Girls’ First Team

Michelle Sanford

WOODBRIDGE 100 FR.

Time: 12.29. Won Sea View, Orange County and Southern Section Division II titles. Sanford beat defending champion Crystal Davis of Santa Ana Valley in the process.

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Liz Morse

CORONA DEL MAR 200 SR.

Time: 24.80. Although Morse only ran the event a handful of times this season, she finished first at Orange County Championships and ran county’s top time at Southern Section Division III prelims.

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Liz Morse

CORONA DEL MAR 400 SR.

Time: 55.89. Won Orange County title and ran county’s fastest time while winning Southern Section Division III championship. Morse was the ninth county runner to break 56 seconds.

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Liz Morse

CORONA DEL MAR 800 SR.

Time: 2:08.16. Won state championship with nation-leading time. Also won Orange County, Division III and Masters titles. Ran the fastest outdoor time in nation this season while winning a state title last week.

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Amber Steen

NEWPORT HARBOR 1,600 JR.

Time: 4:50.75. After winning Masters as a sophomore, Steen placed third at state and Masters, and won Orange County and Division II titles.

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Amber Steen

NEWPORT HARBOR 3,200 JR.

Time: 10:45.85. Placed fourth at Masters, second in Division II, 14th at state. The only county runner to run both events at the state finals.

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Dana Bethel

MISSION VIEJO 100 HURDLES JR.

Time: 14.07. Placed sixth in state, third at Masters and Division I. Not as strong a finish as 1999, when she was runner-up in state, but she advanced to state for the third consecutive season.

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Lindsay Wells

MATER DEI 300 HURDLES SR.

Time: 45.06. Won Orange County title, finished third in Division III and seventh at Masters. Helped Mater to the Orange County title with victories in both hurdle events.

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400 Relay

EL MODENA

Time: 48.75: Julia Fukuhara, Sr.; Juanita Lawson, So.; Jamie Lenahan, Jr.; Jessica Petar, Sr. Finished second at Southern Section Division II finals with county-leading time.

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1,600 Relay

CORONA DEL MAR

Time: 3:55.29. Becky Cummins, Fr.; Jenny Cummins, Sr.; Liz Morse, Sr.; Jaycee Mahler, Jr. Won Orange County and Division III titles and finished sixth at Masters with county-leading time.

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Rachael Ziemann

EDISON HIGH JUMP SO.

Mark: 5-10. Finished second at state, first at Masters and captured second consecutive Division I title. Improved her personal best by two inches while winning the Masters title, then took second in state the following week.

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Michelle Sanford

WOODBRIDGE LONG JUMP FR.

Mark: 19-7 1/4. Won county’s first state title in long jump in 23 years, setting personal best and winning event on final attempt. Won the state title in dramatic fashion, soaring to a personal best on the final jump of the competition.

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Michelle Sanford

WOODBRIDGE TRIPLE JUMP FR.

Mark: 39-7 3/4. Won county title and finished third at FloJo Memorial Arcadia Invitational with fifth-best mark in county history. Also took second in Division II and qualified for state with a fifth-place finish at Masters.

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Matala Lualamaga

SANTA ANA SHOTPUT Sr.

Mark: 40-7. Won Orange County title, finished second in Division II and eighth at Masters.

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Kristen Thompson

ESPERANZA DISCUS SR.

Mark: 142-2. Won Orange County and Division I titles and finished fifth at the Masters.

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Caroline Rebello

MARINA POLE VAULT SR.

Mark: 11-8. Won Orange County title, finished second in Division I and fourth at state. The leading county vaulter since last season, Rebello won her second consecutive Orange County title with ease.

Girls’ Second Team

Crystal Davis

SANTA ANA VALLEY 100 JR.

Time: 12.21. Despite losses to Sanford at the county championships and Division II finals, she still had the fastest mark in the county for the second consecutive season.

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Crystal Davis

SANTA ANA VALLEY 200 JR.

Time: 25.07. Finished second in Division II finals with second-fastest time in the county this season, but off from her personal-best of 24.73 she achieved as a sophomore. Davis also finished ninth at Masters.

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Meghan Atkinson

SANTA MARGARITA 400 SR.

Time: 57.76. Began running the event late in the season and took second at the Division III finals.

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Jenny Cummins

CORONA DEL MAR 800 JR.

Time: 2:16.01. Followed Morse to second-place finishes at the county championships and Division III, then placed sixth at Masters.

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Julie Allen

FOUNTAIN VALLEY 1,600 SO.

Time: 5:00.60. The county’s top cross-country runner last fall proved to be a solid four-lap miler as well.

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Julie Allen

FOUNTAIN VALLEY 3,200 SO.

Time: 10:46.30. Finished first at the Orange County Championships, set her personal best while finishing second in Division I.

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Julie Handy

ESPERANZA 100 HURDLES SO.

Time: 14.75. Smashed her lifetime best two weeks in a row, including a fifth-place finish in the hotly-contested Division I race.

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Amanda Fleskoski

MISSION VIEJO 300 HURDLES SR.

Time: 45.93. The most versatile girls’ athlete in the county, Fleskoski was runner-up in both hurdle events at the county championships and was also among the county leaders in the shotput and discus.

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400 Relay

ESPERANZA

Time: 48.78. Meghan Clark, Jr.; Julie Handy, So.; Mandy Prizio, Jr.; Shalanie Ross, Sr. Finished first at the Orange County Championships.

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1,600 Relay

ESPERANZA

Time: 3:57.91. Annie Briggs, So.; Maribeth Buche, Jr.; Julie Handy, So.; Shalanie Ross, Sr. Ran the second-fastest time in the county this season while finishing sixth in Division I.

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Sharon Day

COSTA MESA HIGH JUMP FR.

Mark: 5-9. Was a virtual unknown until winning the Division III title four weeks ago. Day came back the next week at Masters and improved her personal best by three inches while placing second, then followed up with a tie for fifth at state.

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Dana Bethel

MISSION VIEJO LONG JUMP JR.

Mark: 19-11. Bethel backed up her second-place finish at state last season with a fourth-place finish 10 days ago.

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Cortney Stafford

KATELLA TRIPLE JUMP JR.

Mark: 39-1. Defeated Sanford to win the Division II title, then came back the following week to place seventh at Masters. Also took third at county championships.

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Krista Dill

NEWPORT HARBOR SHOTPUT SR.

Mark: 41-10 1/2. Had the top mark in the county this season, finished fourth at the county championships and fifth in Division II.

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Krista Dill

NEWPORT HARBOR DISCUS SR.

Mark: 137-4. Qualified for state with a third-place finish at Masters. Also took fifth in Division II and second at the county championships.

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Christy Von der Ahe

SANTA MARGARITA POLE VAULT SR.

Mark: 11-0. Qualified for Masters with a third-place finish in Division III.