NORWALK Like two of his Royal High predecessors, Hudson Andrews left the CIF-Southern Section Masters Meet on Friday with the feel of a state champion.

Andrews knocked nearly two seconds off his personal best and won the boys' 1,600, beating one of the state's top milers in the process at Cerritos College.

His winning time of 4 minutes, 9.10 seconds ranks No. 1 in California heading into the CIF State Track and Field Championships next Friday and Saturday at Sacramento City College.

The senior has a chance to extend Royal's streak of individal state champion distance runners to four years. In 2004, Bryan Rodie won the state 800 title.

Michael Cybulski was the state 3,200 champion the last two years.

"With each race that I have run in the CIF, I've felt that I had a better chance at winning state," said Andrews.

Last week, Andrews won the CIF-SS Division I title with a then season-best time of 4:11.02.

Andrews was one of 11 individual and two relay qualifiers for the state meet.

Anna Sperry of Simi Valley, Westlake's Cory Primm and Derek Johnson of Agoura joined Andrews as individual Masters champions.

"I had the fastest 800 and fastest 1,200 (splits) for the race, so I knew that I was going to qualify easily," Andrews said.

While winning the Masters title was not high on Andrews' goals this week, when the opportunity arrived in the last lap, he took it.

"It became a foot race in the last 100," said Andrews, who moved past Big Bear's Chad Hall in the final straightaway.

Nordhoff's Brandon Shirck also qualified with a personal-best time of 4:12.24.

A two-time defending state boys' 3,200 champion, Cybulski left no doubts about his fitness.

Cybulski, who missed two months with a hip stress fracture, surged over the last half of his race to finish second with a 9:04.99. It was an 18-second drop in one week.

For much of the opening 1,600, Cybulski was boxed inside by a group of runners. He squeezed past runners with 800 meters left, then began closing the gap on Hall. Cybulski moved into first place with just more than 300 meters remaining. Hall, not to be undone by two Royal runners on the night, used his kick to win with a 9:03.50.

Johnson, the state leader, won the boys' discus with a throw of 194 feet, 2 inches, on his second attempt.

Johnson, ranked No. 2 in the nation, went more than 180 feet on his first three attempts.

Looking for a big mark in the final three rounds, Johnson fouled out of the sector twice.

"That (194-2) was worth a yell," said Johnson. "Once I had a legal mark, I went for it."

Primm tested himself in the boys' 800. Out fast with a 51-second opening lap, Primm cruised home with a winning 1:51.10.

The senior's anchor split of 47.9 seconds enabled Westlake's 4 x 400 relay to qualify for state by 0.13 seconds with a 3:20.83.

Sperry was a double state qualifier.

Running away from the field over the last 800 meters, Sperry won easily with a 10:26.65, her third sub-10:30 over the last month. She was fourth in the 1,600 in 4:49.01.

With two relays qualifying, Rio Mesa sends eight athletes to the state meet.

The Rio Mesa girls' 4 x 100 relay placed seventh and advanced to the state meet by 0.02 seconds with time of 47.59.

Rio Mesa broke the school record in the boys' 4 x 100 relay as it placed fourth with a time of 41.51. Just before anchoring the Spartans' relay team, defending Masters long jump champion Josh Harrison qualified for the state meet with a second-place mark of 23-3.

Claire Morgan of Ventura had a less than ideal start to the girls' discus.

She opened with the event with a mark of 105-8, nearly 38 feet under her season-best performance. By the fourth round, Morgan met the state qualifying standard with a 136-7 and followed with a 138-8 on her next throw.

"We're going to have to start (with a better mark) earlier at the state meet," said Ventura assistant Fred Morgan. "She wasn't that nervous. All she wanted was a qualifying mark."

Division III girls' pole vault champion Aubree Stark of Oak Park injured a knee in warm-ups and had to withdraw, said coach Kevin Smith. Stark had bag of ice on her left knee as she watched the competition from seat in infield.

Oaks Christian's Lauren Radke, the Division IV champion, qualified fifth in the girls' pole vault with a school-record clearance of 11-8. Radke made the height on her final attempt.

Brittany Harper of Calabasas qualified fourth in the girls' 400 with a time of 55.56.

By placing fourth in the boys' 200 in 21.86, Oaks Christian's Chris Owusu qualified for state. He missed in the 100 after an eighth-place finish at 10.76.

Oak Park freshman Tayler Johnson, who was the last qualifier out of the CIF Finals to make the Masters girls' high jump field, met the state qualifying standard by clearing 5-4 on her first attempt.

Malibu's Emani Truluck did not qualify in the girls' 100 hurdles. Truluck was eighth in 14.66. Missing the state qualifying mark in the boys' 3,200 were Royal's Alex Routh (9:27.40) and Hueneme's Jose Alcantar (9:43.63). Moorpark's Nick Karam was sixth in the boys' triple jump at 46-1, but did not advance.