Track: Khalfani Muhammad runs 100 in 10.46 at Arcadia Invitational
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Khalfani Muhammad of Sherman Oaks Notre Dame, the defending state champion in the 100 and 200, showed on Saturday night he’s in his best shape ever for early in the season, running 10.46 seconds to win the 100 meters at the Arcadia Invitational at Arcadia High.
Elijah Mitchell of Eastvale Roosevelt was second in 10.58 and Morgan Simon of Loyola finished thrid in 10.70.
Sophomore Kaitlyn Merritt of Santa Margarita set a national sophomore record in the girls’ pole vault and set a meet record with a mark of 13 feet, 8 inches.
Junior Sarah Baxter of Simi Valley won her third Arcadia title in three years, winning the 3,200 in 10:08.76.
Freshman Courtney Corrin of Harvard-Westlake won the girls’ long jump with a nation-leading mark 20-2 1/4. Randall Cunningham of Las Vegas Bishop Gorman, the son of the former NFL quarterback, won the high jump at 7-1.
-- Eric Sondheimer