Felix returns to Hilmer Lodge Stadium for first time since 2015, competes for 19th time overall at event with 4x400 victory; Newbury Park eclipses 1986 DMR mark by Carmichael Jesuit and Upland lowers own shuttle hurdles standard, with British Columbia‘s Hamilton best in NAIA hammer throw

By Erik Boal, DyeStat Editor

WALNUT, Calif. – A pair of California high school state records, an NAIA all-time mark in the hammer throw, several spectacular collegiate and professional sprint and relay performances and the greatest female track athlete in American history making perhaps her final racing appearance at Hilmer Lodge Stadium were among the highlights Saturday at the 62nd Mt. SAC Relays Presented by Nike.

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Allyson Felix, making her 19th career appearance at the event and her first at the renovated on-campus stadium at Mt. San Antonio College since 2015, teamed with Shamier Little, Dalilah Muhammad and Athing Mu on a USATF all-star team to run 3 minutes, 25.35 seconds in the women’s invitational 4x400-meter relay.

Both of the California all-time prep marks were also produced in relays, with Newbury Park‘s Lex Young, Zaki Blunt, Aaron Sahlman and Colin Sahlman taking aim at the national high school record in the boys distance medley relay and remaining within striking distance through the first two legs, before clocking 9:55.24 to eclipse the state record of 9:56.3 established in 1986 by Carmichael Jesuit.

Newbury Park elevated to No. 7 in U.S. high school history in what would be its lone attempt at the national record after entering the week with aspirations to challenge the 4x800 all-time performance.

Upland continued its pursuit of the national prep standard in the 4x110-meter shuttle hurdles relay and Davis Davis-Lyric, Kai Graves-Blanks, Delaney Crawford and DeQuan January, Jr., got even closer by running 56.77, ascending to the No. 5 all-time lineup.

After achieving the state record last year at the Arcadia Invitational by clocking 57.75, Upland has overcome injuries and football commitments to become the fastest prep quartet ever West of the Mississippi River.

Elise Cranny of Nike Bowerman Track Club won the women’s invitational 1,500 in 4:08.07, with Laura Galvan of Mexico placing second in 4:11.06.

Cameron Proceviat of Canada prevailed in the men’s invitational 1,500 in 3:43.36.

Christian Coleman led a USATF all-star relay to victory in the men’s invitational 4x100 in 38.72.

Ashley Henderson anchored another USATF lineup to a win in the women’s invitational 4x100 in 42.40.

And Tyler Terry covered the final lap for a USATF quartet that prevailed in the men’s invitational 4x400 in 3:02.58.

Davonte Burnett, the reigning NCAA Division 1 indoor 60-meter champion from USC, won the men’s collegiate 100-meter dash in a wind-legal 9.99 seconds, becoming the fourth collegiate competitor this season to produce a sub-10 performance under all conditions.

JuJu Alfred of Texas triumphed in the women’s collegiate 100-meter dash in a wind-legal 10.98, also establishing herself as the fourth NCAA sprinter to eclipse the 11-second barrier this season under all conditions.

Texas won the collegiate men’s 4x100 relay, anchored by Micaiah Harris, clocking 39.27.

Academy of Art, an NCAA Division 2 power, prevailed in its section of the women’s collegiate 4x100 in 45.64.

Oregon, with Shana Grebo running anchor, triumphed in the women’s 4x400 in 3:31.96.

Pittsburg State, another elite Division 2 program, won its section of the men’s 4x400 in 3:09.48.

Trevor Bassitt of Ashland, one of the most decorated Division 2 athletes in history, won the men’s invitational elite 400-meter hurdles in 49.15, holding off former division national champion Khallifah Rosser in 49.22.

Andrenette Knight of Jamaica and Gianna Woodruff of Panama, training partners with Hurdle Mechanic under coach Lawrence “Boogie” Johnson, took the top two spots in the women’s invitational elite 400 hurdles, clocking 54.39 and 54.60, respectively.

Earnie Sears III of USC cleared 7-6.50 (2.30m) on his third attempt in the men’s invitational elite high jump to prevail against former Texas Tech standout Trey Culver at 7-5.25 (2.27m).

Emmanuel Ihemeje, who has captured NCAA triple jump titles in three consecutive seasons, edged American Chris Bernard by one centimeter in the men’s invitational elite competition.

Ihemeje produced a wind-aided 55-9.25 (17.00m) on his first attempt, with Bernard recording a 55-9 (16.99m) wind-legal mark with his opening effort.

In the collegiate sections of the hammer throw, Rowan Hamilton of British Columbia produced the top two marks in NAIA history during his series, the sixth-round performance establishing a new record at 241-8 (73.66m).

Before teammate Camryn Rogers improved on her own NCAA record and tied the Canadian all-time mark in the women’s invitational elite section of the hammer throw, Anna Purchase of Cal won the collegiate section with a 228-2 (69.56m) effort.

Murrieta Mesa senior Cade Moran, a Michigan signee, produced his second 200-foot performance in the discus throw in four days, following his Riverside County record 201-6 (61.41m) on Wednesday in a Southwestern League dual meet against Temecula Valley by throwing 200-6 (61-11m) on his first attempt.

Moran followed his double at the Arcadia Invitational by sweeping both events again, achieving a mark of 65-0.50 (19.82m) in the shot put. He ranks in the top three in the country in both events.

