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HS Track Archive
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Arizona high school track…keeping it in the family
Arizona doesn’t just send high school athletes to the big track meets. It sends families. Erwin Jones Jr. and his brother, Jamaal, nearly swept the decathlon events in the Young Men’s and Intermediate Boys competition at the USATF Youth Outdoor National Championships at Benedictine University in Illinois. Erwin, who is a senior at Shadow Mountain [...] -
Mountain Pointe HS classmates a rarity for AZ hall of fame
A couple of Mountain Pointe High School graduates were included in this year’s hall of fame class of Arizona athletes. They have also set a precedent that may never be duplicated. Nicole Powell and Sara Gorton were just inducted into the azcentral.com Arizona High School Sports Hall of Fame. They are among a group of [...] -
Junior Olympics gave local track stars a national stage
Jasmine Todd wanted to add one more big win to her track & field accomplishments before looking ahead to her junior year at Chandler High School. The USATF Junior Olympic National Championships in Sacramento provided the stage. But the state title holder in the triple jump and long jump came up a little short, settling [...] -
Chandler HS girls’ track team wins title at Nike Nationals
The Wolves finally broke out of the pack and claimed the national track & field title for Chandler High School. All season long, the Chandler girls’ team was stuck in second place in the chase for a ”mythical’ national championship, behind the Long Beach Poly girls. The standing was based on computer statistics, since there [...] -
Heartland Classic done, Nike Track Nationals run today
The summer months hardly qualify as “off-season” any more, as high school sports teams use the time to travel around the country, testing their mettle against teams from other states. Just last week, an Arizona team made up of baseball players from 18 different high schools throughout the state spent six days at the Heartland [...] -
High above the Valley, late honors roll in for HS athletes
School’s been out for a month, but up in Arizona’s high country, prep track athletes are still pulling down big honors. Brian Shrader, who just graduated from Sinagua High School in Flagstaff, was just named the Gatorade Arizona Boys Track and Field Athlete of the Year. The premier distance runner who won four state championships [...] -
HS track ‘Athletes of the Year’ leave behind nat’l marks
Brian Shrader qualified for this year’s Meet of Champions, the prestigious post-season track meet that enables the best athletes from across classifications to compete head-to-head. But he decided not to participate. The senior from Sinagua High School in Flagstaff probably figured he had accomplished enough in four years. The list includes three consecutive 4A-II cross [...] -
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 [...] -
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 [...] -
NCAA invites 11 Sun Devils to Indoor T&F Championships
A pair of true freshmen will make the trip to the University of Arkansas this weekend to represent Arizona State in the long jump at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships. They will be the only women in the group of 11 ASU participants who earned entry to the national meet, and the only [...]
