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Track and field: Farmer’s chances at a state title fade

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
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Gardena Serra’s George Farmer seemed pretty upbeat at the time, but his defeat in the 100-meter dash at the state track championships Saturday may stick with him a while.

Farmer lost to Covina’s Remontay McClain by .001 of a second, with McClain finishing in 10.448 to Farmer’s 10.449.

McClain also defeated Farmer in the 200, meaning Farmer’s last chance to win an unprecedented third state title in the same school year hinge on Serra’s capturing the team title. And that isn’t going to happen.

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Carmichael Jesuit has a 12-point lead going into the final two boys’ events, and Serra can make up only 10 points in the 4x400 relay.

Farmer, a junior, will have to come back next year to win a state track title. But there’s no guarantee he will be part of a state champion in football and basketball again.

--Ben Bolch, reporting from Clovis

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Ben Bolch

Ben Bolch has been a Los Angeles Times staff writer since 1999. He is serving his second stint as the UCLA beat writer, which seems fitting since he has covered almost every sports beat except hockey and horse racing. Bolch is also the author of the recently released book “100 Things UCLA Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.” He previously covered UCLA basketball from 2010-11 before going on to cover the NBA and the Clippers for five years. He happily traded in gobs of hotel points and airline miles to return to cover UCLA basketball and football in the summer of 2016. Bolch was once selected by NBA TV’s “The Starters” as the “Worst of the Week” after questioning their celebrity journalism-style questions at an NBA All-Star game and considers it one of his finer moments.

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