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California’s Elite High School Track and Field Athletes Head to Clovis for CIF State Titles

Qualifiers who broke section and meet records are set to compete after the defending sprint champion withdrew.

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Overview

  • The 105th CIF State Track & Field Championships take place Friday and Saturday at Buchanan High School in Clovis, capping a season of section finals across California.
  • Defending 100m and 200m champion Brandon Arrington is sidelined by a leg injury, opening the dash events to Concord De La Salle junior Jaden Jefferson and a deep field of sprinters.
  • Corona Santiago’s Rylee Blade leads the 3200-meter qualifiers after breaking the Southern Section record in 9:58.46, while Stanford-bound Evan Noonan aims to defend his state 3200m title and Hanne Thomsen contends in both the 1600m and 3200m races.
  • Pittsburg pole vaulter Khaliq Muhammad enters with a meet-record 17-foot, 1-inch vault, and Aliso Niguel’s Jaslene Massey tops both the shot put (49-7.50) and discus (165-06) qualifiers.
  • De La Salle pursues a team championship while honoring late coach John Harvey, buoyed by section champions Anthony Dean (triple jump), Trey Caldwell (3200m) and Chase Young (110 hurdles).