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Piedmont Meet Cardinal Newman senior J.K. Withers ran the fastest 1600 in the state so far this season and easily eclipsed the Redwood Empire's all-time best, winning at Piedmont in 4:10.7. Withers, who reached the state meet last season, bettered his personal best by nearly 10 seconds. Withers edged Logan's Yosef Ghebray, one of the top miler's in Northern California, by three seconds. Withers bettered Dave Royal of Petaluma for the Empire's all-time best mark in the 1600. Royal ran a 4:13.66 in 1979 and Maria Carrillo's Jordan Kinley ran a 4:13.67 in 2002. Complete Results (DataSport) Fastest Empire 1600m 4:10.84c J.K Withers C. Newman 3/13/04 4:13.66y Dave Royal Petaluma 6/ 9/79, 4:15.0 4:13.67 Jordan Kinley Maria Carrillo 6/ 1/02 4:13.81 Ryan Mack Ukiah 5/30/98 4:13.85 Steve Guerrini Santa Rosa 6/ 1/91 4:14.31 Kinley Maria Carrillo 4/14/00 4:15.14c Guerrini Santa Rosa 6/ 1/90 4:15.35y Dan Aldridge Petaluma 4/24/75, 4:16.7 The time is the second fastest for all Empire ages passing, Steve Laurie's 4:14.42 indoor Mile time from Feb. 7 of this year. Only Dan Aldridge's 3:58.2 Mile from 1981 is ahead of Withers. Last year heading into the State meet only Phillip Read of Rio Mesa had broken 4:10 in California with his 4:09.44 at the Arcadia meet. Read was a Senior in 2003.
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