Engelhardt becomes first female athlete in state history to capture both 800 and 1,600 titles in same year, Clovis’ Vanek repeats in long jump, Caruthers’ Fields secures back-to-back discus crowns; Luckey triumphs in 400 and Edwards prevails in 300 hurdles for champion Wilson, with Culver City placing second and Castaic’s Humphries tying Serra for third
By Pete Marshall for DyeStat
CLOVIS, Calif. – The legend of Sadie Engelhardt continues to grow.
The Ventura sophomore pulled off the rare double Saturday at the 103rd CIF State Track and Field Championships at Buchanan High’s Veterans Memorial Stadium.
It was a double she came up just short in her attempt last year: winning the 1,600 meters and finishing second in the 800.
This time she won the 1,600 in 4 minutes, 33.45 seconds, breaking the old meet record of 4:33.82 set by Christine Babcock of Irvine Woodbridge in 2008, and is the top time in the state this year, as well as the No. 2 mark in California prep history, trailing only Engelhardt’s 4:33.29 split at the Arcadia Invitational last year en route to a 4:35.16 mile.
And in the 800, Engelhardt passed last year’s state champion Mackenzie Browne of J.W. North down the final stretch to win by a 2:07.22 to 2:08.06 margin.
“That was definitely the goal,” Engelhardt said. “I wanted a little revenge from last year (in the 800). I’ve been working hard in my training and everything’s kind of just showing now. I’m very excited.”
Engelhardt was the lone double winner on the girls side, but there were several other multi-event successes Saturday.
One of those was Castaic junior Meagan Humphries. She qualified for finals in four individual events taking second in the long jump with a wind-legal 20-3.25 (6.17m) performance, second in the triple jump with a wind-aided 40-6.25 (12.35m) effort, fourth in the high jump (5-8/1.72m) and fifth in the 200 (24.02). Castaic finished tied for third in the team standings, with all 25 points coming from Humphries.
Last year, she made finals in two events competing for Golden Valley: finishing second in the high jump, and ninth in the long jump.
“I’m very satisfied,” she said. “Today was a little messy, in terms of the high jump and I guess my performance in the 200, we were expecting a little better. But I’m very happy with how today turned out.”
As is often the case for competitors in multiple field events, Humphries’ day started with high jump and long jump…
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