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With the inclusion of the 4x800 Relay into the 2023 edition of the California State Championships this spring, we took a dive into ranking the top teams across CA based on their top returning 800-meter runners from last spring.
Read more about the addition of the 4x8 into State
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TOP GIRLS 4 x 800 PROJECTED SQUADS GOING INTO 2023
| School | No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 | No. 4 | Projected |
| 1) J Serra Catholic (SS) | 2:10.75 | 2:12.66 | 2:14.74 | 2:16.39 | 8:54.54 |
| Anastasia Snodgrass ('23) | Georgia Jeanneret ('24) | Brooke O'Brien ('24) | Sydney Paulson ('23) | ||
| 2) Buchanan (CS) | 2:11.95 | 2:12.25 | 2:14.73 | 2:16.69 | 8:55.62 |
| Elle Lomeli ('25) | Grace Hutchison ('23) | Sierra Cornett ('25) | Sydney Sundgren ('23) | ||
| 3) St. Francis (CC) | 2:11.48 | 2:13.11 | 2:16.12 | 2:21.35 | 9:02.06 |
| Lillian Kaelber ('24) | Sabrina Zanetto ('25) | Hinako Yamamoto ('24) | Anna Fawcett ('23) | ||
| 4) Del Norte (SD) | 2:11.60 | 2:18.48 | 2:19.77 | 2:20.71 | 9:10.56 |
| Hannah Riggins ('23) | Ella Echsner ('24) | Paige Echsner ('25) | Emily Russo ('25) | ||
| 5) Monte Vista (NC) | 2:06.89 | 2:21.32 | 2:22.13 | 2:28.87 | 9:19.21 |
| Cate Peters ('23) | Peyton Dolan ('24) | Sally Binder ('23) | Jillian Vorhauer ('23) | ||
| 6) Dana Hills (SS) | 2:16.49 | 2:20.38 | 2:21.41 | 2:24.65 | 9:22.93 |
| Allura Markow ('23) | Annie Ivarsson ('25) | Paige Scheer ('24) | Tessa Anderson ('24) | ||
| 7) Ventura (SS) | 2:05.66 | 2:20.96 | 2:27.76 | 2:29.44 | 9:23.82 |
| Sadie Engelhardt ('24) | Chelsey Ochoa ('23) | Valentina Fakrogha ('24) | Olivia Mobley ('25) | ||
| 8) Vista Murrieta (SS) | 2:15.89 | 2:18.07 | 2:24.87 | 2:25.50 | 9:24.33 |
| Analeiah Mendoza ('23) | Fiona Holloway ('24) | Marissa O'Connor ('23) | Erika Kirk ('25) | ||
| 9) Los Altos (CC) | 2:15.23 | 2:21.76 | 2:23.44 | 2:24.14 | 9:24.57 |
| Madeline Randall ('24) | Lauren Soobrian ('23) | Ella Fadil ('23) | Jasleen Sidhu ('24) | ||
| 10) La Canada (SS) | 2:16.48 | 2:21.45 | 2:23.32 | 2:23.91 | 9:25.16 |
| Katelyn Matarese ('24) | Catherine Mispagel ('23) | Grace Paton ('23) | Yasmin Ghaneh ('24) | ||
| 11) Canyon Crest Academy (SD) | 2:13.33 | 2:22.96 | 2:24.93 | 2:25.51 | 9:26.73 |
| Kalista Villatoro ('23) | Dasha Zerboni ('23) | Haidyn McKenzie ('23) | Rebecca Bronstein ('23) | ||
| 12) Great Oak (SS) | 2:19.50 | 2:20.76 | 2:22.82 | 2:26.03 | 9:29.11 |
| Kali Kraus ('23) | Meilani Castillo ('23) | Kelli Gaffney ('23) | Hannah Miller ('23) | ||
