The city of Long Beach will be well-represented at next weekend’s CIF Southern Section Track and Field Finals, which will be hosted at Moorpark High on Saturday, May 17. Fifty three Long Beach entries will take the oval and field as they try to bring home individual and team golds.
Long Beach Poly leads the way with 27 entries, backed up by Wilson with 23 entries–remarkable consistency for the two best programs in California as they put up 27 and 24 entries last year, a meet where the Jackrabbits swept the team titles and Wilson then went on to win the girls’ state crown while Poly claimed the boys’.
This year in the CIF-SS Poly is favored to win the boys’ title while Wilson is favored to win the girls, with the Poly girls ranked as their closest competitor.
Long Beach is down a tick from the 58 entries the last two years, mostly due to fewer entries from the non-Poly/Wilson schools, which produced only three entries this year (as opposed to seven last year and 16 the year before).
Below is a list of all the Long Beach prelims entries, with qualifiers for next week’s Finals in bold.
Long Beach Poly (Division 1: 27 entries)
Girls’ 4×100 relay, 1st, 46.43
Boys’ 4×100 relay, 1st, 41.15
Girls’ 100 Hurdles: Kadence Bain, 2nd, 14.14
Boys’ 110 Hurdles: Lynnox Newton, 1st, 14.09
Boys’ 110 Hurdles: Armon Bly, 15th, 14.90
Girls’ 400: Jaylin Hunter, 2nd, 55.16
Girls’ 400: Aurya Beatty, 5th, 56.99
Girls’ 400: Nevaeh Lewis, 26th, 1:00.66
Boys’ 800: Jarrius Hill, 1st, 47.83
Boys’ 400: Noah Smith, 5th, 48.29
Girls’ 100: Leila Holland, 4th, 11.88
Girls’ 100: Brooklyn Lee, 7th, 11.88
Girls’ 100: Aniyah Brooks, 10th, 11.95
Boys’ 100: JuJu Johnson, 1st, 10.34
Boys’ 100: Malachi Dawson, 7th, 10.54
Boys’ 100: Jaylen McNeil, 24th, 10.85
Boys’ 100: Donte Wright, 30th, 10.95
Boys’ 800: Darieon Shufford, 25th, 1:58.22
GIrls’ 300 Hurdles: Kadence Bain, 1st, 42.34
Girls’ 300 Hurdles: Joy Anderson, 2nd, 42.37
Girls’ 300 Hurdles: Miyana Gramata-Massey, 4th, 43.70
Boys’ 300 Hurdles: Lynnox Newton, 11th, 39.76
Boys’ 300 Hurdles: Armon Bly, 17th, 40.16
Girls’ 200: Aurya Beatty, 4th, 24.27
Girls’ 200: Jaylin Hunter, 6th, 23.96
Girls’ 200: Nevaeh Lewis, 9th, 24.60
Girls’ 200: Brooklyn Lee, 15th, 24.97
Girls’ 200: Leila Holland, 17th, 25.18
Boys’ 200: JuJu Johnson, 3rd, 21.08
Boys’ 200: Jarrius Hill, 4th, 21.26
Boys’ 200: Malachi Dawson, 5th, 21.29
Boys’ 200: Jaylen McNeil, 10th, 21.48
Boys’ 200: Noah Smith, 11th, 21.49
Girls’ 3200: Avery Peck, 22nd, 12:08.62
Girls’ 3200: Alexa Hernandez Lujan, 23rd, 12:08.92
Boys’ 3200: Archie Byrom, 28th, 10:07.03
Girls’ 4×400, 2nd, 3:55.86
Boys’ 4×400, 3rd, 3:16.95
Girls’ High Jump: Jillene Wetteland, 1st, 5-4
Girls’ High Jump: Joy Anderson, 3rd, 5-4
Girls’ High Jump: Cynthia Mercado, DNS
Girls’ Pole Vault: Gabrielle Cason, NH
Girls’ Triple Jump: Eriss Portley, 13th, 35-6
Girls’ Shot Put: Jayla Biggers, 22nd, 32-9
Boys’ High Jump: Julius Johnson, DNS
Boys’ High Jump: James Velez-Cadena, 21st, 5-10
