The Redondo Nike Track Festival hosted 88 schools and 1,500 athletes competing against one another in the first big meet of the early season held on March 8 and 9.
Among them were athletes from South Pasadena High School, who finished the competition with new personal bests and record-breaking marks.
South Pasadena senior Mia Holden broke a 25-year-old school record in the girls’ 100-meter race, clocking in at 12.08 seconds. The previous record was held by Ebony Harris with a time of 12.14, according to Tigers coach Mike Parkinson.
Elsewhere in girls track events, junior Abigail Errington won the 3,200 with a new personal record 10:40.07, a mark that is also the school’s second best in the race.
Participating in two events, Tigers junior Avery Taylor finished the 100-meter hurdles in 15.63 and the 300-meter hurdles in 47.82, both personal records.
In the girls’ triple jump, junior Kezia Gavlak placed sixth reaching 34 feet.
Meanwhile, in the boys’ competition, freshman Michael Scarince came in 4:19.08 in the 1,600, shedding nine seconds from the school record he previously broke. It is currently the best freshman time in the state, according to Parkinson.
Scarince teamed up with juniors Adam Ruiz and Logan Vargas, and senior Keeran Murray to win the distance medley relay in 10:35.14. Murray also finished the 800 in 1:56.03.
Vargas partnered with juniors David Eisenberg and Sebastian Martinez, and senior Mitchell Westlake for the sprint medley relay and came in at 1:38.2.
Meanwhile, Tigers junior Peter Dickinson raced to a personal best 41.19 in the 300-meter hurdles.
First published in the March 15 print issue of the South Pasadena Review.
