CLOVIS, Calif. — There have been many spectacular performances at the CIF state track and field championships on Saturday, however essentially the most breathtaking of all was one the followers packed inside Buchanan High’s Veterans Memorial Stadium didn’t see — Jaslene Massey’s throw of 196 toes and 4 inches within the discus — a mark that not solely broke the state record however was the farthest throw ever by a lady in a U.S. highschool meet.
The discus competitors completed earlier than any of the monitor occasions began and was held on an auxiliary area, however the Aliso Niguel senior acquired a standing ovation on the victory stand half an hour after her third throw thrust her into the record books.
“My goal was to for the gold first, then the mark,” stated Massey, who will proceed throwing at Oregon and will even compete in hammer and javelin. “I always dreamed of this and I wouldn’t be here without my support system.”
Massey waited a number of agonizing minutes whereas the space was measured, however when the mark flashed on the scoreboard, she leaped within the air and screamed “Let’s go! Three more!”
After all, she nonetheless had three throws left.
“I wanted something big and I got something big,” stated Massey, who defended her state title and topped the meet record of 186-9 set by Anna Jelmini of Shafter in 2009. “I had good warmups yesterday and today, and I knew I had it in me.”
To show her historic hurl was no fluke, she got here again with a 192-6 effort on her sixth and final throw. Shelbi Vaughan from Mansfield Legacy High in Texas set the American Junior record of 198-9¼ at the USA junior outside championships in 2012.
Massey later defended her shot put title with a throw of 52-9. She is the nationwide chief in each occasions.
Also making historical past was Sherman Oaks Notre Dame senior JJ Harel, who repeated as boys excessive bounce champion at 7-2. Harel cleared 6-9 on his third try to remain alive however nonetheless trailed Jay Woodson of American Canyon on misses till the bar was raised to 6-11. Harel cleared it on his first attempt whereas Woodson failed on his three makes an attempt to make sure a second straight state title for Harel, who gained with a peak of 6-9 final yr.
“I backed up on my first two attempts at 6-9 and that messed me up,” Harel stated. “My heart was sinking and it went through my mind that I might finish second so when I cleared it that gave me adrenaline and muscle memory kicked in. At 6-11 I had such a great clearance, I knew I could get over at 7 and even at 7-2 I didn’t touch it.”
Harel cleared 7-2 on his first try — a private greatest — tying for fourth on the nationwide checklist this yr. The bar was raised to 7-3½, giving Harel a probability to interrupt the state record of 7-3¼ set by Lee Balkin of Glendale in 1979, however he was unsuccessful on three tries.
“I was 17 jumps deep and that took too much out of my legs,” Harel stated of his unsuccessful efforts at the final peak. “This season was an emotional roller coaster but I know I can get 7-3.”
Rosary gained the women 4×100-meter relay by a full second in 44.87 seconds.
Calabasas junior Malia Rainey gained the women 100 meters in 11.54. Maliyah Collins, who anchored Rosary’s relay, was third in 11.62, adopted by Rainey’s teammates Marley Scoggins (11.63) and Olivia Kirk (11.63).
“I love my teammates, but today I had to focus on me — it was all about getting the win,” Rainey stated. “Seeing my name up at the top made me so happy.”
Servite gained the boys 4×100 in 39.73, shattering Hawthorne’s 38-year-old meet record of 40.24. Jorden Wells ran the primary leg and was adopted by Benjamin Harris, Kamil Pelovello and Robert Gardner. The Friars have run the seven quickest instances in state historical past.
Harris gained the boys 100 meters in a wind-aided 10.14 (the wind-legal state record stays 10.20 by Rodrick Pleasant of Gardena Serra in 2023) in a showdown in opposition to high qualifier Cy Lugo of Elk Grove, who gained the 200 in a wind-aided 20.31 to edge Servite twins Jace (20.69) and Jorden Wells (20.79). Harris was fifth in 20.84.
“That’s the most locked in I’ve ever been in my whole career,” Harris stated of his 100 triumph. “My mentality was kill or be killed.”
Arkansas-bound Braelyn Combe of Corona Santiago pulled off a distance trifecta, successful the 1,600 in 4:35.59, the 800 in 2:05.13 and anchoring the Sharks’ 4×800 relay, which gained with a meet record time of 8:46.16. Afterward, Combe hugged her teammates. She pulled away from Stanford commit Chiara Dailey of La Jolla to repeat because the four-lap champion within the fourth-fastest time within the nation this yr.
Long Beach Wilson junior Clara Adams doubled within the 400 (circling the monitor in 52.28, seven-tenths of a second forward of teammate Saniah Varnado) and the 200 (clocking 23.40 to beat Amirat Temi Aganju of Pittsburg by 12-hundredths of a second.
Varnado gained the 300 hurdles in 39.95 and Wilson gained the women 4×400 relay in 3:36.17.
Wilson gained its seventh women workforce title and fourth in a row, tying the record set by Moore League rival Long Beach Poly from 2008-11.
Dailey gained the three,200 in 10:01.91. Irvine’s Summer Wilson was sixth in 10:16.89.
Transgender athlete AB Hernandez of Jurupa Valley gained the women triple bounce in 42-8¾, gained the excessive bounce at 5-10 and was third within the triple bounce, gained by Ellie McCuskey of St. Ignatius with a leap of 20-3½.
Loyola’s Ejam Yohannes (45.73) clipped Servite’s Jaelen Hunter (46.05) at the wire within the boys 400 meters.
Riverside King senior Maximo Zavaleta gained the 1,600 in 4:02.78 and the three,200 in 8:52.47.
Servite closed the meet by successful the 4×400 relay in a state meet record 3:07.62 — the quickest time within the nation this yr — to repeat because the boys workforce champion with a state-record 60 factors.