| 13) Calabasas (SS) | 2:08.89 | 2:17.71 | 2:26.76 | 2:36.12 | 9:29.48 |
| Arielle McKenzie ('24) | Zoe Ray ('24) | Braelon Holmes ('23) | Sofia Francini ('25) | ||
| 14) Scotts Valley (CC) | 2:14.34 | 2:20.06 | 2:25.82 | 2:29.51 | 9:29.73 |
| Ashlyn Boothby ('24) | Rafaela Putnam ('23) | Amber Boothby ('23) | Diana Alivov ('24) | ||
| 15) Oaks Christian (SS) | 2:17.85 | 2:20.32 | 2:25.50 | 2:27.59 | 9:31.26 |
| Payton Godsey ('24) | Eleanor Borchard ('25) | Grace Geyer ('24) | Kate Walker ('24) | ||
| 16) Cathedral Catholic (SD) | 2:19.23 | 2:20.56 | 2:25.60 | 2:25.96 | 9:31.35 |
| Keira Rall ('23) | Elaine Hobrock ('23) | Scarlett Martin ('24) | Chiara Bonomi ('25) | ||
| 17) Whitney (SJ) | 2:16.37 | 2:17.92 | 2:26.12 | 2:31.09 | 9:31.50 |
| Katie Kopec ('23) | Ava Kopec ('24) | Grace Scott ('24) | Isabel Soto ('25) | ||
| 18) Granite Bay (SJ) | 2:20.76 | 2:22.28 | 2:23.67 | 2:25.41 | 9:32.12 |
| Grace Baxter ('25) | Lizzy Hansen ('25) | Carly Foster ('23) | Morgan McKenna ('24) | ||
| 19) Canyon, Ana. (SS) | 2:17.07 | 2:22.46 | 2:26.57 | 2:27.61 | 9:33.71 |
| Taylor DeBarros ('23) | Makena Oliva ('24) | Allison Yim ('25) | Keira Potter ('23) | ||
| 20) Oak Ridge (SJ) | 2:16.12 | 2:23.53 | 2:25.11 | 2:29.62 | 9:34.38 |
| Quinn Walker ('23) | Brooke Butler ('23) | Kyra Long ('25) | Madelynn Burns ('25) |
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TOP BOYS 4 x 800 PROJECTED SQUADS GOING INTO 2023
| School | No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 | No. 4 | Projected |
| 1) Long Beach Poly (SS) | 1:54.62 | 1:56.54 | 1:58.84 | 2:00.23 | 7:50.23 |
| Xai Ricks ('24) | Lamaar Kirk ('24) | Cameron Rhone ('23) | Luke Larson ('23) | ||
| 2) Cathedral (SS) | 1:55.41 | 1:57.23 | 1:58.74 | 2:00.48 | 7:51.86 |
| Ambodai Ligons ('24) | Giovanni Moreno ('24) | Santiago Orozco ('23) | Manny Hernandez ('24) | ||
| 3) Newbury Park (SS) | 1:48.91 | 1:57.92 | 2:03.47 | 2:04.30 | 7:54.60 |
| Aaron Sahlman ('23) | Aaron Cantu ('23) | Brayden Seymour ('23) | Nathan Porter ('24) | ||
| 4) Buchanan (CS) | 1:52.66 | 1:54.27 | 2:03.68 | 2:04.54 | 7:55.15 |
| Noah Ray ('23) | Zach Weaver ('23) | Ryan Kunkel ('24) | Luke Sanders ('25) | ||
| 5) Great Oak (SS) | 1:55.36 | 1:58.80 | 2:00.51 | 2:01.26 | 7:55.93 |
| Gabriel Hernandez ('24) | Ramses Cortes ('23) | Mark Cortes ('23) | Austin Elkins ('23) | ||
| 6) San Clemente (SS) | 1:57.55 | 1:58.04 | 1:59.96 | 2:01.30 | 7:56.85 |
| Brett Ephraim ('24) | Pierce Clark ('24) | Taj Clark ('24) | Juan Chantaca ('23) | ||
