How Metro athletes fared at CIF State Track and Field championships
METRO MEDALISTS
FIRST: Prince Babalola-Buchango (St. Ignatius), 200 (20.79), Kira Gant Hatcher (St. Mary's) triple jump (40-5), Jaden Jefferson (De La Salle), 100 (10.27), Khaliq Muhammad (Pittsburg), pole vault (17-10½), Hanne Thomsen (Montgomery), 3,200 (9:48.98)
SECOND: Santia Ali (Clayton Valley), triple jump (39-10¾), Benjamin Bouie (Crystal Springs Uplands), 1,600 (4:04.84), Babalola-Buchango (St. Ignatius), 110 HH (13.59), Maya Ifo Desai (Mitty) girls discus (154-3), El Cerrito boys 4x100 relay (40.72), Landon Pretre (Menlo School), 3,200 (8:54.25), Hannah Rutherford (Mountain View), 400 (54.27), Thomsen (Montgomery), 1,600 (4:35.69)
THIRD: St. Francis 4x800 girls relay (8:57.49), Sabrina Zanetto (St. Francis), 800 (2:09.22)
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FOURTH: Avery Boyse (Burlingame) 12-2), Kinga Czajkowska (Palo Alto), 1,600 (4:42.91), De La Salle 4x100 relay (40.80), Jefferson (De La Salle), 200 (20.86), Corinne Jones (St. Mary's), triple jump (38-8½), Ellie McCuskey-Hay (St. Ignatius) long jump (19-3), Rachael Osicka (California), high jump (5-6), Pittsburg girls 4x100 relay (46.42), Kaleb Pleis (San Ramon Valley), long jump (23-9½), Aydon Stefanopoulos (Los Gatos), 1,600 (4:06.68)
FIFTH: Babalola-Buchango (St. Ignatius), 100 (10.56), Ben Stout (Amador Valley), high jump (6-7), Evan Usher (Woodside), shot put (58-4¾), discus (179-11)
SIXTH: Khairee Baker (American Canyon), 100 (10.61), Bellarmine 4x800 relay (7:44.84), Devon Bertoli (Cardinal Newman), shot put (57-9¼), Emmanuel Fitzgerald (San Mateo), discus (177-10), Joshua Haven (Bellarmine), 300 hurdles (37.87), Kimiko Hirahara (Las Lomas), high jump (5-5), Annalise Horn (Redwood), long jump (18-9½), Tristan Kippes (Palo Alto), 800 (1:52.35), Grady Wachob (Benicia), high jump (6-7)
SEVENTH: Anthony Dean (De La Salle), triple jump (47-6½), Daniela Hughes (Los Altos), triple jump (38-5½), McCuskey-Hay (St. Ignatius), 100 (11.63), Joshua Taylor (King's Academy), shot put (56-11½)
EIGHTH: Amaya Bharadwaj (Palo Alto), 1,600 (4:48.14), Miles Cook (Sacred Heart Cathedral), 1,600 (4:10.73), Amaya DeFlorimonte (Bishop O'Dowd), triple jump (38-1), Case Jacobson (St. Francis), shot put (56-3½), McCuskey-Hay (St. Ignatius), 200 (24.31), Ryan Shen (Monta Vista), long jump (22-7¼), Lily Symon (Los Altos), 800 (2:10.24)
Girls: Long Beach Wilson 46, Long Beach Poly 28, Santiago 28, Jurupa Valley 27, Carlsbad 25
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