BOYS' TRACK & FIELD DAILY NEWS ALL-AREA TEAM AND HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SEASON.Byline: Compiled by Matthew Kredell Staff Writer ATHLETE OF THE YEAR Athlete of the Year
RUDY BURGESS Desert, Senior As often is the case with small-school athletes, Rudy Burgess mostly was unknown in track circles until the Southern Section finals. But he wasn't overlooked as much as he just turned it on the finals weeks. By the Masters meet, he was a state challenger in the long jump and triple jump. At the state finals, he had the longest triple jump in the state this year and third-longest in the nation to win the title in 50 feet, 4 1/4 inches. He finished third in the long jump in 23-9 3/4. The amazing part about Burgess' success in the triple jump is that, until league finals, he hadn't done the event since he was a sophomore. He did the long jump, 100, 400 relay and 1,600 relay all season. The multisport mul·ti·sport also mul·ti·sports adj. 1. Composed of, involving, or accommodating several sports: a multisport competition; a multisport stadium. 2. athlete is headed to Arizona State on a football scholarship. But the track coach will surely be knocking on his door. Foot folley Bryan Rodie's season almost ended days before the Southern Section prelims when he tripped over his sister's shoe on the stairs of their home and fractured his right ankle. But the Royal of Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. 800 runner overcame the pain and a cast to continue competing. The injury knocked him back about two seconds from his preinjury time. All Rodie needed to do was qualify and run one big race at the state finals. That's what he did. With the cast removed and adrenaline drowning out the pain, Rodie ran a 1:51.94, his personal record, to finish fourth in the state. Only a junior, he should challenge for the state title next year as long as he looks before he steps. Relays ruined No matter what happens individually, a constant from year to year is Taft of Woodland Hills having the area's top boys' relay teams and contending for the state title. With Quincy Watts Quincy D. Watts (born June 19, 1970) is a former American athlete, winner of two gold medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Born in Detroit, Michigan, Quincy Watts attended the University of Southern California where he excelled not only as an athlete but also as a wide and Maurice Greene Maurice Greene may refer to:
The team took a hit when top sprinter Noah Smith went down with a fractured foot. Yet, they were among the best in the state in each relay and Smith was returning in the postseason. Then, in one day, it all crumbled. At the City Section finals, Jarel Bytheway strained his hip during his leg of the 400-meter relay. He dragged his leg to the finish of his 100 meters but the team couldn't make up the deficit, finishing fourth when the top three advanced to the state prelims. Smith's foot didn't feel well after that race. So, when the 1,600 relay came around, the Toreadors were without Bytheway and Smith. With its depth depleted de·plete tr.v. de·plet·ed, de·plet·ing, de·pletes To decrease the fullness of; use up or empty out. [Latin d , Taft turned to a runner who hadn't done the relay all season and a shell-shocked Toreadors team finished fourth again. From nowhere Royal of Simi Valley's Tony Ramirez stepped on the Cerritos College Cerritos College is a public comprehensive community college founded in 1955 located in Norwalk, California. It was named after Rancho Los Cerritos, a ranch that served prominently in the region in the 19th century. track for the Southern Section finals virtually an unknown outside Ventura County. He quickly grabbed the crowd's attention with an improbable comeback in the 400 meters. Near the back of the pack with 100 meters to go, he blew by everybody one by one to take first place and the biggest cheer of the day. ``That wasn't my original plan in the race,'' Ramirez said with a laugh. ``I had dead legs. I couldn't turn it on. Then it turned on at the 100-meter mark. I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. how that works.'' The next week, he proved it was no fluke by winning the Southern Section Masters title. Ramirez, who didn't make it to the Southern Section finals as a junior, ended up sixth in the state. Under nine In cold conditions, with the rain starting to fall consistently, all hope for good times at the end of the Arcadia Invitational seemed to slip away. But the conditions turned out to facilitate an epic 3,200 meters, in which Monroe of North Hills senior Manuel Ruiz Manuel Ruiz Pérez (born December 3, 1962 in Jerez de la Frontera) is a Spanish football coach and former player. During his football career, he played for several clubs including his childhood club Xerez CD, UD Melilla and Sanluqueño. was right in the middle. Ruiz ran an 8:55.80, the best time in the area in at least three years. Amazingly, that was only good enough for seventh place in the race as an Arcadia-record 11 runners broke nine minutes. The race catapulted Ruiz into the state-distance elite, rather than just the top of the City Section. He