77) | Juan Jimenez ('14) | ||
| 44) Torrey Pines (SD) | 1:51.99 | 1:53.05 | 1:53.44 | 1:55.08 | 7:33.82 |
| Matt Carpowitz ('11) | Trent Newquist ('11) | Jack Kuzminski ('14) | Jason Aliamus ('09) | ||
| 45) James Logan (NC) | 1:48.40 | 1:53.73 | 1:55.73 | 1:55.96 | 7:33.82 |
| Aaron Richberg ('95) | Cristian Monsalud ('15) | Lucas Liou ('06) | Mason Hartwell ('10) | ||
| 46) West Hills (SD) | 1:52.91 | 1:53.34 | 1:53.45 | 1:54.26 | 7:33.96 |
| Dustin Diaz ('98) | Evan Fox ('00) | Ben Aragon ('01) | Nick Famolaro ('14) | ||
| 46) Huntington Beach (SS) | 1:50.20 | 1:51.75 | 1:55.08 | 1:55.99 | 7:34.02 |
| Paul Williams ('68) | Jess Strutzel ('95) | Joe Alexander ('84) | Patrick Burciago ('15) | ||
| 48) Serra (CC) | 1:51.98 | 1:53.23 | 1:53.77 | 1:55.04 | 7:34.02 |
| Jerry Tallon ('66) | Tony Martenelli ('01) | Jack Wondrow ('72) | Steve Scholz ('83) | ||
| 49) Miramonte (NC) | 1:50.44 | 1:53.06 | 1:54.98 | 1:55.62 | 7:34.10 |
| George Coon ('65) | Ashraf Mathkour ('11) | Christian Gonzalez ('16) | Alex Auerbach ('02) | ||
| 50) University City (SD) | 1:50.31 | 1:52.64 | 1:55.24 | 1:55.25 | 7:34.19 |
| Mac Fleet ('09) |
| Nico Chapman ('16) | Reiss Haslam ('12) |