Hurdles to Moving On

At Area, the best hurdler in the city did not advance to valley because he hit one to many hurdles. Bakersfield only has one hurdler in the fast heat. This is one event that potential team titlist should excel in.





Event 6 Men 110 Meter Hurdles
Saturday 5/23/2009 - 5:50 PM
Lane Name Yr School Seed Time



Section 1 of 2 Finals
1 King, Christian Centennial 16.03 ______
2 Holley, Rakeen Tulare Western 15.70 ______
3 McCURTIS, Matt Ridgeview 15.67 ______
4 Payseno, Miles Clovis 15.52 ______
5 Overmyer, Jared 12 Lemoore 15.47 ______
6 Brinson, John Clovis East 15.51 ______
7 Osuna, Moses Madera 15.54 ______
8 Garza, Jose Arvin 15.69 ______
9 Singh, Sunni Ridgeview 15.96 ______

Section 2 of 2 Finals
1 Kelley, BJ Central 15.33 ______
2 Puente, Frankie Selma 15.28 ______
3 Law, Jayden EL Diamente 15.22 ______
4 Mashler, Andrew 12 Golden West 14.72 ______
5 Archie, Corvaughn Buchanan 14.25 ______
6 Johnson, Sean Buchanan 14.32 ______
7 Dunn, Detri Yosemite 14.85 ______
8 Maeslty, Richie South 15.26 ______
9 Abundis, Eduardo Selma 15.31 ______

Two Bakersfield athletes made the fast heat and King is just a freshman. Matt Jones crashed out of the 110 highs but did make the B heat of the 300s.

Event 14 Men 300 Meter Hurdles
Saturday 5/23/2009 - 7:15 PM
Lane Name Yr School Seed Time
Section 1 of 2 Finals
1 Regier, Jason 11 Sanger 42.25 ______
2 O'Malley, Shane Garces 41.80 ______
3 Law, Jayden EL Diamente 41.50 ______
4 Singh, Sunni Ridgeview 41.21 ______
5 Lopez, Joseph South 41.11 ______
6 Guiles, Richard Tehachapi 41.12 ______
7 Osuna, Moses Madera 41.31 ______
8 Jones, Matt Golden Valley 41.51 ______
9 Dhillon, Navneet 10 Sanger 41.94 ______

Section 2 of 2 Finals
1 Hurtado, Ariel Highland 40.92 ______
2 Anyadiegwu, Enyina Buchanan 40.53 ______
3 Abundis, Eduardo Selma 40.00 ______
4 Johnson, Sean Buchanan 39.28 ______
5 Dunn, Detri Yosemite 38.74 ______
6 Steward, Michael 12 Redwood 38.85 ______
7 Garcia, Noe Madera South 39.81 ______
8 King, Christian Centennial 40.08 ______
9 Ruddock, Matt Yosemite 40.91 ______

The Music ends for Mr. Motown and Just Begins for the Young Guns!

The championships are brutal, make the top four and live for another day. Or your season ends. Matt Jones (senior) of Golden Valley via Detroit has been winning everything locally and was the top ranked local 110 hurdler. But he clipped a hurdler, stumbled and had to push over the next one and his season was done. Sadly the hurdle he clipped appears to have taken out his teammate too.

Despite all the chaos, Mastery ran a season best for the win. Ridgeview also got two into the valley meet, which is important for the team competition. The week before the two Ridgeview hurdles did not make it out of the SWYL league prelim meet.

110H--1. Mastery, South, 15.26; 2.McCurtis, Ridge, 15.67; 3. Singh, Ridge, 15.96; 4. King, Cent, 16.03.

In the 300s, freshman King stayed on his feet for the expected win and came oh so close to breaking 40 seconds, with his season best performance.

300H--1. King, Cent, 40.08; 2. Hurtado, High, 40.92; 3.Lopez, South, 41.11; 4. Singh, Ridge, 41.21.