California s inaugural CIF State Swimming and Diving Championships didn t attract the majority of the top Orange County swimmers, but the state organization remains excited about the future of the meet even with a new obstacle on the horizon....

Girls track and field top 10.
FINAL O.C. TOP 10
1. Los Alamitos
2. Mission Viejo
3. Santa Margarita
4. Newport Harbor
5. Mater Dei
6. Tesoro
7. Dana Hills
8. Canyon
9. El Toro
10. Huntington Beach

Cassie Durgy
Huntington Beach
The junior ran a lifetime-best 2:09.57 to win the Division 1 800-meter title at the CIF-SS Finals on Saturday.

NORWALK Gil Garcia s conversation with his girls track team at the start of the season was short and to the point opportunities like this do not come around often.
Santa Margarita had the leader that every good team needs in pole vault...

Last month, the Los Alamitos girls track and field team won the Orange County Championships for the first time in school history.
The Griffins will be seeking another first today - their first CIF-SS team title.
Los Alamitos, which has set school...

Following some scintillating performances in the CIF-Southern Section Prelims this weekend, the field is set for the CIF-SS Finals.
After Los Alamitos latest assault on the county record book, the Griffins girls team has to be considered one of...

1. Los Alamitos
2. Mission Viejo
3. Mater Dei
4. Newport Harbor
5. Canyon
6. Santa Margarita
7. Tesoro
8. Dana Hills
9. El Toro
10. Fountain Valley

Kathryn Plummer
Aliso Niguel High School
Her lifetime best throw of 42 feet, 7 inches in the shot put at Saturday s CIF-SS Division 1 Prelims leads the county.

Results from the CIF-SS boys and girls track and field prelims on Saturday.
DIVISION 1
At Trabuco Hills High
Boys
100m - 1. Dubots (Vista Murrieta) 10.70; 2. Alloway (Summit) 10.73; 3. Espinoza (Santa Monica) 10.79
200m - 1. Norman (Vista Murrieta)...

MOORPARK The dangerous thing about track and field s postseason is that one misstep can end it all.
That is especially true in the sprints, where a couple tenths of a second can be the difference between finishing first and not qualifying at...