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  • Eight CCHS track student-athletes will run in the State Meet

    Steve Finley, Sports Editor|May 9, 2024

    There are 560 high schools in the CIF Southern Section and Culver City high school qualified eight student-athletes for one of the most prestigious high school track and field meets in the nation, the California State Meet. The meet will take place on Friday, May 24 and Saturday, May 25 at Buchanan high school in Clovis. The prelims are Friday, and the finals are Saturday starting at 4:30 p.m. To advance to the state meet the Centaurs competed in the CIF Southern Section Masters Meet last...

  • The High School girls are the stars at the 64th Annual Mt. Sac Relays

    Bill Seals, Sports Reporter|Apr 25, 2024

    The stars were out at the 64th annual Mt. Sac Track & Field Relays this past weekend, beginning Wednesday April 17 and ending Saturday, April 20th. The events were held at Hilmer Lodge Stadium on the campus of Mt. Sac College in Walnut. The high school girls were the highlight of the meet, with some of the best female athletes in the nation competing head-to-head to run personal best times and set meet and national records. Sadie Englehardt of Ventura set the national high school federation...

  • Culver City high school will showcase track stars at the Arcadia Invitational

    Steve Finley, Sports Editor|Apr 4, 2024

    Some of the best high school track and field stars in the nation will compete in the prestigious Arcadia Invitational on Friday and Saturday. Culver City high school Centaurs will have several athletes competing against the best. Unfortunately, Culver City's fastest girl runner, Joelle Trepagnier suffered a slight injury last week so she will not be competing, but the girls still have the second fastest sprinter in the school, Morgan Maddox to "hold down the fort" according to Culver City's...

  • CCHS track and field teams excel at the California Relays

    Joe Snyder and Steve Finley, Sports Editor|Mar 21, 2024

    Culver City High School's boys' and girls' track and field teams continued to have outstanding performances. The latest addition of outstanding performances happened last Friday and Saturday at the California Relays at Long Beach Wilson High. Both varsity teams are in pursuit of winning multiple races and championships in the CIF Southern Section Division and CIF-State Meet. The Centaurs once again have enough talent to be able to compete with the top track and field teams in Southern...

  • Culver City athletes pick up wins at Redondo Invitational

    Joe Snyder, Sports Reporter|Mar 14, 2024

    Three Culver City High athletes captured events, including sweeping the boys and girls 400-meter run, in the Redondo Nike Track and Field Festival last Friday and Saturday. It was the 400-meter dash that was one of the top reasons that led the Lady Centaurs to a second- place finish in the CIF-State Championships and the Southern Section Division II title. Senior Morgan Madden, who could be a future Olympic prospect and possibly seen in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, ran away with the girls'...

  • Culver City Track Invitational highlights a busy CCHS sports week

    Steve Finley, Sports Editor|Feb 29, 2024

    Culver City high school Spring Sports has just started but one of the biggest sporting events in the spring in the city of Culver City will take place on Saturday starting at 8 a.m. The Culver City Track and Field Invitational will host 40 high schools that will be competing on the Centaur track. It's one of the biggest track invitationals in Southern California. "We are so excited to host this track and field meet," said Culver City's head track and field coach Jahmal Wright last Tuesday...

  • CCHS girls track team will compete for a CIF Championship

    Steve Finley, Sports Editor|Nov 16, 2023

    On Saturday at Moorpark high school Culver City high school girls will try to run their way into the history books when they try to win the school's first CIF Championship in track and field. The boys will also be represented but it's the girls' team that has a chance to walk away with the top trophy. The Centaurs will put it all on the line Saturday in the Division 2 CIF Track and Field Finals. "Our athletes have been training and working so hard," said the boys head track and field coach...

  • Culver City high school cross country creates a balance program

    Steve Finley, Sports Editor|Jun 9, 2022

    In the very competitive world of high school athletics the Culver City high school cross-country program has managed to put together a competitive team while balancing a solid program and maintaining high academic standards. "We want to be competitive within our league, but we came to realize that the overwhelming majority of the kids and their families cared more about their grades, having fun and being involved in a positive team experience and being with their friends," said long time head...