Las Vegas Centennial’s Saniyah Miles, Itziar Guillen, Triniti Guillory and Zoey Bonds won the girls invitational 4x100 shuttle hurdles relay in 1:04.70, helping the Bulldogs become the only program in meet history to win four in a row.

Centennial, which captured three consecutive titles from 2017-19 at El Camino College, added a fourth Saturday to surpass San Pasqual (1989-91) and Long Beach Poly (2012-14) for most all-time.

The Bulldogs added a victory in the invitational 1,600 sprint medley in 4:08.62.

Golden Valley’s Adonijah Currie, Tylar Gallien, Kylee Davis and Nevaeh Williams achieved a state-leading 46.03 in the girls invitational 4x100 to improve to the fifth-fastest lineup in the country.

Currie also swept the invitational 200 and 400, running a wind-aided 23.65 and clocking 53.69, the latter the second-fastest time in the country this season.

St. John Bosco took over the California state lead and ascended to No. 7 nationally in the boys invitational 4x100 relay, with Jaxon Harley, Jabari Bates, Jaceon Doss and Rayshon Luke clocking 40.80.

Cathedral followed its win at the Arcadia Invitational in the boys 4x400 by adding another invitational victory at Mt. SAC, with Jake Preston, Ambodai Ligons, Adonyss Currie and William Mullins clocking 3:18.02.

Long Beach Wilson emerged victorious again in the rematch with Clovis North from their thrilling 4x400 showdown at Arcadia, with both teams shuffling their lineups in an effort to gain an advantage.

Wilson relied on a strong opening leg from Samarra Monroy, with Kaylan Edwards, Aujane Luckey and Genesis Washington holding off the surges from Clovis North to prevail in 3:43.87, the second-fastest time in the country this season.

Clovis North’s Maya Cordoba, Tatum Zinkin, Emerson Parks and Takiya Cenci, who anchored in 52.9, ran a program-record 3:46.56 to ascend to No. 5 nationally this year.

Monte Vista junior Cate Peters eclipsed the 1990 meet record in the invitational girls 800 by clocking 2:06.89, as she and Arizona-bound senior Mia Chavez of Chino High (2:08.08) ran the fourth- and fifth-fastest times in the country this season.

Marcel Mitchell-Francis of Long Beach Wilson prevailed in the boys invitational 800 in 1:52.71, with Upland’s Christopher Coats securing a victory in the invitational 400 in 47.42.

Stockton St. Mary’s Jadyn Marshall rebounded from a rare setback in the invitational 110 hurdles at Arcadia to win Saturday in 13.71.

Yan Vazquez of Red Mountain High in Arizona continued his impressive run in the 300 hurdles, following his Arcadia victory by clocking 36.77 after taking third in the 110 hurdles in 14.04.

Camryn O’Bannon of St. John Bosco and JC Stevenson of Great Oak battled to a split decision in the invitational long jump and triple jump.

O’Bannon prevailed in the long jump with a wind-legal leap of 23-9.50 (7.25m) and Stevenson produced a mark of 23-6.25 (7.16m). Stevenson secured the triple jump victory with a 48-5.50 (14.77m) effort and O’Bannon jumped 48 feet (14.63m).

Gavin Hanes of Riverside Ramona cleared 16-2 (4.92m) on his second attempt to win the men’s invitational pole vault, with Cajon’s Seth Johnson clearing 6-6 (1.98m) to triumph in the men’s invitational high jump.

Downey captured the boys invitational sprint medley relay in 3:35.16 after finishing second a week earlier at Arcadia.

Del Norte won the girls invitational distance medley relay in 11:56.19, the No. 2 time in California this season.

Long Beach Poly prevailed in the girls invitational 4x200 relay in 1:39.15, the third-fastest mark in the state this year.

Carson’s Reign Redmond clocked a wind-legal 11.74 to secure victory in the girls invitational 100, with San Diego standouts sweeping the invitational 100 and 300 hurdles.

Aaliyah McCormick of Scripps Ranch produced a wind-legal effort of 13.77 to hold off Charlize James of San Diego High in 13.92. James (43.69) and McCormick (43.76) finished fourth and fifth in the invitational 300 hurdles, with Kapiolani Coleman of Cathedral Catholic clocking 42.73 to edge Karina Janik of Torrey Pines in 43.06.

Kennedy Clarke of Cathedral Catholic swept both the invitational shot put and discus throw, achieving marks of 41-10 (12.75m) and 138 feet (42.06m).

Caelyn Harris of Upland earned her first invitational victory in the long jump at Mt. SAC, producing a wind-aided leap of 19-10 (6.04m).

Lexi Evans of Scripps Ranch cleared 13 feet (3.96m) to triumph in the invitational pole vault and Martin Luther King teammates Josephine Scales and Alyssa Hope took the top two spots in the invitational triple jump.

Scales prevailed with a wind-aided mark of 40-2.50 (12.25m) and Hope jumped 39-6.50 (12.05m).

Jillene Wetteland of Long Beach Poly, Kylee Davis of Golden Valley and Lizzie Tarczy of Scripps Ranch all cleared 5-6 (1.67m) in the girls invitational high jump. Wetteland emerged victorious after clearing the bar on her first attempt.