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Saturday, May 30 A QUARTER INCH AWAY FROM THE STATE MEET
One of the great things about track and field is that is extremely objective. The clock doesn't lie and the measuring tape is a sharp reality. Because of that there is often a fine line between victory and defeat, qualifying to move on or not, success and failure. Evidence King sophomore Todd Handley who missed qualifying for CIF at the Big VIII Finals in the 100 meters by 13 one thousands of a second. Sometimes the Track gods are smiling and sometimes they are not.The road to the California State Meet is full of "almosts", "not quites" and "if onlys". Sunday, May 24 "MANNY MAGIC" MAKES MIKE A MASTER
In 2008, King Track senior Manny Santiago made an improbable and dramatic run to the California State Track Championships. For three weeks, he eeked out one big triple jump after another, barely qualifying himself to the next round. He qualified for the Division Finals on one legal jump out of three. The next week he took the final qualifying spot for the Masters Meet and then he made the state meet on his second to last jump of the night at Masters. It was high drama. Coach Corona always asks the seniors. "What do yo want to leave behind?" Apparently, Manny left behind some his "last minute magic" because 2009 senior Mike Albrecht is somehow supplying his own kind of drama that hopefully will land him in the same place it did Manny a year ago. Tuesday, May 19 KELSI TIPPETS HONORED AT RIVERSIDE SPORTS HALL OF FAME CEREMONY
On Monday night, Kelsi Tippets became King's second track athlete to be honored in Riverside's annual Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony. The ceremony centers around six or seven accomplished athletes or coaches from Riverside's history. They honor athletes who accomplished great things "before 1960" and "since 1960". This year there were seven Inductees, among which were NBA star Reggie Miller and Major League Baseball star Greg Myers both of whom played for Poly High back in the 1980's. Part of the ceremony includes honoring a male and female athlete from each of the city's high schools. These athletes are selected by their school as one of the top athletes from that particular school year. Martin Luther King HS selected Kawhi Leonard of the basketball team and Kelsi Tippets of both cross country and track to be recognized as King's honorees for 2008-2009. Kelsi has excelled in running and soccer for her three and two years respectively. She's a seven-time letter winner and a three time All State Selection in cross country. She has won two league MVP honors in cross country, including capturing the first such title for the Big 8 league last Fall. She has also been undefeated in the 1600 and 3200 at the track league finals in each of her three seasons of competing in track. This past Fall, she was selected as Riverside County's "Runner of the Year" as well as The Press Enterprise Runner of the Year. On top of her athletic accomplishments, she maintains a GPA in excess of 4.0. Following in the footsteps of Megan Fairley (2004) who was given the same honor, Kelsi represented King well at the ceremony. Congratulation Kelsi Tippets! Sunday, May 17 LIFE IN THE PITS, KING'S FIELD EVENTS FIND A WAY TO FINALS
In the sport of Track and Field, it is usually the "track" that grabs the headlines over the "field". Perhaps it's the speed, the distance and the electricity that comes from head-to-head competition on the oval that does it, but there's no denying it, Track and Field is normally the track's domain. At the CIF Division One Preliminaries yesterday, it was the King Field Events corp that grabbed the spotlight and pushed the track stars to the sidelines. All told, King took six qualifying spots (in all events, 9 athletes from the preliminaries move on to Finals) from the array of field events into the CIF Division One Finals. It was quite a day out in the pits, the sand and the field. Michael Albrecht was the first to punch his ticket with a 6-5 high jump into the elite nine. Short 3 inches of his personal best, he had to battle against a strong group to secure his spot. Over in the pole vault, it was even more touch-and-go for Katie Coggins. After the initial rounds, she found herself in a three-way tie at 10-6 for the final spot. Her lifetime best already in the bag, the senior had to work her way through a jump off first at 10-3, in which one girl cleared, then at 10-0 and then back up to 10-3 to eliminate the final hopeful. It's her first trip to the Finals. Kelli Boyd had her best jump of her short career with a 5-4 high jump, good for 7th on the day, and tieing the school's 3rd best jump in our ten year history. From landing pads of foam to pits of sand, the King Field Day continued. Boyd juggled the high jump and the triple, both staged at opposite ends of the stadium, and had an even finer performance in the triple, taking 4th overall. Amber Sanford finished 5th in the long jump with a 17-9.75 leap to finish out the contigent of field event stars that King will send next weekend to Cerritos. There was only one track event that worked their way into that elite group, and it was the boys 4x100 relay team that squeeked in at 9th place with a great time of 42.89 -- just 4/100th's off the school record set last week. This will be the first time we've sent a 400 meter relay team to the CIF Finals, and only the second time a relay has made it; the first being the 4x400 team in 2004 while King competed in Division Two. With a combined total of 8 athletes punching their tickets to The Big Dance, it will be the largest group ever that King has ushered into Finals. The absence of even more qualifiers was not a statement that King did not compete well, rather it's more of an acknowledgement that CIF Southern Section Division One is one of the toughest levels of competition anywhere in the state. There were actually some other very solid performances on the day. Casey Candelaria ran the equal of her lifetime PR in the 800, avenging in a way, a bad race at the Big 8 Finals a week ago. She finished 17th overall. Carrie Soholt ran King's #5 all time best mark in the 3200 (11:26.01) and finished 12th overall. Hanna Peterson ran a perfectly paced effort in the 1600, splitting each 200 meter segment in almost identical 40-seconds. finishing 17th overall at 5:20. Noelle Abboud, the talented freshman who has had quite a year, handled the pressure of her first ever CIF contest in great form, running 58.13 in the 400 and finishing 13th. She was the second-fastest 9th grader on the day. Though the 4x400 team of Abboud, Tiffany West, Casey Candelaria and Kayla Cunningham finished well behind the leaders, their time of 4:06 was the fourth fastest time in school history! In a way, then, it was life in the pits for the Wolves. Such experiences normally relegate the field events to the second-round of acclaim. That wasn't the case today, as the group leaped to the front of the story with gritty, hard-won accomplishments that will make them THE center of attention for King High next week in Cerritos.
