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Over 100 Long Beach Athletes Prepping For CIF-SS Track Prelims

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More than 100 Long Beach entries from five different local high schools will compete in Saturday’s CIF Southern Section Track and Field prelims, most of them in the Trabuco Hills Division 1 prelim (as well as a group in Division 4 at Carpinteria High). The top qualifiers in each event will move on to the following weekend’s CIF-SS Finals, to be held May 16 at Moorpark High.

Long Beach Poly and Wilson are both defending Division 1 champions looking to repeat and the Jackrabbits (44 entries) and Bruins (30 entries) are two of the most well-represented programs in the CIF-SS. Here’s the full list of Long Beach entrants into the prelims:

Long Beach Poly (Division 1; 44 entries)

Girls’ 4×100 relay, 1st

Boys’ 4×100 relay, 3rd

Girls’ 1600: Sienna Young, 37th

Girls’ 100 Hurdles: Kadence Bain, 4th

Boys’ 110 Hurdles: Lynnox Newton, 2nd

Boys’ 110 Hurdles: Armon Bly, 7th

Girls’ 400: Aliyah Stokes, 5th

Girls’ 400: Arianna Thomas, 9th

Girls’ 400: Aurya Beatty, 16th

Boys’ 400: Noah Smith, 2nd

Boys’ 400: Jaylen McNeil, 6th

Boys’ 400: Isaiah Jones, 7th

Girls’ 100: Aniyah Brooks, 9th

Girls’ 100: Brooklyn Lee, 19th

Boys’ 100: Malachi Dawson, 25th

Girls’ 800: Laila Kirk, 2nd

Boys’ 800: Darieon Shufford, 19th

Girls’ 300 Hurdles: Kadence Bain, 2nd

Boys’ 300 Hurdles: Lynnox Newton, 4th

Boys’ 300 Hurdles: Armon Bly, 5th

Boys’ 300 Hurdles: Kingston Pierre, 11th

Girls’ 200: Aniyah Brooks, 8th

Girls’ 200: Aurya Beatty, 11th

Boys’ 200: Malachi Dawson, 9th

Boys’ 200: Noah Smith, 13th

Boys’ 200: Steven Hunter, 17th

Girls’ 4×400, 2nd

Boys’ 4×400, 1st

Girls’ High Jump: Cynthia Mercado, 6th

Girls’ Pole Vault: Avery Ejercito, 26th

Girls’ Pole Vault: Kylee Jordan Clark, 27th

Girls’ Long Jump: Zayla Ridley, 7th

Girls’ Triple Jump: Zayla Ridley, 26th

Girls’ Shot Put: Jayla Biggers, 24th

Girls’ Discus: Kennedy McCall, 26th

Boys’ High Jump: Jamez Velez-Cadena, 27th

Boys’ Pole Vault: Drew Bethea, 32nd

Boys’ Long Jump: Khalen Shepherd, 11th

Boys’ Long Jump: Jaydin Lawrence, 17th

Boys’ Triple Jump: Khalen Shepherd, 15th

Boys’ Shot Put: Jephte Tchami, 3rd

Boys’ Shot Put: Daniel Hall, 30th

Boys’ Discus: Jephte Tchami, 6th

Boys’ Discus: Daniel Hall, 27th

Wilson (Division 1; 30 entries)

Girls’ 4×100, 2nd

Boys’ 4×100, 11th

Girls’ 1600: Ashlei Aguayo, 40th

Girls’ 100 Hurdles: Saniah Varnado, 8th

Girls’ 100 Hurdles: Asia Islam, 16th

Boys’ 110 Hurdles: Kaleb Coombs, 24th

Girls’ 400: Clara Adams, 1st

Girls’ 400: Saniah Varnado, 2nd

Girls’ 400: Brooklyn Fowler, 3rd

Girls’ 400: Brooke Blue, 4th

Boys’ 400: Kaedyn Burroughs, 1st

Boys’ 400: Dillon Varnado, 8th

Girls’ 800: Shirayah Lewis-Williams, 3rd

Girls’ 800: Riley Jones, 5th

Girls’ 800: Kimani Tindal, 7th

Boys’ 800: Jordan Kincherlow, 11th

Girls’ 300 Hurdles: Saniah Varnado, 1st

Girls’ 200: Clara Adams, 1st

Girls’ 3200: Nadia Mejia, 11th

Girls’ 3200: Audrey Buckley, 13th

Girls’ 3200: Avery Errecart, 16th

Boys’ 3200: Tommy Pincherli, 37th

Boys’ 3200: Angel Wilson, 50th

Girls’ 4×400, 1st

Boys’ 4×400, 2nd

Girls’ Pole Vault: Hannah Turnorf, 12th

Girls’ Triple Jump: Journii Spencer, 1st

Girls’ Shot Put: Jordan Jefferson, 31st

Boys’ Long Jump: Jeremiah Murphy, 9th

Boys’ Triple Jump: Adrian Mendez, 44th

Millikan (Division 1; 15 entries)

Girls’ 4×100, 7th

Boys’ 4×100, 36th

Girls’ 1600: Amberly McDowell, 31st

Boys’ 1600: Aiden Ransom, 28th

Boys’ 1600: Evan Sailor, 30th

Boys’ 1600: Brandon Hinojosa-Garcia, 36th

Girls’ 100: Jaela Brown, 17th

Boys’ 800: Bryce Cobabe, 14th

Girls’ 300 Hurdles: Aubrey Hutcherson, 13th

Girls’ 200: Jaela Brown, 9th

Girls’ 4×400, 9th

Girls’ High Jump: Penelope Cleven, 14th

Girls’ Discus: Ellie Carr, 21st

Boys’ Shot Put: Cesar Gomez, 36th

Boys’ Discus: Cesar Gomez, 32nd

Lakewood (Division 1; 6 entries)

Girls’ 400: Kai Embree, 14th

Girls’ High Jump: Djai Verdun, 20th

Girls’ Shot Put: Kasey-Rian Henson, 8th

Girls’ Discus: Kasey-Rian Henson, 25th

Boys’ High Jump: Marqice Simmons, 23rd

Boys’ High Jump: Andre Clayton, 35th

St. Anthony (Division 4: 10 entries)

Girls’ 4×100, 15th

Boys’ 4×100, 19th

Boys’ 400: Joshua Ogbebor, 13th

Girls’ 100: Laila Hughes, 10th

Girls’ 100: Riley Woodson, 27th

Girls’ 200: Laila Hughes, 29th

Boys’ 200: Joshua Ogbebor, 20th

Girls’ Long Jump: Riley Woodson, 9th

Girls’ Triple Jump: Quinn Bell, 25th

Boys’ High Jump: Esten Wilson, 9th

Mike Guardabascio
An LBC native, Mike Guardabascio has been covering Long Beach sports professionally for 18 years, with his work published in dozens of Southern California magazines and newspapers. He's won numerous state and national honors 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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