Kazmeir Allen beats favorite in CIF 100-meter final. Fowler's Budwig wins girls shot put
Kazmeir Allen says he got serious about running the 100 meters this track season.
It showed Saturday night at the 100th CIF State Track & Field Championships at Buchanan High’s Veterans Memorial Stadium in Clovis.
The UCLA football recruit from Tulare Union High won the spotlight event of the meet, beating season-long favorite Asani Hampton of Yucaipa by the narrowest of margins.
Allen finished in a wind-legal 10.44 seconds, Hampton 10.45.
Fowler junior Jocelynn Budwig also brought home gold for the host central San Joaquin Valley region, winning the girls shot put with a throw of 46 feet 11 inches on the first of her six tries. That bested Shyann Franklin of Golden Valley-Santa Clarita who finished second with 46-1.5 on her last attempt.
Budwig added a third place in the discus for a double-medal haul.
In the final event of the night, the Clovis North boys were disqualified (impeding) and the Broncos as a team finished fifth overall in the state meet.
Murrieta Valley took the team title with 35 points. On the girls side, Serra took the team title with 36 points.
The Clovis North boys 400 relay made a push to become state champions, but Great Oak-Temecula made the charge to finish in first in 40.99, while the Broncos clocked in second at 41.14.
Caleb Foster of Clovis North placed fourth in the long jump with a leap of 23-7. Teammate Christian Wood was sixth and Bullard’s Ontario Walls just missed the medals stand in seventh.
Clovis hurdler Jake Woods got on the medals stand twice, finishing fourth in the 300 intermediate and fifth in the 110 high.
Kyler Van Grouw of Central was fifth in the discus.
On the girls side, Chinenye Agina of Sanger was fifth in the high jump.
Out-of-area athletes gave fans a treat.
Malcolm Clemons of St. Mary’s-Berkeley reached 25-1 to win the boys long jump. His mark is No. 2 for sophomores in state history.
Tierra Robinson-Jones of Bishop O’Dowd-Oakland won the 400 title in 52.37, good for second in the country this season.
And Liam Anderson of Redwood-Larkspur won the boys 1,600 with a state-leading 4:09.31.
Sondre Guttormsen of Davis set a state record in the boys pole vault with a final height of 17-10.
The two-day state championships drew 17,834. Next year's state championships will be held on Memorial Day weekend.
This story was originally published June 2, 2018 at 9:10 PM with the headline "Kazmeir Allen beats favorite in CIF 100-meter final. Fowler's Budwig wins girls shot put."