BIG 8 LEAGUE FINALS SETS BAR HIGH IN FIRST SEASON'S FINAL A blazing sun followed by a full moon shined down on the first-ever Big 8 League Finals on Thursday and illuminated incredible competition across both track and field. It was a stunning display of talent and depth and set the bar high for future seasons of the Big 8 league. King was among the stars throughout the afternoon and made a haul of personal records, league records (with no prior seasons, event winners were treated to league records) and school records. 31 athletes punched their tickets to the Division One CIF Preliminaries. The 4x100 relays kicked things off in electric fashion. The girls team of Noelle Abboud, Amber Sanford, Cyndie Jones and Abigail Creel challenged the favorites from Roosevelt, and held on to a second place finish behind Creel's super anchor. Their time of 48.64 was a school record by over a second! The boys, seemingly inspired by the ladies, followed suit with perfect exchanges and a first-ever sub 43-second effort to finish runners up to Roosevelt. Kelsi Tippets followed that with her third-straight league title in the 1600, leading a King sweep in that event as Hanna Peterson and Kasey Tippets followed her across the line. (Kelsi finished the night with her third-straight league title in the 3200, a great accomplishment and a testimony to consistency). Kelsi was one of a number of King athletes crowned on the day. Michael Albrecht predictably took the title in the high jump with a 4-inch advantage over second place. Brandon Walker won the long jump and Stevie Will took the triple jump title and Chantel Hicks was victorious in the discus. Amidst those who finished outside the first-place championship were some truly stellar performances that might have been lost in the crowd of accomplishments. The boys 100 meter dash was exactly that, a dash, as Todd Handley and Justin Decoud went 4-5, but had to be photofinished down to the thousandth of a second to separate them from the top three. Both sprinters went below 11-seconds, the first time King has ever accomplished such a feat. They ran 10.98 and 10.99. Handley missed third place by this margin: 10.9792 to Corona's Jordan James who finished in 10.9779! In the 200 it was Decoud who set a school record at 22.40 despite finishing 5th overall. In the 800, Austin McKell's 4th place finish was overshadowed by the leaders who were at 1:53 and 1:54, but his 1:59.57 took him out of the school record tie that he shared with Daniel Beld from 2003. Daniel Balcazar was right behind him at 2:02 and Jason Schupp and Craig Aguilar ran well in the same race. Derek Nelson ran strong in the 1600 and marked King's 5th fastest time ever at 4:34. 78 while finishing 5th. Another school record that got "lost" a little bit was Noelle Abboud's amazing 400 meter, 3rd place finish. She shattered one of the oldest records by running an exciting 57.63. She'd run another 57 leg in the girls' 2nd place 4x400, which at 4:04 stands as the #2 all time best in King history. Amber Sanford improved her long jump best to 17-11.50, still the number 2 time ever. Kelli Boyd was the winner in the high jump and second in the triple jump. Perhaps the shocker of the night was Andre McCullough's HUGE breakthrough in the 300 hurdles, as he finished second but with a near-3 second drop in his personal best, setting a new school record at 38.79! It was a stunning performance by the senior. There were some solid performances at the JV level as well. Alicia Miller medaled twice in the distances, winning the 3200 and taking second in the 1600. Marvin Epps wond the 200 meter dash. Aaron Youngren had a great race in the 1600, taking second at 4:52.69, he was followed by Brad Sheets and Adam Schupp, both of whom dropped below 5:00 minutes. Jesse Cazares won the high jump, Mason Minini the vault, and Densel Moody took home JV titles in both the long and triple jump. King was victorious in both hurdle races, as Josh Jeter took the 110's and Jacob Porter the 300's. Shaquanna Mustafa and Kasey Knight went 1-2 in the 100, Courtney Girard won the 400. Though the meet is not scored, had it been scored as an invitational, King's boys would have won the meet, beating runner-up Roosevelt 109-95. The girls, the official League Champions, would have added to that dominance in "winning" this meet 161 to North's 68. So it was a very, very good day for King. It was a good day for he Big 8 as well. The league proved itself to be the toughest league King has competed in during its decade of existence, and could quite well become one of the toughest leagues in the Inland Empire should the level of competition shown Thursday continue to grow. Thursday, April 30 BEARS AND BIG 8 TITLE IN THE BAG
The girls bagged their 7th League Championship in 10 seasons on Wednesday with a resounding victory over the Poly Bears. The string of success has been impressive and consistent. In 79 contests, the girls have lost only 7 meets. The titles span three different leagues and two head coaches. The only team that really ever had their number was JW North; that is until last season and this, when the Wolves were able to slip by the Huskies in the upset of 2008 and by a large margin four weeks ago. On Wednesday at home against Poly, the Queens of King looked comfortable again wearing the crown. Perhaps what is most impressive about this team -- not to mention the last nine -- is their breadth and depth. There is hardly an event category that stands out as a glaring weakness. From the throwing rings to the pits, to the distances and the sprints, the girls' attack this season has been incessant and consistently good, leaving little daylight for their opponents to wiggle through. The Bears felt that same squeeze, as the 3200 started things off with a sweep, and the 4x400 closed off the 109-25 victory with an exclamation mark. Jumping off the track among many solid marks was Noelle Abboud's impressive win in the 400. Winning races has become second nature to the freshman, as "The First Noelle" executed a sound strategy and a big surge at 200 meters, to become only the second girl in King history to crack 60 seconds with the #2 all time mark. Her time of 58.87 is only 3/10's off the school record which has held since 2003. Her face lit up on hearing the news. Casey Candelaria continued her truly incredible senior season with another wire-to-wire win in the 800, at 2:24.84, a new Stadium Record! Hanna Peterson was first in the 1600, Juli Lambert took a victory in the 100, Noelle came back for another first in the 200. In the field, the girls were just as impressive. Kelli Boyd continued her winning ways with wins in the high jump and triple. Jessica Weise won the discus at 109' 8" (#3 all time) and the shot at 32' 11.5", Katie Coggins the vault at 10' 0". The boys missed out on the league title by one loss, their only defeat of the season absorbed way back in early March against the eventual league champs, Roosevelt. But from that setback in the first meet of the season, the boys have improved steadily and made the 110-26 victory over the Bears look easy. Michael Albrecht won again in the high jump at 6-4. Daniel Balcazar and Austin McKell were nearly side-by-side for first and second in the 800 at 2:03. Brian Malone improved again in the discus with his second 50-foot-plus heave, winning there and notching the #2 all time throw. Justin DeCoud took the century and the deuce with impressive 11.24 and 22.74 marks. Jarod Nocella, Derek Nelson and Charlie Alvarez swept the 3200 with their fastest times o f the season. Jon Job just missed a school record in the vault with a great effort at 13' 6". Trent Parrish and Chris Jackson added the brooming of that event. Tony Ray Pacheco was victorious in the 300 hurdles with the #5 all time mark at 42.36 and third in the 110 highs. Both JV teams won as well, making both of the lower squads undefeated on the season. Combined, all four levels earned 33 victories to one defeat, and that defeat by only 20 points. The boys varsity scored 760.5 points in all meets combined, to their opponents' combined points of 318.5. The girls amassed 743 to their opponents' 339. Thursday, April 23 VICTORIES AND VICTIMS
