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Nearly 120 Long Beach Athletes Prepping For CIF-SS Track Prelims

Nearly 120 Long Beach entries will compete in Saturday’s CIF Southern Section Track and Field prelims, the vast majority of them in the Trabuco Hills Division 1 prelims. The top qualifiers in each event will be moving on to the following weekend’s CIF-SS Finals, which will be May 17 at Moorpark High. The Division 2 prelims will be at Ontario High this weekend, the Division 3 prelims at Yorba Linda High, and the Division 4 prelims at Carpinteria High.

Long Beach Poly leads the way for the city with 53 entries backed up by another strong year for Wilson, with 37. The Jackrabbits and Bruins are among the favorites for both Division 1 team championships.

Long Beach Poly (Division 1: 53 entries)

Girls’ 4×100 relay, 1st

Boys’ 4×100 relay, 2nd

Girls’ 100 Hurdles: Kadence Bain, 2nd

Boys’ 110 Hurdles: Lynnox Newton, 2nd

Boys’ 110 Hurdles: Armon Bly, 15th

Girls’ 400: Jaylin Hunter, 2nd

Girls’ 400: Aurya Beatty, 7th

Girls’ 400: Nevaeh Lewis, 8th

Boys’ 400: Noah Smith, 2nd

Boys’ 800: Jarrius Hill, 8th

Girls’ 100: Brooklyn Lee, 3rd

Girls’ 100: Leila Holland, 4th

Girls’ 100: Aniyah Brooks, 5th

Boys’ 100: JuJu Johnson, 6th

Boys’ 100: Malachi Dawson, 7th

Boys’ 100: Donte Wright, 12th

Boys’ 100: Jaylen McNeil, 26th

Boys’ 800: Darieon Shufford, 17th

Girls’ 300 Hurdles: Joy Anderson, 4th

GIrls’ 300 Hurdles: Kadence Bain, 13th

Girls’ 300 Hurdles: Miyana Gramata-Massey, 15th

Boys’ 300 Hurdles: Lynnox Newton, 12th

Boys’ 300 Hurdles: Armon Bly, 19th

Girls’ 200: Jaylin Hunter, 4th

Girls’ 200: Aurya Beatty, 5th

Girls’ 200: Nevaeh Lewis, 9th

Girls’ 200: Brooklyn Lee, 10th

Girls’ 200: Leila Holland, 14th

Boys’ 200: JuJu Johnson, 5th

Boys’ 200: Malachi Dawson, 9th

Boys’ 200: Jarrius Hill, 10th

Boys’ 200: Noah Smith, 11th

Boys’ 200: Jaylen McNeil, 19th

Girls’ 3200: Avery Peck, 15th

Girls’ 3200: Alexa Hernandez Lujan, 24th

Boys’ 3200: Archie Byrom, 39th

Girls’ 4×400, 2nd

Boys’ 4×400, 1st

Girls’ High Jump: Jillene Wetteland, 1st

Girls’ High Jump: Joy Anderson, 1st

Girls’ High Jump: Cynthia Mercado, 7th

Girls’ Pole Vault: Gabrielle Cason, 20th

Girls’ Triple Jump: Eriss Portley, 11th

Girls’ Shot Put: Jayla Biggers, 31st

Boys’ High Jump: Julius Johnson, 24th

Boys’ High Jump: James Velez-Cadena, 32nd

Boys’ Pole Vault: Roan Alexander, 38th

Boys’ Long Jump: Jonathan Weston, 9th

Boys’ Triple Jump: Jonathan Weston, 30th

Boys’ Triple Jump: Khalen Shepherd, 36th

Boys’ Shot Put: Jaden Akens, 37th

Boys’ Discus: Jaden Akens, 12th

Boys’ Discus: Jephte Tchami, 15th

Wilson (Division 1: 37 entries)

