Former North Salinas sprinter Clara Adams has qualified for the USA track and field U20 team in the 400 meters after finishing second at the Nike Outdoor Championships in a career best 51.61.
Three days after bringing home three state track and field titles, former Salinas resident Clara Adams is suing the CIF from being disqualified at last year’s state finals and being stripped of her 400-meter title.
Jaslyne Coronado of Salinas finishes 13th overall in the 400 at the CIF State track and field trials. Palma’s Carolina Lorca is 15th in the shot put; North Salinas’ Anarae Ashurst places 17th in the discus.
A year to the day that Clara Adams was stripped of her CIF State 400-meter title for spraying her shoes with a fire extinguisher, the former North Salinas High sprinter will step back into the blocks for Long Beach Wilson as the favorite on Friday at the state track trails.
Anarae Ashurst won the CCS boys discus title for North Salinas; Salinas’ Jaslyne Coronado advances to the state meet in the 400, as does Palma’s Carolina Lorca in the shot put.
Jaslyne Coronado rewrites her own school record in the 400 meters at the CCS track and field trials; North Salinas’ Anarae Ashurst heaves the discus a CCS leading 176-feet-5
Monte Vista Christian School sophomore Anna Conca was victorious in the four events, three individual and one relay, to help the Mustangs’ girls track and field squad win the team title at the Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division Championships at Watsonville High on Friday.
Hollister sweeps the Gabilan Division track finals; Pacific Grove wins the Mission Division boys; North Salinas the Cypress Division boys, Gonzales the Santa Lucia Division boys, and Rancho San Juan the Cypress girls team titles