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Track Archive
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Xavier, Desert Vista girls dominant at state championships
For the past couple of years, Jessica Tonn has pretty much owned high school distance races in Arizona. She just won another state 5A-I title in the 3200m run – her fourth consecutive. But the senior at Xavier Prep, who ran undefeated in cross-country competition the last two years, is about to hang up her [...] -
Local high school athletes finding their way back home
Grand Canyon University is stocking up again on local athletes, but most of them are finding their way back to the Phoenix school after starting their college careers elsewhere. GCU is looking for athletes to help start a new track and field program at the school. The program’s first coach, Tom Flood, feels he found [...] -
Out of the blocks or over the bar…HS track records fall
Just as Penn State came to be known as “Linebacker U” for the great football players it produced at that position, Desert Vista High School in Phoenix deserves the “Pole Vault U” designation. The school just set a mark no other in the nation has accomplished. And, while Desert Vista has found an area of [...] -
Sun Devil Open gets ASU track ready for annual duel
Arizona State used its Sun Devil Open over the weekend to tune up for Saturday’s annual match-up with NAU and UofA. And hurdler Jasmine Chaney took the opportunity to try her hand at other events. The experiment went extremely well. Chaney, one of ASU’s best hurdlers, decided to stick to straight sprints at the SDO [...] -
ASU track squad sets high marks at Mt. SAC Relays
The competition at this year’s Mt. SAC Relays lived up to its billing. ASU senior distance runner, Brandon Bethke, finished the 5,000m race with the second-fastest NCAA time this season, 13:27.83. But he finished fourth overall. Christabel Nettey ran the 100m hurdles in 13.40, the tenth-fastest time in ASU history. She finished eighth overall. Kauren [...] -
AZ high school runners step up at Arcadia Invitational
The Arcadia Invitational in California is always a good barometer of high school track talent since it’s the prestige event of the year and draws the best athletes from around the country. This year, the 43rd consecutive, close to 4,000 athletes from 27 states and Canada participated. And Arizona’s distance runners stepped to the front [...] -
College, HS athletes flocked to Sun Angel Track Classic
Track & field teams came from all over the country to participate in last weekend’s 31st Sun Angel Classic at Arizona State. And it provided a ‘big time’ atmosphere for local high school teams. Each college had its own reason for making the trek to Tempe. Portland State was anxious to get away from the [...] -
Show Low HS impressive in winning Rotary track Invite
The Show Low High School boys’ track team combined speed and distance strength to upset the hosts of this year’s Eastern Arizona Rotary Invitational. In a large field of teams from 23 schools, the Cougars took first place at the event, which was held at Safford High School. Safford, with 99 team points, finished 20 [...] -
Payson, Queen Creek athletes dominate HS multi-event
The winners of this year’s Arizona Prep Decathlon & Heptathlon left the field of participants at Queen Creek HS in the dust. Maddie Nossek, a senior from Payson HS, took command early in the heptathlon and, by the close of the seven track & field events on the second day, had amassed 4,048 points. Her [...] -
AZ track teams show well at Jim Click Shoot-out
Over the weekend, Julie Labonte showed why she was such a coveted recruit for the University of Arizona track & field program. Labonte threw the shot put 55′ 2 1/4″ to win the event at the Jim Click Shoot-out at UofA’s Drachman Stadium. That toss moved her into third place on the UofA all-time list. [...]
