Three in the Top Five

Schwartz defended his title and Buchanan started it's team title run with fourteen points in the 1600.

The valley 1600 meter record is: 4:06.4 peter romero,reedley '67 and the valley Meet record is: 4:12.51a gary gonzales,clovis '81

2008 valley meet results 1-+C.Schwartz,FtH 4:15.80a 2-+j sanchez,buc 4:17.48a 3-e battles,CW 4:20.34a 4-j arellaro,mad 4:21.56a 5-+d vartanian,buc 4:21.84a 6-++h reedy,buc 4:23.28a

Sanchez and Schwartz went through the first lap in 62 but the pace slowed and they came through the 800 in around 2:10 with Reedy and Lewis of Highland in tow. By the 1200, Schwartz and Sanchez separated themselves from Lewis.

Down the homestretch, Lewis faded to 7th and it looked like Buchanan would go 2nd, 3rd and 4th but Tesfai managed to out kick both Bears for the final state berth. None of this year's qualifiers ran at state in the 1600 in 2008.

Men 1600 Meter Run

#	Name	Year	School	Finals
1	Schwartz, Chris		Foothill	4:14.37
2	Sanchez, Jonathan		Buchanan	4:14.71
3	Tesfai, Germay		Hoover	4:21.36
4	Reedy, Heath		Buchanan	4:21.44
5	Albertson, C.		J. Buchanan	4:22.98
6	Rodriguez, Roberto		Tulare Western	4:25.90
7	Lewis, Colin		Highland	4:27.84
8	Castanon, Taylor		Miss. Coll. Prep	4:28.65
9	Rodriguez, Antonio		Washingon Union	4:28.87
10	Pace, Joseph		Clovis West	4:30.64
11	Cruz, Noe		Clovis East	4:33.08
12	Morris, Matt	11	Golden West	4:34.59
13	Martinez, Max		Buchanan	4:35.27
14	Garcia, Alex		Ridgeview	4:40.29
15	Nava, Francisco		Mcfarland	4:45.16
16	Solis, Brian		Ridgeview	4:50.75