FUTURE STARS
Mater Dei (SS) freshman Brandon Gorski came out of last weekend's competition as the national freshman class leader in the high jump. (Raymond Tran photo)
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It was another week were we had quite a few frosh/soph track and field athletes who improved their national class ranking over the past week. Here's a sampling:
Girls
- Madison Forbes (Mater Dei/SS/So.) 37-7.5 triple jump at the Laguna Trophy Invitational, CA No. 9 overall, CA No. 1 in the class, U.S. No. 12 in the class
- Georgia Jeanneret (JSerra Catholic/SS/So.) 4:58.01 mile at Arcadia Distance Challenge, U.S. No. 1 class
- Perry McElhinney (Castilleja/CC/So.) 10:33.71 for 3K at Saint Francis Invitational, U.S. No. 1 class
Boys
- Vincent Atilano (Cathedral Catholic/SD/So.) 40.29 for 300m hurdles at Falcon Relays, tied for CA No. 18 overall, CA No. 1 in the class, U.S. No. 15 in the class
- Malachi Carrasco (Selma/CS/So.) 6-6.25 high jump at Rafer Johnson Invitational, CA No. 3 overall, No. 1 in the class, and U.S. No. 5 in the class
- Chase Farrell (Oaks Christian/SS/So.) 21.56 (3.4) 200m at Maurice Green Invitational, CA No. 1 in the class, No. 9 overall for all-conditions marks, U.S. No. 5 in the class
- Emmanuel Hernandez (Cathedral/SS/So.) 4:23.11 mile at Arcadia Distance Challenge, U.S. No. 1 class
- McKay Madsen (Clovis North/CS/Fr.) 157-7 discus throw at Gateway to Track and Field, U.S. No. 1 class, CA No. 20 overall
- Jason Parra (Millikan/SS/So.) 9:04.43 for 3200m at The California Relays, U.S. No. 1 in the class
- Derek Smith (Buchanan/CS/So.) 164-11 discus throw at Gateway to Track and Field, CA No. 1 class, CA No. 14 overall
- Aydon Stefanopoulos (Los Gatos/CC/Fr) 4:26.86 mile at Saint Francis Invitational, U.S. No. 1 class
- Jordan Washington (Jordan/SS/So.) 10.45 (2.9) 100m at The California Relays, tied for U.S. No. 15 overall (all conditions), U.S. No. 2 in the class (all conditions).
This is a weekly series designed to highlight some of the top up-and-coming young track and field stars in the Golden State. Each week we will put the spotlight on a sampling of frosh/soph boys and girls who stood out over the past week.
Read about six more below!!
(Rankings are based on performances in the MileSplit database as of this posting and are subject to change as more results are entered.)