  • USC and UCLA meet on the track on Sunday

    Steve Finley, Sports Editor|Apr 28, 2022

    The Trojans and the Bruins will compete in their annual dual track and field meet Sunday at the USC Track and Field Stadium on the USC campus. The meet starts at 11 a.m. with several field events and the first running event starts at 12 p.m. Every year this is one of the top dual meets in the nation and this year is no exception. Athletes from both schools have posted some of the best marks in the world this year. Every year a star is born in this meet so look for great competition in almost...

  • USC'S Cockrell Named An NCAA Today's Top 10 Award Winner

    Jan 13, 2022

    LOS ANGELES – Olympian and 2021 NCAA 100m hurdles and 400m hurdles champion Anna Cockrell has been named an NCAA To- day’s Top 10 Award winner, one of 10 recognized outstanding senior student-athletes from the previous academic year over all divisions, it was announced by the NCAA today (Jan. 10). . Cockrell, a 12-time All-American, represented USA at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and reached the finals of the women’s 400m hurdles. She finished third in the event at the U.S. Olympic Trials by breaking h...

  • USC Adds Blockburger Twins to its 2021-22 Track & Field Roster

    Jul 22, 2021

    The USC track and field program has added transfers Johnnie and Alyssa Blockburger to its 2021-22 roster, it was announced by Director of Track & Field Quincy Watts today (July 21). The sophomore twins competed at Arizona during the 2020-21 season. Johnnie Blockburger was the 2021 Pac-12 400m dash champion with a time of 45.57 and was named the Pac-12 Men’s Freshman of the Year. He set the Arizona school record and posted a personal-best time of 44.71 to win the 400m title at the Jim Click Shootout on April 10. He also had PRs of 10.28 in t...

  • USC's Isaiah Jewett Makes U.S. Olympic Team in the 800m

    Jun 24, 2021

    USC's Isaiah Jewett made the U.S. Olympic Team by bettering his school record and taking second in the men's 800m final at the 2020 U.S. Olympic Track & Field Team Trials being held at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore. today (June 21). Jewett took second in the U.S. 800m final with a time of 1:43.85 to secure a spot on the U.S. Olympic Team. Jewett's time broke his own school record (1:44.68) which he set on the same track 10 days ago in winning the NCAA men's 800m title. The Los Angeles native's...

  • CCHS Shows Well at Divisional Finals

    Fred Altieri, Sports Reporter|May 16, 2019

    Culver City High track and field was represented well at the CIF Southern Section Divisional Finals last Saturday at El Camino College in Torrance. Centaur student-athletes combined to earn one gold, two silvers and one bronze in the sprinting events. The Culver girls finished 9th out of 36 Division 2 schools in the team totals while the boys placed 13th out of 45 Division 2 schools. Mekhi Evans-bey ran a personal best time of 48.18 to take first place in the 400m Division 2 race. The winning...

  • Track and Field Teams Head to Divisional Finals

    Fred Altieri, Sports Reporter|May 9, 2019

    Culver City High track and field is alive and well heading into this weekend’s CIF Track and Field Divisional Championship Finals. Saturday’s May 11 Finals, starting 1:00 p.m. at El Camino College in Torrance will feature at 14 total Centaurs from the girls and boys teams. Last Saturday during the CIF Divisional Prelims at Moorpark High School, senior sprinter Kayla Barnes qualified for four girls varsity and junior Mekhi Evans-bey qualified for three boys varsity Finals events. Both girls 4x100...

  • WLAC Wildcats Take Women & Men's WSC Track And Field Titles

    May 9, 2019

    12 WSC Women and Men's Champion Track & Field teams from West Los Angeles College DeChanelle Govnes, WLAC triple and high-jumper and Westchester High School alumna Steven Ashby, WLAC long-jumper and Culver City High School alumnus Aria Calhoun, WLAC sprinter and Dorsey High School alumna West Los Angeles College captured both women and men's Western State Conference Track and Field Championships Friday at Moorpark College. This is the fourth-consecutive title for the women and the team's ninth...

