The result of Southern California opportunities for pole vaulters during the pandemic is evident in the elite depth of girls heading toward the CIF-State Meet.
Take a closer look at some of the marquee events at Saturday's CIF-SDS Championships at Mt. Carmel HS.
Roundup of highlights from three division sites where, despite a warm and breezy day, athletes like Aaliyah McCormick still produced impressive marks.
CIF-State Track Championships has crowned one champion per event for 102 years and a change to divisions is not in the plans.
Rounding up league track and field championship weekend in the San Diego Section.
Scripps Ranch senior Aaliyah McCormick set a meet record in the 100m hurdles and won the 100m dash to highlight the Escondido Invitational.
Servite senior Max Thomas sweeps the 100m and 200m, and Clovis North senior Takiya Cenci wins the 400m, as rare sprint gold for CA athletes.
Francis Parker senior Kenan Pala has learned a lot since he ran in the Arcadia Invitational a year ago.
Cross country state champion and Eastbay Nationals runner-up is focused on a better showing against the nation's best distance runners in the 3200m at Arcadia.
The annual track and field showcase produced a handful of new CA-leading marks and meet records.
Aaliyah McCormick, Charlize James, and Kapiolani Coleman have a scheduled 100-meter hurdles showdown in what is likely a State Meet preview.
UPDATED: Two seniors shatter meet pole vault record with jumps among the nation's best to highlight the most-San Diego Section showcase track and field meet.
Updated: Top San Diego Section track and field talent look to rewrite history at this venerable early-season invitational.
Taking a closer look at the top teams by division in the San Diego Section.
Next in a series. This article focuses on returning track and field boys standouts in the San Diego Section.
Next in a series highlighting top returning athletes by section. This article focuses on girls in the San Diego Section.
Coach Brian Weaver's young Buchanan girls cross country team faced tough challenges and elite opponents and proved to be one of the nation's absolute best.
Two individual state champions - Kenan Pala and Revere Schmidt - and two Eastbay Cross Country National qualifiers is quite an accomplishment for the SDS.
Francis Parker senior, running in front of his home crowd, becomes the highest placing local at the national final on the Morley Field course since 2005.
CIF-State champs Anna McNatt, Sophia Nordenholz, Max Sannes, Kenan Pala advance. Oregon qualifies six including regional winners Kate Peters and Tyrone Gorze.
UPDATED: Expectations coming off of section championships around the state can be tough to fulfill when CA's best take the line on the 5K course in Fresno.
JSerra, Sage Creek, Scotts Valley, the depth across Division IV should make for some great racing on Saturday at the CIF-State Cross Country Meet.
Kenan Pala, Bryce Gilmore, and Mark Trammell all dip under the modified Morley Field standard with eyes toward the State Meet.
Take a closer look at Saturday's CIF-San Diego Section Cross Country Championships set for the iconic course at Morley Field.
Surprisingly deep Dons girls team has big goals heading into the fall 2021 cross country post-season, says coach Dan Geiger.
Francis Parker senior was just a second off; Stormy Wallace rolls for Sage Creek as San Diego Section athletes win two of the four varsity sweepstakes races.
A philosophy of don't run too fast too soon has served the all-boys school's cross country program well for more than three decades.
San Diego small-school star runs away from a strong field in the marquee boys race at Morley Field. Rancho Bernardo's Jacey Farmer, also with an impressive win.
Infusion of three talented transfers to support top runner Annika Salz gives the Falcons hope for big things this fall cross country season.
Onetime freshman star, who won the Division 2 varsity race at the Bronco Roundup, has dropped soccer, gotten healthy, and is now solely focused on running.