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Maxwell Dyce quickly became a sprint standout

Sunday, June 22, 2008
As a sixth-grader, Maxwell Dyce knew his days as a baseball player were numbered. "I was starting to get a little fast," remembers Dyce. "The coaches asked me to lay down bunts and run hard to first." Beating out bunts could only get Dyce so far. Full story »

Valexsia Droughn's high school career got off to a fast start

Sunday, June 22, 2008
From start to finish, it wasn't the healthiest of seasons for Valexsia Droughn. A nagging hamstring injury limited the Rio Mesa High freshman's training in March. A bad cold caught the fastest girls' sprinter in Ventura County at the CIF State Track and Field Championships. Full story »

Dyce wins at Golden West Invitational

Monday, June 9, 2008
Moorpark High junior Maxwell Dyce placed in two events and Phillip Burks of Royal was the boys' long jump runner-up Saturday at the Golden West Invitational in Sacramento. Full story »

Rio Mesa finds silver lining in second-place run

Sunday, June 1, 2008
Just short of a county record, Rio Mesa High was almost as close to a gold-medal performance. Turning in the fourth fastest time in Ventura County history — 0.14 seconds shy of an 18-year-old county and school record — Rio Mesa was runner-up in the girls' 4x100 relay in 47.17 seconds at the CIF Track and Field Championships at Cerritos College on Saturday. Full story »

Local track and field results: May 19

Monday, May 19, 2008

Ventura College's Hicks takes second in javelin

Sunday, May 18, 2008
When she first picked up the javelin for the first time three months ago, Randi Hicks isn't sure how she would have reacted had she been told she would finish runner-up in the event at the California Community College track and field championships on Friday at Cerritos College. Full story »

High school track and field teams have strong showings

Sunday, May 18, 2008
Minus its potential championship relay team, St. Bonaventure High nearly pulled off a team championship Saturday. With one relay and two individual titles, St. Bonaventure finished runner-up to Division IV boys' champion Serra, 69-54, in the CIF Track and Field Divisional Finals on Saturday at Mount San Antonio College. Full story »

Moorpark's Pacifico wins shot put title

Sunday, May 18, 2008
Jimmie Pacifico earned a state championship in the men's shot put as the Moorpark College men's track and field team finished fifth at the California Community College championships at Cerritos College on Saturday. Full story »

Oaks Christian has mixed results at Div. IV Prelims

Monday, May 12, 2008
It was great news and bad for the Oaks Christian School track and field program last Saturday. Lauren Radke shattered her own Division IV girls' pole vault record by a foot by clearing 12 feet in a section preliminary meet at Carpinteria High. Full story »

Droughn takes fast route to finals

Sunday, May 11, 2008
Valexsia Droughn has ambitions to expand her track experience next spring. The Rio Mesa High sprinter would not be opposed to moving up to the longer 400- and 800-meter events. Right now, the freshman is making short work of her postseason. The shorter, the better. Full story »

Morgan signs with Cal State Northridge

Sunday, May 4, 2008
Ventura High graduate Claire Morgan has signed a letter of intent with the Cal State Northridge women's track and field program. Full story »

Track newcomers make an impression

Sunday, April 27, 2008
It was a day for the natural athlete. Moorpark College sophomore Daniel Wolverton, a wide receiver during football season, weathered a childhood of coaches asking him to join their track teams. Full story »

CIF-SS votes to eliminate association rule

Friday, April 25, 2008
The CIF-Southern Section has approved a fundamental change to the way high school athletics are conducted — but it wasn't the one most people have been discussing. Full story »

Bettisworth earns award

Sunday, April 20, 2008
Todd Bettisworth, an Oak Park High graduate, was one of 12 student-athletes recognized by the UC San Diego athletics department as a recipient of the 2008 National Student-Athlete Day Award. Bettisworth received the award based on his athletic and academic accomplishments as well as involvement with community service events and other extra curricular activities. Full story »

County athletes earn high marks at Mt. SAC

Sunday, April 20, 2008
Area athletes feasted with lifetime bests and county-leading performances at the Mount San Antonio College Relays Saturday in Walnut. Camarillo High's Greg Kelly placed second in the invitational boys' 800-meter run with a personal-best time of 1 minute, 54.96 seconds and moved to second on Ventura County's season rankings. Full story »
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