Track and field: Top SF Valley/North athletes look ahead to state finals

The state championships are more than a month away, but that's not going to stop me from predicting which regional athletes will be performing in the big dance. Here are all the athletes I expect will be thanking their lucky stars they won't have to drive up to Sacramento this year to strut their stuff (the state championships are at Cerritos College).

I've included each athlete and team's ranking in the state along with their top times in each event.

BOYS

• 100 meters -- 3. Chris Owusu (Oaks Christian), 10.60; 7. Sean Alfino (Rio Mesa), 10.72
• 200 meters -- 1. Chris Owusu, 21.30
• 400 meters -- 3. Marc Watley (Crespi), 47.29
• 800 meters -- 7. Doug Bettisworth (Oak Park), 1:54.41
• 110 meter hurdles -- 2. Ryan Holmes (Loyola), 14.32; WA: Mikio Island (Crespi), 14.50
• 300 meter hurdles -- 1. Mikio Island, 37.98; 4. Ryan Holmes, 38.27

• High jump -- T-3. Jules Sharpe (Oaks Christian), 6-10
• Long jump -- 2. Ryan Butts (Antelope Valley), 23-4 1/4; WA: Delano Howell (Hart), 23-2 3/4
• Triple jump -- 5. Phillip Burks (Royal), 47-3 3/4
• Pole vault -- T-7. A.J. Teunissen (Atascadero), 15-7
• Discus -- 7. Kenny Sugishita (Arroyo Grande),  177-4; 8. Korben Boaz (Nipomo), 177-1
• Shot put -- 10. Korben Boaz, 57-2
• 4X100 -- 4. Crespi, 41.60
• 4X200 -- 7. Crespi, 1:28.09; 8. Rio Mesa 1:28.22
• 4X400 -- 2. Crespi, 3:14.24
• 4X800 -- 1. Loyola, 7:49.24; 7. Ventura, 8:00.00
• 4X1600 -- 1. Loyola, 17:28.45; 4. Ventura, 17:44.39

GIRLS

• 100 meters -- 4. Melanise Chapman (Paraclete), 12.13; WA: Valexia Droughn (Rio Mesa), 11.95
• 200 meters -- 5. Jessica Davis (Highland), 24.45
• 1600 meters -- 1. Jordan Hasay (San Luis Obispo Mission Prep), 4:42.50
• 3200 meters -- 1. Jordan Hasay, 10:03.07; 5. Kaylin Mahoney (Saugus), 10:31.86; 6. Katie Dunn (Saugus), 10:33.17
• 110 hurdles -- 9. Emani Truluck (Malibu), 14.27
• Discus -- 4. Jeanette Dewitt (Nipomo), 147-4; 6. Heather Snyder (Saugus), 143-5 1/2
• 4X100 -- 8. Paraclete, 47.69
• 4X400 -- 8. Paraclete, 3:54.18
• 4X800 -- 1. Saugus, 9:21.06
• 4X1600 -- 1. Saugus, 20:03.73
• 1600 sprint medley relay -- 6. Harvard-Westlake, 4:12.39
• Distance medley relay -- 1. Saugus, 11:51.58

-- Austin Knoblauch