| 7) Menlo School (CC) | 1:54.26 | 1:58.18 | 2:01.90 | 2:03.23 | 7:57.57 |
| Justin Pretre ('23) | Aiden Deffner ('23) | William Hauser ('25) | Landon Pretre ('25) | ||
| 8) Clovis (CS) | 1:54.77 | 1:57.64 | 2:02.24 | 2:03.17 | 7:57.82 |
| Christopher Caudillo ('23) | Josiah Delgadillo ('24) | Jalen Morales ('24) | Cole McNeal ('24) | ||
| 9) Redondo Union (SS) | 1:56.92 | 1:58.73 | 2:00.98 | 2:01.23 | 7:57.86 |
| Ryder Want ('23) | Nike Broughton ('23) | Aaron Thomas ('23) | Adam Divinity ('25) | ||
| 10) Granada (NC) | 1:58.23 | 1:59.59 | 2:00.71 | 2:02.28 | 8:00.81 |
| Dheeraj Gurusamy ('23) | Eshaan Singh ('24) | Roland Ruckmann-Barnes ('23) | Liam Manley ('23) | ||
| 11) Santa Barbara (SS) | 1:57.11 | 1:58.08 | 1:58.74 | 2:07.36 | 8:01.31 |
| Blaise Snow ('24) | Andreas Dybdahl ('24) | Drew DeLozier ('23) | Oliver Levine ('23) | ||
| 12) Whitney (SJ) | 1:57.34 | 1:59.55 | 2:01.53 | 2:03.33 | 8:01.75 |
| Mateo Delgadillo ('23) | Nick Herrmann ('23) | Cole Jamieson ('23) | Callum Turner ('23) | ||
| 13) Madera South (CS) | 1:55.62 | 2:00.67 | 2:02.48 | 2:05.13 | 8:03.95 |
| Isaac Chavez ('23) | Vidal Luna ('23) | Adrian Hipolito ('23) | Estevan Medina ('23) | ||
| 14) Davis (SJ) | 1:57.83 | 1:58.75 | 2:01.96 | 2:05.57 | 8:04.11 |
| Lucas Tom ('24) | Ryan Mitchell ('23) | Connor Cougevan ('24) | Timothy McMahon ('25) | ||
| 15) Long Beach Wilson (SS) | 1:52.71 | 2:01.06 | 2:02.88 | 2:07.70 | 8:04.35 |
| Marcel Mitchell-Francis ('23) | Diego Alvarado ('24) | Gus Hollister ('24) | Kyle Holland ('24) | ||
| 16) Tesoro (SS) | 2:00.10 | 2:00.56 | 2:00.61 | 2:03.69 | 8:04.96 |
| Max Daley ('23) | Kaleb McElfish ('23) | Conor Campion ('24) | Luke Adams ('23) | ||
| 17) San Luis Obispo (CS) | 1:58.30 | 1:58.85 | 2:01.77 | 2:06.13 | 8:05.05 |
| Quinn White ('23) | Milo Skapinsky ('23) | Luke Reiss ('23) | Weston Greenelsh ('24) | ||
| 18) Santiago (SS) | 1:53.90 | 2:03.05 | 2:04.66 | 2:05.79 | 8:07.40 |
| Dylan Deloyola ('23) | Matthew Wakefield ('23) | Kyla Sheehan ('23) | Nebiu Elias ('23) | ||
| 19) Bellarmine Prep (CC) | 2:00.82 | 2:01.68 | 2:02.34 | 2:03.14 | 8:07.98 |
| Tommy Snycerski ('23) | Nathan Petree ('23) | Sonny Lowe ('23) | Abdulsalam Raja ('23) | ||
| 20) Mira Costa (SS) | 1:57.95 | 2:02.21 | 2:04.07 | 2:04.12 | 8:08.15 |
| Kai Graham ('23) | Ian Hansen ('25) | Jude Graham ('23) | Owen Franck ('24) |
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Mark Gardner is a teacher, former coach, popular announcer, and an associate editor for MileSplitCA.
Photos by Daniel Hernandez and Raymond Tran