  • UCLA Track and Field Shows Strong Performance

    Bill Seals, Sports Reporter|Apr 18, 2019

    The UCLA outdoor track & field team continued a strong 2019 season with some stellar performances at the 17th annual Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational on Saturday at Drake Stadium on the campus of UCLA. The Bruins, currently ranked in the top 25 in both the men’s and women’s national rankings, were led by sophomore Alyssa Wilson, who won three field events on Saturday. The invitational, which honors two of the greatest track & field athletes in Bruin and Olympic history, was hig...

  • Mustang Relays Showcase CCHS Track and Field Talent

    Fred Altieri, Sports Reporter|Mar 21, 2019

    The 2019 Mustang Relays once again allowed Culver City High track and field to showcase its sprinting and relay talents. The Centaurs brought home first place medals in the girls and boys events on a picture-perfect Spring day at Mira Costa High in Manhattan Beach last Saturday. Culver City athletes competed with students from 27 Southern California schools in the annual South Bay classic. The day-long event featured 16 events for boys and girls in the relays, individual sprinting, distance...

  • League Titles for Culver High Girls and Boys Track & Field

    Fred Altieri, Sports Reporter|May 10, 2018

    Speed is of the essence for Culver City High. For the first time in school history both the varsity girls and boys track and field teams repeated as league champions at the same time. The girls dominated once again, winning the Ocean League by 98 points. The boys won their team title by a mere three points. The 2018 Ocean League Championships took place on Wednesday evening, May 3 at Culver City High for the fourth consecutive year. El Segundo High, Santa Monica High, Beverly Hills High,...

  • Trojans Sweep Bruins for First Time in Eight Years

    Steve Finley, Sports Reporter|May 3, 2018

    The USC track and teams showed why they are two of the best teams in the nation last Sunday at UCLA. The Trojan men beat the Bruins 103-53 and the USC women beat the UCLA women 86-77. It was the first time in eight years the Trojans have swept the Bruins at UCLA. The Trojans were so dominant in the sprints it was hard to keep up with all the stars and fast runners. The fast running events started on the track with the women’s 4x100 meter relay, which was won by the USC team of Anglerne A...

  • Track and Field Teams Bring Home Wins

    Fred Altieri, Sports Reporter|Mar 22, 2018

    Youth and speed are served. Culver City High track and field continued its fine early season form in the 2018 Mustang Relays at Mira Costa High in Manhattan Beach on Saturday, March 17. The Centaur girls and boys respective frosh/soph and varsity squads took home five first place medals including a meet record for one young student athlete. The Culver tracksters were among 20 high school teams from nine different leagues that competed in 64 race finals for the 16 track and field events. The...

  • Culver Track Has A Spectacular Start

    Fred Altieri, Sports Reporter|Mar 8, 2018

    On your mark... The 2018 Culver City Invitational Relays can only mean one thing: high school track and field is in season. The meet continues to gain in popularity as 25 Southern California schools representing 12 leagues participated at Culver City High on Saturday, March 3. Girls and boys varsity and frosh/soph teams competed for medals in 48 total events under partly cloudy, slightly windy but ideal temperature conditions. For the Culver High squads under Head Coach Jahmal Wright and Girls...

  • Culver's Winter Track Classic Is A Success

    Fred Altieri, Sports Reporter|Dec 21, 2017

    The second annual Culver City Winter Track Classic sprinted out of the blocks at Culver City High last Saturday morning, December 16 in ideal weather conditions. Over 100 athletes of different ages and backgrounds competed in the competitive yet fun event that is quickly becoming popular for athletes and future runners preparing for the upcoming track season early next year. The meet has turned into Culver City's version of "If you build it, they will come." Last year's inaugural meet started...

  • CCHS track and field teams excel at the California Relays

    Joe Snyder and Steve Finley, Sports Editor|Mar 28, 2012

    Culver City High School's boys' and girls' track and field teams continued to have outstanding performances. The latest addition of outstanding performances happened last Friday and Saturday at the California Relays at Long Beach Wilson High. Both varsity teams are in pursuit of winning multiple races and championships in the CIF Southern Section Division and CIF-State Meet. The Centaurs once again have enough talent to be able to compete with the top track and field teams in Southern...