Though there were some encouraging marks and times scattered throughout the contest with Norco on Wednesday and enough points to pull out four victories, the Wolves fell victim once again to the temptation of apathy when opposed by a weaker team. Collectively, King showed little spark or motivation in muddling through the second-to-final dual of the season. It has become a somewhat disappointing trend, that when an opponent enters the stadium without the credentials to really put up a challenge, some within the program hit "cruise control" and let the expectations of "the three C's" coast a bit. Such was the case Wednesday, and with the Big 8 League Finals approaching in just two weeks, the lack of enthusiasm and drive was disappointing. Victories are always nice, but when achieved with only talent and no purpose, the lustre of the win is significantly dulled. Perhaps the group that had the best day of it were the pole vaulters who put four guys over 12 feet, something King has never done in our 10 year history. Kyle Nugent, Chris Jackson, Trent Parrish and Jon Job all cleared a dozen. Katie Coggins, Jenel Bloom and Stephanie Maphis swept the girls' side of the ledger for good measure. Carrie Soholt took home a victory in the 3200 meters with a solo effort of 12:26, she was followed by Danielle Fillmore and Aubrey Bowman. Kasey Tippets won the 1600, Noelle Abboud the 400, and MeriRose Winsor the 300 hurdles in a time of 51.54, King's fastest mark in that event all season. Amber Sanford long jumped 17'- 1/2" to win there. Alicia Miller had a good performance in the 1600 to finish second at 5:52. Jessica Weise threw the shot over 33 feet, the number 4 mark in school history. Nick Rini won the boys 3200 with another fine effort by the sophmore at 10:36. Stevie Will went 1-2 in the triple and long jump. Brandon Walker won the long with a mark of 20' 8.5". Though King was swept in the discus, Travis Jones and Isaac Moody both had lifetime best throws. King was well represented in the scoring of most events and won 102-34. The girls won 88-58. Despite the resounding victories, they were not pretty wins, leaving much to be desired in terms of motivation, teamwork and the relentless pursuit of excellence. One more dual awaits before such characteristics will really be demanded, on the big stage of the Big 8 League Finals.
Tuesday, April 21 KING'S STATE-RANKED ATHLETES A number of our athletes have run or jumped their way into elite territory! The following have achieved State Rankings based on their times or marks this season.
Kelli Boyd is 15th in the state in the triple jump Sunday, April 19 DANCING WITH THE STARS MATCHED BY COMPETITION UNDER THEM
The IE championships yearly tries to bring the best of San Bernardino and Riverside counties to the same track and field to duke it out and crown the best in the area. Last season, King's girls were able to earn the team title. This year, a scenario of "defending IE Champions" went out the window and on to the the dance floor as the King High prom fell on the same night, taking with it many of the top juniors and seniors on the team. 77 athletes were able to make the fairly rigorous qualifying standards the meet imposes, and over the two frosh soph and varsity levels the teams were still able to capture fifth place "victories" behind the traditional Inland Empire track powers of Vista Murrieta, Great Oak, Murrieta Valley and Rancho Verde. There are two portions of the meet, an "open" session during the day, then the "elite" session under the lights. King was well represented in both. Danielle Fillmore ran a very smartly paced race under hot conditions to finish 2nd in varsity 3200. Jason Schupp, fresh off his school record setting leg in the 4x1600 set the night before at Mt.SAC, ran the #7 all time 800 at 2:04.89. Khyber White PR'd in the 300 hurdles and finished in 4th. His time of 41.67 ranks now #3 all time at King. Chris Villanueva went 52.85 in the 400 and then went to prom. Rossi Hill was 4th at 11.49 in the 100 dash. Jessica Sarawasee PR'd and finished 4th in the 100 hurdles, Courtney Girard ran aggressively in the 400 and finished 5th, Adam Schupp ran King's 6th fastest freshman time ever in the 800 at 2:13.73. Jamal Ellis won the FS triple jump with a 41-0 PR and then went 2nd in the long jump, nearly hitting 20'. Jessica Weise was second in the discuss with a throw of 108'. Chris Miller and During the night portion of the meet, there were some really good things happening for the Wolves. Amber Sanford ran her season's best mark in the 200, while Kellie Boyd continued her incredible jump from obscure freshman to one of the state's best in the jumps. She won the triple jump and finished second in the high jump at 5-1, a PR and #5 all time. Michael Albrecht was 4th in the high jump, behind a couple of leapers who have cleared 7-0 this season already. Lane Werley medaled in the 3200 with a good effort at 9:34. Brian Malone became the third King thrower all-time to throw the shot past 50'. His brother Robert owns the school record, but perhaps the better story was watching Brian run from the ring to his waiting limo to get to prom on time. Even the frosh-soph kids had their moment under the lights, and King's future stars shined brightly. Noelle Abboud ran a fever and the 400! It was a photo finish that gave her second place and the #6 all time mark in King's history at 60.93. She'd come back to help the 4x400 team go 4th at 4:14. Kayla Cunningham and Cailyn Brewster ran solidly in the 400 as well, both under 63.2. Aubrey Bowman PR'd in the 3200 and medaled. Abigail Creel and Cyndie Jones had great performances in the sprints. Jon Barnes finished 4th in the pole vault, Chris Miller was 3rd in the 400 and Daniel Balcazar placed in the 800. Nick Rini ran a 15 second PR in the 3200 going 10:20. So while many King athletes were "dancing with the stars", many others were competing under them and showing that regardless of the numbers of track and field athletes King could field, the ones they did could certainly hold their own among the region's best. Link to full results Distance Event Results Saturday, April 18 EXTRA EFFORT BRINGS BIG REWARD
Kelsi Tippets has been gunning for the 1600 school record for two seasons. She's been close a time or two, but has never had the perfect opportunity to take down the 4-year-old mark of 5:10. Until Friday night. The pace went out quickly at 73 seconds for the first lap and the talented junior went with it and held on for a 5:08.63 clocking and that previously illusive SR. It's been a record setting week for Kelsi as she helped set the 4xmile record last week at Arcadia and then notched the 3200 King Stadium record on Wednesday. Hanna Peterson, who didn't hold any SR goals but did want to lower her own 5:18 PR, was disappointed with her 5:23, despite a very solid and determined effort by the sophomore. There will be more good races to come from Hanna in the weeks ahead! The boys 4x1600 record had stood for four seasons, in part due to a lack of depth and that the event is rarely contested. Either way, this group was intent on bringing home a SR for themselves in the last relay opportunity of 2009. Jason Schupp, who was filling in for Lane Werley who will run Saturday in the IE Championships instead, did an incredible job in the opening leg, gritting his teeth and gettin' after it in his typical fashion. He PR'd at 4:37 and handed it to Jarod Nocella (4:42) who gave to Derek Nelson. Nelson caught a couple of places while running a 4:35 and then handed the stick to Charlie Alvarez who ran his best race of the season, moving up 4 places and running a lifetime PR of 4:34.2. Their time was 18:29.21, 20 seconds better than the previous school-best. With smiles all around the group was reminded of a valuable lesson; sometimes an extra effort is required to enjoy extra rewards. In two races at the Mt.SAC relays, that truth was proven once again.
