MOORPARK — The CIF Southern Section track and field finals took place Saturday, May 14, at Moorpark High School, where there were multiple area athletes that competed well enough to earn that coveted Masters invitation. Top points went to a handful of area athletes, including Murrieta Mesa senior Cade Moran, who was looking to best his mark from last month when he set a new Riverside County record in the discus at 207-4. Moran did take the No. 1 spot at the CIF-SS finals this past Saturday, with a mark of 201-4, but did not beat his personal best.
Elsinore’s one-two punch of Elijah Ignacio (182-4) and Matthew Hodges (170-5) were third and fourth in the discus and Great Oak senior Aiden Pastorian won the shot put at 66-7 with Moran as the runner-up at 63-0. Also from Great Oak, JC Stevenson won the long jump in Division 1 with a wind-aided 23 feet, 5¼ inches while also taking the triple jump in 47-8¾.
Highlights for the girls saw some great finishes. Vista Murrieta sophomore Aspen Fears was the only female to clear 12-6 in the pole vault and won after just missing her attempts at 13-0. The Broncos girls placed fourth as a team. Orange Vista junior Kailah McKenzie had a successful day, placing in the top two in three events. She won a section championship in the Division 1 girls 100 hurdles, edging out a win over Upland sophomore London Davis in a personal-best 14.20; Davis ran 14.22.
McKenzie was also the runner-up to King junior Alyssa Hope in the Division 1 girls long jump at 19-7. Her second-place finish in the high jump at 5-6 was one of her best and she is now slated to try and qualify for the CIF State Championship meet Memorial Day Weekend at this week’s Masters meet, also at Moorpark.
A complete list of results from the CIF Southern Section track and field finals can be found by visiting http://www.cifss.com.
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