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HS Track Archive
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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 [...] -
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 [...] -
Meet of Champions great way to end HS track season
This year’s Meet of Champions once again gave high school track athletes from the smaller schools a chance to compete head-to-head with those from the 4A and 5A divisions. The meet, held Saturday at Queen Creek HS, is an AIA-sanctioned event and is considered the premier post-season competition. Athletes who won their event at one [...] -
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 [...] -
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 [...] -
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 [...]
