CIF track championships updates: Fresno-area athletes put themselves in medal position
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- Buchanan’s Karsyn Van Grouw led prelims with a top discus throw of 199 feet.
- Central East’s Sofia Lopes qualified for finals in 100H (13.85) and 300H (42.01).
- Central East boys 1,600 relay posted the third-fastest preliminary time of 3:15.49.
The CIF track and field state championships preliminaries concluded on Friday evening, leaving several Fresno-area athletes primed to stand on the podium on Saturday.
Buchanan’s Karsyn Van Grouw has a good chance of placing near the top, judging by how he threw in the prelims.
Van Grouw recorded the top discus throw of the competition at 199 feet, establishing himself as the athlete to beat heading into the finals. Clovis North’s Cooper Haydock also put himself in scoring position with the fifth-best throw at 183-8.
Davion Cockheran of Central East, Jaxson Silverstrom of San Joaquin Memorial and Montrell Henix of Bullard shared the highest mark in the high jump at 6-foot-7.
In the long jump, Julius Sanders of Clovis West had the second biggest jump at 23-06.25.
Central East’s Sofia Lopes qualified comfortably in two events, running the fifth-fastest time in the girls 100-meter hurdles at 13.85 seconds before coming back to clock the fourth-best mark in the 300-meter hurdles at 42.01. Lopes enters the finals as a contender for a pair of medals.
Speaking of the Bengals.
Central East’s boys 1,600 relay team emerged as one of the top contenders for Saturday’s final, posting the third-fastest preliminary time of 3:15.49.
Other athletes looking to contend include: the Buchanan girls 400 relay; Brooklyn Buckley (Buchanan, 1,600); Grayice Serpa (Redwood, 400); Paola Bejarano (Tulare Western, shot put); Jazmaine Stewart (Redwood, triple jump); Clovis West girls 1,600 relay; Donovan Dunmore (Buchanan, 100); Wyatt Ruby (Redwood, 110 HH); Emanuel Morgan (Central East, 400); Austin Alcantara (Redwood, triple jump).
The field events begin at 4:30 p.m., while the track events start at 5:45 p.m.
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This story was originally published May 30, 2026 at 11:34 AM.
