Bay Area athletes primed for state track and field meet
Judging from Saturday’s precursors — section qualifiers and trials — Bay Area athletes could make a big splash at the CIF State track and field championships at Buchanan-Clovis (Fresno County), June 1-2.
At the CCS trials in Gilroy, state long-jump leader Alex Enos, a senior at St. Ignatius, was off his best of 25 feet, but still prevailed with a best mark of 24 feet. His teammate, freshman Megan Ronan, was the top qualifier among the girls at 19-0 — off her best of 19-6½.
Impressive performances from athletes who qualified first in two events: Homestead-Cupertino junior Rebecca Hasser (1,600 in 5:03.13; 3,200 in 11:09.28); St. Francis junior Colton Colonna (1,600, 4:16.