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1965 - The 47th Annual CA State meet - The two-mile is added to the list of official events!! Evolution of the state meet record. |
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Ralph Gamez (Berkeley) a jr. wins the first 2M (9:12.9) (Above). |
'66-Gamez repeats and improves to 9:01.6, the first 6 finishers broke the existing meet record. Pete Romero, a Reedley Jr. was 2nd (9:05.2). | '67-Pete Romero (Reedley) moves up to win in 9:00.5, a new state meet record. Romero, runs 15 miles every morning through the vineyards of northern CA... Pete started the season with an amazing triple: 8:53.0 /1:56.6 /4:15.0 (2M/880y/Mile) -in that order - within one-hour and 40 minutes!!! |
'68-Ruben Chappins (Excelsior, Norwalk) wins by .3 as a jr. (9:05.7). '69-Chappins burns a 55.9 last lap to lead 3 under the meet record and going <9 with his 8:57.0 win !! (Ron Johnson (West Torrance) is second in 8:59.0. |
'70-Ron Johnson (West Torrance) moves up one to win in record time: 8:55.6. |
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| '71-Dale Fleet (Clairemont, SD) cruised a 61.2 final lap to finish in a new meet record - 8:53.8. | '72-Curtis Beck (Santa Monica) a jr., wins state and lowers the meet record to 8:52.3!! *(Above) Beck enroute to a then Jr class record and moved to 3rd on the all-time 2M list with an 8:48.8 in the Southern CIF meet ('72)! (L-R, Williams, Innes (Upland), Marc Genet (Santa Ana). |
'74-Rich Kimball (De La Salle) is pushed most of the way by sophomore Eric Hulst, to smash the meet record with a -8:46.5!! | '75-Eric Hulst (Laguna) pushed all the way to the end by Ralph Serna lowers the meet record to 8:44.9!! |
The the two-mile race has since been replaced by the 3,200 meters in 1993. |
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Vacancy. |
'08-German Fernandez (Riverbank) reduces the meet record to 8:34.23 = (8:37.43/2M). |
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2007 California State Meet: 3200 |
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German Fernandez (Riverbank, L), a junior, lines up for the 3200. Results.......YR..School/section..Time |
Fernandez pushes the pace. Photos: trackandfieldphoto.com |
Eric Avila (Bonita Vista) begins his charge for home with Foot Locker xc champ Chad Hall (Big Bear) following. Fernandez hangs on for third place. |
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Pete Romero was the subject of a 1967 Sports Illustrated Article. After winning state, Pete won the Golden West Inv. 2M (above). |
June 5, 1971 - CA State Meet Dale Fleet (Clairemont, SD) sets the meet record-8:53.8. L-R-Gordon Innes (Upland)2nd-8:54.4, Ed Mendoza (Helix)-5th-9:00.8, Jose Amaya (Wilson)-3rd-8:54.4. (The top 3 finishers broke the old Meet mark of 8:55.6). |
June 2, 1984 - CA State Meet Los Angeles Coliseum Roman Gomez, a junior, wins the 1600 (above) after taking the 2M 80 minutes earlier -completing the tough 1600-3200 double for only the second time in Meet history (Rich Kimball in 1974). |
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May 26, 1934 -CA state meet-Berkeley -Louie "Iron Man" Zamperini (Torrance) set CA state meet record for the Mile with 4:27.8. The previous week, Louis set a world interscholastic record in the mile, clocking in at 4 minutes and 21.2 seconds. The record would last for 19 years. And Zamperini qualified for the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany. |
Tim Danielson (Chula Vista) CA State meet mile record in '66 with 4:07.0 |
June 3, 1972 -CA State Meet - Oroville - Mile run Mark Schilling (L, Garden Grove) & Terry Cotton (El Cajon) waged a thrilling battle. Schilling won in record time; 4:05.4. Mark covered the final 440 in 56.7 to nip Cotton and broke the previous meet record by Danielson (4:07.0). Cotton was also under the old record with 4:05.5! |
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Tim Danielson (Chula Vista) raced two 2M. He won them both. Golden West and shown here with Otis Martin (Lincoln, SD) at the South Bay Relays at Sweetwater High School in 1966. Danielson won in 9:04.8. Martin ran 9:13.6. Martin qualified for two state meet 2M (junior '66, & senior '67) placing 5th in both races. |
L.A. Times Invitational - February 2, 1979 -Indoor @ Inglewood |
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Paul Medvin & Chuck Assumma duel at two-miles. Also in the race Australian Marcus Clarke, son of former distance great Ron Clarke -racing barefoot. |
Assumma sets the pace. |
Assumma leads Medvin. |
Finish: 1) Assumma - 9:03.0 |
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| CA state 2M Champ (71), Dale Fleet was never below 9:30 for 2M until he ran 9:11.2 outdoors to qualify for the San Diego Inv. where he ran a then 3rd fastest indoor 2M in history with a 8:56.8 (above). | June 6, '09 Clovis Mac Fleet (University City, San Diego) won the CA state 1600 title in 4:05.33. Mac raced a 1:58 over the final 800 to secure the win. Fleet burst onto the Nat'l scene as a soph with a 3:50.48 / 1500 (= 4:06.5 / Mile). CA State 1600: Mac finished second as a soph, and third last year while recovering from a foot injury. Fleet enrolled at Oregon. |
Dale Fleet went further north to WSU. |
