The Wilson girls’ track and field team was crowned state champions for the third year in a row, and for the third straight year, they earned the No. 1 spot on our Top 10 Long Beach Sports Moments of the Year.
The three-peat makes Wilson just the third girls’ team to ever win three consecutive CIF State championships, and the first to do so since Long Beach Poly won four in a row through 2011.
The championship is the sixth for the Wilson girls’ program and moves them into second place in state history for most titles. It also marks the third consecutive championship for Wilson—only five schools have ever won three state titles, let alone done so consecutively.
Loren Webster was the first to earn points for the Bruins at the CIF State Finals in Clovis, and she did so in a big way. The senior claimed her second consecutive state title in the long jump, setting a new personal record in her final high school meet with a mark of 21 feet, ¼ inch.
Kaylin Edwards picked up a pair of podium finishes in the 300m hurdles and 100m hurdles, and was also the third leg of Wilson’s state champion 4x400m relay team. Edwards ran a 40.61 for second place in the 300m hurdles and a 13.79 in the 100m hurdles for third.
Brooke Blue, Alene Washington, Edwards, and Saniah Varnado ran a 3:36.75 in the 4×400—four seconds clear of second place.
The Bruins also had a boys’ state champion in junior Wyland Obando, who ran a 1:51.24 in the 800m for a come-from-behind win. He also competed in the 4x400m and 4x800m relays.
