Track and field: OC champion fails to advance in 300 hurdles

One of the biggest surprises of the boys' 300-meter hurdles at the Southern Section-Toyota Division I preliminaries at Trabuco Hills was the failure of Fountain Valley's Kevin Jones to advance.

Jones was the winner at the Orange County Championships. Although he finished in 39.75 seconds, he was only 14th in the field on Saturday.

The winner of each of five heats, and the next four fastest times, advanced.

The top qualifier was Cameron Stepney, a senior at San Gorgonio who clocked 38.34 seconds, just a tad quicker than Walnut senior Cordell Almond's 38.44.

-- Martin Henderson

Comments

[Kevin Jones]

I ran on a strained hamstring and a pulled calf. i never failed. Just finishing the race was a big accomplishment for me. it was disappointing yes, but even before the race i knew that it was going o happen. Call it a failure all you want but I still gave it my all and showed up to a meet where i could have just completetly not have showed up instead of putting my body on the line just to have that one final race.