California MileSplit editor Jeff Parenti and contributing editor Mark Gardner unpack storylines from the 103rd CIF-State Track and Field Championships. Mark had a unique perspective on the competition and the athletes as the on-field awards announcer for the meet at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Clovis.
Run of Show
Intro
:28 - Perspective from the infield
1:30 - I’m a track nerd
3:15 - Super Sadie
5:48 - On Rodrick, Jordan, Dijon, Xai, and See
10:05 - JSerra’s two-man show
11:45 - Granada Hills and the team battle
13:50 - Tim O’Rourke’s Boys 4x4 call
14:20 - Long Beach Wilson girls
17:05 - Culver City girls team runner-up
17:48 - So many elite non-senior girls
18:53 - Hannah Riggins and Del Norte
19:43 - Inaugural 4x8 was a home run
24:00 - Girls pole vault
24:35 - Meagan Humphries navigates four-event challenge
26:25 - Nailea Fields defends discus title
27:08 - Mark’s "Hot Take" on Rylee Blade
28:30 - Feel-good story in girls 3200m
29:37 - Hanne Thomsen’s future is very bright
30:50 - Girls 3200 was a heck of a race
31:50 - Donis-Parra battle in boys 3200m
32:22 - Evan Noonan is the real deal
33:20 - Weather never this nice
33:40 - Hat’s off to Brian Weaver, Buchanan, Clovis USD
34:30 - Sign off