Thursday, April 16 BIG SEASON IN THE BIG 8 ROLLS ON
With the advent of the Big 8 League this year, the strong Corona schools, formerly of the Mountain View league, combining with three of the better powers in the Ivy League left many to wonder how the drama would play out. As King slipped past the half-way mark against the Corona Panthers yesterday, answers were beginning to form. As expected, the Roosevelt boys have shown themselves to be the talent of the league, yet King finds themselves in second after handily dispatching the last remaining undefeated squad, Corona. On the girls' side, King is firmly in the driver's seat, remaining undefeated and notching the program's 70th victory over only 7 losses. Corona has some talent in a number of events on both sides, but they could not match the balanced attack King was able to muster. For the girls, the meet was never close, as King won 106-30. Kelsi Tippets and Kellie Boyd have emerged as two of the Wolves top athletes and again put that talent and drive on display with Stadium Records notched with their names. Kelsi got things rolling with a wire-to-wire win in the 3200 meters, running a controlled effort of 11:32.95 to drop the track's best-ever by 19 seconds. Kellie Boyd erased one of the oldest Stadium Records, the triple jump, set way back in 2001. Her personal best leap of 38' 3" was almost a foot farther than her previous best set just last weekend at the Arcadia Invitational. She moves a bit closer to the school record, also set back in 2001 by one of the most talented athletes to ever wear the King uniform. Noelle Aboud continued to impress with another first in the 400 at 61 seconds. Taylor Scott won a see-saw battle in the 100 hurdles, while Julie Lambert took home a victory in the 200. Casey Candelaria showed again what can happen to a senior year when one is motivated and disciplined. She won a challenging 800 and then jumped in the 1600 for the first time about 40 minutes later and won that race with King's #7 mark all time (5:31.75). Katie Coggins won again in the pole vault followed up by Bloom and Maphes for the sweep. The strength of the Corona boys' team is in the distances. Their well-coached stable of thoroughbreds is a formidable opponent and held out for the Panthers their best chance of blunting the King attack. Such was not the case this afternoon however, as the King distance crew, which would like to assume its own presence in the league, snagged the 1 and 3 places in the early-meet 1600 and with it watched some of the air let out of Corona's wheels. Lane Werley and Derek Nelson did the honors there, then watch as Austin McKell, Jason Schupp and Chris Miller swept the 800 during the middle of the meet. Corona's best attack came in the throws as they were able to sweep the discus take 2nd and 3rd in the shot. Brian Malone had a PR in the shot to win for King at 49' 11.25"; more than 2 feet past his previous best! Jon Job had a great day in the vault with a near-school and stadium record at 13-8 before settling for the win at 13-0. Andre McCullough won the 300 hurdles and took second in the high jump (at 6-0), while Todd Handley and Justin Decoud went 1-2 in the 100 and 2-3 in the 200. As the meet approached it's final events, Corona's knowledgeable and likable head coach Mark Gardner said "Never before in my coaching career has a boys team scored 100 points against us." When the books were settled, he grinned good-naturedly and said, "my streak is still alive!" as King amassed only 98 points to Corona's 38. 60 points may have separated the two teams on this day, but rest assured, by the Big 8 League Finals, those individually talented Corona athletes will assume their places among the league's best. Until then, the big season King has put together in this first of the Big 8's history, rolled on. Sunday, April 12 KING KIDS STRUT UPON A NATIONAL STAGE
In the PGA, they have the Masters Tournament. In Major League Baseball, it's the All Star Game. In high school track and field, there's the Arcadia Invitational. None are championships in their own right, but they all have some things in common. They are mid-season classics full of tradition, the "cut" to gain entry is high, the competition is of national proportions and simply "being there" is often reward enough for the competitors. The 42nd running of the Arcadia Invitational laid claim once again to being the most prestigious mid-season high school track and field invitational in the country. Athletes from 24 states and three countries were represented, and in many of the elite heats on Saturday night, the fields boasted the many of the top athletes in the country. It was a spectacular night of track and field, and for the first time in our history, King was represented by more than a simple handful of athletes. Kellie Boyd is fast becoming one of the Wolves' more accomplished field event athletes in our short history. On Friday she won her qualifying heat of the triple jump, earning herself the right to come back on Saturday and jump again amid an even more talented group. She did just that and PR'd at 37'-5.75" ultimately finishing 3rd overall. Quite a day! Chantel Hicks qualified in the discus and finished 12th overall. Brandon Walker and Stevie Will were both just off their best in the long and triple jumps but still managed to finish well in the standings. Michael Albrecht made a very rigorous qualification in the high jump at 6-8 but did not have his best night on the big stage, and no-heighted. Rebecca Asplund also made the cut in the 3200 meters. King's distance runners have made the trip to Arcadia nearly every year for the last five, competing in the seeded relays on Friday night. They did so again, with the girls and boys both fielding 4xmile teams that both raced to school records. The girls, made up of Rebecca Asplund, Carrie Soholt, Hanna Peterson and Kelsi Tippets sliced four seconds off the old mark and finished 12th of 19 teams. The boys knocked almost a half minute off the old mark in the rarely run distance. Jarod Nocella, Charlie Alvarez, Derek Nelson and Lane Werley finished 17th of 30 teams. On Saturday, the girls Distance Medley Team of Peterson, Tippets, Tiffany West and Casey Candelaria had a strong enough qualifing mark to be entered in the loaded "Invitational" portion of the elite night meet and truly held their own amidst a stellar field. The finished a half-second off the SR set in the same meet last year. Even better handled the pressure of the race with poise and maturity. The boys also put together a DMR on Saturday afternoon made up of Jarod Nocella, Air Force Academy-bound Chris Villanueva, Austin McKell and Lane Werley. They finished at 10:53.05, about 8 seconds off the quality SR of 10:46. There aren't any bigger stages than the Arcadia Invitational and King was represented by it's largest contingent of athletes ever. Such a solid showing is encouraging and makes the prospects for the remaining weeks of the season even better. Photo gallery of limited events Friday Results Saturday Results Distance Events Results Sunday, April 5 KING FROSH SOPH CLASSIC RESULTS, PHOTOS AND SUMMARY
Thank you to all who participated in the 5th Annual King High Frosh Soph Classic. We appreciate you making it a great meet! 2009 King Frosh Soph Classic Full Results TEAM SCORES Summary of the meet - go to "Results 2009" Saturday, April 4 HALF-POINT NAIL BITER AT FROSH SOPH CLASSIC
 The impressively large and talented Vista Murrieta Mustangs swept up both sides of the competition in the 2008 running of the King High Frosh Soph Classic and came into this year's affair with perhaps the same intentions. With similarly large numbers spread over the spectrum of events, it was perhaps a foregone conclusion to some that the results of '09 would mirror those of '08. Though their boys took a lead early and never relinquished it to their closest rivals (Riverside-King and Moreno Valley Rancho Verde), it was in the girls' contest that drama arose, keeping those preconceived notions from fruition ... by a slim half-point.
