Two Second PR Makes Caleb Stanton Best in Week 6

Caleb Having a Tougher Time of It in the Highs

One of the joys of our sport is the sudden improvements the athletes can make.  At Saturday’s Covina Invitational, Bonita junior Caleb Stanton dropped an almost out-of-nowhere 38.13 to win the 300 Hurdles.  That mark gives him the lead in SGV, the meet record and the probable Bonita school record. It ranks him #43 All-Time among SGV Performers and makes him our Athlete of the Week.

Right behind Caleb, with 38.23, Leo Brown (Covina, Sr) also broke the meet record and now ranks #47 AT SGV.  Defending SGV Champ B.J. McLauren (Bonita, Jr) took over the SGV yearly lead with a big 46-00 PR in the Triple Jump.

There were two All-Time SGV performances at the UCLA Legends Invitational.  Walnut senior Millen Trujillo was 9:13.10/2nd in the 3200, best in the SGV this year and #41 All-Time.  Ross Niederhaus (St. Francis, Sr) improved to #31 AT SGV with a 48.31 400.

And in dual meet action Zach Shinnick (Damien, Soph) took over the SGV seasonal 200 lead with a wind legal 21.48, #31 AT SGV, to go along with his 47.91 #17 All-Time 400 from the previous week.

These athletes are among twenty-five individuals and relays that met the new All-San Gabriel Valley Standards this week.  These standards were created to award excellence in each event, measured against an objective standard.  The standard is 102% of the mark of the 100th best performer in California in 2014.

The strongest events for the SGV boys have been the 3200 and the 110 hurdles, each with eleven performers meeting the SGV Standard.  At the other end, none of our throwers have met the 56-06/151-09 standards… yet.

You can view the complete list of 2015 All-San Gabriel Valley performers here: 15-4.04 All-SGV Boys