1i(t~ -J;,.,t AtrtrutLI --- 1915-1969 CALIFORNIA INTERSCHOLASTIC FEDERATION STATE TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS JUNE 6-7, 1969 • UCLA STADIUM, LOS ANGELES F & - REYNALDO BROWN Compton High School two-time State high jump champion- Of(ici11/ p,.,,,.11,,, 1968 Olympic team member 1 SOc . !' ~=-..:---A:::-~ Time for the South to 'Rise' Again In S1st Annual State Track Championships By JERRY WEINER Sports Publicity Director, Los Angeles City Schools Southern California stands to clean up the major portion of honors in The two-mile returns defending champion Ruben Chappins of Excelsior the 51st Annual California State High School Track and Field Meet (9 :00.8), third place Fred Ritcherson of Salesian (9:04.0l, and fourth Championships at UCLA's new Track Stadium-and before a substantially place Ruben Mejia of La Habra (9:04.8). partisan audience. To challenge them are El Modena junior David White (9:01.4), West Los Angeles High's Romans are heavy favorites to win the team Torrance junior Ron Johnson (9:02.8), and Monte Vista's Dave Carter championship, with most of their competition expected to come from (9:10.4). Washington (L.A.) High, which finished second to L.A. in the Los Angeles In the hurdles, Roosevelt, Fresno's Jerry Wilson (13.8w, 14.0-18.8) City finals last Saturday, and Compton High's Southern Section cham­ was second in both the highs and lows last year. His main competition pions. should come from Washington, L.A.'s Charles Rich (13.6w, 13.9-18.6w, Coaches Ed Bravo and Charles Jackson of L.A. are counting most 18.8); San Juan's Dan Redfern (13.8-18.8), Pomona's Mark Low (14.1-18.6). heavily on sprinters Albert Hearvey (9.4w, 9.5-21.2) and Ronnie Welch (9.6-21.2), pole vaulter Robert Pullard {16-7), half-miler James Baxter Compton's Zack Donaldson (14.1) and Lincoln, S.D.'s Marion Franklin (1 ,51.0l, and swift 440 (41.5) and mile (3:17.8) relay teams to project (14.1) will be tough in the highs, too, while Gardena's Steve Holden their bid for the school's first state title since 1920. (18.8), Lemoore's Jones (18.7), and Long Beach Poly's Bob Stockton (18.8) are in the lows only-and have impressive credentials. Pullard set a national interscholastic record last weekend (it was equalled the same day by Casey Carrigan of Orting, Wash.) and Baxter, The 440 relay features Dorsey (41.8), which defeat Los Angeles in the a junior, cracked his own week-old city mark for the 880. It may take a L.A. City meet, Centennial of Compton (42.ll, San Diego Lincoln (41.6), 17-foot effort to win the vault, with defending state champ Steve and Edison, Fresno (42 .0l, plus L.A. (41.5). Smith of South Torrance {16-4½) also back, and Baxter will have to For the mile relay, Centennial (3 :16.7) is the team to beat, with approach 1:50.0 to win-possibly even the national record of 1,48.8. Dorsey (3:17.4), Los Angeles (3:17.8), S.D . Lincoln (3:19.0l, Washington , set by Rich Joyce of Sierra, Whittier, in 1965. L.A. (3 :18.5), et al., aiming to do just that. Hearvey and Welch could go 1-2 in the sprints, though the Southern Olympic "veteran" Reynaldo Brown of Compton , who set a meet Section has some fine entries in Santa Ana's Jackie White (9 .5-21.7), record of 7 feet even last year and later jumped 7-3 in the pre­ El Centro's Willie Robinson (9.6), La Puente's Patrick Miles (9.6w), and Olympic trials, is after that rarity, three consecutive state championships. Santa Ana Valley's Clyde Emery (9.7). Best from the north are Edison, Brown has gone "only" 6-10½ so far this spring, but the incentive of his Fresno's Garland Burks (9.6-21.3) and Pittsburg's Ralph Ligons (9.5w- best competition, to date, could inspire him to move up to the 7-foot 21.7l. mark. Whittier's Bill Sims (47.ll and Lemoore's Larance Jones (48.0, 46.8 Washington, L.A.'s Robert Joseph (6-9½), Oceanside junior Jerry Culp relay) figure to have quite a 440 duel, with Long Beach Millikan's Bob (6-7¾), Castlemont, Oakland's Sam Maxwell (6-9), and Hoover, Fresno's Langston (48.8) also looming a strong contender. Jones was third last Rick Fletcher (6-8¼) supply the opposition. year . Langston has stretched from the 880 to concentrate on the 440. After Smith and Pullard, the pole vault field has Rosemead's Dennis Sims, similarly, has pulled out of the 220 to