It was the host school, Riverside King, that shadowed the 'Stangs by 5-8 points for most of the girls meet. But in the lengthening afternoon shadows the Wolves were able to snatch a victory from the jaws of defeat as King's 2nd place showing in the 4x400 relay to Vista's fourth, flipped the trend and put King in front at the finish. It was quite a day! It was a great day for more than just those two squads, however. In the distances, there were several meet records that fell to great efforts and great weather. The girls 800 had Erika Reddish of Vista Murrieta set a new meet mark at 2:20.89, followed by Hanna Peterson of King who also won the 1600 in a meet record time of 5:18.73. Hesperia Sultana showed dominance in that distance event with three 9th/10th graders in the top four, each one under 5:29. They placed two more multi-lappers in the top group of the 800, all under 2:32 as well. Coach Mahr continues to work his magic! Reddish doubled back seemingly for points in the 3200, as she ran a tactical effort to win, well off her PR of 10:49, but still fast enough at 11:32 to set a new meet record. Hannah Munyan of Sultana was second and Carrie Soholt of King was third. Gabby Estell of Rancho Verde set a new meet mark in the 300 hurdles at 45.46, and her short-sprint teammates set the meet mark in the 400 relay at 49.10. Cajon was a close second at 50.86. Rancho took both relays, winning handily the 1600 version at 4:14.03, two seconds up from their own meet record set last season. Sophia Ederaine of Canyon Springs took home a meet record high jump win at 5-4, and Kelli Boyd of King surpassed the meet's best in the long by going 16-10, winning by 14 inches! Almost 2 feet separated her from #2 in the triple as she won at 36-8, followed by Ayana Gales of Cajone and ERica Enoex of Vista Murrieta who both surpassed the old meet-best as well. Tiffany gray of El Dorado won the shot and discus, but it was in that last event that Lauren Escudero of King earned a half-point in tieing with Suzie Cubias of La Sierra for fifth that made the difference in the team score. Vista's boys were humming along all meet, with wins in both sprints. Bellflower's Reggie Randdle took second in the deuce. Rancho Verde's Vadal Brooks took down the 400 meet record by going 51.96. In the 800, the top three finishers broke the respectable meet record of 2:02.86. Kevin Vega of San Jacinto took top honors at 2:00.57, with Daniel Balcazar of King and Edgar Cobain of La Sierra in tow. Trevor Henson (Paloma Valley) and King's Lane Werley came in with sub-4:30 credentials in the 1600 and immediately established a four lap dual that Henson would win, 4:28.61 - 4:29.58. Both marks were under the meet record. Tommie Poston made it a good day for El Dorado with a win in the 3200 at 10:22. Terance Narvaez of Canyon Springs had a fine performance in the high jump, winning at 5-10. Mitch Langer of Patriot took the vault and Trevon Webb won the long and triple jumps with a meet record in both at 20-5 and 42-5. Shawn Mack of Paloma Valley took home the final meet record of the day in the discus, flinging it 138-02. So it was a fine 5th annual event, with a number of new meet records etched into the books, 25 teams represented and a half-point victory for King in the girls. Photo Gallery 2009 King Frosh Soph Classic Full Results TEAM SCORES King Only Results Thursday, April 2 SWIMMING WITH THE SHARKS
A few outstanding performances came through despite the gap between the two teams. Lane Werley put his talent on display once again and just hammered the 1600 meters right from the gun, dropping his nearest opponent in the third lap and finishing with a 10 second PR and a breaking the Stadium Record by 7 seconds! His time of 4:29.78 was only a second off the school record! Austin McKell and Daniel Balcazar had great races in the half-mile, with tremendous dirt-track performances. Balcazar's 2:03.78 was the #6 time in school history and a big PR. The King jumpers continued their hot leaping, as Tyree Taylor, Tyson Thurman and Brandon Walker swept the triple, and Walker and Thurman took 1-2 in the long. It's been a great season in the pits for the Wolves! Michael Albrecht won the high jump at 6-2, his fourth-straight victory in that event. Chris Villanueva, Chris Miller and TJ Hickman swept the 400. On the girls' side, the road to victory was just as easy, with 60 points between the schools by the end of the meet. Santiago was able to win only four events. Amber Sanford, King's talented junior, put that talent into the long jump for the first time this season and simply went about snagging King's #2 mark in history, going 17' 7.5". She had a busy day in victory circle, winning the two sprints as well. Remarkable! Noelle Aboud showed again that she's a true star, winning the 400 at 61 seconds. Katie Weisse took victory in the shot and discus. Katie Coggins matched her PR in the vault going 10-0. Both JV teams won, completing a full sweep of the Sharks, and thereby, after last season's loss, proved it's once again safe to go into the water. Sunday, March 29 DAY AND NIGHT OF BROKEN RECORDS
For the distance runners, the day couldn't have come soon enough. Mired it seemed, in a bit of a funk or slump, the group of multi-lappers hadn't yet "popped" this season despite weeks of great training. Well, they did more than pop in their 14 hour marathon meet, they exploded. Every top five list that is kept was altered, the oldest distance SR was equaled and a new 3200 SR was achieved. Austin McKell's name was not even among the top 7 King 800 runners all time prior to Saturday morning. That is not to say he was slouching, just that a 2:06 PR wasn't quite there. What a difference one day can make! His name appears now at the top of the list along with Daniel Beld (class of '03) as he shares the school record at 2:00.10. It was another super effort by the speedy kicker who ran even splits en route. Lane Werley, a rookie soph, made his 3200 meter "Invitational heat" (the fastest seeds overall) look like he'd been doing the race for years rather than weeks, as he matched a torrid pace set by Corona's Michael Gauger and three others; then pounced when the moment was right. He moved into the lead with 600 to go and never looked back, winning the elite frosh soph heat and setting a new SR at 9:34.87, an 18 second improvement off his best from two weeks ago. From out of the shadows of those spotlights emerged a number of truly remarkable efforts. The boys' 1600 heats turned out to be a coming out party of sort for a group of guys that has been diligently working hard on their craft for 18 months. Charlie Alvarez ran a PR at 4:38, then was followed by Jarod Nocella and Derek Nelson in the following heat who had the guts to go to the lead for much of the race. They settled for top-half finishes and HUGE PR's, Nocella's 4:34 is the number 2 mark in school history. Nelson's 4:37 the number 4 all time. Jason Schupp, King's "Big Man" showed