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Alhambra, Xavier continue winning cross country titles
Katie Penney didn’t win this year’s Division I cross country state championship. Her teammate, Sarah Fakler, took care of that. But Penney, a senior at Xavier Prep in Phoenix, enjoyed another distinction that was almost as rewarding. When the Gators took the team title for the fourth consecutive year, it was also her fourth straight [...] -
Brophy, Xavier dominate swim championships – as usual
Some things never seem to change. That couldn’t be more true than in high school swimming competition in the state of Arizona. This year, the AIA split the state swimming & diving championships into two divisions, instead of breaking it down to the usual small-school and big-school classifications. That meant that the top teams and [...] -
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 [...] -
Former ASU, NAU track athletes win national titles
Runners enjoying success at the 2010 USA Track & Field Championships that just wrapped up at historic Drake Stadium in Iowa included many either attending one of Arizona’s major universities, or with recent ties to the schools. Arizona State had 19 athletes with ties to the school, while University of Arizona sent a handful from [...] -
Whiting, McNeill add more NCAA track titles
Ryan Whiting saved his best for last. On the very last throw of his collegiate career, the celebrated Sun Devil broke the 72-foot mark for the first time to win his second straight national title in the shot put as the NCAA Division I Track & Field Championships wrapped up yesterday in Eugene, Ore. Whiting’s [...] -
Dozens of AZ track athletes pack for NCAA nationals
Anyone who left the track early Saturday at the NCAA Preliminary Round West in Austin, Tex., probably won’t do it again. They missed the most exciting event of the day – probably of all three days of the meet. The University of Arizona 4×400 women’s relay team covered the distance in a blur, clocking a [...] -
Arizona schools show well at Pac-10 track championships
No cigar this year… but close. The University of Arizona women ‘s team matched their best conference finish ever, while Arizona State once again dominated women’s discus. Those were just a couple of the highlights from a Pac-10 Track & Field Championship concluded yesterday that saw UofA’s women’s team finish in second place, and the [...] -
Liberty ends storybook season with state baseball title
Among the stories that played out during yesterday’s high school state baseball championships, the most intriguing had to be in 4A-II where a sixth seed and a 12th seed made it to the finals. But the fact that two low seeds made it that far wasn’t the real story. It was the win by sixth-seed [...] -
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 [...] -
2010 looks a lot like 2009 in 5A state tennis results
The 5A division of girls tennis at this year’s high school state championships had a familiar look. Actually, it was a re-wind of last year. Kelsey Lawson in 5A-I brought the singles title back to Corona del Sol High School, while Priscilla Annoual from Pinnacle HS won the 5A-II crown. Both were singles champions last [...]
