2026 South SJS Track MASTERS

With the new format the Masters meet is only one day with truly only the best of the best qualifying to get here and having the opportunity to qualify to State. I am not sure yet how I feel about the changes in the qualifying format. BUT in track the person who throws the furthest, jumps the highest, runs the fastest has always won regardless of school size...so it is difficult to argue against taking the fastest 12 (800) or 24 (1600 and 3200). The best athletes qualify end of story. No auto-qualifiers for any division. If D1 qualifies more and D5 qualifies less (it was already that way in the old system). School size is only a factor for a team comparison...athlete to athlete the size of the school should not be an advantage/disadvantage. Well that is my 2 cents. The top three in every event qualify for State unless the athlete meets the at-large qualifying mark.

 

VG 1600

Fernandez is returning to State in the 1600

2. Giselle Fernandez (Riverbank) 4:52.65 ** STATE

5. Jymena Nguyen Marquez (Grace Davis) 5:04.10 (#18 StanCo; #32 South SJS)

8. Fernanda Cortes (Golden Valley) 5:07.52

18 Morgan Emery (Lathrop) 5:38.84

  

VB 1600

 

Mejia Hidalgo hits the at-large time to qualify for State

6. Alex Mejia Hidalgo (Beyer) 4:10.39 (# 3 StanCo; #4 South SJS)** STATE

15. Christian Gonzalez (Sierra) 4:24.62

16. Yair Gonzalez (Atwater) 4:25.36

  

VG 800

Badea with the big kick to take 2nd in the 800

2. Tyleah Badea (Sierra) 2:12.62 (#5 South SJS)  ** STATE

  

VB 800

Gier with a PR and a berth into State

3. Riley Gier (Lathrop) 1:52.02 (#4 South SJS) ** STATE

  

VG 3200

Arriaza with a slight PR and new StanCo record

2. Natalie Arriaza (Patterson) 10:29.12 (#1 StanCo; #1 South SJS)

4. Anahi Ruiz Velasco (Beyer)  10:48.67 (#7 StanCo; #9 South SJS)

5. Elle Williams (Turlock) 10:49.07

10. Fernanda Cortes (Beyer) 10:59.41

12. Jymena Nguyen Marquez (Grace Davis) 10:59.99

15. Jaylyn Carrillo (Patterson) 11:08.04

18. Eleanor Hampton (Merced) 11:10.30

   

VB 3200 

 

Terry and Wilson

9. Hayes Terry (Beyer) 9:22.97

10. Landon Wilson (Sonora) 9:24.11

11. Dominic Urteaga (Golden Valley) 9:26.25

13. Gio Mejia (Pacheco) 9:26.47

14. Yair Gonzalez (Atwater) 9:27.36 (Atwater School Record)

19. Weston McGhee (Oakdale) 9:37.36

24. Sean Muturi (Oakdale) 9:54.52

 

RESULTS

PHOTOS pt 1 (field and 4x8)

PHOTOS pt 2 (4x1, 1600, 400, 100, 800)

PHOTOS pt 3 (300h, 200, 3200, 4x4)