Junior soars to high jump meet record with 5-10.25 clearance, adds victory in 300 meters; Harris triumphs in pentathlon and 60-meter hurdles, Hope sweeps horizontal jumps, Redmond doubles up in sprint events and Serra secures a pair of relay wins
By Pete Marshall for DyeStat
ARCADIA – It didn’t feel anything like the season of record Saturday at the California Winter Outdoor Championships at warm and sunny Arcadia High, and the ideal conditions led to some remarkable girls’ performances, especially considering there are several more big indoor meets and the outdoor season doesn’t begin in the CIF-Southern Section until Feb. 18.
One of those impressive efforts was achieved by Castaic junior Meagan Humphries, who shattered the meet record with a high jump of 5 feet, 10.25 inches (1.78m) well above the old standard of 5-5 (1.65m).
Humphries didn’t jump until the bar got to 5-1 (1.54m). She cleared her first five heights on her first attempt, then set the bar to 5-10.25, cleared that on her third attempt. She even tried twice unsuccessfully at 6-0 (1.82m).
“The league record was 5-10, so we came in with the intention to break that,” she said. “Then we were going to go with the mindset of ‘go big or go home.’ But I was basically looking to PR and break the league record.”
Humphries said the goal this year, however, is to clear 6-0.
“I definitely think I’m capable of getting six feet this season,” she said.
Humphries was a double winner, as she also took home the title in the 300 meters in 38.20 seconds, just .08 seconds off the meet record. The 300 meters had 12 heats and 85 competitors Saturday.
The Oaks Christian distance medley relay team of junior Grace Geyer (1,200 meters), freshman Rayah Rodriguez (400), sophomore Eleanor Borchard (800) and junior Payton Godsey (1,600) shattered the meet record by clocking 11:47.11, more than 30 seconds faster than the old record set by Claremont in 2018. They also won Saturday by more than 52 seconds.
It’s an impressive team put together, despite the fact that they aren’t training together as a group.
“Honestly, I feel like we haven’t worked on handoffs too much,” Geyer said. “Me and Payton run long distances for track and both of them (Rodriguez and Borchard) are doing shorter distances, so we’re actually training separately for the most part every day.”
Said Godsey: “All of us know we’re going to do our job come race day, so we’re all…
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