Last year at this time, there was something new to see at the CIF State Track and Field Championships. The 4x800 meter relay.
Long Beach Poly boys win first state team title since 2011, Wilson girls repeat as champions. San Diego Section athletes claim 10 individual championships.
Led by Buchanan senior Derek Smith's massive 206-11 throw during Friday's CIF State prelims, the boys discus offers true entertainment and athletic value.
On Friday, the CIF prelims provided a real indicator for what California's best athletes can do.
Despite the known size of CIF's Southern Section, the Masters Meet Saturday still served to remind just how much more track and field talent there is in SoCal
Long Beach rivals Poly and Wilson had a banner day at the CIF-SS Division finals and so did many others who battled for championships and to extend their season
Ventura star Sadie Engelhardt set a second national outdoor high school record in as many days when she ran anchor on the 4000m distance medley relay.
Sadie Engelhardt's reaction to a brief lead change in the girls mile race was to turn in a new CA-leading time. Several CA athletes did the same in their event.
San Clemente boys win close 4x800 relay; Xai Ricks returns to help Poly win 4x200 boys relay title and Sadie Engelhardt helps Ventura's 4x800 relay finish third
Top US times for Ventura's Sadie Engelhardt and Santiago Corona's Braelyn Combe. Palo Alto's Grant Morgenfeld sets record at Meet of Champions Distance Classic.
Redondo Nike Track and Field Festival produced meet record performances.
San Clemente, inaugural boys 4x800 relay CIF State champions in 2023, broke a 12-year-old Redondo Nike Track Festival meet record and now have 2024's best mark.
Record-setting performances turned in by Meagan Humphries in the pentathlon, Mikaela Warr and Payton Smith in sprints at the California Winter Championships.
Santa Rosa Montgomery's Hanne Thomsen won her third consecutive CIF-State Division III individual cross county title Saturday at Woodward Park in Fresno.
Saturday's 2023 CIF-Southern Section Ford Cross Country Championships produced plenty of familiarity for successful teams and individuals.
The CIF SS office has announced that Saturday's CIF-SS Finals races at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut will be run on a rain course.
The first day of the 75th Mt. San Antonio College Cross Country Invitational produced a healthy mix of success in the major races.
Evan Noonan, Dana Hills High junior, won the Doug Speck Boys Sweepstakes race in a PR time of 13:41.30 at the 42nd annual Woodbridge XC Classic.
Check out all interviews from Day 1 of the Woodbridge XC Classic.
Three CIF-State Track and Field champions and one four-event star highlight a very talented MileSplitCA 2023 All-State Junior Girls Team.
The LA City Section has its first CIF-State boys title team in 18 years: Granada Hills Charter. Carson girls had title hopes, but key injury curtailed the plan.
Three senior Central Section athletes capture CIF-State titles, including two successful defenses of '22 titles, and others finish strong by reaching State Meet
The CIF-State Discus champions in '22 and '23 are JSerra Catholic's Brendon See and Caruthers' Nailea Fields. Both standouts will attend Oklahoma this fall.
The boys from Granada Hills Charter (left), and the girls from Long Beach Wilson won CIF-State Meet team titles on Saturday night.
Defending State discus champions JSerra Catholic's Brendon See and Caruthers' Nailea Fields seek to repeat and can both earn a sweep of State throwing titles.
UPDATED: CIF-State Track and Field Meet's boys pole vault leader has a 17-foot-plus PR and girls field has many State returnees, including one at 14 feet.
Winning and achieving top times and marks at Central Section Masters Meet lifts numerous section leaders into next week's CIF State Meet.
Two of the state's best throwers are teammates at Notre Dame HS -- competitors, yes -- who also share a special friendship bond.
Long Beach-laden Moore League teams such as Poly, Wilson, Jordan praise strength of their league for preparation in CIF postseason meets and potential success.
Nickolas Miller blazes to meet record among the many highlights at the 63rd Mt. SAC Relays.