Call them “fabfour.”
The Servite’s Boys’ 4×100 metre relay team consisting of freshmen Jace Wells, Jalen Hunter, Kamil Perovello and Jorden Wells won the CIF State Athletics Championship on Friday, the Servite’s Boys’ 4×100 metre relay team won the Friday heat in 40.28 seconds and got a fierce start with the top qualification.
Robert Gardner won the Southern Section Masters Meeting six days ago, and ran the anchor legs behind Jace Wells, Hunter and Perovello six days before Benjamin Harris, a Southern Section Masters Meeting, when sophomore Benjamin Harris joined Jorden Wells, Hunter and Gardner, filling records at the Arcadia Invitation in April, and running anchor legs behind Jace Wells, Hunter and Perovello.
All Friday was about the “Youth Movement.” They left Buchanan High Veterans Memorial Stadium, believing they could return on Saturday to break the 40.24 state tournament record set by Hawthorne in 1989.
“This is the first time that all four of us have participated in the same relay,” Hunter said. “I’m chasing tomorrow’s records.”
Sherman Oaks Notre Dame scored a Heat 2 with the second fastest time of 40.83.
Hunter showed why he is the fastest freshman in the country as he appeared to be saving energy for the final, even though he had earned a 400-meter heat at 47.43 an hour later.
Jace Wells clocked a personal-best to win his 200-meter heat in 21.03 while Stadlman (21 flat), Antrell Harris (21 flat) and Leo Francis (21.16) from Santa Margarita also advanced to the finals ahead of USC-bound RJ Sermons of Rancho Cucamonga, who raced Nicolas Obimgba of Torrance head-to-head at 11 pm for the last qualifying spot.
Schmonds secured his spot in the final with a 20th second victory at 21.11 at an empty stadium.
“I’ve never leaked it before,” the sermon shook his head. “I got off to a bad start for the first time. No one is responsible except me.”
Cerritt gained a 4x400m heat in 3 minutes 10.94 seconds, holding back the Cathedral (3:11.13) for the second fastest qualifying time after Long Beach Poly (3:10.70).
The maintenance crew will work all night after the boy’s 100m after removing the scorchmarks on the truck. All nine sprinters who reached Saturday’s finals had a record below 10.51, led by DeLa Salle junior Jayden Jefferson. This year’s state.
Rancho Cucamonga’s USC-bound RJ sermon finished fourth at 10.47, earning the heat at 10.40, and DeMare Dezeurn, who was repeated as Masters champion in 10.35 seconds, also surpassed the heat at 10.43. Benjamin Harris won the Heat 4 with 10.49.
“Today was about qualifying for the finals. Dezeurn, a sophomore at Alemany, said, “It’s a great competition. I have to go hard tomorrow. If I can beat (Jefferson) at the start, I can beat him in the race. But he’s good. Looking at those times, I love the game even more. I want to prove that I belong here. I’ll run to win!”
Christina Gray fixed the Carson girl’s 4×100 relay. It recorded the fastest qualifying time (46.16) and a slow kick on the anchor leg of Journey Call’s Heat 2 allowed Redondo Union (46.33) to clip last year’s state champion Oaks Christian. Gray was a personal 11.47 of 100 people, slamming Chaparal’s Kieran Wright for a second in a hot moment.
Calabasas sophomore Maria Rainey cried out “C’mon” after winning the heat in her personal best 11.57. The lights bounced, posting the best time (23.58) for the girls in the 200m, with Gray second in the second fastest time, finishing much faster than 24.62 in the City Finals.
“I got off to a great start at 100, but now I need to work on the finish,” Gray said. “It’s still a great time for me. I felt pretty good and had no negative winds. Winning the relay gave me confidence because I felt suspicious before that, but after 4×100 I knew I’d do the rest of the time well.
Monarch champion Aja Johnson Sherman Oaks Notre Dame struggled on Friday, but secured its 12th and final final with an effort of 139 feet 3 inches. Camarillo’s Trinity Tipton was the top qualifier 152-06. The 2023 shot state champion Johnson was the top qualifier Friday at 45-05.
Transgender athlete AB Hernandez from Jurupa Valley was a major qualifier for the Women’s Long Jump (19-11.75), Triple Jump (40-09.75), and High Jump (5-05.00).