Girls’ 4×100, 4th

Girls’ 1600: Nadia Mejia, 13th

Girls’ 1600: Riley Jones, 25th

Girls’ 1600: Audrey Buckley, 31st

Girls’ 100 Hurdles: Kaylin Edwards, 1st

Girls’ 100 Hurdles: Alene Washington, 3rd

Girls’ 100 Hurdles: Jamiyah Sanders, 5th

Girls’ 100 Hurdles: Saniah Varnado, 7th

Girls’ 100 Hurdles: Maya Coomber, 12th

Girls’ 400: Brooke Blue, 3rd

Girls’ 400: Saniah Varnado, 9th

Boys’ 400: Kaedyn Burroughs, 3rd

Girls’ 100: Loren Webster, 11th

Boys’ 100: Ky’zir Burroughs, 16th

Girls’ 800: Shirayah Lewis-Williams, 1st

Girls’ 800: Elisa Rodriguez, 3rd

Girls’ 800: Kimani Tindal, 7th

Girls’ 800: Riley Jones, 9th

Boys’ 800: Wyland Obando, 1st

Boys’ 800: Jordan Kincherlow, 9th

Boys’ 800: Cash Obando, 13th

Girls’ 300 Hurdles: Kaylin Edwards, 1st

Girls’ 300 Hurdles: Alene Washington, 2nd

Girls’ 300 Hurdles: Saniah Varnado, 3rd

Girls’ 300 Hurdles: Jamiyah Sanders, 14th
Boys’ 300 Hurdles: Jae’Ron Harris, 21st

Boys’ 200: Ky’zir Burroughs, 13th

Boys’ 200: Kaedyn Burroughs, 21st

Girls’ 3200: Nadia Mejia, 7th

Boys’ 3200: Tommy Pincherli, 42nd

Girls’ 4×400, 1st

Boys’ 4×400, 2nd

Girls’ Pole Vault: Hannah Turnorf, 19th

Girls’ Long Jump: Loren Webster, 2nd

Girls’ Long Jump: Journii Spencer, 9th

Girls’ Triple Jump: Journii Spencer, 2nd

Girls’ Triple Jump: Loren Webster, 4th

Millikan (Division 1: 7 entries)

Girls’ 4×100, 32nd

Boys’ 1600: Maximiliano Ramirez, 44th

Boys’ 3200: Maximiliano Ramirez, 36th

Boys’ 4×400, 24th

Boys’ High Jump: Kaiyo Berhanu, 31st

Boys’ Long Jump: Ryan Sheffield, 39th

Boys’ Shot Put: Cesar Gomez, 35th

Lakewood (Division 1: 6 entries)

Girls’ 100: Amaya Rice, 6th

Girls’ 100: Aniya Milton, 15th

Girls’ 200: Amaya Rice, 3rd

Girls’ 4×400, 31st

Girls’ Shot Put: Chrisette Hill, 25th

Boys’ High Jump: Marqice Simmons, 22nd

Jordan (Division 2: 1 entry)

Girls’ 100: Armani Johnson, 2nd

Cabrillo (Division 3: 5 entries)

Boys’ 4×100, 37th

Girls’ Shot Put: Lauren Farr, 5th

Girls’ Discus: Lauren Farr, 19th

Boys’ Shot Put: Demeyon Love, 27th

Boys’ Discus: Demeyon Love, 16th

Compton (Division 3: 2 entries)

Boys’ 100: Lenier Pitts Jr., 17th 

Girls’ Long Jump: Laila Williams, 14th

St. Anthony (Division 4: 7 entries)

Girls’ 4×100, 22nd

Boys’ 4×100, 20th

Girls’ 100: Laila Hughes, 14th

Boys’ 100: Preston Hochman, 30th

Girls’ 200: Laila Hughes, 23rd

Girls’ 4×400, 33rd

Boys’ High Jump: Esten Wilson, 13th

Mike Guardabascio
An LBC native, Mike Guardabascio has been covering Long Beach sports professionally for 13 years, with his work published in dozens of Southern California magazines and newspapers. He's won numerous awards for his writing as well as the CIF Southern Section’s Champion For Character Award, and is the author of three books about Long Beach history.
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