big drive and big heart with his 4:40 1600. (It's the first time King has ever had 4 guys under 4:40 in the same season, Lane Werley's PR stands at 4:39). Brad Sheets followed the leading cues of Nelson and Nocella in his race and ran a 4:47 PR. Brandon Rogers broke 5:00 for the first time ever, as did freshman Adam Schupp and soph Nick Rini. Sophomores Aaron Youngren and Marc Jimenez continued their dazzling improvement over last year with 5:00 and 5:01 PRs respectively. Others who joined in on the PR parade were Rafi Perez, Ethan McAbee, Mitchel Cleland and Joey Tompkins who broke 6:00 for the first time ever. Adam Schupp and Andre Balcazar showed their potential to be the next very good 800 runners, as the two freshmen went 2:14 and 2:17. Harrison McMillen PR'd at 2:21. Craig Aguilar had his best race of the season with a 2:10 PR. In the lone sprint event, the 400, Chris Miller ran 52.22, King's number 5 all time mark. Very nice! The girls also were full of good runs! Danielle Fillmore was the first race of the day (3200) and had a strong showing after a horrendous last three weeks battling the flu. Rebecca Asplund ran King's #4 all time 3200 with a 15 second improvement at 11:25! Carrie Soholt, still a bit hobbled by injury was able to run 11:36 in the 3200, King's #7 all time mark. Impressive, considering she's done most of her training all alone on an elyptical trainer for the last month. Hanna Peterson had a terrific double, improving on her 800 time and then coming back in the afternoon with an exclamation mark! She ran 5:19.30 in the 1600, the number 5 time in school history! Casey Candelaria nudged down her PR in the 800 with a fine 2:20. In the 1600, King had four girls under 5:40, with Aubrey Bowman, Kasey Tippets and Katrina Graham getting it done along with Hanna. Alica Miller broke 6:00 and both Rebecca Trupp and Courtney Mort PR'd. Kelsi Tippets was the last racer for King on the day, competing in the loaded "Invitational" heat of the 3200. The pace was fast and furious, and despite not having her "A Game" with her, she was still motivated and tough enough to grit out an impressive 11:05 time, just two seconds off her best ever! About 20 minutes down the road from MtSAC, the remainder fo the Wolves track team assaulted the school record book as well at King's first ever visit to the Chino Relays. When we had gone to the Rancho Bernardo Invitational in Poway back on march 14th, a common question at the end of the day was "Where's King?" On this day, the statement scattered through the stands was "King is good!!" Operating in Division 1 -- the toughest of the three divisions competing on the day, the Wolves sprinted, hurdled, jumped and threw their way to new heights. Of the 24 events King was scheduled to compete in, 12 records were broken, 14 relay teams came in first and only three teams finished lower than third. Every King relay team scored points and when the dust had settled at the end, the King Girls had come in first beating out, Serrano High 104-96. The boys came in second to perennial Baseline League power Upland High 107-91. The two teams combined scores earned King the Sweepstake Trophy who out-pointed Upland 195-177. School records were established on the boys side were the shuttle hurdles: the 4X200; the 8 x 200: the 8 X100; the long jujmp, high jump and triple jump relays. Outstanding individual performances within each relay included Stevie Wills' 44-11 leap in the triple and Brandon Walker's 22-0 leap in the long jump. Brian Malone got a PR of 130-0 in the discus relay leading his team to third place while senior Chris Villanueva churned out a 51.9 third leg of the 4 X400 helping the team capture third place in 3:31.9; their best time fo the year and the number two mark in school history. Andre McCullough volunteered to help with the high jump relay when the two scheduled particpants did not show up and he went 5-10. Nothing like seizing one's opportunities! The girls were certainly not to be outdone. School records were established in the 4 X 200, 8 X 100, 8 X 200, the triple jump relay and the long jump relay. Kelli Boyd continued her great triple jumping with a leap of 36-0 and also went 5-0 in the high jump. Katie Coggins got a season PR in the pole vault (10-0) leading her team to a first place finish. King Track caught a glimspe of the soon to be past and of the future as in the 4 X 400, Senior Tiffany West ran a 61 third leg keeping her team in contention until she got the stick to freshman Noelle Abboud who peeled off a 59.8 anchor leg, overtaking Chino in the final 100 meters to record a time 4:10.9, their fastest of the season. Momentum built so quickly and confidence began to soar so high that the relay teams began to ask Coach Corona-"what's the school record?" before they went off to warmup.Though not every race was a record setter-the King athletes competed and as the coaching staff has often commented-"Just go and compete-when you do that the winning and losing will take care of itself." In both places today, Walnut and Chino, it did. School Records Thru March 28 King Results from Meet of Champions Results of Chino Relays Results of Meet of Champions Photos from Meet of Champions Thursday, March 26 ALBRECHT RISES, OLDEST RECORD FALLS
With glee and joy, the team sang "Happy Birthday" to Michael Albrecht as he arrived in the bleachers of Centennial High School's stadium after his record setting leap. He deserved it and picked a good time to open his present: A broken record. More significantly, it was the oldest record in the books, and as Michael Albrecht rose, the high jump record -- set way back in May of 2001 -- fell to the pit, crushed beneath the it's elated conquerer. Old things had passed away. One thing was new, and the high jump record had a new birthday. With the track portion of the meet against Centennial progressing at record speed, the 4x400 was concluded before most of the field events were. That left a lot of athletes with nothing to do but saunter over to the pit where Albrecht had already separated himself from his opponents and was competing against time and gravity alone. A cheer from both Wolves and Huskies went up and over the stadium as he cleared 6-7 to make the record he tied last week his and his alone, and draw an even bigger crowd. Two attempts later he cleared 6-8 and that enthusiastic audience went wild. With High Fives and an embrace from his coach, it was a celebratory ending to an otherwise mundane meet. Mundane in the sense that some 70 or more points separated King from Centennial in three of the four contests, JV's and Varsity girls. The boys varsity won by 50. On the track it appeared as if the King sprinters and runners had shown up with an aire of inevitability at best, or nonchalance at worst. The field events therefore shined brightly not only because of a beneficial prevailing tail wind. Brandon Walker, a long jump school record holder in his own right, PR'd in the triple