Boys’ Pole Vault: Roan Alexander, NH
Boys’ Long Jump: Jonathan Weston, 3rd, 22-7
Boys’ Triple Jump: Khalen Shepherd, 23rd, 43-0.5
Boys’ Triple Jump: Jonathan Weston, NM
Boys’ Shot Put: Jaden Akens, 5th, 54-1
Boys’ Discus: Jephte Tchami, 10th, 148-9
Boys’ Discus: Jaden Akens, 23rd, 139-0
Wilson (Division 1: 23 entries)
Girls’ 4×100, 3rd, 47.18
Girls’ 1600: Audrey Buckley, 21st, 5:24.97
Girls’ 1600: Riley Jones, DNS
Girls’ 100 Hurdles: Kaylin Edwards, 1st, 13.95
Girls’ 100 Hurdles: Alene Washington, 5th, 14.25
Girls’ 100 Hurdles: Saniah Varnado, 6th, 14.55
Girls’ 100 Hurdles: Maya Coomber, 12th, 14.93
Girls’ 100 Hurdles: Jamiyah Sanders, 13th, 15.01
Girls’ 400: Brooke Blue, 3rd, 55.81
Girls’ 400: Saniah Varnado, 6th, 56.47
Boys’ 400: Kaedyn Burroughs, 4th, 48.22
Girls’ 100: Loren Webster, 8th, 11.93
Boys’ 100: Ky’zir Burroughs, 12th, 10.76
Girls’ 800: Shirayah Lewis-Williams, 1st, 2:13.97
Girls’ 800: Riley Jones, 5th, 2:15.56
Girls’ 800: Kimani Tindal, 13th, 2:19.16
Girls’ 800: Elisa Rodriguez, 24th, 2:21.52
Boys’ 800: Wyland Obando, 2nd, 1:53.00
Boys’ 800: Cash Obando, 6th, 1:53.46
Boys’ 800: Jordan Kincherlow, 14th, 1:55.89
Girls’ 300 Hurdles: Kaylin Edwards, 3rd, 43.65
Girls’ 300 Hurdles: Alene Washington, 5th, 44.54
Girls’ 300 Hurdles: Saniah Varnado, 6th, 43.31
Girls’ 300 Hurdles: Jamiyah Sanders, 9th, 45.20
Boys’ 300 Hurdles: Jae’Ron Harris, 14th, 39.94
Boys’ 200: Kaedyn Burroughs, 8th, 21.36
Boys’ 200: Ky’zir Burroughs, 9th, 21.44
Girls’ 3200: Nadia Mejia, 8th, 11:07.21
Boys’ 3200: Tommy Pincherli, 29th, 10:10.09
Girls’ 4×400, 3rd, 3:55.87
Boys’ 4×400, 2nd, 3:16.75
Girls’ Pole Vault: Hannah Turnorf, NH
Girls’ Long Jump: Loren Webster, 2nd, 19-0.5
Girls’ Long Jump: Journii Spencer, 14th, 16-11.5
Girls’ Triple Jump: Journii Spencer, 2nd, 37-9
Girls’ Triple Jump: Loren Webster, DNS
Millikan (Division 1: 0 entries)
Boys’ 1600: Maximiliano Ramirez, 28th, 4:30.10
Boys’ 3200: Maximiliano Ramirez, DNS
Boys’ 4×400, 27th, 3:28.36
Boys’ High Jump: Kaiyo Berhanu, NH
Boys’ Long Jump: Ryan Sheffield, 32nd, 20-6
Boys’ Shot Put: Cesar Gomez, 41st, 42-8
Lakewood (Division 1: 2 entries)
Girls’ 100: Amaya Rice, 5th, 11.92
Girls’ 100: Aniya Milton, DNS
Girls’ 200: Amaya Rice, 5th, 24.27
Girls’ 4×400, 20th, 4:07.69
Girls’ Shot Put: Chrisette Hill, 11th, 34-7
Boys’ High Jump: Marqice Simmons, NH
Jordan (Division 2: 1 entry)
Girls’ 100: Armani Johnson, 5th, 12.27
Cabrillo (Division 3: 1 entry)
Boys’ 4×100, 30th, 44.40
Girls’ Shot Put: Lauren Farr, 5th, 35-2
Girls’ Discus: Lauren Farr, 13th, 95-1
Boys’ Shot Put: Demeyon Love, 14th, 47-1.5
Boys’ Discus: Demeyon Love, 40th, 110-9
Compton (Division 3: 0 entries)
Boys’ 100: Lenier Pitts Jr., 19th, 11.00
Girls’ Long Jump: Laila Williams, 22nd, 16-00
St. Anthony (Division 4: 0 entries)
Girls’ 4×100, 23rd, 51.37
Boys’ 4×100, 18th, 45.41
Girls’ 100: Laila Hughes, 14th, 12.50
Boys’ 100: Preston Hochman, 19th, 11.43
Girls’ 200: Laila Hughes, DNS
Girls’ 4×400, DNS
Boys’ High Jump: Esten Wilson, DNS
