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By KEITH PETERSTo the casual track and field observer, Bill Green
and Anthony Curra'n have little or nothing in common.
In fact, prior to today, Green had never heard of,Curran.
Green is a junior and attends CubberleyHigh.Curran is asenior and attends Crespi High'inEncino.'Green is a sprinter and Curran is a pole v'aulter. Buthere any disimilarity ends. "
Both athletes, who have never formally met, willbe in Bakersfield this weekend for the 60th annualCalifornia Interscholastic Federation (CIF) statemeet. And both are national leaders in their respec-tive events heading into today's trials." '
Curran tops the n,ation in the pole ,vault with amark of I7-4114-the national record---:and is theoverwhelming favorite for the gold medal in Satur-day's finals. " " , .
Green, currently the hottest track talent in theCentral Coast Section, is the country's No. I prepquartermiler with his sizzlitlg 47.0." '
Both will carry that extra pressure with them intothe meet. Or will they? '
"I don't think there's any extra pressure," says theunflappable Green, who likes the idea of being thenation's fastest prepquartermiler.
Green has perhaps the best chance of any Midpeninsula athlete of winning a gold medal. Rod Bethany of Fontana High, who finished third in last year'sstate meet with a 47.9, appears to be Green's stiffestcompetition with a 1978 best of 47.31.
After' that, the challenge could be from Region IIcompetitors Art Nicholson of Menlo-Atherton (47.9)and Tony Thompson of Woodside (48.0) or MikeWhite of Richmond (48.1)., ..At stake, along with the gold medal, is the meetrecord of 46.6 held by James Sanford of USC andLarence Jones-a current member of the San Fran-
,!cisco 4ge'rs. ,:""WhiJe Green stands a good chance at a gold in the440'and a decent chance at a medal in the 220 wherehe brings a best of21.4, he's not the onlyCCS athletewith that opportunity.
Carlos Carrasco of Mt. Pleasant is the state leaderin the two mile with a best of 9:02.6 and could' win'sinc;::edefending champion Frank Assumma of Eisenhower High in Rialto qualified onlyinthe mile.Assumma's brother, Chuck, will miss the competi-tion altogether with a stress fracture. ,
Kobert Smith of Awalt has dropped seven secondsin the miJe this year, from a 4: 19.9 early in the year tohis current best of 4: 12.0, but is still three seconds
, behind Dave Bahanl of Hart High in Newhali who isthe state leader and co-national leader at 4:09.4,
CCS pole vault entrants Bert Tardieu of Del Mar(16-1314), Ross McAlexander of Monta Vista (15-61/2)and Mitch Preciado of Homestead (15-6) standchances for medals, as long as they don't mind silveror bronze while Steve Struble of Sunnyvale is milesaway from a gold but could still pick up a secondor third in the discus if he can duplicate his best of185-1.
Dave Porath of Atwater appears a likely winner inboth the discus and shot put with state bests of 206-6 ,and 64-10, respectively. }
Steve Bruce of Menlo-Atherton is among the state Ileaders in the long Jump with a 23-81/2 best, but Gary t
Butler of Fremont High of Lo~ Angeleshas gone 25-4. ~_ SS~:,~ G_!:l!hri~o!S,YI?,e,rJt!Wa~d lY1alcQ"IIJ;;q~xon.oL ~(
Sequ6,la have th~.,unertvlable task of challengmg de" ifending state champion Phil Johnson or;Gardena in t
,Jhe 120-yard high hurdles .. Johnson ,won last yearwith a 13.66 time and has the hand-held equivalent ofa 13.4 this season. '
Other Region II competitors in today's trials"'which begin at 4 p.m., are Fred Grolle of Los Altos inthe long and triple jumps, Al Zoppi of Wilcox. in thetriple jump, Bob Love of Carlmont in the two mile,Matt Bailey of Buchser in the 880, Mesha Spivey ofWoods,ide in the high jump, Stan Bea.l of San Carlosin the 100 and 220, Frank Oravillo of Sequoia in the100 and Dave Avila of Cupertino in the mile.
Cubberley also has entered its 440 relay team, asdoes Carlmont, while San Carlos sends its 3:20.8 milerelay squad,
, Among the top competitorsiin the girls' divisionfrom the Midpeninsula are Kerry Brogan of Los
ighlightstate track
~'~,,~,,),fter h9nors in the high hurdles while Ross. McAlexander of Monta Vista seeks the same in theate meet trials get underway in Bakersfield (Journal photos by Joe Melena).