at a wind-aided 43-1 and upped his best in the long with a 22-2, also wind aided. Tyree Taylor and Tyson Thurman had PR's in the triple as well, going beyond 42 feet. Stevie Will went 45-2, his best ever, in the triple, while launching off the wrong foot according to master coach Ralph Zaza. Imagine the possiblities there! King throwers scored 13 of the 18 available points to nail down a true "field day" for King. It was a good thing, as Centennial was able to hang around long enough and in enough events on the track to keep that portion of the meet close. In the end however, King was able to pull out the victory 90-46. The girls won by 70 points, and there was little drama on neither track nor field. Kellie Boyd continued to dominate in the jumps, with a 36-9 triple win, a 5-0 high jump win and a 14-11 long jump win. Kellie is quietly becoming one of this season's dominant team performers! Kelsi Tippets also won twice, in the 3200 and 1600. But the day belonged to birthday boy, Michael Albrecht. The soft-spoken senior smiled broadly in the clattering applause. And rightly so. The 6' 6" high jump record had begun to grow dusty there on the books, faded a bit in comparison to the freshly printed marks of it's neighboring events, set in more recent seasons. Not anymore though. A new bar has been set. A new mark has been etched: Michael Albrecht. High Jump. 6' 8". March 25, 2009. We'll see how long this one lasts. With the way Michael's jumping, it just may be his birthday again next week.
Photos here
Thursday, March 19 NO BIG UPSET THIS TIME
This year's version lacked much of the drama and theatrics of last year. Though North handled their traditional events with command and poise and was therefore able to "hang around" the lead for half of the meet, it was the depth of King's squad that ruled the day and after a Wolves' sweep of the 800 -- which was the turning point in 2008 -- there was no turning back the school on Riverside's south-side, and King won going away 78-57. The meet had solid performances sprinkled throughout. Kelli Boyd won a spirited contest in the high jump, besting 5-0 for the first time this year. She also had the fourth best long jump in school history and the third-best triple jump in school history. What a day!! Katie Coggins and Jenel Bloom went 2-3 in the vault. The distance crew had an easy go of it, finding little to no competition and sweeping up all 27 points in their three events. Amber Sanford ran on a healing injured foot and won both short sprints. There had been, perhaps, some anticipation for a repeat of the '08 affair, but the meet fell short of that. Drama or no, a victory is a victory, and King took it nicely to move to 2-0 on the league season. The boys contest was starkly different than the ladies' as North never put up much of a challenge and the meet was well in hand from very early on. Despite a loss in the relay and losing an expected place in the 1600, the Wolves regained command and were never challenged. Michael Albrecht had one of the more exciting high jump contests in quite awhile during the 2008 meet, as the event turned into a dual under the setting sun long after the final relay was done. This time around, he was truly a Lone Wolf, with no one to beat or be beaten by. No matter, he came with a heal of setting a new SR in the event (at 6-7) but had to settle for 6-4. Justin Decoud had a great outing, winning the 100 and seconding the 200. Brian Malone continued to shine in the shot with another PR at 47-5.5; good for the #5 all time King throw. Jon Job, Trent Parrish and Jackson swept the pole vaulting points. In the end, King won with over 110 points. Perhaps there's a turning of the tide in Riverside Track and Field after so many years of JW North brilliance and dominance. Perhaps too, it is too early to tell. Either way, King will take it and moves with the win, a step closer to the Big VIII's inaugural season title.
Photos here Friday, April 17 VALLEY VIEW RELAYS BRING MIXED RESULTS
This past Saturday an array of King youngsters, with cameo appearances by some of our regular varsity athletes, made the short trip down the 60 Freeway to the 18th annual Valley View Palomino Relays. Traditional strong programs like San Gorgoino, Palm Desert, La Quinta, Cajon Canyon Springs and Valley View ruled the the day but the younger, less experienced Wolves accorded themselves well.
SMALL SQUAD MAKES BIG SPLASH
The attack was a balanced one, as the Wolves performed well on both track and field. The field events went off first and were punctuated by Stevie Will's jumping -- both the long and the triple. He went 20-7 to win the "open" division of the long, then came back to take 2nd in the triple with a PR of 44-4. Brandon Walker won the long with a 21-6 leap. Tyson Thurman was 4th in the open TJ with a PR. Candyce Matthews won the long jump at 16-3.25, finishing 5th overall when both divisions were combined. Brian Malone PR'd in the shot and won the open division there, and threw a PR in the discus. Isaac Moody and Travis Jones did as well in the same event. Jessica Wiese finished 2nd in the shot and 1st in the open division of the discus! Katie Coggins was 6th in the vault at 9-1 and Jon Job PR'd at 12-7, the number 5 mark in school history. The field event success was capped off late in the day when Michael Albrecht matched the oldest school record in the books, the high jump at 6-6. He now shares the top mark with Marvin Lea who set it way back in 2001! On the track, it was just as successful, as the PA announcer was compelled to state several times throughout the day the location of King for the San Diego crowd. With King runners placing in just about every race, the Wolves gave him few other choices! The boys 4x800 team of Jason Schupp, Austin McKell, Chris Miller and Daniel Balcazar challenged for the lead through all 8 laps, ultimately settling for second. Their effort brought down the school record by 11 seconds however . Lane Werley nudged himself onto the all-time Top 5 list in the 3200 with his first-ever sub 10:00 effort at 9:52.00. He ran smartly, going by the first lap near the back of the large field, and ultimately finishing 5th overall. Kelsi Tippets was 5th as well in the 1600, running a very impressive 5:20.70. She then anchored the winning distance medley relay for Casey Candelaria, Tiffany West and Hannah Peterson who led the entire way after the first exchange. Devin Becerra PR'd in the 1600 with a 5th place finish in the boys freshman 1600, going 4:49 and the third-fastest frosh time in King history. The sprinters had a fine day as well, with the boys 4x100 team (Andre McCullough, Todd Handley, Stevie Will and Justin Decoud) winning their heat and finishing 6th overall at 43.85; the #3 mark in school history. The girls relay team matched that finish with a very solid 51.56 team effort. In the 1600 relay, the girls went 4:15 to finish 4th and the boys ran 3:33.90 to notch the #4 all time mark at King.
