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Here we are, the last day of February with the outdoor season still in its infancy, many states still in their indoor season or in between seasons, yet we in the Golden State are nearly two full weeks in. At least in parts of the fractured and weather-altered CA track and field calendar.
Nonetheless, athletes are out there doing their thing and our objective is to bring them into focus. This article is a sampling of outstanding performances by CA high school track and field athletes in the Class of 2024.
Selections are based on U.S. rankings in the class from outdoor season invitationals and selected league meets. Non-outdoor season all-comers, indoor meets, and other marks achieved outside of the official outdoor season were not considered for this article.
Marks are based on results processed into the MileSplit database as of 1 p.m. Tuesday. Rankings are subject to change as results from around the country are added. Meets are invitationals unless noted as a dual.
BOYS
Gabriel Castillo (Etiwanda/SS)
4:23.93 - 1600m at Thousand Oaks (2/25)
U.S. No. 13 in the class
CA No. 8 overall
Dev Doshi (Newbury Park/SS)
4:23.84 - 1600m at Thousand Oaks (2/25)
U.S. No. 12 in the class
CA No. 7 overall
Ibzan Felix (Beckman/SS)
9:31.89 - 3200m at TrackRabbit (2/25)
U.S. No. 22 in the class
CA No. 3 overall
Nate Frazier (Mater Dei/SS)
10.82 (-0.1) - 100 meter dash at Mater Dei (2/18)
U.S. No. 3 in the class wind-legal
CA No. 1 and U.S. No. 15 in the class
CA No. 3 overall all conditions
Eman Goodloe (Warren/SS)
50-10 - shot put at Suburban Valley Conference Preview (2/18)
U.S. No. 19 in the class
CA No. 6 overall
Justin Johnson (Jesuit/SJ)
22.70 (-0.9) - 200 meters at Glenn Poole (2/25)
U.S. No. 22 wind-legal
CA No. 5 overall wind-legal
Jeffrey Keeney (Great Oak/SS)
9:30.47 - 3200m at TrackRabbit (2/25)
U.S. No. 19 in the class
CA No. 2 overall
Alexander Kochoa (Providence/SS)
50-03.50 - shot put at Burbank Backwards (2/18)
U.S. No. 21 in the class
CA No. 7 overall
Myles MacFarland (Cosumnes Oaks/SJ)
15.22 (-1.8) - 110m hurdles at Glenn Poole (2/25)
U.S. No. 5 (tie) in the class wind-legal
CA No. 7 overall all conditions
Max McFarlane (Turlock/SJ)
15-0 - pole vault at Lodi dual (2/25)
U.S. No. 3 (tie) in the class
U.S. No. 17 (tie) overall
CA No. 2 (tie) overall
Jerman Simms Jr. (Jordan/SS)
20-10.50 (1.8) - long jump at Ayala (2/18)
U.S. No. 1 in the class wind-legal
CA No. 3 overall wind-legal
Photos by Josh Barber and Raymond Tran
Interview by Mark Gardner