Matt Bailey of Buchser High strains at right in CCS finals last week. He hung in and finished third toearn a berth in today's state meet 880 trials in Bakersfield. (Photo by Joe Melena).
leaders highlig
Steve Guthrie of Cupertino (above) will be after h9nors in the highpole vault when todoy's state meet -trials get unde,
.SPORTS
Past state championsI
Altos and Tracy Weber o·f Lynbrook in the mile andBrogan in the two mile, Kristy Campbell of Lynbrook and Janet Harman of Awalt in the long jump,Karen Woodbecj< of Cupertino ipAhe~discus, KrisC9~tello,ofLynbrook in the low hun;lles, Tricta Kingof•.M·A~in~the~high~jumJY.:'W endi. Michelli6f Gun nin the shot put and Diane Figliomeni of Saratoga inthe 880,
Matt Bailey of Buchser Highearn a berth in toda,
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.10,'11.\".1"Section II VALLEY JOURNAL, FRIDAY, JUNE 2
,Midpeninsulo athletes who hove won stote titles:.. BOYS
1976-WyattBishop (Carlmont), 880.•1972-Scott Overton (Los Altos), discus.1970-Rick Brown (Los Altos), 440, 880; Chris Adams (Los
·Altos),discus; Los Altos mile reloy team (Bob Thompson, LorryDovis, Jim Andrew, Rick Brown); Los Altos teom title.
1969-Chris Adoms (Los Altos), discus.1965-Bruce Noglee (Bellarmine), discus.1964-Mike Ryon (Wilcox), mile.1963-Bruce Wilhelm (Fremont), shot put.1962-Bob Stoecker (Los Altos), discus.1961-Bob Stoecker (Los Altos), discus.1956-Ron Lorrieu (Polo Alto), mile.i941-0mor Cowles (Polo Alto), high hurdles,1937-Les Steers (Polo Alto),'high jump.1936-Les Steers (Polo Alto), high jump.
1935-Les Steers(Polo Alto), ~~~Lusmp.1977-Kris Costello (Lynbrook), low hurdles.1974-Pam Blackburn (Cubberley), high jump.
Cypertino COURIERI June 6, 1978/page 20
Costellolea~Vike girlties nationalrecord in low h'urdles
COMPETING IN this, one ofthe finesthigh school vault fields ever assembled,were Homestead's Mitch Preciado andMonta Mista's Ross McAlexander.
Both had trouble with a fluctuatingwind in the stadium, to the extent thatPreciado barely made his opening heightof 13-9with a third attempt clearance. Theduo qualified with efforts of 14-3,however,
. to advance it into the 12-man finals ..On Saturday the wind conditions were
the same, constantly alternating betweena headwind and tailwind. McAlexanderhad a moderate clearance at 14-8, then
CUPERTINO TOOK down its largest popped a screamer over ,15-2with a IS-inchgroup of individuals ever and had Steve clearance, and it appeared that a 16-footerGuthrie place fifth in the 120high hurdles might be on the way. 'and first-ever female Pioneer qualifier The gusting wind, though, had, otherKaren Woodbeck take sixth in the discus. ideas, forcing him to pull short on his first
Guthrie, the DAL, Region II and CCS trial at 15~6,then run under the bar on hisgold medalist. brought the crowd to its feet second attempt. On his final try, McAlexwith his second-place finish in Friday's ander planted and was inthe air, but theheats. Hitting a1110 hurdles and knocking pair of aborted attempts had taken theirdown eight, he slammed into' the last toll and dulled his technique enough tobarrier badly, forcing him to remain on miss. He placed seventh behind Tully.two feet by pushing off the all-weather ; ,Tartan surface with one hand. PRECIADO, in the meantime, was
Staggering toward the tape, he threw "giving me ulcers," ac'cording to Mustanghimself across the finish line sideways, mentor Rick Milam. Of the 15 possiblelanding in a heap just over the stripe. attempts the Homestead senior had at five
"I caught my trail leg on the last one different heights,' he used 12, clearingand just tried to stay up," explained three heights on his third and finaltrial.Guthrie, who stopped the watches at 14.46. The result of this hair-tearing effort cul"I didn't even know how far away the minated when Preciado writhed over 15-6finish was. I just tried to stay up." for a lifetime best by half a foot and fifth
The' Pioneer senior came back the next place. ,day to plac~ f~fthin 14.64"p~GQming.ong,()f .." .. ~',The,.biggest problem was the wind,"a small handful of CCS hurdlers:,ever,.to he remarked. "It was circular. On everymake the state finals. ---:07-- otlier vault iFctb'e-aheaawind, ana'every
other vault would be a tailwind. That killeda lot of attempts.
