Spencer Chase

It was a spectacular ending to one of the best high school track & field seasons as more records fell at the AIA State Championships at Mesa Community College.

It was truly a night to remember in Arizona prep running history as four state records went down at the Arcadia Invitational in southern California.

We took the top-800 400M Arizona boy runners of all-time and put together the top-64 schools' fantasy 4x400 teams. Find out where your school landed on our list. What boys made your school's team?

Part 2 - Penn Relays would have been starting in a little over a week. But with Penn Relays being canceled this year, we decided to put together a boys Championship of America DMR to see how this would turn out. We are doing this state vs. state.

Check out the full lists of the Top Returning Boys in the Division III Sprinting events.

Spencer Chase takes the 400 Meter State Title with a record breaking run at the Arizona State Championships, Saturday evening at Chandler High School.   Photo:  Chase far left (lane 6) leading the race in the final 50 meters. 

It was the last big weekend to qualify for state and many athletes were taking a shot at it but the wind was just not cooperating.  Some were even competing in two different meets the same weekend. Photo:  Davonte Neal (Fr., Cesar Chavez) at the Freshman Showcase

    Last weekend at the Arcadia Invitational,  Arizona runners were turning in some top performances.   Photo: from left, Tim Freriks, Steve Magnuson and Sherod Hardt.

 Spencer Chase (Sr., Desert Vista) crossing the finish line to win the 400 meter dash at Arcadia Invitational.

   Desert Vista Senior Spencer Chase running at the Arizona State Meet last May.  Placing second in the 400 meter dash. Spencer talks about his upcoming track and field season and what it's like to be part of the Desert Vista Track and Field Team.        

Weekend Highlights Chandler City Meet   Last week was the week of City and District meets though out the state and even though the top athletes were separated by districts there were still some very impressive times and great head to head match-ups. In the Chandler district meet Quiana Jackson (Chandler) won the 400m race in a blistering time of 56.53 which moved her into the number one spot in Arizona. Her teammate Larissa Matthews won the 100 hurdles in 14.20 and the 300 hurdles in 46.52.