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By Jim Crowhurst Since two of the best track athletes in the state will be competing across town from each other in Santa Rosa on Saturday you’ll have to be pretty fast yourself to see both. The North Coast Section 1A Championships may only be for small schools but the fastest girl in California will be there. This meet, at Montgomery HS, begins at 11:00am for the field events and 1:00pm for running. It features St. Elizabeth junior Ashton Purvis who has the fastest times recorded in 2009 at 11.56 seconds for the 100 and 23.76 for the 200. With her races scheduled for 2:35 and 3:45 you’ll need your own track spikes to see those while rushing between them over to Santa Rosa High School to catch the boys 3200. At SRHS the North Coast Section Redwood Empire Championship meet is taking place for the large schools. Field events there kick off at 9:00am with running at 10:00am. In the 3200 Novato junior Erik Olson will be running at 3:05pm and has the state best at 8:55.19. Three local standouts will be challenging him; Santa Rosa’s Reesey Byers and Rory McLeod, along with Petaluma’s Sterling Lockert. Locals should be well represented in the winner’s circle, and Healdsburg’s Dante Fountain actually has the top seed in three events; the 100, 200 and the long jump, which he just picked up a couple of weeks ago. Possible multiple winners at the 1A include Fort Bragg’s Oleg Ryabokorovka (LJ, TJ) and Willits Ceara Snyder (SP, DT). Santa Rosa’ s Troy Baker has the best shot put mark in all of the North Coast Section as does Analy’s Mike Tracy in the high jump. With Olson only running the 3200 from here out, Lockert becomes the top 1600 runner in the NCS. On the girls side Casa Grande’s Jacque Taylor could have multiple wins as she is seeded number one in the 1600 and could very well win more events. Admission price is $8 general admission and $5 for students and senior citizens. It will not only be the winners advancing as the top seven from the Redwood Empire meet move on and the top three from the 1A. Those will all advance to the state qualifying Meet of Champions the following Saturday at Edwards Stadium at the University of California in Berkeley. The State meet will be June 5th and 6th in Clovis, California. NCS Regionals Local Top seeds Redwood Empire Boys Dante Fountain, Healdsburg 100, 200, LJ Sterling Lockert, Petaluma 800 Eric Arneson, Healdsburg 300IH Healdsburg 1600R Mike Tracy, Windsor HJ Troy Baker, Santa Rosa SP Travis Baker, Santa Rosa DT Girls Alyssa Page, Montgomery 100 Dezirae Johnson, Piner 400 Lauren Curtin, Maria Carrillo 800 Jacque Taylor, Casa Grande 1600 Julie Nacouzi, Montgomery 3200 Claire Bingham, Healdsburg 100HH Kyra Johnson, Piner 300LH Maria Carrillo 1600R Luisa McInnis, Montgomery HJ Michelle Stone, Ursuline PV Colleen Noonan, Santa Rosa DT NCS 1A Boys Seth Glazier, Clear Lake 100 Caleb Cunha, Fort Bragg 300IH Fort Bragg 1600R Logan Baumgartner, Fort Bragg HJ Ryan Cronin, Fort Bragg PV Oleg Ryabokorovka, Fort Bragg LJ, TJ Girls Grace Hafner, Sonoma Academy 1600 Jessica Melcher, Fort Bragg HJ Anisa Green, Clear Lake LJ, TJ Ceara Snyder, Willits SP, DT
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