"At the beginning of this year I wantedto place in the top"10 in the state.'"I·dign't .have the trouble I had with my back this~season like I did last year, and that made abig difference." ,
The pair then sat back and watchedCurran set another national record at 1751,4, adding the senior class mark to hisother class records of 14-8% as a freshman, 15-91,4as a soph and 16-41,4as ajunior. The record may be disallowed forthe UCLA-bound Curran, however, as thebar flipped up off one peg and onto the topof the standard. '
By BRIAN HOEY
DEFENDING champion Kris Costelloof Lynbrook set a state record and tied thenational standard while winning the 110low hurdles at the 60th annual CIF StateTrack and Field Championships Saturday,in Bakersfield.
Costello's performance highlighted DeAnza League efforts, which saw nine of 14area athletes qualify during Friday'spreliminaries for the ,next day's finals.
The senior Vikin~. third at CCS whilefavoring torn cartilage in one knee, blazedan electronically timed 13.83in a race thatproduced the three top clockings in thenation for 1978.The mark was rounded offto equal the national record of 13.8.
"I WAS REALLY nervous at the startof the race," said Costello. who has accepted a full-ride scholarship to the Universityof Oregon in Eugene and plans to major in
, pre-med."Kim (Costello of El Camino, South San
Francisco) had a faster time going into it,and I was never really sure whether myknee would hold up or start ripping. Plus,the fact that I put pressure on mvself.since I was the defending champion."
Lynbrook also entered freshmen CCSqueens Tracy Weber in the mile and Kr.istyCampbell in the long jump. Neither madethe finals as Weber ran 5:03.3 for eighth inher heat while Campbell leaped 17-21/2 for19th overall.
WOODBECK, ONLY a junior, has beensurprising coaches and competitors alikeever since the league meet, where shebroke her foot after a winning toss. Sincethen, she has limped through the regionand section meets on crutches, throwingwith her foot heavily taped.
She was also on crutches during thestate meet where she qualified eighth inFriday's prelims at 123-2,then came backthe next day to place sixth with a 122-9effort.
"The pain is not really a factor," saidthe 5-10 blonde, who gutted out the post-
. season meets this year after a disappointing sophomore campaign in which sheplaced sixth in the CCS after entering withthe second-ranked throw, thus missing thestate meet.
"It only hurts just when I release it. Thedoctors say it'll take about six weeks toheal. "
Cupertino girls' coach Chuck Beanadded, "Karen's key was her consistency,even if it was on a bad foot. She kept getting out to the same distance when ev~ryone around her was choking because of thepressure. "
PIONEER SENIOR Steve Finley, CCSrunner-up in the long jump, placed 19thoverall with a leap of 22-2%in the prelims.Junior miler Dave Avila, also a secondplacer, in the section, did not run due topersonal problems.
Probably the toughest event DALrepresentatives entered was the pOlevault.
The names and heights were awesome;Steve Tully from Millikan, brother ofUCLA's world recordholder Mike, andphenomena Anthony Curran of Crespi-Encino, who set the national high schoolrecord of 17-41,4this year.
THE DAL ALSO sent Steve Struble ofSunnyvale in the discus. The seniorqualified fourth in the prelims at 175-11,but threw three straight fouls in the finalsto finish unplaced. His Friday mark wouldhave tied him for second place overall.
