As I waited for the results to show up on my screen, there was one event that I was really looking forward to and that was the boys' 3200m. Besides the fact that the 3200m. was my best race in high school, this race stood out for me this year in the way so many of the top distance runners chose to solely focus on this distance. While some people use the 3200m. races as the time to get a bathroom break or something to eat before the 1600m. relays, I enjoy watching the 3200m. like Nascar fans enjoy watching cars making constant left turns on a race track.
When the 3200m. results finally showed up, it was like WHAT!?!? PRs galore down the list.
1 Chris Schwartz Foothill/ce 8:51.60 10
2 Collin Jarvis 12 Rnch Buna/sd 8:53.78 8
3 Heyden Wooff 10 Camarillo/ss 8:55.16 6
4 Garrett Rowe 11 MountainV/cc 8:55.71 4
5 Matt McElroy 11 Edison(HB)ss 8:56.44 2
6 Dan Mitchell 12 Del Campo/sj 8:56.56 1
7 Erik Olson 11 Novato/nc 8:56.56
8 Isaac Chavez 12 Barstow/ss 8:57.40
9 Sam Pons 10 S Pasadena 9:01.05
10 Sterling Lockert 12 Petaluma/nc 9:01.32
11 Matt Petersen 12 Davis /sj 9:01.45
12 Ammar Moussa 10 Arcadia/ss 9:03.26
13 Wyatt Landrum 12 Liberty/nc 9:04.06
14 Adrian Rafiee 12 Ptrck Hnr/sd 9:04.83
15 Mitch Moriarty 11 Aptos/cc 9:05.78
16 Western Nelson 12 Burr Bur/ss 9:06.68
17 Reesey Byers 11 Santa Rsa/nc 9:06.93
18 Philip Macquitty 11 Palo Alto/cc 9:07.23
19 Daniel Rosales 11 Apple Vl/ss 9:07.34
20 Jonathan Sanchez 12 Buchanan/ce 9:12.91
21 Zack Torres 12 Cres. Vly/ss 9:15.18
22 Heath Reedy Buchanan/ce 9:19.29
23 Cody Schmidt 12 Redondo /ss 9:19.30
24 Chris Brewer 10 Rnch Buna/sd 9:20.44
25 Zack Kaylor 11 Enterpris/no 9:21.17
26 Trevor Halsted 10 Davis /sj 9:22.86
27 Mewael Ogbai 12 Oakland/ok 9:23.98
28 Lance Wolfsmith 12 Sobrato 9:24.47
29 Noe Ramirez 12 Vis. Murrieta 9:30.58
30 Javert Solorzano 11 Granada H/La 9:31.22
31 Pablo Rosales 11 San Pedro/la 9:37.42
32 Jorge` Mendez 11 Monroe/la 9:48.66
If you want to see this race, here is the video from flotrack.org.
Here is the race covered by dyestatcal:
Looking back at state meet history, there appears to be one race that is comparable to
yesterday's race but is still not as deep. That would be the 1981 version. Here are the times
that I could find for that race courtesy of "The California State High School Track and Field
Meet 1915-2006" by Tom Casacky and Bill Peck.
1. Jon Butler Edison 8:46.78
2. Jay Marden Mission San Jose 8:51.64
3. Jesse Torres Independence 8:52.11
4. Mike Carlton Northview 8:52.80
5. Harold Kuphaldt Bella Vista 8:54.78
6. Mike McCollum Palo Alto 8:56.11
7. Dave Shea Castro Valley 8:58.49
8. Aubrey Wilson Berkeley 9:00.42
9. Eric Reynolds Camarillo 9:00.71
10. Tyrus Deminter Jefferson 9:01.08
16. Brian Abshire DeAnza 9:08.6
For a historical perspective, the 3200m. race was first held in 1965 at the CA state meet
and at the time, the distance was 2 miles.
I will see if I can get the perspective of the some of the runners from the above race.
In the meantime, here are a few articles that mention the 3200m. (and other events as well).
Prep state track finals: Novato's Olson tires, finishes seventh in 3,200 meters (marin IJ)
Gradiska second in state meet 200, fourth in 100 (Palo Alto online)
Wheeler's leap leads off strong Bay Area showing (SF Chronicle)
Casa's Taylor comes up short in bid for state title (Santa Rosa Press Democrat)
Taylor boxed in, finishes fourth in 1,600-meters; Lockert, Stone set Empire records
Any thoughts on the race? Most surprising finish?
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