ended up placing seventh in the state. ALL-AREA TEAM 100 - Chad Green Chad Elton Green (Born: June 28, 1975 in Dunkirk, New York) is a former switch-hitting, righthanded minor league baseball player. An outfielder, he attended Mentor High School and then the University of Kentucky. (Birmingham), Sr., 10.82 200 - Paul Pratt (Taft), Sr., 21.48 400 - Tony Ramirez (Royal), Sr., 47.56 800 -Bryan Rodie (Royal), Jr., 1:51.94 1,600 - Phillip Reid (Rio Mesa), Sr., 4:08.49 3,200 - Manuel Ruiz (Monroe), Sr., 8:55.80 110 HH - Justin Johnson (Rio Mesa), Sr., 14.57 300 IH - Dayne Comrie (Hart), Sr., 38.04 400 relay - Taft (Steve Smith, Sr., Paul Pratt, Sr., Elijah Wells, So., Jarel Bytheway, Jr.) 41.44 1,600 relay - Taft (Mike Pratt, Sr., Paul Pratt, Sr., Elijah Wells, So., Jarel Bytheway, Jr.) 3:16.31 High jump - Justin Johnson (Rio Mesa), Sr., 6-6 Pole vault pole vault Track-and-field event consisting of a vault for height over a crossbar with the aid of a long pole. It became a competitive sport in the mid-19th century and was included in the first modern Olympic Games. - Kurt Boehm (Paraclete), Jr., 15-4 Long jump - Rudy Burgess (Desert), Sr., 24-2 1/2 Triple jump - Rudy Burgess (Desert), Sr., 50-4 1/2 Shot put - John Ludden (Harvard-Westlake), Sr., 59-4 1/2 Discus -John Ludden (Harvard-Westlake), Sr., 185-5 ALL-TIME AREA RECORDS 100 - Quincy Watts (Taft)* 1987, 10.30 200 - Quincy Watts (Taft)* 1987, 20.50 400 - Blaine Bussey (Taft) 1999, 46.3 800 - Brent Tubb (Cleveland) 1971, 1:49.5c 1,600 - Don Moses (Crescenta Valley The Crescenta Valley is a small inland valley in Los Angeles County, California. Its name derives from its crescent-like shape, with the convex portion facing roughly northeast and the concave portion southwest. ) 1976, 4:07.1c 3,200 - Jeff Nelson Jeff Nelson can refer to different people:
110 HH - Chris Morgan Chris Morgan is the name of:
300 IH - Charles White Charles or Charlie White may refer to:
San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. ) 1976, 36.2c 400 relay - Taft (Steve Smith, Noah Smith, Paul Pratt, Justin Tryon) 2002, 40.74 1,600 relay - Taft (Mike Pratt, Paul Pratt, Justin Tryon, Noah Smith) 2002, 3:12.91 High jump - Jeremy Fischer (Camarillo) 1994, 7-4 Pole vault - Anthony Curran (Crespi) 1978, 17-4 Long jump - Percy Knox (Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley ) 1987, 25-5 Triple jump - Jamil Smith (Palmdale) 2001, 50-10 3/4 Shot put - John McKenzie John McKenzie is the name of:
Discus - Dave Bultman (Royal) 1987, 196-10 Note: Seniors unless indicated; *-junior; c-converted from imperial mark. VICTORY CIRCLE STATE CHAMPIONS --Rudy Burgess (Desert), Sr., TJ --Phillip Reid (Rio Mesa), Sr., 1,600 SOUTHERN SECTION CHAMPIONS Masters Meet --Kurt Boehm (Paraclete), Jr., PV --Rudy Burgess (Desert), Sr., LJ and TJ --Tony Ramirez (Royal), Sr., 400 --Phillip Reid (Rio Mesa), Sr., 1,600 Division I --Joshua Lubeck (Royal), Jr., PV --Tony Ramirez (Royal), Sr., 400 Division II --Justin Johnson (Rio Mesa), Sr., 110H --Chris Merriweather (Moorpark), Sr., LJ --Phillip Reid (Rio Mesa), Sr., 1,600 and 3,200 Division III
Division III (or DIII) is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association of the United States. --John Ludden (Harvard-Westlake), Sr., DT Division IV --Kurt Boehm (Paraclete), Jr., PV --Rudy Burgess (Desert), Sr., LJ and TJ CITY CHAMPIONS --Scott Ballew (El Camino Real El Camino Real (Spanish for The Royal Road or The King's Highway) was the name of a series of pre-automobile highways linking the various New World colonies of Spain:
--Paul Pratt (Taft), Sr., 100 and 200 --Damian Rinaldi (Birmingham), Sr., 800 and 1,600 --Manuel Ruiz (Monroe), Sr., 3,200 --Christian Wise (Birmingham), Sr., TJ 10 to watch in 2004 1. Bryan Rodie Senior Royal (800) Imagine what he can do with another year and healthy foot 2. Kurt Boehm Senior Paraclete (PV) Surprise Masters champion from small school 3. Joshua Lubeck Senior Royal (PV) Can go 15, just needs to do it at right time 4. Andre Crenshaw cren·shaw also cran·shaw n. A variety of winter melon (Cucumis melo var. inodorus) having a greenish-yellow rind and sweet, usually salmon-pink flesh. [Origin unknown.] Sophomore Antelope Valley (LJ) Multisport talent went 22-6 as a freshman 5. Elijah Wells Junior Taft (200, 400) State prelims and mid-49s in 400 as soph 6. Brandon Giles Senior Harvard-Westlake (100, 200) Mission League champion in 100 7. Ted Price Sophomore Camarillo (3200) Broke 10 minutes as a freshman 8. Mehdi Taieb-Brahim Senior Birmingham (3200) Will be City Section's top distance runner 9. Jarreau Flowers Junior Palmdale (HJ) Cleared 6-4 as soph two more inches than previous year 10. Geoff Tisdale Senior Valencia (100, 200) Foothill League champion in both short sprints *- Grades as of 2004 CAPTION(S): 6 photos, 4 boxes Photo: (1 -- 2 -- color) RUDY BURGESS (3 -- color) JUSTIN JOHNSON (4 -- color) PAUL PRATT (5 -- color) BRYAN RODIE (6 -- color) no caption (Manuel Ruiz of Monroe Box: (1) ALL-AREA TEAM (see text) (2) ALL-TIME AREA RECORDS (see text) (3) VICTORY CIRCLE (see text) (4) 10 to watch in 2004 (see text) |
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