C.I.F. track and field championships
BOYS DIVISION
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::'Soturday'S tinal reSlJlt5 in tt18 California InM••terscholostic Federation State Track and Field,Championships at Bakersfield Colleae:
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.''''- Shol put- 1, Dave Porath, Atwater, 65-]OJ/4. 2,'"Vince Brown, Mater Dei, 61,33;', 3, Brian Faul,~'West Covina, 61-3'/2.4, Don Mosebar, Mt. Whit;;Q.'ey. 61-2'12. 5, Ken Pole, E! Capitan, 60-93/4.';., Long jump-1, Dokie Williams, EI Camino,~'2~-l'/•. 2, Mike Bradford, Fairtax, 24-8.3, Don..l\ie Butler, Fremont. 24·8. 4, Tony Piffs, Sanfa..Ana Valley, 24-3'12. 5, Tony Hamilton, Castle..Rark,23-7'h.••••.••loa-yard dash-l-Mikel Santord, Pasadena,••...9T85;2, Ken Thomas, Stanford, 9.93.3, Virgil""fx>rrance, Gardena, 9.96.4, Dokie Williams, EI"'Gomino, 10.01. 5, Wendell McNeal, Oakland,~to.03.-120 hurdles-l, Milan Stewart, West Covina,"'1:'3.97.2, Philip Johnson, Gardena, 14.22.3, Tony
",~mpbell, Bannning, 14.27.4, Malcolm Dixon,~quoia, 14.41. 5, Steve Gutt,rie, Cupertino,t:;.JA·64 ..",.,880-1. DaVid Mack, Locke, 1:51.83.2, Pete,,,Quinanes, Tulare Union, 1:51.91. 3, Jeff West,,:,G;renshaw, 1:52.04. 4, Mike White, Richmond,",,);52.51. 5, David Brown, Poway, 1:52.64...,,, 440 relay-l, EI Cerrito, 41.55. 2, Gardena,·""11.75. 3, Gardena, 41.76. 4, Compton, 41.78. 5,"':Monroe, 41.86.."""2-miie-1, .left Nelson, Burbank, 8:59.28. 2,"'Rod Berry, Redwood, 8:59.33. 3, Steve Webb,'::Xennedy, 9:06.97. 4, Ken Holliday, Gilroy,
9:08.66.5. Mark Conover, Miramonte, 9:08.75.Pole vauit-l, Tony Curran, Crespi, 17-5'/4. 2,
Greg Ernst. Eldorado, 16-3. 3, Scott Foss, SantaYnez, 15-10. 4, Bob White, La Canada, 15-6. 5,Milch Preciado, Homestead, 15-6."", Discus-l, Dave Porath, Atwater, 199-5. 2,
""Jay Covar, Burroughs, 175-11.3, Tim Bennett.""-Kingsburg, 172-7. 4, Tom Peterson, North Sa•• tinas, 170-8.5, Don Frazee, Bella Vista, 169-8."""'High iump-1, Brad Harris, Los Alamitos, 6'll. 2, Deivon Davis, Miraleste, 6-10. 3, Cassie'Fairman, San Pedro, 6-10.4, Reuben Edwards,
;T;erra Linda, 6-10. 5, Joel Wyrich, Mt. Pleasant,,,.6-9..••.. ,440-1. Bill Green, Cubberley, 46.77.2, Todd•••J:!ethany. Fontana, 46.93.3, Devin Lewis, LA
Banning, 47.904, Cliff Newsome, Bakerslielcl,48.07. 5, Tony Thompson, Woodside, 48.08.
330-yard hurdles-1, Gary Lee, Long BeochPoly, 36.58. 2, Larry Cowling, Sacramento,
36.87.3, Dwayne Wycoft, Monrae, 36.96. 4, Tony,Campbell, Los Angeles Banning, 37.00. 5, Wil- \liam Stapleton, San Francisco lincoln, 37.12:
Triple iump- 1, Dokie Williams, EI Camino,
50-4'14;'2, Craig Roberts, Cerritos, 49.10. 3, Lon·nie Sanders, Granl, 49-1'/4. 4, Craig Montgomery, EI Camino, 48-83/4.5, Marvin Colter, Piner,48-4'12.
nO-yard dash-l, Mikel Sanford, Pasadena,21.42.2, Virgil Torrence, Gardena, 21.62. 3: RoyMosley, Notre Del Rio, 21.73. 4, Howaid Hawkins, Warren, 21.78. 5, Wendell McN.eal. Oakland,21.80.
Mile reloy-l, LA Banning, 3:11.S7. 2;West.chester, 3: 13.35.3, Fi>ntano, 3: 13.68. 4, Fremont,3:14.34.5, Richmond Kennedy, 3:15.9.
Mile-l, Paul Medvin, LA Univers;ty,4:08.91.2, Frank Assuma, Eisenhower, 4:09.16. 3, MarkFricker, Hemet. 4:10.78. 4, Mike O'Reilly, SonRafael, 4: 13.2.5, John Stormo, Agoura, 4: 18.0.
Boys' team scores-EI Camina (Oceanside)16. Gardena 15, Pasadena 15, LA Banning 14,Atwater 12,West Coviila9, Fontana 7, EI Cerrito9: I,.ocke 6, Crespi 6, Burbank 6, Cubberle.,. 6,Long Beach Poly 6, UniversiTY 6, Fremont ;,Mater Dei 4, Fairfax 4, Tulare Union 4, EI Domdo 4, Burraughs 4, Hanford 4, Redwood 4, Kennedy 4, Miraleste 4, Cerritos 4, Sacramento 4,Eisenhower 4, Wes1chester 4.
