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Congratulations to Roman Mendoza of Santa Margarita (SS) last week's top vote-getter for MileSplit Boys Track and Field Athlete of the Week.
Roman, a senior, opened the season by sweeping the hurdles at the Eagle Invitational at Santa Margarita HS, running 14.37 for the 110m hurdles and 38.74 for the 300mH. Both of those times rank CA No. 2.
Roman received 43 percent of the vote in a statewide poll. Dion Gavin, a senior at Saugus (SS), was second in the voting at 39 percent.
Congratulations to all athletes whose performances warranted consideration in this weekly poll. And thanks to everyone who voted to support these amazing athletes.
Who's next?
This week, we have a sampling of the outdoor season performances, although the schedule was lighter than expected due to the strong winter storm that forced the cancellation or rescheduling of a handful of marquee meets.
Check out the resumes below and then make sure to vote in the FanPower module at the bottom of the page. That is where you decide the top boys athlete track and field athlete of the week.
As always, voting closes Friday at 9 p.m.
WHO YA GOT?
This week's candidates (listed alphabetically by last name)
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Zachary Blum (Beckman/SS) - Zachary, a senior, won the 3200m at the TrackRabbit Invitational with an early-season CA best of 9:20.39 PR (U.S. No. 10) at Long Beach Poly HS.
Stephen Dahdouh (Pleasant Grove/SJ) - Stephen, a senior, swept the hurdles at the Glenn Poole Invitational running 14.96 (-1.0) in the 110m race, and 39.83 in the 300m race at Oakmont HS in Roseville.
Ethan Fong (Lincoln/SJ) - Ethan, a senior, swept the horizontal jumps at the Viking Invitational with double PRs of 21-8 in the long jump and 44-9.25 in the triple jump at Edison HS in Stockton.
Aaron Sahlman (Newbury Park/SS) - Aaron, a senior headed to Northern Arizona University in the fall, opened his outdoor season with a state-best 4:11.60 for 1600 meters in the rain at the Thousand Oaks Invitational.
Wesley Selby (Nevada Union/SJ) - Wesley, a senior swept the distances at the Glenn Poole Invitational, running 4:26.91 for 1600 meters and 10:50.22 for 3200m at Oakmont HS in Roseville.
Chukwunonso Udeh (De La Salle/NC) - Chukwunonso, a senior, won the 100m (11.02/0.8), 110mH (15.17/0.1), and was a member of the winning 4x100 relay team (43.85) at the Super 7 Invitational at Ygnacio Valley HS in Concord.
Quinn White (San Luis Obispo/CS) - Quinn, a senior, won the 800m (2:05.49) and the mile (4:31.86) at San Luis Obispo Out of the Blocks meet at SLOHS.
Photo by Raymond Tran