Fresh Tracks

Standout performances in high school track and field

The Notre Dame High 1,600-meter relay team of senior Chris Forde and David Escobar and juniors Justin Fargas and Roderick Arzu strengthened its hold on third on the all-time region list last Saturday when it placed third in the state championships at Hughes Stadium in Sacramento with a time of 3:14.53. That performance followed a school-record 3:14.84 clocking in its qualifying heat Friday.

Here are the top 10 teams from the region:

All-time Region Boys’ 1,600-meter relay

Time: 3:13.65

School: Simi Valley

Yr.: ’87

*

Time: 3:14.5c

School: San Fernando

Yr.: ’75

*

Time: 3:14.53

School: Notre DAme

Yr.: ’97

*

Time: 3:15.22

School: Taft

Yr.: ’97

*

Time: 3:16.06

School: Taft

Yr.: ’87

*

Time: 3:16.43

School: Poly

Yr.: ’83

*

Time: 3:16.6c

School: San Fernando

Yr.: ’76

*

Time: 3:17.03

School: Taft

Yr.: ’86

*

Time: 3:17.29

School: Alemany

Yr.: ’96

*

Time: 3:18.15

School: San Fernando

Yr.: ’80

Note: Times in tenths of a second are hand-held times. All others are fully-automatic. c-converted time from mile relay.