GIRLS DIVISION
110-yard hurdles-l, Krls Costello, Lynbroak·Cupertino, 13.83. 2, Kim Costello, EI Camino, 13.95,3, MiChelle Hawtharne, EI Camino,14.03; 4,Lori Smith, Gardena, 14.41. 5, JoyceScott, Vanden, 14.44.. Discus-l, Christi Pyle, Hoover, 149-3.2, SueSpringer, Salinas, 141-3. 3, linda Reed, Alame·da, 138-8. 4, Karen Stampfla, Lassen, 134-6. 5,Sandy Johnson, Pleasant Hills, 125-0.
Long jump-l, Kathy Haynes, Modera, 19·3.2, Carrie McLaughin, Groce Davis, 19-2.. 3,
Welma McClain, Pacifica, 19,03/,.4, JoannoHarper, Fremont. 18·11. 5, Paula Stevens, Colinga, 18-6\12.
High iump-l, Sue McNeal, Carlsbad, 5-10'/ •.
2, Anne <:rpeilbeck, Huntintan Beacl), ;·Y. J,Angela Phifer, Independent, 5-8. 4, Sonya I-lor·rigfeld, Beyer, 5-7. 5, Nancy Redican, Simi Volley, 5·7.
<140-1. Arlise Emerson, Westminister, 54.3. 2,Gwen Gordner, Crenshaw, 54.94. 3, Kim Law,Santa Ana Valley, 55.96. 4, Valerie Briscoe,Lacke, 56.47. 5, Lisa Peters, Northgate WalnutCreek,56.56.
880-1, Ann Regan, Camden Son Jose, 2 :07.93.2, Michelle Bush, Rollina Hills, 2:10.46. 3, LindaGoen, Bakersfield, 2: 10'79.4, Staci Kneeshaw,Foothill Santa Ana, 2: 10.94.5, Louise Ramo,Torrance, 2: 11.67.
440 relay-l, Jordan Los Angeles, 47.14.2, Andrew Hill, 47.15. 3. Crenshaw, 47.61. 4, Dorsey,47.84.5, Thousand Oaks, 48.09.
Shot put~l, Kerri Zwart, Crescenta Valley,45-11'12. 2, Rosorio Ramos, Anal)eim, 45-n~. 3,Sue Springer, Sa Iinas, 44-11'/4.4, Jackie Nelson,Canyon Anaheim, 44-8'12. 5, Debra Pryor, HolyNames, 44-71/2.
220-1, Ke!ia Bolton, Andrew Hill,23.99. 2,Pam Marshall, Long Beach Jordan, 24.05. 3,Freda Cobbs, Berkeley, 24.;5. 4, Alice Brown,Muir, 24.22. 5, Judy Reed,C;awford, 24.52.
Two miles-Cheri Williams, livermore,10:17.11.2, Susie Meek, Palos Verdes, 10:23.54. 3,Roxanne Bier, Independence, 10:44.04. 4, Pam'Bowers, American North Coast. 10:46.93. 5,Janice Kelly, Hemet, 10:50.32.
100-" Kelia Bolton, Anarew Hill, 10.92. 2,AliceBrovm, Muir, 10.96. 3, Pam Marshall, Jordan Long Beach, 11.00.4, Elaine Parker,Oceana, 11.01. 5, Valerie Briscoe, Locke, 11.05.
Mi!e relay-l, Fremont. 3:51.29.2, Crawford,3:51.93.3, Sir Francis Drake, 3:54.35. 4, Morse,3:55.74.5, Locke, 3:55.9.
Mile--], Cheri Williams, Livermore, 4:4~.95.2, Susie Meek, Pa!as Verdes, 4:49.55. 3, lindaGoen, Bakersfield, 4:52.04. 4, Kelley Wells,Quortz Hills, 4:52.29. 5, Suzanne Richter, Chico,4:52.42 .
Girls team scores-Andrew Hill 16, livermore 12, Salinas 7, Crenshaw 7, Lang BeachJordon 7, Hoover Glendale 6, Lynbrook 6,Carlsbad 6, Independence 6, Cresenta 6, Muir 6,LA Jordan 6, Madc>ra 6, North Bakersfield 6,Westminister 6, Crawford 5, EI Camino CC 4,Huntington Beach 4, Palos Verdes4, Anaheim 4,Grace Davis 4, Rolling Hills 4. Locke 4.
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