give his all in the quarter. Gingrich {15-0¼l, San Mateo's Jim Lydon {15-2), King City's Sam Albanese Roosevelt, Fresno's John Banks (48.5) and Del Oro's Ed Bonner (48.2) {15-0½), and Fremont's Russ Royal {15-0l. are also top possibilities. Langston was third in the 880 in 1968. In the shot put, '68 third placer Sam Cunningham of Santa Barbara Baxter is faced with Canoga Park's Ricco Sanchez (1 :51.6), whom he (64-9) seeks to defeat behemothic Kerry Eskeli of Serra, Gardena has beaten their last two meets, Madison's Pat McCallion (1,54.2), (64-8¾), Clovis' Al Delario (61-6), Lakewood's Steve Lauriano (61-11l, and Buena, Ventura's Mark Franek (1 ,54.2), Bishop Montgomery's Percell Modesto's Randy Rhynes (60-4). Keeling (1,54.3), and Manual Arts' James Couch (1 ,54.4) as 880 threats. The long jump could be led by Cathedral, L.A.'s Troy Lyons (24-1 ¼), In the mile, Bolsa Grande junior Terry Lamb (4:10.4) goes against Edison, Stockton's Prentice McCray (24-1 ½), Gardena's Holden (24-1), Lakewood's Bob Somesan (4:12.5), South Torrance's Decker Underwood or Tulare's James Allen (24-2), who was overshadowed last year by (4:12.6), Channel Islands' Steve Hungerford (4:12.7), Burlingame's state winner Heulon Hewitt of Merced. McCray was sixth in '68. Eugenio Amaya (4:13.8), Fairfax's Dan Schechter (4:15.8), and Redondo's Porterville's Doyle Nelms {171-5) was fourth in the '68 discus and Art Manjarrez (4:13.6). is up against Gunn's Tom Birthwhistle (195-4), Pacific's John Gledhill Berkeley's John Dean (4:15.7), Reseda's Mike Butler (4:15 .2), and (189-1), Los Altos junior Chris Adams (183-11l, and Hillsdale's Mike Palisades' Rich Tschudin (4:14.3) are three more outstanding milers. Davis (185-7). 1915 • • 1969 CALIFORNIA INTERSCHOLASTIC FEDERATION Tra-ek o.nrl Field Cho.wtptonships UCLA STADIUM - LOS ANGELES TRIALS FRIDAY, JUNE 6 FINALS. SATURDAY, JUNE 7 MEET HOST: LOS ANGELES CITY SECTION 1. B: (Paci!, S), 4:13.4; lr.J•7i 5. Davis l , . .. ers Eashman --7. Flleseta (San Marcos), 167.f • 8 (equals State record, Brown, l; . Others-8. Slon~ (California), 166-0; II. Monlgome: Culp (Oceanside), 6-8; J. lie between Somesan (Lakewoo , : .2; 9. Lamb It Meet Director: Guy Wrinkle ry (Glenn), 160-,I. Bradley (Muir) and Redmond (Ygnacio (Bolsa Grande), 4.33.9. SHOT PUT-1, Cunningham (Santa Valley), 6-6; 5. Fletcher (Hoover, M,ILE RELAY-I. Los Angeles (E. Referee: Larry Houston Barbara), 61-2; 2. Eskell (Serra), 61-0; Fresno), 6-6. Ofhers-8. lie amoag Dav,s, 48.9; Deese, 49.2; W. Davis, 49.2; J. Winchester. (Mount Miguel), 60-1',; 4_ Joseph (Washington), Poingsett (Wash• Baxter, 47.9), 3:15.2; 2. Centennial Dalerio (CI0VIS), 59-11'~; 5. Robbins (El ington) and Bradley (Compton), 64; 12. J. Dorsey, 3:11.2; 4. Washington: Liddle (Whittler, 6-2; 13. Austin (LB f 1ff Capitan), 58-8. Others - 8, Lauriano rit~er~-}: l~~~~i~~~i.&~akland, 3:19.6. I c,,kewood), 57-8; 9. Schiller (MIiiikan), Poly), 6-2. d 47-7; 11. Pence (Marina), 55.71 , 180LH-J. Wilson Roosevelt, Fresno), TEAM SCORING-Los Angeles 27• TWO MILE-1, Chapplns (Excelsior), 18.3 (equals State record on straighfa. Roosevelt (Fresno) U; El Centro and 440 :57.0 (State record, old mark, 9:00.5, way, Ed Moody, McCfymonds, 1961); 2. South Torrance 12: Leemore 10; Wash• g (Prui11 ete Romero, Reedley, 1967); 2. Johnson Jones (Lemoore), 18.4; 3. Low (Pomo­ ington (LAJ 9; Santa Ana 8; Compton 7; Lincoln, , . , 3. Locke, ,2. ; West Torrance), 8:59.0; 3. White (El na), 18.5; 4. Davis (Berkeley), 18.8; 5. Castiemont, Pomona, Blair, Canoga .-t. C_re.,shaw, 42.l; s.. Dorsey, no time; Modena), 8:59.6; 4. Ritcherson (Salesi­ McNeil (Baldwin Park, 18.8 (4th) and Park, Los Altos, Santa Barbara and placings for fourth, t1frh and si)(lh sub- an), 9:01.2; 5. Lopez (Sanger), 9:06.2. 5fh subject 10 photo review). Others-6. Excelsfor 6; Muir 4½; Burlingame, 1ect to Pholo rewiew. o:hers - Ccn- Olhers-6 Me11a (La Habra), 9:06.4; Holden (Gardena), 19.0; Rich (Washing­ lfn!'oln (San Diego), Dorsey, Atwater, 1ennlal, unplaced. U. Lough (Resera), no time, 15. Ortega ton), did not finish. Wh1tt1e~, Gunn, Serra, West Torrance, 1:.0HH-1. Wilson (Roostvelt, Fresno), CRasedaJ, no time; 17. Busby (Reseda), POLE VAUL T-1. Smith (South Tor­ Oceans,de _and Centennial 4; Palisades, 13.7 (equals meet record, Jerry Proctor, Win~~me; 24.