The tight finish to the 1600-meter final at the State Meet saw Andreas Dybdahl (right), edge Ryan Thomas (left), and Anthony Fast Horse (center) at the line.
Sadie Engelhardt (center) and Mackenzie Browne (right) were the 2023 CA leaders in the 1600m and 800m, respectively.
Sadie Engelhardt, Y'Vette Harris, Hannah Riggins, Payton Godsey, Davis Davis-Lyric, Robert Stitts, and Aaron Sahlman among CA standouts headed to Washington.
Seven CIF-State champions, including double-event winner Sadie Engelhardt, lead this deep list of elite girls set to light up the outdoor season next spring.
Santa Barbara junior Andreas Dybdahl is the only non-senior to win a CIF-State title, doing so in a 1600-meter field with four other returners.
CA combo hurdles champ Roman Mendoza had his season cut short by an injury early in the post season.
Y'Vette Harris (center) and Anisa Bowen-Fontenot (right) were the top two girls combined hurdlers in CA during the 2023 outdoor season.
Castaic junior Meagan Humphries medaled in four events - including both horizontal jumps - at the CIF-State Track and Field Championships.
Shane Carr of South Bakersfield, one of only two boys to reach the State finals in both horizontal jumps, is CA's combined distance leader in 2023.
The top nine girls with the fastest 1600m-3200m combined times are non-seniors, including soph Hanne Thomsen, junior Ashlyn Boothby, and frosh Chiara Dailey.
Four non-seniors led by Clovis East junior Carter Spradling lead the list of boys distance runners ranked by the fastest combined 1600-3200 times in 2023.
Aja Johnson and April Fontenette, two of the top four girls combo throwers in CA this past season, came out of the same program at Notre Dame - Sherman Oaks HS.
Clovis North sophomore McKay Madsen ranks No. 2 nationally in the class of 2025 in both the discus throw and the shot put.
Culver City sophomore Joelle Trepagnier and Wilson senior Aujane Luckey were the two fastest girls 200m-400m combined sprinters in California this past season.
Dijon Stanley of Granada Hills Charter (LA) and Xai Ricks of Long Beach Poly (SS) were the fastest two boys long sprinters in California during the 2023 season.
Robert Stitts, Rodrick Pleasant, Jordan Washington, and Anthony Flowers (l-r) pictured atop the awards stand after the 100m at the State Meet.
Brazil Neal, Joelle Trepagnier and Meagan Humphries (l-r) rank among CA's top four girls with the fastest combined 100m-200m performances during the '23 season.
Serra (SS) senior Rodrick Pleasant dominated the sprints for the second spring in a row.
Ventura (SS) sophomore Sadie Engelhardt and J.W. North (SS) senior MacKenzie Browne ran two of the fastest 1600m and 800m times, respectively, in CA history.
Congratulations to Ventura (SS) sophomore Sadie Engelhardt, the fan poll voting favorite as the top girls performer at the CIF-State Track & Field Championships
CONGRATULATIONS to Jake Stafford, a senior at JSerra (SS), our fan-poll favorite as the boys top performer at the CIF-State Meet.
State record-holder Rodrick Pleasant defended his title in the 100m dash in one of the fastest winning times in State Meet history.
Sadie Engelhardt needed a late sprint to unseat the champion in the 800-meter run while pulling off a double so rare it had only been done one other time.
Dijon Stanley and Xai Ricks ran two of the fastest 400-meter dash times in the country this season, as well as in CA track and field history.
Sadie Engelhardt made her intentions clear from the start that it would be her vs. the clock in the girls 1600m State Meet final.
Without question, the craziest race finish of the 103rd CIF-State Track and Field Championships was in the boys 300-meter hurdles.
San Clemente's quartet of junior boys took the lead early and held off some of the state's all-time great lineups in the inaugural event.
Congratulations to Chukwunonso Udeh of De La Salle (NC) and Evan Noonan of Dana Hills (SS), the top vote-getters in last week's MileSplitCA poll.
Congratulations to Keilee Hall, a senior at Christian Brothers (SJ), the top vote-getters in last week's MileSplitCA poll.
Young stars with a bright future in the girls distances took center stage in an historically fast State Championship final.