tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35010079.post2956401220102723562..comments2023-10-08T02:13:48.097-07:00Comments on High School Sports Blog: Sights From the CIF State Track and Field MeetJoshua D. Scrogginhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16233080736430403261noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35010079.post-58730656358666050472008-07-08T12:35:00.000-07:002008-07-08T12:35:00.000-07:00Great job at the Olympic trials. It was fun watchi...Great job at the Olympic trials. It was fun watching you run on National TV.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35010079.post-81571304566788116662008-06-07T00:20:00.000-07:002008-06-07T00:20:00.000-07:00FYI from SACBEE.com, Please give thid girl her due...FYI from SACBEE.com, Please give thid girl her due.<BR/><BR/>Golden West features distance phenom Hasay<BR/>The Mission Prep junior will run in two events at the invitational in Folsom.<BR/>By Quwan Spears - qspears@sacbee.com <BR/>Published 12:00 am PDT Friday, June 6, 2008<BR/>Story appeared in SPORTS section, Page C7<BR/><BR/>Print | E-Mail | Comments (0)| <BR/><BR/>At least one close observer offered a simple reason for Jordan Hasay's girls track dominance.<BR/><BR/>"She is just untouchable," said Laurynne Chetelat, the Davis High School senior and 3,200-meter state runner-up. "She is a legend. She is well-known on the high school scene because she is hard to beat."<BR/><BR/>Hasay, a junior at Mission Prep in San Luis Obispo, hopes to add to her legacy at the 2008 adidas Golden West Invitational on Saturday at Folsom High School. <BR/><BR/>Hasay is one of about 500 top-notch national track and field athletes participating. The event's legacy includes featuring athletes such as Marion Jones, Stacy Dragila and Steve Prefontaine.<BR/><BR/>In the California Interscholastic Federation State Championships last Saturday, Hasay ran the 3,200 in 9 minutes, 52.13 seconds, and wrapped an unbeaten season in girls prep competition, winning her third consecutive state title at that distance. She beat Chetelat (9:52.51) in a thriller.<BR/><BR/>Hasay set a new state meet record, breaking the previous mark of 9:52.80 set by Kim Mortensen of Thousand Oaks in 1996.<BR/><BR/>Saturday, Hasay will try her hand in the 800 meters. She is using the event to prepare for the U.S. Olympic Trials, June 27-July 6 in Eugene, Ore., and also will run the 1,500.<BR/><BR/>"Regardless of the race, Jordan is just a consistent runner," said Chetelat, who isn't competing in the invitational. "It seems like she never runs a bad race."<BR/><BR/>In most races, she generally rushes to the lead and uses her great stamina to run and win from the front.<BR/><BR/>Only pros and collegians in open competition at Stanford have managed to take down the 5-foot-2 runner with trademark long blond hair.<BR/><BR/>Hasay, however, is just one of several top athletes participating.<BR/><BR/>Others include junior Christian Taylor of Sandy Creek (Ga.). He is the national leader in the boys triple jump at 52 feet, 6 1/2 inches. He is also expected to compete in the long jump and 400 meters.<BR/><BR/>Also competing is two-time California state meet boys pole vault champion Nico Weiler of Los Gatos. The senior also holds the nation's top high school mark at 17 feet, 4 inches.<BR/><BR/>The meet will feature Anna Jelmini of Shafter, who won the state title in the girls discus and has the country's best prep mark of 183 feet, 11 inches.<BR/><BR/>Local athletes to watch include Laguna Creek's Sanmi George, who finished seventh at the state meet in the girls 100 (12.22 seconds).<BR/><BR/>Also competing is freshman Jazmin Harper of Oakmont, who was a major surprise this season, claiming fifth at the state meet (55.36) and first (57.15) in the Sac-Joaquin Section Masters meet in the 400.<BR/><BR/>Football player-turned-sprinter Tom Blocker of Jesuit starred on the Marauders' 4x100 and 4x400 relay teams and finished fourth in the Masters meet in the 400 (49.11).<BR/><BR/>Maria Malone, a junior from Folsom, earned sixth place in the girls 3,200 (10.29.92) at the state meet. She is expected to run the mile Saturday.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com