Full Results A few photos here Sunday, March 15
Thursday, March 12 ROAD SHOW OPENS TO MIXED RESULTS King Track and Field traveled to Eleanor Roosevelt HS in Eastvale on Wednesday for the first road-trip of the season. Welcomed by the sight of the magnificent campus and facilities at the three-year-old school, the teams got down to business and found by meet's end that the results were decidely mixed on several fronts.
If there is a weakness in the Roosevelt lineup it was exposed in the field events, as the two teams flipped the results that were taking place on the track. In the field, the Mustangs only nibbled at points, eventually gaining a grand total of 11; eight of which came in the high jump. A weakness perhaps, but King proved it to be a strength for the Wolves. Brandon Walker broke the school record with a 22-0 leap in the long jump, Stevie Will PR'd in the triple at 44-3. He would also go 20-3 in the long, finishing behind Brandon. Michael Albrecht took first in the high jump, matching his best ever at 6-4. King swept up the throwing rings, led by Brian Malone who PR'd in the shot. Job, Nugent and Jackson swept the pole vault. Spectators focusing on the track undoubtably went home thinking it was a Roosevelt blowout. But thanks to the fine field events for King, the score was much closer than it would have appeared, with Roosevelt winning 78-57.
For the girls, the Mustangs were not bucking quite as ferociously and a relatively easy win came for the Lady Wolves. It started with a clean sweep of the 3200 by Kelsi Tippets, Rebecca Asplund and Carrie Soholt who cruised in at 12:19 each. King then took the 400 relay and Taylor Scott split the 100 hurdles, making the score 17-6 after three events. But a Roosevelt sweep of the 400 and a win in the 800 and 100 turned things around, knotting both teams at 25 mid way. But like the boys out in the field, things were looking up for King. All nine points were earned in the shot and discus, (Chantel Hicks PR'd and set the new school record in the discus at 121'6 to win), Kelli Boyd won the high jump and she and Candace Matthews went 3rd and 2nd respectively in the long jump. Kelli's 35'2" triple was the #3 leap in school history and Candace' 16' 1" long jump mark was good for #4 on the all-time list. Katie Coggins won the vault at 9-0. In the 1600 meters, the results matched the 3200, as King took all three spots, with Hanna Peterson, Aubrey Bowman and Katrina Graham doing the honors; all three with very solid times under 5:50. By meet's end there were a lot of positives for the Wolves, despite the mixed results in the ledger.
A few photos here and here.
Thursday, March 5 10th SEASON OFF TO A SOLID START
The long-running series with the Chaparral Pumas came to town and opened up King Track and Field's 10th season. As always the Temecula program provided large numbers and ample opportunities for solid, early season competition. In the end, the outcome matched the 2008 version with the Wolves winning at all four levels. On the girls' side, the Pumas pounced to an immediate 18-1 margin after two events, as they took 1-2 in the 3200 and snatched victory from the mouth of defeat in the 400 relay after the girls from King botched the exchange -- while leading -- in the final zone. Coach Corona remarked later that "never have we been put in that big of a hole, that early." But the Lady Wolves clawed their way back, with the momentum seeming to turn King's way in the 400 as Tiffany West led a King sweep of the one-lap-dash. Amber Sanford took second in the next event (100 meters) and then the distance crew threw down all 9 points in the 800 with a Casey Candelaria, Kelsi Tippets and Hanna Peterson combo-sweep. In the field, the girls had a fine day as well, with three putters beyond 30' (a rare achievement in past seasons) and Chantel Hicks flung the disc one foot shy of her personal best to win that event. Candace Matthews had a great first-ever meet with scoring places in both jumps. Kelsi Tippets doubled back in the 1600 to win in 5:34, but it was Rebecca Asplund, who Coach Corona described as "the one who saved us." She ran two very, very solid races in the 3200 and 1600, both very near her lifetime bests. They were rewarding for King not just in terms of point totals, but they marked a special comeback for the dedicated runner who is embarking on a great return from a very tough Cross Country campaign. Coming back was not in the cards for Chaparral as the waning events proved to be fruitless for them, allowing King to win 72-64. The score was not ever close on the boys' side, as King dominated almost every event and won 110-24. King opened with a relay win of 44.43, and then Lane Werley made his track debut an impressive one after coming to the sport from baseball. He won the 1600 in 4:48 with little apparent effort and would also win the 3200 at the end of the day. It was quite a splash for the talented sophomore! Brian Malone had a PR in the shot, heaving it 45'5", and also took home a victory in the discus. Daniel Balcazar, Chris Miller and Austin McKell swept the 800 in fine fashion, each running near or better than their lifetime PR's. Balcazar's 2:06 1st place clocking matched the fastest 800 any King runner notched in all of last season, so certainly his and this group's performance bodes well for the long sprint! Chris Villanueva won the 400 and Jon Job had a lifetime best in vault going 12-6. Stevie Will had a tremendous leap in the Triple, going beyond 44 feet to win! It's the number-two leap in King history. The talented senior finished second in the long jump behind Brandon Walker. Devin Becerra capped off the successful afternoon by running King's #4 All Time frosh time in the 3200 at 10:48.61
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So despite the questions that lingered going into the meet over how such a small squad would do in a competitive meet, those doubts were put to rest with a resounding answer: Big team or small, King can compete. And for those who wondered where King is from, that answer is Riverside.
